S 827

A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; confirmation of 64 hides (mansae) at Twyford, Crawley, Owslebury, Hensting in Colden Common, Hants.; Hortun; Bishopstoke, Otterbourne, Chilland in Martyr Worthy, Easton and Hunton, Hants. Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

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

Printed:

K, 609; B, 1158; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 42

Printed and Translated:

Rumble 2002, no. V (xiii)

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., III, p. 145; Finberg, ECW, no. 118, authentic, suggests Hortun is Horton in Stoke Park or Houghton, Hants., cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; John 1966, pp. 58, 279-80; Hart 1970a, p. 25 (no. 23), authentic; Currie 1995, pp. 110-11, on Hortun; Rumble 2002, p. 17, no. V (xiii), 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 Twifyrde 7 to Crawanlea . Luce constat clarius . quod huius vitæ terminus volubili varie discurrens orbita jamjamque imminere dinoscitur ut veridica Christi promulgat sententia . quæ altiboando proclamat dicens . 'Surget gens contra gentem . et regnum adversus regnum' 1 . et reliqua . Iccirco ego Eadgar Christi conferente gratia totius Angligenæ nationis ceterarumque gentium Brittannica insula degentium rex gloriosus sancti spiritus carismate partim attactus mentis nostræ archano deliberare cepi . atque optimatum meorum utens consilio . patulo vocum proclamare indicio . Quanto inquam simulate transeuntis vitæ gloria ut fæni flos velociter arescens deficit . letalisque huius vitæ umbrificæ finis imminendo incumbit . tanto etiam catholica christiane religionis studia totius virtutis adnisu restauranda . et æcclesiarum possessione quæcunque oblit't'erata fuerant recuperanda fore nostræ mentis archano assidue rimamur . Hinc igitur . LX . et . IIII . mansas . VIII to . locis distinctas quæ his usualiter nuncupantur vocabulis . Tuifyrde . Crawanlea . Oselbyrig . Hefesylting . Hortun . Stoce . Oterburna . Ceoliglond . Eastun . Hundetun . ut a meis dudum supradictæ Wintoniensi basilicæ reverendæ trinitati ejusque apostolis Petro atque Paulo . æterna largitæ fuerant ; ita hac nova cartula cum meorum auctoritate procerum Adelwoldo presule obtinente roboratas . eterna humilis renovo libertate . Sint autem omnia hæc supradicta rura omni terrenæ servitutis jugo libera tribus exceptis . rata videlicet expeditione . pontis arcisve restauratione . Si quis autem hanc recuperatam moderni temporis libertatem violare presumpserit ; anathematizatus in domini persecutione horribiliter deficiat .