S 782

A.D. 971. King Edgar to Æthelwold, bishop; grant of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs., for Peterborough Abbey, in return for 40 pounds of silver and a golden cross. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Peterborough

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Egerton 2733, ff. 45r-47v (s. xiii med.; no bounds)
2. London, Society of Antiquaries, 60, ff. 38r-39r (s. xii med.)
3. Peterborough, DC., 1, f. 111v (s. xiii med.; incomplete)
4. Peterborough, DC., 5, f. 22r-v (s. xiii med.; no bounds or witnesses)

Printed:

K, 568, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 383-4 (no. 15), ex MS 2; B, 1270, ex MS 2

Comments:

Hart, ECEE, no. 150, authentic; Barker 1967, p. 85, on witness-list; Whitelock 1970, pp. 132-3, on prose-style, perhaps written by Æthelwold or an associate; Stenton 1971, p. 452, cited; Nelson 1977, p. 65 (= 1986, p. 298), on calculation of regnal year; Sawyer, Burton, p. 36 n. 1; Whitelock, EHD, p. 379; Keynes 1980, p. 70 n. 137, on calculation of regnal year; Everson 1984, on bounds; Lawson 1984, p. 730; PN Lincs., ii. 29-30, on bounds; Fleming 1985, p. 251; Yorke 1988, p. 4 n. 29; Wormald 1988a, p. 40, probably drafted by Æthelwold; Everson and Knowles 1992-3, on bounds; Sawyer 1998, p. 231; Wormald, English Law, pp. 193 n. 125, 319 n. 260

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    • De Barwe super Humbram . Universis sophiæ studium intento mentis conamine sedulo rimantibus liquido patescit . quod instabilis huius miserrimæ ac caducæ vitæ curriculis cum marcido inanis gloriæ flosculo tabescendo lugubriter deficit . et frivola ejus gloria nunquam in eodem statu permanens . velut fumus rotatu celerrimo evanescit . Attamen annuente Christi mundi creatoris ac redemptoris gratia tam recidivis præsentis vitæ munusculis futuram æternæ vitæ beatitudinem centuplicato quæstu adquirere lucrando fide vigente catholica prudentissime valemus . Quamobrem ego Ædgar totius Brittannicæ insulæ regimina domini largiente gratia gubernans . tali sapientium monitu dinoscendo . XV o . mei terreni imperii anno ob cælestis remunerationis præmium ruris portionem Æt Bearuwe quam olim sanctus Ceadda ante paganorum vastationem possederat . Adelwoldo mihi præsulum amantissimo æterna largitus sum hereditate . quam etiam ipse episcopus domino nostro Jhesu Christo et sancto Petro apostolo quem nostro adjutorio reædificavit cui nomen est Burch concedit . me videlicet annuente hac firmissima stabilitate corroborante . quatinus pro nullius altioris vel inferioris gradus hominis reatu rus præfatum a domini qui nunquam reatum commisit possessione privetur . Si vero crimen quod veniæ non sit dignum suadente diabolo quod absit loci procurator commiserit . agatur rationabiliter de eo quod de regis agitur præposito . ut videlicet reo rite decuriato ac justo ordine depulso illi qui dignus sit Christi designetur uti regis solet præpositura a nullo decurium violata . Ut autem firmior esset largifluum huius telluris donum . dedit præfatus episcopus regi prædicto . XL . meri argenti libras . et unam auream crucem ei multo cariorem pecunia prædicta . 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 sanctæ Dei æcclesiæ æternis baratri incendiis lugubribus jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore ejusque complicibus puniatur . si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquit decretum . His metis rus hinc inde giratur . ˝is syndon ˇa land gemæro to Baruwe . Ærest up of Humbre andlanges ˇere ealdan dic ˇæt it cym'e'∂ to wyr∂e . fram wyr∂e to Heope bricge . fram Heope bricge to merce mot . fram merce mote to Cumbre hole . fram Cumbre hole to willum . fram willum to micle hoh . fram micle hohe to middel hille . fram middel hille to mære dic . swa andlang mære dic eft ut on Humbre . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCCCLXXI . scripta est hæc carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur . Ego Ædgar totius Albionis basileus . Hoc privilegium cum signo sanctæ crucis confirmavi . Ego Dunstan Dorvernensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus hoc idem cum tropheo agyæ crucis corroboravi . Ego Osuuald Eboracensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus subscripsi . Ego Adeluuold præsul consignavi . Ego Ælfstan antistes consensi . Ego Athulf pontifex concessi . Ego Æscuuig abbas non rennui . Ego Osgar abbas impressi . Ego Æthelgar abbas consensi . Ego Ælfere dux . Ego Æthelwine dux . Ego Beortno∂ dux . Ego Oslac dux . Ego Ætheluuard discipulus . Ego Enulf discipulus . Ego Ælsige discipulus . Ego Ælfuuard discipulus . Ego Frithegist . ˝ure∂ . Vlf . Wulfric . Osfer∂ . Wulstan . Fri∂egist . Hringulf . Ælstan . Æthelsige . Leofsie . Wulfeah . Athelmund . Thurfer∂ . Ælfelm . Frena .