S 612

A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Beornric, his faithful minister; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at (Little) Langford, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Wilton

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 436, ff. 69r-71r (s. xiii)

Printed:

Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 37-8; K, 446 and vol. iii. 439-40; B, 934

Comments:

Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 282-3, bounds are those of Little Langford; Darlington 1955, p. 93; Finberg, ECW, no. 277, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 66, 68 n. 128, 'Group Four'; Abrams 1996, pp. 158-60, on estate history

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    • ˝is his ˇære . VI . hida boc æt Langanforde ˇe Eadwig cing gebocode Byrnrice his ˇegne on eche yrfe . Χρisto Theo nos admonente ex fugitivis et propriis istius seculi possessionibus lucrum sempiternum adquirere valeamus illo dicente 'Thesaurizate vobis thesaurum in celo' 1 et reliqua . Quam ob causam ego Eadwig . annuente omnipotentis Dei clementia rex Anglorum multarumque gentium circumquaque persistentium gubernator et rector ; Cuidam mihi fidelissimo ministro . Byrnric . nomine devotionis ejus sollertia ejusque placatus obsequio dignatus sum impertire . VI . mansas . in illo loco ubi jamdudum solicole illius regionis nomen inposuerunt . æt Langanforda . Ut possideat et firmiter teneat usque ad ultimum cursum vite sue cum omnibus utensilibus que Deus celorum in ipso telluris gramine creavit tam in notis causis et ignotis in modicis et in magnis . Campis . pascuis . pratis . Silvis . donans donabo libertatem . Et post se cuicumque voluerit eternaliter derelinquat ceu superius prenotavi . Maneat igitur meum hoc immobile donum eterna libertate jocundum . Sine expeditione . et pontis . arcisve instructione . Si quis vero non prohorrescat evertere machinans nostrum decretum . Sciat se maledictionem Dei semper possidere cum diabolo in inferni profunditate . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus . ˝is synt ˇa land gemæra to langanforde . Ærest of ˇare ea on east cumb . ˇonon on æs dune . of æs dune to puntes stane ˇonon 7lang grimes dic to hunan wege to ˇam stane . ˇonon on botes cumb . ˇonon on ˇone to brocenan beorh . ˇonon adune 7lang weges on ˇone lytlan to brocenan beorh . ˇonon eft on ˇa ea . Hec carta scripta est . Anno dominice incarnationis . DCCCC LVI . Indictione . XIIII . Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Eadgar ejusdem regis frater consensi . Ego Odo archiepiscopus cum signo c[r]ucis + roboravi . Ego Ælfsinus presul sigillum agye crucis impressi . Ego Byrhthelm episcopus consignavi . Ego Cenwald episcopus adquievi . Ego Oscytel episcopus corroboravi . Ego Osulf episcopus non rennui . Ego Byrhthelm episcopus scripsi . Ego Aˇulf episcopus conclusi . Æˇelstan dux . Eadmund dux . Aeˇelstan dux . Aelfhere dux . Aeˇelsige dux . Aˇelwol dux . Aelfsige minister . Aeˇelgeard minister . Aelfheah minister . Eeadric minister . Aelfsige minister . Aelfric minister . Aelfwig minister . Aelfwine minister . Aelfmaer minister .