S 653

A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Eadheah, his faithful man; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) and 25 segetes at Ayshford in Burlescombe and Boehill in Sampford Peverell, Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 67v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1211; B, 1027; Hooke 1994, p. 156, bounds only

Comments:

Ekwall 1925, pp. 155-6, on bounds; PN Devon, ii. 546 n., on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 391-4, accepted; Finberg, ECDC, no. 36 (p. 12); Hart 1970a, p. 31 (no. 117), authentic; Finberg 1971, on bounds; Finberg 1972, p. 494, on estate; Hooke 1994, pp. 156-60, on bounds

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    • ˘is is ˇaræ ˇriddan healfan hide boc æt Æscforda 7 æt beohylle ˇe Eadwig cing gebocode Eadeage his ˇegne on ece yrfe . Christo theo in seculorum secula . cælum terramque regente humanum genus ab ortu suo usque ad mortem deficiendo videtur . sed prius omnium virtutum amator qui nos cupit devitare malum sectarique bonum cotidie de lacrimarum valle ad celestia regna nos ire feliciter monstrat . Vnde ego Eadwig rex Anglorum gubernator 7 rector cuidam meo fideli homine vocitato vocamine Eadheah modicam numinis mei partem terræ id est duas mansas 7 dimidiam 7 insuper . XXV . segetes . illic ubi Anglica appellatione dicitur æt Escforda 7 æt Byohylle perpetualiter concedo . ut habeat ac possideat quam diu vivat . 7 post se cuicumque voluerit eternaliter derelinquat . Sit autem predictum rus liber'um' ab omni mundiali obstaculo cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis . sine expeditione 7 pontis arcisve constructione . Si quis autem infringere temptaverit quod absit . sciat se rationem redditurum coram Deo 7 angelis ejus . nisi prius hic digna satisfactione emendare maluerit . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus . ˘is synt ˇe land gemere to Æscforda 7 to beohille . Erest on won broces ford ˇonne 7lang dices on luhhambeorh ˇonne on an rewæ ˇonon on ane dic ˇonon on annæ weg 7lang weges on stanford ˇonon eft on anne weg oˇ hit cym∂ eft an ane dic 7lang dic to holon broces heafdum 7lang broces on anne stanihtne ford ˇonon east on ane dic 7lang dices to fileˇ leage forda up on st'r'eam on anne hagan 7lang hagan on holancumbes land scare ˇonon on ane dic ˇonon on ruwan cnol ˇonon on anne hagan ˇonon on ˇet swelgend ˇonon on anne broc ˇonon to linor 7lang linor to æscforda ˇonon to ˇere dic wale ˇonon on wiˇig slæd ˇonon to holan broce of ˇam broce on ane dic . ˇonon eft on won broces ford . ˇonon is her butan ˇam gemæne les stræt . ˇonon synt ˇær manega hylla ˇæ man erien mæg . Hæc carta caraxata est anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCCLVIII . Indictione . I . [E]go Eadwig rex Anglorum prefatam donationem concessi . Ego Ælfsinus presul sigillum agye crucis impressi . [E]go Byrhthelm . episcopus consignavi . [E]go Oswulf . episcopus . adquievi . [E]go Byrhthelm . episcopus conscripsi . [E]go Alfwold . episcopus non rennui . [E]go Daniel . episcopus conclusi . Eadmund dux . Æˇelsige dux . Ælfgar dux . Byrhtfærh dux . Ælfeah dux . Eadric minister . Ælfred minister . Ælfric minister . Ælfsie minister . Ealdred minister .