S 47
Æthelberht, king of Sussex, to Wilfrid, bishop; grant of a half-hide (tributarius) at Chichester, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MSS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/6 (Liber Y), 73rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1011; B 212; Barker 1947, p. 81 (no. 10), with translation; Kelly, Selsey, no. 8.
Comments: Darlington 1961, p. 20, spurious; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 40-1, spurious, probably forged after transfer of see to Chichester in 1070s.
Rubric: Carta regis Adelberti
+ In nomine Dei summi. Ego Adelbertus rex Australium Saxonum, Domino regnante in perpetuum, aliquam partem terre iuris mei uenerabili episcopo Wilfrido donabo pro remedio anime mee, id est dimidium tributarium in parte australi Cicestrie iuxta murum cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus, campis, pratis, fluminibus. Firmiter et immutabiliter permaneat, ut nullus post obitum meum mutare aut minuere presumat.
Ego Adelbertus rex hanc donationem propria manu confixi et subscripsi.
Ego Wilfredus episcopus consensi et subscripsi.