MONASTERII DE HYDA;

COMPRISING A

CHRONICLE OF THE AFFAIRS OF ENGLAND, FROM
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SAXONS TO
THE REIGN OF KING CNUT;

AND A

CHARTULARY OF THE ABBEY OF HYDE, IN HAMPSHIRE.

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S

TREASURY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MASTER OF the rolls.

INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

[LEGEND OF ALBINA.-SUMMARY OF ENGLISH HISTORY BEFORE

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xiii

DE REGIBUS ANGLORUM QUI, TERRENUM IMPERIUM RELIN-

QUENTES, AD VITAM MONASTICAM SE TRANSTULERUNT

CHAPTER X.

UNDE SAXONES QUI IN ANGLIA REGNANT TRAXERUNT ORIGINEM

CHAPTER XI.

DE MONARCHIS

CHAPTER XII.

CHRONICA REGIS ADULPHI

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CHAPTER XIII.

CHRONICA REGIS ALFREDI

§ 1. [Descent, education, and early history of Alfred]

§ 2. Epistola Folconis, Rhemensis archiepiscopi ac

Francorum primatis, et Apostolicæ Sedis legati

nati, ad Christianissimum regem Anglorum

Alfredum

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§ 3. [The Mission of Grimbald, and his address to the

Council held in London]

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28

ib.

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31

35

41

§ 4. [Foundation of the University of Oxford.-Alfred's

legislation]

§ 5. [Alfred's encouragement of learning.-His con-

flicts with the Danes. -- Summary of the chief

events of his reign]

§ 6. Testamentum Alfredi Regis incliti, in lingua

Saxonica

§ 7. Explanatio Testamenti Alfredi Regis, de lingua

Saxonica in Anglicam

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52

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57

§ 8. Explanatio Testamenti Regis Alfredi, in lingua

Latina

MOY W!

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$:9 The Family of Alfred.-The Life and Acts of

Elfleda, Lady of the Mercians. - Alfred's

monastic foundations]

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16 Secundum Testamentum Alfredi Regis incliti, in

lingua Saxonica

Explanatio Testamenti Alfredi Regis, de lingua

Saxonica in Anglicam

§ 12. Explanatio Testamenti Regis Alfredi, in lingua

Latina

§ 1. [Conflicts of Edward with the Scots, the Cum-

brians, the Welsh, and the Danes]

§ 2. Propositio principalis causæ quare Novum ædifi-

catum est Monasterium in Wyntonia

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§ 3. Donatio Edwardi primi, filii Alfredi Regis, con-

cessa Novo Monasterio Wyntoniæ, anno regni

sui primo -

[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-Saxon,
Middle English, and Latin]

§ 4. Donatio Regis Edwardi Senioris de villa de Anna,

anno primo regni sui

[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-Saxon,

Middle English, and Latin]

CHAPTER XIV.-cont.

§ 5. Donatio Regis Edwardi Senioris cujusdam por-

tiunculæ terræ apud Mycheldefer, pro recrea-

tione fratrum in refectorio de Hyda ibidem

recreantium, anno regni sui quarto

[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-Saxon,

Middle English, and Latin]

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101

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106

§ 6. Donatio Regis Edwardi Senioris de villa de Co-

lingborne, anno regni sui vicesimo primo

[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-Saxon,
Middle English, and Latin]

§ 7. [Other events in the reign of Edward the Elder.

-Notices of his Family.-His grant of land at

Chisledon. His death] -

CHAPTER XV.

CHRONICLE OF THE REIGN OF KING ATHELSTAN]

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§ 1. [The Wars and Alliances of Athelstan]

§ 2. De bello inter Gwydonem de Warewyk et Col-

§ 3. Notandum de alio mirabili facto Regis Athelstani 123

§ 4. Privilegium Athelstani Regis concessum Novo

Monasterio Wyntoniæ, quod modo Hyda nomi-

natur, anno octavo regni sui

[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-Saxon,

Middle English, and Latin]

§ 5. Donatio Alfredi ministri de villa Stanham Novo
Monasterio Wyntoniæ, quod modo Hyda dicitur
[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-
Saxon, Middle English, and Latin]

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§ 6. Compositio de villa Annæ Abbatis ad Novum

Monasterium Wyntoniæ, tempore Regis Athel-

stani

[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-
Saxon, Middle English, and Latin]

CHAPTER XVI.

[CHRONICLE OF THE REIGN OF KING EDMUND THE ELDER] - 137

§ 1. Donatio villæ de Pevesey, concessa a Rege Ed-

mundo, fratre Regis Athelstani, Novo Monas-

terio Wyntoniæ

[Boundaries of the lands so granted in Anglo-

Saxon, Middle English, and Latin]