S 790

A.D. 973. King Edgar to Ælfric, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansiunculae) at Harwell, Berks. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 48r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 578; B, 1292; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 23; PN Berks., iii. 765, bounds only

Comments:

Hart 1970a, p. 29 (no. 81), authentic; PN Berks., i. 11, ii. 480, 484, 521, iii. 752, 765, bounds substantially the same as those in S 672; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Gelling, ECTV, no. 114, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. p. 178; on estate history

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    • ˘is is ˇara . VII . hidæ boc æt Harewellæ ˇe Eadgar cing gebocodæ Ælfricæ his ˇegne on ece yrfæ . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi .DCCCC.L.XX.III. Ego Eadgar divina gratia allubescente rex et primicherius totius Albionis ruris quandam particulam . VII . estimatam mansiunculis . in loco qui dicitur Harawille . Ælfrico . ministro meo libenter admodum pro ejus satis placabili ministerio jure hereditario de herede in heredem persolvo . Hac interposita ratione ut nostrorum nemo successorum vigente christiani numinis imperio hoc nostrum decretum sine vindicta omnipotentis Dei audeat violare . Et his limitibus hec telluris particula quaquaversum gyrari videtur . ˘is syndan ˇara . VII . hida land gemæro . Ærest of ∂am ællan stubbe on ˇone o∂erenne elle stub . 7 swa on ˇa ealdan firh . ˇanon to smalan wege 7 swa ymbutan flegges garan . ˇanon and lang ˇæs smalan weges utt on humbracumb swa on ycenilde weg a forh be wege eft on ˇone ellen stub . ˇanon on ˇone hærepa∂ . on harandune . and swa on cranwylle . ˇanon on heslea broc . 7 swa on hreo mæde ˇanon on ˇa ealdan cot stowa . 7 swa on smalan broc . ˇanon on ˇæt lange furlang swa on cylmæscumb on snelles garon . ˘is syndon ˇæra mæda gemæra . Ærest and lang ˇæs ealdan broces of su∂tuniga lace and swa on stocwylle broc ˇanon on ˇone ealdan broc . and swa and wudubrigge . Et hec sunt nomina testium et huius doni constipulatorum consensumque corroborantium . quæ inferius depingi carraxarique videntur . Ego Eadgar Rex consensi et subscripsi . Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Oswald archiepiscopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Aˇelwold episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Wynsige episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Aˇulf episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Byrhtelm episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Alfwold episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Eadelm episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Wufsige episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Ælfhere Dux . Ego Oslac Dux . Ego Æ∂elwar∂ minister . Ego Eanulf minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Wulfgeat minister . Ego Wynsige minister . Ego Ælfhelm minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Wufric minister . Ego Eadwine minister . Ego Ælfsige minister .