31
S 1243a

Eadgifu and her husband grant land at Weeley, Essex, to the brethren of St Paul's church, with the permission of King Edward. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]

Archive: London, St Paul's

Literarum hic notificatione terr= qu= est apud Wilgelea demonstratur donatio, quam fidelis qu=dam nomine Eadgyua, cum uiro suo necnon licentia et consensu Eadwardi basilei, fratribus sancti Pauli =cclesi= ad laudem Dei et eiusdem doctoris gentium dedit et pro suorum relaxatione peccaminum inperpetuum concessit. Si autem aliquis hoc auertere pr=sumpserit, eternales Iude traditori p=nas associatus luat, nisi citius satis dignam penitentiam egerit.

Edition: Charters of St Paul's, London, ed. S. E. Kelly, Anglo-Saxon Charters 10 (Oxford: Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 214 (no. 31). For apparatus criticus see ibid., p. 214, and for a detailed commentary see ibid., pp. 214-15.

By a written notification is here indicated a gift of land that is at Weeley which a certain faithful woman, Eadgifu by name, with her husband and also with the authorisation and agreement of King Edward, gave to the brethren of the Church of St Paul in praise of God and that same teacher of the gentiles and she granted [this] in perpetuity for release from her sins. If, however, anyone should presume to violate this, may he pay eternal penalties in the company of Judas the betrayer, unless he should quickly make a sufficiently worthy penance.

Translation: David A. E. Pelteret.