S 565

A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfsige, bishop of Winchester; grant, for four lives, of 10 hides (mansiunculae) at Highclere, Hants., with reversion to St Peter's (Old Minster), Winchester. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 31v-32r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1170, B 905

Comments:

Crawford 1922, p. 76; Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 133-5, on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 73, probably spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 77, authentic, original extant at Winchester in 1643; Hart 1970a, p. 27 (no. 57), authentic; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 54; Edwards 1988, p. 142, cited; Keynes 1994, pp. 174-5, spurious in received form, but certain elements derive from an authentic 'Dunstan B' charter

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    • ˘is is ˇara . X . hida boc æt Cleran ˇe Eadred cing gæbocodæ Ælfsigæ biscopæ feower manna dæg . 7 æfter heora daga into Ealdan mynstræ . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLV . Ego Eadred . divina gratia favente rex et primicherius tocius Albionis ruris quandam particulam bis quinis mansiunculis estimatam quam solicole nominant . Clearan . Ælfsige episcopo . Wintoniensis æcclesiæ . ob ejus amabile et fidele obsequiolum preter triplum lib'e'rum servitium hoc est arcis . pontis . expeditionisque exercitium . post se trium spacia heredum libentissime concedo . finitisque illorum curriculis prefata terra . ad Petri apostolorum principis redeat limina ubi presulorum subthronizatur cathedra ni post voluntas fraterna illis plus sit consentanea . Si quis quod absit tempore episcopi posteriorumve possessorum tyrannica fretus potestate huiusce donationis cartulam presumptuosus infringere temptaverit . coram Christo angelicoque cætu Christi cunctorumque Christianorum improperium sustenturus perhenniter videatur . His inquam limitibus hæc telluris particula post episcopum suosque tres heredes fratribus concessa et ad usum vestitus . condonata circumgirari videtur . ˘is syn∂ ˇa land gemere . ærest of hilda hlæwe on hunig wege . and lang weges on breges stipe stan . of ˇan stane on scæp wescan 7lang sceapwascan on aleburnan . and lang aleburnan on bæueres broces heafde on coferan treowe on ˇa bradan ac . of ˇære bradan ac on stuteres hylle niˇewearde on stuteres hylle on wear∂ setl . of weard setle on wiˇig grafas . of wiˇig grafan on scip del of scip delle on cyp manna delle . 7lang weges eft east on hyldan hlew . Huius doni testes extiterunt quorum inferius nomina esse carraxata videntur . Ego Oda archiepiscopus hoc donum ut ratum maneat signo crucis perstrinxi . Ego Wulf[s]tan archiepiscopus cartulam cauterians signum crucis perfixi . Ego Ælfsige episcopus consentiens et corroborans triumphale signum depinxi . Ego Osulf episcopus consentaneus stipulator et agie crucis impressor extiti . Ego Wulfsige episcopus huius fulcitor largitionis cruciferens in Christo mansi . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus largiflui signum trophaei equiperans consignavi . Ego Alfwold episcopus labarum Christi præscribentibus conscribens impressi . Ego Cynesige episcopus syngrapham hanc gabulo summo cauteriari videbar . Ego Wulfhelm episcopus prefigentibus signaculum crucis consignator fui . Ego Oscytel episcopus cultui pergamineo consignaculum Christi adhibui . Ego Aˇulf episcopus rutilans crucis signaculum simul prebui . Ego Eadgifu mater regis . consensi et subscrpsi . Ego Eadwig cliton consensi et subscripsi . Ego Eadgar cliton consensi et subscripsi . Ego Æˇelstan dux consensi et subscripsi . Ego Æˇelmund dux consensi et subscripsi . Ego Eadmund dux consensi et subscripsi . Ego Eˇelsige dux consensi et subscripsi . Ego Byrhtfer∂ dux consensi et subscripsi . Ego Eˇelgear∂ minister regis consensi et subscripsi . Sed et familiæ tocius in monasterio Sancti Petri unanimis cum concivi societate consensus adherat .