Archive: Winchester, Old Minster

A.D. 854. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Wanborough (i.e Little Hinton), Wilts. Latin with English bounds.

 

Rubric: þis is þære twentig hida land boc to Wenbeorgen þæ Aðulf cing ge bocade Swithune bisceope on æce yrfe .

+ Regnante imperpetuum domino nostro Jesu Christo omnium visibilium et invisibilium summo et ineffabili creatore cunctis patet mortalibus quod cuncta que videntur finem habent et que non videntur eterna sunt .INVOCATION

Quapropter ego Aðulf celsithrono favente clemencia rex occidentalium Saxonum quandam ruris partem scilicet .xx. mansas æt Wenbeorgen cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus cum consensu optimatum meorum quando decimam partem terrarum per omne regnum meum sanctis ecclesiis dare decrevi ; DediDISPOSITIVE WORD etiam ecclesie Wintoniensi que in honore apostolorum Petri et Pauli dedicata est ; eandemque terram prefate ecclesie eternaliter habendam concessiDISPOSITIVE WORD . Sit autem predictum rus ab omni terrene servitutis jugo liberum . tribus exceptis . rata expeditione . pontis arcisve constructione . Et hoc in nomine domini nostri Jesu Christi precipio ut nemo successorum meorum regum sive episcoporum sine principum hanc meam donationem violare aut a servis Dei inibi famulantibus auferre presumat . Quod si quisquam hec transgressus fuerit sciat se eterne maledictioni subiciendum et eternas inferni penas sine fine passurum nisi digna satisfactione celeriter emendaverit quod contra sanctos Dei apostolos audacter deliquit .CURSE

Hiis metis eadem . xx . manse circumgirantur . Ðis synd þara twentig hida land ge mere æt Wenbeorgan of smitan on þone stan of þam stanæ on þone ealdan an of þan eadenne innan lentan of læntan on gean þone stream on þone greatan þorne stent bæ lentan staðe of þan þornæ on þa weter furh innan smalan broc . of smalan broce on þan stenihte hlinc . of þam stenihte hlince . on glottos wylle . of glottes wylle . on wylles heafod on wylles heafodde on Wulfheres cumbe of Wulfheres cumbe on Wulfheres clif of Wulfheres clife on þa furh of þære furh on Winfles beorg of þam beorge on þonne holan stan of þam holan stane on þone haran stan . of þam haran stane on þa holan wannan of þære holan wannan on þone rugan hlinc . of þam rugan hlincæ on þone durnen crundel of ðam durnen crundelle on þone þorn of þam þorne on þone stan . of ham stanæ on þa d?c . To ðere dic ende of þære dic ende on þone wogan hlinc . of ðam wogan hlince on þa catt hola . of þan catt holan on Wenbeorhge of þan beorge on þone mycelan cumbe . of mycelan cumbe on smalan combe of smalan cumbe on þone ealdan treow stede of þam ealdan treow stede on þa wogan apoldran of þere wogan apoldran on folces dic . of folces dic . on Ealcheres dic of Ealcheres dic . on þa apoldran . of þære apoldran innan smitan .BOUNDS

Srcipta est autem hec cartula Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jesu Christi dcccliiii . Indictione secundaDATING CLAUSE His testibus consentientibus quorum nomina scripta adesse videntur -

+ Ego Aðelwulf Rex .
+ Ego Alhstan Episcopus .
+ Ego Swithun Episcopus .
+ Ego Æthelbald dux .
+ Ego Eanwulf dux .
+ Ego Æþelberht dux .
+ Ego Wullaf abbas .
+ Ego Werferd abbas .
+ Ego Æthered filius regis .
+ Ego Osric dux .
+ Ego Wulfhere dux .
+ Ego Bullede dux .
+ Ego Ælfred filius regis .
+ Ego Esne minister .
+ Ego Cynewulf minister .
+ Ego Cyneheah minister .
+ Ego Alhstan minister .
+ Ego Aldred minister .