S 801

A.D. 975 (? for 974). King Edgar to Æthelwold, bishop; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Madeley, Staffs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley Charter 43 C 6 (s. xi 1; BM Facs., iii. 31; Turner et al. 1980, pp. 36-7)
2. London, British Library, Harley 596, ff. 18v-19v (s. xvii)

Printed:

K, 588; B, 1312; Hooke 1983, p. 106, bounds only

Comments:

Wanley, Catalogus, p. 307; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, authentic; HRH, p. 231, early copy, almost certainly genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 88, original, discusses identification and bounds; Sawyer, Burton, p. 36 n. 1; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Hooke 1983, pp. 106, 108-9, on bounds; Dumville 1993, pp. 29-30 n. 101; Dumville 1994, p. 160 n. 146, MS 1 could be contemporary

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    • Endorsements: (1) ˝is is ˇara . III . hida boc ˇe Eadgar cing gebocode Aˇelwolde bisceope on ece yrfe æt Madan liege : 7 (2) in capitals: Donatio Eadgari regis quam dedit sancto Atheluuoldo episcopo Uuentano : . ad Madan leagæ . (3) in a hand of s. xv: Latine et Saxonice . Px In nomine Dei summi et altissimi Jhesu Christi . egregius agonista sermocinatus . est . in scripturis divinis sanctæ predicationis . hortatus talem protulit sententiam dicens ' omnia nuda et aperta sunt coram oculis Dei 1 prima usquæ conticinium unius cujusque actus prospicit' . unde ego . Eadgar . totius Brittanniæ basileus quandam ruris particulam . III . mansas in villam quæ ab ejusdem patriæ incolis . Madanlieg . nuncupatur vocabulo cuidam episcopo mihi oppido fideli qui ab ujusce patriæ gnosticis nobili Aˇelwold appellatu onomate pro obsequio ejus devotissimo perpetua largitus sum hereditate ut ipse vita episcopi cum omnibus utensilibus pratis videlicet . pascuis silvis . voti compos habeat et post vitæ suæ terminum quibuscumque voluerit cleronomis inmunem derelinquat . 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 privatis consortio sanctæ Dei ecclesiæ eternis barathri incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi . proditore ejusquæ complicibus puniatur . si non satisfactionæ emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquit decretum . His mætis præfatum rus hinc inde giratur : 7 ˘is syndon ˇa land gemæro to madan leage ærest on witena leage in eardel of eardele in wriman ford of wriman forda ondlong broces on hedenan mos of hedenan mose ymbe heafca bæce of ˇan bæce on ˇone hege of ˇon hege on wilburge wege of ˇæm wege in cærsihtan wyll of ˇæm wylle in ˇa dic of ˇære dic in ˇæt micle mos of ˇæm mose in ˇæt sic of ˇæm sice in wierdes ford of wierdes forda on ˇone hreodihtan mor of ˇon more in ˇa hæˇihtan lege of ˇære lege in ˇa hyrste on ˇa gr'e'atan ac of ˇære ac in ˇæt sic of ˇæm sice eft on witena leage : 7 Anno dominice incarnationis . DCCCC . LXXIIIII . sripta est hæc carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur : 7 + Ego . Eadgar . rex præfatum donationem consensi . + Ego . Dunstan . Dorovernensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus consignavi . + Ego . Oswold Eboracensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus confirmavi . + Ego . Aˇelwold . episcopus concessi . + Ego . Alfwold . episcopus confirmavi . + Ego . Ælfstan . episcopus corroboravi . + Ego . Wynsige . episcopus consolidavi . + Ego . Aˇulf . episcopus adquievi . + Ego . Sydeman . episcopus adfirmavi . + Ego . Ælfˇryˇ . regina . + Ego . Æscwig . abbod . + Ego . Ælfric . abbod . + Ego . Osgar . abbod . + Ego . Æˇelgar . abbod . + Ego . Sigar . abbod . + Ego . Ælfhere . dux . + Ego . Æˇelwine dux . + Ego . Oslac . dux . + Ego . Byrhtnoˇ . dux . + Ego . Ælfweard . minister . + Ego . Æˇelweard minister . + Ego . Ælfsige . minister . + Ego . Æˇelmær . minister . + Ego . Wulfric . minister . + Ego . Æˇelsige . minister . + Ego . Æˇelweard . minister . + Ego . Byrhtferˇ . minister .