S 606

A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelwold, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bleadon, Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 107v-108r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1182; B, 959

Comments:

Grundy, Somerset, pp. 154-60, on bounds; Bishop 1957a, p. 372; Finberg, ECW, no. 472, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 36 (no. 185), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 63-4, 'Group Two'; Abrams 1996, pp. 51, 63 n. 75, on boundary mark, on estate

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    • ˘is is ˇæræ . XV . hida land boc æt Bleodune. In nomine sanctæ et individuæ trinitatis . Ego Eadwig Angul Saxonum rex egregius . cæterarumque plebium hinc inde manentium crebro etenim decrevi rimari quod ea quæ videntur caduca sunt . et quæ non videntur perpetualiter manentia . qua de re cuidam meo fideli ministro uni vocabulo . A∂elwold . perpetualiter concedo quandam partem terræ hoc est . XV . cassatis in loco qui dicitur æt Bleodone . quatinus ut ipse vita comite possideat . et postea cuicunque heredi voluerit derelinquat in genere suo in perpetuam possessionem . cum campis . pascuis . pratis . Silvis . prefatum rus careat servitio omni preter expedicionem pontis et arcis munimen . Sit autem predictum rus ita firmatum . ut si quis studuerit in aliud transferre quam situm est anathematizetur a supernalibus civibus cælestium turmarum . Sitque consortio constrictus Judæ in barathri profundo æternaliter cruciandus . ˘is syndon ˇa land ge mæro to Bleodunæ . Ærest on wel pill . of wel pyllæ on smalan hlinc . of smalan hlincæ on wæl wæg nyˇæwerdnæ . of well wæge on æsc wyllæ . of æsc wyllæ on ˇa ealdan med dic . of ˇære dic on færsc mærus west snocan . of ˇam snocan on fulan mære east weardne . of ˇam mære on stod fald . of ˇam faldæ on ˇa ealdan lanan nyˇe wearde . of ˇære lanan on sugga denescumb . of ˇam cumbæ on cyric stædc . of ˇam stæde on trindel lea . of ˇam lea on wrostlan wyl . of ˇam wyllæ on genesˇorn . of ˇam ˇorne on ˇa wærhroda . of ˇam rodun on loxan wuda wyrtruman . of wyrtruman on ˇiccan stanas . of ˇam stanun on scypeladæs pyllæ . of ˇam pyllæ on mer pyll . of ˇam pyllæ on axan mid stream . swa and lang streames eft on well pyll . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCCLVI . Scripta est cartula . His testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur . Ego Eadwig Rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Eadgar ejusdem regis germanus consensi . Ego Oda Dorobernensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus corroboravi . Ego Ælfsinus Presul sigillum agyæ crucis impressi . Ego Byrhtelm Episcopus sigillum cum signo sanctæ crucis non rennui . Ego Alfwold episcopus . Ego Cenwald episcopus . Ego Oscytel episcopus . Ego Osulf episcopus . Ego Wulfsige episcopus . Ego A∂ulf episcopus . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Eadmund Dux . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Byrhtfert Dux . Ego Ælfhære Dux . Ego Æ∂elmund Dux . Ego Æ∂elsige Dux . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Æˇelgeard minister . Ego Leofric minister . Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . Ego Æˇeræd minister . Ego Ælfgar minister . Ego Byrhfer∂ minister .