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S 259

A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 7 hides (familiae), consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Thruhham (now Park Farm, Beaulieu), 1 at Eppelhyrste (lost, near Brockenhurst) and 1 at Hwitanleage (Whitley, near Brockenhurst), Hants. Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 113r(s. xii med.)

Printed:

Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 20; B, 180; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 257-258, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter; K, 1007

Comments:

Finberg, ECW, no. 6, pp. 217-18, authentic; on term familiae; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Hart 1970a, p. 37 (no. 195), authentic; John 1960, p. 43, on prohibition; Yorke 1982, p. 81, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 140-3, 163, apparently authentic; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 185, Reference to charter as being an early document containing phrases used by S 941, suggesting that the latter was based in part on it; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 258-262, Discussion of charter as essentially identical to S 249, preserved at Muchelney, both of which are likely either authentic documents or based on a pre-10th century model; Finberg 1972, p. 413, on use of familiae

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    • Donum regis Cuthredi Wentanæ ecclesiæ de ˘ruhtham. Regnante in perpetuum omnipotente Deo . Ego Cuthredus rex de terra juris mei aliquantulum portionem juxta mensuram scilicet . vii . familiarum æcclesiæ Dei Petro et Paulo dicatæ civitate Wentana hereditarie perpetualiter impendo . v . videlicet mansas æt ˘ruhham . et l . æt Eppelhyrste . et . l . æt Hwitanleage . ita ut nullus successorum meorum ipsius terræ portionem ab æcclesia Dei nunquam præsu[m]ptuosus auferat . Et hæc acta sunt anno ab incarnatione domini . dcc.xlix . Et ut firmius supradictæ donationis meæ munificentia roboretur ; testes idoneos et adstipulatores ad subscribendum confirmandumque prædictæ pos'ses'sionis privilegium adscribimus . quorum nomina et personæ infra notantur . Ego Cuthredus rex propriæ donationis meæ munificentiam signo crucis Christi confirmans roboravi . Ego Hunfridus Dei gratia episcopus canonice consentiens subscripsi . Ego Cynibaldus abbas concessi .