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Cotton MS Augustus II 8
- Record Id:
- 040-001102012
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x00013f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165156355.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 8
- Title:
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Grant of King Cnut (r. 1016-1035) to Bury St Edmunds Abbey
- Scope & Content:
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King Cnut grants privileges and renders of fish from Welle (Upwell and Outwell), Norfolk, and of eels from Lakenheath, Suffolk, to Bury St Edmunds Abbey; 1021 × 1023, spurious (Sawyer, no. 980).
Endorsed in a 15th- or 16th-century hand, ‘Carta Regis Canuti’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Anglo-Saxon Charters
Cotton Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102012 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Augustus II 8 : Grant of King Cnut (r. 1016-1035) to Bury St Edmunds Abbey - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0296]/040-001102012
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Parchment leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165156355.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1430
- End Date:
- 1470
- Date Range:
- Mid 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 360 × 535 mm.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts, https://bl.uk/manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Keynes, Simon, and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/205.html [accessed 1 November 2016; bibliography].
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. 980 [but not no. 995 as erroneously stated].
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)