S 662

A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Ælfswith, matrona; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Kemsing, Kent. Latin

Archive:

Wilton

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 436, f. 80v (s. xiii; incomplete; lacks date, bounds and witness-list)

Printed:

Hoare, Reg. Wilton, p. 45; K, 476; B, 1031

Comments:

Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; B, 1031 n., on Kemsing and St Edith of Wilton; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 285, on place-name; Yorke 1988a, p. 76 n. 92

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    • ˝is is ˇare . X . hida boc æt Cymesing . ˇe Eadric cing gebocode Ælfswiˇe his magan on eche yrfe . In nomine Dei summi et alitissimi . Certis astipulationibus nos sancti et justi patres frequentivis ortationibus admonent ut Deum quem diligimus et credimus intima mentis affectione cum bonorum operum diligentia incessanter eum timeamus et amemus . Quapropter . Ego Eadwig . rex Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . Cuilibet matrone vocitato nomine . Ælfswiˇ . X . secundum astimationem cassatorum aliquam partem terre perpetualiter concedo . illo in loco ubi prisco relatu dicitur . æt Cymesing . dum vero vitali spiramen suum foverit corpus animo jocundo nostra dapsili deditione perfruatur . decurso scilicet sue curriculo vite heredi cui voluerit impendat inperpetuum carisma . Hec . . . . . . . .