S 544

A.D. 949. King Eadred to Æthelmær, praeses; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Chetwode and Hillesden, Bucks. With note, in English, referring to Chadshunt, Warwicks. Latin with English and English bounds

Archive:

Abingdon

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 137-311, pp. 143-144 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius D. VII, f. 24r-v (s. xvi; ex 2)

Printed:

K, 424 and vol. vi. 233-4, ex MS 2; B, 883, ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 370-2, ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 94; Reed 1979, p. 169, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 43

Printed and Translated:

Baines 1982, pp. 3-8

Comments:

Robinson 1923, p. 59; PN Bucks., pp. 58, 62, 64, 218; PN Warwicks., p. 249; Drögereit 1952, pp. 63 n. 23, 64 n. 29, 66, suspicious; Ekwall, D.E.P.N., p. 94; Barker 1967, p. 87, on subscription of reeve of Bamburgh; Hart 1972, on charter-type; HRH, p. 229, genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Nelson 1977, p. 69 n. 115 (= 1986, p. 302 n. 115), on attestation of reguli; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Gelling, ECTV, no. 149, authentic; Reed 1979, pp. 169-73, on bounds; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 373-2, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Baines 1982; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; BA Facs., p. 12; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on 'alliterative' charters; Hooke 1999, pp. 46-7; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 43, authentic

