S 509

A.D. 946. King Edmund to Æthelnoth, his minister; grant or lease of 5 hides (mansae) at North Wootton, Somerset, burdened with annual renders to St Mary's, Glastonbury. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 160v (s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 177r (s. xiv)
3. Lost Glastonbury Liber Terrarum, no. 131 (see Abrams 1996, p. 34)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., ii. 838, ex MS 2; K, 406 and vol. vi. 232, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 48 (no. 88); B, 816, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 447 (no. 814), ex MS 1

Comments:

Davidson 1884, pp. 20-3, on bounds; PN Worcs., p. 106 n; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 94-8, on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 72; Finberg, ECW, no. 458, authentic; Chaplais 1966a, p. 164, on connection with Dunstan (= 1973, p. 47); Keynes 1980, pp. 27 n. 40, 48 n. 87, probably authentic; on formulation; Scott 1981, pp. 114, 202 n. 122; Vollrath 1985, p. 227; Costen 1992, p. 40, on estate; Keynes 1994, pp. 182-5, in some respects anticipates 'Dunstan B' formulation; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 34, 35, 38, 97, 181-4, 237, 271, 307, 324, on MS sources; on estate; authenticity uncertain; Keynes 1996, p. 20 n. 53, details bear comparison with S 1417

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    • Wodtone . Carta Edmundi Regis de Wottone data ecclesie Glastonie . In nomine domini Ego Edmund divina gracia favente rex et primicerius tocius Albionis aliquantulam terre parciunculam id quimque mansas in loco qui dicitur Wodetone Athelnodo ministro meo in eternam hereditatem concedo ea tamen racione ut omni anno in solennitate sancti Martini ad vetustam ecclesiam beate Dei genitricis in monasterio Glastingencium quinque congios celie et unum ydromelli et triginta panes cum pertinentibus pulmentariis et quinque congios frumenti reddat , insuper et omne sacrificium quod nos dicimus munus ecclesiasticum et opus ecclesiasticum et munus rogificum ab omni familia illius terre reddatur . quod si uno in anno hoc sensum transgressus fuerit duppliciter si duobus tripliciter reddat . quod si in tercio anno non reddiderit tunc precipio in nomine sancte trinitatis ut fratres illius monasterii haunc cartulam deferant in conspectu regum et episcoporum optimatumque regionis et ab illo tempore predicta possessione deprivetur et terra prefata in usum fratrum in sempiternum redigatur . Et si per culpam aliquam huius deleccio successorumve suorum hec terra perdita fuerit hoc precipio in nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi ut nemo successorum nostrorum sibi aliquid presumat de illa terra quia eterne hereditatis est prefate sancte ecclesie set sine aliqua contradiccione monasterio reddatur . acta anno . D . C . C . C . C . XLVI . Ego Edmund rex impressione signi sancte crucis hoc donum ministro meo et censum illi sancte ecclesie depingere jussi . + Ego Wolstan archiepiscopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Oda episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Dunstan abbas nolens sed regalibus obediens verbis haunc cartulam scribere jussi . Limites. Of cleuan hithe on yone mide mestan thorn bi thyythe to landscharleighe on Wormester ist and lang ifre on Wormesleighe welle ˇanen on ya vor saide ake on humberwe stede of gere ak on ˇa tyo sirsas ˇanen on thar eor∂ briste and ˇanen on ruwanleighe on ˇan ealde heie rewe ˇanen on ˇan schiren mor midward and soa west after streme bi twixe bradan mede and driganhurste soa forth bi suthene herthine on tettanstaples ˇanen on clewan hithe on ˇan midde mestan thorn ; Hec cartula est sub titulo pitancierie Glastonie .