S 690
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 39 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 23; Bishop 1971, pl. IX [no. 11]; Golden Age, p. 162 [no. 165])
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 83rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 119v-120r (s. xii; no bounds)
4. Bodleian, James 21, pp. 160-1 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: K 487; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 340-3; B 1066; Earle, pp. 197-9, incomplete; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 120; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 87.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 193-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A'; Forsberg 1950, p. 207, on bounds; Bishop 1957, p. 333, on script; Finberg, ECW, no. 93, authentic; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, scribe of main text possibly from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); John 1966, pp. 182-3, on formulation of Oswald's subscription; Bishop 1971, p. xix, on script, p. 9 (no. 11); Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, p. 36 n. 65, pp. 70-3, original, 'Edgar A' formulation, probably work of a royal scribe; Golden Age, pp. 162, 164 (no. 165); Chaplais 1985, pp. 49-50, every reason to think MS 1 the work of two collaborating Abingdon scribes; Lapidge 1988, pp. 92-3, Oswald may have drafted witness-list; Dumville 1992, p. 110 n. 257, MS 1 contemporary; Dumville 1993, p. 2 n. 6, p. 16 n. 44, pp. 18, 26 n. 82, on script; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, 162, on script, esp. pp. 152-3, scribe of dating clause and witness-list may have been Oswald; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 87, original, probably drafted and written at Abingdon.
Notes: Written in two stages. Main text and boundary clause written in Square Minuscule by the scribe ('Edgar A') who was also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717. Dating clause and witness-list added after folding by another scribe, writing Anglo-Caroline minuscule.
A. BL Cotton Augustus ii. 39: original, parchment, 340 x 440 mm
Endorsements:
(1) (? s. xii) Carta regis Eadgari de Rimecuda.
(2) (? s. xiv) Carta regis Eadgari de Rimecuda
(3) (later) Id est le Rye
C. BL Cotton Claudius C. ix, 119v-120r: copy, s. xii
Rubric: Carta regis Eadgari de Rimecuda.
D. BL Cotton Claudius B vi, 83rv: copy, s. xiii
Rubric: Carta Eadgari regis de Rime...
Px Almus totius cosmi fabricæ conditor superna infimaque miro ineffabilique ordine collocans hominen tantundem quadriformi plasmatum materia sancto ad sui similitudinem inspiratum flamine cunctis quæ in infimis creauerat uno probandi causa excepto uetitoque preficiens . paradisiace iocunditatis amenitate cum sua coniuge luculentissime constituit . Qui pro dolor demoniaco instinctus spiramine sibi ac posteris in hoc erumpnoso deiectus sæculo mortem promeruit perpetuam . Quam ob rem ego Eadgar . totius Brittanniae gubernator et rector ut huius miseriae repagulum quam protoplastus inretitus promeruit . Domini nostri Iesu Christi gratia redemptus euadere queam . quandam ruris particulam .xxii. uidelicet cassatos loco qui celebri . Rimecuda . nuncupatur onomate Abbandunensi æcclesiae beatae Dei genitrici semperque uirgini Mariae honorificae dicate ad monachorum usus inibi regulariter degentium dominoque nostro deuote seruientium cum omnibus utensilibus quae Deus celorum in ipsa telluris edidit superficie pratis uidelicet pascuis siluis siluarumque nemorum æterna largitus sum hereditate . Sit autem predictum rus omni terrene seruitutis iugo liberum tribus exceptis rata uidelicet expeditione pontis arcisue restauratione . Si quis autem nostram donationem in aliud quam constituimus transferre uoluerit priuatus consortio sancte Dei ecclesiae æternis barathri incendiis lugubris iugiter cum Iuda Christi proditore eiusque complicibus puniatur . si non satisfactione emendauerit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquid decretum . His metis prefatum rus hinc inde giratur.
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Anno dominicae incarnationis .dcccclxi. scripta est hæc carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur.
Ego Eadgar Britanniae Anglorum monarchus hoc taumate agiae crucis roboraui.
Ego Dunstan Dorobernensis æclesiae archiepiscopus eiusdem regis beniuolentiam concessi.
Ego Oscytel Aeboracensis basilicae priamas insegnis hoc donum regale confirmaui.
Ego Osulf presul canonica subscriptione manu propria hilaris subscripsi.
Ego Byrhtelm blebi dei famulus iubente rege signum sancte crucis letus impressi.
Ego Aþulf pontifex testudinem agiae crucis intepidus hoc donum corroboraui.
Ego Ælfstan antistes trofheum sancte crucis hanc regis donationem consolidaui.
Ego Oswold legis deo catascopus hoc eulogium propria manu depinxi.
+ Ego Aþelwold abbas
+ Ego Ælfhere dux
+ Ego Ælfheah dux
+ Ego Æþelstan dux
+ Ego Aþelwold dux
+ Ego Byrhnoð dux
+ Ego Eadmund dux
+ Ego Æþelmund dux
+ Ego Ælfgar minister
+ Ego Ælfwine minister
+ Ego Byrhtferð minister
+ Ego Æþelsige minister
+ Ego Æþelwine minister
+ Ego Osweard minister
+ Ego Æþelsige minister
+ Ego Osulf minister
+ Ego Uulfgar minister
+ Ego Æþelsige minister
+ Ego Ælfsige minister
+ Ego Wulfhelm minister
+ Ego Ælfsige minister
+ Ego Ælfred minister
+ Ego Ealdred minister
+ Ego Alfwold minister