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S 1275

A.D. 871 x 877. Ealhferth, bishop, and the community at Winchester, to Cuthred, dux, and Wulfthryth, his wife; lease, for three lives, of 8 hides at Easton, near Winchester, with reversion to the church at Winchester. English with bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 75r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1062 ; B, 543

Comments:

Stenton 1971, p. 153 n. 2, cited ; O'Donovan 1973, p. 103, looks reputable ; Stewartby 1998, p. 152 n. 7 ; Grundy, Hants., I, p. 64, on identification ; Grundy, Hants., II, p. 88, on identification, bounds cover detached part of Easton now in Avington parish ; Robertson, Charters, pp. 286-8 ; Finberg, ECW, no. 22, authentic ; Hart 1970a, p. 32 (no. 130), authentic ; Pratt, Alfred, pp. 36 nn. 51 and 53, 52, on attestations

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    • In nomine domini . Ealhfer∂ Bisceop 7 ∂a higan on Wintaceastre . habba∂ gelæne∂ hiora leofan friond . viii . hida landes on Eastune . ∂riora manna deg ∂et is Cu∂red dux 7 Wulfri∂e his wife 7 anan man ˇerto suil him liofost sio him to hæbbenne 7 to brucenne swa him sælest sie eghwælces ˇinges freoh butan brycgeweorce 7 ferde . 7 eahta ciricsceattan 7 mæsseprestes gereohta 7 saulsceattas . 7 hi bebioda∂ on ælmeahtiges naman . 7 on sanctes Petres ∂es apostoles naman . 7 on ealra Godes halgona naman . ∂æt ∂æt land sie labor∂e . 7 higan swa gewelde ofer hiora ∂riora deg swa hid wæs ∂y dege ∂e hioe hit hiom sealdan. 7 ˘is is gedon be ˇara weotena gewitnesse ∂e heora naman her beneo∂an awritene standa∂ . 7 mid Cristes rodes getacne gemearcode. Ego Ælfred Rex. Ego Ælfer∂ epc. Ego Ædelheah epc. Ego Wulfhere Dux. Ego Æ∂elstan Dux. Ego Eadwulf Dux. Ego Ordulf Dux. Ego Elfstan Dux. Ego Cu∂red Dux. Ego Tunber∂ abb. Ego Ælfre∂ pb. Ego Hunsige pb. Ego Cynestan pb. Ego Biornlaf pb. Ego Henulf Diac. Ego Ælfstan Diac. Ego A∂euulf Diac. Ego Milred min. Ego Beorhtno∂ min. Ego Æ∂elno∂ min. Ego Dudig min. Ego Heremod min. Ego Æ∂elfer∂ min. Ego Ælfhere min. Ego Wigred min. ˘es londes gemero æt Eastune . li∂ of ycenan in earna bæce æf swa 7lang bæces . utt on ∂æt geat æft be ˇan andheafdan od ˇone midlestan beorg . æft swa on ædeswyr∂e eastewearde æft utt on ˇa roda on heringesleah easteweardne . æft utt on ˇa furh on smalan dune eastewearde . æft utt on ˇa furh ∂e Wulfred het . adrifan æft of dune on ∂a dene swa on ∂one mylensteall æt swe of ∂em mylenstealle andlang ycenan æft on earna bæce.