S 795

A.D. 974. King Edgar to Ælfhere, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Nymed (Woolfin in Down St Mary, Devon). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Exeter (ex Crediton)

MSS:

1. London, Public Record Office, PRO 30/26/11 (s. x 2; OS Facs., ii, PRO)

Printed:

B, 1303; Hooke 1994, pp. 172, 174, bounds only

Printed and Translated:

King 1876, pp. 353-5

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, authentic; Pope 1933, on bounds; Rose-Troup 1933, p. 58, on bounds; Rose-Troup 1942, pp. 251-3, on bounds; Wormald 1945, p. 122 n., on script; Finberg, ECDC, p. 13 (no. 41); Bishop 1955, pp. 195-6, apparently authentic; Finberg 1960, pp. 26-9, bounds cover part of Zeal Monachorum and most of Down St Mary; Chaplais 1966, pp. 14-15 (no. 15), probably an original (= 1981, XV pp. 14-15); Finberg 1969, pp. 55, 56-7, 61, genuine; HRH, p. 231, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 58, on endorsement; Chaplais 1985, p. 42 n. 5, on an emended subscription; Hooke 1994, pp. 172-5, on bounds; Foot 2000, II. 88; Thompson 2006, pp. 20 et passim, on script

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    • Endorsements: (1) Ista carta intitulatur infra (2) Copula stanes boc (3) + ˘is is ∂ara ∂reora hida boc æt Nymed ∂e Eadgar cing gebocude Ælfhere his ∂egne on ece yrfe . + Hæc est carta terræ quæ dicitur Copulastan . quam dedit venerabilis presbyter Brihtricus pro remedio animæ suæ parentumque suorum ad monasterium sanctæ Mariæ quod est in Crydiatun . ad victum canonicorum inibi Deo servientium . Siquis autem illa a præfato loco abstulerit . vel in aliquo minuerit . perpetuo anathemate percussus . sine fine cum diabolo pereat . nisi digna satisfactione emendare studeat . + Regnante inperpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo . Omne quidem donationis decretum sub testimonio carraxaturæ commendanda est . Ne successura posteritatis prosapia in rapacitatis voraginem et Ignorantiæ nebulam demergatur . Qua de re eo Eadgar divina favente gratia totius Brittanniæ primatum regalis regiminis optinens quandam ruris partem juris mei dicione subactam pro devoto famulatu libens perpetuali libertate tribuendo condono . Ælfhere . fideli meo ministro . III . mansas in loco qui vulgari appellatione nuncupatur . Nymed . ut habeat ceu supradiximus in æternam hereditatem . Cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . Campis . pascuis . pratis . Sit vero predictum rus ab omni mundiali censu et regali Servitute expers nisi tantum expeditione pontis arcisve Constructione . Quisquis autem benivola ac fideli mente augendo hanc prælativem donationem amplificare Satagerit . augeat amplificetque cuncti parens in hoc presenti Sæculo vitam illius et cum suis omnibus prospera feliciter longiturnæ vitæ gaudia inveniat . Minuentibus vero atque injuste frangentibus quod opto absit a fidelium mentibus fiat pars cum illis de quibus econtra fatur . 'discedite a me maligni in ignem æternum' 1 . nisi prius legali satisfactione emendaverint . Istis terminibus prædicta terra circumgyrata esse videtur . + ˘is is ˇæra ˇreora hida land gemære æt nymed . Ærest on copelan stan of ∂æm stane west on herpo∂ on eisandune ˇonne ˇanon west on herpo∂ on readan flodan ˇonon on Secgbroces heafod ˇonne on adune on secgbroc o∂ Seo lacu scyt west ˇanon ut on hæ∂feld on seohteres heafod of ˇam seohtere adune on hane ∂anon adune 7 lang streames o∂ riscbroc scyt on nymed ˇanon east on riscbroc on scipbroc ˇonne up on scipbroc ∂æt eft on copelan stan . Acta est autem hæc prefata donatio . DCCCCLXXIIII . dominicæ Incarnationis anno . Indictione . II . Huius doni testes extiterunt quorum hic nomina carraxantur . + Ego Eadgar rex prefatam donationem confirmavi . Ego Ælf∂ry∂ regina consensi . + Ego Dunstan Dorobernensis archiepiscopus corroboravi . + Ego Oswold Eboracensis archiepiscopus consolidavi . + Ego A∂elwold episcopus consensi . + Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi . + Ego Alfwold episcopus consensi . + Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi . + Ego Cynewerd episcopus consensi . + Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi . + Ego Eadelm episcopus consensi . + Ego episcopus consensi . + Ego Sideman episcopus consensi . + Ego A∂ulf episcopus consensi . + Ego ˘eodred episcopus consensi . + Ego Wulfsige episcopus consensi . + Ego Ælfric abbas . + Ego Æscwig abbas . + Ego Osgar abbas . + Ego Æ∂elgar abbas . + Ego Ælfno∂ abbas . + Ego Sigar abbas . + Ego Ælfheh abbas . + Ego Byrhteh abbas . + Ego Godwine abbas . + Ego Leofric abbas . + Ego Æ∂elsige abbas . + Ego Oswerd abbas . + Ego Ælfhere dux . + Ego Æ∂elwine dux . + Ego Byrhtno∂ dux . + Ego Oslac dux . + Ego Ælfwerd minister . + Ego Æ∂elwerd minister . + Ego Eanulf minister . + Ego Ælfsige minister . + Ego Æ∂elmær minister . + Ego Leofwine minister . + Ego Æ∂elwerd minister . + Ego Wulfstan minister . + Ego Byrhtmær minister . + Ego Æ∂elsige minister .