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Add Ch 28657
- Record Id:
- 032-002159938
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002159938
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000038.0x00034f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140611.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 28657
- Title:
- Confirmation of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) concerning gifts made by Earl Leofric and Godgifu
- Scope & Content:
- King Edward confirms the gifts made by Earl Leofric and Godgifu (Godiva) to Abbot Leofwine and the brethren at Coventry minster; spurious, in English and Latin (Sawyer, no. 1098).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Anglo-Saxon Charters - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002159938", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Ch 28657: Confirmation of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) concerning gifts made by Earl Leofric and Godgifu" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002159938
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002159938
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140611.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1140
- Date Range:
- Early 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 165 x 243 mm.
Script: Protogothic; forged by the same hand as Add Ch 11205.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary the Virgin, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Acquired by the British Museum in 1887.
- Information About Copies:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts, https://bl.uk/manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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P.H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 1098.
Simon Keynes and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/193.html [accessed 1 November 2016; bibliography].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Edward the Confessor, of England, 1042-1066
Leofric, Earl
St Mary's Abbey and Priory, Coventry
Ædsi, Archbishop of Canterbury - Related Material:
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From the Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years MDCCCLXXXII–MDCCCLXXXVII (London: British Museum, 1889), p. 311:
‘CHARTER of Edward the Confessor, notifying to Archbishop Ædsi (ob. 1050) the confirmation to St. Mary's Abbey at Coventry, co. Warwick (founded in 1043), of all grants made to it by Leofric the Earl and Godiva his wife; [1043-1050]. Anglo-saxon.’