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S 676a
A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Eadwald, his minister; grant of 3 hides (mansiunculae) at Coundon, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds
Archive:
Coventry
MSS:
1. Lost original
2. Gloucester, Gloucestershire Record Office, D2026/L10/26(s. xvi/xvii; ex 1)
Printed:
Keynes 1994, p. 166
Comments:
Hooke 1999, pp. 61-4, on bounds, with map; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 103, Discussion of charter as means of understanding Archbishop Oscytel of York's status and career path, p. 114, Charter produced while Edgar was king over solely Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria which's witness list contains only Old English names; Hooke 1996, p. 110, on estate; 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. 512, Later "Dunstan B" charter with similarities to S 783; Keynes 1994, esp. pp. 166-8, 177, authentic 'Dunstan B' diploma
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- Note at end (representing endorsement): ˘is is ∂æs landes boc æt Cundelman; Anno ab Incarnatione Domini nostri Iesu Christi dccccluiii Indictione .i. Ego Eadgar diuina allubescente gratia rex et primicherius Merciorum ruris partem aliquantulam ternis ab accolis æstimatam mansiunculis in loco qui dicitur Cundelman Eadwaldo ministro meo liberam preter pontum expeditionemque inperpetuum ius libenter admodum concedo quatinus diebus uitæ suæ possideat et post se cuicumque uoluerit heredi derelinquat. Quod si quisque quod non optamus huiuscæ donationis cartulam adnihilare temptauerit coram Christo se rationem redditurum agnoscat. Et his limitibus hec telluris pars circumgirari uidetur; Ærist of ∂ære mæde on scir burnan up 7lang burnan ˇon wæn leages broc, of ∂am broce on ˇæt heafod land 7lang ˇara heafda ˇæt on ˇone mor of ∂am more on hafoc stige of ∂ære stige on ˇa dic of ∂ære dic on ˇone hege 7lang heges ˇæt on ˇon stanihtan ford of ∂am ford on ˇone hege of ˇam hege ˇæt eft on ˇa mede; Et huius doni constipulatores exstiterunt quorum inferius nomina caraxari uidentur; + Ego Oscytel episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Dunstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Cynesige episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Aˇulf episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Ælfhere dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Æˇelstan dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Aˇelwold dux consensi et subscripsi Ego Ælwine minister Ego Wulfhelm minister Ego Ufa minister Ego Ælfwold minister Ego Æˇelwine minister Ego Ælfsige minister Ego Osfer∂ minister