S 738

A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Newnham Murren, Oxon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley Charter 43 C 5, ff. 17v-18v (s. xi; BM Facs., iii. 27)
2. London, British Library, Harley 596 (s. xvii)

Printed:

K, 526 and vol. iii. 465-6; B, 1176; Earle, p. 294, bounds only

Comments:

Reynolds 2002, pp. 176, 192, on burial feature in bounds; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, doubtful if MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 39-42, on bounds; PN Oxon., i. 11, 49, 50-1, 72, ii. 487, on bounds; Whitelock 1959, p. 78, contemporary; HRH, p. 230, original, subscriptions are consistent; Gelling, ECTV, no. 277, original, bounds describe modern parish of Crowmarsh, which includes Newnham Murren, corrects details of Grundy's interpretation; Keynes 1980, pp. 11 n. 17, 77-9, 'Edgar A' formulation; Baines 1983, p. 110; Yorke 1988a, p. 76; Blair 1994, pp. 78, 125-6; Thompson 2006, pp. 21 et passim, on script

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    • Endorsement in large letters: + ˇis is ∂ara . X . hida land boc æt Niwanham ˇe Eadgar cyning gebocode Aelfgife his magan on ece yrfe . Px In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi salvatorum cuncta sæculorum patrimonia incertis successoribus et ignotis heredibus relinquantur et universa mundi gloria supremo mortis debito abolita repente terminatur . Idcirco fugitivis caducarum rerum possessionibus et transitoria substantiarum stipe diuturnum et jugiter mansurum caelestis patriæ premium domino largiente lucremur . Quapropter ego . Eadgar . rex Anglorum ceterarumqu[e] gentium in circuitu persistenstium quoddam rus prediolum . X . scilicet cassatas cui solicolæ huiusce provincie antiqum indiderunt vocab[ulum] Niwanham . cuidam matrone ingenue que mihi affinitate mundialis cruoris conjuncta est que ab istius patrie gnosticis eleganti . Ælgifv . apellatur vocamine pro obsequio ejus devotissimo perpetua largitus sum hereditate ut ipse vita comite cum omnibus utensilibus pratis pascuis silvis voti compos habeat et post vitæ suæ terminum quibuscumque voluerit cleronomi[s inmune]m derelinquat . Si't' autem predictum rus omni terrene servitutis jugo liberum tribus exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisve restauratione . Si quis igitur hanc nostr'a'm donationem in aliud quam constituimus transferre voluerit privatus consortio sanctæ Dei ecclesiæ aeternis barathi incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore ejusque complicibus puniatur . Si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquit decretum . His metis rus hoc giratur . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCCLXVI . scripta est haec carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur . + ˝is sint ˇa gemæru to niwanhamme Cattan ege into niwan ham of ˇam hæˇnan birigelsan up 7lang dic innan mær wege up 7lang mær wege ˇæt up on wearddune ˇær ˇæt cristel mæl stod of ˇan up on ˇa readan slo oˇ ˇære ealdan byrig of ˇære readan slo on ˇæt crundel ˇær se haga utligeˇ . Of ˇan crundelle innan mid slæde 7lang mid slædes on ˇa grægan hane of ˇære grægan hane 7lang hearp dene on cealfa leage neoˇe wearde of cealfa leage a be hagen 7 be ˇan ealdan wege in on ˇæt bec siˇˇan 7lang beces on tæmese 7lang ea on cattan ege . + Ego Eadgar rex totius Brittannie præfatum donationem cum singillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi . + Ego Dunstan Doronensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus eusdem regis donationem [c]um triumpho agie crucis consignavi . + Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus triumphalem tropheum agie crucis inpressi . + Ego Ælfstan Lundoniensis æcclesiæ episcopus consignavi . + Ego Aˇelwold Wintaniensis æcclesiæ episcopus pre[sen]tem domum [c]onsensi . + Ego Osulf episcopus confirmavi . + Ego Alfwold episcopus consignavi . + Ego Osuuold episcopus roboravi . + Ego Uinsige episcopus consolidavi . + Ego Alfwold episcopus subscripsi + Ego Ælfstan episcopus corroboravi . + Ego Ælfric abbas . + Ego Æscwig abbas . + Ego Osgar abbas . + Ego Ælfstan abbas . + Ego Æˇelgar abbas . + Ego Cyneweard abbas . + Ego [O]rdbriht abbas . [+] Ego Ælf[her]e [dux] . [+] Ego Æ[lfh]ea[h dux] . [+] Ego Ordgar dux . + Ego Æˇelstan dux . + Ego Æˇelwine dux . + Ego Byrhtnoˇ dux . + Ego ˝ . . . o . . dux . + Ego Byrhtfer∂ minister . + . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . minister . + Ego Oslac minister . + Ego Wulfstan minister . + Ego Osulf minister. . + Ego Osweard minister . + Ego Ælfweard minister . + Ego Ælfsige minister . + Ego Osfer∂ minister . + Ego Æˇelweard minister . + Ego Ælfric minister . + Ego Æˇelsige [minister] . + Ego Æˇelsige [minister] . + Ego Alfwold [minister] . + Ego Eadric [minister] . + Ego Æˇelfer∂ [minister] . + Ego Wulfsige minister . + Ego Ælfsige minister .