S 763

A.D. 968. King Edgar to Eadwine, his faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 42r-43r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 544; B, 1217; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 9

Comments:

Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 283-8, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 306, authentic, same bounds as in S 486, 638, 763; Hart 1970a, p. 28 (no. 72), authentic

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    • ˘is is ˇara . XX . hyda boc æt Mordune ˇe Eadgar cing gæbocode Eadwinæ his ˇægne on ece yrfæ . Regnante in perpetuum domino nostro Jesu Christo . Summo et ineffabili rerum creatore ac moderatore omnium . cunctis fidelibus in hac vita degentibus certum est quod dierum terminum summus kyrius constituet ut proposuerat . Ideo nunc nobis agendum est . cunctis ut in hoc instantis labentisque vitæ penæ transcurso curriculo cum bonis actibus futuræ beatitudinis felicitatem adipisci mereamur . Quam ob causam . ego Eadgar tocius Bryttannicæ telluris archons hilari vultu menteque preclara . cuidam meo fideli ministro quem vocitant non nulli noto vocamine . Eadwine . XX . cassatos perpetuo cyrographo corroboro . illo in loco quem solicole vocitant . æt Mordune . ut possideat et firmiter teneat usque ad ultimum cursum vitæ suæ cum omnibus utensilibus quæ Deus cælorum in ipso telluris gramine creavit . tam in magnis quam in modicis rebus . Campis . Pascuis . Pratis . Silvis . Sit autem predictum rus liberum ab omni fiscali tributo seculariumque servitutum exinanitum . Sine expeditione . et pontis arcisvæ instructione . Hanc vero meam donationem quod opto absit a fidelium mentibus minuentibus atque frangentibus . fiat pars eorum cum illis de quibus e contra fatur . 'Discedite a me maledicti in ignem eternum qui paratus est Sathane et satellitibus ejus' 1 . Nisi prius digna Deo pænitentiam veniam legati satisfactione emendent . Predicta siquidem tellus istis terminis circumcincta clarescit . ˘is syndon ˇa land ge mæra to Mordune . Ærest of headdan dune slade nyˇær on hreodburnan and lang burnan on stream . and lang streames on foslace upp and lang foslace on ˇæra æcera and heafda and lang ˇæra heafda on etta penn on ˇone ellen stub ˇonon a be ecge on ∂a medemuncga of ˇære medemuncga beˇer on ˇone ealdan wi∂ig ˇonon on hnottan for∂ of ∂am forda on ˇone ealdan wylle ˇonon æft on headdan dune slæ∂ . Hac carta karaxata est anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCCL XVIII . Indictione XI . Ego Eadgar Rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Dunstanus Archiepiscopus cum signo sancte crucis corroboravi . Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus consolidavi . Ego Aˇelwold episcopus confirmavi . Ego Osulf episcopus consignavi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus conclusi . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus non rennui . Ego Alfwold episcopus adquievi . Ego Ælfric abbas . Ego Æscwine abbas . Ego Osgar abbas . Ego Ælfstan abbas . Ego Æˇelstan dux . Ego Ælfhere dux . Ego Ælfheah dux . Ego Ordgar dux . Ego Æˇelwine dux . Ego Oslac dux . Ego Byrhtfer∂ minister . Ego Eanulf minister . Ego Ælfwine minister . Ego Æˇelweard minister . Ego Wulfstan minister . Ego Ælfweard minister . Ego Ælfwine minister . Ego Leofsige minister .