S 816

A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 38 hides (cassati) at Bishops Waltham, Hants., acquired in exchange for land at Portchester. Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 12v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 608; B, 1157; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 41

Printed and Translated:

Rumble 2002, no. V (xii)

Comments:

Finberg, ECW, no. 117, authentic, cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970a, p. 25 (no. 22), authentic; Rumble 2002, p. 17, no. V (xii), edits SS 814-19, 821-7 as a single document; suggests that a little late tenth or early eleventh-century cartulary may lie behind it, perhaps compiled under influence of Æthelwold

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    • Freols Boc to Wealtham . Kalante divinæ auctoritatis agiographo commonemur . ut terrena presentis seculi lucra dantes . celestia æternæ beatitudinis emolumenta jugi indefessaque adquiramus labore . Ideoque incertum futuri temporis statum mutabilitatemque certis dinoscens indiciis totis viribus prout posse dederit qui cuncta creavit subnixe delibero . ut redemptoris nostri possessionem æcclesiis jure delegatam in priorem sanctæ religionis statum sertis roborata litterulis medullitus consolidarem . Quapropter ego Eadgar divina indulgente clementia totius Britannicæ insulæ solio sullimatus . quoddam rus quod prisco Wealtham onomate . XXVIII . cassatorum olim Wintoniensi veteris monasterii cathedræ commutando concessum novis apicum signis renovare Adelwoldo presule suppliciter deposcente gratanter permitto . Prefatum siquidem Rus antecessores nostri sanctæ Dei æcclesiæ reverendæ trinitati ejusque apostolis Petro et Paulo dicatæ pro commutatione illius oppidi quod Porteceaster nuncupatur omni mundiali servicio solutum concesserunt . Sit igitur prefatum rus cujus ego cum optimatum meorum consilio libertatem fideliter renovavi . æterna jocunditate gloriosum cum omnibus sibi rite pertinentibus . pratis videlicet . pascuis . silvis . expeditionis laborem . pontis arcisve restaurationem tantummodo persolvat . Alias æterna jocundetur libertate . Siquis autem diaboli pellectus instinctu hanc perpetuam nostræ renovationis libertatem violare vel minuere audax presumpserit ; a sancta corporis et sanguinis domini nostri Jhesu Christi communione et sancta Dei ecclesia ac sanctorum omnium contubernio segregatus æterna inferni miseria dampnatus intereat . si non satisfactione congrua humiliter correctus emendaverit . quod contra nostrum tumidus deliquit decretum .