S 514

A.D. 942 x 946. King Edmund to Burhric, bishop (of Rochester); grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at West Malling, Kent. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Rochester

MSS:

1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 143r-144r (s. xii 1; facsimile)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), f. 5r-v (s. xiv)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 352-3; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 108-10; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 479-80; K, 409; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 170-1 (no. 35); B, 779; Campbell, Rochester, no. 28, ex MS 1

Comments:

Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 252-6, on place-names; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxvi, authenticity uncertain, formulation is old-fashioned; Sinclair Williams 1974, on element in bounds; Witney 1976, p. 236, on swine-pastures; Faith 1997, p. 149, cited

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    • + In nomine dei summi . et saluatoris nostri Iesu Christi . ipso quoque in perpetuo regnante disponenteque suauiter omnia . Quapropter ego Eadmundus rex Anglorum necnon et Merciorum . meo amabili episcopo nomine Burhric . concedo aliquantulum mei telluris . ubi dicitur Meallingas . trium uidelicet aratrum pro remedio anime mee in sempiternam hereditatem . ad augmentum monasterii eius que est dedicata in honore Sancti Andree apostoli germanus Petri . et socius in passione . cum omnibus rebus ad eam pertinentibus cum campis . siluis . pratis . pascuis . necne et aucupiis . et hoc quoque cum consilio optimatum et principum meorum quorum nomina infra scripta reperiuntur . Unde adiuro in nomine domini dei nostri Iesu Christi qui est omnium iustus iudex . ut terra hec sit libera ab omni regali seruitio in perpetuum . Siquis uero minuere uel fraudare presumpserit hanc donationem . sit separatus a consortio sanctorum . ita ut uiuens benedictione dei sit priuatus . et sit damnatus in inferno inferiori . nisi satisfactione ante eius obitum emendauerit quod inique gessit . manente tamen hac cartula nichilominus in sua firmitate . Qui uero tunc augere uoluerit dona nostra . augeat illi dominus celestia dona . et eternam uitam tribuat . ðis syndon ða landgemæro ðæs bufancwedenan landes . Ærest on suðhealfe oð Cincgesfirhðe . of Cincgesfyrhðe on Offahamesgemære . ðanan on herestræt . andlang stræte ofer Lylleburnan oð Eastmeallinga gemære . 7 swa riht suð be eastan ðam cwyllan oð þa wyde stræte . suð andlang stræte on geriht oð Cincgesfyrhðe . ðænne syndon þis ða denbæro . Eastlindrhycg . 7 Otanhyrst . 7 Fræcincghyrst . 7 Sceorfestede . xxx . porci 7 Wihtherincgfaladsto . gafol . 7 Holanspic . 7 Pætlanhrycg . + Ego Eadmundus rex Anglorum signo crucis confirmaui . + Ego Eadred frater regis roboraui . + Ego Eadgife mater regis adfui . + Ego Oda archiepiscopus subscripsi . + Ego Ælfheh episcopus consensi . + Ego Ðeodred episcopus . + Ego Wulfstan archiepiscopus . + Cenwald episcopus . + Ego Ælfred episcopus . + Ego Ælfric episcopus . + Ego Æthelgar episcopus . + Ego Ælfgifu concubina regis affui . + Wulfgar dux . + Æðelstan dux . + Eadmund dux . + Scula dux . + Sigferð minister . Wulfric minister . + Ealdred minister . + Ælfstan minister . + Ordeah minister . + Eadwerd minister . + Wulfric minister . + Odda minister . + Ælla minister . + Ælfgar minister . + Osferð dux . + Wihtgar minister . + Wulfsige minister . + Birhtwald minister .
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    • De Meallingas . + In nomine dei summi . et saluatoris nostri Iesu Christi . ipso quoque in perpetuo regnante disponenteque suauiter omia . Quapropter ego Eadmundus rex Anglorum necnon et Merciorum . meo amabili episcopo nomine Burhric . concedo aliquantulum mei telluris . ubi dicitur Meallingas . trium uidelicet aratrum pro remedio anime mee in sempiternam hereditatem . ad augmentum monasterii eius que est dedicata in honore Sancti Andree apostoli germanus Petri . et socius in passione . cum omnibus rebus ad eam pertinentibus cum campis . siluis . pratis . pascuis . necne et aucupiis . et hoc quoque cum consilio optimatum et principum meorum quorum nomina infra scripta reperiuntur . Unde adiuro in nomine domini dei nostri Iesu Christi qui est omnium iustus iudex . ut terra hec sit libera ab omni regali seruitio in perpetuum . Siquis uero minuere uel fraudare presumpserit hanc donationem . sit separatus a consortio sanctorum . ita ut uiuens benedictione dei sit priuatus . et sit damnatus in inferno inferiori . nisi satisfactione ante eius obitum emendauerit quod inique gessit . manente tamen hac cartula nichilominus in sua firmitate . Qui uero tunc augere uoluerit dona nostra . augeat illi dominus celestia dona . et eternam uitam tribuat . ∂is syndon ∂a landgemæro ∂æs bufancwedenan landes . Ærest on su∂healfe o∂ Cincgesfirh∂e . of Cincgesfyrh∂e on Offahamesgemære . ∂anan on herestræt . andlang stræte ofer Lylleburnan o∂ Eastmeallinga gemære . 7 swa riht su∂ be eastan ∂am cwyllan o∂ ˇa wyde stræte . su∂ andlang stræte on geriht o∂ Cincgesfyrh∂e . ∂ænne syndon ˇis ˇa denbæro . Eastlindrhycg . 7 Otanhyrst . 7 Fræcincghyrst . 7 Sceorfestede . xxx . porci 7 Wihtherincgfaladsto . gafol . 7 Holanspic . 7 Pætlanhrycg . + Ego Eadmundus rex Anglorum signo crucis confirmaui . + Ego Eadred frater regis roboraui . + Ego Eadgife mater regis adfui . + Ego Oda archiepiscopus subscripsi . + Ego Ælfheh episcopus consensi . + Ego ˘eodred episcopus . + Ego Wulfstan archiepiscopus . + Cenwald episcopus . + Ego Ælfred episcopus . + Ego Ælfric episcopus . + Ego Æthelgar episcopus . + Ego Ælfgifu concubina regis affui . + Wulfgar dux . + Æ∂elstan dux . + Eadmund dux . + Scula dux . + Sigfer∂ minister . Wulfric minister . + Ealdred minister . + Ælfstan minister . + Ordeah minister . + Eadwerd minister . + Wulfric minister . + Odda minister . + Ælla minister . + Ælfgar minister . + Osfer∂ dux . + Wihtgar minister . + Wulfsige minister . + Birhtwald minister .