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A.D. 946. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Didlington, Dorset. Latin with English bounds

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Wilton

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1. London, British Library, Harley 436, ff. 36r-39r (s. xiii)

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Mon. Angl., ii. 867; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 21-2; K, 412 and vol. iii. 425; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii, 326-7; B, 818

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Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 81; Grundy, Dorset, II, pp. 111-12, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 592, authentic; Forsberg 1968, pp. 18-19, estate probably coterminous with parish of Chalbury; PN Dorset, ii. 134-6, 146, 159; Keen 1984, p. 227, on element of bounds; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 147, One of the relatively few charters granted to Dunstan's brother that did not end up in the possession of Glastonbury Abbey, instead being prserved in the Wilton archive

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    • Dudelingtune . ˝is his ˇære . V . hide boc æt Dydelingtune ˇe Eadred cing gebocode Wulfrice lis ˇegne on eche yrfe . Regnante inperpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo . Summo ineffabili rerum creatori ac moderatori omnium temporaque sua multimodo disponens temporibus potentiam ut voluerit finem imponet . Et in hac vita degentibus cunctis certum ut proposuerat dierum terminum constituet . Idcirco cunctis agendum est ut hic bonis actibus future beatitudinis felicitatem perpetualiter adipisci mereatur . Quapropter ego Eadredus rex Anglorum ceterarumque gentium in circuitu persistentium gubernator et rector . Cuidam meo fideli ministro vocitato Uulfrico . V . mansas agelluli eternaliter in possessionem trado illi . in loco quem dicunt . æt Didelingtune . Habeatque vite sue tempore meum hoc regale donum non contradictum sed prospere quod potius opto cum omnibus illuc pertinentibus majoribus minoribusve maximis vel in minimis . campis . pascuis . pratis . silvis . Expleto siquidem dierum tempore suorum succedentium sibi carorum . cuicunque sibi placuerit menti derelinquat et tradat veluti preposueram ipse in eternum et inter catervas subripientium futuris temporibus quod absit Belial . si quis filius cartam hanc jure meo conscriptam inimicali zelo corrumpere desideraverit si non dubitet a cunctis regni mei servientibus Deo . nunc et tunc et usque in sempiternum abdicatum et excommunicatum sine fine cruciandum . unde post mortem a tartareis raptus ministris in profundum pestifere mortis inferni flammigera concludetur in domo . Et ibidem in quandam ollam Uulcani ligatis proitietur menbris que assidue bulliente pice repleta esse testatur Et a talibus frangentibus seu minuentibus intolleratissime atrociterque absque ulla misericordia sentitur . Nisi hoc ante mortem penetentie lamentis emendaverit . Istis terminibus predicta terra circumgyrata esse videtur . ˝is syndon ˇa land gemæro into dydelingtune . Arest on lindune easteweardre to ˇare hina gemære on cheoles burge eastgeat . ˇonon ut on ˇæt westgeat of ˇam westgeate on dydelingdune . of dydelingdune on winburnan . up 7lang winburnan oˇ hore tuninge gemære . 7lang hore tuninge gemæres oˇ stigla pæˇ of stigela paˇe ofer ˇone readan weg ˇæt eft on lindune . 7 ˇa men ˇe on ˇæm londee standeˇ 7 seo mæd liˇ on ige ˇe ˇær to gebyred . Acta est hec prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . DCCCCXLVI . Indictione . IIII . Ego Eadredus rex Anglorum prefatam donationem sub sigillo sancte crucis indeclinabiliter consensi atque roboravi . Ego Eadgifu ejusdem regis mater cum sigillo . . . Ego Odo Dorobernensis ecclesie archiepiscopus ejusdem regis principatum et benivolentiam cum sigillo sancte crucis conclusi . Ego Wulfstanus archons divine servitutis officio mancipatus Eborace civitatis archiepiscopus sigillum sancte crucis impressi . Ego ˝eodred Lundoniensis ecclesie episcopus corroboravi . Ego Ælfheah Wintaniensis ecclesie episcopus testudinem sancte crucis subscripsi et confirmavi . Ego Cenwald episcopus predictum donum consensi . Ego Ælfric episcopus consignavi . Ego Ælfred episcopus confirmavi . Ego Wulfsige episcopus roboravi . Ego Æˇelgar episcopus consensi . Æˇelstan dux . Eadric dux . Aeˇelstan dux . Ealhhelm dux . Aˇelmund dux . Aelfgar dux . Wulfgar dux . Eadmund miles . Aelfstan miles . Wulfric miles . Aelfric miles . Aeˇelsige miles . Aelfsige miles . Wulfric miles . Aeˇelnoˇ miles . Aeˇelgeard miles . Aelfheah miles . Aelfred miles . Aeˇered miles . Wihtgar miles .