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Sloane Ch XXXIV 1
- Record Id:
- 040-003345880
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345879
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035540892.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165172066.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane Ch XXXIV 1
- Title:
- Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)
- Scope & Content:
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Writ of King Edward declaring that he intends to have legal possession of the land at Ickworth, Suffolk (which he possesses for Westminster Abbey), and that it is to be transferred to him as soon as the present writ is read; 1047 × 1065 (Sawyer, no. 1124).
Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Ickilƿurae [?]’; and in a 14th-century hand, ‘Suffolk’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Anglo-Saxon Charters
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345879
040-003345880 - Is part of:
- Sloane Ch : Sloane Charters
Sloane Ch XXXIV 1 : Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345879[0001]/040-003345880
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane Ch
- 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_100165172066.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English, Old
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 200 × 60 mm; seal 70 mm in diameter.
Script: English vernacular minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex.
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.
- 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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Sawyer, P.H., Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 1124.
Keynes, Simon, and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/459.html [accessed 5 November 2016; bibliography].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)