S 1287
A.D. 879 x 908. Denewulf, bishop, and the comunity at Winchester, to Alfred; lease, for life, of 40 hides at Alresford, Hants., with reversion to St Peter's (Old Minster, Winchester). English.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: BL Add. 15350, 61rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1086; Thorpe, pp. 147-8; B 617; Earle, pp. 352-3; Robertson, Charters, no. 15 (p. 28), with translation, p. 29.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 288-9; Finberg, ECW, no. 29, authentic; John 1965, p. 414; Hart 1970/1, p. 30 (no. 104), authentic; Keynes 1992, p. 86, on beneficiary; Pelteret 1995, p. 169; cf. S 375, 589, 814.
Denewulf bisceop 7 þa hywan on Wintanceastre . Ænlænað Ælfrede his deg .xl. hida landes æt Alresforda . æfter þære læna þe Tunbryht bisceop ær alende his yldran 7 agan wes . On ðæt gerað þet he gesylle ælce geare to hærfestes emnihte . Ðreo pund to gafole . 7 cyresceattas 7 cyresceatweorc . 7 þenne þæs nuð bið his men beon gearuwe ge to ripe . ge to huntoðe . 7 efter his dege gange seo ðar umbeflitan into sancte Petre . þis synt þara witena hundsetena 7 ðere hina ðe on þære geðafunge weron.
Ðæt is Denewulf bisceop.
And Tata bisc.
And Byrnstan bisc.
And Wighelm Diac.
And Æþelstan cler.
And Eadwulf cl.
And Ælfstan cl.
And Wulfstan cl.
And Æðelm cl.
And Cynestan cl.
And Aðeric cl.
And Ðruðgar cl.
And Wulfric cl.
And Winsige cl.
And Wulfred cl.
And Beorhtsige cl.
And Ælfsige cl.
And Wulfhelm cl.
And Wulfsige cl.
And Wiglaf cl.
And Wulfred min.
And Beornulf min.
And Winstan min.
And Aðulf min.
Bishop Denewulf and the community at Winchester lease to Alfred for his lifetime 40 hides of land at Alresford, in accordance with the lease which Bishop Tunbriht had granted to his parents and which had run out, on condition that he renders every year at the autumnal equinox three pounds as rent, and church dues, and [does] the work connected with church dues; and when the need arises, his men shall be ready both for harvesting and hunting; and after his death the property shall pass undisputed to St Peter's. These are the signatures of the councillors and of the members of the community who gave their consent, namely . . .