S 576
A.D. 958. Eadred, king of Mercia, to Wulfric, his devoted minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Austrey, Warwicks. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MSS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 177r = p. 353 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 1021; Sawyer, Burton, no. 18.
Comments: Whitelock, Wills, p. 152, king and date incompatible but witnesses no later than 956, discusses beneficiary; Whitelock 1959, p. 74, spurious; Hart 1970/1, p. 14 n. 3, on similarly problematic texts; O'Donovan 1972, p. 33, not acceptable; Whitelock 1973, p. 244 n. 48, suspect; Hart, ECNE, no. 54 and p. 169, authentic basis, Eadred's name substituted for Edgar's; Sawyer, Burton, p. 30, spurious, modelled on a charter of 958 in the name of Edgar, king of the Mercians; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134; Hart 1992, p. 450, apparently authentic charter issued in 958 by Edgar which has been tampered with; Keynes 1994, p. 192 n. 109, fabricated.
Carta Eadredi regis Merciorum de Alduluestrew . dcccc . lviii . indictione . prima .
Px Cum fas licitumque deifico jure omni regio habena vtenti esse liquet hoc pro libito elidere posse malignos . verum etiam arbitrio venerari potius benignos ; cur nostre curulas sceptris perstringere non audeat penna indissolubilia monimenta a nobis Deo auctore conserta . a quo et dandi et possidendi facultatem oportunitatis id temporis exceptam Deo gratias haurimus ; Quocirca ego Eadred rex Merciorum diuina procurante gratia ritu parentele et pie et strenue exposcente . Albionis monarchiam solus exercens cuidam mihi deuoto ministro Wulfrico nomine . v . mansas in loco qui dicitur æt Alduluestreow in hereditatem perpetualiter possidendam . et tradendam cui voluerit heredi . Soluimus etiam idem rus omni iugo regali preter expedicione . pontis arcisve reedificacione . Si quis uero hoc minuere temptauerit ; sentiat dei offensam ; nisi satis emendet . Istis terminis et cetera . Acta est hec donatio ; anno dominice incarnationis . dcccc . lviii . indictione . prima .
+ Ego Eadred rex Anglorum hanc meam donacionem sancte crucis signo corroboravi .
+ Ego Eadwig et Eadgar indoles hec confirmauimus . + Ego Oda archiepiscopus confirmavi . + . Ego Ælfæh episcopus . + Ego Cenwald episcopus . + Ego Leouwine episcopus confirmavi . et ceteri duces . et ministri . xv .