PROVISIONAL LIST OF PAPAL LETTERS AND PRIVILEGES
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The age of the conversion
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Letter of Pope Gregory I (590-604) to Æthelberht, king 'of
the English'.
Text: Bede, HE i.32.
Translation: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, ed. Colgrave and
Mynors, pp. 111-15.
References: Jaffé 1827
Comment:
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Letter of Pope Gregory I (590-604) to Queen Bertha, wife of King
Æthelberht.
Text:
Translation:
References: Jaffé 1825
Comment:
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A.D. 611 (27 Feb.). *Bull of Pope Boniface IV
(608-15), addressed to Æthelberht, king 'of the English',
granting privileges to St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury.
Text: BCS 11.
References: Jaffé 1998
Comment: Knowles, p. 576, n. 1; Anton, p. 170; Kelly, St
Augustine's, p. lxiv.
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Bull of Pope Deusdedit (615-18) for St Augustine's abbey,
Canterbury.
Text:
References: <Jaffé 2104>
Comment: Knowles, p. 576.
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Letter of Pope Boniface V (619-25) to Justus, archbishop of
Canterbury.
Text: Bede, HE ii.8
Translation: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, ed. Colgrave and
Mynors, pp. 000-00.
References: Jaffé 2006
Comment:
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Letter of Pope Boniface V (619-25) to Edwin, king of the
Northumbrians.
Text: Bede, HE ii.10
Translation: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, ed. Colgrave and
Mynors, pp. 000-00.
References: Jaffé 2008
Comment:
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Letter of Pope Boniface V (619-25) to Queen Æthelburh, wife of
King Edwin.
Text: Bede, HE ii.11
Translation: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, ed. Colgrave and
Mynors, pp. 000-00.
References: Jaffé 2009
Comment:
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Letter of Pope Honorius I (625-38) to King Edwin, king of the
Northumbrians.
Text: Bede, HE ii.17.
Translation: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, ed. Colgrave and
Mynors, pp. 000-00.
References: Jaffé 2019
Comment:
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Letter of Pope Honorius I (625-38) to Honorius, archbishop of
Canterbury, on journeys to Rome for the pallium.
Text: Bede, HE ii.18.
Translation: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, ed. Colgrave and
Mynors, pp. 000-00.
References: Jaffé 2020
Comment: Anton, p. 170
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Letter of Pope Vitalian (657-72) to Oswiu, king of the
Northumbrians.
Text: Bede, HE iii.29.
Translation: Bede's Ecclesiastical History, ed. Colgrave and
Mynors, pp. 000-00.
References: Jaffé 2089
Comment:
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A.D. 673 (23 Dec.). Bull of Pope Adeodatus II
(672-6), addressed to Adrian, abbot of St Peter's abbey,
Canterbury.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury.
Text: BCS 31.
References: Jaffé 2104
Comment: Anton, p. 170; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. lxiv.
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A.D. 675 (15 May). Bull of Pope Agatho (678-81),
addressed to Adrian, abbot of the monastery of SS Peter and Paul,
Canterbury.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury.
Text: BCS 38.
References: <Jaffé 2105a>
Comment: Levison, pp. 25-6, 189; Knowles, p. 576; Anton, p. 170;
Kelly, St Augustine's, p. lxiv.
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A.D. 679. Bull of Pope Agatho (678-81) for
Benedict Biscop, in respect of Wearmouth.
Source: Bede, HA, ch. 6; Bede, HE iv.18.
References: Jaffé 2106
Comment: Knowles, p. 576; Levison, p. 24; Anton, p. 170.
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A.D. 680. Bull of Pope Agatho (678-81) for
Medeshamstede [Peterborough]. Latin and OE versions.
Text: Haddan and Stubbs, iii.153-60; BCS 48 (Latin) and 49 (OE)
References: Jaffé 2111
Comment: Anton, p. 170.
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A.D. 680. Bull of Pope Agatho (678-81) for Bishop
Wilfrid, in respect of Ripon and Hexham.
Source: Stephen of Ripon, Vita S. Wilfridi, chs. 45, 47, 51.
References: Jaffé 2112
Comment: Levison, pp. 24-5; Anton, p. 170.
