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S 1065

A.D. 1052 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Abbot Ordric for St Mary's minster at Abingdon judicial and financial rights over his own land. English and Latin versions

Archive:

Abingdon

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. VI, f. 113r(s. xiii in.; both versions)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C. IX, ff. 105-203, f. 132r (s. xii 2; both versions)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lyell 15, f. 32r(s. xiv med.; Latin only)

Printed:

Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 52; Mon. Angl., i. 51-2; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 148; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 464-5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 517 (no. 12); K, 888

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 4 (pp. 131-2), ex MS 2

Comments:

Lambrick and Slade, Abingdon Cartularies, i. 51; Harmer, Writs, pp. 123-5, 428-9, spurious, but may be based on an authentic writ; Keynes 1980, p. 143 n. 210, spurious; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 148, authenticity uncertain; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 225, Writ with similar terminology to S 1160, suggesting the latter's authenticity, p. 374, Analysis of writ in comparison to S 1243 in order to identify what is conventional and what is unusual about the latter; Stenton 1971, p. 499, cited

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    • Eadward king gret his bisceopas et his abbodas 7 his heorlas 7 þeignas þe on þam scyran syndon þe ORDRIC abbud hæfð land inne 7 ic kyþe eow þæt ic hæbbe geunnon him into sancta Mariam mynstre sace 7 socne, toll 7 team, 7 infangeneþeof binnan burgon 7 butan burgon, hamsocne 7 griðbrice 7 foresteal ofer his agen land. And ic nelle nanumen geþafian þæt him ænig þara þinga of anime þe ic him geunnen hæbbe.
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    • C. BL Cotton Claudius C. ix, 132r: copy, s. xii Rubric: Carta regis Eadwardi anglice. D. BL Cotton Claudius B. vi, 113r: copy, s. xiii Rubric: Carta regis Eadwardi anglice. Eadward king gret his bisceopas et his abbodas 7 his heorlas 7 ˇeignas ˇe on ˇam scyran syndon ˇe Ordric abbud hæf∂ land inne 7 ic kyˇe eow ˇæt ic hæbbe geunnon him into sca Mariam mynstre sace 7 socne, toll 7 team, 7 infangeneˇeof binnan burgon 7 butan burgon, hamsocne 7 gri∂bric 7 foresteal ofer his agen land. And ic nelle nanu[m] men geˇafian ˇæt him ænig ˇara ˇinga of anime ˇe ic him geunnen hæbbe.