S 971

A.D. 1031. King Cnut to Hunuwine, minister; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Stoke Canon, Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Exeter/Christ Church, Canterbury (? ex Crediton)

MSS:

1. Exeter, D.C., 2525 (s. xi 1; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 11)
2. Canterbury, D.C., C 1311 (s. xi 2; incomplete; BA Facs. no. 31)
3. London, British Library, Lansdowne 966, ff. 72v-74r (s. xvii)

Printed:

Davidson 1883, pp. 290-2; Hooke 1994, p. 196, bounds only

Comments:

Davidson 1883, pp. 289-90; PN Devon, p. 447; Finberg, ECDC, no. 56; Whitelock 1959, p. 82, cited; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, script of MS 1 compared with that of S 963; Chaplais 1966, pp. 23-4 (no. 23), MS 1 authentic and original, probably by Crediton scribe also responsible for S 963, boundary clause as in S 389, MS 2 is a fragment of a copy by an Exeter scribe (= 1981, XV pp. 23-4); Bishop 1971, p. xxiii n. 5, on script; HRH, p. 237, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, p. 25 n. 1, in MS 1 dating clause and witness-list were added after folding; Keynes 1980, pp. 27 n. 43, 36 n. 65, 126 n. 136; BA Facs., p. 9, MS 2 could be a fragment of a copy of a charter other than S 971, since it contains only part of a proem; Dumville 1993, pp. 133, 134, regressive script; Lawson 1993, pp. 67-8, 238, apparent original, probably drafted in south-west; Hooke 1994, pp. 195-6, bounds as S 389; Keynes 1994a, p. 50, written by Crediton scribe, witness-list based on that of a charter of c. 1026 x 1030; Keynes 1996, p. 37 n. 199, on witness-list; Foot 2000, II. 87; Thompson 2006, pp. 15 et passim, on script

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    • Px Altithroni moderatoris imperio triuiatim instruimur. Ut illi opido subiecti subpeditantes famulemur. Qui totius mundi fabricam mira ineffabilique disponens serie micocrosmum Adam uidelicet tandem quadriformi plasmatum materia almo ad similitudinem sui instinctum spiramine. Uniuersisque in infimis formauerat uno probandi causa excepto uetitoque preficiens paradisicae amoenitatis iocunditate conlaterana Eua scilicet comite decentissime collocauit. Laruarica pro dolor seductus cauillatione versipellis sua sibilisque tergiuersatione uiraginis pellectus anathematis alogia ambro pomum momordit uetitum et sibi ac posteris in hoc erumnoso deiectus seculo loetum promeruit perpetuum. Intacta igitur redolente Christi diuinitate passaque ipsius humanitate libertas addictis clementer contigit seruulis. Hinc ego . Cnut . altithrono amminiculante Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu triuiatim persistentium basileus . ut huius dampsilitatis altithroni moderatoris clementia merear optinere consortium . quandam rusculi particulam unam mansam qui nuncupatur uocabulo Stoc meo fideli ministro Hunuwine ob eternam futurae uitae talionem cum omnibus utensilibus quae deus coelorum in ipsa telluris superficiae collocauit . pratis uidelicet . pascuis . siluis . perpetua largitus sum hereditate. quatenus cuicunque post fragilis uite curriculum uoluerit heredi libenter habeat cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus aeternaliter in ius proprium potestatem tradendi. Sit autem prefatum rus quod ego cum obtimatum meorum consensu predicto largitus sum . omni terrenae seruitutis iugo solutum tribus videlicet exceptis rata uidelicet expeditione pontis arcisue restauratione. Siquis uero tam epylempticus philargirie seductus amicitia quod non optamus hanc nostre munificentie dampsilitatem auso temerario infringere temptauerit . sit ipse alienatus a consortio sancte dei aecclesiae necnon et a participatione sacro sancti 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 quod contra sanctam Dei aecclesiam rebellis egere presumpsit. nec in uita hac practica ueniam . nec in theorica requiem apostata optineat ullam . sed eternis barathri incendiis trusus iugiter miserimus crucietur. Rura namque predicta istis terminis hinc inde circum iri uidetur. ˘is sind ˇære anre hide land gemære æt Stoke Ærest of sulforda east andlang herepaˇes on culum ˇanon east rihte to langan forda ˇanon su∂ andlang streames o∂ culum lace andlang lace of ˇære lace upp to ˇære ealdan dic andlang ˇære dic on ceagga cumb ˇanon on cinges sloh ˇanon andlang weges to ˇam mægen stane . ˇanon suˇ ˇær∂a wegas to ligca∂ ˇanon on ˇone morˇmystan hrige weg andlang hricges to ˇære eor∂ burh midde weardre ˇanon on brydena wyll . ˇanon ut on Exan . upp andlang Exan o∂ scræwa leges lace 7 scræwa leg ˇærto ˇon fra æˇelstanes hammes forda eft on sulford 7 .iiii. eceras bewestan Exa forna gean edfer∂es eald land. Anno ab incarnationis . millesimo . xxxi scripta est . huius munificentie singrapha. His testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina decussatim domino disponente carraxantur. + Ego Cnut Brytannie totius Anglorum monarchus hoc agie crucis taumate roboraui. + Ego Æˇelno∂ Dorobernensis ecclesie archiepiscopus eiusdem regis principatum et beniuolentiam sub sigillo sancte crucis conclusi. + Ego Ælgifo regina humillima adiuui. + Ego Ælfsige episcopus assensum prebui. + Ego Ælfrig episcopus dictando titulavi. + Ego Brihtwold episcopus dignum dixi. + Ego Ælmær episcopus confirmavi. + Ego Lyfinc episcopus consolidavi. + Ego Godwine dux. + Ego Sihtric dux. + Ego Hrani dux. + Ego Brihtmær abbas. + Ego Æˇelwerd abbas. + Ego Æˇelwine abbas. + Ego Odda minister. + Ego Ordgar minister. + Ego Ælfgar minister. + Ego Leofsige minister. + Ego Eadmær minister. + Ego Æˇelmær minister. + Ego Eadsige minister. + Ego Toki minister. + Ego Toui minister. + Ego Eadwine minister. + Ego Dodda minister. + Ego Ælfgar minister.