S 847

A.D. 983. King Æthelred to Æthelmær, his minister; grant of 9 hides (cassati) at Thames Ditton, Surrey. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Thorney

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Add. 3020, ff. 15v-16r (s. xiv)
2. London, British Library, Harley 258, ff. 137v-138r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)

Printed:

PN Surrey, p. 90 n., bounds only; Hart, ECEE, pp. 186-7

Comments:

PN Surrey, p. 90 n., on bounds; Hart, ECEE, pp. 187-9, authentic,bounds substantially identical with those for same estate in S 911; Whitelock 1969, p. 114, corrects a reading in Hart's edition; Gelling, ECTV, no. 340, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 242, authentic

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    • Variante cosmi statu tam uolubili quid aliud ammonentur graciosi nisi anhelando festinare quo perfruitur insatiabili contemplatione trinitatis unice, et quasi in apertione regni celestis aditus mercuri conceditur eterna caducis dono superuenientis gracie dei que operari in nobis et uelle et posse benigne non cessat. Cooperemur igitur bonum ad omnes dum sole superstite uiam oportunitatis patescit faciendo maxime uidelicet ad fideles nostre deuotionis. Quapropter ego Æthelred monarchiam totius Albionis sollempniter regens dono suffragante septiformis spiritus, cuidam ministro michi oppido fideli qui ab huius patrie gnosticis nobili Æthelmær appellatur uocabulo, quandam telluris portionem. nouem uidelicet cassatos in loco qui celebri æt Dittune uocitatur onomate eterna largitus sum hereditate, ut uita comite uoti compos possideat, ac post obitum suum heredi cuicumque uoluerit immunem derelinquat. Nunc igitur hoc donum solutum omni regali sarcina luceat salua expeditione pontis et arcis munimine sicut condecet usquequaque climatis mundi. Ammouere autem hoc decretum quis audeat nisi deo contraire non timeat a quo liberaliter conceditur aucta potestas. Si quis hoc nostrum donum amouerit, eternis baratri incendiis iugiter reus puniatur. ˘is synd ˇa land gemæra into Dittune. of cranmeresˇorne to balcan græfan. of ˇere blacan græfan. on ˇa seofan æceras eastewearde of ˇam seofan æceran. on emenan andlang emenan be healfan streame innan cytanfor∂. of cytanfor∂a to tatan broke. of tatan broke on cwicelmeswyrˇe eastewerde. ˘is is se wude on ˇes agan ende to byrlegate. fram byrlagate to wi∂an gate. fram wi∂angate. to cnuceshirste and to egænlea. fram ecganlæa to ˇam haran wy∂ie. Acta est hec libertas autem agelli anno Dominice incarnacionis .Dcccc.lxxxiii. indictione .xi. hiis testibus quorum nomina inferius caraxantur consentientibus. + Ego Æthelred rex Anglorum triumpho sancte crucis hoc donum immobile corroboraui. + Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus consensi. + Ego Oswold archiepiscopus adfirmaui. + Ego Æˇelwold episocpus confeci. + Ego Ælfstan episcopus annui. Et cetera.