S 536

A.D. 948. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Mackney and 5 at Sotwell, Berks. Latin with English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 54r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1161; B, 864

Comments:

Field 1905, p. 110; Field 1906, pp. 49-52; Drögereit 1935, p. 424, suspicious; Hart 1970a, pp. 15-17, 29 (no. 91),, on beneficiary (referring to this charter as no. 86); basically authentic but with two interpolations; PN Berks., i. 12, ii. 516, 529, iii. 751; Gelling, ECTV, no. 55, pre-Conquest fabrication based on same materials as S 517; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, not acceptable, discusses beneficiary

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    • ˘is is ˇara tyn hida boc æt Macaniæ 7 æt Suttunæ wylle ˇe Eadred cing gebocode Æˇelwearde his ˇegnæ on ece yrfæ . + In nomine almi et agiæ sophyæ . Qui monarchiam mundi totius ac celsitudinem celorum abditamque profunditatem turgentis occeani in altis et in imis . omnia cum suæ majestatis imperio nunc et in evum gubernat . Ceu pupillarum obtutus per triquadrum mundum cotidiæ cernitur . ac manifestata signa declarantur . quomodo transeuntis mundi vicissitudo diuturnis horis crescendo decrescit . et ampliando minuatur . Tamen superno fulti adminiculo prosequi indigemus ad alta . Cujus scilicet fervoris igne . ego Eadredus . basileus Anglorum cæterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . Cuidum meo fideli ministro vocitato nomine . Æˇelgeardo . X . mansas concessi . V . in insula quæ vulgariter dicitur . Macca'n'iæ . cujus margynes circumquaque palustribus rivulis adjacentibus ambite certis terminis comprobantur . V . vero mansas æt Suttanvvlle . necnon extra illud castellum quod ab antiquitus hoc usque tempus vocatur Welingaford . Ter duodenas segetes . cum bis quinis prati jugeribus . quod anglice dicitur . XXXVI . æcera yrˇ landes . 7 . X . æceras mæde . equo et leto animo concessi . ceu superius prescriptum est in æternam hereditatem . Vt terram jam prefatam meo scilicet ovante concessu tramitibus suæ possideat vitæ . deinceps namque sibi succedenti cuicumque voluerit heredi æternaliter derelinquat . Maneat igitur meum hoc immobile donum æterna libertate jocundum cum omnibus quæ ritæ ad predic't'a loc'a' pertinere dinoscuntur . Campis . Pascuis . Pratis . excepto communi labore . expeditione . pontis . arcisve constructione . Si qui denique michi non optanti hanc libertatis cartam livore depressi . violari satagerint ; agminibus tetre caliginis lapsi vocem audiant examinationis die arbitris sibi dicentis . 'Discedite a me maledicti in ignem æternum'1 ; ubi cum demonibus ferreis sartaginibus crudeli torqueantur in pena ; Si non ante mortem digna hoc emandaverint pænitentia . ˘is synt ˇa fif hida æt Maccanige . ˇe gibhild seo lacu . eallan butan bæli∂ . on ælce healfe . ˘onne ligˇ bæ norˇan ˇam porte . XXXVI . æcera yrˇ landes . 7 . X . æceras mæde . and an mylen . 7 binnan ˇam porte fram geast geate on norˇ healfe strete . of ˇone broc . 7 . VII . heorˇas butan ˇon . 7 ˇreo cyrcan . ˝onne hebbe ic hit egˇer ge binnan porte ; ge butan . eall swa Æˇelwold bisceop hit ær hæfde . Acta est hæc prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCXLVIII . Indictione . VI . Ego Eadredus Rex Anglorum prefatam donationem sub sigillo sanctæ crucis indeclinabiliter consensi atque roboravi . Ego Eadgyfu . Dorobornensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus ejusdem regis mater cum sigillo sanctæ crucis conclusi . Ego Oda Dorobornensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus ejusdem regis principatum et benivolentiam sub sigillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi . Ego Wulfstanus Archons divinæ servitutis officio mancipatus Eboracæ civitatis archiepiscopus sigillum sanctæ crucis impressi . Ego ˝eodred Lundoniensis æcclesiæ episcopus corroboravi . Ego Ælfheah Wintoniensis æcclesiæ episcopus testudinem sanctæ crucis subscripsi et confirmavi . Ego Cenwald episcopus consensi . Ego Ælfric episcopus consignavi . Ego Æˇelgar episcopus confirmavi . Ego Ælfred episcopus corroboravi . Ego Wulfsige episcopus conclusi . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Eadric Dux . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Ealhelm Dux . Ego Aˇelmund Dux . Ego Ælfgar Dux . Ego Eadmund minister . Ego Ælfstan minister . Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Ælfsige minister Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Æˇelnod minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . Ego Æˇeric minister . Ego Æˇelsige minister . Ego Ælfhelm minister .