S 669
A.D. 951 for ? 961. King Edgar to Æthelnoth, his faithful man; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Clyst wicon (? Clyst St Mary, Devon). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MSS: Exeter, D. & C., 2520 (s. xi; OS Facs., ii. Exeter 4)
Printed: Davidson 1883, pp. 273-4; B 1103; Hooke 1994, p. 161, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 272-3, identifies as Clyst St Mary; PN Devon, p. 585 n., on bounds; Rose-Troup 1933, p. 58, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 37, probably a reconstruction of a lost original; Chaplais 1966, pp. 5-9 (no. 7), spurious, unlikely to have been forged before last quarter of 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9); Alcock 1971, bounds cover Clyst St Mary; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 51, imitative script; Hooke 1994, pp. 161-4, solution of bounds remains uncertain, probably Clyst St Mary.
Endorsements:
(1) Þis ys þære hyde land boc þe Eadgar cing gebocode Æðelnoðe his þegne on ece yrfe .
(2) Boc To Clistwicon.
+ In onomate Christi .
Anno dominice incarnationis . DCCCCLI .
Ego Eadgar Rex totius Bryttannie insule favente Deo huic meo fideli homini qui ab infantuli etate nomen accepit Æðelnoð aliquam ruris particulam donabo id est unam mansam ubi ruricoli vocitant Clyst Wicon
in perpetua hereditate ut ipse vita comite habeat et post obitum cuicumque libuerit inmune derelinquat . Sit autem predictum rus liberum ab omni seculari servitio
excepto comuni labore quod notum est cunctis .
Et si quis amodo hanc nostram donationem amoverit sciat se Deo contra iturum ire non mihi quia ab illo potestatem accepi .
His metis prefatum rus hinc in deo gyratur .
Æryst up of clyst on ða ealdan dic . of stræt on sicgan mores heafod . þanon on þa ealdan dic on grendel up anlang grendel on þone ealdan ford . þanon on piðig pytt . þanon on wiðig ðyfel . þanon on ða ealdan dic . þanon on grendel of þæt reade clyf . þanon on blindan wyll . þanon on clænan splott suðe weardne . þanon on gerihte on þone stan beorh . þanon west rihte on ðone ealdan weg . fram þam ealdan wege on þa ealdan þyrnan . þanon west sceft rihte ofer ðone mor on þone weg on suð healfe þære langan dic . þanon on grendel . þanon on þa wiðig ræwe . þanon forð eft on grendel . þanon on clyst .
Scripta est hec cartula anno dominice incarnationis DCCCC . His testibus consentientibus quorum nomina inferius notantur .
+ Ego Eadgar Rex Anglorum concessi .
+ Ego Dunstan archipresul corroboravi .
+ Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus confirmavi .
+ Ego Osulf episcopus consolidavi .
+ Ego Brihtelm episcopus adquievi .
+ Ego Alfwold episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Eadelm episcopus conclusi .
+ Ego Aðelwold abbas .
+ Ego Ælfhere dux .
+ Ego Ælfeah dux .
+ Ego Æþelstan dux .
+ Ego Æðelwold dux .
+ Ego Eadmund dux .
+ Ego Ælfgær minister .
+ Ego Ælfwine minister .
+ Ego Brihtferð minister .
+ Ego Æðelsige minister .
+ Ego Ælfsige minister .
+ Ego Osferþ minister .