S 600

A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelhild, the noble lady; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Droxford, Hants. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 102r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1181; B, 953

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., II, pp. 79-81, bounds cover Swanmore and part of Droxford; Finberg, ECW, no. 80, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 35 (no. 177), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 64, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 63, on relationship with S 601; Foot 2000, II. 247

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    • ˘is is ˇara . XX . hida boc æt Drocenesforda ˇæ Ea'd'gi cing bocode Æ∂elhil'd'æ on ece yrfæ . In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi . Igitur apostolicis dictis nos congrue parere oportet qua in epistola nos pie monet ut inquit ipse supprema voce 'amet proximum qui diligit Deum' 1 et hoc itaque ab utriusque sexu propagatum esse perhibetur . Propter quod ego Eadwig . gentis Anglorum cæterarumque per gyrum nationum basileus cuidam nobili feminæ vocitatæ nominæ Æ∂elhild . XX . mansas . in loco qui dicitur . Drokenesford . perpetualiter concedo amodo cum securitate nostrum donum vita comite sibi usurpet se obeunte cuicumque voluerit in carisma perhenne impertiat . Cum campis . Pascuis . Pratis . Silvis . hæc tellus a cuncto sit inmunis servitu nisi pontis et arcis . et expeditionis juvamine . Si quis vero minuerit hanc donationem ; Sciat se reum omni hora vitæ suæ et tenebrosum Tartarum non evadere . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus . ˝is syndon ˇa land ge mæro to Drocenesforda . Ærest of Drocenesforda to biene stede . of biene stedæ to scida felda . ˇanon utt to langan leagæ middæ wærdræ . ˇanon upp to ˇære stigælæ . ˇanon utt to wulf pyttun . ˇanon utt on Meone . Hæc ista mea donatio data est . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLVI . Indictione . XIIII . Ego Eadwig Rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Eadgar ejusdem regis frater consensi . Ego Oda archiepiscopus cum signo sanctæ crucis roboravi . Ego Ælfsinus Presul sigillum agyæ crucis impressi . Ego Cenwold episcopus cum signo sanctæ crucis consignavi . Ego Cenwold episcopus . Ego Oscytel episcopus . Ego Osulf episcopus . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Eadmund Dux . Ego Æ∂elstan Dux . Ego Byrhtfer∂ Dux . Ego Æ∂elmund Dux . Ego Ælfhere Dux . Ego Æ∂elsige Dux . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Æ∂elhear∂ minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . Ego Ælfgar minister . Ego Byrhtfer∂ minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . 1 1 John 4: 21.