S 631

A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Wigstan (Wistan), his fidelis; grant of 4 hides (mansae) on the river Nadder (at Burcombe, Wilts.). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Wilton

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 436, ff. 48v-50r (s. xiii)

Printed:

Hoare, Reg. Wilton, p. 27; K, 456 and vol. iii. 446; B, 985; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 106

Comments:

Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 236-8, bounds describe part of Burcombe; Forsberg 1950, p. 86, on beginning of bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 92, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 283, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 52-3, 67 n. 127, 'Group One'; Meyer 1981, pp. 351-2, cited; Foot 2000, II. 222

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    • ˝[is] is ˇare . IIII . hida land boc be Noddre ˇe Eadwi cing ge bocode Wistane on eche yrfe . Sapientiam Dei propter culpam protoplasti carnem nostram induere aut dubium est . Verbo igitur incarnato terra diu despecta visitur ab angelis . discordia extinguitur . pax intromittitur . ac si cyrographo diaboli exinanito gratia pro gratia regnat in mundo . Cui etiam dono ego Eadwi . rex Anglorum gratulabundus insisto . Ac per caritatem quam late infudit in cordibus nostris misericordia Dei ditari dispono meos quoque fideles . Huic quoque meo fideli . Wistano nomine . IIII . mansas concedo in hereditatem perpetualiter possidendam tradendamque cuicumque voluerit heredi cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus pratis pascuis . primo anno regni mei . Incarnatione dominica . DCCCC . LVI . Indictione . XIIII . ˝is synt ˇa land gemære Æt leofsiges gete up to ˇare dic . ˇonne up to ˇam ∂orne . ˇonne up to grimes dic . 7lang dic to oˇeren ∂orne . ˇonne ta ∂am grægan stane . ˇonne to ˇam wudu wege ˇat hit sticat innan nodre . ˇonne 7lang noddre ˇat hit stica∂ on eatstanes land scare ˇat hit stica∂ up to herpoˇe . Ego Eadwi rex hoc donum signaculo crucis impressi . Ego Odo archiepiscopus corroboravi . Ego Ælfsige episcopus adfui . Ego Osulf episcopus annui . Ego Wulfsige episcopus subveni . Ego Brihtelm episcopus conspiravi . Ego Ælfwold episcopus adnotavi . Ego Daniel episcopus subscripsi Aeˇelstan dux A∂elsie dux . Eadmund dux . Aelfhere dux . A∂elmund dux . Byrhtfer∂ dux . Aelfheah minister . Aelfsige minister . A∂elmær minister . A∂elgerd minister . Alfred minister . Alfwine minister . Quisquis igitur hoc nostrum decretum amplificando minuerit talionem recipiat beatitatis . Sin autem quod absit frangere quis temptaverit luens penas arguatur rapine et cupidis ;