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S 674

A.D. 958. King Edgar to Ælfheah, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Orton (Waterville), Hunts. Latin

Archive:

Peterborough

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Egerton 2733, ff. 42v-44v(s. xiii med.)
2. London, Society of Antiquaries, 60, ff. 31r-32r(s. xii med.)
3. Peterborough, DC., 1, f. 128r(s. xiii med.)

Printed:

Kelly, Peterborough, p. 237-239, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 381-2 (no. 7), ex MS 2; K, 471, ex MS 2; B, 1043

Comments:

Hart, ECEE, no. 10, authentic, cf. S 679; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 16, Charter preserved in the Peterborough archive that is nearly identical to S 679, preserved in the Durham archive, suggesting the authenticity of the latter as a copy of the former, p. 102, Charter of the mid 10th century in which's witness list appears a figure also present in S 659, p. 103, Discussion of charter as means of understanding Archbishop Oscytel of York's status and career path, p. 113, Charter preserved in the Peterborough archive that is highly similar to S 679, to the extent that it is likely both were produced by the same chancery from the same 958 witan, p. 114, Charter produced while Edgar was king over solely Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria which's witness list contains Old English and Norse names, like S 679, p. 120, Charter, which via comparison with S 712, reveals corruption in the latter's text; Sawyer, Burton, p. 20, perhaps same beneficiary as S 554; Keynes 1980, p. 69, compare S 679, example of 'centralized' production in 958; Whitelock 1959, p. 75, authentic; Kelly, Peterborough, p. 122, Description of charter contents, labelled 13, p. 239-240, Discussion of charter as genuine copy of a 958 diploma issued by Edgar that reflects that complicated and somewhat confused nature of his rule over Mercia, a year prior to his ascension to the whole of England; PN Beds. and Hunts., p. 193; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52

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    • De Ovirtona . + Regnante in perpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo . Omnibus prudentibus qui Deifice contemplationis beatitudinem in mentis suæ hospicio cernere cupiunt manifestissimis signis constat quod quisque potis est transitoriis . imis alta celestia sine fine mansura capescere . Iccirco ego Ædgar industrius Anglorum rex ceterarumque gentium in circumitu persistentium gubernator et rector . Secundo anno imperii mei litteratoriis apicibus roboravi . quod cum consensu heroicorum virorum cuidam meo ministro vocitato nomine Ælfege . id est . V . cassatos eternaliter tradendo concessi ubi turbarum collatione jam dudum nomen illatum hoc adesse profertur . æt Ofertune . Ut terram jam præfatam meo scilicet ovante concessu tramitibus suæ possideat vitæ . Deinceps namque sibi succedenti cui voluerit heredi derelinquat ceu prædixi illi in æternam hæreditatem . Maneat igitur meum hoc immobile donum eterna libertate jocundum cum omnibus quæ ad ipsum locum pertinere dinoscuntur . tam in magnis quam in modicis rebus . campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis . excepto communi labore expeditione . pontis arcisve coedificatione . Si qui denique mihi non optanti hanc libertatis kartam livore depressi violare satagerint . agminibus tetræ caliginis lapsi vocem audiant examinationis die arbitris sibi dicentis . 'Discedite a me maledicti in ignem eternum'1 ubi cum demonibus ferreis sartaginibus crudeli torqueantur in pena . si non ante mortem digna hoc emandaverint penitentia . Acta est hec præfata donatio anno dominice incarnationis . DCCCCLVIII . indictione prima . Ego Ædgar rex Anglorum indeclinabiliter concessi . Ego Oskytel episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Dunstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Kynesie episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Athulf episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Leofuuine episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ælfhere dux . Urm dux . Æthelstan dux . Gunner dux . Æthelmund dux . Adeluuold dux . Byrhtnoth dux . Uthred dux . Ælfuuine minister . Wlfhelm . Ælfuuine . Sigulf . Wlsige . Wlfnoth . Æthelstan . Ætheluuard . Ædeluuold . Sigered . Ælfred . Æthelsige . Ælfuuold . Thurkytel . Thurmod . Vfa . Æthered . Ælfsige . Ælfnoth ministri .