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Cotton MS Augustus II 25
- Record Id:
- 040-001102029
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x000168
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165156073.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 25
- Title:
- Diploma of King William I of England (r. 1066–1087), confirming the exemption of Bury St Edmunds from the jurisdiction of Bishop Herfast of Thetford
- Scope & Content:
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Diploma of King William I of England (r. 1066–1087) to Abbot Baldwin (d. c. 1097) and the monks of Bury St Edmund's, confirming the exemption of the church and the vill of St Edmund from the jurisdiction of Bishop Herfast of Thetford (d. 1084) and his successors; the case having been heard and settled by the King with the counsel of his archbishops, bishops, earls, and other knights. A bilingual charter written in Latin, with an Old English translation. Dated 31 May 1081. Spurious.
Witnessed by King William I; Queen Matilda; Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury; Thomas, Archbishop of York; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and many others.
Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, 'PRIVILEGIVM SANCTI EADMVNDI' (a 14th-century hand has inserted 'Abbathie'); in a 14th-century hand, 'd. e. Beri'; in a 14th-century hand, 'Item quando monachi ibi fuerunt primo introducti'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102029 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Augustus II 25 : Diploma of King William I of England (r. 1066–1087), confirming the exemption of Bury St Edmunds from the jurisdiction… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0313]/040-001102029
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165156073.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1075
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: approximately 545 × 415 mm.
Script: English vernacular minuscule.
Binding: British Museum 1959: bound with Cotton MSS Augustus II 5, 11, 20, 33, 54, 58, 61, 63, 103, 111–112, 117–118, 124–125, 136.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England (Bury St Edmunds).
Provenance:
Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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.
- Publications:
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Bates, David, ed., Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum: The Acta of William I (1066-1087)(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998), no. 39.
Davis, H. W. C., ed., Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-1154, I, Regesta Willelmi Conquestoris et Willelmi Rufi 1066-1100 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913), no. 137.
Michael Gullick, ‘Fragments of some Anglo-Saxon service books in Norway and Sweden’, in Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Cultures and Connections, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story with Eleanor Jackson (Dublin: Four Courts, 2021), pp. 188-200 (p. 192 n. 27).
Thomson, Rodney M., The Archives of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Records Society, XXI (Woodbridge: Boydell, 1980), no. 6.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)