19
S 910

King Æthelred grants one hide (mansa) at Seaton, Devon, to Eadsige, minister. A.D. 1005

Archive: Sherborne (ex Horton)

TEXT

London, British Library, Add. 46487, 27v-29r: copy, s. xii^med
Rubric: Ðis is þære anre higde boc æt Fleote þe Æðelred cingc gebocod Eadsige his gerefan on ece yrfe .

Px In nomine cosmi saluatoris et humani generis redemptoris Iesu Christi domini nostri qui solus cum patre et spiritu sancto regnum tenet inmortale . Ego Æðelred diuina dispositione gentis Angligen= et diuersarum nationum industrius rex - uni meo ministro nuncupato uocamine Eadsige . unam mansam perpetualiter concedo . in illo loco ubi anglica appellatione dicitur æt Fleote . pro eius placabili pretio . id est . c . mancusas in auro purissimo . en in suo uiuere cum prosperitate semper istum exenium obtineat . et post se cum perpetuo cyrographo cui uoluerit =ternaliter derelinquat . Sit autem predictum rus liberum ab omni mundiali obstaculo cum omnibus qu= ad ipsum locum pertinere dinoscuntur . tam in magnis quam in minimis rebus . campis . pascuis . pratis . siluis . sine expeditione . et pontis . arcisue instructione . Si quis uero tirannica inflatus potestate infringere temptauerit huius nostri decreti cyrographum ; sciat se coram Christo et angelis eius in tremendo examine rationem redditurum . nisi hic prius emendare satagerit . Istis terminis ambitur predicta tellus .
Þis syndon þære anre higde landgemæro to Fleote . Ærest up of þære sæ on scypcumb . up þonne on scypcumb on þæne bydel æcer suðeweardne . Of þam bydel æcere up on þæt slæd besuðan dyrnan leage on gerihte to berhamme . up þanon on berham suðeweardne on þæne hricgweg . Of þam hricgwege . norþ on readan weg ufeweardne . Of readan wege norþ andlang hricges on bitun liege . Of bitun liege west andlang weges on gerihte to crymelhamme up on þa dic on ðone herpoð . west þonne on herpoð of cumbweges heafod . adune þænne on cumbweg on horegan ford . of horegan forde adune on strem on nyðeran stanford . of nyðeran stanforda norð be þæs yrþlandes foton on gerihte to litegan hlosstede . of litegan hlosstede on hreodmæde lace . of hreodmæde lace on Axan . of Axan eft ut on sæ . 7 seo mædrædon beniðan dic betweonan cealdan lace 7 cullig . Anno dominic= incarnationis millesimo quinto . scripta est huius munificenti= singrapha his testibus consentientibus quorum nomina inferius karaxata esse uidentur .

+ Ego Æðelredus totius Brittani= monarchus me= largitatis donum agie Crucis taumate roboraui .
+ Ego Æðelstanus eiusdem regis filius plaudens consensi .
+ Ego Ecgbriht clito testis fui .
+ Ego Eadmund clito testimonium adhibui .
+ Ego Eadric clito non abnui .
+ Ego Eadwig clito non rennui .
+ Ego Eadgar clito non negaui .
+ Ego Eadweard clito faui .
+ Ego Ælfgyfu regina stabilitatem testimonii confirmaui .
+ Ego Ælfricus Dorobernensis =cclesi= archiepiscopus signo Sanct= Crucis subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfstan Eboracensis =cclesi= archipresul consignaui .
+ Ego Ælfheah . episcopus . roboraui .
+ Ego Aþulf . episcopus . consignaui .
+ Ego Ordbyrht . episcopus adquieui .
+ Ego Lyfing . episcopus subscripsi .
+ Ego Godwine . episcopus non rennui .
+ Ego Æþelric . episcopus confirmaui .
+ Ego Ælfhelm . episcopus conclusi .
+ Ego Ælfhun . episcopus testis fui .
+ Ego Alfwold . episcopus non negaui .
+ Ego Germanus . abbas .
+ Ego Ælfsige . abbas .
+ Ego Wulfgar . abbas .
+ Ego Kenulf . abbas .
+ Ego Eadnoþ . abbas .
+ Ego Ælfweard . abbas .
+ Ego Byrhtwold . abbas .
+ Ego Æluere . abbas .
+ Ego Godeman . abbas .
+ Ego Ælfric . dux .
+ Ego Ælfhelm . dux .
+ Ego Leofwine . dux .
+ Ego Æðelmær . minister .
+ Ego Ordulf . minister .
+ Ego Wulfgeat . minister .
+ Ego Wulfheah . minister .
+ Ego Ulfcytel . minister .
+ Ego Eadric . minister .
+ Ego Æðelric . minister .
+ Ego Sigwerd . minister .
+ Ego Sigered . minister .
+ Ego Leofwine . minister .
+ Ego Æðelmær . minister .
+ Ego Byrhtric . minister .
+ Ego Aðelwold . minister .
+ Ego Leofwine . minister .
+ Ego Æþelweard . minister .
+ Ego Æþelwine . minister .
+ Ego Godric . minister .
+ Ego Ælfgar . minister .
+ Ego Æþelweard . minister .
+ Ego Leofric . minister .
+ Ego Wulfgar . minister .
+ Ego Byrhtric . minister .
+ Ego Leofnoð . minister .

Edition: Charters of Sherborne, ed. M. A. O'Donovan, Anglo-Saxon Charters 3 (Oxford: Published for The British Academy by The Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. 64-6 (no. 19).