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S 803

A.D. 975. King Edgar to Osward, his propinquus; grant of 4 hides (mansiunculae) at South Stoke, Sussex. The old landbook had been lost in a fire. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 69r-v(s. xii med.)

Printed:

Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 27; K, 589; B, 1314

Comments:

Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Hart 1970a, pp. 23, 31 (no. 120), on endorsement; authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 32 n. 53, 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Gardiner 1984, p. 77; Jolliffe 1933, p. 90 n. 1, suggests Alverstoke, Hants; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 123, Charter following the "Dunstan B" model from the reign of King Edgar that suggests that this style was no longer solely used for diplomas related to St. Dunstan himself, p. 307, 10th century charter that parallels S 270a, suggesting the inauthentic nature of the latter, p. 455, Charter from the late 10th century that shares formulaic similarities with S 553, suggesting the latter's authenticity, p. 489, Charter in the "Dunstan B" style, p. 516, Charter in the "Dunstan B" style from the 970s, similar to S 791, p. 525, Charter with parallel wording to S 866; Forsberg 1950, pp. 214-15, on identification and bounds; Grundy, Hants., IV, pp. 216-18, identifies the estate as Stoke in St Mary Bourne, Hants; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. p. 179

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    • ˘is is seo boc æt Stoce . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCLXXV . Ego Eadgar . allubescente Deo Rex et primicherius tocius Albionis . ruris quandam particulam quaternis ab accolis estimatam mansiunculis . in loco qui dicitur Saxonice æt Stoce . liberam preter arcem . pontem . et expeditionem . Oswardo propinquo meo libenter admodum in jus perpetuum suis heredibus quibus voluerit relinquendam largitus sum ; hoc precipiens in nomine Jhesu Christi . ut nostrorum nemo successorum quam diu fides vigeat Christiana . hoc nostrum decretum sine ira et vindicta omnipotentis Dei infringere temptet . Quod si quisque pertinacius presumpserit . hoc ei hic et in perpetuum judex justus et meritorum repensator Deus elanceato repensamine reddat . Antiqua cartula incendio consumpta . hanc novitatis scedulam propinquo meo et fideli ministro . Ego Eadgar . Rex rescribere jussi . His inquam limitibus hæc prefati ruris particula quaqua versum cingi videtur . Ærest of ˇam more on mærce cumb 7 swa to mærc hamme 7 swa to hean hammæ . 7 swa to ulan hyrste . 7 swa to ˇam west hliˇe nor∂ 7 lang to hogebura mearce . 7 swa utt to crawan ersce 7 swa to hean lea 7 swa be nor∂an dyrnan hammæ nyˇær innan ˇa ea . ˝ys sin∂ ∂a ∂en into Stoce siblingc hyrst 7 trowing sceaddas 7 rocisfald . Huius doni testes extiterunt quorum inferius nomina elucubratim carraxari videntur . Ego Eadgar Rex Albionis hanc donationem signo crucis perstrinxi . Ego Dunstan Archiepiscopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Oswald Archiepiscopus consentaneus extiti . Ego A∂elwold episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfwold episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfstan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfno∂ episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Ælfheah episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Cyneweard episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Eadhelm episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Sideman episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Aˇulf episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego ˝eodred episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . Ego Wulfsige episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi .