S 259
A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 7 hides (familiae), consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Thruhham (now Park Farm, Beaulieu), 1 at Eppelhyrste (lost, near Brockenhurst) and 1 at Hwitanleage (Whitley, near Brockenhurst), Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: BL Add. 15350, 113r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1007; B 180; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 20.
Comments: John 1960, p. 43, on prohibition; Finberg, ECW, no. 6, authentic, pp. 217-18, on term familiae; Hart 1970/1, p. 37 (no. 195), authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 413, on use of familiae; Yorke 1982, p. 81, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 140-3, apparently authentic, p. 163, genuine; cf. S 258.
Donum regis Cuthredi Wentanæ ecclesiæ de Ðruhtham. Regnante in perpetuum omnipotente Deo .
Ego Cuthredus rex de terra juris mei aliquantulum portionem juxta mensuram scilicet . vii . familiarum æcclesiæ Dei Petro et Paulo dicatæ civitate Wentana hereditarie perpetualiter impendo . v . videlicet mansas æt Ðruhham . et l . æt Eppelhyrste . et . l . æt Hwitanleage . ita ut nullus successorum meorum ipsius terræ portionem ab æcclesia Dei nunquam præsu[m]ptuosus auferat . Et hæc acta sunt anno ab incarnatione domini . dcc.xlix . Et ut firmius supradictæ donationis meæ munificentia roboretur ; testes idoneos et adstipulatores ad subscribendum confirmandumque prædictæ pos'ses'sionis privilegium adscribimus . quorum nomina et personæ infra notantur .
Ego Cuthredus rex propriæ donationis meæ munificentiam signo crucis Christi confirmans roboravi .
Ego Hunfridus Dei gratia episcopus canonice consentiens subscripsi .
Ego Cynibaldus abbas concessi .