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A.D. 714 (? for 717 or 724). Nunna, king of Sussex, to Beadufrith and the brethren of Selsey; grant of 4 hides (manentes) at Herotunun, 3 (cassati) at Tættæshamstede and 3 at Sidlesham, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MSS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 16v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 116; K 999; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1163 (no. 5); B 132; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 14; Barker 1947, p. 78 (no. 8), with translation; Morris 1995, p. 134, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 6.
Comments: Stenton 1971, p. 58, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 26, 30, 34, 36, on place-names; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 36-7, authentic, date probably 717 or 724, no MS source for the name-form Braclæshamstede in earlier editions.
Ego Nunna rex Suthsaxonum aliquam partem terre iuris mei pro remedio anime mee dabo Beadufrido et fratribus qui habitant in insula que dicitur Selesey ubi cupio ut corpus meum requiescat, id est in Herotinum .iiii. manentes et in Tættæshamstede .iii. cassatos et in Sideleashamstede .iii., cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus, siluis, campis, pratis, fluminibus. Coram electo reuerendissimo Eollan necnon et abbatibus comitibusque meis congregatis libenter hec perdonauimus. Si quis uero contra hoc decretum tirannico fasto temptauerit, nouerit se in tremendo examine coram Christo rationem redditurum. Scripta est hec donationis munificencia anno ab incarnacione Christi .dccmo.xiiiimo.
+ Ego Athelstan rex consensi et subscripsi.
+ Ego Edeldrid regina consensi. +