S 499

A.D. 944. King Edmund to the church of St Mary, Glastonbury, and to Abbot Dunstan; grant and confirmation of privileges. Latin

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 59v (s. xiv med.)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, R.5.33 (724), ff. 1-19v, ff. 11v-12r (s. xiii)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. V, ff. 71v-72v (s. xv)
4. London, British Library, Royal 13 D II, ff. 35v-36r (s. xii)
5. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 252, ff. 22v-23r (s. xvii; incomplete)
6. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 68r (s. xiv)

Printed:

Stubbs, William of Malmesbury G.R., i. 158-9, ex MS 4; Spelman, Concilia, i. 427; Mon. Angl., i. 15, ex MS 6; Alford 1663, iii. 278; Hearne, John of Glastonbury, i. 119-21; Hearne, Adam of Domerham, i. 73-5, ex MS 2; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 217; Warner 1826, Appendix, p. lii, ex Mon. Angl; K, 400, ex Spelman, MS 3* etc; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 26 (no. 8), from MS 3*; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 42-3 (no. 63), ex MS 6; Thorpe, pp. 187-9; B, 794, ex K and MSS 2*, 3, 3*, 4 etc; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., i. 144-5 (no. 203), ex MS 1

Printed and Translated:

Scott 1981, pp. 116-19; Carley, Glast. Chron., pp. 120-1

Comments:

Warner 1826, Introduction, pp. cv-ix; Davidson 1884, p. 15, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 456, interpolated; Brühl 1977, p. 14 n. 78 (= Brühl 1989 p. 612 n. 78), not an original; Scott 1981, pp. 31-2, 202-3 nn. 114-16, 12th-century forgery, perhaps by William of Malmesbury; Foot 1991, p. 180, spurious; Wormald 1995, p. 128, bogus; Abrams 1996, pp. 25-6, 28, 125 n. 5, 128-30, 299 n. 152, on MS sources

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    • Privilegium Edmundi Regis . In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi Ego Edmundus rex Anglorum ceterarumque gencium in circuitu persistencium Gubernator 7 rector cum consilio 7 consensu optimatum meorum . pro eterne retribucionis spe 7 relaxacione peccaminum meorum concedo ecclesie Dei genitricis Marie Glastonie . 7 venerabili viro Dunstano quem ibidem abbatem constitui libertatem 7 potestatem jura 7 consuetudines 7 omnes forisfacturas omnium terrarum suarum . Burgebrice . Hundredsocne athas . Ordelas Infangene ˇeofas . Hamsocne frithbrice . forestealle . 7 team in omni regno meo 7 sint terre sue libere 7 solute ab omni kalumpnia sicut mee michi habentur . Set precipue ipsa villa Glastonie . in qua celeberrima ecclesia sita est præ ceteris sit liberior cum terminis suis Abbati tantum ejusdem loci tantummodo potestas sit tam in notis causis quam ignotis in modicis 7 in magnis 7 etiam in hiis queque super 7 subtus terram in aridis 7 in rivis in silvis 7 in planis 7 eandem auctoritatem puniendi aut dimittendi delinquencia in ea commissa habeat quam mea curia quemadmodum mei antecessores concesserunt 7 statuendo firmaverunt videlicet Edwardus pater meus 7 Elfredus pater ejus 7 Centuwynes Ines . Cuthredus 7 alii quamplures qui locum illum honorantes gloriosum habuerunt 7 apostolica auctoritate Roboraverunt . quibus cum omni alacritate consencio . Et ne quisquam mortalium seu episcopus aut dux vel quislibet minister eorum . audeat eam temere intrare causa placitandi vel Rapiendi vel quippiam faciendi quod contrarium possit esse inibi Deo servientibus Dei interdiccione prohibeo . Quisquis igitur benivola mente meam donacionem ampliare 7 privilegii dignitatem servare satagerit in hoc presenti seculo vita illius prospera sit 7 longiturne vite gaudia teneat . Si quis autem propria temeritate violenter invadere temptaverit . Sciat se procul dubio ante tribunal districti judicis titubantem tremebundumque rationem redditurum nisi prius digna satisfaccione emendare m'a'luerit . Acta est autem huius privilegii pagina . Anno dominice incarnacionis nongentesimo quadragesimo quarto indiccione secunda . Ego Edmundus rex Anglorum prefatam donacionem cum sigillo sancte crucis confirmavi . Ego Eadred ejusdem regis frater consensi . Ego Eadgiva ejusdem regis mater predictum donum consignavi . Ego Oda Dorobernensis ecclesie archiepiscopus ejusdem regis donacionem cum tropheo agie crucis subarravi . Ego Wl'f'stanus archiepiscopus prefatam donacionem confirmavi . Ego Elpheah Wintoniensis ecclesie episcopus triumphalem tropheum agie crucis impressi . Ego Wlfhelm Fontanensis episcopus corroboravi . Scriptaque est literis aureis in libro ewangeliorum quem eidem ecclesie optulit opere satis eleganti composito .