S 898

A.D. 1001. King Æthelred to Clofi; grant of 25 hides (mansi) at Long Itchington and Arley, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Coventry

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 22 (s. xi in.; BM Facs, iv. 12)

Printed:

K, 705; Hooke 1999, 8-9, with plate

Comments:

Hooke 1980-1, map of bounds; PN Warwicks., pp. 123 n., 133-4 n., on bounds of Arley; on bounds of Long Itchington; Sisam 1953, pp. 148-9 n. 3; Stenton 1955, p. 74, authentic, unusual structure; Hart, ECEE, p. 193, original; HRH, p. 232, subscriptions are consistent, probably original; Hart, ECNE, no. 68, original, subscriptions of two æthelings are later additions; Keynes 1980, pp. 125 n. 135, 135 n. 171, 257, original; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, pp. 224-5, on script; Dumville 1994, p. 161 n. 151, slightly old-fashioned script, cf. also S 892; Hooke 1996, pp. 106, 111-12, with map; Hooke 1999, pp. 110-15, on bounds, with map; Thompson 2006, pp. 21 et passim, on script

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    • Endorsement: ˇis is ˇara .xxv. hida boc ˇe Æˇelred cyngc gebocode . Yceantun . Clofige his ˇegne a on ece erfe . to geofenne 7 to geldenne ær dæge 7 æft dæge ∂æm ˇe him leofest seo; + Px In nomine excelsi tonantes cuius nutu et miseratione a pio patre preditus . Ego Æˇelred rex totius insule cum consensu et licentia optimatum meorum aliorumque meorum fidelium . Dabo et libenti animo concedo . Clofie . quandam ruris particulam hoc est .xx.v. mansos in loco quem ruricoli uocitant . æt Yceantune . in hereditatem perpetuam et semper liber permaneat notis et ignotis magni ac modicis ad habendam et tradendam qualicumque uoluerit relinquat . ab omni tributo et seruitute regali nisi constructione pontis . et arcis edificatione et hostium expeditione. Actum est autem hoc mee concessionis donum. Anno dominicae incarnationis . Mille .i. indictione .xiiii. Istis terminibus circumcincta ista terra. Æryst of stanforda ondlong sices on ˇone stan 7 ˇonan on ˇone ælrenan stob of ˇam stobbe on mid ˇone mere of ˇam mere in ycenan up ondlong ycenan to cærssan wyllan of cærssan willan in ˇone ælrenan stob 7 ˇonan on ˇa hehan æc on wulluht grafe middum of ˇære æc to ˇæm wi∂in bedde 7 ˇonan to sic hlawe of ˇæm hlawe to ˇæm lytlan hlawe 7 ˇonan to haran mere of haran mere to orman ho 7 ˇonan to snaw forda 7 dune ondlong ea to ˇæm ælrenan stobbe ˇonan to hwerfel dice swa ˇonan to wullafes wællan 7 to fasan dæles hyllæ 7 swa ˇonan to ˇæm ælrenan stobbe 7 ˇanon to ˇæm ˇyrnbedde 7 swa to cuppan wællan 7 to holan wyllan 7 eft in stanford . 7 seo hid æt earnlege belimpe∂ into yceantune mid ˇissum gemærum . æryst of ˇære burnan in ˇone holan broc ondlong broces on hwitan lege 7 swa on ˇone smalan hæ∂ of ˇæm hæ∂e in ˇone longan dic ondlong dices in ˇone ealdan weg of ˇæm wege in ˇa æspan + ˇonan in pocalege broc 7 swa ondlong broces in ˇa burnan swa ondlong burnan eft in holan broc . 7 an haga in wærinc wicum into yceantune 7 healf ˇæt land æt su∂ham innur 7 uttur on tofte 7 on crofte into yceantune. Isti sunt testes huius donationis quorum nomina subtus notantur. + Ego Æˇelred rex et rector Angul Sexna firmam solidatim tribuens signum crucis infigendo subscripsi. + Ego Ælfric Dorouernensis aecclesiae archiepiscopus. + Ego Ealdulf Eborace ciuitatis archiepiscopus. + Ego Æˇestan . æˇeling. + Ego Eadmund æˇelincg. + Ego Ælfeh Wintoniensis aecclesiae episcopus. + Ego Wulfstan Lundoniensis aecclesie episcopus. + Ego Aˇulfus Herefordensis aecclesie episcopus. + Ego Ordbyrht episcopus confirmaui. + Ego Æˇestan episcopus. + Ego Leofingc episcopus. + Ælfric dux. + Ego Ælfylm dux. + Ego Leofwine dux. + Ego Leofsige dux. + Ego Ælfsie abbas. + Ego Wulfgar abbas. + Ego Leofric abbas. + Ego Alfwold abbas. + Ego Kenulf abbas. + Ego Eadno∂ abbas. + Ego Ordulf minister. + Ego Æˇelmær minister. + Ego Wulfeh minister. + Ego Wulfgeat minister. + Ego Æˇelric minister. + Ego Eadric minister. + Ego Wulfric minister. + Ego Frana minister. + Ego Morcar minister. + Ego Osulf minister. + Ego Gu∂mund. + Ego Godwine. Omnis itaque conponimus ut si quis turgido superbie spiritu inflatus paruipendens precepta priorum & hanc subscriptionis nostrae sigillum librumque presolidatum uiolare aut confringere temptauerit sciat se alienatum de terra uiuentium et ante tribunal Christi rationem redditurum.