Archive: Glastonbury

A.D. 705 or 706 (June). Ine, king of the Saxons, to Beorhtwald, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 20 hides (cassati) on the river Sheppey (formerly Doulting), Somerset. Latin with English bounds.

 

In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi salvatoris !INVOCATION Ea quæ secundum decreta canonum tractata fuerint, licet sermo tantum ad testimonium sufficeret, tamen pro incerta futuri [temporis fortuna], cirographorum cedulis sunt roboranda .PROEM Quapropter Ego Ini , regnante domino rex Saxonum , viginti cassatos pro remedio animæ meæ Beorhwaldo abbati , ad sanctum monasterium in Glastingaburghe , videor contulisse ; et hæc pars modica telluris ex utraque parte fluminis cujus vocabulum est Doulting , hiis marginibus videtur designata.

Limites---Of driganhurste and lang pillis þanen on þe olde Gore an soan Roanleighe on þe olde hege rewe so up end lang humbers bi twixe douningleighe . þanen on crichhulle and soa bi linen bitwixe abbingleie and soa on Doultingstrem up end langes at Winterwelle of þan Welle on lincombesleighe on þe rizte on the stanleie Wal . þanen on croppanhulle and soa endlang dich on trindleaie mideward . þanen on rizt on midden merkesburi . þanen endlangweies on R?mer' þanen est rizt end lang pathes on þan olden fosse and lang fosse south on pulle a doune bi pulle on lutletone south op on pennard and soa bi Wyrt taman West to Weie ende langweies north est on pil.BOUNDS

Si quis autem hanc cartam amplificare voluerit amplificet Deus partem ejus in libro vitæ . si quis frangere temptaverit , sciat se coram domino et angelis ejus rationem redditurum .CURSE Scripta est hæc cingrapha anno ab incarnatione domini . dcc . secundo , indictione quarta mense Junio .DATING CLAUSE

+ Ego Ini signavi salutifero signo .
+ Ego Beorthwald archiepiscopus signavi .
+ Ego Hedda episcopus subscripsi sub testimonio multorum.