S 596

A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Ælfwold, his faithful minister; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 22v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1186; B, 960; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 120

Comments:

Grundy, Wilts., II, p. 55, cannot identify estate; Forsberg 1942, p. 151, bounds are those of Withiel Florey; Finberg, ECW, no. 473, authentic, several landmarks in common with S 254; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 65, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; Dumville 1993, p. 73 n. 330, cited

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    • ˘is is ˇara feower hyda boc æt Wiˇiglea ˇe Eadwig cyng gæbocode Ælfwoldæ his ˇegnæ on ece yrfæ . In nomine summi tonantis omnia quecumque secundum ecclesiasticam normam justo moderamine decernuntur quia incertus huius labentis vite status evidenter agnoscitur litter[ar]um apicibus saltim pro ampliore firmitate roborantur . Quamobrem Ego Eadwich . Anglorum ac tocius Bryttannicæ telluris gubernator et rector . cuidam meo fideli ministro vocitato vocabulo . Ælfwold . aliquam portionem terræ perhenniter devota mente concedo . id est . IIII . mansas in illo loco ubi ruricole antiquo usu nomen indiderunt . æt Wiˇiclea . amodo cum securitate nostrum donum vita comite sibi userpet . se obeunte cuicumque voluerit in incarisma perenne impertiat . cum campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis . Sit vero hæc terra ab omni seculari negotio libera . excepta expeditione . et pontis ac arcis constructione . Si quis autem infringere temptaverit . quod absit . sciat se rationem redditurum coram Deo et angelis ejus . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus . ˘is synd ˇa land ge mere to Wiˇiglea Ærest of lulles beorge 7lang burnan to cynulfes treowe ˇonon suˇ on ˇerpaˇ to megstanes dene ˇonon on Wiˇigleageat of ˇam geate to seg broce ˇonon on ucing cumb ˇonon 7lang weges to wyddan beorge ˇonon on wiˇig sled 7lang sledes on gericte to ˇam smalan wege 7lang weges on gerihte to brocenan beorge ˇonon eft on lulles beorge .. Acta est hæc prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini . DCCCC LVI . indictione . XIIII . Ego Eadwig . rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Eadgar ejusdem regis frater consensi . Ego Odo archiepiscopus cum signo sanctæ crucis roboravi . Ego Ælfsinus præsul sigillum agiæ crucis impressi . Ego Cenwald episcopus consignavi . Ego Oscytel episcopus subscripsi . Ego Osulf episcopus adquievi . Ego Wulsige episcopus non rennui . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus conclusi . Ego Æˇelstan dux . Ego Eadmund dux . Ego Eˇelstan dux . Ego Ælfhere dux . Ego Eˇelsige dux . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Æˇelgeard minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Ælfwig minister . Ego Wulfric minister .