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431. Stowe Ch 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 31
Title:
Confirmation of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) for Ely Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar confirms privileges and land at Melbourn and Armingford, Cambridgeshire, and at Northwold, Norfolk, for Ely Abbey, in exchange for 60 hides (cassati) at Harting, Sussex; dated 970, with Latin and English versions (Sawyer, no. 779). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Hęc est carta regi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

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432. Stowe Ch 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 32
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Westminster Abbey; Purchase of Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury (d. 988)
Scope & Content:
This charter combines two documents: King Edgar (r. 959–975) grants to St Peter’s, Westminster, six hides (cassati) at Lohtheres leage (lost, in Hendon, Middlesex), purchased by Archbishop Dunstan (d. 988) from Edgar for 70 gold solidi and previously in the possession of Wulfmær; dated 972, Kin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
972-999
Extent:

1 leaf

433. Stowe Ch 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 33
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred of England (r. 978–1016) to the church of Westminster
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred grants five hides (mansiunculae) at Hampstead, Middlesex, to the church of Westminster; Latin with Old English bounds; dated 986 (Sawyer, no. 1450). Witnessed by King Æthelred; Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury; Oswald, Archbishop of York; and others. Endorsed in a 15th-century h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century
Extent:

1 leaf

434. Stowe Ch 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 34
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred (r. 978–1016) to Bishop Ælfwold of Crediton
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred grants two hides (cassati) at Sandford, Devon, to Bishop Ælfwold; dated 25 July 997, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 890). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘þis is ðara tƿeira hida land boc æt sand forda þe æðelred cinge het gebocian algƿolde bisceope on ece yrfe.’; and in a 13th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
997
Extent:

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435. Stowe Ch 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 35
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred of England (r. 978–1016) to his man, Æthelred
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred grants land in Canterbury and six agri outside the city to his man, Æthelred, for two lives, in return for seven pounds, with reversion to Christ Church; dated 11 July 1003 for 1002, Canterbury, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 905). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, perhaps that o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1002
Extent:

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436. Stowe Ch 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 36
Title:
Will of Ælfhelm
Scope & Content:
Will of Ælfhelm (Polga), including bequests of land at Wratting, Cambridgeshire, to Ely Abbey; at Brickendon, Herts., to Westminster Abbey; at Whepstead, Suffolk, and Walton (perhaps near Felixstowe, Suffolk), to his son Ælfgar; and at Baddow and Burstead, Essex, at Stratford (probably Stratford...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
975-1016
Extent:

1 leaf

437. Stowe Ch 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 37
Title:
Will of Æthelstan Ætheling (d. 1014)
Scope & Content:
Will of Æthelstan Ætheling; dated 1014, probably 25 June (Sawyer, no. 1503). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘¶ ÆÐELSTANES CǷYDE ÆÐELINCGES ÷ \OF OLINGEBVRNE into cristes cerce/ [added subsequently in smaller capitals]’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Elstan etheling filius eðelreð regis dedit eccle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1014
Extent:

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438. Stowe Ch 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 38
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Archbishop Ælfstan of Canterbury (d. 1020)
Scope & Content:
King Cnut, at the request of Queen Ælfgifu (Emma), grants a woodland called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst in Ticehurst), Sussex, to Archbishop Ælfstan (Lyfing); dated 1018, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 950). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘+ Ðis is þæs dennes boc ÆT HÆSELERSCE. þe .CN...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1018
Extent:

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439. Stowe Ch 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 40
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants the reversion of land at Folkestone, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, after the death of his priest, Eadsige; c. 1035, in both Latin and English (Sawyer, no. 981). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Donatio regis cnut. de folkestane. latine et anglice.’; in a 13th-century han...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

440. Stowe Ch 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 41
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Bishop Eadsige (d. 1050)
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants a half sulung (aratrum) at Berwick (Westenhanger), Kent, to Bishop Eadsige; dated 1035, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 974). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘Boc to bereƿican ÷’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Cnuth rex dedit berewike eadsino episcopo’; and in another 12th-cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1035
Extent:

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