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Cotton MS Augustus II 5

Record Id:

040-001102009

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x00013c

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100165156201.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Cotton MS Augustus II 5

Title:

Grant and confirmation of King Wulfhere of the Mercians (d. 675) to St Peter’s, Medeshamstede

Scope & Content:

King Wulfhere of the Mercians confirms and grants to St Peter’s Minster, Medeshamstede land at Peterborough (Medeshamstede), Thorpe Hall, Dogsthorpe, Eastfield near Peterborough, Newark, Garton End, Eye, Werrington, Gunthorpe, Peakirk, Glinton, Deeping Gate, Peakirk Marsh, Eye Marsh, the hermitage of Singleshole, Castor, Ailsworth, Sutton near Peterborough, Upton near Ailsworth, Milton Park, Barnack, Southorpe, Walcot Hall in Southorpe, Pilsgate, Ufford, Bainton, Ashton in Bainton, Torpel (lost) in Ufford, Thornhaugh, Sibberton Lodge in Thornhaugh, Wansford, Wittering, Wothrope, Burghley near Stamford, Maxey, Lolham Hall in Maxey, Nunton in Maxey, Helpston, Northborough, Etton, Woodcroft Castle in Etton, Paston, Walton, Marholm, Warmington, Oundle, Ashton Wold, Churchfield, Stoke, Benefield, Glapthorn, Cotterstock, Stanwick, Irthlingborough Kettering, Cottingham, East Carleton, Pytchley, Northampton, Northamptonshire; Olney, Buckinghamshire; Hoo and Avery Farm, Kent; Howden, Yorks. ER; Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire; Hrepingas (? Repton, Derbyshire); Cedenac; Swineshead, Linconshire; Heanbirig; Lodeshale; Shifnal, Shropshire; Costesford (? Shropshire), Stretteforde (? Stretford, Shropshire), Wecelleburne, Lusgerde (Lizard Hill, Shropshire); Ethelhuniglonde (? in Kent); Barchanig (Bardney, Linconshire); Langeledenham; Washingborough, Linconshire; Binnington, Yorkshire E.R.; Conisbrough, Yorkshire W.R.; Barnwell, Northamptonshire; Great Easton, Bringhurst, Prestgrave, Leicestershire; Drayton, Northamptonshire; Glaston, Rutland; Langton, Leicestershire; Tinwell, Ingthorpe, Rutland; Collingham, Nottinghamshire; Fiskerton, Reepham, Scotter, Scotterthorpe, Scotton, Northorpe, Yawthorpe, Riseholme, Messingham, Manton, Cleatham, Hibaldstowe, Ravensthorpe, Holme in Bottesford, Risby near Market Rasen, Walcot in Alkborough, Alkborough, Normanby, Althorpe, Lincolnshire; Muskham, Nottinghamshire; Thurlby, Osgodby in Lavington, Walcot near Folkingham, Breidesthorpe (? Bowthorpe), Lincolnshire; Ryhall, Belmesthorpe, Rutland; Manthorpe, Carlton Scroop, Quadring in Holland, Lincolnshire; Fletton, Orton and Alwalton, Huntingdonshire. Dated 664; spurious (Sawyer, no. 68).

Decoration:

Seven-line initial in gold leaf flanked by keys; crosses in gold leaf placed around the margin, with a figure (Wulfhere?) at the head of the page.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Anglo-Saxon Charters
Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001102009

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Augustus II 5 : Grant and confirmation of King Wulfhere of the Mercians (d. 675) to St Peter’s, Medeshamstede

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0293]/040-001102009

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Parchment leaf

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165156201.0x000001

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Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1350

End Date:

1440

Date Range:

2nd half 14th century-Early 15th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 805 × 605 mm.

Script: Gothic textualis.

Custodial History:

Origin: Benedictine abbey of St Peter, St Paul, and St Andrew, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

Provenance:

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton. Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.

Information About Copies:

Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts, https://bl.uk/manuscripts/.

Publications:

Kelly, S.E., ed., Charters of Peterborough Abbey, Anglo-Saxon Charters, 12, 14, 2 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), no. 1A.

Keynes, Simon, and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/203.html [accessed 1 November 2016].

Planta, Joseph, ed., A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Deposited in the British Museum (London: Hansard, 1802), p. 27.

Sawyer, P.H., Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 68.

Tite, Colin G.C., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), pp. 102–03.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)