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Cotton Ch VI 2
- Record Id:
- 040-003345844
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035500599.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165154811.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch VI 2
- Title:
- ‘First Charter’ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Westminster Abbey
- Scope & Content:
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King Edward confirms to Westminster Abbey its privileges and lands, comprising (a) 17.5 hides at Westminster, 20 at Hendon, 5 at Hampstead, 12 hides and 1 uirga at Greenford, 8 hides at Hanwell, 8 at Shepperton, 7 at Sunbury, Middlesex; 10 at Aldenham, 4 hides and 1 uirga at Datchworth, 4.5 hides at Watton(-at-Stone), 6.5 at Holwell, Hertfordshire; 2 at Ham, 4 at Wennington, 5 at Kelvedon (?), 4 at Fanton in North Benfleet, Essex; 10 at Morden, Surrey; 2 at Ewell, Kent; 7 at Parham, 3 at Chollington in Eastbourne, 4 at (West) Chiltington, Sussex; (b) Moulsham [granted by Leofcild], Kelvedon Hatch (?) [granted by Æthelric], Maplestead [granted by Wulfwine], Kelvedon, Rayne and Latchingdon [granted by Guthmund), Wanstead [granted by Ælfric], Leyton [granted by Ætsere Swearte], Paglesham [granted by Ingulf], Essex; Lessness, Kent [granted by Ætsere]; Claygate, Surrey [granted by Tostig]; Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire [granted by Ælfwine]; Denham [granted by Wulfstan], a half hide at Amersham and 1 hide at Weedon, Buckinghamshire [granted by Siward]; 2.5 hides at Wormley, Hertfordshire [granted by Leofsige of London]; and (c) grant of land at Launton, Islip, Oxfordshire; Staines, Middlesex; Windsor, Berkshire; Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire; Stevenage, Ashwell, Hertfordshire; Deene, Sudborough, Northamptonshire; Perton, Staffordshire; Rutland [after the death of Queen Edith]; Pershore, Worcestershire; and Deerhurst, Gloucester. Dated 28 December 1066, Westminster, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1043).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Anglo-Saxon Charters
Cotton Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-003345844 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch VI 2 : ‘First Charter’ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Westminster Abbey - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0006]/040-003345844
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Parchment leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165154811.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1149
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: damaged in the Cotton Fire, 1731.
Dimensions: 615 × 460 mm.
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
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/.
Keynes, Simon, ed., Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon Charters, Anglo-Saxon Charters, Supplement 1 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), no. 39.
- Publications:
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Keynes, Simon, and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/346.html [accessed 1 November 2016; bibliography].
Pierquin, H., Recueil général des chartes anglo-saxonnes: Les saxons en Angleterre, 604-1061 (Paris, 1912), pt 6, no. 43 bis [edition].
Sawyer, P.H., Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 1043.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)