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A.D. 1060 x 1065. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Ealdred judicial and financial rights over his men within the king's own soke as fully and as completely as the archbishop has them in his own lands. Latin

Archive:

York

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 61901, f. 70r(s. xiv ex.)
2. London, British Library, Harley 560, f. 23r(s. xvi/xvii)

Printed:

Farrer, EYC, i. 29 (no. 11); Harmer, Writs, no. 119 (p. 418), ex MS 2; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 224, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter

Comments:

Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 18, Charter from the Beverley archive that is a post-Conquest Latin translation of genuine writ, originally in Old English, p. 184, Writ issued by King Edward the Confessor through which one can gain information about Beverley and its relationship with Archbishop Ealdred of York, p. 192-194, Discussion of the cartularies and manuscripts in which this writ is preserved and their specific characteristics and divergences, p. 217, Charter with similar vocabulary to S 451, p. 224-225, Discussion of writ as likely authentic post-Conquest Latin translation of an Old English pre-Conquest original,, 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. 118 (pp. 113, 130), 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; Harmer, Writs, pp. 413-14, 529, probably authentic