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Cotton Ch VIII 10

Record Id:

040-003367141

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003202582

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100040637513.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100165154838.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Cotton Ch VIII 10

Title:

Grant of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester (d. 1108) to the monks of St Andrew's, Rochester

Scope & Content:

Charter of Gundulf (b. c. 1024, d. 1108), Bishop of Rochester, establishing the gift of St Andrew's, Rochester, with the assent of Anselm (b. 1033/4, d. 1089), Archbishop of Canterbury, and granting to the monks the churches of Wolewic, Darenteford, Suthane, Wilmintune, Chisolherst, Aeilesford [Wollwich, Dartford, Sutton at Hone, Wilmington, Chislehurst, and Aylesford, Kent], Retheresbelf [Rotherfield, Suffolk], Sturmuthe [Stourmouth, Kent], and the altar of St Nicholas in the Cathedral, with rents, from Lamhetha [Lambeth, Surrey]. Dated at Rochester, 20 September 1089; spurious.

Witnessed by Ralph, Abbot of Sees; Ralph, Abbot of Battle; Ordwyn, Prior [of Rochester]; William, Archdeacon of Canterbury; Aschetil, Archdeacon of Rochester; Ralph, clerk; Ansfrid, clerk; Godard, clerk; Godwyn, priest; Ansfrid, Dapifer of Hamo Sheriff [of Kent]; and William de Eyne[s]ford.

Affixed with a red fabric seal.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003202582
040-003367141

Is part of:

Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters

Cotton Ch VIII 10 : Grant of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester (d. 1108) to the monks of St Andrew's, Rochester

Hierarchy:

032-003202582[0047]/040-003367141

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 leaf

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Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1200

End Date:

1299

Date Range:

13th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Condition: Damaged by fire in 1731.

Dimensions: 250 × 555 mm.

Script: Gothic.

Custodial History:

Origin:

England (Rochester).

Provenance:

Cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester, 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.

Publications:

Blair, John, Early Medieval Surrey: Landholding, Church, and Settlement before 1300 (Gloucester: Sutton, 1991), pp. 185, 198.

Brett, M., ‘Forgery at Rochester’, Fälschungen im Mittelalter, IV: Diplomatische Fälschungen (II), MGH Schriften 33.4 (Hannover: Hahn, 1988), p. 405.

Cheney, C.R., English Bishops' Chanceries: 1100–1250 (Manchester: University Press, 1950), p. 94.

Crosby, Everett U., Bishop and Chapter in Twelfth-Century England: A Study of The 'mensa episcopalis' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), p. 201.

Dugdale, William, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. by John Caley, Henry Ellis, and Buckeley Bandinel, 6 in 8 vols (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817–30), I, 175 (Rochester, no. 49).

Regesta regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066-1154: Vol. II: Regesta Henrici primi, 1100-1135, ed. by Charles Johnson and H.A. Cronne (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956), p. 73 (no. 845).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)