S 569
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Uhtred Cild, pedissequus; grant of land at Chesterfield, Derbys. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MSS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 175v-176r = pp. 350-1 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 911; Sawyer, Burton, no. 13.
Comments: Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-5, dubious; Hart 1972, discusses charter-type; Hart, ECNE, no 105 and p. 169, authentic; Sawyer 1975/1, p. 34, on beneficiary; Dumville 1979, p. 7 n. 1, p. 8, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one, p. 22, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980/1, pp. 215-16, on queen's style in witness-list; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, p. 316, on lack of an assessment, pp. 431-45, on charter-type.
Carta Eadredi regis de Cestrefeldo facta Uhtredo Child . dcccc . lv .
+ In principio creauit Deus celum celestibus celorum agminibus ethraliter conflagrando . et terram terrestribus trutinauit tripudialiter tribuendo ita dicens . Celum mihi thronus est . et tellus scabellum pedibus . id est cetus angelicus et culmen apostolicum . Iam illuc anhelans Eadred rex Angulsæxna et Norþhimbra imperator paganorum gubernator . Brettonumque propugnator toto cordis ac mentis conamine Iesum Cristum totius lucri largitorem laudat et glorificat . Ideoque anno dominice incarnationis nongentesimo et quinquagesimo quinto . nonus quoque annus adest ex quo regalia erexit regimina . quos uult letificat honorifice euuangelica sequendo paradigmata . gratis accepistis ; gratis date . Hoc dumtaxat pedissequs Vhtred Child alacriter in huius telluris ad Cesterfelda perhenni liberalite subterius terminandum magnis rebus ac modicis preter vrbis pontisque constructione et expedicionis obsequio cum suis collaudat heredibus . Ecce testes hoc volumen munientes .
+ Eadred rex tocius Britannie hec karismata triumphali vexillo sancte crucis consignauit . + Oda archabiscop . + Berhtsige episcopus . + Elfsige pontifex . + Oswulf didasculus . + Wulfsige antistes . + Berhtelm presul . + Ælfwald biscop . + Cynsige episcopus . + Oscetel pontifex . + Koenwald monachus . + Wulfhelm presul . + Aldred antistes . + Eadgeofu euax . + Eadwig cliton . + Eadgar æþeling . et ceteri duces . principes . milites et ministri . xxvi . consensum prebuerunt .
En imperat prefatus rex obsecrando et obsecrat imperando per clauem euuangelicam quam Cristus Iesus Petro principi apostolico potestate tradita ligandi ac solvendi contulerat ut nullus deinceps diabolica fraude deceptus audeat hoc eulogium violare . Ve ve inueniant violantes . Euge euge tu adaugens hic et in euum amen . fas diuinum . jus humanum .