A.D. 959 x 963. King Edgar to Eadgifu, his grandmother; renewal of a charter concerning 65 hides (mansae) at Meon, Hants., the old landbook having disappeared while in Edgar's custody. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 35v-36r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 597; B, 1319

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 196-205, covers land at East Meon, Farnfield in Privett, Froxfield, Steep and Langrish; Finberg, ECW, no. 92, authentic, anachronistic subscription of Archbishop Wulfhelm (d. 941) perhaps derived from the lost landbook; Hart 1970a, p. 27 (no. 62), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 32 n. 53, 71 n. 140, 101 n. 52, suspicious; Dumville 1987, p. 13; Lapidge 1988, p. 93 n. 31, on unusual grecism (= 1993, p. 187 n. 31)

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    • ˘is is ˇara . LXV . hida boc æt Meone ˇæ Eadgar cinig gæbocodæ Eadwifæ hil ealdan moder on ece hyrfæ . Licet sacra eloquia variis thomis diffusaque sedulo nos exortantur monitu ut illuc bonis perseveranter actibus insistendo magnopere festinemus ubi perhennis felicitas . æterna bonitas . alma sanctitas . continua tranquillitas . summa jocunditas . perpeti viget tripudio velut montium fundamenta inæxtricabilibus fixa sint repagulis . tamen plerumque tempestate et turbine . rerum transitoriarum etiam religio sanctæ æcclesiæ maculis reproborum dissipatur ac rumpitur . idcirco incertum futurorum temporum statum providentes . posteris succedentibus profuturum esse decrevimus ut ea quæ communi tractata salubri consilio definiuntur . sertis litterulis roborata confirmentur . Hoc igitur est quod ego Eadgar . annuente alti throni moderatoris imperio Anglorum cæterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . cuidam venerabili matronæ avæ scilicet meæ quæ nobili Eadgifu nuncupatur onomate devotionis ejus sollertia ejusdemque placatus obsequio dignatus sum impertiri . LX . et . V. telluris mansas loco celebri qui ab huius prosapiæ incolis . æt Meone vocitatur . Hoc igitur prefatæ munificentiæ donum eo æternaliter concessi tenore ut vita comitæ cum omnibus utensilibus quæ Deus in ipsa telluris superficie mirabiliter edidit voti compos tenens possideat . et post vitæ suæ terminum quibuscumque voluerit heredibus inmunem derelinquat . Veterem etenim huius telluris cartam tempore quo clitonis fungebar officio mea michi ad custodiendum commisit ava sed per 'tu'multuantis vitæ incuriam eam perdidi . vel infideli qui eam cælat ignoranter ad custodiendum commendavi . futuro igitur tempore si Deus concessit ut reperiatur vel quispiam rus usurpare per eam voluerit cum quo reperta fuerit furti crimine dampnetur . Sit autem predictum rus quod ego cum consensu optimatum meorum prefatæ concessi matrone ab omni terrenæ servitutis jugo secularisque negocii liberum tribus his exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisvæ restauratione . Si quis vero tam epilempticus philargiriæ seductus cavillatione quod non optamus hanc nostræ munificentiæ dapsilitatem ausu temerario infringere preceps temptaverit ; sit ipse sequestratus a communione sanctæ Dei ecclesiæ necnon et a participatione sacrosancti corporis et sanguinis Jhesu Christi filii Dei per quem totus terrarum orbis ab antiquo humani generis inimico liberatus est . et cum Juda Christi proditore sinistra in parte deputatus nisi prius hic digna satisfactione humilis penituerit . quod contra sanctam Dei æcclesiam nostrumque decretum