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A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Brihthelm, bishop (of London); grant of land at Orsett, Essex. Latin

Archive:

London, St Paul's

MSS:

Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 23 (S.C. 3860)(s. xvii)

Printed:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 169, Transcription of Latin text of the charter

Comments:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 31, Evidence of Bishop Brihthelm of St Paul's, London receiving a land grant from King Eadwig, p. 74, Document likely based on authentic material, even if some later changes and adaptations were made, p. 94, Potential evidence of royal grant of property to St Paul's from c. 950-1000, but with certain difficulties in the text, p. 170, Discussion of charter as having been created during Eadwig's reign prior to the division of England between him and Edgar and the location of the property mentioned in the charter

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    • — Brithelemo episcopo .x. cassatos perpetualiter concedo in illo loco ubi ruricolæ appellativo usu ludibundisque vocabulis nomen indiderunt æt Orseaþan. Anno Domini <957>. Ego Eadwig rex Anglorum prefatam donationem cum sigillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi. Ego Edgar eiusdem frater regis fieri celeriter consensi.
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    • — I grant in perpetuity 10 hides to Bishop Beorhthelm in that place where rustics by appellative practice and with sportive words give the name Orsett. In the year of the Lord <957>. I, Eadwig, king of the English, confirmed the aforementioned gift with the sign of the holy cross. I, Edgar, brother of the same king, swiftly agreed that [this] be done.