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1. Harley Ch 43 C 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 1
Title:
Confirmation of King Edward of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924) for Bishop Frithestan of Winchester
Scope & Content:
King Edward confirms the grant of Chilcomb, Hampshire, to Bishop Frithestan of Winchester, in return for the bishop’s confirmation to the king of leases for one hundred hides at Downton, Wiltshire, and seventy hides at Beddington, Surrey (with a note that Nursling and Chilbolton, Hampshire, shal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

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2. Harley Ch 43 C 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 2
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Coenwulf, his faithful man
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants four hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, to Coenwulf, his faithful man; dated 961, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 961). Endorsed by the main scribe, ‘þis is þæra feoƿer hyda land boc æt ƿiþiglea þe eadgar cing hæfð gebocod cenulfe’, another hand adding ‘on ece yrfe.’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
961
Extent:

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3. Harley Ch 43 C 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 3
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Æthelflæd, matrona
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants seven hides (mansae) at Chelsworth, Suffolk, to Æthelflæd, matrona; dated 962 (Sawyer, no. 703). Endorsed in an early 12th-century hand, ‘Carta ædgari regis de cherlesworde cuidam æffleade’, continued in a 13th-century hand, ‘que per istam et per propriam cartam reddidit maner...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

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4. Harley Ch 43 C 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 4
Title:
Will of Æthelflæd; Will of Ælfflæd
Scope & Content:
Will of Æthelflæd, including a bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berkshire, to the king; at Damerham, Hampshire, to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary’s, Barking; at Hadh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

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5. Harley Ch 43 C 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 5
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants of ten hides (cassatae) at Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman; dated 966, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 738). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is ðara ·X· hida land boc æt niƿanham þe eadgar cyning gebocode aelfgife his magan on ece yrfe’; and in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

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6. Harley Ch 43 C 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 6
Title:
King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester (d. 984)
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants of three hides (mansae) at Madeley, Staffordshire, to Bishop Æthelwold; dated 975, probably for 974 (Sawyer, no. 801). Endorsed by the main scribe, ‘+ Þis is þara ·iii· hida boc þe eadgar cing gebocode aþelƿolde bisceope on ece yrfe æt madan liege : ⁊’; in a 12th-century hand,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century
Extent:

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7. 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:

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8. 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:
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9. 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:

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10. 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:

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