S 356
A.D. 871 x 899 (Malmesbury). Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, with the consent of the familia of the church of Malmesbury, to Dudig, his minister; lease, for four lives, of 4 hides (cassati) at Chelworth, near Crudwell, Wilts., with reversion to the church of Malmesbury. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 16rv (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E. 164/24, 128v-129r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 33r-34r (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 92v (s. xii)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 28; K 321 ex MS 1; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 394-5 ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 302-3 ex MS 2; B 568 ex Brewer and MS 1; B 569 ex Hamilton.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. lxvii, spurious; Watkin 1956, p. 213 and n. 62; Finberg, ECW, no. 213, authentic; John 1966, p. 45, on royal style; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 97, 104, spurious; Whitelock 1979, pp. 84-5, abbrevaited but may be authentic, cf. S 1205; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, pp. 227-8 n. 1, cited; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Dumville 1992, pp. 43-4, on Chelworth; Keynes 1992, p. 57 n. 24; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1138-9, authentic basis, but probably substantially rewritten at Malmesbury; Abrams 1996, p. 85, on Chelworth; cf. S 1205.
Quomodo Alfredus rex consensu Monachorum Meldunensium cuidam ministro suo terram de Choellewrthe donavit post dies suos iterum eidem ecclesie restituendam .
In nomine domini Ego Aelfredus gratia Dei Angol Saxonum rex una cum consensu venerabilis familie Maldubiensis ecclesie concedens dono meo fideli ministro nomine Dudig aliquantulum terre . Id est .iiii. cassatorum ad eandem supradictam terram dono ut habeat atque possideat dies suos 7 post se tribus heredibus quibuscunque voluerit dimittat . finitis autem diebus trium heredum prædicta terra ad ecclesiam sancti Salvatoris in Malduberi . absque omni contradictione in servicium pristinum redeat . Est etenim antememorata terra libera ab omnibus sæcularibus negociis præter expedicionem et pontis arcisve instructionem .
Acta est autem hæc scriptio huius cartule istis consencientibus testibus quorum nomina subtus notantur . In loco qui dicitur Maelduburi . nostro autem vocabulo . Maeldunesburg .
Ego Alfred rex .
Uulfricus episcopus .
Aeþelhel[m] dux .
Aþelnoð dux .
Elfhere .
Deormod .
Beorhthelm .
Ceoluf .
Aþelwald filius regis .
Edward filius regis .
Beorhuard .
Wlfrich .
Verulf .
Ecgulf .