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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...
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...
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Archbishop Ælfstan of Canterbury (d. 1020)
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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...
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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King Cnut grants his crown and the port of Sandwich to Christ Church, Canterbury; dated 1023. Endorsed in a 14th-century hand, ‘Carta Cnut Regis. De portu sanwichi.’ and ‘Carta Cnuth de Sanwicho’; and in a 15th-century hand, ‘Registra’
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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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...
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Bishop Eadsige (d. 1050)
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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...
Grant of Archbishop Eadsige (d. 1050) to St Augustine’s, Canterbury
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Archbishop Eadsige grants land near Canterbury to St Augustine’s; 1048 × 1050 (Sawyer, no. 1400). Lower portion of a bipartite chirograph, with ‘CYROGRAPHVM’ written along the upper edge. Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Eadsinus archiepiscopus dedit ad ecclesiam sancti augustini .v. acras ex...
Restitution of King Henry I (r. 1100–1135) to Archbishop William and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
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Henry I (r. 1100–1135), King of England, restores to Archbishop William de Corbeuil (b. c. 1070, d. 1136) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) and William I (r. 1066–1087). A bilingual charter ...
Restitution of King Henry II (r. 1154–1189) to Archbishop Theobald and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
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Henry II (r. 1154–1189), King of England, restores to Archbishop Theobald (b. c. 1090, d. 1161) and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands and privileges which they held in the time of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), William I (r. 1066–1087), and Henry I (r. 1100–1135). A bil...
Quitclaim by Margery, daughter of Elias the porter of Burton, to John of Branston and his wife Petronilla of land in Branston
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Quitclaim by Margery, daughter of Elias the porter of Burton, once the wife of Ralph the clerk of Stapenhill [Derbyshire], to John of Branston [Staffordshire] and his wife Petronilla of a bovate of land and a croft in Branston. In return, John gave Margery 4½ marks of silver. Endorsed: in a lat...
