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A.D. 1060 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he had granted to Archbishop Ealdred judicial and financial rights over his lands and all his men. English

Archive:

York

MSS:

1. York, DC., Magnum Registrum Album, pt 1, f. 61v(s. xiv)
2. York, DC., Magnum Registrum Album, pt 1, f. 62v(s. xiv)

Printed:

Farrer, EYC, i. 29 (no. 10); Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 157-158, Transcription of the Old English text of the charter; K, 893

Translated:

Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 158, Translation from Old English into Modern English of the charter's text

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 118 (p. 418), ex MS 1

Comments:

Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 16, Charter from the York archive that is deemed to be authentic, p. 71, Discussion of charter's preservation in the 14th century manuscript, the Magnum Registrum Album, p. 79, Discussion of charter's preservation in York, Minster Library and Archives, L 2/1, p. 81, Discussion of charter's preservation in Bodleian, Dodsworth 125, p. 158-159, Discussion of writ as likely authentic copy, albeit in a modernized form, its dating from the final years of Edward the Confessor's reign, and the insight it provides into Ealdred's tenure as archbishop of York, p. 222, Charter from the 11th century that shows signs of local production, like S 1067, p. 224, Charter whose rights seem to have been confirmed and expanded by S 1160, p. 250, Document of Edward the Confessor in favor of a Northern house, suggesting that similar grants existed in favor of Ripon, but have since been lost; Keynes 1986, p. 86, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 136, authentic; Finberg, ECWM, no. 177 (pp. 77, 132), authentic; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 203, Reference to this writ of Edward the Confessor connected to episcopal appointments to explain the mention of the bishop of London in S 978; Keynes 1997, p. 240 n; Hooke 1990, pp. 340-1, cited; Harmer, Writs, pp. 412-13, 529, slightly modernised copy of authentic writ