S 718

A.D. 963. King Edgar to the church of St Andrew, Meon; grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Ambersham, Sussex. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 36v (s. xii med.; Rumble 1982, p. 154)

Printed:

K, 1243; B, 1114

Printed and Translated:

Barker 1949, pp. 89-91

Comments:

PN Sussex, p. 97 n; Drögereit 1935, pp. 400-2; PN Wilts., p. xxxvi; Barker 1949, pp. 91-2; Hart 1970a, p. 27 (no. 63), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation

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    • ˝is is ˇara . VIII . hida boc æt Embresham . ˇe Eadgar cing gæbocode Gode 7 Sanctæ Andree in to Meone on ece yrfæ . Alme auctoritatis agiographa nos altibohando corroborat dicens . 'Nudus egressus sum ex utero matris meæ . et nudus revertar illuc' 1 . 'nichil intulimus in hunc mundum verum nec ab eo anferre quid poterimus' 2 . Qua propter ego Eadgar . tocius Bryttanniæ basileus quandam telluris particulam . VIII . videlicet cassatos loco qui cælebri æt Embresham nuncupatur vocabulo domino nostro Jhesu Christo . sanctæque ejus æcclesiæ beato Andreæ apostolo dicate loco qui cælebri æt Meone nuncupatur onomate ad usus servorum Dei inibi degentium cum omnibus utensilibus pratis videlicet pascuis silvis æterna largitus sum hereditate . Sit autem predictum rus omni terrene servitutis jugo liberum tribus exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisve restauratione . Si quis igitur hanc nostram donationem in aliud quam constituimus transferre voluerit privatus consortio sanctæ Dei æcclesiæ æternis barathri incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore ejusque complicibus puniatur . Si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquit decretum . His metis prefatum rus hinc inde gyratur . ˘is synt ˇa land ge mero to æmbresham ˇara . VIII . hida ærest on ummanig of ummanig on mearcdene . of mearcdene on ˇone ealdan fald . of ˇam ealdan falde on manning stan . of ˇam stane on gyldesburnan . of ˇam burnan on ultres denu of ˇære denu on id hilde stan . of ˇam stane on woburnan . of woburnan on fearndun . of fearndune on bunning fald of bunning falde on æcscfald . of æscfalde on smeagel hyrst of smeagel hyrste on wufincg fald . of wufincg falde . on sihter wic . of sihter wic on slywhyrst of slywhyrste on umman ig . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCC . LXIII . Scripta est hæc carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur . Ego Eadgar . rex Anglorum concessi . Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus corroboravi . Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus confirmavi . Ego Osulf episcopus consolidavi . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus adquievi . Ego Aˇelwold abbas . Ego Ælfhere dux . Ego Ælfheah dux . Ego Æˇelstan dux . Ego Æˇelwine dux . Ego Byrhtfer∂ dux . Ego Byrhtfer∂ minister . Ego Ælfwine minister . Ego Æˇelsige minister . Ego Wulfstan minister . Ego Ælfsige minister .