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91. 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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92. 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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93. 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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94. 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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95. 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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96. 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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97. 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:

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98. 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:

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99. Harley MS 7513

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7513
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to St Mary’s Abbey, Worcester
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants to St Mary's Abbey, Worcester, privileges for land at Cropthorne, Overbury, Pendock, Worcestershire; Teddington, Gloucestershire; Mitton in Bredon, Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire; Northwick in Blockley, Evenlode, Daylesford, Dorn in Batsford, Icomb, Gloucestershire; Shipston-on-St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

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100. Harley Roll I 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll I 1
Title:
Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413)
Scope & Content:
Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413), 1400. Includes a writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), declaring that his priests in St Paul’s minster shall be entitled to sake and soke within borough and without, and to as good laws as they ever had in the time of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

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