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Cotton Ch X 11
- Record Id:
- 040-003345869
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035539798.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165154980.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch X 11
- Title:
- Grant of Healthegen Scearpa to Christ Church, Canterbury
- Scope & Content:
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Healthegen Scearpa grants land at Saltwood, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; dated 1026 (Sawyer, no. 1221).
Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Helethe. saltƿude ad uictum monachorum ecclesie cristi.’ and ‘.latine.’; in a 13th-century hand, ‘Land boc haldtheinen serpa. quomodo reddidit sealdwude ęcclesię cristi cantuarię. quod manerium prius liofflæd dedit eidem ęcclesię.’; in a 13th-century hand, ‘Anno mº.xxviº.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Anglo-Saxon Charters
Cotton Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-003345869 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch X 11 : Grant of Healthegen Scearpa to Christ Church, Canterbury - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0039]/040-003345869
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- 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_100165154980.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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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Dimensions: 93 × 300 mm.
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent.
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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Brooks, N.P., and S.E. Kelly, eds., Charters of Christ Church Canterbury, Anglo-Saxon Charters, 17–18 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), no. 152 [edition and commentary].
Keynes, Simon, and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/376.html [accessed 1 November 2016; bibliography].
Sawyer, P.H., Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 1221.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)