S 556

A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfsige, miles; grant of 5 hides at Haddon, Hunts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Thorney

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Add. 3020, f. 17r-v (s. xiv)
2. London, British Library, Add. 5937, ff. 131-33v, f. 180r (s. xvi; abbreviated)

Printed:

M 1837, ex MS 2; K, 1167, ex MS 2; B, 893, ex MS 2; Hart, ECEE, pp. 155-6, ex MS 1

Comments:

Hart, ECEE, no. 6, and pp. 156-9, authentic; Whitelock 1969, p. 114, corrects a reading; Hart 1972, on charter-type; HRH, p. 229, probably authentic; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, 18, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; considers relationship with S 557; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on charter-type

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    • Prophetica primitus predicatio et apostolica deinceps disceptatio et quod precellentior est euangelica Jhesu Christi promulgatio cunctis indicat dogmata dicens: 'Date et dabitur uobis.' 1 Ideoque Eadredus Rex Anglorum quos uult honorifice larga manu locupletat. Hoc potest ueraciter miles iste Ælfsige nunc cum ceteris intimare quem perhenni huius ruris 'æt haddedune' usurpatione, preter urbis pontisque constructione et expeditionis obsequio beatizat, concedens ei eiusque heredibus hanc tellurem magnis rebus ac modicis rite pertinentibus perfruendam, Eadred rex albionis iam manu hanc munificentiam anno dominice incarnationis .Dcc occ.li. sexto quoque quo scepta regebat regalia annorum laterculo cum consensu senatorum quorum hic calculantur uocabula triumphali uidelicet uexillo stabiliter roborauit. Oda archiepiscopus cum ceteris suffraganeis. Kænwaldo. Æthelgario. Æthelmund dux. et Eadmund alhelm. Ælfsige miles. Wulric præses. Bertfer∂. Eadhelm abbas atque Dunstan cum signo sancte Crucis hec carismata caraxabant. Iam imperat rex prefatus obsecrando et obsecrat imperando per clauem euangelicam quam Petro ipse Jhesus Christus auctore apostolico contulit ligandi atque soluendi potestate tradita quatinus in posterum nullus diabolica fraude deceptus preualeat huius largitatis libertatem delere. Set pocius qui studeat adimplere eulogium largitoris, larga lucra coram Christo integra caritate cum choris angelicis Jhesuali gymnasio sine fine inueniat amen in eternum. ˝is aren ˇe landmæres into Haddedune. Erest of erningestrete into Sumerlededic. and of ˇare dic into billingbroc; andlang broces, and of ˇan broce into ˇe mære. nor∂. of ˇan mære andlong Weyes into aldandic. east andlang dices into ellen styb and on ˇa stræte. and su∂ andlang stræte ˇat it come∂ foren on gean sumerlededic ˇer it ær bigan ˇat fiue hi∂a land mære.