S 550

A.D. 949. King Eadred to Wulfric, miles; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs., with bounds of 20 hides at Bourton, 7 hides at Maugersbury and 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Evesham

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters viii. 6 (s. xvi/xvii; BA Facs., 43)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XXIV (s. xii/xiii; bounds only; with introductory sentence from S 114)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 265-6; K, 426 and vol. iii. 429, ex MS 1; K, 1360, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 36-7 (no. 1); B, 882, ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 95

Comments:

Taylor 1894a, pp. 296-7; Stenton 1905, p. 698, on MS 2 (= Stenton 1970, p. 1); Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 9-11, 28-30, 181-2, on bounds, 'Daylesford' survey describes part of Adlestrop; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 20-2, 49-52, 165-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-3, doubtful; PN Gloucs., i. 3, 14, 17, 165, 196-8, 207-8, 212-16, 220, 222-4, on bounds; John 1966, p. 55, on royal style; Finberg, ECWM, no. 99, authentic; Hart 1972, on charter-type; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, discusses 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Hooke 1985, pp. 87, 99, 210; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; BA Facs., p. 12, MS 1 a facsimile transcript of apparently original charter of King Eadred; Dumville 1992, pp. 34 n. 21, 41 n. 58, unimpeachable; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on 'alliterative' charters; Dumville 1993, p. 142, early modern script-facsimile, original apparently written in Caroline script; Dumville 1994, p. 162

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    • Perpetue libertatu cælesti paradiso sublimatum Sanctæ Trinitatis Dei monarchi gubernat magnopere essentia terrænæ hereditatis territoria cunctis præstat prout vult ; Hoc proculdubio prevalet + Eadredus rex Anglorum gloriossimus rectorque Norˇanhymbra et paganorum imperator Brittonumque propugnator intimare Quem rex regum omnipotens regali gubernaculon? conflagravit ; Quique rex confert alacriter larga lucra lictoribus ut deinceps accipiat caritatis charismata ; Ejus donum dignanter . rite refert cum ceteris Wulfric miles de perenni huius ruris libertate quod sibi nunc atque suis contulerat heredibus perfruendum in Burgtone nuncupatum ; taliterque terminatum in . XII . cassatibus ; + ˝is synd ˇara twentiges hida land gemæra to burhtune ærest of widig forda 7lang weges to pippenespenne . of pippenespenne ; 7 lang slades on turcandene . up 7lang dene to ˇære swelstowe sy∂∂an 7lang foss to ˇan ealdan sice wi∂ slohterword . 7lang sices on wenris . 7 lang streames eft on wi∂ig ford : ^ + ˝onne is ˇis ˇara VII hida land ge mæra æt mæˇelgares byrig ˇe hyrd into burghtune ; ærest of mæˇelgeres byrig on deopancumb of deopancumbe on cwenena broce of cwenena broce up be ˇam geride . to ˇam beorgan . of ˇam beorgan on fiscwille . of fiscwille on mæswille . of mæswille on sealter pille . of sealter pille 7 lang broces to ˇam greatan ˇorne . of ˇam ˇorne on ˇorn beorh . of ˇorn beorge on foss eft 7 lang foss . ˇæt in on da ea on wænric . up on stream o∂ ∂one garan su∂ weardne . of ˇam garan on horwyt of horpytte eft on foss . wid su∂an ˇone garan . 7lang foss eft on mæˇelgares byrig ; + ˝on is ˇis ˇara VII hida land gemæra æt dægeles forda ˇe hir∂ into burgtune ; ærest of blædene on mules hlæw ˇæt for∂ up to heortdune . to hwettan stanes wylle of hwættan staneswille on heort broc of ˇam broce on ˇa stige . 7lang stige dic 7 lang dic on ˇa str[æ]t to ˇære o∂ere stræt . oˇ ˇære stræt on beagan wille anlang broces eft on blædene ; Adest annus nongente[s]imus quadragenus atque nonus dominici Incarnatus . Quartus quoque quo regebat . Eadredus Rex regimina et cum archiepiscopus ceterisque consulibus ; hanc tellurem ad Burghtune consignavit . + Oda . Wulfstan . ˝eodred . Ælfhæh . Ælfred . Ælfric . Wulfsig . Æˇelgar . Koenwald . Wulfhelm . Cynsige . Ælbred . roborabant conscribendo cum laicis . Howæl rex . Marcant regulus . Osulf bebbanbyrig . Æthelmund . Ælhelm . Vrm . Grim . Gunner . Uhtred . Ælfgar . Scule . Coll . Morcar . Wolfric . Berhtferˇ . Æˇelgeard . Ælfnoˇ . Ælfhæh . Clare . Wigstan . atque Ælfsige . Dunstan abbas . on' Oscetel circwærd triumphali signaculo sigillabant cælotenus titulantes . A w T .