S 640

A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Ælfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 19r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1209; B, 1004

Comments:

Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 298-9, bounds describe lands of Bishopstone; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Finberg, ECW, no. 287, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 26 (no. 33), authentic

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    • ˝is is ˇara . V . hyda boc æt Eblesburnan ˇe Eadwig cing gebocode Ælfrice his ˇægne on ece yrfe . Regnante imperpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo . Omnibus namque sapientibus notum ac manifestum constat quod dicta futura . vel facta pro multiplici erumpnarum perturbatione . et cogitationum vagatione frequenter ex memoria recedunt . nisi literarum apicibus et custodiæ cautela reserventur et ad memoriam revocentur . Quam ab causam ego Eadwic . industrius Anglorum rex gubernator et rector . Idcirco cuidam fideli meo ministro quem nonnulli vocitant noto vocamine . Elfric . pro ejus benivolo obsequio aliquam portionem terræ perhenniter mente devota concedo . Id est . V . mansas illo in loco ubi Anglica appellatione dicitur . & . Eblesburnan . Dum vero vitale spiramen suum foverit corpus animo jocundo nostra dapsili dedictione perfruatur . decurso scilicet suæ curriculo vitæ heredi cui voluerit impendat in perpetuum carisma . cum campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis . Sit vero hæc terra ab omni seculari negotio libera excepta expeditione pontis et arcis constructione . Si qui denique michi non optanti hanc libertatis cartam livore depressi violare satagerint . agminibus tetræ caliginis lapsi vocem audiant . examinationis die arbitris sibi dicentis . 'Discedite a me maledicti in ignem eternum'1 . Cum demonibus ferreis sartaginibus crudeli torqueantur in pæna si non ante mortem digna hoc emandaverint penitentia . Istis terminis hæc tellus ambita videtur . ˘is synd ˇa land ge mere to eblesburnan ˇonne ge∂ hit ærest on bican bricge of ˇere bricge on beor dune fore warde on hafoc hlinc of hafoc hlince on stod pe∂ uf perdne ˇanon on ˇone bradan her pa∂ of ˇam herepa∂e on eangy∂e hlew ˇanon on menendene . of menandene on land sceargeat . of land sceorgeate on ludan beorh . of ludan beorge on eblesburnan up on stream æt bican bricge . Acta est hec prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCC . LVII . Indictione . XV . Ego Eadwig . Rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Osulf episcopus cum signo sanctæ crucis roboravi . Ego Ælfsinus presul sigillum agiæ crucis impressi . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus consignavi . Ego Wulfsie episcopus adquievi . Ego Ælfwold episcopus conclusi . Ego . Eadmund dux . Ego . Eˇelsie dux . Ego Ælfheah dux . Ego . Wulfric minister . Ego . Ælfred minister . Ego Ælfsie minister . Ego Eˇelgeard minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Ælfwic minister . Ego Wulfgar minister .