S 892

A.D. 998. King Æthelred to Leofwine, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan for murder. Latin with English and English bounds

Archive:

Coventry

MSS:

1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. VI (s. x ex.; BA Facs., 13)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius A. VIII, f. 80r-v (s. xvi; bounds and endorsement only)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dugdale 13 (S.C. 6503), pp. 439-440 (s. xvii; bounds only)

Printed:

Napier and Stevenson, pp. 19-22 (no. 8)

Comments:

Napier and Stevenson, pp. 110-22, authentic; PN Warwicks., pp. 135 n., 144-5 n., on bounds of Ladbroke, Radbourne, and Southam; Hart 1970a, p. 23, on endorsement; Hart, ECNE, no. 66, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 104 n. 62, 135 n. 171, 256, authentic and original; Wormald 1988, no. 61; BA Facs., p. 5, unusual aspect but seems to be an original; Dumville 1994, p. 161 n. 151, script is old-fashioned, cf. also S 898; Hooke 1996, p. 112; Hooke 1999, pp. 71-7, on bounds, with map; Thompson 2006, pp. 20 et passim, on script

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    • Endorsement: ˘is is ˇæra landda boc to Suˇham 7 to Hlodbroce 7 to Hreodburnan ˇe Æˇelred cyning sealde Leofwine ealdorman on ece yrfe. Px In nomine Deo excelsi qui quadrifida mundi moderamina gubernat. Nobis ergo karissimi in Christo illius egregi predicatoris sententia diligenda consideranda fratres. Nihil intulimus in hunc mundum uerum nec auferri quid possumus . Sed sicut illa generalis mater de qua dicitur . terra es et in terram ibis . nos nudos ueraciter procreauit . Sic iterum nos nudos excipere debet . nisi aliquis diuino inpunctus amore ad hoc idoneus sit ut adeptas res . pro omnipotenti Deo et expiatione peccaminum . suorum pauperibus et Dei seruis . beniuola mente . distribuere uoluerit et suum thesaurum thesaurizare in altis caelorum culminibus . Hinc ego . Æ˝ELRED . altithrono amminiculante Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu triuiatim persistentium basileus aliquam terre particulam ad donandum curaui Leofwino meo fidelissimo duce id est .vii. tributariorum et dimidium non tamen in uno loco sed in tribus uillulis in Suˇham .iii. mansas et in Hlodbroce Hreodburnanque .iiii. manentes et inter illos dimidium unius manse ut habeat et prefruat cum omnibus bonis ad illam terram rite pertinentibus in perpetuam hereditatem et quamdiu lux fulgebit super terram et hanc donationem dabo cum omni libertate nisi arcis et pontis instructione et expeditione et ab homnibus aliis notis ignotisque causis perpetualiter in libertatem compono. Si quis uero tam epylempticus phyrargirie seductus amentia quod non optamus hanc nostre munificentiae dapsilitatem ausu temerario infringere temptauerit . sit ipse alienatus a consortio sancte Dei aeclesie necnon et a participatione sacrosancti corporis et sanguinis Iesu Christi filii Dei per quem totus terrarum orbis ab antiquo humani generis inimico liberatus est . et cum Iuda Christi proditore sinistra in parte deputatus . ni prius hic digna satisfactione humilis penituerit. ˝is syn ˇara .x. hida longemæra to Suˇham ˇe ˇa .iii. hida binnan synd ˇe Wistan forworhte wi∂ ˇone cyning Æˇelred mid unrihtum monslihte 7 fifte healf hid æt Hlodbroce 7 æt Hreodburnan ˇe mid ˇa oˇrum lande forworhte wæron 7 he hyra ealra geuˇe his ealdormen Leofwine a in ece yrfe . ˇæt is ˇonne ˇær hlodbroc fealˇ on ycænan æfter streame ˇæt to ˇæm hyærde wycan fram ˇam hyerde wycan up to ˇam ællenstubbe to ˇam mærstane of ˇam mærstane to ˇæm gemyˇan 7 æfter stream ˇæt to beornewæaldes hlawe of ˇam hlawe to ˇam pytte up to ˇam beanhlande . 7 to ˇæm pytte 7 swa of ˇem pytte to coccebyle 7 to yppescelfe of yppescelfe æfter ˇæm heafdan to hæahhwellan of ˇam wyllan to Hlodbroce . æfter ˇæm broce ˇæt æft on ycenan. ˝is syn ˇa hlandgemære into Hlodbroce 7 to Hreodburnan ˇæt is ˇonne to wylman forda 7 of ˇam forda efter sealtstrete to ˇam grenan wege of ˇam wege ˇæt æft on wylman broce æfter stream ˇæt on hreodbroce of ˇam broce ˇæt up to ˇam hlangan ˇorne of ˇam ˇorne æfter ˇam heafdan ˇæt on ˇa wyllan æt Hlodbroce æfter stream ˇæt ˇon' up æfter ˇam heafdan to ˇam mere of ˇam mere to ˇam hlawe on yppescelfe . of ˇam hlawe to grenan hylle of ˇam hlawe to cocgebyll of cocgebyll æfter heafdan to ˇam wætergefeal æfter stream ˇæt on stanhemeforde of ˇam fordæ ˇæt æft on wylman forde. Hæc kartula karaxata est annon dominicæ incarnationis .DCCCC .L. XXXXVIII. huius munificentie singrapha his testibus . consenti[ent]ibus quorum inferius nomina secumdum uniuscuiusque dignitatem caraxantur. + Ego Æˇelred Britannie rex Anglorum monarchus preformatas propinquarum sed et regum donationes hoc taumate agie crucis roboraui. + Ego Ælfric Dorobernensis eclesie archiepiscopus eiusdem regis beniuolentiam subscripsi. + Ego Aldulf Eboracensis basilice primas hoc euologium agie crucis taumate confirmaui. + Ego Ælfheah Licetfeldensis coenobii antistes iubente rege tropheum sanctæ crucis impressi. + Ego Ælfheah Wintoniensis æclesie presul canonica subscriptione hoc donum coroboraui. + Ego Wulfstan episcopus Lundoniensis testudinem sanctæ crucis huic regali dapsilitate libens adposui. + Ego Wulfsige Scireburnensis æclesie catascopus donum eiusdem regis confirmaui. + Ego Aˇulf Herefordensis æclesie pontifex consensum prebui. + Ego Alfwold episcopus hoc euologium manu propria apicibus depinxi. + Ego Ælfsige abbas. + Ego Ælfweard abbas. + Ego Wulfgar abbas. + Ego Leofric abbas. + Ego Æˇelweard dux. + Ego Ælfric dux. + Ego Ælfelm dux. + Ego Leofwine dux. + Ego Ordulf minister. + Ego Æˇelmær minister. + Ego Wulfheah minister. + Ego Wulfgeat minister.