S 784

A.D. 972. King Edgar to Ælfflæd; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Kennett (i.e. Overton), Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Wilton

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 436, ff. 66v-69r (s. xiii)

Printed:

Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 36-7; K, 571; B, 1285

Comments:

Reynolds 2002, pp. 176, 192, on burial feature in bounds; Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 85; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 245-7, on bounds; Brentnall 1939, shows that the bounds are of the tithing of West Overton; Forsberg 1950, p. 158, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 308, authentic

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    • ˝is his ˇære . X . hyda land boc æt Vuertune ˇe Eadgar cyng ge bocvde Ælflæde on eche yrfe . + Regnante inperpetuum domino nostro Jesu Christo . Dum architectoris providentia omnis creatura in principio formata formoseque creata est . Ac in multis modis ac diversis speciebus Olimphum cum syderibus rotari suo nutu perficiens . quique frugiferis seminibus terram oceanique abyssos ex omni parte supra simul et infra ut voluerit . sua multimoda potentia gubernat . Sicque ab initio mundi triumphalia temperamenta usque ad diffinitionem cessantis seculi statuta precepta conditoris custodiunt . Et tamen improvida fragilitas hominum omnibus creaturis prelatior propter prevaricationem corruens in cecitatem caliginose mortis . et primam immortalitatis stolam lugubriter ammisit . Idcirco meritum incurrit iram omne genus humanum regnumque post regnum mobiliter manens et perniciter recedens . Qua de re ego Eadgar . divina adridenti gratia rex cum archana cordis indagatione eventilans perhennem gratulationem et tutissimum fulcimentum peculiari donatione quam architenens hylariter a sui devotis accipiet insuper et vitam eternam . Nunc vero aliquantulam ruris particulam cum licentia . Oswerd . aliorumque obtimatum meorum consensu . id est . X . mansas ubi a rurigenis . Cynetan . appellatur dilectissima femine . Ælflæde satis devote impendere curavi . Ita ut ab omni mundiali censu perpetualiter ditali munificatione collocetur . nisi expeditione et arcis munitione . ceu ab antiquis constitutum est . Inter agmina sancte eterne beatitudinis tripudia reperiat qui nostre donationis munus consentiat . Si quis vero non perhorrescat machinari nostrum decretum . sciat se casurum in profundum eterni Orci barathrum . ˝is synt ˇa land gemæro ærest on ˇone chiricstede . ˇonne of ˇam chiricstede innan strædford on ˇæt ellen . of ˇam ellenne on seofon beorgas . of seofon beorgas innan colta beorg . of colta beorg on ˇa twegen dunne stanas . be estan colta beorg . of ˇam stanes innan scrowes bytt . of scrowes bytt be tweox . II . beorgas . 7 ˇær adun innan ˇone ford . of ˇam forda innan ˇone dunnan stan wi∂ foran ˇam burg gete . of ˇan stane up ofer scyfling dune on ˇone langan hlinc eastewerdne . of ˇam hlinche on ænne crundel . of ˇan crundelle innan scyt hangran . of scyt hangran on mere grafe eastewerdne . of mere grafe on ers lege . of ers lege on Eadgardes gete . of Ecgardes gete on ˇone langan sceagan westeweardne . of langan sceagan on ˇæt hæˇene byrgils . of ˇan hæˇene byrgilse an lorta lea westewerdne . of lorta lea eft on ˇone chiricstede . Acta est autem hec mea donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLXXII . hiis testibus consentientibus quorum vocabula infra karraxata clare patescunt . Ego Eadgar sub titulo agye crucis predictum donum confirmo . Ego Dunstanus archiepiscopus confirmavi . Ego Æˇelwoldus episcopus corroboravi . Ego Byrhtelmus episcopus roboravi . Ego Ælfstanus episcopus annui . Ego Ælfwoldus episcopus suppressi . Ælfhere dux . Aelfheah dux . Aeˇewigne dux . Wulfstan minister . Aeˇelwerd minister . Aelfwerd minister . Byrhtric minister . Aeˇelwerd minister . Aelfhelm minister . Eadulf minister . Eanulf minister .