S 536

A.D. 948. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Mackney and 5 at Sotwell, Berks. Latin with English.

Archive: Winchester, Old Minster

MSS: BL Add. 15350, 54rv (s. xii)

Printed: K 1161; B 864.

Comments: Field 1905, p. 110; Field 1906, pp. 49-52; Drögereit 1935, p. 424, suspicious; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary (referring to this charter as no. 86), p. 17 n. 3, basically authentic but with two interpolations, p. 29 (no. 91), authentic basis; PN Berks., i. 12, ii. 516, 529, iii. 751; Gelling, ECTV, no. 55, pre-Conquest fabrication based on same materials as S 517; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, not acceptable, discusses beneficiary.

Ðis is þara tyn hida boc æt Macaniæ 7 æt Suttunæ wylle þe Eadred cing gebocode Æþelwearde his þegnæ on ece yrfæ .

+ In nomine almi et agiæ sophyæ .

Qui monarchiam mundi totius ac celsitudinem celorum abditamque profunditatem turgentis occeani in altis et in imis . omnia cum suæ majestatis imperio nunc et in evum gubernat . Ceu pupillarum obtutus per triquadrum mundum cotidiæ cernitur . ac manifestata signa declarantur . quomodo transeuntis mundi vicissitudo diuturnis horis crescendo decrescit . et ampliando minuatur .

Tamen superno fulti adminiculo prosequi indigemus ad alta . Cujus scilicet fervoris igne . ego Eadredus . basileus Anglorum cæterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . Cuidum meo fideli ministro vocitato nomine . Æþelgeardo . X . mansas concessi . V . in insula quæ vulgariter dicitur . Macca'n'iæ . cujus margynes circumquaque palustribus rivulis adjacentibus ambite certis terminis comprobantur . V . vero mansas æt Suttanvvlle . necnon extra illud castellum quod ab antiquitus hoc usque tempus vocatur Welingaford . Ter duodenas segetes . cum bis quinis prati jugeribus . quod anglice dicitur . XXXVI . æcera yrþ landes . 7 . X . æceras mæde . equo et leto animo concessi .

ceu superius prescriptum est in æternam hereditatem . Vt terram jam prefatam meo scilicet ovante concessu tramitibus suæ possideat vitæ . deinceps namque sibi succedenti cuicumque voluerit heredi æternaliter derelinquat . Maneat igitur meum hoc immobile donum æterna libertate jocundum cum omnibus quæ ritæ ad predic't'a loc'a' pertinere dinoscuntur . Campis . Pascuis . Pratis .

excepto communi labore . expeditione . pontis . arcisve constructione .

Si qui denique michi non optanti hanc libertatis cartam livore depressi . violari satagerint ; agminibus tetre caliginis lapsi vocem audiant examinationis die arbitris sibi dicentis . 'Discedite a me maledicti in ignem æternum'1 ; ubi cum demonibus ferreis sartaginibus crudeli torqueantur in pena ; Si non ante mortem digna hoc emandaverint pænitentia .

Ðis synt þa fif hida æt Maccanige . þe gibhild seo lacu . eallan butan bælið . on ælce healfe . Ðonne ligþ bæ norþan þam porte . XXXVI . æcera yrþ landes . 7 . X . æceras mæde . and an mylen . 7 binnan þam porte fram geast geate on norþ healfe strete . of þone broc . 7 . VII . heorþas butan þon . 7 þreo cyrcan . Þonne hebbe ic hit egþer ge binnan porte ; ge butan . eall swa Æþelwold bisceop hit ær hæfde .

Acta est hæc prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCXLVIII . Indictione . VI .

Ego Eadredus Rex Anglorum prefatam donationem sub sigillo sanctæ crucis indeclinabiliter consensi atque roboravi .
Ego Eadgyfu . Dorobornensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus ejusdem regis mater cum sigillo sanctæ crucis conclusi .
Ego Oda Dorobornensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus ejusdem regis principatum et benivolentiam sub sigillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi .
Ego Wulfstanus Archons divinæ servitutis officio mancipatus Eboracæ civitatis archiepiscopus sigillum sanctæ crucis impressi .
Ego Þeodred Lundoniensis æcclesiæ episcopus corroboravi .
Ego Ælfheah Wintoniensis æcclesiæ episcopus testudinem sanctæ crucis subscripsi et confirmavi .
Ego Cenwald episcopus consensi .
Ego Ælfric episcopus consignavi .
Ego Æþelgar episcopus confirmavi .
Ego Ælfred episcopus corroboravi .
Ego Wulfsige episcopus conclusi .
Ego Æþelstan Dux .
Ego Eadric Dux .
Ego Æþelstan Dux .
Ego Ealhelm Dux .
Ego Aþelmund Dux .
Ego Ælfgar Dux .
Ego Eadmund minister .
Ego Ælfstan minister .
Ego Wulfric minister .
Ego Ælfsige minister
Ego Wulfric minister .
Ego Æþelnod minister .
Ego Ælfric minister .
Ego Ælfred minister .
Ego Ælfheah minister .
Ego Æþeric minister .
Ego Æþelsige minister .
Ego Ælfhelm minister .