Archive: Wilton

A.D. 892. Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Æthelhelm, comes; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at North Newnton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.

 

þis his þare .x. hida boc æt Norþniwetune þat Ælfred gebocode Æþelhelm his þeine on eche yrfe.

In nomine dominiINVOCATION ego Ælfredus altithroni cuncta creantis ac gubernantis concedente clementia angol saxonum rex. Æðelhelmo meo fideli comite aliquantulum terre concedens in eternam hereditatem daboDISPOSITIVE WORD id est decim manentium in loco qui dicitur Norþ niwetune. Est autem predicta terra partiuncula ab omnibus secularibus negotiis libera preter expeditione et pontis arcisue instructione. Hec sunt territoria agelli supra memorati.

Aerest be æfene stæþe on stintesford. þonne on riscslæd. ðonne on tioltanford. þonne on wifeles ford. þonne swæ ondlong weges to sondbeorge. ðonne to botan wælle. þonne bi wiodde. ðonne ofer wiod on þone gæran 7 swæ eft on afene.BOUNDS

Facta est autem hec scriptio huius cartule anno dominice incarnationis dcccxcii. Indictione .x.DATING CLAUSE istis consentientibus testibus quorum nomina subtus notantur .

Aelfred rex saxonum.
Wulfsige episcopus.
Wulred dux.
Aeþelred dux.
Eadweard filius regis.
Johannes presbyter.
Wærulf presbyter.
Deormod cellerarius.
Aelfric thesaurarius.
Sigewulf pincerna.
Byrnstan miles.
Berchtmund miles.
Wulfsige miles.
Aeþelm miles.
Aeðelhelm miles.
Owald miles.
Vchferð miles.
Ocea miles.
Byrhthelm miles.

Conseruantibus et consentientibus huic nostre donationi perpetua maneat pax. contradicentibus autem vel frangere nitentibus ue et pars cum traditore scariot.CURSE