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S 1495

s. x/xi. Æthelflæd to St Paul's minster, London; bequest of land at Laver, Essex, and at Cockhampstead, Herts. English

Archive:

London, St Paul's

MSS:

1. London, St Paul's DC., Liber B, f. 20v(s. xiii; lost)

Printed:

Dugdale, St Paul's (rev. edn), Appendix, p. 11; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 186, Transcription of Old English text of the charter; Dugdale, St Paul's, p. 187; Mon. Angl., iii. 303; K, 972

Translated:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 187, Translation of the Old English text of the charter into Modern English

Printed and Translated:

Whitelock, Wills, no. 22 (pp. 66-7); Thorpe, pp. 542-3

Comments:

Whitelock 1968, p. 19 n. 1, spurious; Hart, ECE, no. 37, authentic basis; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 50, Document preserved in the now-lost Liber B, formerly of the St Paul's archive, p. 75, Forged charter with possibly some authentic information to be found, but with obviously spurious witness list and other anachronistic details, p. 81, Discussion of document as showing St Paul's being deffered from assuming possession of property granted to them in the 10th century, p. 96, Grant of land by a little-known figure named Aethelflaed to St Paul's at the close of the 10th century, p. 102, Likely spurious document that reveals a property that was removed from the possession of St Paul's between 1000-1066, p. 187, Discussion of the complicated and uncertain history of the manuscripts in which this charter was preserved and the likelihood that changes were made to it in the intervening centuries; Keynes 1991, p. 80 n. 83, cited, on testatrix; Whitelock 1943, p. 122, on witness-list; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 175-6, authentic, witnesses impossible, but probably supplied by a copyist; Gelling, ECTV, no. 178, citing Whitelock, spurious; HRH, p. 236, ? c. 1004 x 1014, probably basically genuine, though subscriptions are inconsistent

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    • Her swutelað on ðam cwide ðe Egelfled gecweden hæfð, God to lofe 7 hire saule to ðerfe 7 hire hlafordes, þæt is þonne ða feower hida landes æt Lagefare 7 twa hida æt Cochæmstede, þe hy gean for hire saule 7 for hire hlafordes into S. Paules mynstre on Lundene, ðan gebroðran to bigleofan, ðam þe < ðær>; dæghamlice God ðeniað, be ðes cynges fulle geleuen Æðelredes, on ðera manna gewitnesse ðe heora naman her standað, þæt is ðonne Egelnoð arcebiscop 7 Wulfstan arcebiscop 7 Ælfun biscop on Lundene 7 Ælfric abbot 7 Wigard abbot 7 Ælsi abbot on Cowwaforde 7 Ælfere ealdorman 7 Brithnoð ealdorman 7 Ædric ældorman 7 Ælfsige cynges þegn 7 Ufegeat scireman 7 Frena cynges þegn, 7 swa hwilc man swa ðisne cwide awende, sy he Judas gefere ðe urne Drihten belewde en helle wite.
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    • Here it is declared in this document what Æthelflæd has bequeathed for the praise of God and for the benefit of her soul and her lord’s soul: that is the four hides of land at Laver and the two hides at Cockhampstead which she grants for her soul and for her lord’s soul to St Paul’s minster in London for the sustenance of the brethren who daily serve God there; with the full permission of King Æthelred, in the presence of the men whose names are written here: that is, Archbishop Æthelnoth and Archbishop Wulfstan and Ælfhun bishop of London and Abbot Ælfric and Abbot Wigheard and Abbot Ælfsige of Cowwaford and Ealdorman Ælfhere and Ealdorman Brihtnoth and Ealdorman Eadric and Ælfsige the king’s thegn and Wulfgeat the sheriff and Frena the king’s thegn; and whatsoever man alter this bequest may he be a companion of Judas who betrayed our Lord in the torment of Hell.
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    • a Her swutela∂ on ∂am cwide ∂e Egelfled gecweden hæf∂ god to lofe 7 hire saule to ∂erfe 7 hire hlafordes, ˇæt is ˇonne ∂a feower hida landes æt Lagefare 7 twa hida æt Cochæmstede, ˇe hy gean for hire saule 7 for hire hlafordes into S. Paules mynstre on Lundene ∂an gebro∂ran to big-leofan ∂am ˇe ˇær dæghamlice god ∂enia∂ be ∂es cynges fulle geleuen Æ∂elredes on ∂era manna gewitnesse ∂e heora naman her standa∂, ˇæt is ˇonne Egelno∂ arcebiscop 7 Wulfstan arcebiscop 7 Ælfhun biscop on Lundene 7 Ælfric abbot 7 Wigard abbot 7 Ælsi abbot on Coppanforde 7 Ælfere ealdorman 7 Brihtno∂ ealdorman 7 Ædric ældorman 7 Ælfsige cynges ˇegn 7 Ufegeat scireman 7 Frena cynges ˇegn 7 swa hwilc man swa ∂isne cwide awende sy he Iudas gefere ∂e urne drihten belewde en helle pite.