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Anglo-Saxon Charters: S 325\n[A.D. 854.] Æthelwulf, king, to (Winchester Cathedral); confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants. English.\n[O]n þæs naman þe on eces lifes bec on heofonan þa awrit þe her on life wel ge cwemaþ ; [I]c Aðvlf kyningc on ðysum ge write ge swutelie be Ciltacumbes fr[e]ulse ðone þe Kynegyls kyningc þe ærest kyninga cristen gewearþ on west Sexan his fulluht fæder Sancte Bir[in]e biscope ge uþe 7 siþþan ælc þæra kyninga þe æfter oðran on west Sexan wæron gefriðodon 7 gefyrðredon þeah þe he ær on gewrite ne stode oð hit to me com þe nu se nygoþa kyningc eom . Eac ic her ge swutelie þæt ic þisne freols æt foran sancte Petre on Rome 7 þam halgan papan Leone swa ge fæstnode swa swa me 7 eallan ðeod scype ge wearþ on Englalande ær ic to Rome fore . þæt wæs þæt mon ælles ðises freolses are æfre for ane hide werian scolde . for þam þe Godes ar æfre freogre beon sceal þonne ænig woruld ar . 7 min sune eac Ælfred þe mid me for 7 þær to kyninge gehalgod wæs þan papan on hand ge sealde þæt he ðisne freols æfre ge fyrþrian wolde . 7 his bearn gif him God ænigra ge uþe to þam ylcan sprittan wolde .\nIc eac beforan þam ylcan papan ealle þa land are þe ic on Angla þeode heafde Gode into halgan stowon for me 7 for ealle þeode geteoðode . 7 on Rome be þes papan fyrþrunge 7 leaue mynster ge worhte . Gode to loue 7 sancta Marian his halgan meder to wyrþmynte . 7 þær Englisce scole ge sette þe æfre nihtes 7 dæges for ure þeode Gode þywian scolde . 7 þa þa ic on eard com . ic on cyððe ealle folce hwæt ic on Rome ge don hæfde . þa þancodon hy þyses Gode 7 me swyþe georne 7 heom eall þis swyþe wel licode . 7 cwædon þat heora þances þis on ecnesse stande .\nNu halsie ic þurh þa halgan þrimnisse 7 sanctus Petrus 7 ealne þane haligdom þe ic on Rome for me 7 for ealne þeodscype ge sohte . þet næfre ne kyningc . ne æþelingc . ne biscop ne ealdorman . ne þegen . ne gerefa hine si'l'fne swa earme for wyrce þæt he þisne freols ge lyttlie þe he swylcre ge wittnesse ge festnod is . buton tweonan se þe hit deð . he abilhd Gode 7 sancte Petre 7 eallæn þam halgan þe on Romes cyrcean restaþ . 7 him seluan ece helle wite unge sæliglice getilaþ . Eac se halga forsædæ papa Leo Godes curs 7 sancte Petres 7 ealra halgena 7 his on þæne ge sette þe þis æfre undo . 7 eac eall þes þeodscype ge on ge hadodan ge on læwedan þæt ylce dyde . þa ic on gean com 7 him þis cyþde .