S 803

A.D. 975. King Edgar to Osward, his propinquus; grant of 4 hides (mansiunculae) at South Stoke, Sussex. The old landbook had been lost in a fire. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 69r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 589; B, 1314; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 27

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., IV, pp. 216-18, identifies the estate as Stoke in St Mary Bourne, Hants; Jolliffe 1933, p. 90 n. 1, suggests Alverstoke, Hants; Forsberg 1950, pp. 214-15, on identification and bounds; Hart 1970a, pp. 23, 31 (no. 120), on endorsement; authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, pp. 32 n. 53, 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Gardiner 1984, p. 77; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. p. 179

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    • ˘is is seo boc æt Stoce . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLXXV . Ego Eadgar . allubescente Deo Rex et primicherius tocius Albionis . ruris quandam particulam quaternis ab accolis estimatam mansiunculis . in loco qui dicitur Saxonice æt Stoce . liberam preter arcem . pontem . et expeditionem . Oswardo propinquo meo libenter admodum in jus perpetuum suis heredibus quibus voluerit relinquendam largitus sum ; hoc precipiens in nomine Jhesu Christi . ut nostrorum nemo successorum quam diu fides vigeat Christiana . hoc nostrum decretum sine ira et vindicta omnipotentis Dei infringere temptet . Quod si quisque pertinacius presumpserit . hoc ei hic et in perpetuum judex justus et meritorum repensator Deus elanceato repensamine reddat . Antiqua cartula incendio consumpta . hanc novitatis scedulam propinquo meo et fideli ministro . Ego Eadgar . Rex rescribere jussi . His inquam limitibus hæc prefati ruris particula quaqua versum cingi videtur . Ærest of ˇam more on mærce cumb 7 swa to mærc hamme 7 swa to hean hammæ . 7 swa to ulan hyrste . 7 swa to ˇam west hliˇe nor∂ 7 lang to hogebura mearce . 7 swa utt to crawan ersce 7 swa to hean lea 7 swa be nor∂an dyrnan hammæ nyˇær innan ˇa ea . ˝ys sin∂ ∂a ∂en into Stoce siblingc hyrst 7 trowing sceaddas 7 rocisfald . Huius doni testes extiterunt quorum inferius nomina elucubratim carraxari videntur . Ego Eadgar Rex Albionis hanc donationem signo crucis perstrinxi . Ego Dunstan Archiepiscopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Oswald Archiepiscopus consentaneus extiti . Ego A∂elwold episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfwold episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfno∂ episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfheah episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Cyneweard episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Eadhelm episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Sideman episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Aˇulf episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego ˝eodred episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Wulfsige episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .