S 781

A.D. 970. King Edgar to Ely Abbey; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Stoke near Ipswich, Suffolk. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Ely

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity College, O.2.1 (1105), f. 55r-v (s. xii 2; incomplete)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, O.2.41 (1145), pp. 88-92 (s. xii med.)
3. Cambridge, University Library, E.D.R. G/3/28, pp. 66-67 (s. xiii ex.; incomplete)
4. Cambridge, University Library, E.D.C. 1, f. 55r-v (s. xii/xiii; incomplete)
5. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. VI, f. 99r-v (s. xii 2; incomplete)
6. London, British Library, Cotton Titus A. I , f. 25v (s. xii; incomplete)
7. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 647 (S.C. 1595), f. 33v (s. xii; incomplete)

Printed:

Gale, Scriptores XV, i. 520; K, 1270; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 475 (no. 4); Stewart, Liber Eliensis, p. 118; B, 1269, ex Stewart; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 30; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 112-13

Comments:

B, 1269, identifies the place as Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk; Ekwall, D.E.P.N., p. 445, accepts Birch's identification; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 416-17, probably authentic, modelled on charter of Athelstan, identifies place with Stoke near Ipswich; Hart, ECEE, no. 77, authentic; John 1966, pp. 202-3, authentic; HRH, p. 230, probably authentic, subscriptions are consistent; Forsberg 1973, p. 13, on detail of bounds; Keynes 1980, pp. 44 n. 77, 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation, probably drafted on the same occasion as S 777 and by the same draftsman; Yorke 1988a, p. 81 n. 143; Hart 1992, pp. 60-2, on bounds

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    • Carta regis Ædgari super villam de Stoche . Flebilia fortiter detestanda titillantis seculi piacula diris obscene horrendeque mortis circumsepta latratibus . non nos patria indepte pacis securos . set quasi fetide corruptele in voraginem casuros provocando ammonent . ut ea toto mentis conamine cum casibus suis non solum despiciendo set etiam velut fastidiosam melancolie nausiam abominando . fugiamus . tendentes ad illud propheticum . 'Divitie si affluant nolite cor apponere' 1 . Qua de re infima quasi peripsema quisquiliarum abiciens ; superna ad instar pretiosorum monilium eligens animum sempiternis in gaudiis figens . ad adipiscendam melliflue dulcedinis misericordiam perfruendamque infinite leticie jocunditatem ego Ædgar per omnipatrantis dexteram totius Britannie regni solio sullimatus . quandam ruris particulam . X . videlicet cassatos in loco qui celebri æt Stoce nuncupatur vocabulo . sancte Dei ecclesie ad reverentiam beati Petri apostolorum principis . necnon beate Adeldrithe perpetue virginis dedicate . loco qui celebri Elig nuncupatur . onomate ob eterne beatitudinis remuneratione perpetua largitus sum hereditate . quatinus rus prefatum ad usus monachorum . inibi degentium uti Ædelwoldus episcopus suo famulatu obtinuit devote deserviat . Predicta equidem tellus cum omnibus utensilibus pratis videlicet . pascuis . molendinis . ac suburbanis . supradicte jugiter subiciatur æcclesiæ . Sit autem predictum rus omni terrene 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 ecclesie . eternis baratri incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore . ejusque complicibus puniatur ; si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquid decretum . His metis præfatum rus hinc inde giratur . ˘is synt ˇara . X . hyda land gemæra æt Stoce ˇat is ˇonne ærest of ∂ære hy∂e andlang streames æt Æscmannes yre 7 swa for∂ on midde weardne stream ˇæt hit cym∂ on brun[nan] . swa for∂ on ∂eofford 7 ˇannon on haligwylle on healdenes ho . of ˇæm ho on pottaforda on hagene forda brygge . of hageneforda brygge on hore wade into merscmylne . of merscmylne into ˇer brige . Anno dominice incarnationis nongentesimo septuagesimo . scripta est hec carta his testibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur . Ego Ædgar rex totius Brittannie prefatum donationem cum sigillo sancte crucis confirmavi . Ego Dunstan Dorobernensis ecclesie archiepiscopus ejusdem regis donationem crucis signo consignavi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consignavi . Ego Æˇelwold episcopus consensi . Ego Osulf episcopus . Ego Wynsig episcopus . Ego Oswald episcopus . Ego Alfwold episcopus . Ego Æ∂elm episcopus . Ego Alfwold episcopus . Ego Ælfstan episcopus . Ego Wuluwric episcopus . Ego Wulfsige episcopus . Ego Ælfrige episcopus . Ego Æswig abbas . Ego Osgar abbas . Ego Ælfric abbas . Ego Ælfstan abbas . Ego Æˇelgar abbas . Ego Kynewear∂ abbas . Ego Ælfearh abbas . Ego Folbriht abbas . Ego Godwine abbas . Ego Bryhtno∂ abbas . Ego Osward abbas . Ego Bryhteh abbas . Ego Ælfere dux . Ego Ordgar dux . Ego Æ∂elstan dux . Ego Ædeluuine dux . Ego Bryhtnod dux . Ego Oslac dux . Ego Wulfstan minister . Ego Ædelward minister . Ego Ænulf minister . Ego Ælfard minister . Ego Osward minister . Ego Osulf minister . Ego Ælfwine minister . Ego Ædwine minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Ælfhelm minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Wulfstan minister . Ego Winsige minister . Ego Wulfget minister . Ego Æˇelrige minister . Ego Bryhtric minister . Ego Lefa minister . Ego Hringulf minister . Ego Osulf minister . Ego ˝urefer∂ minister . Ego Heanric minister . Ego Lefhric minister . Ego Ædwig minister . Ego Leofwine minister . Ego Aˇulf minister . Ego Osferd minister . Ego Ælfhelm minister . Ego Sigefer∂ minister . Ego Osgod minister . ˘is is ˘ræ . X . hyda land Boc Ætstoce ˘e Ædgar cyning ge bocade Gode and Sancte Ædeldrede into Ely on ece yrfe his saule to alysednesse ealswa Ælfdryd hit ge ærndode his ge bedda .