S 771

A.D. 969. King Edgar to Ælfhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Witney, Oxon., with appurtenant meadow. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 44v-45r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 556; B, 1230

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 76-81, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 400-2; PN Oxon., i. 6, 11, ii. 316, 319, 323, 333, 489-90, on bounds; Gelling 1967, pp. 92, 99-102, bounds describe modern parishes of Curbridge, Crawley, Hailey and Witney; Hart 1970a, p. 29 (no. 76), authentic; Gelling 1978, pp. 202-5, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 278, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, p. 35, on beneficiary; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Bailey 1989a, on detail of bounds; Blair and Millard 1992, pp. 342-5, on bounds; Blair 1994, pp. 11, 35, 78, 130-3, 198 n. 204, on topography, on hidage, on bounds and estate history; p. 131, map

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    • ˘is is ˇara . XXX . hidæ boc æt Witanigæ ˇæ Edgar cing gæbocode Elfhelmæ ˇis ˇægne on ece yrfe . Nos sacre auctoritatis agyographo commonemur . quæ perspicuæ cunctis cautelam intimat dicens . 'Nudus egressus sum ex utero matris meæ . et nudus revertar illuc' 1 . Et iterum . 'Nichil intulimus in hunc mundum verum nec ab eo auferre quid poterimus' 2 . Qua propter ego Eadgar . tocius Bryttannie basileus quandam telluris particulam . XXX . videlicet cassatos loco qui cælebri . æt Wyttannige . nuncupatur vocabulo cuidam ministro michi oppido fidele qui ab huiuscæ patriæ gnosticis nobili Ælfhelm appellatur onomate pro obsequio ejus devotissimo perpetua largitus sum hereditate ut ipse vita comite cum omnibus utensilibus . Pratis . videlicet . Pascuis . Silvis . voti compos habeat et post vite sue terminum quibuscumque voluerit cleronomis inmunem derelinquat . Sit autem predictum rus omni terrene servitutis jugo liberum tribus exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisvæ restauratione . Si quis igitur hanc nostram donationem in aliud quam constituimus transferre voluerit . privatus consortio sanctæ Dei æcclesiæ eternis barathri incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore ejusque complicipibus puniatur . si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquit decretum . His metis prefatum rus hic inde gyratur . ˘is synt ˇa land ge mero ∂ara . XXX . hida æt Wyttannige . Ærest of hafoces hlewe on wenrisc on ˇa wi∂ig rewe on hnut clyf . of ˇam clyfe on hean leage . ˇæt on lungan leage weg . and lang weges . ˇonne on swon leage ˇonne on swon weg . 7lang weges ˇæt hit stica∂ on nor∂e weardum cynges steorte . ˘a non on suga rode . and lang rode on huntena weg . 7lang weges ˇæt hit stica∂ æt wic ham . ∂a non a be wyrt wale on ofling æcer . ˇo non on ealdan weg 7lang weges on cycgan stan . of ˇam stane on ˇane grenan weg . and lang weges . ˇonne on yccenes feld . of yccenes felda on ∂a hege rewe . 7lang hege rewe on met sinc . and lang met sinces on ecgerdes hel ufeweardne æfter wyrt walan on wenric and lang wenricces on fulan yge easteweardne . ˇo non æfter ge mære on tidreding ford . ∂a non on occan slæw . ˇa non on wittan mor su∂e wear∂ne ˇo non on colwullan broc of ˇam broce on ˇa ealdan dic . of ∂ære dic on fugel sled of ˇam slede on ˇa stan bricge . æfter broce on ˇane ealdan weg of ˇam wege on horninga mære ∂a non on wæredan hlinc su∂eweardne ˇonan and lang slædes on tycan pyt and lang broces on ∂a myˇy of ˇas gemyˇon on ceahhan mere . ˘a non on lythlan eorˇ beorg of ˇære byrig on ˇa on heafda of ˇas on heafdon on cytel wylle of ∂as wylle on ˇa stret . 7lang strete on hafoces hlew of ˇam hlewe eft on hnut clif ∂er hit ær aras . 7 ∂is is ˇæt med land ˇe ˇar to ge byrad æt hengestes ige an 7 twentig æcra. Anno dominice incarnationis . DCCCCLXVIIII . scripta est hec carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina carraxantur . + Ego Eadgar rex Anglorum concessi . + Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus corroboravi . + Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus consolidavi . + Ego Aˇelwold episcopus corroboravi . + Ego Osulf episcopus confirmavi . + Ego Ælfstan episcopus consignavi . + Ego Oswold episcopus adquievi . + Ego Byrhtelm episcopus confirmavi . + Ego Alfwold episcopus concessi . + Ego Eadhelm episcopus consolidavi . + Ego Ælfˇry∂ regina . + Ego Ælfric abbas . + Ego Æscwig abbas . + Ego Osgar abbas . + Ego Ælfstan abbas . + Ego Æˇelgar abbas . + Ego Cyneweard abbas . + Ego ˘urcytel abbas . + Ego Sydeman abbas . + Ego Syfer∂ abbas . + Ego Æˇel[s]tan dux . + Ego Ælfhere dux . + Ego Ælfheah dux . + Ego Ordgard dux . + Ego Æˇelwine dux . + Ego Ordgar dux . + Ego Byrhtnod dux . + Ego Oslac dux . + Ego Eadulf dux . + Ego Byrhtfer∂ dux . + Ego Eanulf minister . + Ego Ælfwine minister . + Ego Æˇelweard minister . + Ego Wulfstan minister . + Ego Ælfweard minister . + Ego Leofwine minister . + Ego Byrhtric minister . + Ego Leofa minister . + Ego Wulfgar minister . + Ego Byrhtric minister . + Ego Ælfric minister . + Ego Leofsige minister . + Ego Alfwold minister . + Ego Ælfwine minister . + Ego Wulgar minister . + Ego Wulfgeat minister . + Ego Wulfsige minister . + Ego Wulfstan minister .