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S 416

A.D. 931 (Lifton, Devon, 12 November). King Athelstan to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 9 hides (cassatae) at Ham, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.

Archive: Winchester, Old Minster

MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 16A (s. x¹; BM Facs., iii. 3)
2. BL Add. 15350, 81v-83r (s. xii)

Printed: K 353; B 677; B 679, bounds ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 166-8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 58.

Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 41, contemporary; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 224-8, on bounds; Fowler 1920, no. 4; Alexander 1931, pp. 350-1, 354-6, on meeting-place; Drögereit 1935, p. 361, original; Vaughan 1954, p. 63 n. 7, original; Darlington 1955, p. 85, contemporary; Stenton 1955, p. 53, MS 1 contemporary, scribe also wrote S 425; Finberg, ECW, no. 231, original; Chaplais 1965, p. 57 n. 81, on endorsement, pp. 59-60, original, probably written by Winchester scribe (= 1973, p. 38 n. 81, pp. 41-2); Hart 1970/1, p. 33 (nos 141-2), original; Brooks 1974, p. 218, bounds not West Saxon; Keynes 1980, p. 16, p. 21 n. 21, pp. 25, 44, original, written by 'Æthelstan A', probably a royal scribe; Sawyer 1983, p. 295, on meeting-place; Chaplais 1985, p. 42 n. 5, pp. 47-9, probably written by a Winchester scribe; Dumville 1987, p. 173, on script; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4; BA Facs., p. 9; Dumville 1992, pp. 80-1, disputes scribe's Winchester connection, p. 110, on estate history, p. 112 n. 272, contemporary; cf. S 425, 1533.

Endorsements on MS 1:
(1) in a contemporary hand: þis is þæs landes boc æt hamme
(2) in a hand of s. xii: Donum Hamme latine et anglice
(3) in a hand of s. xiii: Adelstani Regis
(4) in a hand of s. xvi: 'this is the landes booke of Hame in ye Saxon Charater', 'Wolstan Rex'

Rubric in MS 2: Ðis is þæra land boc to Hamme þæ Aðelstan cing ge bocade Wulfgare bisceope on æce yrfe.

Flebilia fortiter detestanda . totillantis sæculi piacula . diris obscenæ horrendæque mortalitatis . circumsepta latratibus . non nos patria indoeptæ pacis securos . sed quasi foetidæ corruptelæ in voraginem casuros . provocando ammonent . ut ea toto mentis conamine cum casibus suis . non solum despiciendo . sed etiam velud fastidiosam melancoliæ nausiam . abhominando fugiamus . tendentes ad illud evvangelium; 'date et dabitur vobis'; Qua de re infima . quasi peripsima . quisquiliarum abiciens . superna ad instar pretiosorum monilium eligens ; animum sempiternis in gaudiis figens . ad adipiscendam mellifluæ dulcedinis misericordiam . perfruendamque infinite letitiæ jucunditatem ;

ego Æðelstanus rex Anglorum . per omnipatra'n'tis dexteram totius Bryttaniæ regni solio sublimatus . quandam telluris particulam . meo fideli ministro Wulfgaro . id est novem cassatarum . in loco quem solicolæ æt Hamme . vocitant tribuo . ut ille eam sine jugo exosæ servitutis . cum pratis . pascuis . silvis . rivulis . omnibusque ad eam utilitatibus . rite pertinentibus . liberaliter ac æternaliter . quamdiu vivat habeat ; et post generalem . qui omnibus certus incertusque homunculis . constat transitum . cuicumque successionis heredi voluerit . imperpetuum derelinquat .

Prædicta siquidem tellus . his terminis . circumcincta clarescit ;

ærast on eastewardan . on lin leage geat . 7 ðonne in lin leage middewearde . 7 ðonon suðrihte wið ðara stan ceastla . , 7 ðonne of ðæm stan ceastlum to pyddes geate . ðonon to oswaldes berghe . ðonon ondlong herpoðes . on burghardes anstigo . ðonne forð to bares anstigon . ðonon on heardanleage middewearde . ðonne suð on ge rihte . ondlong henna dene . oð hit cimeð to ðære dic . ðonne west ut ðurh henna leah . oð hit cimeð to ðære efese . ðonne a norð be wyrt walan ðæt on efen ðone greatan æsc ; ðonne norð ondlong ðæs 'h'linces . ðæt on bofan hangran ; ðonne ondlong hagan . on wifiling falod weste weardne ; ðonne norð ofer dune . on meos 'h'linc weste weardne ; ðonne a dune on ða yfre . on beowan hammes hecgan . on bremeles sceagan easte weardne ; ðonne on ða blacan græfan . ðonne norð be ðem 7 heafdan . to ðære scortan dic . butan anan æcre ; ðonne to fugel mere to ðan wege ; ondlong weges . to ottes forda ; ðonon to wudumere ; ðonne to ðære ruwan hecgan ; ðæt on langan hangran ; ðonne on grendles mere ; ðonon on dyrnan geat ; ðonne eft on lin leage geat . ,

