S 555

A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfhere, his kinsman; grant of 20 hides (mansiunculae) at Buckland (Denham), Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 196r (s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 224r (s. xiv)
3. Lost Glastonbury Liber Terrarum, no. 116 (see Abrams 1996, p. 34)

Printed:

B, 889, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 610 (no. 1134), ex MS 1

Comments:

Grundy, Dorset, VII, p. 68, unable to identify bounds; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii, p. ccvi, associates with Buckland Newton in Dorset; Barker 1949, p. 73, seems genuine; Ekwall, D.E.P.N., pp. 72, 276, identifies as Buckland Denham, Somerset, mention of Kilmersdon in bounds confirms this; Finberg, ECW, no. 466, authentic, accepts as Buckland Denham; Chaplais 1966a, p. 164, cited (= 1973, p. 47); Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, 384, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; cf. GL 79 (S 1737); Keynes 1980, pp. 27 n. 40, 48 n. 87, probably authentic; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. pp. 173, 185; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, 39, 63-4, 189, 345, on MS sources, on estate history, accepts Buckland Denham identification

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    • Carta Eddredi regis facta Elfero suo propinquo de Boclonde . Anno ab incarnacione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . D . CCCC . LI . Ego Edred alubescente gracia Dei rex primicerius tocius Albionis ruris quondam particulam bis denis ab accolis estimatam mansiunculis in loco qui dicitur Boclande liberam preter arcem pontem expedicionemque . Elfere propinquo meo in eternam pos[s]essionem libenter admodum largitus sum sine hoc precipiens quatinus nostrorum Christiano vigente imperio nemo succesorum hoc nostrum donum sine vindicta Dei audeat violare . et hiis limitibus hec telluris prefate pars circumquaque cingi videtur . Erest on bosanstok' on frisingmede ˇanen on Murstanwere of ˇan were on plimenforde of ˇan ford' on Carswelle of ˇan welle on brokanberwe on ˇan berwe on kunemersdone of ˇer donne on on Wlfbergh' of ˇan berghe on vrowandeswelle . Et huius doni testes exstiterunt quorum inferius nomina subscribuntur . + Et ego Eddred rex hoc donum meum signo sancte crucis confirmavi . + Ego Oda archiepiscopus hoc donum signo crucis perstrinxi . + Ego Dunstan abbas consensi et scribere jussi sub testimonio multorum .