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A.D. 678x681. Bull of Pope Agatho (678-81) for St
Paul's, London.
Text: Haddan and Stubbs, iii.161; BCS 55.
References: Jaffé 2114
Comment: Anton, p. 170.
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A.D. 678x681. Bull of Pope Agatho (678-81) to
Bishop Eorcenwald, for Chertsey abbey.
Text: Haddan and Stubbs, iii.161-4; BCS 56.
References: Jaffé 2115.
Comment: Knowles, p. 576; Levison, p. 26, n. 2, forgery; Anton, p.
170.
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A.D. ?700. Bull of Pope Sergius I (687-701) to
Abbot Aldhelm, for Malmesbury abbey and Frome abbey. Latin and OE
versions.
Text: BCS 105-6; WM, GP, pp. 367, 371.
References: Jaffé 2140
Comment: Knowles, p. 576; EHD, p. 622; Anton, p. 171.
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A.D. ?700. Letter of Pope Sergius I (687-701) to
Abbot Ceolfrith, for Wearmouth and Jarrow.
Text: Haddan and Stubbs, iii.248-50.
Translation:
References: Jaffé 2138
Comment: Levison, p. 24; EHD, p. 622.
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A.D. ?700. Bull of Pope Sergius I (687-701) for
Wearmouth.
Source: Bede, HA, ch. 15.
References: Jaffé 2139
Comment: Anton, pp. 170-1.
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A.D. 704. Letter of Pope John VI (701-5).
Source: Stephen, Vita S. Wilfridi, ch. 52.
References: Jaffé 2142
Comment:
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A.D. 709. Letter of Pope Constantine I (708-15)
to Archbishop Brihtwold, concerning the vision of Bishop Ecgwine,
etc.
Archive: Evesham.
MS: Lost; script-facsimile in Sir Christopher Hatton's 'Book of
Seals', no. 440 [photocopy in file]
Text: BCS 126.
References: Jaffé 2147
Comment: Knowles, p. 576.
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A.D. 713. Bull of Pope Constantine I (708-15) for
the monasteries of Bermondsey and Woking, at the request of
Hædda, abbot and priest.
Archive: Peterborough.
Text: Haddan & Stubbs iii.276-8; BCS 133.
References: Jaffé 2148
Comment: Knowles, p. 576, n. 3; Levison, p. 26, n. 2; EHD, p. 622;
Anton, p. 171; Keynes, Councils of Clofesho, pp. 42-3.
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A.D. 713. Letter of Pope Constantine I (708-15)
to Archbishop Brihtwold, for Evesham abbey.
Archive: Evesham.
Text: BCS 129.
References: Jaffé 2149
Comment: Knowles, p. 576; Levison, p. 26, n. 2, forgery; Anton, p.
171.
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A.D. 716 (24 Sept.). Letter of Pope Gregory II
(715-31) to Abbot Hwætberht of Wearmouth and Jarrow.
Text: see Bede, HA, ch. 00.
References: Jaffé 2156
Comment:
The age of the Mercian supremacy
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A.D. 757-8. Letter of Pope Paul I (757-67) to
Eadberht, king of Northumbria, and his brother Egbert, archbishop of
York.
MSS: BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, fol. 00; BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv,
fol. 00.
Text: Wilkins, Concilia i.144 (ex MS. penes Ussher); BCS 184;
Haddan & Stubbs iii.394-6.
Translation: EHD I, no. 184.
References: Jaffé 2337
Comment: EHD I, p. 622.
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A.D. ?785. Letter of Pope Hadrian I (772-95) to Charlemagne,
concerning the rumour that Offa and Charlemagne were plotting to
depose the pope.
Text: <Codex Carolinus>
Translation: H. R. Loyn and J. Percival, The Reign of
Charlemagne (London, 1975), pp. 132-4.
References: Jaffé 2476
Comment: EHD I, p. 621.
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A.D. 786. Report of the legates to Pope Hadrian I (772-95).
