S 768
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Wulfric, bishop (? of Hereford); grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Stantun (? Stanton by Newhall, Derbys.). Latin.
Archive: Burton
MSS: 1. Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/2/41 (s. x med.; BA Facs. 7)
2. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 178r = p. 355 (s. xiii med.; no bounds)
Printed: B 1211 ex MS 2; Hart, ECNE, pp. 179-80 ex MS 1; Sawyer, Burton, no. 23.
Comments: PN Derbys., pp. 659-60, on identification; Hart 1970/1, p. 24, on endorsement; Hart, ECNE, no. 108 and pp. 181-6, MS 1 contemporary, beneficiary probably bishop of Dorchester; Keynes 1978, pp. 166, 171 n. 2, on chrismon; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 38-9, authentic, MS 1 contemporary; BA Facs., p. 4, not clear if MS 1 contemporary or a later imitative copy.
A. Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/2/41: original, parchment, 300 x 240 mm., damaged by folding.
Endorsements:
(1) by the scribe of the charter: Wulfrices boc bisc' æt stan tune a on ece erfe .
(2) in a hand of s. xiii: dcccc . lxviii . indictione . xi .
(3) in a hand of s. xiii: Santon'
(4) in a hand very similar to 3: Stanton'
(5) in a medieval hand: XXIII
(6) in a hand of s. xviii: Stantn A boundrye
Pxs [Chrismon with an s beneath the chi and pierced by the descender of the rho ($)] In nomine Dei summi Cuncta que in hoc seculo temporaliter uersantur . sine ullo respectus articulo omnibus horis atque momentis properanter ad finem festinant . et tunc sine fine inreuocabilia permanebunt . Quapropter ego Eadgar rex Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . dedi cuidam uni meo episcopo nuncupato uocamine Wulfric unum mansas agelluli in illo loco ubi uulgari nomen inposuerunt Stantun . quatenus habeat ac perpetualiter possideat quamdiu uiuat . et post se cuicumque uoluerit iste exenium derelinquat in æternam hereditatem . Sit autem predictum rus liber ab omni mundiali obstaculo cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus campis . pascuis . pratis . siluis . excepto communi labore expeditione pontis . arcisuæ coedificatione . Hæc kartula karaxata . est . anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesu Cristi dcccc o lx o viii o . indictione uero xi o .
+ Ego Eadgar rex hanc meam donationem sabulo glorioso roboraui
+ Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus consignaui
+ Ego Oscetel archiepiscopus inpressi
+ Ego Æðelwald episcopus consensi
+ Ego Osulf episcopus confirmaui
+ Ego Wulfric episcopus conclusi
+ Ego Oswald episcopus subscripsi
+ Ego Æflstan episcopus roboraui
+ Ego Wynsige episcopus inpresi .
+ Ælfere dux
+ Æþelstan dux
+ Ælfheah dux
+ Æðelwine dux
+ Berhtnoð dux
+ Eanulf discifer
+ Ælfwine discifer
+ Wulfstan discifer
+ Æðelsige pedisecus
+ Wulfric minister
+ Æðelm minister
+ Wulfgar minister
+ Wulfsige minister
+ Ælfhelm minister
+ Wulfmær minister
Iam sequitur istius ruris terminatione
ærest of alde wic þæt swa[.]n myra hoh . of myra hoh in ðæt dæl þæt swa on æðeredes . hoh . of æðeredes h[oh] in þæt dæl . of ðæm dæle in swines hoh þæt swa 7long dæles þæt in ðone stanegan ford . of þæm forda 7long broces þæt eft in þæt alde wic. ðis send ðara twegra hida gemæro ðe Wulfric biscop hafað ane hide . oðer hafað Ælfnað
Si quis uero filargyrie spiritu inflatus hanc meam munificentiam pro deo datam infringere ausus fuerit . sit anathema ab omnipotenti deo et a congregatione omnium sanctorum . nisi hic cum satisfactione digne deo et hominibus emendauerit . Pax perpetue prosperitas augeatur coram Cristo . sanctorum patrocinio patrocinante.