rebellis agere presumpsit . nec in vita hac practica veniam . nec in theorica requiem apostata obtineat ullam . sed æternis barathri incendiis trusus jugiter miserrimus crucietur . Istis vero limitibus prefatum resentum ex amussim circum giratur . ˘is synt ˇa land ge mere to Meone . ærest on Seolesburnan 7lang seolesburnan on clænan for∂ of clænan ford on hincstes grefan of hincstes grafan andlang ric weges on ˇone litlan beorh be westantune . of ˇam beorhe ∂eowres of Meone hut to ˇære strete 7lang strete up to line stode . of line stede be ˇon herpo∂e butan writeles ˇorn . of writeles ˇorne 7lang ˇæs grenan weges to wuda huw on butan ˇæt hit cym∂ hut æt beorhtulfes treowe . of beorhtulfes treowe 7lang weges be ˇære efisc hutan plutan mere . of plutan mære andlang he∂burge dene hutan ceola get of ceola gete 7lang strete on ∂æt nyr∂re geat of ∂on nyr∂an gate on ∂ac sele heal of ∂ac sele heal on wigi∂ mere . of wigi∂ mere on sædeles streat . of sædeles steorte innan dosaburnan 7 lang dosaburnan hutan esc for∂ up to acsceates geate of acsceates gate on sceafles oran fore weardne of sceafles oran on hwoburnan 7lang burnan huton heofes brycce 7 lang scyre on hwe∂eles heal of hwe∂eles heale 7 lang burnan . on ludeburnan ford . of ludeburnan ford and lang weges butan wenne of wenne be ˇam wyrt trumman hutan waccan ham 7 lang ˇære litlan alh rewe hutan wopbinc 7 lang wopbinc o∂ tychel leache west ende . of tychel leahe west ende on ˇone greatan mearc beam on ˇam wuda lace 7 lang ˇam wuda lace hutan greot burnan 7lang greot burnan on wi∂ig ford of wi∂igford innan cirscumbe lace of cirscumbe hracan hutan on ˇone mearcam . of ˇæm mearcam on ˇæt heow bec 7 lang heowbeces huppan byrhtes oran of ˇæm mearc lea on medeman oran my∂er weardne of ˇæm greatan helebeame on lang ganlea fore weardne 7lang gan lea hut on finces stapel of fincces stapele west 7 lang wuda on ∂a greatan apeldre of ˇære greatan apeldre on æsc stede rode 7 lang wuda on cyrt wara bæc 7 lang cytwara bæcce of ˇeofacumb 7 lang weges on ˇone nor∂ langan hlinc of ˇone nor∂ langan hlinc on ˇonne west langan hlinc of ∂es west langan hlinces ende on ˇonne mearc grefan on seolesburnan . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . DCCC . [ ] Scripta est hæc carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur . + Ego Eadgar Bryttanniæ Anglorum monarchus hoc taumate agye crucis roboravi . Ego Wulfhelmus Dorobernensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus ejusdem regis benivolentiam concessi . Ego Oscytel Eboracensis basilicæ primas insegnis hoc donum regale confirmavi . Ego Osulf Presul canonica subscriptione manu propria hilaris subscripsi . Ego Byrthelm Plebi Dei famulus jubente rege signum sanctæ crucis letus impressi . Ego Aˇulf Pontifex testudinem agyæ crucis intepidus hoc donum corroboravi . Ego Alfwold Antistes tropheum sanctæ crucis hanc regis donationem consolidavi . Ego Ælfstan legis Dei catascopus hoc eulogium propria manu depinxi . Ego A∂elwold abbas . Ego Ælfhere dux . Ego Ælfheah dux . Ego Æˇelstan dux . Ego Aˇelwold dux . Ego Byrhtno∂ dux . Ego Eadmund dux . Ego Eˇelmund dux . Ego Elfgar minister . Ego Elfwine minister . Ego Byrhtfer∂ minister . Ego Æˇelsige minister . Ego Oswig minister . Ego Eadric minister . Ego Osweard minister . Ego Osulf minister . Ego Wlfgar minister . Ego Eˇelsige minister . Ego Alfsige minister . Ego Wulfhelm minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Ealdred minister . Ego Eˇelsige minister .