S 535
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfwyn, a religious woman; grant of 6 hides (mansae), equated with 6 sulungs, at Wickhambreux, Kent, in return for 2 pounds of purest gold. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: BL Stowe Ch. 26 (s. x med.; OS Facs., iii. 27)
Printed: B 869.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, pp. 383-9, original; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 277-81, on place-names; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 original, written by Winchester scribe, also responsible for S 497, 510, 528, 552 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Finberg 1972, p. 415, on units of assessment; Sawyer, Burton, p. 25, original; PN Berks., i. 205, on element in bounds; Keynes 1980, pp. 16, 33 n. 55, original, product of 'Edmund C', record of payment seems to have been inserted as an afterthought; Chaplais 1985, p. 43 n. 6, boundary clause written later than subscriptions in a space left blank; Dumville 1992, pp. 177-8, on beneficiary; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, on script.
Endorsements:
(1) Rex Eadredus dedit Wicham cuidam femine nomine Elfuuen
(2) latine
+ In nomine Dei et domini nostri Jhesu Christi .
Anno vero dominicæ Incarnationis DCCCCXLVIII . Indictione VI .
ego Eadredus . rex Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . Audivi a sapientibus et prudentibus hanc mellitam dulcedinem sermocinationis seriem quod bona voluntas in die examinationis pro bono opere reputabitur . Idcirco minime in oblivione habui quod parvam partem potestatis mei pro carissimæ relegiosæque melliflua matris meæ præce perpetuali donatione libenter concedo cuidam relegiose femine vocitatæ nomine . Ælfwynne . VI . mansas quod Cantigenæ dicunt . syx . sulunga . In illo loco ubi ruricoli antiquo usu nomen inposuerunt . æt Wic ham .
Quatenus illa bene perfruatur ac possideat quamdiu vivat . et post se cuicumque voluerit heredi derelinquat in æternam hereditatem . Sit autem predictum rus liber ab omni fiscali tributo sæculariumque servitutum exinanitum .
Sine expoeditione . et pontis . arcisve instructione .
Cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . Campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis .
Si quis autem propria temeritate violenter invadere præsumpserit . Sciat se proculdubio ante tribunal districti judicis titubantem tremebundumque rationem redditurum . Nisi prius hic digna satisfactione emendare maluerit .
+ Duas libras purissimi auri dedit .
Istis terminibus prædicta terra Circum gyrata esse videtur .
Þis synt þa land gemæro to wicham . Ærest se burna on east healfe on suþ healfe sanctæ Agustines gemæro 7 eft sanctæ Agustines land on west healfe be þæl brycge sþa forþ andlang broces oþ hose graf 7 þær west be mearc fleote to sture 7 swa east be sture oþ burnan muþan 7 swa forþ oþ Eadulfes mearce 7 þær forþ be broce oþ ealdan stræt 7 se wuda on trind lea 7 þæt den on blean earnes hyrst . on east healfe þening den 7 seo burh stræt on suþ healfe Ælfrices mearc on west healfe . cluse 7 haming ford on norð healfe þæs hiredes mearc to Sancte Mildryþe swa forð oþ langan leagas swa oþ ælfweardes mearce .
+ Ego Eadredus rex Anglorum præfatam donationem sub sigillo sanctæ Crucis + indeclinabiliter Consensi atque roboravi .
+ Ego Eadgifu ejusdem regis mater Cum sigillo sanctæ Crucis + confirmavi .
+ Ego Oda Dorobernensis æcclesiæ episcopus ejusdem regis principatum et benivolentiam sub sigillo sanctæ Crucis + Conclusi .
+ Ego Wulfstanus archons divinæ servitutis officio mancipatus Eboracæ Civitatis archiepiscopus sigillum sanctæ Crucis + impressi .
+ Ego Ðeodred Lundoniensis æcclesiæ episcopus corroboravi .
+ Ego Ælfheah Wintaniensis æcclesiæ episcopus testudinem sanctæ Crucis + subscripsi et confirmavi .
+ Ego Cenwald episcopus Consensi .
+ Ego Ælfric episcopus Consignavi ,
+ Ego Æþelgar episcopus Confirmavi .
+ Ego Ælfred episcopus Corroboravi .
+ Ego Wulfsige episcopus conclusi .
+ Æþelstan dux .
+ Eadric dux .
+ Æþelstan dux .
+ Ealhhelm dux .
+ Aþelmund dux .
+ Ælfgar dux .
+ Eadmund minister .
+ Ælfstan minister .
+ Wulfric minister .
+ Ælfsige minister .
+ Wulfric minister .
+ Beorhtsige minister .
+ Æþelgeard minister .
+ Æþelnoþ minister .
+ Ælfhelm minister .