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191. Harley Ch 43 C 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 7
Title:
Grant of Bishop Æscwig of Dorchester (975×979–1002) to Ælfstan
Scope & Content:
Bishop Æscwig of Dorchester grants five hides (mansae) at Cuxham, Oxfordshire to his man Ælfstan; dated 995 (for 994), with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1379). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Æthelredus rex’, ‘Cuceshamme’, and ‘Ælfstano’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-Early 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

192. Harley Ch 43 C 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 8
Title:
Grant of King Harthacnut of England and Denmark (r. 1040–1042) to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester (d. 1047)
Scope & Content:
King Harthacnut grants one hide (mansa) at Seolescumb (probably Coomb in East Meon, Hampshire) to to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester; dated 1042, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 994). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ þis is þare hide boc to seoles cumbe.’; and in a 16th-century hand [?].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1042
Extent:
Parchment leaf

193. Harley Ch 43 D 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 D 29
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted privileges to his priests at Wolverhampton; spurious (Sawyer, no. 1155).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

194. Harley Ch 43 E 51

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 E 51
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted privileges to his priests at Wolverhampton; spurious (Sawyer, no. 1155).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

195. Harley Ch 83 A 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 83 A 2
Title:
Will of Wulfgeat of Donington
Scope & Content:
Will of Wulfgeat of Donington, Shropshire, including bequests of land at Tardebigge, Worcestershire, as burial-fee (possibly to Donington church); also land at Kilsall, in Shropshire, Evenlode in Gloucestershire, and at Roden, Shropshire, to his wife; land at Donington and Thornbury, Herefordshi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

196. Harley Ch 83 A 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 83 A 3
Title:
Lease of the community at Worcester to Fulder
Scope & Content:
The community at Worcester leases, for three years, land at Luddington, Warwickshire, to Fulder, in return for the three pounds that he had lent; probably from the first half of the 11th century (Sawyer, no. 1421). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Ludinton’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

197. Harley MS 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 8
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Latin grammar and Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary (A-G)
Scope & Content:
Anglo-Saxon Latin grammar of Ælfric of Eynsham, copied from the manuscript in Cambridge University, followed by an Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary (entries A-G). Largely in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes, including the title pages. f. 1: Strip of paper pasted onto flyleaf: ‘This booke with another volum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

198. Harley MS 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 9
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary (H-Y)
Scope & Content:
Second half of Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary. Largely in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes, including the title page. f. 1: Strip of paper pasted onto flyleaf: ‘This booke with another same volume and forme was lent me by my most assured loving friend Mr John Rushworth. Octob[e]r 25 1653. Ita t[e]stor Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

199. Harley MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55
Title:
Anglo-Saxon miscellany including medical remedies and Anglo-Saxon laws by Edgar and Cnut
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of fragments from two different manuscripts. The first fragment (ff. 1r-4v; unit A) probably formed the end of the original manuscript, and includes: Bald, Leechbook, book 2, chapter 59 (ff. 1r-3r); Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975) (ff. 3v-4v); Oswald, archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

200. Harley MS 61

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 61
Title:
Cartulary of Shaftesbury Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–124v: Cartulary of royal and other charters, based on an earlier landboc that was apparently arranged in chronological order, preserved here to some extent, e.g. with pre-conquest documents grouped, some in Old English (ff. 1r–22v), followed by a Middle English schedule of knight’s fees. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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