S 740

A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ælfwold, bishop; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Isle Abbotts, Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Muchelney

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 56488, f. 13v (s. xiii 2)

Printed:

Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 7 (p. 48)

Translated:

Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 7 (p. 48), bounds only

Comments:

Bates, Two Cartularies, p. 49, spurious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 136-8, on bounds; Stenton 1955, pp. 15-16, questions Stevenson's arguments against authenticity; Finberg, ECW, no. 492, authentic; Edwards 1988, p. 207, probably authentic; Costen 1991, p. 42, possible reference to open-field agriculture in bounds

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    • Carta Edgari regis de terra apud Yle. Regnante Domino nostro Jhesu Christo atque ex culmine alti poli eternaliter cuncta invisibilia et visibilia alma virtute gubernante, cujus sanctum et involubile regnum sine initio fineque consistit. Ego Edgar, per omnipatrantis dexteram apice totius Albionis sublimatus, quandam ruris partem, id est decem cassatos, in loco ubi vocitatur Yli meo fideli episcopo Alwoldo eternaliter impendere curavi; maneatque donum istud ab omni seculari servicio exinanitum, cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus, nisi sola expedicione pontis arcisve construccione. 2 Hanc vero meam donacionem quam opto absit a fidelium mentibus minuentibus atque frangentibus fiat pars eorum cum illis de quibus econtra fatur : 'Discedite a me maledicti in ignem eternum qui preparatus est Sathane et sathellitibus ejus.' 3 Facta est hec prephata donacio DCCCCLXVI dominice Incarnacionis anno indictione IX. Hiis testibus quorum nomina infra scripta tenentur. + Ego Edgar hanc prefatam donacionem corroboravi + Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus confirmavi + Ego Aˇelwold episcopus consensi + Ego Bryhthelm episcopus consensi + Ego Alfwold episcopus consensi + Ego Elfhere dux consensi + Ego Orgar dux consensi + Ego Eˇelwyne dux consensi + Ego Elfheah dux consensi + Ego Byrhtnoˇ dux consensi + Ego Eˇelwerd dux consensi + Ego Aylwyne minister consensi + Ego Byrhtferˇ minister consensi + Ego Wlstan minister consensi + ˘is sindon ˇa land mere erest of eschforda 4 on clegwey. ˇanne on eorich 5 miˇe up on streame. oˇ cytanford ˇanne on ˇeodnesfeld . upward oˇ eorich . enlangstreames oˇ earn . ˇanne norˇ on mor . of more up on stanborg a dun on earn enlang earn . on yle up on yle oˇ eschford.