S 773

A.D. 969. King Edgar to Ælfwold, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Kineton, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost Somers charter 15
2. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C. IX (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)

Printed:

Smith, Bede, pp. 774-5, ex MS; Hearne, Heming, p. 568, ex MS 2; K, 548, ex Smith; B, 1234, ex Smith

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 113 (pp. 563-4)

Comments:

Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302, no. 15; PN Warwicks., pp. xvii, 282 n., on bounds; Hart, ECNE, no. 62, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 563, authentic, cf. S 772, cf. S 772, couched in identical terms and in favour of the same beneficiary; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Loyn 1984, pp. 111-12; Dumville 1993, pp. 72-3, discusses connections with S 772; Bullough 1996, p. 11, on beneficiary; King 1996, p. 104, on beneficiary; Hooke 1999, pp. 64-7, on bounds, with map

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    • Charta Eadgar Regis . + In nomine domini nostri Jesu Christi . omnis quidem larga munificentia regum testamento litterarum roboranda est ne posteritatis successio ignorans in malignitatis fribolum infeliciter corruat . Quamobrem ego . Eadgar . divina collubescente gratia totius Albionis rex primicheriusque quandam ruris particulam . X . scilicet cassatorum loco qui vulgari . Cyngtun . dicitur . meo fideli ministro . quique huiusce gnosticis insulæ noto Alfwold nuncupatur onomate in æternam largior hereditatem . ut ipse vita comite cum omnibus utensilibus pratis videlicet pascuis silvis voti compos habeat . 7 post vitæ suæ terminum quibuscunque voluerit cleronomis inmunem derelinquat : Sit autem prædictum rus omni terrenæ servitutis jugo liberum tribus exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisve restauratione . Si quis igitur hanc nostram donationem in aliud quam constituimus transferre voluerit privatus consortio sancte Dei æcclesiæ aeternis bara∂ri incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore ejusque complicibus puniatur . Si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquit decretum . His metis præfatum rus hinc inde giratur . ˘is synt ∂a lond gemæra into cyngtune of weles burnan in ˇæt sic of ∂am sice in ∂a dic of ∂am dic in ∂am mere on ∂a stræt of ∂ære stræt in morˇhlau of morˇhlau on ∂one fulan pyt of ∂am fulan pyt on . . . wellan of ∂am wellan on mercna mere of mercna mere on succan pyt of succan pyt on grundlinga broc and lang streames of ∂am streame of fidestan of ∂am stane on hragra ∂orn of hragra ∂orn eft in weles burnan :. Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCC . LXVIIII . Scripta est huius donationis singrapha his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur . + Ego Eadgar rex Anglorum cum consensu doctorum meorum con signo sanctæ crucis roboravi :. + Ego Dunstan Archiepiscopus Dorovernensis ecclesiæ Christi possedi 7 subscripsi :. + Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus consensi celeriter :. + Ego Aelfstan episcopus consignavi :. + Ego Aeˇelwold episcopus consensi :. + Ego Osulf episcopus confirmavi :. + Ego Wynsige episcopus consolidavi :. + Ego Oswold episcopus roboravi :. + Ego Wulfric episcopus consensi :. + Ego Aescwig abbas . + Ego Osgar abbas . + Ego Aelfstan abbas . + Ego Aeˇelgar abbas . + Ego Aelfric abbas . + Ego Cyneweard abbas . + Ego Aelfere dux . + Ego Aelfeh dux . + Ego Ordgar dux . + Ego Aeˇelstan dux . + Ego Aeˇelwine dux . + Ego Byrhtnoˇ dux . + Ego Byrhtferˇ minister . + Ego Aelfwine minister . + Ego Wulfstan minister . + Ego Aeˇelweard minister . + Ego Eanulf minister . + Ego Osulf minister . + Ego Wulfstan minister . + Ego Leofwine minister . + Ego Aelfweard minister . + Ego Aeˇelmund minister . + Ego Osweard minister . + Ego Leofwine minister .