S 601

A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelhild, the noble lady; grant of 15.5 hides (mansae) at Ipplepen, Dainton and Abbotskerswell, Devon, and also 1 hide (hiwisc) at Bittleford in Widdecombe and 1 at Bromleage (? Brimley in Bovey Tracy), Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Sherborne (ex Horton)

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 46487, f. 30r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

B, 952; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 18

Comments:

PN Devon, i. 513 n., i. 467, 527, on bounds, and on identifications; Rose-Troup 1933, pp. 55-8, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, p. 12 (no. 35); Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 64, 68 nn. 128 & 131, 'Group Two'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 62-4, authentic, reference to hides at Bittleford and Bromleage probably a late addition; Hooke 1990a, p. 194, on topography and assessment; Hooke 1994, pp. 152-5, on bounds

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    • Px In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi. Igitur apostolicis dictis nos congrue parere oportet . qua in epistola nos pie monet ; ut inquit ipse suprema uoce amet proximum qui diligit Deum . et hoc itaque ab utriusque sexu propagatum esse perhibetur . Propter quod ego EADWIG gentis Anglorum ceterarumque per gyrum nationum basileus . cuidam nobili femine uocitate nomine Æþelhild . xv . mansas et dimidiam duobus in locis illic ubi uulgariter dicitur Iplanpen 7 æt Doddintune 7 æt Cærswylle perpetualiter concedo . Amodo cum securitate nostrum donum uita comite sibi usurpet . se obeunte cuicunque uoluerit in carisma perenne impertiat . cum campis - pascuis - pratis - siluis . Hec tellus a cuncto sit immunis seruitio - nisi pontis - et arcis - et expeditionis iuuamine . Si quis uero minuerit hanc meam donationem . sciat se reum omni hora uite sue et tenebrosum tartarum non euadere . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus . Ðys synd þa landgemæra to Ipelanpænne 7 to Doddingtune 7 to Cærswylle . Of mæscumbe on landscore an horsa tor . Þonon on streame oþ eoþ of eoþ on pen . Of pænne on riht landscore on lyttlan tor . Þonon on landscore to langan dene . Þonon an landscore to þære linde . Of þære linde to þam beorge . Þonon to odding torre on landscore to mædercumbe . 7 Cærswellan landscore on þa lace . of þære lace on swiþredes stan . Þonon on herepað to woggan wylle . Þonon on herpað on þa rode . Of þære rode on herpað oþ þa laca . Þonne up be streame on mædercumbe on þa wic . þe þarto hyrþ . 7 æt bitelanwyrþe an hiwisce . 7 æt bromleage an hiwisce . Acta est autem hec donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesu Christi . dcccc . lvi . indictione . xiiii . + Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . + Ego Eadgar eiusdem regis frater consensi . + Ego Oda archiepiscopus cum signo Sancte Crucis roboraui . + Ego Ælfsinus presul sigillum agie Crucis impressi . + Ego Cenwold episcopus consignaui . + Ego Oscytel episcopus subscripsi . + Ego Osulf . episcopus confirmaui . + Ego Byrhthelm episcopus . conclusi . + Ego Æþelstan . dux . + Ego Eadmund dux . + Ego Byrhtwerþ dux . + Ego Aþelmund dux . + Ego Ælfere dux . + Ego Æþelsige dux . + Ego Ælfsige minister . + Ego Wulfric minister . + Ego Æþeleard minister . + Ego Ælfheah . minister . + Ego Ælfgar . minister . + Ego Byrhtfer<t>h . minister .
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    • ˘is is seo boc to Iplanpenne 7 to Doddingtune 7 to Cærswylle ∂e Eadwig kyning gebocode Æˇelhilde on ece yrfe : - Px In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi. Igitur apostolicis dictis nos congrue parere oportet . qua in epistola nos pie monet ; ut inquit ipse suprema uoce amet proximum qui diligit Deum . et hoc itaque ab utriusque sexu propagatum esse perhibetur . Propter quod ego EADWIG gentis Anglorum ceterarumque per gyrum nationum basileus . cuidam nobili femine uocitate nomine Æˇelhild . xv . mansas et dimidiam duobus in locis illic ubi uulgariter dicitur Iplanpen 7 æt Doddintune 7 æt Cærswylle perpetualiter concedo . Amodo cum securitate nostrum donum uita comite sibi usurpet . se obeunte cuicunque uoluerit in carisma perenne impertiat . cum campis - pascuis - pratis - siluis . Hec tellus a cuncto sit immunis seruitio - nisi pontis - et arcis - et expeditionis iuuamine . Si quis uero minuerit hanc mean donationem . sciat se reum omni hora uite sue et tenebrosum tartarum non euadere . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus . ˘ys synd ˇa landgemæra to Ipelanpænne 7 to Doddingtune 7 to Cærswylle . Of Mæscumbe on landscore an horsa tor . ˝onon on streame oˇ eoˇ of eoˇ on pen . Of pænne on riht landscore on lyttlan tor . ˝onon on landscore to langan dene . ˝onon an landscore to ˇære linde . Of ˇære linde to ˇam beorge . ˝onon to odding torre on landscore to mædercumbe . 7 Cærswellan landscore on ˇa lace . of ˇære lace on swiˇredes stan . ˝onon on herepa∂ to woggan wylle . ˝onon on herpa∂ on ˇa rode . Of ˇære rode on herpa∂ oˇ ˇa laca . ˝onne up be streame on mædercumbe on ˇa wic . ˇe ˇarto hyrˇ . 7 æt bitelanwyrˇe an hiwisce . 7 æt bromleage an hiwisce . Acta est autem hec donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesu Christi . dcccc . lvi . indictione . xiiii . + Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . + Ego Eadgar eiusdem regis frater consensi . + Ego Oda archiepiscopus cum signo Sancte Crucis roboraui . + Ego Ælfsinus presul sigillum agie Crucis impressi . + Ego Cenwold episcopus consignaui . + Ego Oscytel episcopus subscripsi . + Ego Osulf . episcopus . confirmaui . + Ego Byrhthelm episcopus . conclusi . + Ego Æˇelstan . dux . + Ego Eadmund dux . + Ego Byrhtwerˇ dux . + Ego Aˇelmund dux . + Ego Ælfere dux . + Ego Æˇelsige dux . + Ego Ælfsige minister . + Ego Wulfric minister . + Ego Æˇeleard minister . + Ego Ælfheah . minister . + Ego Ælfgar . minister . + Ego Byrhtfer[t]h . minister .