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A.D. 940. King Edmund to Dunstan, his faithful abbot; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Christian Malford, Wilts. Latin with English bounds
Archive:
Glastonbury
MSS:
1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 205v(s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 239r-v(s. xiv)
Printed:
Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 71; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 51 (no. 101), ex MS 2; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 369-370, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter; K, 384 and vol. vi. 230, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 666 (no. 1229), ex MS 1; B, 752, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl., ii. 842, ex MS 2
Comments:
Brooks 1992, p. 4, suspicious, Dunstan's name may have been substituted for that of a lay beneficiary; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 35, 39, 88-9, on MS sources; on estate; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 81, on formulation; Robinson 1923, p. 60 n. 2, forgery (citing wrong B no.); Darlington 1955, p. 96, defended; Scott 1981, pp. 114, 201 n. 112; Hart 1972, pp. 128 n. 22, 129, authentic; Foot 1991, p. 179, earliest grant from Edmund to Abbot Dunstan; 'no obvious diplomatic grounds for rejecting it'; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 195, Description of charter contents, labelled 28, p. 370-374, Discussion of charter as a possible fabrication, due to the rather early mention of Dunstan as abbot, the potential reasons for its false attribution to 940, and the bounds of the properties granted by it; Finberg, ECW, no. 251, authentic; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 255-9, on bounds; Reed 1984, pp. 287-91, 294-6, on bounds; Hart 1992, p. 442, 'a regular chancery charetr'; Stenton 1971, p. 446 n. 2, contemporary formulation
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- Carta Edmundi Regis facta sancto Dunstano de Cristemalforde . Egregius agonista Sermocinatus est in scripturis divinis 'omnia que Videntur temporalia sunt que autem non videntur Eterna' 1 . Iccirco superflua utentibus divinis sermo ut supra taxati sumus terribiliter premonet ut huius seculi caduca contempnentes spiritaliaque imitantes celestia properemus ad regna . Quamobrem Ego Edmundus divina michi arridente gracia rex Anglorum et curagulus multarum gencium cuidam adoptimo fideli meo abbati Dunstano vocitato . viginti . mansas ibidem ubi vulgares pulchro more nobilique relacione vocitant . At Cristemalford juxta derivativis fluencium successibus . be Afene . quatinus ille bene perfruatur ac perpetualiter possideat cum omnibus sibi recte pertinentibus . campis . paschuis . Pratis . silvis . silvorumque nemoribus . Fiat etenim prefata terra ab omni servili jugo libera exceptis istis tribus . expedicione pontis arcisve cohedificacione . Denique vero si quis nobis non optantibus nostrum hoc donum violari fraudulenter perpetrando consenserit consideret hinc se die ultimo judicii coram Deo racionem redditurum atque cum reprobis quibus dicitur 'Discedite a me maledicti in ignem eternum' 2 penis attrocibus se esse passurum si non antea corporea lamentacione emendaverit . Istis terminibus predicta terra circumgirata esse videtur . Erest on cristemalforde endlang afne on an litil dich end lang ˇar dich eft on afne on clifwere ˇanen on ˇe withibed ˇanen on ˇe mere fourh and soa on rigt over dauntesbourne on ˇer ellenestub eft on ˇer brembelwernan eft on ˇer merhawen eft on swinesheved on ˇe grete mapildore ˇanen on ˇa olde oden missenne endland ˇis clives on ˇen hen ayssh' on hoddisclive foryerd bi wirtwalen on sand riddriate on ˇe hage ˇar eft on grete tre endlangishawyn on ˇe elde strete eft on teonescanen southward ˇanne endlanges ˇare brodefurgh on ˇe hegeberghes in on ˇe toun northward endelang ˇar forerthe be a aker heved ˇar eft on cristemalforde . Acta est hec prefata donacio anno ab incarnacione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . d . c . c . c . c . xl . indiccione . xiii a . + Ego Edmundus Rex Anglorum prefatam donacionem cum sigillo sancte crucis confirmavi . + Ego Eddred ejusdem regis frater consignavi . + Ego Wulfhelm Dorobornnensis ecclesie archiepiscopus ejusdem regis donacionem cum tropheo agie crucis confirmavi cum multis aliis .