S 484
A.D. 942. King Edmund to Wulfsige the Black; grant of land at Walton-on-Trent, Coton in the Elms, Cauldwell, Drakelow, Derbys.; Newbold in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffs.; and Linton, Derbys. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MSS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 174r = p. 347 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 772; Sawyer, Burton, no. 6.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 84-5 (no. 7).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 85-6; Hart 1972, on charter-type; Hart, ECNE, no. 83 (pp. 92, 104) and cf. p. 168, authentic; Sawyer 1975/1, pp. 34-8, either this charter or Burt 1 (S 1606) is likely to be spurious; Whitelock, EHD, on 'alliterative' charters; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 11-12, very similar indeed to Burt 1 (S 1606), one of the two likely to be spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on charter-type; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, p. 316, on lack of assessment, pp. 431-45, on charter-type; cf. S 479.
Carta Sancti Edmundi regis de Waleton' et Caldewell' et cetera . Anno domini . dcccc . xlij .
+ Perpetua hereditas que in sancte trinitatis et cetera ut supra . hilarem datorem et cetera . alacriter Wulsie pre Maur' mirifice et honorat ; concedens ei has terras nominetenus subnotatas ea ratione interposita vt ipse suaque posteritas regie dignitati fidissima stabilitate obsecundet . Eya denominatio terratenus . æt Waletune . 7 suðenne monna Cotuhalfne . 7 æt Caldewællen . 7 æt Dracan hlawen . 7 at Newan Bolde . 7 at Lintone . Has terras Edmund rex anno dominice incarnationis . dcccc . xlij . et tercio annorum curriculo ex quo regalia eterni regis gratuita benignitate regebat carismata dedit cum testimonio optimatum quorum nomina inferius adnotantur . Wulfsie salua manu non causa philargirie set studio deuotissime fidelitatis habendas
+ Ego Edmund rex huius donacionis et cetera ut supra . + Oda archiepiscopus . + Wu'l'stan archiepiscopus . et ceteri episcopori et duces sicut superius in proxima precedenti ;
+ In omnes cum ceteris . ut supra . Reddite que sunt cesaris et cetera . Amen dicat omne os hebraice et latine fiat ;-