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151. 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:

1 leaf

152. LFC Ch XXI 5

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch XXI 5
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (1003×5–1066) to Archbishop Stigand of Canterbury (d. 1072) and the community at Christ Church
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward granting to Archbishop Stigand and the community at Christ Church judicial and financial rights over their own men and over as many thegns as he has granted them to have; 1052 × 1066, probably 1052 (Sawyer, no. 1088). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Carta edwardi regis de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1052-1066
Extent:

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153. Sloane Ch XXXIV 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane Ch XXXIV 1
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward declaring that he intends to have legal possession of the land at Ickworth, Suffolk (which he possesses for Westminster Abbey), and that it is to be transferred to him as soon as the present writ is read; 1047 × 1065 (Sawyer, no. 1124). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Icki...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

1 leaf

154. Stowe Ch 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 1
Title:
Grant of King Wihtred of Kent (d. 725) to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge
Scope & Content:
King Wihtred of Kent grants 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun, Kent, to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge; dated July 697 or 712 (Sawyer, no. 19). Endorsed in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘ðæs landes boc æt berƿicum’; in another 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘nunc ƿigelmignctun’; in another 10th- or 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
697-712
Extent:

Parchment leaf

155. Stowe Ch 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 2
Title:
Grant of King Wihtred of Kent (d. 725) to the churches and monasteries of Kent
Scope & Content:
King Wihtred of Kent grants privileges and immunity to the churches and monasteries of Kent, with specific prohibition of lay domination over St Peter’s at Upmynster, Reculver, Minster-in-Thanet, Dover, Folkestone, Lyminge, Minster-in-Sheppey and Hoo; dated 699 × 716, Bapchild, Kent. With confir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

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156. Stowe Ch 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 3
Title:
Grant of King Eardwulf of Kent (d. in or before 762) to Abbot Heaberht and the familia of Reculver minster
Scope & Content:
King Eardwulf of Kent grants one sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent, to Abbot Heaberht and the familia of Reculver minster; dated 748 × 762 (Sawyer, no. 31). Endorsed in an 8th-century hand, ‘[Per]hamstede’; in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘Perstede’; in a 12th-century ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 8th century
Extent:

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157. Stowe Ch 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 4
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the English (d. 796) to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury (d. 792)
Scope & Content:
King Offa of the English grants three sulungs (aratra) at Lydd, Kent, to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury; dated 774 (Sawyer, no. 111). Endorsed in a hand of the 2nd half of the 10th century, ‘to hlidum’, repeated by a slightly later hand; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Offa rex. dedit Iamberto. arc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

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158. Stowe Ch 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 5
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (d. 796) to Ealdbeorht, minister, and Selethryth, his sister
Scope & Content:
King Offa of the Mercians grants 14 sulungs (aratra) at Ickham and Palmstead (in Hardres), Kent, to Ealdbeorht, minister, and Selethryth, his sister, with swine-pastures in the Weald, and in Blean Forest a fishery and rights to gather wood for timber and fuel; dated 785, Chelsea, Middlesex (Sawy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 8th century-1st half 9th century
Extent:

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159. Stowe Ch 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 6
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (d. 796) to Ealdberht, minister, and his sister, Abbess Selethryth
Scope & Content:
King Offa of the Mercians grants to Ealdberht, minister, and his sister, Abbess Selethryth, 15 sulungs (aratra) at Ickham, Palmstead and Ruckinge, Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald, in Buckholt and Blean Forest, wood-gathering privileges in Harres, Buckholt and Blean, the urban tenement (ui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

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160. Stowe Ch 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 7
Title:
Restitution of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians restores 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, ten at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Great Chart) and four at Humbing lond in Barham, Kent, previously seized and redistributed by King Offa, to the metropolitan church of the Saviour [Christ Church], Canterbury; dated 79...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 8th century-Early 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf