S 148

A.D. 796 (Bath, Somerset). Ecgfrith, king of Mercia, to Æthelmund, his princeps; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Huntena tun. Latin.

Archive: Worcester

MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 181v (s. xi)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 52r (s. xi1)

Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 108-9; K 170 ex MS 1; K 171 ex MS 2; B 277 ex MS 1; B 278 ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 64-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, nos 90-1.

Comments: Finberg, ECWM, no. 51, authentic, suggests Huntena tun lay in Gloucs. near Huntingford in Tortworth, MS 1 a poor copy of MS 2, cf. p. 37 (S 63); Sims-Williams 1975, p. 9, on reference to Bath; Abels 1988, pp. 215-16 n. 70; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 38-9, on beneficiary.

Hvntena tvn.

+ Sæculi namque labentis tempora . sicut umbræ fugientes sic velociter tranant . variæque eventuum status in cogitationes hominum conscendunt . Qua pro[p]ter ego Ecgfridus rex Merciorum concedo meo fideli principi . iii . cassatos æt Huntena tun Æþelmundo liberaliter ad possidendum . pro ereptione peccaminum meorum . sicut antea Uhtred et Aldred Beornardo concesserunt . Et hoc gestum est in celebri vico qui Saxonice vocatur æt Baðum . his testibus consentientibus .

+ Ego Ecgfridus rex hanc meam donationem confirmavi .
+ Ego Brihtricus rex .
+ Ego Aðelhardus archiepiscopus .
+ Ego Heaðored episcopus .
+ Ego Eadulf electus .
+ Ego Forðred abbas .
+ Ego Brorda princeps .
+ Ego Æþelmund .
+ Ego Eadgar .

Marginal Note: Hvntena tvn.

Marginal Note in a Later Hand: H?tona

+ In nomine domini nostri . Ego Ecgfridus Deo donante rex Merciorum . Æðelmundo . meo fideli principe hanc prænominatam terram tres cassatos id est Huntena tun . etiam liberaliter illi omni rei et firmiter ad habendum concedo . Pro ereptione peccaminum meorum et salute animæ meæ . Ac sicut antea Aldred et Uhtred subreguli Huuicciorum Beorhearde concesserunt . Sic iterum plene conscribimus illi cum omnibus utilitatibus quæ ad illius agri cultura rite pertinet . Et hoc gestum est in celebre monasterio quod Saxonice nominatur æt Baðun . Et hii testes adfuissent . quorum hic nomina et signa tenentur .

+ Ego Ecgfriðus rex Merciorum hanc meam elemosinam signo crucis Christi confirmabo .
+ Ego Berhtric rex Occidentalium Saxonum signo crucis Christi munio .
+ Ego Æðelheard archiepiscopus consigno et subscribo .
+ Ego Heaðored episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eaduulf electus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Forðred abbas consensi .
+ Brorda .
+ Æðelmund .
+ Eadgar .