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Stowe Ch 32
- Record Id:
- 040-001953980
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001953948
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x00028f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165173456.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 32
- Title:
- Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Westminster Abbey; Purchase of Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury (d. 988)
- Scope & Content:
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This charter combines two documents:
King Edgar (r. 959–975) grants to St Peter’s, Westminster, six hides (cassati) at Lohtheres leage (lost, in Hendon, Middlesex), purchased by Archbishop Dunstan (d. 988) from Edgar for 70 gold solidi and previously in the possession of Wulfmær; dated 972, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey; Latin (Sawyer, no. 1450, section two).
Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury purchases for thirty pounds a further three hides at Lotheres leage, previously held by Brihtferth, huntsman, and grants the estate to St Peter’s, Westminster; dated 978; Latin with Old English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1450, section three).
Endorsed in a 15th-century hand, now illegible; and a 16th-century hand, ‘Westminster king Edgar’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Anglo-Saxon Charters
Stowe Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001953948
040-001953980 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ch 1-646 : Stowe Charters
Stowe Ch 32 : Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Westminster Abbey; Purchase of Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury (d. 988) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001953948[0032]/040-001953980
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ch 1-646
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165173456.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0972
- End Date:
- 0999
- Date Range:
- 972-999
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 256 × 292–295 mm.
Script: Anglo-Saxon square minuscule; English vernacular minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex.
Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883.
- 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), nos. 1451, 1450.
Simon Keynes and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/502.html [accessed 5 November 2016; bibliography].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)