S 667

A.D. 958 (Penkridge, Staffs.). Edgar, king of Mercia, to the familia of St Werburgh, Chester; grant of 17 hides (manentes) at Hosely, Flint; Cheavely, Huntington, Upton, Aston (? Aston Sutton) and Barrow (? Great Barrow), Cheshire. Latin

Archive:

Chester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 6032, ff. 50v-51r (s. xviii; dated 957)
2. London, British Library, Harley 1965, f. 3v (s. xiv 1; dated 958)
3. London, British Library, Harley 1967, f. 184r (s. xvi)
4. London, British Library, Harley 2060, f. 37r (s. xvi)
5. London, British Library, Harley 2071, f. 17r (s. xvii)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 200, ex MS penes William Vernon of Shakerley; K, 473, ex Mon. Angl; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 384 (no. 2); B, 1041, ex Mon. Angl. and MS 2; Birch 1888, pp. 14-15, ex MSS 1, 2; Tait, Chester Cart., pp. 8-10

Comments:

PN Chesh., ii. 161, iii. 261-2, iv, 116-17, 118; Tait, Chester Cart., pp. xvii-xviii, 10-13, authentic; Hart, ECNE, no. 121, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 69 nn. 135 & 137, diplomatic links with S 677 and 723; possible that same draftsman wrote all three charters; Hooke 1983, p. 19; Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 145-6, on diplomatic links with S 712a; PN Staffs., i. 87; BA Facs., p. 12; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52; Foot 2000, II. 74

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    • [Omnip]otens pater Spes unica Mundi . fabricator celi . Conditor orbis . qui diem Titanis splendidissimi radiis flagrantibus lustrando percurrit ; Noctemque Cinthie jubaris splendore comit . omnia nobis bona plus merito concedens donavit . vicemque aliis tam per ewangelicum paradigma ; quam per aliarum seriem scripturarum rependi precepit . Quapropter ego Eadgarus Regni Merciorum Christi favente gratia sublimatus ad culmina ; pro expiatione anime mee meorumque predecessorum Eadmundi videlicet incliti Anglorum Regis 7 genitoris mei ; necnon 7 beate memorie Ethelstani ejusdem gentis Regis nobilissimi . dono 7 libenter concedo humili familie Deo omnipotenti In honore sacratissime semperque virginis Werburgæ in loco qui dicitur Leiacestria assidue militanti quandam partem agrorum . Hoc est . XVII . manentium non in uno tamen loco . set in diversis sparsim locis divisos . quorum nomina hic tenentur inserta . que sic vocantur Hodeshli∂ 7 Ceofanlea 7 Huntingdun . 7 Huptun . 7 'E'Astone . 7 Barue . ut habeant cum omnibus bonis ad illam terram pertinentibus . 7 sine ulla contradicctione omni tempore jure hereditario possideant . 7 quicquid exinde facere voluerint liberam in omnibus potestatem habeant faciendi . Est autem hæc terra circumcincta terminis 7c . Sit etiam hoc mee concessionis donum liberum ab omni aggravatione secularis servicii 7 ab omni censu 7 expedicionis profectione pontisque constructione et arcis munitione . Si quis vero quod absit invidie facibus succensus presumptibili elacionis fastu . hoc mee donacionis munimen frangere aut minuere voluerit . Sciat se reum omni hora vitæ suæ 7 tenebrosi Tartaris flammivomas voragines in futuro non evadere nisi prius cum satisfactione pleniter emendaverit . Actum est hoc mee concessionis donum Anno Dominice incarnacionis . DCCC . LVIII . indictione vero . I a . anno secundo Regni mei in loco famoso qui dicitur Pencric . Hii testes aderant qui hoc consenserunt . 7 subscripserunt 7 cum triumphali vexillo sancte crucis Christi firmaverunt 7 corroboraverunt . Ego Eadgarus Rex Merciorum ceterarum nacionum concensi 7 scribere jussi . 7 cum signo sancte crucis firmavi 7 corroboravi .