S 187
A.D. 823 (Werburgingwic, 26 May). Ceolwulf, king of Mercia and Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of land in Canterbury, in return for a gold and silver vessel of 5.5 pounds. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 75 (s. ix1; BM Facs., ii. 16)
Printed: Full text
K 217; B 373; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 123. Short version
Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2216 ex MS 2; B 374 ex MS 4; Fleming 1997, p. 124 (no. 28) ex MS 3.
Comments: Sweet, OET, p. 458 (no. 56); Stevenson 1914, p. 699 n. 48, contemporary; Stenton 1918, p. 450, original (= Stenton 1970, p. 64); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 145, on place-names; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 24-6, MS 1 genuine and contemporary, note on dorse is a scribal memorandum, written before folding; Bruckner 1965, p. 29, on script; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Brooks 1971, p. 73 n. 4; Brooks 1984, p. 136, on background, pp. 168, 360 n. 70, scribe perhaps Archbishop Wulfred himself, also wrote S 186; Brown 1986, pp. 128-9, on script; Campbell 1989, p. 28, on counter-payment; Dumville 1992, p. 4 n. 17, original; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 114-15, 119.
Endorsements:
(1) contemporary: londboc minra wica 7 ðritiges æcra be norðan byrg
(2) s. xii: Ceolulfus rex dedit Wluredo . archiepiscopo . infra menia civitatis Cantuariæ terram . lx . pedum in longitudine 7 . xxx . in latitudine 7 extra civitatem ab aquilone . xxx . jugera . xxv . in arido compo . 7 . v . agros prati
(3) s. xii: latine
+ In nomine domini Dei et salvatoris nostri Jhesu Christi .
Ego Ceolwulf rex Merciorum seu etiam Cantwariorum pro remedio anime mæe et pro spe patriæ celæstis dabo et concedo aliquantulum partem terræ juris mei in provincia Cantie in duobus locis Wulfredo honerabili . archiepiscopo . in propriam potestatem ad habendam possidendam , vel etiam cuicumque ei placuerit derelinquendum in perpetuum . hereditatem . prima pars predicti tellurii habetur intra moenia urbis Doroverni . in oriente plaga loci illius quæ ante Coenwulf rex dederet prenominati pontifici . in propriam potestatem . At nunc ego Ceolwulf ad augmentum dedero parvam partem terræ qui aderit eodem loci . id est . lx . pedum in longitudine . et . xxx . in latitudine . et in alio loco . ab aquilone civitatis . xxx. jugera . xxv . in arido campo et . v . pratum his terminibus circumdatis . ab oriente publica strato . et australe Aldberhting tun in occidente Stur ab aquilone terra regis cum omnibus usis ad se pertinentibus . et in se habentibus huic condicioni don'a'bo . ut sit liberata ab omnium secularium rerum . vel cen's'sum nunc et deinceps . hinc et inde magiorum minorumve causarum notis ignotis per cujuscumque personis potestatis difficultatibus liber et secura perseverat in ævum . et hanc meam donationem eo firmior scribendam dictavi quam ab eo placabilem pecuniam accepi . id est vas electi auri et argenti . quod est estimatione . v . librum et semis .
Si quis autem regum aut principum vel qualibet magna parvaque persona hanc nostram donationem corrumpere temtaverit . sciat ille se esse damnatum . et a Deo separatam . hic et in futuro . nisi digni satisfactione emendaverit iniquitatis suæ . audacium . tamen manente ac cartula in suo nihilominus firmi't'ate roborata .
Actum est anno dominice incarnationis . dccc . xxiii . indictione . i . die vero . vii . k'l Junias in villo regali . qui dicitur Werburging wic . cum consensu et consultu . episcoporum meorum ac principum . quorum nomina adnotata tene'n'tur . et cum vexillo . sanctæ crucis Christi . propriis manibus scripserunt ,
+ Ego Wulfred gratia Dei archiepiscopus huic reconciliatione consensiendo . signo sanctæ crucis Christi subscribo ,,
+ Ego Ceolwulf rex Merciorum . mea . proprio manu cum vexillo crucis Christi subscribo .
+ Ego Æðelwald episcopus cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Beornmod episcopus cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Sigered subregulus consens' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Sigered dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Beornnoð dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Eadberht dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Alhheard dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Muca dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Elfwald dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Eatferð dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Mucel dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Bofa dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Beornwulf dux cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Eanmund abbas cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Feologeld abbas cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Biornhelm abbas cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Piot pr's cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Eadwulf pr's cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Aldred cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Wighelm cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Cyneberht cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Eadbald cons' 7 sub' .
+ Ego Beadheard cons' 7 sub' .
Anno dominice incarnationis . dcccxxiii . Ego Ceonulfus rex concedo partem terre juris mei in Cancia . venerabili Wlfredo archiepiscopo partem infra menia urbis Dorobernia . videlicet . Sexaginta pedum in longitudine . et xxx ta . in latitudine . Partem extra civitatem . ab aquilone civitatis Triginta jugera . viginti quinque in arido campo . et quinque agros prati .