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S 417

A.D. 932 (Milton, ? Kent, 30 August). King Athelstan to Æthelgeard (or Æthelweard), minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at (West) Meon, Hants. Latin with English bounds.

Archive: Winchester, Old Minster

MSS: BL Add. 15350, 37v-38v (s. xii)

Printed: K 1107; B 689; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 87.

Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 224-30, bounds are those of West Meon; Finberg, ECW, no. 49, authentic; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and estate, p. 28 (no. 65), authentic; O'Donovan 1972, p. 42, repurtable, indiction has been miscopied but all other dating details agree; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation; Sawyer 1983, p. 295, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, on beneficiary.

Ðis is þara . xii . hida boc þe Eþælstan cing ge bocode Aðelwardæ his þægne æt Meonæ on ece yrfæ .

Flebilia fortiter detestanda totillantis sæculi piacula diris obscenæ horrendæque mortalitatis circumsepta latratibus non nos patria indeptæ pacis securos sed quasi fetidæ corruptelæ in voraginem casuros provocando ammonent ut ea toto mentis conamine cum casibus suis non solum despiciendo . verum etiam velut fastidiosam melancoliæ nausiam abominando fugiamus tendentes ad illud evangelicum 'date et dabitur vobis' . Qua de re infima . quasi peripsema conq'u'isquiliarum abiciens superna ad instar pretiosorum monilium eliens animum sempiternis in gaudiis fiens ad nanciscendam mellifluæ dulcedinis misericordiam perfruendamque infintiæ letitiæ jocunditatem ego Æþelstanus per omnitenentis dexteram tocius Britanniæ regni solio sublimatus . quandam telluris particulam meo fideli ministro Æðelgeardo id est duodecim cassatarum in loco quem solicole æt Meone vocitant tribuo . ut ille eam sine jugo exose servitutis . cum pratis . pascuis . silvis . rivulis . omnibusque ad eam utilitatibus . rite pertinentibus quamdiu ocellorum convolatu . auroque spirabili buccis naribusque potiatur habeat . Et post generalem qui omnibus certus 'incertusque' homunciis constat transitum . liberaliter ac eternaliter cuicumque successionis heredi voluerit . imperpetuum derelinquat .

Prædicta siquidem tellus . his terminis . circumcincta clarescit .

Ærest of mearc beorge weste weardum . and lang here paðes norð innan Meone . Þanon and lang hege rewe on ðone hlinc easte weardne . æt þære efisc . þonne þurh þone lea on þam leage . ðurh þone lytlan lea weste weardne . þanon norð on ðone wudu . on an del weste weard . 7 þanon norð on oðer del eac weste weard . norð to eaces stede midde weardum þanon on ge rihte to brom dæne on þæt bec . þonne east and lang þæs becæs . of þæm bæce ofer þone ham on þone scagan ute weardne to hure ðes treowe þonne east and lang dic to þam eastram bæce . þonne norð and lang bæces on hnut leage bære . easte wearde . Ðanon norð on lin leage easte wearde . to ticces stede . þonne east be efisc . þurh þone lea norðe weardne . 7 þanon on risc mere . of þæm mere to þæm wege . and lang weges on sciteres flodan . þanon on crute brece leage weste easte wearde . swa to weawan hocan . þanon on þa heafod stoccas . þanon on worres sol . of worres sol to Meone . up and lang meone on seolesburnan . and lang burnan . on ðone æwylm . of þam ewylme . and lang weter weges . up to strete and . lang strete on himan beorgas . ðanon on trind lea . and lang hære paðes . þonne betweox ða twegen wegas . þurh þone lea . 7 ofer fearnleage . þonne on west healfe weges . on gerihte to cyrdan heale . ðonne and lang hlinces . on tollan dene ufe wearde . þonne and lang hlinces norð to mearc beorge .

Si autem quod absit aliquis tipho supercilii turgens hanc mee compositionis ac confirmationis breviculam . elidere vel infringere temptaverit . Sciat se novissima ac magna examinationis die classica clangente archiangeli salpicæ . Bustis sponte dehiscentibus somata jam rediviva relinquentibus cum Juda proditore . qui a satoris pio sato 'filius perditionis' dicitur . impiisque Judeis Christum blasfemantibus . æterna confusione edacibus ineffabilium tormentorum flammis periturum .

Huius namque a Deo dominoque Jhesu Christo . invente atque inspirate voluntatis scedula . Anno dominicæ incarnationis .dccccxxxii. regni vero michi commissi .viii. indictione .ii. epacta .xi. concurrente septimo . Tertiis Septembris kalendis . luna rotigere vagationis .xxii. in villa noblissima quæ Middeltun nuncupatur . episcopis . abbatibus . ducibus . patriæ procuratoribus . regia . dapsilitate ovantibus perscripta est ; cujus etiam inconcussæ . firmitatis auctoritas ; his testibus roborata constat . quorum nomina subtus . caracteribus depicta ; annotantur .

+ Ego Æðelstanus singularis privilegii ierarchia præditus rex ; huius indiculi fulcimentum . cum signo sancte semperque amandæ . crucis . corroboravi et subscripsi .
Ego Wulfhelmus . Dorobernensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus corroboravi et subscripsi .
Ego Wulfstanus Eboracensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus consensi et subscripsi .
Ego Howel subregulus consensi et subscripsi .
Ego Juðwal subregulus consensi et subscripsi .
Ego Morcant subregulus consensi et subscripsi .
Ego Wurgeat subregulus consensi et subscripsi .
Ego Ælfwine episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Eadulf episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ceanwald episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Þeodred episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Beornstan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wynsige episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Oda episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Sigelm episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfheah episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Kyneferð episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Tidelm episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Cunan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Mancant episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Cynsige episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æscberht episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wireð episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfric episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Eadwine abbas consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelnod abbas consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Beorhsige abbas consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Seaxhelm abbas consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælwald dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Osferð dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelstan dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ædelred dux cons consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Vthred dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Tiesberd dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfstan dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Vhtred dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Guðrum dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Vrm dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Regnwald dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Hatel dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Scule dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ðurhferd dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Imper dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Odda minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfgar minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelstan minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfheah minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelwald minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Eadric minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfhere minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfsige minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Witgar minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Swiðulf minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wynsige minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfric minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelwearð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælferð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfhelm minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelbriht minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfstan minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfwald minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Aðelwald minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Biornulf minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfstan minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfric minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfgar minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulnoð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulmer minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfbold minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfric minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfric minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ceolstan minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wullaf minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ælfnod minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelmund minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Eadric minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelsige minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wiferð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelferð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelferð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Hunlaf minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfsige minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Alhelm minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Ealstan minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Wulfhelm minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Coyreð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Cuðerð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelferð minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Oswig minister consensi 7 subscripsi .
Ego Æðelric minister consensi 7 subscripsi .