S 672

A.D. 956. King Edgar to Ælfstan, miles; grant of [7 hides at] Harwell, Berks. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 49v-50r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1273; B, 1183; PN Berks., iii. 764, bounds only

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. 150 and n. 3, obviously spurious; Grundy, Berks., III, pp. 215-18, on bounds; Hart 1970a, pp. 14, 29 (no. 83), Edgar's name substituted for Eadwig's; authentic basis; PN Berks., i. 11, ii. 480, 484, 521, iii. 752, 764-5, bounds describe modern parish of Harwell; Gelling, ECTV, no. 81, authentic basis; Keynes 1980, p. 63, forgery modelled on authentic instrument of 956

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    • ˘is is ˇara . VII . hidæ boc æt Warawylle ˇe Eadgar cining gæbocodæ Ælfstanæ his ˇægne on ece yrfæ . O ineffabilis gratia quæ carnem sumere dignata es ut prothoplasto neglecto salvares genus humanum . Cyrographo igitur antiqui hostis deleto gratia vincente melliflua potentia liberi arbitrii Deo gratias redit homini jam redempto sanguine Christi . Ex quo bellis cessantibus sua largiri discunt christiani comparando regna polorum . Unde et ego Eadgar Angvl saxonum rex Deo dextro condonare disponens . unumquemque fidelem gratulandi gratia . Huic quoque familarissimo militi nomine . Ælfstan . terram quæ dicitur . æt Haranwylle sicut terminus demonstrat infra distinctus . in hereditatem concedo perhennem cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus liberam ab omni censu regali tribus exceptis . expeditione videlicet arcis et pontis constructione . Acta est autem hæc libertas Anno . DCCCCLVI . Ab incarnatione dominica . Indictione . XIIII . Primo vero anno imperii nostri . ˘is synt ˇa land ge mæro æt haranwylle . of ˇa ellen stubbe on ∂ane o∂erne ellen stubbe ˇanone on ˇa ealdan fyrh ˇanone to smalan wege on butan flegges garan . ˘onne and lang ˇæs smalan weges ˇæt hit stica∂ on humbracumb . ˇonne on icenilde weg . ˇæt eft on ellen stubb . ˝onne on ˇone herepa∂ . on haran dune . ˇonne be herepa∂e on cranwylle . ˇonne on hesleabroc on hreodmede ˇonne on ˇa ealdan cot stowe . ˇonne on smalan broc . ˇonne on ˇæt longe furlang ˇonne on cylmes cumbe on snelles garan . ˘onne ys ˇis sio me∂ ˇe ˇærto ge byre∂ . 7 lang ˇæs ealdan broces . ˇæt hit sticad on sy∂tuninga lace . ˇonne on stocwylle broc . ˇonne on ˇane ealdan broc ˇanone on wudubricge . 7 ∂es land sint . VII . hyda ∂e ˇes land ge mæro to ge byria∂ . Ego Eadgar Rex Deo largitore Anglicæ gentis totiusque Bryttaniæ hoc donum tropheo agiæ crucis confirmavi . Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus corroboravi . Ego Ælfhere dux hoc idem consensi . Ego Ælfsige episcopus adquievi . Ego Osulf episcopus Annui . Ego Daniel episcopus Subscripsi . Ego Æˇelstan Dux . Ego Ælfgar minister . Ego Byrhferth minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . Ego Ælfwine minister . Ego Æˇelmær minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Wulfric minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Siric minister . Ego Æ∂elweard minister . Quicunque amodo hoc donum custodierit palmam tripudii inveniat paradysi avertere vero quisquis ausus fuerit missus Cocyto nullo modo emergat donec totum usque ad novissimum reddat quadrantem nisi emendat.