Saturday 19 October 2013

A.D. 727 (14 October). Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Abbess Mildrith (of Minster-in-Thanet) and her familia; grant of a half-sulung (aratrum) of land bi Northanwde.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine Domini Dei saluatoris nostri Iesu Christi. Quoniam spes Christianorum hominum his mercedem pollicetur eternam, qui pro intuitu pietatis seruis et ancillis Dei aliquod temporale subsidium misericorditer tribuunt, idcirco ego Eadbertus rex Cantuariorum terram dimidii aratri quam dudum habuit Aescuuald in iregione qui dicitur bi Northanuude, cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus rebus, dedi et do Mildrithe religiose abbatisse et uenerabili familie eius inperpetuum possidendam, a quibus id premium potissimum quero, ut memores mei assidue sint in orationibus suis posterisque eorum precipiant hoc ipsum sedulo agere. Quisquis igitur successorum heredumque meorum hoc tantillum et pietate plenum donum meum integrum inlibatumque esse permiserit, mercedem beniuolentie sue et ipse a Deo, qui largissimus non tantum piorum actuum uerum etiam et uoluntatum bonarum remunerator est, habeat. Si quis uero non permiserit ipse ab eodem Domino, qui iustissimus impiorum et uoluntatum et operum ultor est, uindictam percipiat, nisi preuenerit debitum illius iudicium cum correctione dignissima. Actum pridie idus Octobris, anno ab incarnatione Domini .dccxxvii., indictione .x. Ego Eadbertus rex presentem donationem meam signum hoc sancte crucis scribendo firmaui testesque quorum nomina subter digesta sunt ut subscriberent petii. Anno regni mei tertio. Signum manus Balthardi . Signum Bynnan .

TRANSLATION:

In the name of the Lord God of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Christians hope for eternal promises to reward those who, for piety and women slaves of some temporal support mercifully attribute , therefore I am the king of Kent Eadbert plow than half had been in the Aescuuald iregione called bi Northanuude , with all that belongs to things , I gave and give his family and his venerable abbess Mildrithe religiously ever possess , from whom most of the premium , to ensure that they are in their prayers constantly mindful of my descendants, this order will act carefully . So whoever this is a bit of my heirs , successors and piety full gift my entire inlibatumque be permitted , the goodwill that his reward from God himself , who not only plentiful but also pious acts of wishes and good rewards , it has . If any one shall permit himself should he not go by the same Lord, who is the avenger of the most just of the works of the ungodly, his desires , and the method of vindicating things, unless he preuenerit most worthy of correction of the judgment with the debt of that . Done day before the ides of October , in the year from the incarnation of the Lord. Dccxxvii . , Levy. , X . I present my donation Eadbert the sign of the holy cross this writing witnesses whose names were established under the related thing I subscribe to . In the third year of my reign . Balthardi hand sign . Bynnan sign .

Translation by Google Translate.


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