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Add Ch 19793
- Record Id:
- 040-002144575
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002144569
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000345.0x000317
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140482.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 19793
- Title:
- Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ælfwold, minister
- Scope & Content:
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King Edgar grants 15 hides (cassati) at Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, to Ælfwold, minister; 969, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 772).
Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘Ðis is þara .xv. hida land boc. æt æpslea. þe EADGAR cyning. gebocade ælfƿolde his leofan. getreoƿan þegne a on ece yrfe;’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Eadgar rex.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Anglo-Saxon Charters - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002144569
040-002144575 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 19788-22613 : A COLLECTION of 2,826 charters relating to monastic and other lands in England, and ranging from the viith to the…
Add Ch 19793 : Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ælfwold, minister - Hierarchy:
- 032-002144569[0006]/040-002144575
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 19788-22613
- 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_100165140482.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1040
- Date Range:
- Early 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 245 × 359 mm.
Script: Anglo-Caroline minuscule; English vernacular minuscule. The scribe was from Worcester, and also responsible for Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 1671.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary the Virgin, Worcester, Worcestershire.
Provenance:
Christopher Hatton, first Viscount Hatton (bap. 1632, d. 1706), politician. Acquired by the British Museum in 1873.
- 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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P.H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 772.
Simon Keynes and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/183.html [accessed 1 November 2016; bibliography].
DigiPal: Digital Resource and Database of Manuscripts, Palaeography and Diplomatic (London, 2011–14) http://digipal.eu/digipal/manuscripts/352/ [accessed 1 November 2016].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)