S 599
A.D. 956 (? ii). King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his karus; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Niwantune. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MSS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 176v = p. 352 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 944; Sawyer, Burton, no. 16.
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, p. 95; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and his estates; Hart, ECNE, p. 169 (no. xvi), authentic, estate unidentified; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xxix, 26, authentic, possibly refers to Newton Solney, Derbys.; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, pp. 65, 68 nn. 128, 131, truncated witness-list but may belong to 'Group Two'; Hart 1992, p. 313, authentic, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, on beneficiary.
Carta Eadwig regis de Niwantune . dcccc . lvi . indictione xiiii .
Px In nomine cosmi saluatoris et humani generis redemptoris Iesu Cristi domini nostri qui solus cum patre et spiritu sancto regnum tenet inmortale ; ego Eadwig disposicione gentis Angligene et diuersarum nationum industrius rex vni meorum karorum quem cordetinus diligo nomine Æðelgeard . v . mansas dedi illi ubi uulgariter dicitur æt Niwantune . Quamdiu hic corpus animatum habere videbitur nostri doni priuilegium sibi vendicet . et postero denique suo quemcumque elegerit perhenniter imperciat . cum campis pascuis pratis siluis . Sit uero hec terra ab omni seculari negocio libera . excepta expedicione et pontis ac arcis constructione . Si quis uero hominum hanc mean donacionem cum stulticie temeritate iactitando infringere certauerit . sit ipse grauibus per colla depressus catenis inter flammiuomas tetrorum demonum catenas . nisi prius hic ad satisfactionem venire maluerit . Istis terminis circumgirata asseritur ante scilicet supradicta terra . et cetera . Acta est hec prefata donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesu Cristi . dcccc . lvi . indictione . xiiii .
+ Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . + Ego Eadgar eiusdem regis frater consensi .
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+ Ego Oda archiepiscopus cum signo sancte crucis roboraui . et ceteri ut supra episcopi . duces et ministri .