Charter Document - 06510069
| Charter Number: | 06510069 |
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| Cartulary Title: | Charters of the Old Minster, Winchester |
| Charter Language: | Latin, English |
| Charter Origin: | Royal |
| Charter Type(s): | Grant |
| Date: | 0939 |
| Date type: | Internal, A.D. |
| Resource Link(s): |
eSawyer (S 446) |
Charter:
Regnante theo in eone eo[n]um Neminem quippe in mortali solo quamvis universam cosmi seriem quisque sollerti mentis acumine perlustret expertem repperiet debite mortis extitisse Illamque juste severitatis sententiam prothoplasti prævaricationis noxam delatam evasisse Tamen pii conditoris arbitrio constat illiusque miseratione superna conceditur quemquam potis esse imis alta terrenis cælestia caducis sine fine mansura capescere Quapropter ego Æþelstanus nodante Dei gratia basileos Anglorum et equæ totius Britanniæ orbis cura gulus enucleatis istis omnibus et fervore celestis patriæ exardens libenter perpetuali libertate tribuendo condonavi Venerabili michique amabili christicole spiritali commercio sanctoque velamine Dei nutu devotionis affectu consignatæ et pro germanitatis nostræ conglutinata propinquitate in sempiternam hereditatem nomine Eadburge x at vii mansas cum mentis hila rite impenderem ubi ruricolæ antiquo usu nomen imposuerunt et appellativa relatione nuncupaverunt Drocenesford juxta dirivativos aquarum cursus Meone ut illa predictam terram habeat ac possideat cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus campis pascuis pratis silvis derivatisque cursibus aquarum æternaliter Et postquam universitatis viam huius seculi transierit Ceu supradiximus in æternam hereditatem cuicumque sibi heredi voluerit perenniter relinquat Fiat etenim præfata terra ab omni servili jugo libera cum omnibus sibi recte pertinentibus exceptis his tribus expeditione pontis arcisve coædificatione Qui hoc jus donationis augendo amplificando sategerint augeat amplificetque cunctiparens genitor in hoc præsenti vitam illorum et inter celibes beati felicesque sine fine in æterna doxa lætentur Denique vero si quis nobis non optantibus nostrum hoc donum violari fraudulenter perpetrando consenserit Consideret hinc se die ultima judicii coram Deo rationem redditurum atque cum reprobis quibus dicitur Discedite a me maledicti in ignem eternum Pænis atrocibus se esse passurum si non antea corporea lamentatione emendaverit Istis terminibus predicta terra circumgyrata esse videtur Þis syndon þa land ge mæro to Drocenesforda Ærest at clefer dæne on ðet del of þam dellæ and lang weges on þa hwitan flodan of þære flodan on norþ healfæ hærepaðæs on þone litlan þorn þonon on swealwan þorn þonon on þæs hlincæs norð ændæ þæt and lang hlincæs suþ on þæs cumbæs heafod þonon on þæs hlincæs wæst ændæ at þam hwitan fox holum þonon on stan burg of stan byrig andlang dic utt on hwitan forð þonon and lang Meone on midnæ stream on þa dic on norð healf þæs fordas and lang dic on þone ealdan þorn of þam þorne æft utt on Meone and lang streamæs oþ þa dic andlang dic to þam æþænan byrigelsum þonon suð and lang hling ræwe to þæs niþær langan hlincæs east ændæ and lang hlincæs æft ut on ea and lang ea oð þæt wæs[t] mæste how þonon wæst for þonæ seal styb od ðæt yrð land suð bæ þam landæ on þæs wyllæs heafod þonon æft utt on ea þæt and lang streamæs suþ on wuda and þonne on giet oþ wichæma mæarcæ þonon west be hagan for cyneburgæ hyrstæ suþe weardæ oþ þæt scir hiltæ on þonæ greatan beam of þam beamæ on þunres lea middæ weardnæ of þam lea on ge rihtæ to þrocbyrgæ on þonæ fulan broc and lang fulan brocæs utt on bytnan burnan andlang burnan oþ þæs bisceopæs mearcæ þæt norð to filæ lea geatæ þonon on brom burnan þæt and lang burnan oþ bromfældæ þonnæ upp bæ tweoh þa twægen bromfældas andlang þæs alar sceatæs of ðone fulan brocc andlang brocæs to þæs cumbæs heafdæ þonnæ to þære stigelæ to þæs bisceopes mearcæ þonne utt on langan leagæ þæt þwæoræs ofær þa leage norð to wuda þonon to þære stigelæ oþ meon wara snadæ þonne forð to domnæs hlincæ þonon to þam wylf pyttæ þonnæ on gærihta þurh hæsel holt to clæfær dæne æft on þæt dell Acta est hæc præfata donatio Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi DCCCCXXXIX Indictione xii Ego Æþelstanus Rex totius Britanniæ præfatam donationem cum sigillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi Ego Eadmundus Ejusdem regis frater consignavi atque roboravi Ego Eadredus frater ejusdem regis consensi Ego Wulfhelm Dorobornensis ecclesie archiepiscopus ejusdem regis donationem cum trophæo agyæ crucis consignavi Ego Ælfhealh Wintoniensis ecclesie episcopus triumphale trophæum agye crucis impressi Ego Þeodred Lundoniensis ecclesie episcopus consignavi Ego Cenwald Episcopus predictum donum consensi Ego Wulfhum episcopus subscripsi et consensi Ego Oda episcopus subscripsi et confirmavi Ego Wulfhun Episcopus consensi et consignavi Ego Burgric Episcopus subscripsi et consensi Ego Eðelgar Episcopus Roboravi Ego Ælphere dux Ego Wulfgar dux Ego Æþelstan dux Ego Wulfstan dux Ego Uhtred dux Ego Oda dux Ego Eadmund minister Ego Ælfric minister Ego Wulfsige minister Ego Witgar minister Ego Wulfgar minister Ego Æþelwold minister Ego Ælfred minister Ego Æðelred minister Ego Wulfmær minister Ego Wulfgar minister Ego Ælfsige minister Ego Ordeah minister Ego Sigulf minister Ego Eadric minister Ego Ealhhelm minister Ego Ælfsige minister Ego Æþereð minister Ego Sireð minister Ego Æðelmund minister Ego Wulfhelm minister Ego Wullaf minister