S 444

A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 25 hides (mansae) at Tichborne and 5 at Beauworth, Hants., to remain forever under episcopal control. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 62v (s. xii med.)
2. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 12 Edw. II, no. 48

Printed:

K, 1118; B, 731

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., I, pp. 156-9, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 55, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 30 (no. 108), authentic; Roberts 1992, on bounds

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    • ˘is is is seo boc ˇæ Æ∂elstan cing gæbocode Ælfheagæ bisceope to ˇam bisceop stolæ on Winceastre of Ticceburnan . Plerumque divitum huius seculi . quia timore divino neglecto infirmiores . quosque paternis hereditatum ruribus expellunt . etiam et æcclesiarum Dei possessiones invadunt . ni privilegiorum fortis eis obstet auctoritas . Ego Æˇelstan tocius rex Brittanniæ hoc privilegium sanctæ Trinitati sanctisque apostolis Petro et Paulo ad monasterium antiquum . Wintoniense componi episcopo Ælfeago . rogante precepi . ita dumtaxat ut villa Ticceburnan vocitata . semper episcopis Wintoniensibus ceu antiquitus statutum est subiciatur . et ne umquam Wintoniensium potestate auferatur episcoporum . Possidet autem villa hæc . xxv . mansas 'quinque eo loco qui Beowyr∂' dicitur quæ omnes omni servitio careant mundiali . excepto pontis arcisvæ fabrica et expeditionis militia augenda . Termini telluris prescripte sic dilatantur . Ærest on ellen for∂ . of ellen forda on cealc swy∂e dell . of cealc swy∂e delle on melan beorh . of mælan beorge on hig leage . of hig leage . on langan leage . of langan leage . on tyrig hege . of tyrig hege . on æscs . of ˇam ægscce to steortan leage . of steortan leage . eall swa ˇæt heah hylte scæt to scagan . of scagan eall swa ˇio wrid wale scæt of hit cym∂ to woh lincan on ˇæne ymb stocc . of ∂am ymb stocce on wi∂ig mære . of wi∂ig mære on ˇæne æsc stubb . of ˇam æsc stubbe . on earnes beorh . of earnes beorge on syfan wyllan . of syfan wyllan on hafeces del . of hafeces delle . on isen grafas . of isen grafan to aˇulfes heale . of aˇulfes heale to langan leage . of langan leage to mænan leage . of menan leage . to wines heafdan . of wines heafdan on ellen ford . Hanc ergo hereditatem quisquis Deo et sanctis apostolis Petro et Paulo abstulerit ; maledictus et dampnatus sit in die judicii nisi prius emendaverit . Acta est autem hec libertas . Anno ab incarnationis dominicæ . dcccc . xxx . viii . Indictione . xi . Ego Æˇelstan rex hanc libertatem renovavi . Ego Wulfhelm archiepiscopus consignavi . Ego Ælfheah Wintoniensis episcopus confirmavi . Ego ˝eodred Lundoniensis episcopus corroboravi . Ego Kenwald episcopus consolidavi . Ego Wulfhun episcopus confortavi . Ego Oda episcopus convegetavi . Ego Wulfhelm episcopus consublimavi . Ego Æˇelgar episcopus consustentavi . Ego Ælfwold dux consensi . Ego Vhtred dux condixi . Ego Odda minister . Ego Wulfgar minister . Ego Ælfhere minister . Ego Witgar minister . Ego Ælfred minister .