S 685

A.D. 960. King Edgar to Oswulf, bishop; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Stanton St Bernard, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Wilton

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 436, ff. 11r-13v (s. xiii)

Printed:

Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 5-6; K, 482 and vol. iii. 454; B, 1053; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 119

Comments:

Reynolds 2002, pp. 176, 192, on burial feature in bounds; Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 210-15, bounds identical with those in S 647; Darlington 1955, p. 10 n. 51, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 290, authentic

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    • ˝is his ˇare . XX . hida land boc æt Stantune ˇe Eadgar cyng gebocode Osulfe byscope on ehce yrfe . Cunctorum sophie naturam rimantium nichil labentium mutabilitate rerum posse esse durabile monitione liquido patesscit . Et maxime ipse jam cosmus sua ipsa senectute deprimitur et quasi ad vicinam mortem cresbrescentibus malis urgetur . ut illa veridica domini sententia manifestissime promulgat dicens . 'Cum videritis hec fieri Scitote quia regnum Dei appropinquabit' 1 . Idcirco ego Eadgar Anglorum . ceterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium altithrono disponente prout voluit gubernator et rector . Hec et cetera corculi archano nostri volutans . huius perpendens practice vite opulentia fore ditatum ut his fruens manentia largus lucrarer . uni meo devotissimo antistiti atque precessoribus amabilissimo . cujus nomen certa astipulatione . Osulf . profertur . cujusdam telluris particulam . XX . silicet mansas in loco qui a solicolis notum sumpsit vocabulum . Stantun . perpetua largitus sum donatione . quatenus cum omnibus que Deus celorum in ipso telluris gramine conscesserit . pratis videlicet pascuis silvis jugiter possideat . et post vite sue obitum quibuscumque voluerit heredi petis relinquat . Sit autem predicta tellus omni presentis vite jugo solutum excepta justa expeditione et pontis et arcis munimen . Quod si quisque quod non contingat demonica tursus audatia meam hanc dapsilitatem adnichilare mutareve conatus fuerit . a consortio future beatitudinis et certe requiei sequestratum se esse cognoscat . et ignum flammis medio projectus penas lugubris infinitas suscipiat . nisi hic largifluo lacrimarum rivo emendaverit quod contra nostra instituta agere presumsit . His metis prefatum rus hinc inde gyratur ; ˝is synt ˇa land gemære to stantune . Ærest of holan wylle on ˇa ruwan hola ˇonne on ˇone ealdan weg up to ˇam hæˇenan byrgelse . ˇonon on ˇryfyld dene of ˇære dene on ˇone scearpan stan . ˇonon on cobben stan . of ˇan stane on ane hlinc ræwe oˇ hit cym∂ to blacan grafum ˇonon on ˇone mær stan . of ˇam stane on ∂a foxholu . ˇonne on ˇane stanigan beorh on ˇorndune norˇewearde of ˇam beorge on ˇa stanas 7lang dene neo∂ewearde of ˇam on anne stan . ˇonon on anne ˇorn . ˇonon on ˇa wearh rode . on wodnes dic . ˇonon on ˇa ealdan burh middewearde . of ˇære ealdan on oxna mere ˇonon on anne crundel li∂ an stan ond of ˇam stane on ˇone midmestan hrycg on east cumbum . ˇonne on east mores heafod to ˇam hæˇenan byrgelse on brom lace ˇonne and lang streames eft on holan wylle . Anno dominice incarnatinois . DCCCCLX . Scripta est hec carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur ; Ego Eadgar Anglorum basileus corroboravi . Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus . confirmavi . Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus . consolidavi . Ego Aˇufl episcopus . corroboravi . Ego Byrhelm episcopus . confirmavi . Ego Alfwold episcopus . adquievi . Ego Aˇelwold abbas . Ego Ælfhere dux . Ego Ælfheah dux . Ego Aˇelstan dux . Ego Eadmund dux . Ego Aˇelwold dux . Ego Ælfgar miles testis . Ego Ælfwine miles testis . Ego Byrhtfer∂ miles testis . Ego Æˇelsige miles testis . Ego Eadric miles testis . Ego Wulfgar miles testis . Ego Osweard miles testis . Ego Oswig miles testis . Ego Osulf miles testis . Ego Ealdred miles testis . Ego Eadred miles testis . ˝is his ˇa landes boc æt Stantune .