S 601
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelhild, the noble lady; grant of 15.5 hides (mansae) at Ipplepen, Dainton and Abbotskerswell, Devon, and also 1 hide (hiwisc) at Bittleford in Widdecombe and 1 at Bromleage (? Brimley in Bovey Tracy), Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Sherborne (ex Horton)
MSS: BL Add. 46487, 30rv (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 952; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 18.
Comments: PN Devon, i. 513 n., on bounds, and i. 467, 526, on identifications; Rose-Troup 1933, pp. 55-8, on bounds; Finberg ECDC, p. 12 (no. 35); Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 64, 68 nn. 128, 131, 'Group Two'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 62-4, authentic, reference to hides at Bittleford and Bromleage probably a late addition; Hooke 1990/1, p. 194, on topography and assessment; Hooke 1994, pp. 152-5, on bounds; cf. S 600.
Ðis is seo boc to Iplanpenne 7 to Doddingtune 7 to Cærswylle ðe Eadwig kyning gebocode Æþelhilde on ece yrfe : -
Px In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi. Igitur apostolicis dictis nos congrue parere oportet . qua in epistola nos pie monet ; ut inquit ipse suprema uoce amet proximum qui diligit Deum . et hoc itaque ab utriusque sexu propagatum esse perhibetur . Propter quod ego EADWIG gentis Anglorum ceterarumque per gyrum nationum basileus . cuidam nobili femine uocitate nomine Æþelhild . xv . mansas et dimidiam duobus in locis illic ubi uulgariter dicitur Iplanpen 7 æt Doddintune 7 æt Cærswylle perpetualiter concedo . Amodo cum securitate nostrum donum uita comite sibi usurpet . se obeunte cuicunque uoluerit in carisma perenne impertiat . cum campis - pascuis - pratis - siluis . Hec tellus a cuncto sit immunis seruitio - nisi pontis - et arcis - et expeditionis iuuamine . Si quis uero minuerit hanc mean donationem . sciat se reum omni hora uite sue et tenebrosum tartarum non euadere . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus .
Ðys synd þa landgemæra to Ipelanpænne 7 to Doddingtune 7 to Cærswylle . Of Mæscumbe on landscore an horsa tor . Þonon on streame oþ eoþ of eoþ on pen . Of pænne on riht landscore on lyttlan tor . Þonon on landscore to langan dene . Þonon an landscore to þære linde . Of þære linde to þam beorge . Þonon to odding torre on landscore to mædercumbe . 7 Cærswellan landscore on þa lace . of þære lace on swiþredes stan . Þonon on herepað to woggan wylle . Þonon on herpað on þa rode . Of þære rode on herpað oþ þa laca . Þonne up be streame on mædercumbe on þa wic . þe þarto hyrþ . 7 æt bitelanwyrþe an hiwisce . 7 æt bromleage an hiwisce .
Acta est autem hec donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesu Christi . dcccc . lvi . indictione . xiiii .
+ Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi .
+ Ego Eadgar eiusdem regis frater consensi .
+ Ego Oda archiepiscopus cum signo Sancte Crucis roboraui .
+ Ego Ælfsinus presul sigillum agie Crucis impressi .
+ Ego Cenwold episcopus consignaui .
+ Ego Oscytel episcopus subscripsi .
+ Ego Osulf . episcopus . confirmaui .
+ Ego Byrhthelm episcopus . conclusi .
+ Ego Æþelstan . dux .
+ Ego Eadmund dux .
+ Ego Byrhtwerþ dux .
+ Ego Aþelmund dux .
+ Ego Ælfere dux .
+ Ego Æþelsige dux .
+ Ego Ælfsige minister .
+ Ego Wulfric minister .
+ Ego Æþeleard minister .
+ Ego Ælfheah . minister .
+ Ego Ælfgar . minister .
+ Ego Byrhtfer[t]h . minister .