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A.D. 1042 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that his priests in St Pauls's minster shall be entitled to sake and soke within borough and without, and to as good laws as they ever had in the time of any king or any bishop; and they shall not receive into their community any more priests than their estates can bear and they themselves desire. English

Archive:

London, St Paul's

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ee.5.21, f. 97r(s. xv)
2. Cambridge, University Library, Ee.5.21, f. 128r-v(s. xv)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Julius C. VII, f. 198v(s. xvi/xvii)
4. London, British Library, Harley Roll I 1(s. xv)
5. London, British Library, Lansdowne 446, f. 91r(s. xviii)
6. London, British Library, Stowe 666, f. 67v(s. xviii)
7. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 9 Edw. II, m. 2
8. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 12 Edw. III, m. 8
9. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 11-13 Ric. II, m. 22
10. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 5-20 Hen. VI, no. 12
11. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, mm. 15-14
12. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 5, no. 10
13. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 11, no. 9
14. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 16, no. 11
15. London, Public Record Office, DL 42/149, f. 113r(s. xvi/xvii)
16. London, St Paul's DC., A Box 69, verso(s. xiii 2)
17. London, St Paul's DC., W.D., 1, f. 1r(s. xiii med.)
18. London, St Paul's DC., Liber B, f. 21v(s. xiii; lost)
19. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 25 (S.C. 3862), p. 155(s. xvii)
20. Oxford, Exeter College, 137, f. 91r(s. xvii)

Printed:

Gibbs 1939, p. 9; Dugdale, St Paul's (rev. edn), Appendix, p. 14; Dugdale, St Paul's, p. 190, ex MS 18; Kelly, St Paul's, London, pp. 206-207, Transcription of Old English text of the charter; Mon. Angl., iii. 304; Thorpe, p. 416; K, 887

Translated:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 207, Translation of the Old English text of the charter into Modern English

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 54 (p. 242), ex Dugdale

Comments:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 33, Charter revealing the internal dynamics of St Paul's, London, particularly between the canons and the Bishop, p. 44, Writ of Cnut seemingly showing the developing corporate identity of the canons of St Paul's as independent from the bishop of London, p. 48, Document that lends insight into conflict between the Bishop of London and the canons of St Paul's in the late 11th century, p. 50, Discussion of writ as being of critical importance to the community of St Paul's from the Middle Ages on, resulting in much contemorary witness documents for it being created, p. 74, Discussion of the difficulty in ascertaining the authenticity of this writ due to its short length, 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. 192, Writ in the name of Edward the Confessor that is similar to S 945, pp. 207-210, Discussion of this document as being considered the most important part of St Paul's archive in the Middle Ages, the possibility of a now-lost copy being an original of it,; Keynes 1988, p. 216 n. 183; Harmer, Writs, pp. 237-9, 469-70, probably an authentic basis with interpolation; Gelling, ECTV, no. 253, citing Harmer, some tampering, but authentic; Crosby 1994, p. 314; Gibbs 1939, p. xxi