S 677

A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Ealhstan, his faithful minister; grant of 6 hides (manentes) at Staunton on Arrow, Herefords., and a messuage (haga) in Hereford, in return for 40 mancuses of gold. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Wells

MSS:

1. Wells, DC., Cathedral Charter, I (s. x med.; OS Facs., ii, Wells)

Printed:

Birch 1880a, pp. 226-7; B, 1040

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 109 (pp. 558-9)

Comments:

Birch 1880a, pp. 227-9; Hart 1970a, p. 23, on endorsement; Stenton 1971, p. 531, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 418, authentic, with discussion of bounds; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 557-8; Keynes 1980, pp. 28 n. 47, 69-70, apparent original, probably same draftsman as S 667, 723; Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 145-6, diplomatic links with S 667, 712a, 723; Coplestone-Crow 1989, p. 182; BA Facs., p. 12, probably drafted by Mercian scribe; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52; Hooke 1992, pp. 57, 62 n. 63, map of bounds; solution differs from Finberg's; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, 156 n. 123, 160, on script; Thompson 2006, pp. 18 et passim, on script

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    • Endorsement: Her is Stantunes boc. + Cunctipotens pater arce superna sedens pronam . labilemque humani generis conspectans fragilitatem . unigenitum suum per quem secula ineffabili relatu disposuit nobis ad nostra crimina delenda misit . Constat namque ejusdem pii arbitrio conditoris . illiusque miseratione conceditur quemquam posse imis superna terrenis cælestia emere caducis sine fine mansura adipiscere . Quapropter ego Eadgar divina favente gratia totius regni Merciorum monarchiam optinens . tribuo et libenter concedo . Ealhstane . fideli meo ministro quoddam rus pro suo placabili pecunia hoc est . XL . mancusis de auro obridzo . in pago . Magesætna . hoc est . VI . manentium . in loco qui ab illius loci incolis dicitur . Stantun . ut habeat et semper æternaliter possideat cum omnibus bonis ad illam terram rite pertinentibus et quicquid exinde facere voluerit . potestatem habeat faciendi . Est autem hæc terra istis circumcincta terminis . Ærest of myle forda ondlong erge ˇæt in wæsceford . of wæsceforda ondlong erge ymb holaneige ufeweardre . of holaneige ufe weardre on ˇa ac ecge ufe weardre ˇæt 7 lang ˇære acecge ufe wearde ˇæt on snæd weg foreweardre : of snæd wege ymb heanlege on æcnabrycge up ondlong broces ˇæt in ∂a dic . ondlong dices in tanes bæce . of tanes bæce ondlong mærgeardes . ˇæt on lionhina gemære . ondlong leonhiena gæmeres ˇæt on a∂elwoldes hege . of a∂elwoldes hege in hean oldan . of hean oldan in mær∂orn . of mærˇorne ondlong geardes in ∂æt hlid get . of ∂am hlidgete ondlong stræte on dicesgeat of dicesgeate in ∂æt ∂ridde geat . ∂æt ondlong stræte ˇæt eft in myleford . 7 Eadgar cyning ge an Healhstane his ˇegn hagan on hereforda on boc a on ece yrfe . Sit ætiam hæc terra libera ab omni tributo . magno et modico et servitute regali . nisi pontis constructione arcis ædificatione et hostium expeditione . Si quis autem hoc meæ concessionis donum frangere vel minuere voluerit minuat omnipotens Deus dies illius in hoc seculo . et in futuro iram Dei incurrat nisi hic antea cum satisfactione bene emendaverit . Actum est autem hæc mea donatio anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCC . LVIII . Indictione vero I a . anno II o . regni mei . + Hii testes aderant qui hoc consenserunt et subscripserunt et cum triumphali vexillo sanctæ crucis firmaverunt . + Ego Eadgar rex Merciorum et Nor∂anhymbrorum atque Brettonum consensi et scribere jussi et cum vexillo sanctæ crucis firmavi . + Ego Cynesige episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Oscytel episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Dunstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Wulfric episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego A∂ulf episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Leofwine episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Ælfhere dux consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Æˇelstan dux consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Æˇelmund dux consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Uhtred dux consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Aˇelwold dux consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Byrhtno∂ consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Ælfwine minister consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Wulfhelm minister consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Æˇelsige minister consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Wærstan minister consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Wulfgar minister consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Wulfstan minister consensi et subscripsi .