S 649

A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Wulfstan, his faithful minister; grant of 9 hides (mansae) at Conington, Hunts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. Winchester, DC., Library Showcase (s. ix med.; OS Facs., ii. Winchester 2)

Printed:

B, 1003

Comments:

Stevenson 1912, p. 8, contemporary; PN Beds. and Hunts., pp. 182, 187; Drögereit 1935, pp. 391-4; Chaplais 1965, pp. 57 n. 81, 59-60, on endorsement; original, written by Winchester scribe (= 1973, pp. 38 n. 81, 41-2); Hart, ECEE, no. 9, original, discusses bounds; Chaplais 1968, p. 332 n. 169, step from wrapping-tie (= 1973, p. 83 n. 169); Potts 1974, p. 1, on a boundary mark; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 24, on step from wrapping-tie (= 1981, XIV 16 n. 24); Sawyer, Burton, p. 28, chrismon very similar to those of S 602, 646; Keynes 1980, pp. 17, 67, original; Hart 1992, pp. 447-8, original; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, 160, on script; Thompson 2006, pp. 22 et passim, on script

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    • Endorsement: + ˇis is ˇara . IX . hida boc æt Cunic tune . ˇe Eadwig cing gebocode Wulfstane his ˇegne on ece yrfe . Px Regnante in perpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo . Nunc mutando fragilitas mortalis vitæ marcescit et rotunda seculorum volubilitas inanescit . Ac in carorum propinquorum amicorumque amissione conqueritur ac defletur . Ideo ego Eadwig Anglorum basileus ceterorumque populorum in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . Cuidam meo fideli ministro vocitato nomine . Wvlfstano . IX . mansas perpetualiter concedo . Illic ubi Anglica appellatione dicitur . æt Cvnictvne . Vt habeat ac possideat quandiu vivat . et post se cuicumque voluerit heredi æternaliter derelinquat . Sit autem prædictum rus liberum ab omni mundiali obstaculo cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis . Sine expeditione . et pontis . arcisve instructione . Si quis autem infringere temptaverit quod absit . sciat se rationem redditurum coram Deo et angelis suis . Nisi prius hic digna satisfactione emendare maluerit . Istis terminis ambitur prædicta tellus . ˝is synt ˇa land gemæra to cunic tune . ærest of bugla fenne 7 lang ˇa riscweges on eneda wylle ˇonon on ˇone mere of ˇam mere on holan broc 7 lang broces to upwylle ˇonon to glædtuninga wege of ˇam wege on earninga stræte ˇonon on seaxa broc 7 lang broces on gyruwan fen ˇa eft on bugla fen . Hæc carta karaxata est . Anno dominicæ Incarnationis . . DCCCCLVII . Indictione . XV . + Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum prefatam donationem concessi . + Ego Eadgar ejusdem regis fræter celeriter consensi . + Ego Oda archiepiscopus cum signo sanctæ crucis + roboravi . + Ego Ælfsinus præsul sigillum agiæ crucis + impressi. + Ego Byrhthelm episcopus consignavi . + Ego Cenwald episcopus adquievi . + Ego Oscytel episcopus corroboravi . + Ego Osulf episcopus non rennui . + Ego Aˇulf episcopus conclusi . + Æˇelstan dux . + Eadmund dux . + Ælfhere dux . + Æˇelsige dux . + Byrhtnoˇ dux . + Aˇelwold dux . + Ælfheah minister . + Ælfsige minister . + Æˇelgeard minister . + Ælfred minister . + Ælfheah minister . + Eadwold minister . + Ælfwold minister . + Ælfric minister . + Eadric minister .