S 66

A.D. 685. Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria, to Cuthbert; grant of land at Crayke, Yorks. N.R., and at Lugubalia (Carlisle). Latin

Archive:

Durham

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff. 1. 27, p. 186 (s. xvi)
2. Durham, D. &. C., 'Cartularium III', p. 137 (s. xiv/xv)
3. London, British Library, Harley 533, f. 100r (s. xvii)
4. London, Lincoln's Inn, 114, ff. 1-133, f. 5r-v (s. xv)
5. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 15-17 Ric. II, no. 29
6. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 8 Hen. IV, no. 3
7. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 1 Hen. V, pt 1, no. 15
8. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 11 Hen. VI, pt 2, m. 22
9. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 91, no. 10
10. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 9 (S.C. 4151), f. 8r-v (s. xvii)
11. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 10 (S.C. 4152), f. 34v (s. xvii)
12. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dugdale 21 (S.C. 6511), f. 97r (s. xvii)
13. Durham, Cathedral Library, 1.1.Pont.6

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 39; Smith, Bede, p. 725, ex MS 2; K, 25, ex MS 8; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 234; B, 66, ex K

Comments:

HS, p. 166 n., spurious; Craster 1954, p. 181, obvious forgery; Chaplais 1969, pp. 537-8, evidently spurious, but includes one formula with contemporary continental parallels (= 1973 pp. 101-2); Wormald 1985, pp. 17, 26, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Cubitt 1995, pp. 258-9.

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    • In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti . Amen . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dclxxxv . congregato sinodo circa fluvium Alne in loco qui dicitur Æt-tuiford , cui Theodorus archiepiscopus Do[r]uvernensis præsidebat , cum Cuthbertus legatariis ac literis ad se præmissis nequaquam sua insula posset erui ; tandem ego Egfridus rex , Northumhymbrorum cum antistite Trumuini et aliis religiosis viris insulam navigavi , et invitum ad synodum pertraxi , ubi omnium jussione episcopatus officium suscipere compellitur . Cui et omnibus successoribus ejus , consilio Theodori archiepiscopi Trumuuini et totius consilii , pro salute animæ meæ et successorum meorum , donavi villam quæ vocatur Crec et tria miliaria in circuitu ipsius villæ : Donavi eciam civitatem quæ vocatur Lugubalia, et in circuitu ejus quindecim miliaria ; ut hæc tam ipse quam successores ejus , ad Dei servitium imperpetuum habeant , ita sicut ego habui , libera et quieta et secundum suam voluntatem disponenda . Ego Theodorus archiepiscopus Doruvernensis subscripsi . + . Ego Cedd Orientalium Saxonum episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Bosa episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Saxuulf Merciorum episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Eata Hagustaldensis episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Trumuuni Pictorum episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Ceadda Lichefeldensis episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Eadhæd Lindissi episcopus subscripsi . + . Hæc donatio scripta est tempore Agathonis papæ , anno ætatis regis Egfridi quadragesimo , regni vero ejus decimo quarto .