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S 939

A.D. 995 x 999 (Cookham). King Æthelred confirms the will of Æthelric (i.e. S 1501), including the bequest of land at Bocking, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. English

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. Canterbury, D.C., B 1 (s. x ex.; OS Facs., i. 17)
2. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. A, f. 142r (s. xiii)
3. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. E, f. 43r (s. xiii ex.)
4. London, British Library, Stowe 853, ff. 28v-29v (s. xvii)

Printed:

K, 704 ; Earle, pp. 217-18

Comments:

Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, p. 177, dates it 997 x 1001 ; Keynes 1980, pp. 129-30, 148, 161-2, 208 n. 198, 222 n. 244 ; Keynes 1988, p. 190 ; Wormald 1988, no. 62 ; Ramsay and Sparks 1992, p. 311, cited ; Lawson 1993, pp. 22-3, 241 ; Stafford 1994, pp. 234, 238 ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 148-51 ; Hart, ECE, no. 29, original ; HRH, p. 236, genuine, subscriptions few but consistent ; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 579-80, MS 1 contemporary, discusses background ; Wormald, English Law, p. 146

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    • + Her swutelað on þison gewrite hu Æðelred kyning geuðe þæt Æþerices cwyde æt Boccinge standan moste . Hit wæs manegon earon ær Æðeric forðferde þæt ðam kincge wæs gesæd þæt he wære on þam unræde þæt man sceolde on Eastsexon Swegen underfon ða he ærest þyder mid flotan com . 7 se cincg hit on mycele gewitnysse Sigerice arcebisceope cyðde þe his forespeca þa wæs for ðæs landes þingon æt Boccinge ðe he into Cristes cyrcean becweden hæfde . Þa wæs he þisse spæce ægþer ge on life . ge æfter ungeladod ge ungebett oð his laf his hergeatu þam cincge to Cocham brohte þær he his witan widan gesomnod hæfde . þa wolde se cing ða spæce beforan eallon his witan uphebban 7 cwæð þæt Leofsige ealdorman . 7 mænige men þære spæce gecnæwe wæron . þa bæd seo wuduwe Ælfric arcebisceop ðe hire forespeca wæs . 7 Æðelmær þæt hig þone cincg bædon þæt heo moste gesyllan hire morgengyfe into Cristes cyrcean for ðone cincg . 7 ealne his leodscype wið ðam ðe se cing ða egeslican onspæce alete . 7 his cwyde standan moste þæt is swa hit herbeforan cwyð . þæt land æt Boccinge into Cristes cyrcean . 7 his oðre landare into oðran halgan stowan swa his cwyde swutelað . þa God forgylde þam cincge getiðode he ðæs for Cristes lufan . 7 sca Marian . 7 sce Dunstanes . 7 ealra þæra haligra ðe æt Cristes cyrcean restað . þæs costes ðe heo þis gelæste . 7 his cwyde fæste stode . þeos swutelung wæs þærrihte gewriten . 7 beforan ðam cincge 7 ðam witon gerædd ; Þis syndon ðæra manna naman ðe ðises to gewittnesse wæron . Ælfric arcebisceop . 7 Ælfheh bisceop on Wintaceastre . 7 Wulfsige bisceop on Dorsæton . 7 Godwine bisceop on Hrofeceastre . 7 Leofsige ealdorman . 7 Leofwine ealdorman . 7 Ælfsige abbot . 7 Wulfgar abbot . 7 Byrhtelm abbot . 7 Lyfincg abbot . 7 Alfwold abbot . 7 Æðelmær . 7 Ordulf . 7 Wulfget . 7 Fræna. 7 Wulfric Wulfrune sunu : 7 ealle ða ðegnas ðe þær widan gegæderode wæron ægðer . ge of Westsexan . ge of Myrcean . ge of Denon . ge of Englon . þissa gewrita syndon ðreo . an is æt Cristes cyrcean . oðer æt þæs cinges haligdome . þridde hæfþ seo wuduwe.
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    • + Her swutela∂ on ˇison gewrite hu Æ∂elred kyning geu∂e ˇæt Æˇerices cwyde æt Boccinge standan moste. hit wæs manegon earon ær Æ∂eric for∂ferde ˇæt &