S 557

A.D. 951. King Eadred to Wulfhelm, miles; grant of land at Marchington, Staffs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Burton

MSS:

1. Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 390, ff. 1-184, f. 175r (s. xiii med.)

Printed:

B, 890; Sawyer, Burton, no. 11; Hooke 1983, p. 103, bounds only

Translated:

Bridgeman 1916, pp. 89-90 (no. 11)

Comments:

Bridgeman 1916, pp. 90-1; Hart 1972, on charter-type; HRH, p. 229, genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 85 and p. 168, authentic, cf. S 556; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, 18, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; authentic, very similar to S 556 but probably not issued on the same occasion; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Hooke 1983, pp. 103, 105-6, 107, on bounds; PN Staffs., i. 8, 16; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on charter-type

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    • + Prophetica primitus predicacio . et apostolica deinceps disceptacio . et quod precellentior est euuangelica Iesu Cristi promulgatio cuncti indicat dogmata dicens . date et dabitur uobis . Ideoque Eadredus rex Anglorum quos uult honorifice larga manu locupletat . Hoc potest veraciter miles iste Wulfhelmus cum ceteris intimare . quem perhenni huius ruris æt Mærcham usurpacione . preter vrbis . pontisque constructione . et expedicionis obsequio beatizat . concedens ei eiusque heredibus hanc tellurem magnis rebus ac modicis rite pertinentibus perfruendam ...- + Eadred rex Albionis alma iam manu hanc munificentiam anno dominice incarnationis dccccmo . et ljo . sexto quoque quo sceptra regebat regalia annorum laterculo cum consensu senatorum quorum hic calculantur vocabula triumphali videlicet vexillo stabiliter roborauit . + Oda archiepiscopo cum ceteris suffraganeis . + Theodredo . Ælfrico ; Wulfsigio ; Ælfredo ; Cynsigio ; Koenwaldo ; Æðelgario ; Wulfhelmo ; Oscetelo ; sagaciter consignauit . + Duces et oerles sex conscribebant . ministri et prefecti . quinque sigillabant . + Eaðhelm ; abbas atque Dunstan cum signo+sancte crucis hec karismata karaxabant. Iam imperat rex prefatus obsecrando et obsecrat imperando per clauem euuangelicam quam Petro ipse Iesus Cristus 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 Cristo integra karitate cum choris angelicis Iesuali gymnasium sine fine inueniat amen . Ærest of deues broke an gillundes dic . of ðere dic ; on hine hylle . of hine hille ; on pire broc . of pirebroke ; on pirewasse . of pirwasse ; on ðæne hwitan mor . of þan witan mor ; on ðæn michalen ac . of ðære mycelen æc ; on stenges healh . of stenges heale; on potteres lege . of potteres leage ; on cundesleage . of cundeslege ; on cundes fenne . of cundes fenne ; on lind broc . of lind broce . on holan broce ; of holan broke ; an dufan . and long dufan ; eft innan denes broc .
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    • Carta Edredi regis de Marchanton sub Nedwod' . dcccc . li o . + Prophetica primitus predicacio . et apostolica deinceps disceptacio . et quod precellentior est euuangelica Iesu Cristi promulgatio cuncti indicat dogmata dicens . date et dabitur uobis . Ideoque Eadredus rex Anglorum quos uult honorifice larga manu locupletat . Hoc potest veraciter miles iste Wulfhelmus cum ceteris intimare . quem perhenni huius ruris æt Mærcham usurpacione . preter vrbis . pontisque constructione . et expedicionis obsequio beatizat . concedens ei eiusque heredibus hanc tellurem magnis rebus ac modicis rite pertinentibus perfruendam ...- + Eadred rex Albionis alma iam manu hanc munificentiam anno dominice incarnationis dcccc mo . et lj o . sexto quoque quo sceptra regebat regalia annorum laterculo cum consensu senatorum quorum hic calculantur vocabula triumphali videlicet vexillo stabiliter roborauit . + Oda archiepiscopo cum ceteris suffraganeis . + Theodredo . Ælfrico ; Wulfsigio ; Ælfredo ; Cynsigio ; Koenwaldo ; Æ∂elgario ; Wulfhelmo ; Oscetelo ; sagaciter consignauit . + Duces et oerles sex conscribebant . ministri et prefecti . quinque sigillabant . + Ea∂helm ; abbas atque Dunstan cum signo + sancte crucis hec karismata karaxabant. Iam imperat rex prefatus obsecrando et obsecrat imperando per clauem euuangelicam quam Petro ipse Iesus Cristus 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 Cristo integra karitate cum choris angelicis Iesuali gymnasium sine fine inueniat amen . Ærest of deues broke an gillundes dic . of ∂ere dic ; on hine hylle . of hine hille ; on pire broc . of pirebroke ; on pirewasse . of pirwasse ; on ∂æne hwitan mor . of ˇan witan mor ; on ∂æn michalen ac . of ∂ære mycelen æc ; on stenges healh . of stenges heale ; on potteres lege . of potteres leage ; on cundesleage . of cundeslege ; on cundes fenne . of cundes fenne ; on lind broc . of lind broce ; on holan broce . of holan broke ; an dufan . and long dufan ; eft innan denes broc.