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S 1458a

c. A.D. 1000. List of the contributions of men required for manning a ship from estates belonging to the bishopric of London. The places named are: St Osyth, Tillingham, Dunmow, Tolleshunt, Navestock, Essex; Neasden, Middx; Wickham St Paul's, Essex; Tollington, Hungerdown, Bromley (by Bow), Tottenham Court, Clapham (? or Clapton), Middx; Barnes, Surrey; Chiswick, Drayton, Middx; Caddington, Sandon, Herts.; Ceaddingtune; Fulham, Middx; Forthtune (? Fortune Gate in Harlesden, Middx); Stepney, Islington, Middx; Orsett, Laindon, Shopland, (West) Orsett, Belchamp St Paul's, Copford, Holland, Southminster, Clacton, Hadleigh and Codham (Hall in Warley), Essex. English

Archive:

London, St Paul's

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 383(s. xii 1)

Printed:

Liebermann 1900, pp. 23-4; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 192, Transcription of Old English text of the charter; Taylor 1992, pp. 293-4

Translated:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 193, Translation of the Old English text of the charter into Modern English

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 72 (pp. 144-5)

Comments:

PN Middx, pp. 33, 88, 124, 126, 135, 143; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 36, Charter showing the requirement of St Paul's, London to supply a warship's-amount of sailors in c. 1000 as part of defensive military efforts, p. 79, Document which sheds much light on the pre-Conquest history of St Paul's, London, particularly during the 10th and 11th centuries, p. 84, Only extant pre-Conquest document related to the endowment of the bishopric of London, pp. 93-94, Document that, when compared with S 1785 and 1787, shows the growing divisions between episcopal property and property of St Paul's between the 8th and 11th centuries, p. 94, Potential evidence of royal grant of property to St Paul's from c. 950-1000, but with certain difficulties in the text, pp. 97-100, Discussion of this document as likely showing all the properties in the possession of St Paul's and the bishopric of London in c. 1000 and the locations of said properties, p. 169, Document showing some of the property mentioned in S 1793 as belonging to St Paul's by the early 11th century, pp. 193-201, Discussion of charter as relating to the manning of a warship by the London episcopal see, the difficulties of precisely dating it, the insight it provides into the English military at the turn of the 11th century, and the specificities of each estate mentioned in it; Abels 1988, pp. 158-9; Foot 2000, II. 161; Taylor 1992, pp. 292-303, with map; Robertson, Charters, pp. 389-92; Liebermann 1900

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    • [S]cipmen . Of Ticc .iiii. Of Tillingaham .ii. Of Dunmæwan . 7 of Tollesfuntan .i. Of Næsingstoce . 7 of Neosdune .iiii. Of Hinawicun . 7 of Tollandune .ii. Of Gnutungadene . 7 of Bræmbelege .i. Of Þottanheale .i. Of Clopham .ii. Of Bærnun . 7 of Ceswican . i. Of Drægtune .i. Of Caddandune .i. Of Sandune .i. Of Ceaddingtune .i. Of Fullanhamme .v. Of Forþtune .iii. Of Stybbanhyþe . 7 of Gislandune .ii. Of Orseaþun .i. Of Ligeandune .i. Of Seopinglande . 7 of þam westrum Orseaþum .i. Of Bylcham .i. Of Coppanforda 7 Holande .i. Of Suðmynster .v. Of Claccingtune .ii. Of Hæþlege . 7 of Codanham .i.
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    • Seamen: from St Osyth four; from Tillingham two; from Dunmow and from Tolleshunt one; from Navestock and from Neasden four; from Hinawicun and from Tollington two; from Gnutungadene and from Bromley one; from Tottenham [Court] one; from Clapham two; from Barnes and from Chiswick one; from West Drayton one; from Caddington one; from Sandon one; from Ceaddingtune one; from Fulham five; from Forthtune three; from Stepney and from Islington two; from Orsett one; from Laindon one; from Shopland and from ‘western Orsett’ one; from Belchamp [St Paul’s] one; from Copford and Holland one; from Southminster five; from Clacton two; from Hadleigh and from Codanham one.
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    • [S]cipmen . Of Ticc .iiii. Of Tillingaham .ii. Of Dunmæwan . 7 of Tollesfuntan .i. Of Næsingstoce . 7 of Neosdune .iiii. Of Hinawicun . 7 of Tollandune .ii. Of Gnutungadune . 7 of Bræmbelege .i. Of ˝ottanheale .i. Of Clopham .ii. Of Bærnun . 7 of Ceswican .i. Of Drægtune .i. Of Caddandune .i. Of Sandune .i. Of Ceaddingtune .i. Of Fullanhamme .v. Of Forˇtune .iii. Of Stybbanhyˇe . 7 of Gislandune .ii. Of Orseaˇun .i. Of Ligeandune .i. of Seopinglande . 7 of ˇam westrum Orseaˇum .i. Of Bylcham .i. Of Coppanforda 7 Holande .i. Of Su∂mynster .v. Of Claccingtune .ii. Of Hæˇlege . 7 of Codanham .i.:--