S 511

A.D. 960 ? for 941. (Cheddar, Somerset, 24 July) King Edmund to Æthelgeard, minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Tisted, Hants. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 50v-51r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1139; B, 765; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 101

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., IV, pp. 267-71, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 60, authentic, incarnation year miscopied, indiction and regnal year point to 941; Whitelock 1966, p. 101, epacts and concurrents als incorrect, charters of Edmund do not use these dating elements; Hart 1970a, pp. 15-17, 29 (no. 85), on beneficiary and his estate; corrects date to 941; authentic; O'Donovan 1972, p. 33, indiction, regnal year and concurrent belong to 941, epact to 939; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Blair 1996, p. 119, on meeting-place; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, not acceptable, possibly forged after division of kingdom in 957-9, discusses beneficiary; Foot 2000, II. 61

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    • ˝is is ˇara . VII . hidæ boc to west Tices tede ˇe Eadmund cing gebocode Æˇelgearde his ˇegne on ece yrfæ . In nomine summæ ac invisæ trinitatis . Regnante perpetualiter omnipotente Deo . atque per ineffabilem majestatis suæ potentiam cuncta rerum moderamina disponente ; Ego Eadmundus qui ejusdem munere gratuitu previdente compos regni Anglorum basileus existo . per omnipotentis dexteram paterno solio sublimatus quandam telluris particulam . meo fideli ministro . Æ∂elgeardo . VII . scilicet mansas in loco qui nuncupatur . æt Ticcestede . ut ille eam sine invisæ jugo servitutis . cum pratis . Pascuis . Silvis . Rivulis . omnibusque ad ipsum locum necessitatibus rite pertinentibus . Et post terminum huius vitæ cuicunque voluerit heredi derelinquat liberaliter in eternam hereditatem . Si autem quod absit aliquis frenetico deturpatus spiritu hanc meæ compositionis syngrapham aliqua in re demere conaverit . sciat se dubio procul æternis barathri incendiis sine fine puniendum nisi congrue penituerit quod proterve deliquit . Rus prefatum his terminis hinc illincque rotatur . Ærest on oddan heal . of oddan heale on luhhes geat . of luhhes geate on ceorla geat . of ceorla geate on risc mære . of risc mære . on sciteres flodan on nedder heal . of nedder heale on ˇære greatan bechan geat . of ˇære greatan bæcan geate . on clinca leage . of clinca leage . on hatan hammas weste wearde . of hatan hamman . on tun weg . of tun wege . on stapol pege . of stapol wege on ˇæt deor geat . of ∂am deor geate æft on oddan heal . Scripta est hæc cartula . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLX . regni mei . II . Indictione . XIIII . epacte XXVIII . concurrentes . IIII . Sub nona . Kalend' Augustus . in villam qui cælebri . æt Ceodre . Acta est hæc donatio . His testibus consentientibus . quorum nomina subtus minulis depicta annotantur . Ego Eadmundus . tocius Brittanniæ rex hanc meam donationem signo sanctæ semperque amande crucis confirmavi et subscripsi . Ego Eadred cliton et frater regis consensi et subscripsi . Ego Wulfhelmus archiepiscopus consensi . 7 subscripsi . Ego Cenwold episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Oda episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfre∂ episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego ˝eodred episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Wulfgar episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Burhric episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfheah episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfric episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Æˇelmund dux . Ego Ælfhere dux . Ego Æˇelstan dux . Ego Wulgar dux . Ego Ealdelm dux . Ego Aˇelwold dux . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Witgar minister . Ego Wulfgar minister . Ego Odda minister . Ego Wulfsige minister . Ego Wullaf minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Eadmund minister . Ego Eadweard minister . Ego Winsige minister . Ego Ælfstan minister . Ego Eadric minister . Ego Ælfgar minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Æ∂elfer∂ minister . Ego Ealhelm minister .