Si autem quod absit . aliquis diabolico inflatus spiritu . hanc meæ compositionis ac confirmationis breviculam . infringere vel elidere temptaverit ; sciat se novissima ac magna examinationis die . stridula clangente archangeli salpice . bustis sponte dehiscentibus . somata jam rediviva relinquentibus . elementis omnibus pavefactis . cum Iuda proditore . qui a satoris pio sato . 'filius perditionis' dicitur . æterna confusione . edacibus ineffabilium tormentorum flammis periturum . ,

Huius namque a Deo dominoque Jhesu Christo . inspiratæ . atque inventæ voluntatis scedula . anno dominicæ incarnationis . dcccc ^o . xxx ^oi ^o . regni vero gratis mihi commissi . vii ^o . indictione . iiii ^a . epacta nulla . concurrente . v ^o . ii . idus . Novembris . luna . xx ^a . viiii ^a . in villa omnibus notissima . quæ Leowtun . nuncupatur . episcopis . abbatibus . ducibus . patr'i'æ procuratoribus . regia . dapsilitate ovantibus perscripta est ; cujus etiam inconcussæ . firmitatis auctoritas ; his testibus roborata constat . quorum nomina subtus . caracteribus depicta ' ;' annotantur .

+ Ego Æðelstanus . florentis Brytaniæ monarchia præditus rex . huius indiculi fulcimentum ; cum signo sanctæ semperque amandæ c[r]ucis . corroboravi ' ;' et subscripsi .,
+ Ego Wulfhelmus Dorobernensis eclesiæ . archiepiscopus . consensi . et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfstanus Eboracensis eclesiæ . archiepiscopus . consensi . et subscripsi .
+ Ego Howæl subregulus . consensi . et subscripsi .
+ Ego Iuðwal subregulus . consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfwine . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eadulf . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Cunan . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfheh . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Sigelm . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Cenwald . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Beornstan . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Oda . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wynsige . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfhun . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ðeoderd episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Cyneferð . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Tidelm . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Cynsige . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eadward . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æscberht . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wired . episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfwald . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Osferð . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Aldred . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Uhtred . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æscberht . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfstan . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Uhterd . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Urm . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Guðrum . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Haward . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Gunner . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ðurferð . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælferd . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Hadd . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Scule . dux consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfric . abbas . consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eadwine . abbas . consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelnoð . abbas . consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Bior'h'tsige . abbas . consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Seaxhelm . abbas . consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Odda . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfgar . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelstan . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfheh . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelferð . mininster consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfhere . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelwold . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eadric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfwald . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Buga . mininster consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Beorhtulf . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Hefa . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Sigeric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðeric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfheh . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Swiðulf . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wullaf . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ætðelm . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eadric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelweard . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelmund . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ealh'h'elm . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðdelnoð . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ealhelm . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelstan . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfstan . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelmund . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Burherd . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Beorhtric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelstan . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelm . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfnoð . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfmær . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfbold . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wihtgar . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wynsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfhelm . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælferd . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfric . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelweard . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eadulf . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æðelsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wiferð . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfhelm . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Cyred . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æþelstan . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfnoð . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Aeðelstan . minister consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Aelfsige . minister consensi et subscripsi .

Text from Birch 679

Ærest on east weardæ . on lin leage geat . 7 þonne on line leage midde wearde . 7 þonne syð richte wið þara stan ceastla . 7 ðonne of þam stan ceastlum to pyddes geate . þonon to oswaldes beorge . ðonon 7lang herpoðes on burghardes anstiga . þonne forð to bares anstigon . þonon on heardan leage midde wearde . þonne syð on ge rihte and lang hænna dæne of hit cymeð to þære dic . Ðonne west utt þurh henna leah . of hit cymeð to þære æfese . ðonne norð be wyrt walan ðet on æfen ðæne greatan æsc . þonne norð 7lang þes hlinces . ðet on bofan hangran . þonne 7lang hagan on wifiling falod weste weardne . þonne norð ofer dunæ on meosh hlinc weste weardne þonne a dune on ða yrfe on beowan hammes hecgan on bremeles sceagan easte weardne . Þonne on þa blacan græfan Ðonne norð be ðam 7heafdan to þære scortan dic . butan an æcre . ðonne to fugel mære to ðam wege . and lang weges to ottæs forda . þanan to wudu mære . Ðonne to þære ruwan hecgan . ðæt on langan hangran . þonne on grendles mære . þonon on dyrnan geat . þonne æft on linlea geat .