S 503

A.D. 944 King Edmund to Wulfric, minister: grant of 20 hides at Æscesbyrig (i.e. Woolstone, Berks.). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 103v-104v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1148; B, 796

Comments:

Reynolds 2002, pp. 176, 191, on burial feature in bounds; Reynolds 2002, pp. 176, 193, on burial feature in bounds; Grundy, Berks., I, pp. 151-2, on bounds; Gelling 1968, on topography and bounds; Hart 1970a, p. 36 (no. 180), authentic; PN Berks., i. 5, 14, ii. 360, 380, iii. 675, bounds substantially the same as in S 317, describe western part of parish of Woolstone; Forsberg 1979, p. 144, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 46, authentic; Hooke et al. 1987, on bounds

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    • ˘is is ˇara . XX . hida boc æt Æscesbyrig ˇe Eadmund cing gebocode Wulfrice his ˇegne on ece yrfæ . In nomine Dei summi et altissimi Jhesu Christi . Manifestum est cunctis quod omnia celestia et terrestria providentia Dei gubernantur . quæ sollicitudo mortalis vitæ totis nisibus in carorum amicorumque amissione conqueritur ac defletur . Ideo certis adstipulationibus mellita oracula divinæ clamationis nos frequentativis ortationibus suadet . ut cum his fugitivis et sine dubio transitoriis possessiunculis jugiter mansura regna Dei suffragio adipiscenda sunt . Quapropter ego Eadmundus . Anglorum rex quandam regiminis mei partem consentientibus nobilium meorum agminibus cuidam meo fideli ministro vocitato nomine Wulfrico . ob illius amabile obsequium ejusque placabili peccunia quam michi in suæ devotionis obsequio detulit ei libenter largiendo donavi . XX . mansas . In loco illo ubi solicole illius regionis vocitant Æscesbyrig . vt hanc dum proclivi temporis vitam duxerit perpetua hereditate possideat . Cum universis quæ pertinent sibi . Pascuis . Pratis . Silvis . cæterisque . appendiciis . In cunctis denique præfatulam successoribus nostris hoc donum in sempiternum usque permaneat stilum . Sit quoque liber'um' libertate prefixa ab omni jugo servili . tribus pretermissis non obmittendis . expeditione pontis . munitionisque confectione . Advenientibus igitur futurorum plebium cætibus textus cuicunque demoni calore cartam hanc corrumpere et meam donationem satagerit tetra raptus acie tartareas ducatur ad penas . Nisi prius hinc lamentis se penitentiæ corrigere studuerit . Istis terminibus predicta terra circumgyrata esse videtur . ˘is syndan ˇæs landes ge mæro Æt Ascesbyrig . Ærest on ∂one garan suˇæ weardnæ ˇænne 7lang wæges on ˇonæ mægen stan ˇonon on ˇon won hlinc . And lang hlincæs oˇ loddæres sæxcingæ . And lang hlincæs on ˇonæ byrstæ del . ˇanan 7lang furh ænne æcer to ˇam hlincæ . ˇonon an ˇa and heafda on hrucg weg of hrucg wægæ on ˇonæ ˇorn stub . ˇonon on hord wyllæ of hord wyllæ on ˇonæ ealdan hord wyllæs wæg . and lang ˇæs ealdan wægæs on risc slædæs bygæ and lang riˇæ on swynbroc and lang brocces on beaghildæ byrigels ˇonon on ˇonæ ealdan wæg and lang wæges on ˇonæ garan nor∂æ weardnæ . ˇonon east and lang wægæs on hnottan mæræ nor∂æ wæardnæ ˇonon on ˇa dic and lang dic on ˇæt onbulan mædæ norˇæ weardæ ˇonon on ˇa bræmbæl hyrnan . of ˇæræ hyrnan on stan mæræ . ˇonon to ˇon æˇænan byrigelsæ on æoccæn upp and lang streamæs on ˇonæ æwulm . ˝onon on weardæs beorh of ˇam beorgæ on hryng pyt . ˇonon on ˇa ealdan hola of ˇam holum æft on ˇone garan suˇæ weardnæ . Acta est hæc prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCXLIIII . Indictione . II . Ego Eadmundus Rex Anglorum prefatam donationem cum sigillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi . Ego Oda Dorobornensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus ejusdem regis donationem cum sigillo sanctæ crucis subarravi . Ego ˝eodred Lundoniensis æcclesiæ episcopus consignavi . Ego Ælfheah Wintoniensis ecclesiæ episcopus triumphalem tropheum agyæ crucis impressi . Ego Ælfric episcopus . Ego Cenwald episcopus . Ego Burhrig episcopus . Ego Ælfred episcopus . Ego Æˇelgar episcopus . Ego Wulfhelm episcopus . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Æˇelwold Dux . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Ealhhelm Dux . Ego Æ∂elmund Dux . Ego Ælfwold Dux . Ego Eadric Dux . Ego Wulfgar minister . Ego Eadmund minister . Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Ælfstan minister . Ego Ælfstan minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . Ego Æˇæred minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Æˇæred minister . Ego Witgar minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Ælfsigæ minister .