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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Hedge (Ragheye).' 6. ' Then along the Roedeer (?) Hedge out to the Open Land (F eld)? 7. ' Then south of Thief's Spring.' 8. ' From the Spring along Beaver Bourne to Stone Ford.' 9. ' From Stone Ford to the Old Hedgerow to the Detached Mead.' 10. ' Then on from the Detached Mead along the Way out to the west of the Narrow Enclosure.' 11. ' Then over the Open Land, along the Hedgerow which Alric made, to the Short Grove.' 12. ' Then to the Grove on (to ?) the Western Rise of Land (?) (Swolle or Swelle): 13. ' From the Rise of land to the Dyke.' 14. ' From the Dyke to the Stump of the Elder-tree.' 15. ' From the Stump over Stone Lea to the Old Hedgerow.' 16. 'Then along the Hedgerow again (?) (text •corrupt).' 17. ' Then to the east side of the Down.' 18. ' From (on for of) the Down to the Brook of the Broad Spring to the Stone.' 19. ' From the Stone again to the Rise of Ground (?) (Seswelwe) at . . . (Clinan) Open Country.' 20. ' From the Rise of Ground to the Appletree.' 21. ' From the Appletree to . . . (Trindscathin).'' 22. ' From . . . (Frinscathin) to Holly Dean to Oakford.' 23. ' From the Ford of the Oaktree south to the Stone.' 24. ' From the Stone to the Edge Acres (strips of ploughland on the edge of the land-unit) at (?) of (?) . . . hills (•peginhullis).' 25. ' ? the Pond.' 26. ' From the . . . {To) along the Dyke once more to the . . . (Τα 1 ).' The language of the survey shows it, of course, to be post-Saxon. Attached to that great and important, but very puzzling, charter of Brokenborough (B.921-2) is first a great survey comprising a large area of the lands of Malmesbury monastery, and then by way of appendix a survey of 10 hides at Suttone. This latter contains only six landmarks; but three of these correspond to landmarks in this Langley charter. That makes it clear that this Langley charter either comprises Sutton Benger or abuts on it. The three landmarks from the Sutton charter are : first, a Roedeer Hedge, possibly that of 5 ; secondly, a Boundary Brook, probably that of 2 ; thirdly, a Broad .Spring, almost certainly that of 18. Now whether the present charter be of Kington Langley 1 May represent AS. Ea, ' river.'
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ or of Langley Burrell, there is only one brook which abuts on their boundaries and on those of Sutton, the brook the upper part of which is called Stein Brook, and the lower part Chissell Brook (OM6). It forms the N. by. of Langley Burrell, and the greater part of the S. by. of Kington Langley. But the whole of the E. by. of Langley Burrell is the Avon ; and that river is never mentioned in the survey. Also not a single landmark in the survey corresponds to any landmark in the Hardenhuish survey, B.469, which bounds Langley Burrell on the W. We may, I think, assume confidently the negative fact that the survey is not of Langley Burrell. For the rest, if the broad spring of the two charters be the same, then the Langley survey includes Draycot Cerne, for the Sutton charter clearly shows that this spring and brook refer to that brook which is the N. by. of Sutton Benger, the brook which flows into the Avon from the W. side of Upper Seagry, a stream which the Kington Langley by. does not touch, but the Draycot by. does. But, when it comes to the determination of the landmarks in the charter of Langley, insuperable difficulties arise—for instance, where is the befer burna of 8, along which the by. is said to run. If you turn once more in desperation to Langley Burrell the same difficulty arises with regard to this bourne. The only other recognisable landmark is Peginhullis, which is Peckingell in Langley Burrell. But owing to the corruption of the text it is not possible to say exactly what part it plays in the survey. Charter of the lands of Christian Malford, 4^- m. NE. of Chippenham. B.752. K.384. RD. A.D. 940. Granted by King Eadmund to Dunstan, abbot of Glastonbury. Hides. 20. Name : Cristemalford. Ident. K. Christian Malford, Wilts.; B. Christian Malford, Wilts. The extant copy of the survey is certainly of post-
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