S 351
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
A.D. 939. Alfred, king of the English, to Heahferth, minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Ðis is þara . viii . hida boc 'æt Worðiæ' þe Ælfred cing gebocode Heahfyrð his þægne on ece yrfæ .
Quamobrem . ego Ælfredus . desiderio regni celestis exardens favente superno numine basileus industrius Anglorum cunctarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium . cuidam adoptino fideli meo ministro Heahfyrð vocitato ob illius amabile obsequium dignatus sum largiri . viii . mansas agelluli . ibidem ubi vulgares prisco more mobilique relatione vocitant æt Wordige . cum pratis pascuis necnon et silvis silvarumque densitatibus ut hæc prosper[e] possideat ac æternaliter teneat . dum huius ævi fragilis cursum uti audebit . Post se autem veluti affirmavimus cuicumque voluerit heredi derelinquat . fiat etenim prefata terra ab omni servili jugo libera cum omnibus sibi recte pertinentibus . exceptis his tribus expeditione pontis arcisvæ coedificatione .
Istis terminibus predicta terra circumgyrata esse videtur .
Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu . d . cccc xxxviiii . Indictione . xii .DATING CLAUSE
Ego Ælfred Rex tocius Bryttanniæ prefatam donationem cum sigillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi .
Ego Eadweard filius regis .
Ego Æðered archiepiscopus predictum donum consensi .
Ego Swithun episcopus consensi .
Ego Ealstanus episcopus confirmavi .
Ego Fryðestan episcopus consignavi .
Ego Aþelwold episcopus consensi .
Ego Byrhred episcopus roboravi .
Ego Wullaf abbas confirmavi .
Ego Eanulf dux .
Ego Aþulf dux .
Ego Æþelnað dux .
Ego Byocca dux .
Ego Æþelwold dux .
Ego Ceoleah minister .
Ego Odda minister .
Ego Ælfstan minister .
Ego Æþestan minister .
Ego Eadmund minister .
Ego Ælfred minister .
Ego Æsculf minister .
Ego Byrhferð minister .
Ego Byorhtulf minister .
Ego Leofheah minister .
Ego Buga minister .
Ego Osulf minister .
Ego Ælfric minister .
Ego Deormod minister .
Ego Byrhthelm minister .
Ego Ealhstan minister .
Ego Hæfa minister .
Ego Alwold minister .
Ego Aþulf minister .
Ego Heahnoð minister .