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S 1176
A.D. 708. Bealdhun (Bealthun) to Froda, abbot; grant of fishery called Swynwere in the river Parret, Somerset. Latin
Archive:
Muchelney
MSS:
1. London, British Library, Add. 56488, f. 62v(s. xiii 2)
Printed:
Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 105 (p. 95)
Comments:
Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 13, Charter evidencing the existence of the Muchelney minsters during the reign of King Ine, p. 71, Alleged charter from the Index Chartarum granting land directly to Glastonbury Abbey by King Aethelred II; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Bates, Two Cartularies, p. 95, suspicious; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 136, West Saxon charter from the late 7th century with similarities to S 5, suggesting West Saxon documents were used in the forging of the latter; Edwards 1988, p. 204, probably authentic; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 357, on donor; Finberg, ECW, no. 375, authentic
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- In nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi! Ego Bealthun, rogatus ab abbate Frode, aliquam partem fluminis Pedrete ad capturam pissium qui vocatur Swynwere pro remedio anime mee donans dedi enim hanc vero donacionem pistatorii habeat in proprio dominio sub privilegii racione ut nullus audeat eam irritam aut fractam facere sed in perpetuum ad solacium servorum Dei maneat intemerata, ad munificenciam huius donacionis Aldelmus episcopus et Yny rex Saxanorum gentis propriis + manibus signum crucis + subscripserunt. Si quis vero tyrannica potestate + fretus voluerit hanc donacionem frangere, sciat se racionem in extremo judicio redditurum Domino Deo nostro. Scripta sunt hec septingentesimo viii anno + Incarnacionis Christi sexta indicione.