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71. Cotton MS Augustus II 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 42
Title:
Will of Badanoth Beotting
Scope & Content:
Will of Badanoth Beotting; 845 × 853 (Sawyer, no. 1510). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘.anglice.’ and ‘Testamentum badnoði qui dedit familie ecclesie cristi terram quam habuit de rege. aðeluulfo’; and in a 14th-century hand, ‘Anno D.CCCº.xxxº.viiº’ and ‘xii’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
845-853
Extent:

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72. Cotton MS Augustus II 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 43
Title:
Grant of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) to Brihtric
Scope & Content:
King Eadwig of England grants five hides (cassati) at Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, to Brihtric his minister: dated 956, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 618). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Ðis 'is' ðara .v. hida boc æt Tademær tune ðe Eadƿig cyning gebocaþ Brihtrice on ece yrfe.’; in a 12th-centu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
956
Extent:

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73. Cotton MS Augustus II 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 44
Title:
Grant of King Eadred of England (r. 946-955) to Wulfric
Scope & Content:
King Eadred of England grants 18 hides (mansae) at Welford (Berkshire) to Wulfric in exchange for land at Pendavey in Egloshayle (Cornwall); dated 949, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 552). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘+ Þis is þara .xviii. hida boc æt Ƿelig forda þe Eadred cing geb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
949
Extent:

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74. Cotton MS Augustus II 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 45
Title:
Grant of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) to Edmund
Scope & Content:
King Eadwig of England grants 10 (later altered to 16) hides (cassati) at Annington, Sussex, to Edmund, his optimas: dated 956, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 624). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is þara .x. [altered to .xvi.] hida boc æt Anninga dune þe Eadƿig cing gebocode Eadmunde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
956
Extent:

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75. Cotton MS Augustus II 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 46
Title:
Charter of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons (d. 858)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a charter of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons, concerning a grant of 12 hides (cassati) and a separate hide; with English bounds, dated 21 April 854, Wilton (Sawyer, no. 1862). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘inutile’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

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76. Cotton MS Augustus II 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 48
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred of England (r. 978–1016) to Wulfric, minister
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred of England grants two-and-a-half hides (mansae) in the common land at Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, to Wulfric, minister, forfeited by Æthelsige for theft, granted by the king to Hawase, his man, and now exchanged by Hawase for other land belonging to Wulfric; dated 995; Latin with O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

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77. Cotton MS Augustus II 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 49
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to the monastery at Bury St Edmunds
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward confirming to the monastery at Bury St Edmunds the sokes of the eight-and-a-half hundreds (after the appointment of Baldwin as abbot of Bury); 1065 × 1066 (Sawyer, no. 1084).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

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78. Cotton MS Augustus II 52

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 52
Title:
Grant of Ealhburg and Eadweald to Christ Church, Canterbury; charter of Ealhhere to Christ Church
Scope & Content:
Ealhburg and Eadweald grant an annual food-rent from their estate at Burnan to Christ Church, Canterbury; Ealhhere commands Ealawynn, his daughter, to pay an annual rent from three sulungs at Findlesham, Kent, to Christ Church; c. 850 (Sawyer, no. 1195). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Donum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
? 850
Extent:

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79. Cotton MS Augustus II 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 57
Title:
Grant of King Eadred of England (d. 955) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Eadred grants the minister of Reculver and its lands, estimated at 26 hides (cassati), to Christ Church; dated 949, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 546). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Raculfes boc’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Rex eadredus dedit ecclesie cristi cant’ monasterium de racul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-Early 11th century
Extent:

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80. Cotton MS Augustus II 59

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 59
Title:
Grant of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Ordgar, minister
Scope & Content:
King Edward grants one pertica beneath Elddin (at Illand in North Hill, Cornwall) to Ordgar, minister; dated 1044, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1005). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Ðys is þære anre gyrde landboc beniðan ELDDIN. þe EADǷEARD kyng let gebecean ordgære hys þegene to ecere...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1044
Extent:

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