Archive: Winchester, Old Minster

A.D. 856. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Ealdred, his minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Æscesbyrig (i.e. Woolstone), Berks. Latin with English bounds.

 

Ðis is þara . xx . hida boc to Æscesbyrig þe Æðelwulf cing gebocode Aldrede his þegne on ece yrfe .

Regnante eternaliter eterno domino et salvatore nostro Jhesu Christo ; omnium visibilium et invisibilium summo opifice cunctis liquet hominibus quod ea quæ videntur fini sunt obnoxia ; que autem non videntur incommutabilia .INVOCATION

Quapropter ego Æðelwlf altithroni favente clementia rex occidentalium Saxonum ; quandam ruris portionem ; videlicet . xx . cassatos æt . Æscesbyrig . nuncupatos . cuidam michi oppido fideli et devoto ministro nomine . Aldredo ; cum consensu et consilio optimatum meorum perpetuo jure possidendum libenter concedoDISPOSITIVE WORD . et cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . appendiciis eidem comiti perfruendam subicio . Quatinus vita comite ea feliciter utatur . et post vite sue terminum cuicunque voluerit . in perhennem derelinquat hereditatem . Sit vero prefatum rus ab omni terrenæ servitutis jugo liberum . exceptis tribus expeditione videlicet . pontis arcisve recuperatione . Hoc quoque in nomine sanctæ trinitatis et individue unitatis precipio . ut nemo successorum meorum sive regum . sive episcoporum . sive ducum . seu principum sive alicujus altioris inferiorisve dignitatis persona . hanc meam donationem in aliud quam hic scriptum est inmutare presumat . Quod si quisquam ausu temerario hoc decretum transgredi nisus fuerit ; æternæ maledictioni subjaceat . et æternas inferni penas sine fine sustineat . nisi humiliter emendaverit . quod contumaciter deliquit .CURSE

Istis limitibus prefatæ viginti mansæ circumquaque gyrantur .

Ðis synd þæra . xx . hida gæ mæro æt Æscesbyrig . Ærest on þonæ garan suþæweardnæ . Ðonnæ and lang wægæs oð þonæ mægen stan . þa non uuon hlinc . And lang hlincæs oð loddæræs sæccinge . 7lang hlincæs oð þonæ brystæ del . þanon and lang fyrh ænnæ æcer to þam hlincæ . ðanon on ða heafda on hrycwæg . of hrycwæge on þonæ þorn styb . þanon on hordwyllæ on þonæ ealdan hord wyllæs wæg . and lang þæs ealdan wægæs . on hrysc slædes bygæ . and lang riðæ on swynbroc . And lang brocæs on beahhildæ byrigels . þonon on þonæ ealdan wæg . And lang wægæs on þonæ garan norðæ wearðnæ . Þonon east and lang wæges on hnottan mæræ norþæ weardnæ . þanon on ða dic . and lang dic on þæt on bulan mædæ norþæ wæardæ . þonon on þa brembæl hyrnan . of þæræ hyrnan on stan mæræ . þonon to þæn æþænan byrigelsæ on æoccænen upp and lang stremæs on þonæ æwulm . Þonon on wæardæs bæorh. of þam bæorgæ on hrung putt . þonon on þa æaldan hola . of ðam holum æft on þonæ garan suþæ wæardnæ . þonnæ þæt on tættucan stan . Of þam stanæ on þa æaldan dic . ðær hit ær onfæng .BOUNDS

Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccc . lvi . Indictione . iiii .DATING CLAUSE scripta est hæc cartula . His testibus consensum prebentibus . quorum hic inferius onomata secundum uniuscujusque dignitatem caraxata adesse videntur .

Ego Æðelwlf Rex hanc donationem prefato comiti meo Ældredo perpetualiter habendam concessi .
Ego Ealhstan episcopus .
Ego Swithun episcopus .
Ego Æðelbald episcopus .
Ego Eanulf dux .
Ego Æðelbyrht dux .
Ego Osric dux .
Ego Wulfhere dux .
Ego Lullæde dux .
Ego Wullaf dux .
Ego Werfærð abbas .
Ego Æðereð filius regis.
Ego Ælfræd filius regis.
Ego Esnæ minister .
Ego Cynewulf minister .
Ego Cyneheah minister .
Ego Alhstan minister .
Ego Aldræd minister .
Ego Om's minister .