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151. 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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152. 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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153. 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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154. 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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155. 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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156. Harley Ch 43 C 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 9
Title:
Grant of King Edward the Confessor (d. 1042–1066) to Old Minster, Winchester
Scope & Content:
King Edward grants land at Bransbury, Hampshire, and at Forde and Hertone saci to Old Minster, Winchester; Latin.; dated 1046, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1016). Endorsed in a 15th century hand, ‘Brandesbury‘, and in a 16th-century hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

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157. 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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158. 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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159. Harley Ch 83 A 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 83 A 1
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821), to Swithnoth, comes
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants one sulung (aratrum) near Chart Sutton, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Swithnoth, comes; dated 814 (Sawyer, no. 173). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ be cert Suiðnoðes boec.’; and in a later hand, ‘tunes boec’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
814
Extent:

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160. 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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