S 647
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Oswulf, bishop; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Stanton St Bernard, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MSS: BL Harley 436, 16r-18r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 7-8; K 467 and vol. iii. 454-5; B 998; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 111.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 210-15, same bounds in S 685; Darlington 1955, pp. 10, 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 286, authentic; cf. S 685, covering the same estate and in favour of the same beneficiary.
Þis his þare . XX . hida boc æt Stantune þe Eadwig cing ge bocode Osulfe biscope on eche yrfe .
In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi
Celestis patrie hierarchus diversis gradibus sue largitatis largifluam donationem late distribuit . regibus . episcopis . principibus abbatibus . prepositis . quatinus unusquisque in suo ordine pro terreno lucro sibi commisso talento In die examinationis duplicatum negotium nulla obtinente segnitia representet .
Nam ego Eadwic rex . Anglorum in mei precordii penetralibus volutans quod merceciem eterne beatitudinis recepturus sim si cunctis velle Dei subicientibus favere non recusabo veritas mellita sue orationis oracula protulit dicens . 'date et dabitur vobis' 1 .
Quapropter cuidem episcopo vocitato nomine . Osulfo . Cum mentis alacriter eternaliter . XX . mansas corroboro . In illo loco ubi plebili narratione dicitur . æt Stantune .
Eatenus ut talis donatio sit fixa et immobilis permaneat quam diu religio ecclesiastice sanctionis obtinetur et posteritatis sue sucessori cuicumque voluerit Ceu supradiximus derelinquat in eterna possessione . Sit autem predictum rus perpetuali libertate stabilitum et ab omni mundiali regalique coactione Immune Cum omnibus que antiquitus antecessorum mortalium relatu ad eundem locum pertinere audivimus . Id est . Campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis .
excepto communi labore . expeditione . pontis arcisve constructione .
Si quis autem quod non optamus hanc nostram donationem infringere vel mutare satagerit horribiles inferni fusci valvas sentiat . atque terribiles demonum Cohortes suis obtutibus indesinenter aspiciat nisi prius digna Deo penitientia veniam legali satisfactione emendare maluerit .
Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus .
Þis sint þa land gemæra to stantune . Aerest of hole wille on þa ruwan hola þonon on þone ealdan weg up to þan hæþenan byrgelse þonan on þryfyld dene of þære dene on þane scearpan stan . þonon on cobban stan of þam stane on ane hlinc reawe oþ hit cymð to blacan grafum þonon on þane mær stan of þam stane on þa foxholu . þonon on þone stanigan beurh on þorn dune . norþewearde of þan beorge on þa stanes 7lang dene neoþewearde . of þam stane on anne stan . þonon on anne þorn . þonon on þa wearh roda on wodnes dic . þonon on þa ealdan burh middewearde of þære ealdan on oxna mere . þonon on anne crundel liþ an stan . on of þam stane on þone midmestan hrycg on east cumbum . þonon on east mores heafod to þam hæþenan byrgelse on brom lace . þonne 7lang streames eft on holen wylle .
Acta est hec prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLVII . Indictione . XV .
Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum prefatam donationem indeclinabiliter concessi .
Ego Odo Archiepiscopus cum signo crucis roboravi .
Ego Ælfsinus presul sigillum agye crucis impressi .
Ego Byrhthelm episcopus subscripsi .
Ego Wulfsige episcopus Consignavi .
Ego Byrhthelm episcopus Corroboravi .
Ego Alfwod episcopus Adquievi .
Ego Danielh episcopus Conclusi .
Ego Eadmund dux .
Aeþelsige dux .
Aelfheah miles .
Aeþelgeard miles .
Aelfric miles .
Aelfgar miles .
Byrhtferþ miles .
Aelfsige miles .
Aelfwine miles .
Aelfred miles .
Stantune ;