S 623

A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Eadwig, his faithful minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Braunston, Northants. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Burton

MSS:

1. Burton-on-Trent, Burton-on-Trent Museum, Muniments 2 (s. xi; OS Facs., iii, Anglesey 1)
2. Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 390, ff. 1-184, f. 176r (s. xiii med.)

Printed:

B, 978; Sawyer, Burton, no. 14

Translated:

Bridgeman 1916, pp. 97-8 (no. 17)

Comments:

Bridgeman 1916, pp. 98-9; Ekwall 1925, pp. 153-4; PN Northants., pp. 14-15, on bounds; Jeayes 1937, no. 2; Beresford 1957, pp. 41-4, on bounds; Hart 1970, pp. 34-5, on hidage; Hart, ECNE, no. 4 and p. 169, reservations about authenticity, MS 1 perhaps a slightly later copy, possibly written by an Abingdon scribe; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 23-4, MS 1 appears to be an 11th-century copy of an authentic charter; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-9, 68 nn. 128, 130 & 133, Group Three'; unlikely to be original; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, MS 1 written in imitative script

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    • + Regnante imperpetuum domino nostro Iesu Cristo Manifestum est cunctis quod omnia celestia et terrestria prouidentia Dei gubernantur . que sollicitudo mortalis vite in carorum amicorumque amissione conqueritur ac defletur . Ideo certis adstipulationibus mellita oracula diuine clamationis nos frequentatiuis hortationibus suadet . ut cum hiis fugitiuis et sine dubio transitoriis possessiunculis iugiter mansura regna Dei suffragio adipiscenda sunt . Idcirco ego Eadwig rex Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium cuidam fideli meo ministro vocitato nomine Eadwig aliquam partem terre in loco qui dicitur Brantestun . viij . mansas terre . ut habeat et possideat vite sue et post se cuicumque uoluerit heredi derelinquat in eternam hereditatem . Sit autem predicta terra libera cum omnibus que rite pertinentibus ad ipsam campis pascuis pratis . excepto istis tribus expeditione . pontis arcisve instructione . Si quis uero quod non optamus contra nostrum hoc decretum machinari uel infringere voluerit ; sciat se racionem grauiter redditurum in die iudicii ante tribunal domini . nisi prius hic digna emendauerit ante mortem . þis syndon þa landgemæro to Brantes tune óf þes stod faldes east hyrnan ón þone pýt . of þam pytte on þone suðran beorh of þam beorge ón þone þorn styb of þam stybbe to þes cumb[es] heafde of þam cumbe on geriht in on limenan adún 7lang streames oð hit cymð on wiliabys ón þone lytlan ðorn óf þam ðorne ón middan þone mere of þam mere on riht to þam lytlan bro[ce] up 7land cumbes to þam sceardan beorge of þam sceardan beorge to þam rugan hlæwe óf þam rugan hlæwe ón stan beo\r/h óf stan beorge eft ón þone stod fald . Acta est autem hec donatio anno . dcccc . lvj . incarnationis dominice . indictione . xiiij . + Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum hóc confirmaui titulo sancte crucis Ego Eadgar indoles corroboraui Ego Oda archipresul impressi . Ego Ælfsige episcopus consensi . Ego Oswlf episcopus annui . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus dictaui Ego Daniel episcopus subscripsi . + Æðelstan dux + Æþelsig dux + Eadmund dux + Ælfhere dux + Æþelwold dux + Æþelmund dux + Ælfgar minister + Byrhtferð minister + Ælf[ ] minister + Æðelmær minister + Ælfred minister
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    • B. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, fo. 176 (p. 351): s. xiii med D. Burton upon Trent Museum, Burton Muniment 2: single sheet, parchment, s. xi 1, 240 x 580 mm., damanged by folding Endorsements: (1) by the scribe of the charter: + ˇis is seo land boc to Brantestune ˇe Ead'wig' cing gebocade Eadwige his ˇegne on ece yrfe (2) in a hand of s. xiii: Dcccc . lv . indictione . xiiii . (3) in a hand of s. xiii: Bronteston' (4) in a medieval hand: XIIII + Regnante imperpetuum domino nostro Iesu Cristo Manifestum est cunctis quod omnia celestia et terrestria prouidentia Dei gubernantur . que sollicitudo mortalis vite in carorum amicorumque amissione conqueritur ac defletur . Ideo certis adstipulationibus mellita oracula diuine clamationis nos frequentatiuis hortationibus suadet . ut cum hiis fugitiuis et sine dubio transitoriis possessiunculis iugiter mansura regna Dei suffragio adipiscenda sunt . Idcirco ego Eadwig rex Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium cuidam fideli meo ministro vocitato nomine Eadwig aliquam partem terre in loco qui dicitur Brantestun . viii . mansas terre . ut habeat et possideat vite sue et post se cuicumque uoluerit heredi derelinquat in eternam hereditatem . Sit autem predicta terra libera cum omnibus que rite pertinentibus ad ipsam campis pascuis pratis . excepto istis tribus expeditione . pontus arcisve instructione . Si quis uero quod non optamus contra nostrum hoc decretum machinari uel infringere voluerit ; sciat se racionem grauiter redditurum in die iudicii ante tribunal domini . nisi prius hic digna emendauerit ante mortem . ˇis syndon ˇa landgemæro to Brantes tune of ˇes stod faldes east hyrnan on ˇone pyt . of ˇam pytte on ˇone su∂ran beorh of ˇam beorge on ˇone ˇorn styb of ˇam stybbe to ˇes cumb[es] heafde of ˇam cumbe on geriht in on limenan adun 7lang streames o∂ hit cym∂ on wiliabys on ˇone lytlan ∂orn of ˇam ∂orne on middan ˇone mere of ˇam mere on riht to ˇam lytlan bro[ce] up 7land cumbes to ˇam sceardan beorge of ˇam sceardan beorge to ˇam rugan hlæwe of ˇam rugan hlæwe on stan beo'r'h of stan beorge eft on ˇone stod fald . Acta est autem hec donation anno . dcccc . lvi . incarnationis dominice . indictione . xiiii . + Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum hoc confirmaui titulo sancte crucis Ego Eadgar indoles corroboraui Ego Oda archipresul impressi . Ego Ælfsige episcopus consensi . Ego Oswlf episcopus annui . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus dictaui Ego Daniel episcopus subscripsi . + Æ∂elstan dux + Æˇelsig dux + Eadmund dux + Ælfhere dux + Æˇelwold dux + Æˇelmund dux + Ælfgar minister + Byrhtfer∂ minister + Ælf[ ] minister + Æ∂elmær minister + Ælfred minister + Wulfric minister mm