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A.D. 1057 x 1060. Writ of King Edward declaring that the priests of St Æthelberht's, Hereford, are to have their sake and soke over all their men and all their lands as fully and completely as ever they had it. Latin and English versions

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Hereford

MSS:

1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 329, ff. 1-120, f. 104r (s. xv; both versions)

Printed:

Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 51, Latin only; Harmer, Writs, no. 49 (p. 230); Mon. Angl., iii. 181; K, 867; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1212 (no. 2), Latin only

Comments:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 103, Likely authentic writ that demonstrates that, by the mid 11th century, the possessions of the community of St Paul's were distinguishable from those of the bishopric of London and that the two acted independently, p. 210, Reference to charter as possibly providing a parallel scenario to S 1104, in which the local priests expanded their claims to authority when the nearest bishopric was without a holder; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 225, Writ that uses an alternate Latin translation of an Old English phrase than S 1160; Harmer, Writs, pp. 227-9, 465-6, authentic; Crosby 1994, pp. 278-80, authentic, discusses background; Finberg, ECWM, no. 423, authentic