S 598

A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his princeps; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Chidden in Hambledon, Hants. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 67r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1192; B, 976; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 124

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 108-10, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 82, authentic; Hart 1970a, pp. 15-17, 31 (no. 116), on beneficiary and his estates; authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 65, 67 n. 127, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; Pile 1984, revises Grundy's interpretation of bounds; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, discusses beneficiary; Wormald, English Law, p. 445, on royal titulature

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    • ˝is is ∂ara . X . hida boc æt Cittandene ˇe Edwig cing gebocode Æˇelgerde his ˇegne on ece yrfæ . Regnante in perpetuum ac gubernante domino nostro Jhesu Christo . omnia jura regnorum cunctis agye sophie fontem haurientibus opere precium fore videtur quod ea que secundum instituta et decreta antiquorum patrum tractata fuerint quamvis veridicorum hominum sermo testimonium sufficeret . tamen pro incerta prolixi temporis fortuna cyrographorum scedulis sunt roboranda . Quamobrem ego Eadwig non solum Angul Saxonum basileus verum etiam totius Albionis insule gratia Dei sceptro fungens uni meo principi quem vocitant nonnulli noto vocamine Æˇelgea'r'd . cum consensu meorum optimatum . X . mansas perhenni stabilitate concedo . in illo loco ubi vulgari astipulatione vocamen antique imposuerunt æt Cittandene . ut habeat cum omnibus quæ ad illum locum pertinere noscuntur . campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis . quatinus mea dapsili deditione quamdiu vitalis flatus suum foverit corpus hilari animo perfruatur . et post se heredi cui voluerit derelinquat . sicut ante manifestatum est eternaliter . Careat autem nostrum carisma omni mundano servitio . excepto triplici labore . expeditione . pontis arcisve constructione . Si quis autem infringere temptaverit quod absit . sciat se rationem redditurum coram Deo et angelis ejus . nisi hic prius emendare satagerit . Istis terminis hæc tellus ambita videtur . ˘is synd ˇa land gemera to Cittandene . Ærest on ˇone ˇriddan hlinc ˇe to hamelandunæ hyrˇ of ˇam hlince on mearcdene 7lang dene to ˇam westmestan beorgan . ˇonon east 7lang weges on ˇonon hwitan weter weg . of ˇam wege forˇ in on mearclea . ˇonon east 7lang hlinces on ˇa here stræte . ˇonon to cittanwara becun . 7 lang beca forˇ to wealtham in on ˇa mearce ˇe to hamelandune hyrˇ . Hæc carta scripta est anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLVI . Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Eadgar ejusdem regis frater consensi . Ego Oda archiepiscopus cum signo agye crucis roboravi . Ego Ælfsinus episcopus sigillum sanctæ crucis impressi . Ego Oscytel episcopus consignavi . Ego Osulf episcopus corroboravi . Ego Wulfsige episcopus adquievi . Ego Brihtelm episcopus confirmavi . Ego Aˇulf episcopus consignavi . Æˇelstan dux . Ædmund dux . Æˇelstan dux . Byrhtferh dux . Ælfhere dux . Ælfsige minister . Wulfric minister . Ælfheah minister . Ælfsige minister . Ælfred minister . Ælfgar minister . Byrhtferˇ minister . Ælfheah minister . Ælfric minister . Aˇelwold minister .