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S 148 ↗ King Ecgfrith (S 148-51)
Archive: Worcester • Date: Pre-A.D. 900 • Period: 9th Century • Kingdom: Mercia
Regest / Summary: A.D. 796 (Bath, Somerset). Ecgfrith, king of Mercia, to Æthelmund, his princeps; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Huntena tun. Latin.
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Hvntena tvn.

+ Sæculi namque labentis tempora . sicut umbræ fugientes sic velociter tranant . variæque eventuum status in cogitationes hominum conscendunt .PROEM Qua pro[p]ter ego Ecgfridus rex Merciorum concedoDISPOSITIVE WORD meo fideli principi . iii . cassatos æt Huntena tun Æþelmundo liberaliter ad possidendum . pro ereptione peccaminum meorum . sicut antea Uhtred et Aldred Beornardo concesserunt . Et hoc gestum est in celebri vico qui Saxonice vocatur æt BaðumPROMULGATION PLACE . his testibus consentientibus .

+ Ego Ecgfridus rex hanc meam donationem confirmavi .
+ Ego Brihtricus rex .
+ Ego Aðelhardus archiepiscopus .
+ Ego Heaðored episcopus .
+ Ego Eadulf electus .
+ Ego Forðred abbas .
+ Ego Brorda princeps .
+ Ego Æþelmund .
+ Ego Eadgar .

Marginal Note: Hvntena tvn.

Marginal Note in a Later Hand: H?tona

+ In nomine domini nostri .INVOCATION Ego Ecgfridus Deo donante rex Merciorum . Æðelmundo . meo fideli principe hanc prænominatam terram tres cassatos id est Huntena tun . etiam liberaliter illi omni rei et firmiter ad habendum concedoDISPOSITIVE WORD . Pro ereptione peccaminum meorum et salute animæ meæ . Ac sicut antea Aldred et Uhtred subreguli Huuicciorum Beorhearde concesserunt . Sic iterum plene conscribimus illi cum omnibus utilitatibus quæ ad illius agri cultura rite pertinet . Et hoc gestum est in celebre monasterio quod Saxonice nominatur æt BaðunPROMULGATION PLACE . Et hii testes adfuissent . quorum hic nomina et signa tenentur .

+ Ego Ecgfriðus rex Merciorum hanc meam elemosinam signo crucis Christi confirmabo .
+ Ego Berhtric rex Occidentalium Saxonum signo crucis Christi munio .
+ Ego Æðelheard archiepiscopus consigno et subscribo .
+ Ego Heaðored episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Eaduulf electus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Forðred abbas consensi .
+ Brorda .
+ Æðelmund .
+ Eadgar .

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Formulas in this Charter 6 Formulas

PROEM →
“Sæculi namque labentis tempora . sicut umbræ fugientes sic velociter tranant . variæque eventuum status in cogitationes hominum conscendunt .”
DISPOSITIVEWORD →
“concedo”
PROMULGATIONPLACE →
“in celebri vico qui Saxonice vocatur æt Baðum”
INVOCATION →
“In nomine domini nostri .”
DISPOSITIVEWORD →
“concedo”
PROMULGATIONPLACE →
“in celebre monasterio quod Saxonice nominatur æt Baðun”

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