Endorsement in contemporary hand:
an setl æt sc'e Martine (above this are traces of another short endorsement)

+ In nomine Dei summi regis eterniINVOCATION ego Eðelred rex occidentalium Saxonum . non et Cantwariorum cum consensu ac licentia meorum optimatum dabo et conce'do'DISPOSITIVE WORD meo fideli amico Wighelme presbytero unam sedem in loco qui dicitur sancti Martini ecclesia mihhi ad elemosynam et 'u'nam modicam villulam at eandem sedem cum recte pertinet hec sunt termina . circumgacentia ab aquilone puplica strata ab occidente hina meteren a meritie hina gemene weg ab oriente terra at sanctum Agustinum BOUNDS hanc prædictam dotionem pro remedio anime mee proque spe remunerationis eterne in sempiternam ereditatem concedendo donabo sibi abendum et possid[end]um feliciterque in dies ejus perfruendum et post dies ejus cuicumque ei eredi placuerit derelinquendum liberam per omnia abeat potestatem et ab omni servitute regalium seculariumque difficultatum intus et foras magnis ac modicis perenniter liberabo supplicabo quoque ego Eðelred rex 7 in alme trinitatis nomine firmiter præcipio omnibus successoribus meis quicumque sint reges 7 episcopos vel principes vel modo vibentibus vel qui post illos futuri sunt per fidem sancti Martini confessoris Christi ut numquam aliquis hanc nostram munificentiam infringere præsumat si quis vero quod non optamus alicujus perssonis homo diabolica temeritate instigatus surrex'erit' quod hanc meam munificentiam mutare aut minuere temptet minuatur pars ejus de terra vibentium ipseque reus ante tribunal terribili particeps existat illorum qui filium Dei et vendiderunt , et crucifixerunt nisi ante digno satisfactione Deo et ominibus emundare volueritCURSE : ,

Hanc libertatem prescriptam cum his testibus infra naminatis firmiter in Jhesu Christo cum signaculo sancte crucis confirmantes roboravimus . Actum est autem anno ab incarnatione domini . dccclxvii . indictione . xv .DATING CLAUSE '?' Dorobernia cibitatePROMULGATION PLACE .

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