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S 676
A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Athelstan, his comes; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Ham, Essex. Latin with English bounds
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Winchester, Old Minster
MSS:
1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 83r-v(s. xii med.)
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Comments:
Hart 1970a, pp. 11 n. 1, 33 (no. 144), on beneficiary; authentic; Hart, ECE, no. 15, authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 31, Charter revealing King Edgar's control over much of Essex during the period when England was split between him and Eadwig, p. 174, Charter likely used as a source for details by the forger of S 337; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 85, 69, on charter-type; diplomatic links with S 678; PN Essex, p. 94 n., on bounds; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 103, Discussion of charter as means of understanding Archbishop Oscytel of York's status and career path, p. 113, Charter produced while Edgar was king over solely Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria, like S 679, p. 114, Charter produced while Edgar was king over solely Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria which's witness list contains only Old English names; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 123, Charter from 958 issued by King Edgar as king of Mercia that follows the "Dunstan B" model, as seen from its lack of the king's own subscription, p. 489, Charter in the "Dunstan B" style, p. 512, Later "Dunstan B" charter with similarities to S 783; Grundy, Wilts., I, p. 228, not in Wilts; Hart, ECEE, p. 250; Hart 1992, pp. 450-1; B, 1037, Ham is in Wilts; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 176
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- ˘is is ˇæra landboc to Hamme . ˇæ Eadgar cing gebocade A∂elstane bisceope on æce yrfe . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesu Christi . DCCCC . LVIII . Indictione . I . Ego Eadgar allubescente gratia rex et primicherius Merciorum aliquantulam ruris partem quinis ab accolis estimatam mansiunculis in loco qui dicitur Hamme . Æ∂elstano comiti meo liberam preter arcem pontum expeditionemque in perpetuum ius libenter admodum concedo . quatinus diebus vite sue possideat . et post se cuicunque uoluerit heredi derelinquat . Quod si quisque quod non optamus huiusce donationis cartulam ad nichilare temptauerit . coram Christo se rationem redditurum agnoscat ; et his limitibus hec telluris pars circumgirari uidetur . Ærest of eadelmes dic on stoc fliot . of ˇam fliote to ilmere 7lang wynsies mearce on ˇone langan ˇorn . of ˇam ˇornæ on wehinc leage ˇanon on byrc mære 7lang mære on ˇara hina mearcæ 7lang mearæ to wortan beorge ˇanon on bæde wyllan . 7lang wylle ˇæt innan hile 7lang ealdan hilæ æt ˇæra hina mæde ˇanon innan fleot 7lang ˇes fleotes on træfesing mu∂an 7lang hile on eadelmes dic . Et huius doni constipulatores exstiterunt quorum inferius nomina carraxari uidentur . + Ego Oscitel episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Dunstan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Cynesige episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Aˇulf episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Ælfhere Dux . + Ego Æˇelmund Dux . + Ego Æˇelwold Dux . + Ego Birhtno∂ Dux . + Ego Æˇelsige minister . + Ego Ælfsige minister . + Ego Vffa minister . + Ego Osferd minister . + Ego Winsige minister . + Ego Æˇelwold minister . + Ego Byrhtferd minister .