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S 667

A.D. 958 (Penkridge, Staffs.). Edgar, king of Mercia, to the familia of St Werburgh, Chester; grant of 17 hides (manentes) at Hosely, Flint; Cheavely, Huntington, Upton, Aston (? Aston Sutton) and Barrow (? Great Barrow), Cheshire. Latin

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Chester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 6032, ff. 50v-51r(s. xviii; dated 957)
2. London, British Library, Harley 1965, f. 3v(s. xiv 1; dated 958)
3. London, British Library, Harley 1967, f. 184r(s. xvi)
4. London, British Library, Harley 2060, f. 37r(s. xvi)
5. London, British Library, Harley 2071, f. 17r(s. xvii)

Printed:

Tait, Chester Cart., pp. 8-10; Birch 1888, pp. 14-15, ex MSS 1, 2; Mon. Angl., i. 200, ex MS penes William Vernon of Shakerley; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 384 (no. 2); K, 473, ex Mon. Angl; B, 1041, ex Mon. Angl. and MS 2

Comments:

Tait, Chester Cart., pp. xvii-xviii, 10-13, authentic; BA Facs., p. 12; Hooke 1983, p. 19; Keynes 1980, p. 69 nn. 135 & 137, diplomatic links with S 677 and 723; possible that same draftsman wrote all three charters; Foot 2000, II. 74; PN Staffs., i. 87; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 114, Charter produced while Edgar was king over solely Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria which's witness list contains only Old English names; Hart, ECNE, no. 121, authentic; Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 145-6, on diplomatic links with S 712a; PN Chesh., ii. 161, iii. 261-2, iv, 116-17, 118; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52

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    • [Omnip]otens pater Spes unica Mundi . fabricator celi . Conditor orbis . qui diem Titanis splendidissimi radiis flagrantibus lustrando percurrit ; Noctemque Cinthie jubaris splendore comit . omnia nobis bona plus merito concedens donavit . vicemque aliis tam per ewangelicum paradigma ; quam per aliarum seriem scripturarum rependi precepit . Quapropter ego Eadgarus Regni Merciorum Christi favente gratia sublimatus ad culmina ; pro expiatione anime mee meorumque predecessorum Eadmundi videlicet incliti Anglorum Regis 7 genitoris mei ; necnon 7 beate memorie Ethelstani ejusdem gentis Regis nobilissimi . dono 7 libenter concedo humili familie Deo omnipotenti In honore sacratissime semperque virginis Werburgæ in loco qui dicitur Leiacestria assidue militanti quandam partem agrorum . Hoc est . XVII . manentium non in uno tamen loco . set in diversis sparsim locis divisos . quorum nomina hic tenentur inserta . que sic vocantur Hodeshli∂ 7 Ceofanlea 7 Huntingdun . 7 Huptun . 7 'E'Astone . 7 Barue . ut habeant cum omnibus bonis ad illam terram pertinentibus . 7 sine ulla contradicctione omni tempore jure hereditario possideant . 7 quicquid exinde facere voluerint liberam in omnibus potestatem habeant faciendi . Est autem hæc terra circumcincta terminis 7c . Sit etiam hoc mee concessionis donum liberum ab omni aggravatione secularis servicii 7 ab omni censu 7 expedicionis profectione pontisque constructione et arcis munitione . Si quis vero quod absit invidie facibus succensus presumptibili elacionis fastu . hoc mee donacionis munimen frangere aut minuere voluerit . Sciat se reum omni hora vitæ suæ 7 tenebrosi Tartaris flammivomas voragines in futuro non evadere nisi prius cum satisfactione pleniter emendaverit . Actum est hoc mee concessionis donum Anno Dominice incarnacionis . DCCC . LVIII . indictione vero . I a . anno secundo Regni mei in loco famoso qui dicitur Pencric . Hii testes aderant qui hoc consenserunt . 7 subscripserunt 7 cum triumphali vexillo sancte crucis Christi firmaverunt 7 corroboraverunt . Ego Eadgarus Rex Merciorum ceterarum nacionum concensi 7 scribere jussi . 7 cum signo sancte crucis firmavi 7 corroboravi .