MS: [Wolfenbüttel], Cod. Guelferbit. Helmstad. MS. 454 (s. x),
fols. 113-27 [photocopy in file]
Text: Magdeburg Centuriators, cent. viii, p. 575 (incomplete), whence
reptd by Spelman, Wilkins, Mansi, Haddan and Stubbs iii.447, BCS 250,
etc.; Alcuini Epistolae, ed. Dümmler, no. 3
Translation: EHD I, no. 191.
References: Jaffé 2455
Comment:
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A.D. 772 x 795. Bull of Pope
Hadrian I (772-95) for King Offa, his wife Cynethryth, and their
offspring, granting possession of monasteries which Offa had founded
or acquired, and which were consecrated in honour of St Peter.
MSS: <Liber Diurnus, no. 93>
Text:
Translation:
References:
Comment: Levison, pp. 29-30; EHD I, p. 621; Brooks, Church of
Canterbury, p. 184.
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A.D. 798. Letter of Pope Leo III (795-816) to
Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, and bishops and ealdormen, concerning
King Offa and the archbishopric of Lichfield.
MS: BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, fol. 00.
Text: BCS 288; Dümmler no. 127; Haddan & Stubbs
iii.523-5.
Translation: EHD I, no. 205.
References: Jaffé 2494
Comment:
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A.D. 798 (8 Mar.). Bull of Pope Leo III (795-816)
to Cynehelm, in respect of Glastonbury abbey.
Text: BCS 284; WM, DeAntGlast, chs. 49-50.
References: Jaffé 2497
Comment: Levison, pp. 32, 251; EHD I, p. 622; Lunt, p. 89, n. 1;
Scott, p. 200, n. 100; Abrams, Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury, p.
336. See also S 152 (confirmation by King Cenwulf).
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A.D. ?801. Bull of Pope Leo III (795-816), issued
at the request of King Coenwulf, in respect of a church at Culham,
Oxon., for the benefit of his sisters, with reversion to Abingdon
abbey.
Source: Chron. Abingdon, ed. Stevenson, i.20.
References: Jaffé 2505
Comment:
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A.D. ?801. Bull of Pope Leo III (795-816)
confirming Culham, Oxon, to Abingdon abbey.
Source: Chron. Abingdon, ed. Stevenson, i.20-1.
References: Jaffé 2506
Comment:
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A.D. ?801. Letter of Pope Leo III (795-816) to
King Coenwulf, urging him to confirm the grant of Culham to Abingdon
abbey.
Source: Chron. Abingdon, ed. Stevenson, i.21.
References: Jaffé 2507
Comment:
Cf. S 166 (spurious charter of King Coenwulf for Abbot Rethun and
Abingdon abbey, 811). Cf. S 183 (spurious charter of King Coenwulf
for Abingdon abbey, 821); S 184 (spurious charter of King Coenwulf,
granting Culham to Abingdon abbey, 821).
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A.D. ?801. Bull of Pope Leo III (795-816) for
Abbot Rethun and Abingdon abbey.
Source: Chron. Abingdon, ed. Stevenson, i.21-3.
References: Jaffé 2508
Comment: There is an allusion to Pope Leo's privilege for Abbot
Rethun in S 876 (King Æthelred for Abingdon abbey, 993). See
also S 460 (King Edmund for Ælfhild, 940) and 1567 (bounds of
Culham).
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A.D. 802 (18 Jan.). Letter of Pope Leo III
(795-816) to Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, establishing
the rights of the archbishopric of Canterbury.
MS: <WM, GP.>
Text: WM, GP, pp. 57-9; BCS 305; Haddan & Stubbs iii.536-7.
Translation: EHD I, no. 209.
References: Jaffé 2510
Comment:
A.D. 803. Council of Clofesho. Archbishop Æthelheard had a brace of papal privileges.
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A.D. 808. Letter of Pope Leo III (795-816) to Charlemagne, alluding
to Archbishop Eanbald, King Coenwulf, and Archbishop Wulfred.
Text: Haddan and Stubbs, pp. 562-4.
Translation:
References: Jaffé 2516
Comment: EHD I, p. 621.
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A.D. 808. Letter of Pope Leo III (795-816) to Charlemagne, with
reference to the legate Aldulf.
Text: Haddan and Stubbs, pp. 565-6.
Translation:
References: Jaffé 2517
Comment: EHD I, p. 621.
