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91. Cotton MS Augustus II 77

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 77
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of Mercia (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of Mercia grants ten sulungs (aratra) at Bexley, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Archbishop Wulfred; dated 814, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 175). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘to byxlea’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Kenulfus rex Wluredo archiepiscopo bixle .x. aratrorum.’; and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

92. Cotton MS Augustus II 79

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 79
Title:
Grant of Ealdorman Oswulf and his wife Beornthryth to Christ Church, Canterbury; confirmation of Archbishop Wulfred (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
Ealdorman Oswulf and his wife Beornthryth grant 20 sulungs at Stanhamstede, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; c.798 × 810. Confirmation of Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury, establishing an annual food-rent from the estate; 805 × 832 (Sawyer, no. 1188). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Þis i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

93. Cotton MS Augustus II 80

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 80
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) concerning Bury St Edmunds
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward, addressed to his bishops, earls and thegns, declaring that Abbot Leofstan and the brethren of Bury St Edmunds are to have sake and soke over all their own men, both within and without their borough; 1044 × 1065, probably 1044 (Sawyer, no. 1071). Endorsed in a 12th-century h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

94. Cotton MS Augustus II 81

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 81
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) for Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward declaring that, with his permission, Leofsi Duddessunu has given land at Wormley, Hertfordshire, to Westminster Abbey; 1053 × 1066, probably 1057 × 1066 (Sawyer, no. 1134). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Wrmelea’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

95. Cotton MS Augustus II 83

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 83
Title:
Grant of King Eadred of England (d. 955) to Oswig, minister
Scope & Content:
King Eadred grants 20 hides (mansae) at Merstham, Surrey, to Oswig, minister; dated 947, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 528). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘+ Þis is þara tƿentiga hida boc æt mearsætham þe eadred cing gebocode oswige his þegne on ece yrfe.’; and in a 12th-century hand,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
947
Extent:

Parchment leaf

96. Cotton MS Augustus II 84

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 84
Title:
Grant of Thurketel to Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Scope & Content:
Thurketel to Bury St Edmunds; grant of land at Culford, Wordwell and Ixworth, Suffolk; c. 1040, in English (Sawyer, no. 1225). Latin anathema added in the first half of the 13th century: ‘Quicumque hanc cartam þurcecelli ab ecclesia sancti ædmundi alienauerit⸵ anathema sit.’ Endorsed in an 11t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1040-1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

97. Cotton MS Augustus II 85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 85
Title:
Will of Bishop Ælfric of Elmham (d. 1038)
Scope & Content:
Will of Bishop Ælfric (of Elmham), including bequests of land at Worlingworth, Suffolk, and at Hunstanton, Holme, Tichwell and Docking, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmunds; at Grimston, Norfolk, to Leofstan, the dean; and instructions to sell land at Walsingham and Fersfield, Norfolk; also bequests of l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

98. Cotton MS Augustus II 90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 90
Title:
Account of the restoration of Sandwich, Kent, by King Harold of England (d. 1040) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Account of King Harold’s restoration of Sandwich, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, and of a dispute between Christ Church and St Augustine’s, Canterbury, concerning it; 1038 × 1040 (Sawyer, no. 1467). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Sandƿic’; and in another 12th-century hand, ‘Altercatio d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1038-1040
Extent:

Parchment leaf

99. Cotton MS Augustus II 92

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 92
Title:
Grant of Lufu, ancilla dei, to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Lufu, ancilla dei, bequeaths to Christ Church, Canterbury, an annual food-rent from her estate at Mongeham, Kent: 843 × 863 or 843 × 859 (Sawyer, no. 1197). Endorsed by the first scribe: ‘+ Lufe þincg geƿrit’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Luue mulier quedam dedit ecclesie cristi munling\h/am tempor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

100. Cotton MS Caligula A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VII
Title:
Heliand and a charm
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of only two non-fragmentary surviving manuscripts of the poem Heliand, an account of the life of Jesus in Old Saxon epic verse. It ends imperfectly, in the middle of the account of the journey to Emmaus. The volume includes: f. 1: part of a memorandum dated 1371-72 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, Latin, and Saxon, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century - the 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

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