S 703

A.D. 962. King Edgar to Æthelflæd, matrona; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Chelsworth, Suffolk. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley Charter 43 C 3 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 25)
2. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 46v (s. xiii 2)
3. Cambridge, University Library, Gg.4.4, f. 304r-v (s. xv med.)
4. Cambridge, University Library, Mm.4.19, ff. 90v-91r (s. xii 2)
5. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 17r (s. xiii/xiv)

Printed:

K, 490 and vol. iii. 458; B, 1082; Earle, pp. 200-1, incomplete; Hart 1992, pp. 472, 474, 475

Printed and Translated:

Hart and Syme 1987, pp. 173-4

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Drögereit 1935, pp. 395-400, product of 'Edgar A'; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, scribe perhaps from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 690, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Hart, ECEE, no. 76, original; Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 70-3, MS 1 original, written by royal scribe 'Edgar A'; Hart and Syme 1987; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxviii; Hart 1992, pp. 467-85; Dumville 1993, pp. 13-14 n. 31, apparent original; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, on script; Thompson 2006, pp. 23 et passim, on script

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    • Endorsements: (1) in a hand of early s. xii: Carta Ædgari regis de Cherlesworde cuidam Æffleade. (2) continued in a later s. xii hand: que per Istam et per propriam cartam reddidit manerium sancto Ædmundo (3) in a hand of s. xv: Carta Edgar de Chrlesworde Px Almus totius cosmi fabricæ conditor superna infimaque miro ineffabilique ordine collocans hominem tantundem quadriformi plasmatum materia sancto ad sui similitudinem inspiratum flamine cunctisque in infimis creaverat uno probandi causa excepto vetitoque preficiens paradisiacæ jocunditatis amenitate cum sua conjuge luculentissime constituit . Qui pro dolor demoniaco instinctus spiramine sibi ac posteris in hoc erumpnoso dejectus sæculo mortem promeruit perpetuam . Quamobrem ego Eadgar totius Brittanniae gubernator et rector uni matrone cui vocabulum certa astipulatione profertur . Æˇelflæd quandam telluris particulam . VII . videlicet mansas liberaliter in æternam tribuo possessionem illo in loco ubi a ruricolis vulgariter Ceorleswyr∂e . prolatum est cum omnibus ad eandem terram rite pertinentibus pratis videlicet campis pascuis silvis . et post suæ vitæ terminum heredi cui voluerit derelinquat . Sit autem predictum rus omni terrene servitutis jugo liberum tribus exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisve restauratione . Si quis vero hanc nostram donationem in aliud quam constituimus transferre voluerit . sit ipse segregatus a consortio sancte Dei æcclesiæ necnon et a communione omnium fidelium nisi prius hic ante obitum suum reus penituerit quod contra nostram deliquid decretum . His metis rus hoc giratur . ˘is syndon ˇa land gemæro to ceorles wyr∂e . of caforda 7lang cwyrnburnan ˇæt hit cym∂ to mannan mearce ˇonne ˇanon 7lang wealc hyrste for∂ be anan burnan ˇæt hit cym∂ eft on mannan mearce 7 on asan ˇonne ˇanon 7lang heges ˇæt hit cym∂ to anre dene ˇonne swa for∂ ˇæt hit cym∂ on ˇone burnan ˇe scyt to culan fenne ˇonne swa for∂ 7lang ˇæs burnan ˇæt hit cym∂ to oswi∂es mearce 7 eadwoldes . ˇonne for∂ 7lang heges ˇe scyt of ˇam burnan ˇæt hit cym∂ to stræte swa for∂ 7lang strete ˇæt hit cym∂ inn on mearcellan . ˇonne for∂ 7lang mearcellan ˇæt hit cym∂ ˇær cwyrnburna 7 mearcella sceota∂ togædere ˇonne for∂ 7lang cwyrnburnan ˇæt hit cym∂ eft in on caford . Anno dominicae incarnationis DCCCCLXII . scripta est hæc carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur . + Ego Eadgar rex Anglorum concessi . + Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus corroboravi . + Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus confirmavi . + Ego Osulf episcopus consolidavi . + Ego Byrhtelm episcopus consensi . + Ego Aˇelwold abbas . + Ego Ælfhere dux . + Ego Ælfheah dux . + Ego Æˇelstan dux . + Ego Aˇelwold dux . + Ego Ælfgar minister . + Ego Ælfwine minister . + Ego Byrhtfer∂ minister . + Ego Wulfhelm minister . + Ego Æˇelwine minister .