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1042 x 1044. Writ of King Edward declaring that his men in the gild of English cnihtas are to have their sake and soke within borough and without over their land and over their men, and as good laws as they had in the days of King Edgar and of the king's father and of Cnut. English

Archive:

London, the English Cnihtengild

MSS:

1. Glasgow, University Library, Hunter U. 2.6., f. 149r(s. xv in.)
2. London, Corporation of London Records Office, Letter Book C, f. 134v(s. xv)
3. London, Corporation of London Records Office, Liber Dunthorne, f. 79r(s. xv)

Printed:

Ballard 1913, p. 127; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 216, Transcription of Old English text of the charter; Sharpe 1901, p. 218; Coote 1881, p. 481 n.

Translated:

Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 96-7; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 216, Translation of the Old English text of the charter into Modern English; Douglas and Greenaway, EHD II, no. 273 (p. 1015); Coote 1881, pp. 480-1

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 51 (pp. 234-5), ex MS 1

Comments:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 31, Possible connection between the Cnihtengild of Edgar's reign with earlier gilds under Aethelstan, p. 42, Affermation of the Cnihtengild's rights and privileges in the early years of Edward the Confessor's reign, as he likely sough to gain English allies, p. 50, Document preserved in the cartulary Liber L of St Paul's, London, suggesting importance to the community in the High Middle Ages, p. 74, Discussion of the difficulty in ascertaining the authenticity of this writ due to its short length, p. 209, Reference to this writ as being very similar in style to S 1104, supporting the latter's authenticity, pp. 216-219, Discussion of the little information known about the London Cnihtengild outside of this document, the likely functions of the Cnihtengild, and the likelihood of this writ's authenticity, although this remains controversial; Stenton 1970, pp. 32-3; Brooke 1989, p. 34; Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 96-8, 368, 371, genuine; on port-reeve; Page 1923, pp. 135-6, 154-5; Stenton 1932, p. 135 n. 1; Keynes 1988, p. 216 n. 183; Harmer, Writs, pp. 231-4, 466-8; Douglas and Greenaway, EHD II, p. 1015; Haslam 1988