S 764

A.D. 968. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 192v (s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 218r-v (s. xiv)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., ii. 841, ex MS 2; K, 545 from MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 50 (no. 97); B, 1214, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 592-3 (no. 1095), ex MS 1

Comments:

Grundy, Dorset, VI, pp. 77-81, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, pp. 143-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 609, authentic; PN Dorset, iii. 163, 188-9, 191-2, 196-201, 348; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 36, 39, 225-8, on MS sources; on estate

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    • Nywetone . Carta regis Edgari de Stoure data ecclesie . Divini eloquii monitu creberime instruimur ut illi opido subjecti suppeditantes famulemur in tocius concivi fabricam ex informi materia mira ineffabilique serie condidit ac suis quibusque locis luculentissime disposuit . attamen in hac practica erumpnosaque vita nichil perseveranter consistere valet nichilque prolixa felicitate fruitur vel diuturna dominacione potitur nichil quod non ad fatalem vite terminum veloci cursi tendatur . et ideo sic nobis mundanarum rerum patrimonie sunt perfluenter ut cum eterne patrie emolumentis numquam fraudulemur . Hinc est enim quod Ego Edgar tocius Britannie basileus quandam telluris particulam . Triginta . videlicet cassatos loco qui celebri at Stoure nuncupatur onomate cuidam sancte Dei ecclesie domino nostro Jhesu Christo ejusque genitrici semperque virgini Marie dicate loco celebri qui Glastingaburi nuncupatur onomate ob anime mee remedium ad usus monachorum inhibi degencium cum omnibus utensilibus pratis videlicet pascuis silvis perpetua largitus sum hereditate . Sit autem predictum rus omni terrene servitutis jugo liberum tribus exceptis rata videlicet expedicione pontis arcisve restauracione . Si quis igitur hanc nostram donacionem in aliud quam constituimus transferre voluerit privatus consorcio sancte Dei ecclesie eternis baratri incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore ejusque complicibus puniatur si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum dereliquid decretum . Hiis metis rus hinc inde giratur . ˝is beth ˇe landmere to stoure ˇare thritti hide . Erest op of stoure on trildoune vppe tril on landscher' ford ouer ˇane ford bi merehale on Conibrok' of ˇan brok' bi merehawe on wadeleighe northward on stanwey . of stanweie bi merehawe on deuelisch . of defelich on stut ˇare on vppe stut on ˇar dich southward be dich ouer sanddoune on filithleighe ˇanen on Holambrok' of ˇan brok' on hedem'chil ˇanen on Lideman bi lidenan on stoure on ˇan olde wested' vp on stoure on ˇer dich be dich on litegesheued . of lutegesheued bi groue on minnanlinche ˇanen north bi heuede ˇanen est to hedeswelle . ˇanen bi sixe acres north an heued on ˇare ˇorn rewe ˇanen on sand mor of ˇan more on smeryate by seuergate eft on stoure . Anno dominice incarnacionis . D . C . C . C . C . LX . VIII . scripta est hec carta hiis consencientibus quorum inferius nomina carraxantur + Ego Edgar rex Anglorum corroboravi . + Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus consensi . + Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus confirmavi cum multis aliis .