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S 173

A.D. 814. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Swithnoth, his comes; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) near Chart Sutton, Kent, with swine-pastures. Latin.

Archive: Worcester

MSS: 1. BL Harley Ch. 83 A. 1 (s. ix¹; BM Facs., ii. 14)
2. BL Harley 4660, 21rv (s. xvii)

Printed: K 207; B 343; Earle, pp. 96-8.

Translated: Cowper 1915.

Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 late-9th-century; Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 41, contemporary; Cowper 1915, on identifications; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 125-32, on place-names; Witney 1976, p. 248, on swine-pastures; Keynes 1993/1, p. 114, charter from Worcester archive; Cubitt 1995, pp. 284-5, contemporary.

Endorsements:
(1) contemporary hand: + be cert suiðnoðes boec
(2) later hand: tunes boec

+ In nomine Dei summi Igitur anno dominice incarnationis dcccxiiii . regni vero nostri a Deo concessi xviii . Ego Coenwulf rex Merciorum Suiðnoðe meo comite terram . i . aratrorum in propriam possessionem 7 libertatem sibimet vel suis heredibus in perpetuum fruere perdonabo scilicet juxta silva quae dicitur . Cært cum campis cum silvis cum pascuis cum pratis . xv . carra de feno capientia cum uno molina 7 waldbera wiolhtringden 7 ðorninga byra 7 beardingaleag 7 focgingabyra 7 speldgisella 7 hegeðonhyrs 7 hriðden 7 cunden 7 begcgebyra 7 sponleoge 7 ðet firhde bituihn longanleag 7 ðem suðtune 7 ða snadas illuc pertinentia cun antiquis terminibus liberabo predictam terram a notis causis 7 ignotis a magnis vel modicis aetiam nomina testium infra adscribuntur pro cautella futuri ambiguitatis augentis hanc donationem meam a misericordissimo domino aeternam benedictionem consequantur :-- Si quis vero regum vel principium seu prefectum hunc libertatem meam infringere aut minuere voluerit sciat se separatum esse in die judicii a consortio sanctorum nisi digne emendaverit ante reatum suum :--

+ Eo Coenwulf gratia Dei rex Merciorum hanc donationem meam cum signo sancte crucis confirm' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Ælfðryða regina Merciorum consen' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Uulfred archiepiscopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Alduulf episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Werenberht episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Denebierht episcopus cons' 7 s'scr' .
+ Ego Eadwulf episcopus cons' 7 subsc' .
+ Ego Wulfhard episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Tidferd episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Sibba episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ 'Ego' Beornmod episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Æðelnoð episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Wigberht episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Wigðehg episcopus cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Wilheard presbiter abbas cons' 7 scr' .
+ Ego Wigmund presbiter abbas cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Reðhun presbiter abbas cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Piot presbiter abbas cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Tidbald presbiter abbas cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Wulfhard presbiter abbas cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Cuðwulf presbiter abbas cons' subscr' .
+ Ego Heardberht dux cons' 7 subscr' .
+ Ego Biornnoð dux cons'.
+ Ego Dynne dux cons'.
+ Ego Æðelheah dux cons' .
+ Ego Mucel dux cons'.
+ Ego Sigered dux cons'.
+ Ego Æðelmod dux cons' .
+ Ego Wigheard dux cons' .
+ Ego Eatferð dux cons' .
+ Ego Wulfred dux cons'.
+ Ego Eadberht dux cons'.

+ Ego Ealhhard dux cons'.
+ Ego Ciolhard dux cons' .
+ Ego Biornhard dux cons' .
+ Ego Bofa dux cons'.
+ Ego Ecgwulf dux cons' .
+ Ego Cudred cons' .
+ Ego Wulfred cons' .
+ Ego Wighard cons'.
+ Ego Eadwulf cons' .