S 802

A.D. 975 (Glastonbury). King Edgar to Ealhhelm, his minister, at the request of the monk Ælfwine, the king's kinsman; grant of 3 hides (mansiunculae) at Aston in Wellington, Salop. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 74v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 590; B, 1315; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 28

Translated:

Stevenson 1911a, pp. 9-10

Comments:

Finberg 1958, pp. 31-3, on bounds; Hart 1970a, pp. 23, 32 (no. 128), product of Glastonbury scriptorium, discusses witness-list; authentic; Finberg, ECWM, no. 432, authentic; HRH, p. 231, subscriptions possible for 975, except Sigeric, abbot of St Augustine's; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 85, 'Dunstan B' formulation; PN Shrops., i. 23, 295-6; Hooke 1992, p. 57, map of bounds; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. pp. 179, 192-3

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    • ˝is is Ealhhelmes land boc ˇe Eadgar cing him gebocode on ece yrfe æt Eastun . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLXXV . Indictione . III . Ego Eadgar . divina allubescente gratia rex et primicherius Albionis aliquantulam ruris partem tribus ab accolis estimatam mansiunculis in loco qui dicitur æt Eastun . Ealhhelmo ministro meo rogante me venerabili propinquo et monacho Ælfwino . liberam preter arcem . pontem . expeditionemque imperpetuum jus libentur admodum concedo quatinus diebus vitæ suæ possideat . et post se cuicumque voluerit ; imperpetuum jus heredi derelinquat . Quod si quisque quod non optamus huius donationis cartulam adnichilare temptaverit ; coram Christo se rationem redditurum agnoscat . et his limitibus hæc telluris pars circumgyrari videtur . Ærest on wulferdes treo of ˇam hlawe . 7 lang ˇæs leas on ˇa stræte . in ˇæs cynges ge mære of ˇære stræte in ebban mor . of æbban more in ˇara hina ge mære . swa 7lang hina ge mæres in burcels . of ˇam byrcelse on wrocene . swa 7lang wrocene in upping hæma ge mæra . swa 7lang ˇæs ge mæres in ˇa wellan . swa of ˇæra wyllan in ˇone mor . swa of ˇam more in ˇone broc . swa 7 lang ˇæs mores in ˇone dic . on upping hæma ge mæra . 7lang dices on wæclinga stræte . swa of ˇære stræte on ˇone lea . swa and lang ˇæs leas . ˇæt hit cym∂ æft on ˇone stan æt tan hlaw æt wulfherdes treo . Acta est autem hec prefata donatio in cælebri monasterio quod dicitur Glestinagburuh teste omni illa congregatione . sed et aliis multis nobilibus quorum nomina subposita esse videtur . Ego Aˇulf episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Ælfhere dux . Ego Ælfric abbas consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Escwig abbas consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Sigegar abbas consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Sigeric abbas consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfhim abbas consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Æˇelwerd minister . Ego Bryhtmer minister . Ego Orddulf minister .