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51. Cotton Ch VIII 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VIII 38
Title:
Will of Wynflæd
Scope & Content:
Will of Wynflæd concerning land at Ebbesborne, Wiltshire; Charlton (probably Horethorne, Somerset); Coleshill, Berkshire; Inggeneshamme (perhaps Inglesham, Wiltshire); Faccombe, Hampshire; Adderbury, Oxfordshire; and at Chinnock, Somerset; the beneficiaries including Shaftesbury and Wilton; text...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

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52. Cotton Ch VIII 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VIII 39
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Wulfflæd
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants land at Aldington, Worcestershire, to Wulfflæd; fragment (Sawyer, no. 1861). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Carta aeuis cenuulf facta Wlfled de aldantune.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

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53. Cotton Ch X 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch X 11
Title:
Grant of Healthegen Scearpa to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Healthegen Scearpa grants land at Saltwood, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; dated 1026 (Sawyer, no. 1221). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Helethe. saltƿude ad uictum monachorum ecclesie cristi.’ and ‘.latine.’; in a 13th-century hand, ‘Land boc haldtheinen serpa. quomodo reddidit sealdwu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

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54. Cotton Ch X 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch X 17
Title:
Confirmation of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) for Old Minster, Winchester
Scope & Content:
King Edward confirms a grant of land at Wargrave, Berkshire, by Ælfgifu Emma, his mother, to Old Minster, Winchester; 1042 × 1065, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1062). Endorsed in a 13th-century hand, ‘Carta sancti edwardi de weregraues.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

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55. Cotton Ch XI 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XI 11
Title:
Grant of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) to the minster of Saints Mary and Peter, Exeter
Scope & Content:
King Æthelstan grants five hides (cassati) at Culmstock, Devon, to the minster of Saints Mary and Peter, Exeter; dated 670 for 924 × 939, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 386). Endorsed in various hands, ‘to Culumstoce’; ‘Regis Æðelstani donatio Qulumstoc’; ‘Carta de Columstoke’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

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56. Cotton Ch XII 76

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 76
Title:
Grant of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester (d. 1047)
Scope & Content:
King Edward grants of six hides (mansae) at Hoddington, Hampshire, to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester; dated 1046, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1013).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

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57. Cotton Ch XVII 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 1
Title:
Remission of King Æthelbald of the Mercians (716–757) to Bishop Ealdwulf (727–739) and St Andrew’s church, Rochester
Scope & Content:
King Æthelbald of the Mercians, to Bishop Ealdwulf and St Andrew’s church, Rochester: remission of the toll due on one ship at London; dated 1 or 24 September 733. With confirmation by Berhtwulf, king of Mercia; dated 844 × 851 at Werburgewic (Sawyer, no. 88). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 9th century
Extent:

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58. Cotton Ch XVII 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 5
Title:
Incomplete forgery of a charter of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
Scope & Content:
Blank diploma with an attached seal of King Edward the Confessor (spurious).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

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59. Cotton MS Augustus II 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 2
Title:
Grant of King Hlothhere of Kent (673–685) to Abbot Beorhtwald (archbishop of Canterbury 692–731) and his monastery
Scope & Content:
King Hlothhere of Kent grants land at Westanæ in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, and at Sturry, Kent, to Abbot Beorhtwald and his monastery; dated May 679, Reculver (Sawyer, no. 8). The earliest surviving single-sheet Anglo-Saxon charter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
679
Extent:

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60. Cotton MS Augustus II 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 3
Title:
Grant of King Æthelbald of the Mercians (d. 757) to Cyneberht, comes
Scope & Content:
King Æthelbald of the Mercians and of the South Angli grants ten hides (cassati) at Ismere by the river Stour and land at Brochyl in Morfe forest, Worcestershire, to Cyneberht, comes, for the construction of a minster: dated 736 (Sawyer, no. 56). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Norð stur.’; a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
736
Extent:

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