S 675

A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Æthelric, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Wootton, Oxon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 108v-109r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1219; B, 1042; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 1

Comments:

Ekwall 1925, pp. 156-7, on bounds; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 91-2, on bounds; PN Oxon., i. 7, ii. 293, 490, on bounds; Whitelock 1959, p. 75, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 36 (no. 187), authentic; HRH, p. 229, ? genuine, but subscriptions doubtful; O'Donovan 1973, p. 113, on a witness; Whitelock 1973, p. 233, on a witness; Gelling, ECTV, no. 276, authentic, bounds describe only small portion of modern parish; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 135, on royal style; Hart 1992, pp. 450-1; Blair 1994, pp. 78, 108, 196 n. 93, on hidage; on Wootton; John of Worcester, p. 407 n., on witnesses

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    • ˘is is ˇæra landes boc æt Wudutune ˇe Eadgar cining gebocode Æˇelrice his ˇegne on ecen yrfe . Quamvis omnia que in huius labentis evi curriculo cernuntur temporalia sint . et terrenis cælestia sint mercanda . tamen ut recidiva successoribus nostris tutiora permaneant apicum seriæ testiumque adfirmatione roboranda sunt . Quapropter ego Eadgar . gratia Dei rex Merciorum ceterarumque circumquaque nationum ruris quandam particulam . id est . XX . mansas in loco ubi ruricole vulgari onomate vocitant æt Wudutune cuidam ministro meo Æˇelrico largiflua mente pro ejus satis placabili obsequio ad modum libenter imperpetuam hereditatem concedo ut ipse habeat possideat que quamdiu in hoc seculo vita fruatur . et post se cuicumque voluerit derelinquat . His consentientibus pax perpetua contradicentibus autem ve hic et in futuro . His quoque limitibus prefata tellus girari videtur . Ærest æt meolforda upp and lang streames oˇ ramma ford of ˇam forda and lang ramma dæne to eadweardes ge mære of eadweardæs ge mære to glim . 7 lang glim adune on ˇone stream oˇ hit cymˇ to ˇam stream ˇæ scyt fram meolcforda up and lang ˇæs streames ˇæt hit cymˇ æft to meolcforda . 7 ymb ˇone wudu swa Ælfsige 7 Æˇelricg wur∂. Acta est autem hæc donatio . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCCLVIII . indictione vero . I . cum consensu atque consilio episcoporum optimatumque quoram nomina inferius decarraxata parent . + Ego Eadgar . Rex hanc meam munificentiam cum tropheo agyæ crucis corroboravi . + Ego Oscytel episcopus . + Ego Cenwold episcopus . + Ego Dunstan episcopus . + Ego Cynesige episcopus . + Ego A∂ulf episcopus . + Ego Leofric episcopus . + Ego Leofwine episcopus . + Ego Ealdred episcopus . + Ego Ealdred abbas consensi et manu propria signum sanctæ crucis impressi . + Ego Ælfhere Dux . + Ego Æˇelstan Dux . + Ego Æˇelmund Dux . + Ego Æˇelwold Dux . + Ego Æˇelmund Dux . + Ego Æˇelwold Dux . + Ego Beorhtnod Dux . + Ego Ælfwine minister . + Ego Alfwold minister . + Ego Eanulf minister . + Ego Æˇelsige minister . + Ego Ælfsige minister . + Ego Ælfhelm minister . + Ego Ælfsige minister . + Ego Æscferd minister . + Ego Æˇelwine minister . + Ego Æthelwold minister . + Ego Osfærˇ minister .