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    • + Perpetue prosperitatis priuilegium quod constat cælesti paradiso sublimatum sancte trinitatis Dei monarchia gubernat magnopere que quoque deitatis essentia terrene hereditatis patrimonium cunctis prestat prout uult promerentibus. Hoc apparet proculdubio in rege Anglorum gloriosissimo beato Dei opere precio Eadredo, quem Norðhymbra paganorumque seu ceterarum sceptro prouinciarum rex regum omnipotens sublimauit, quique prefatus imperator semper Deo grates dignissimas larga manu subministrat. Cuius regis largitatem Æþelmærus præses iam promulgat de perenni usurpatione terrarum, quem denique honorifice locupletat sibi suisque heredibus liberaliter largiendo, preter urbis atque pontis constructione expeditionisque obsequio. Ast sequitur terminatio uiginti manentium ad Cetwuda et æt Hildes dune hoc modo. Þis seond þa londgemæru ðæs londes æt Cetwuda 7æt Hildes dune. Æræst on ða halgan ac, swa ollonc þæs gemær heges to þæm slo æt þæm more ufewerdan, of ðæm more on dunes pyt, ðonan ðurh wippan hoh, þæt swa be ðæm gretan wyrtruman on ðone holan weg, on þone oðerne weg to þæm Rugan hlawe, þonan on gerihte on ðæt lytle riðig, þæt swa on offan pol, up ollonc streames on bylian pol, þonan up ofer ða mæd, þæt swa be ðara acar heafdan on ðæt sic, up of ðæm sice to Cufan lea, on ða dic to þæm readan slo, ðæt swa on þane lytlan dic, þonon on ðone oðerne dic, þæt swa ollonc þæs gemære heges onbutan hreodlege, þæt swa on þone mærhege þe sceot to þære halgan æc. Þis lond Ælfstan sald Æþelflede wið þæm londe æt Ceadeles funtan 7 eft Eadred cing hit ageaf Æþelmære wið þæm ilcan land a on ece yrfe þæm ðe him leofast seon. Huius certe codicis conscriptio peracta est anno dominice incarnationis .dccccxlviiii., et tertio prefati regis anniculo, tali optimatum stabilitate conscribentium. + Eadred rex et rector + Oda aercabis[cop] + Wulfstan archiepiscopus + Þeodred pontifex + Ælfheh presul + Ælfric 7 Wulfsige episcopi. Aelfred antistes + Æþelgar pontifex + KOENWALD monachus + Wulfhelm bis[cop] + Cynsige consul + Aldred episcopus + Æþelwald presul pontificale cum augusto eulogium iubilando dogmatizaui. o Eadgeofu felix + Howæl regulus + Morcant 7 Cadmon + Osulf ad Bebb' hehgr' + Æþelstan dux + Urm eorl atque Coll. + Alhhelm comes + Uhtred eorl 7 Grim. + + Æþelmund alderman. + Eadric princeps. Scule eorl. + Ælfgar comes Ælfstan miles 7 Eadmund þegn. + Ælfsige miles 7 Wulfric þegn. Berhferð miles regis. + Wigstan abbud 7 Aldredus Dunstan abb'. + Eadhelmus 7 Æþelgeard. Berhtsige miles 7 Æþelmær preses. Ælfheah miles 7 Eadsige. Hi porro prefati primates regale prerogatiuum scribendo consignabant cum triumphali uexillo solidantes. Omnes sancti Dei beatificent hoc beneficium stabiliter conseruantes. Si qui uero fraudulenter hanc regalem libertatem minuendo denihilent, ad nihilum redigantur, nisi digne coram Deo satis et satis faciant emendantes in melius quod necligenter deliquerant. Adtendat unusquisque fidelium quod imperat auctor Christus, 'Date et dabitur uobis'. Amen. Contulit nempe hic mas en magno regi .ii. cornua auro argentoque decorata, ut eo liberius hoc prerogatiuum roboretur. Finis.
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    • E. CCCC 111, pp. 143-4: copy of lost original, s. xvi Rubric: + Æˇelmæres booc æt Cetwuda 7 Hildes dune twuentig hida on ece yrfe. + Perpetue prosperitatis priuilegium quod constat cælesti paradiso sublimatum sancte trinitatis Dei monarchia gubernat magnopere que quoque deitatis essentia terrene hereditatis patrimonium cunctis prestat prout uult promerentibus. Hoc apparet proculdubio in rege Anglorum gloriosissimo beato Dei opere precio Eadredo, quem Nor∂hymbra paganorumque seu ceterarum sceptro prouinciarum rex regum omnipotens sublimauit, quique prefatus imperator semper Deo grates dignissimas larga manu subministrat. Cuius regis largitatem Æˇelmærus præses iam promulgat de perenni usurpatione terrarum, quem denique honorifice locupletat sibi suisque heredibus liberaliter largiendo, preter urbis atque pontis constructione expeditionisque obsequio. Ast sequitur terminatio uiginti manentium ad Cetwuda et æt Hildes dune hoc modo. ˝is seond ˇa londgemæru ∂æs londes æt Cetwuda 7 æt Hildes dune. Æræst on ∂a halgan ac, swa ollonc ˇæs gemær heges to ˇæm slo æt ˇæm more ufewerdan, of ∂æm more on dunes pyt, ∂onan ∂urh wippan hoh, ˇæt swa be ∂æm gretan wyrtruman on ∂one holan weg, on ˇone o∂erne weg to ˇæm rugan hlawe, ˇonan on gerihte on ∂æt lytle ri∂ig, ˇæt swa on offan pol, up ollonc streames on bylian pol, ˇonan up ofer ∂a mæd, ˇæt swa be ∂ara acar heafdan on ∂æt sic, up of ∂æm sice to cufan lea, on ∂a dic to ˇæm readan slo, ∂æt swa on ˇane lytlan dic, ˇonon on ∂one o∂erne dic, ˇæt swa ollonc ˇæs gemære heges onbutan hreodlege, ˇæt swa on ˇone mærhege ˇe sceot to ˇære halgan æc. ˝is lond Ælfstan sald Æˇelflede wi∂ ˇæm londe æt ceadeles funtan 7 eft Eadred cing hit ageaf Æˇelmære wi∂ ˇæm ilcan land a on ece yrfe ˇæm ∂e him leofast seon. Huius certe codicis conscriptio peracta est anno dominice incarnationis .dccccxlviiii., et tertio prefati regis anniculo, tali optimatum stabilitate conscribentium. + Eadred rex et rector + Oda aercabiscop + Wulfstan archiepiscopus + ˝eodred pontifex + Ælfheh presul + Ælfric 7 Wulfsige episcopi. Aelfred antistes + Æˇelgar pontifex + Koenwald monachus + Wulfhelm biscop + Cynsige consul + Aldred episcopus + Æˇelwald presul pontificale cum augusto eulogium iubilando dogmatizaui. o Eadgeofu felix + Howæl regulus + Morcant 7 Cadmon + Osulf ad Bebb' hehgr' + Æˇelstan dux + Urm eorl atque Coll. + Alhhelm comes + Uhtred eorl. Grim. + + Æˇelmund alderman. + Eadric princeps. Scule eorl. + Ælfgar comes Ælfstan miles 7 Eadmund ˇegn. + Ælfsige miles 7 Wulfric ˇegn. Berhfer∂ miles regis. + Wigstan abbud 7 Aldredus Dunstan abb'. + Eadhelmus 7 Æˇelgeard. Berhtsige miles. Æˇelmær preses. Ælfheah miles 7 Eadsige. Hi porro prefati primates regale prerogatiuum scribendo consignabant cum triumphali uexillo solidantes. Omnes sancti Dei beatificent hoc beneficium stabiliter conseruantes. Si qui uero fraudulenter hanc regalem libertatem minuendo denihilent, ad nihilum redigantur, nisi digne coram Deo satis et satis faciant emendantes in melius quod negligenter deliquerant. Adtendat unusquisque fidelium quod imperat auctor Christus, 'Date et dabitur uobis'. Amen. Contulit nempe hic mas en magno regi .ii. cornua auro argentoque decorata, ut eo liberius hoc prerogatiuum roboretur. Finis.