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Cotton MS Augustus II 31
- Record Id:
- 040-001102035
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x00016e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165156106.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 31
- Title:
- Grant of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) to the bishopric of Crediton
- Scope & Content:
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King Æthelstan grants privileges to the bishopric of Crediton in return for 60 pounds of silver; dated 933 (Sawyer, no. 421).
Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Libertas totius Cridiensis æclesiæ episcopatus.’; in a 13th-century hand, ‘Libertas totius cridianensis episcopatus concessa eaddulfo episcopo ab adelstano rege pro sexaginta libris pecunie. Anno domini dcccc. \nongentesimo/ tri[cesimo tercio]’; in an early 14th-century hand, ‘Carta Adelstani Regis ecclesie Creditonensi Anno domini Nongentesimo tricesimo tercio. Bene conseruetur. quia fide digna in perpetuum.’; and in a hand of 1608, ‘Ista carta concessa fuit ante conquestum cxxxiii. Antiquitas eius dclxxv. ad hunc annum mdcviii.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Anglo-Saxon Charters
Cotton Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102035 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Augustus II 31 : Grant of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) to the bishopric of Crediton - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0319]/040-001102035
- 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_100165156106.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0975
- End Date:
- 1024
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 210 × 465 mm.
Script: Anglo-Saxon square minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Collegiate church of Holy Cross, Crediton, Devon.
Cathedral church of St Peter, Exeter, Devon.
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/223.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. 28.
Sawyer, P.H., Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 421.
Tite, Colin G.C., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), pp. 102–3.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)