Charter Document - 03470013
Charter Number: 03470013
Cartulary Title: Charters of Bath and Wells
Charter Language: Latin
Charter Origin: Royal
Charter Type(s): Restitution
Date: 0956 - 0961
Date Type: Assigned
Resource Link(s): eSawyer (S 661) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge - MS 111 (p74a) Diplomatics Annotated (brat) Anglo Saxon Charters (S 661)
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Cartulary Title: Charters of Bath and Wells
Charter Language: Latin
Charter Origin: Royal
Charter Type(s): Restitution
Date: 0956 - 0961
Date Type: Assigned
Resource Link(s): eSawyer (S 661) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge - MS 111 (p74a) Diplomatics Annotated (brat) Anglo Saxon Charters (S 661)
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Charter:
De Quinque hidis Westunæ Anno Dominicæ Incarnationis dcccclxi Ego Eadwig divina allubescente gratia rex totius et primicerius Albionis ruris quandam particulam quinis subæstimatam mansiunculis pridem indepte distorteque a beati Petri apostolici agminis primatis oraculo ablatam restituendo et recuperando in loco qui dicitur æt Westune ad ecclesiam beati et prefati æcclesiasticorum cultoris seminum quæ sita fertur Bathoniæ precordiali affectu intimoque spiramine sub divini timoris instinctu liberam preter arcem pontem expeditionemque in perpetuum jus largitus sum Huius namque singrapham successorum christianum quamdiu vigeat imperium hanc vel in minimis audeat violare Quod si quis quod non optamus presumptivo peregerit temptamine hoc in tetrico infernalium sine ullo refocilamine sustineat cruciamine Huiuscæ donationis constipulatores totius senatores Albionis sed et specialiter hi quorum inferius nomina carraxantur unanimo confirmativoque conspiramine affuisse perhibentur Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum hoc donum cum triumpho sancte + impressi Ego Eadgar indoles corroboravi + Ego Odo archiepiscopus consignavi + Ego Ælfsige episcopus consensi + Ego Oscytel episcopus dictavi + Ego Brihtelm episcopus favi + Ego Daniel episcopus subscripsi + Æþelstan dux + Eadmund dux + Ælfere dux + Æþelsige dux + Æðelmund dux + Æþelwold dux + Ælfsige minister + Byrhferð minister + Ælfheah minister + Æþelmær minister + Æþelgeard minister + Ælfwine minister + Divisiones Þonne syndon her þa land gemæra Ærest of cortimæde upp to þam æsce Of þam æsce on pleg dic Of pleg dic be swin cumbes hefde to crawan hylle Of crawan hylle upp to dune west be ecgge to lacwege Of lacwege to ceoles cumbe Of ceoles cumbes est be ecgge to þam weallon Of þam wealle to þam tune Of þam tune on higweg Andlang higweges to ænlypan þunan Of ænlypan þunan on selardes pol Of selardes pole ut on auene þonne eft ærost on þa ealdan lanan to horpytton upp on epenn Of þam penne on hean æsc Of hean æsce upp andlang weges to blacan lege to þere ealdan dic Of þere ealdan dic a be graue to wulf slæde Of wulf slæde a be wege And lang weges to alesbeorge Of alesbeorge to þam hlypgete Of þam hlypgete a be wealle to lincumbe Of lincumbe to midda hriccges wege Of midda hriccges wege to stutardes cumbes grafe Of stutardes cumbe to starforda andlang broces to tune