S 676a

A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Eadwald, his minister; grant of 3 hides (mansiunculae) at Coundon, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Coventry

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. Gloucester, Gloucestershire Record Office, D2026/L10/26 (s. xvi/xvii; ex 1)

Printed:

Keynes 1994, p. 166

Comments:

Keynes 1994, esp. pp. 166-8, 177, authentic 'Dunstan B' diploma; Hooke 1996, p. 110, on estate; Hooke 1999, pp. 61-4, on bounds, with map

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    • Note at end (representing endorsement): ˘is is ∂æs landes boc æt Cundelman; Anno ab Incarnatione Domini nostri Iesu Christi dccccluiii Indictione .i. Ego Eadgar diuina allubescente gratia rex et primicherius Merciorum ruris partem aliquantulam ternis ab accolis æstimatam mansiunculis in loco qui dicitur Cundelman Eadwaldo ministro meo liberam preter pontum expeditionemque inperpetuum ius libenter admodum concedo quatinus diebus uitæ suæ possideat et post se cuicumque uoluerit heredi derelinquat. Quod si quisque quod non optamus huiuscæ donationis cartulam adnihilare temptauerit coram Christo se rationem redditurum agnoscat. Et his limitibus hec telluris pars circumgirari uidetur; Ærist of ∂ære mæde on scir burnan up 7lang burnan ˇon wæn leages broc, of ∂am broce on ˇæt heafod land 7lang ˇara heafda ˇæt on ˇone mor of ∂am more on hafoc stige of ∂ære stige on ˇa dic of ∂ære dic on ˇone hege 7lang heges ˇæt on ˇon stanihtan ford of ∂am ford on ˇone hege of ˇam hege ˇæt eft on ˇa mede; Et huius doni constipulatores exstiterunt quorum inferius nomina caraxari uidentur; + Ego Oscytel episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Dunstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Cynesige episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Aˇulf episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Ælfhere dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Æˇelstan dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Aˇelwold dux consensi et subscripsi Ego Ælwine minister Ego Wulfhelm minister Ego Ufa minister Ego Ælfwold minister Ego Æˇelwine minister Ego Ælfsige minister Ego Osfer∂ minister