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A.D. 1060 x 1066. Writ of King Edward announcing that he has granted to Ealdred, the 'deacon' of Archbishop Ealdred, the minster at Axminster, Devon, as a pious benefaction for St Peter's minster at York. English

Archive:

York

MSS:

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

Printed:

Councils and Synods, no. 82 (p. 559); Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 159, Transcription of the Old English text of the charter

Translated:

Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 159, Translation from Old English into Modern English of the charter's text

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 120 (p. 419)

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. 160-161, Discussion of writ as likely authentic, the slightly unusual nature of granting property so distant from York, and the insight it provides into Archbishop Ealdred and York as a whole just before the Norman Conquest, p. 222, Charter from the 11th century that shows signs of local production, like S 1067, 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; Hooke 1994, p. 189, cited; Harmer, Writs, pp. 415-18, 529-31, authentic; Councils and Synods, pp. 557-9