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S 96 ↗ King Æthelbald (S 82-103)
Archive: uncertain (possibly Malmesbury) • Date: A.D. 757 • Period: 8th Century • Kingdom: Mercia
Regest / Summary: Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eanberht, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wilts.) and the tumulus called Reada beorg. Latin.
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Endorsement: Reada beorg

. . . . . . [d]ubitanter conuenit de his q . . . . . . . . . . [c]ommunicando tribuere . m . . . . . . ibus tanto plura cotidie . . . . . . os f . . e ceter . . . a Deo constat accepisse .PROEM

[Quapro]pter ego Æthilbald rex non solum Mercensium . sed etiam in circuitu populorum quibus me divina dispensatio sine meritorum suffragio præesse voluit venerabili servo Dei Eanberhttæ abbati agrum . x . cassatorum in dominium Christi æcclesiæ pro redemptione animæ meæ . et pro expiatione facinorum meorum libenter concedens largiorDISPOSITIVE WORD . est autem terra illa juxta silvam quam dicunt Toccan sceaga . habens in proximo tumulum qui habet nomen Reada beorg . quem etiam agrum cum silvis et prateis et omnibus ad eum pertinentibus commodis supranominato servo Dei . benigno animo concedoDISPOSITIVE WORD , si quis vero hanc donationem violare temptaverit . sciat se in tremendo examine totius mundi Deo universorum judici terribiliter rationem redditurumCURSE .

+ Ego Æthilbald rex propriam donationem pro Christo factam signo sacratissimæ crucis firmabo .
+ Ego Cynulf rex Uuest Saxsorum consensiens et subscribo .
+ Manus Hereuualdi episcopi .
+ Manus Milredi episcopi .
+ Manus Cyneheardi episcopi .
+ Manus Forthere .
+ Manus Heardberhti .
+ Manus Eadbaldi .
+ Manus Eadan .
+ Manus Uuadan .
+ Manus Ealhmundi .
+ Manus Cuutferthi .
+ Manus Ecgfrith .
+ Manus Scillingis .
+ Manus Æt'h'elricis .
+ Manus Eoppan .
+ Manus Uuigferthi .
+ Manus Ealhferthi .
+ Manus Ceardici .
+ Manus . Tyccæan abbatis .
+ Manus Herecan . abbatis .
+ Manus Cyneberhti . abbatis .
+ Manus Bægloci . [a]bbatis .
+ Manus . Ecggan . [a]bbatis .

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Formulas in this Charter 4 Formulas

PROEM →
“. . . . . . [d]ubitanter conuenit de his q . . . . . . . . . . [c]ommunicando tribuere . m . . . . . . ibus tanto plura cotidie . . . . . . os f . . e ceter . . . a Deo constat accepisse .”
DISPOSITIVEWORD →
“concedens largior”
DISPOSITIVEWORD →
“concedo”
CURSE →
“si quis vero hanc donationem violare temptaverit . sciat se in tremendo examine totius mundi Deo universorum judici terribiliter rationem redditurum”

Named Persons & Attestations (PASE) 2 Attestations