Source: CharterS1009

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King Edward to Godwine, dux; grant of 7 hides (cassati) at Millbrook, Hants.

Charter information
Sawyer 1009
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Date of composition 1045
Language Latin and Old English
Date from Source 1045
Scholarly Source Dating 1045

Notes

Finberg, ECW, no. 164, authentic, identical with S S 1008, but a different beneficiary; Barlow 1970, pp. 331-2, fabricated, presumably based on S 1008, difficult to account for fabrication; Hart 1970/1, p. 33 (no. 137); Hough 1996, on element in bounds.

In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi qui cuncta gubernat et regit quique sua multimoda potentia omnibus ut uoluerit finem imponit . et de secretis humanae naturae misteriis docet . ut cum his fugitiuis et sine dubio transitoriis possessiunculis iugiter mansura . et eternaliter regna mercanda dei suffragio adipiscenda sunt . Qua de re ego Eadwardus diuina mihi arridente gratia rex Anglorum . et eque totius Albionis aliquam ruris partem septem uidelicet cassatos illo in loco qui uulgariter Melebroc dicitur . cuidam ministrorum meorum perpetualiter trado . Godwino uidelicet Occidentalium Saxonum duci . ut hoc nostrum donum habeat quamdiu uiuat . et post se cuicumque uoluerit heredi derelinquat . cum campis . pascuis . pratis . siluis. Haec igitur tellus a cuncta sit sequestrata seruitute . nisi pontis . et arcis . ac expeditionis iuuamine. Si quis autem hoc nostrum donum infringere temptauerit . nullius aduentantis consolationem uspiam repperiat . nisi ante obitum suum emendauerit . quod hic contra nostrum decretum peregit. Istis namque terminis ambitur predicta tellus.

Šis synd ža landgemęro to Melebroce. Ęrest of hreod bricge on tęrstan stream . andlang streames on hnut scyllinga mearce . 7 swa andlang mearce on žone holan weg . of žam holan wege 7lang mearce on fearninga broc . and swa andlang mearce on mylesbroces ford . 7 swa east andlang mearce on žunres lea noržeweardne . žanan 7lang weges on cinges dic . and swa 7lang mearce on žone ošerne holan weg . of žam wege on ža ea 7 se westerde be sušan hreod bricge ut žurh žone stream on žęs cinges steš . and swa andlang streames eft on hreod bricge 7 se haga on Hamtune že žęrto gebyraš.

Anno dominice incarnationis . millesimo quadragesimo quinto . indictione .xiii. et nullis epactis atque uno concurrente rotantibus . hec regalis concessio atque donatio facta est . sub astipulatione primatum quorum nomina hic carraxata sunt.