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A.D. 811. Bull of Pope Leo III (795-816) for King
Coenwulf and his heirs, in respect of the monastery where he would be
buried [Winchcombe], and other monasteries 'in insula Saxonia'
Archive: Winchcombe.
Text: Liber Diurnus, no. 86; BCS 337; Holtzmann, iii.124-5 (no.
1).
References:
Comment: Levison, pp. 31-2.
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A.D. 817/818. Letter of Pope Paschal I (817-24),
to King Coenwulf, concerning the king's monasteries and
possessions.
Archive: Winchcombe.
Text: BCS 363; Holtzmann iii.126-7 (no. 2).
References:
Comment: Levison, p. 30; EHD I, p. 622 n. 5.
The age of Æthelwulf, Alfred, and Edward the Elder
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A.D. 853. Letter of Pope Leo IV (847-55) to
Æthelwulf, king 'of the English', concerning his reception of
Æthelwulf's son Alfred in Rome.
MS: BL Add. 8873 ('Collectio Britannica'), fol. 168r (extract), in
section 'ex registro Leonis .iiii.' [photocopy in file]
Text: MGH Ep. Karol. Aevi iii.602.
Translation: EHD I, no. 219.
References:
Comment: Nelson, 'The Problem of King Alfred's Royal Anointing'; etc.
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A.D. 000. Letter of Pope Leo IV (847-55) to
Ceolnoth, archbishop of Canterbury, and Berhtwulf, king of the
Mercians.
MS: BL Add. 8873 ('Collectio Britannica'), fol. 00 (extract)
Text:
Translation:
References:
Comment: Whitelock, in EHD I, p. 880.
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A.D. 873 x 874. Letter of Pope John VIII (872-82)
to Burgred, king of the Mercians, on the sin of fornication, 'for
which you suffer such adversities'.
MS: BL Add. 8873 ('Collectio Britannica'), fol. 128v (extract).
Text: BCS 21; MGH Ep. Karol. Aevi v.293; Councils & Synods
I.i, pp. 1-2 (no. 1).
Translation: EHD I, no. 220.
References: Jaffé 2993
Comment: Levison, p. 41, n. 3.
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A.D. 873 x 875. Letter of Pope John VIII (872-82)
to Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury, and Wulfhere [sic],
archbishop of York, and all the bishops, priests, deacons, and
clergy, in England.
Text: BCS 119; Haddan & Stubbs iii.264; MGH Ep. Karol. Aevi
v.293-4; Councils & Synods I.i, pp. 2-3 (no. 2).
Translation: EHD I, no. 221.
References: Jaffé 2995
Comment: Levison, p. 41, n. 3; EHD I, p. 621; Brooks, Church of
Canterbury, p. 149.
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A.D. 877 x 878. Letter of Pope John VIII (872-82)
to Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury, urging him to resist the
king.
Text: MGH Ep. Karol. Aevi v.71-3; Councils & Synods I.i,
pp. 3-6 (no. 3).
Translation: EHD I, no. 222.
References: Jaffé 3125
Comment: EHD I, pp. 621, 622; Brooks, Church of Canterbury,
pp. 149-50.
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Letter of Pope Formosus (891-6) to the bishops of England.
Text: BCS 573; WM, GP, pp. 59-61; Councils & Synods I.i,
pp. 35-8 (no. 8).
Translation: EHD I, no. 227.
References: Jaffé 3506
Comment:
England in the tenth century
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A.D. 956 (22 Apr.). *Letter of Pope John XII
(955-64) to King Eadred, granting privileges to St Augustine's abbey,
Canterbury.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury.
Text: BCS 915; Zimmermann i.258-9.
References: Jaffé 3678; Zimmermann 142.
Comment: Levison, pp. 195-8; Knowles, p. 578, n. 2; Kelly, St
Augustine's, p. lxiv.
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A.D. 956 (22 Apr.). *Letter of Pope John XII (955-64) to King Eadred
and Archbishop Odo, granting privileges to St Augustine's abbey,
Canterbury.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury.
Text: BCS 916; Zimmermann i.259-61.
References: Jaffé 3679; Zimmermann 143.
Comment: Levison, p. 198; Knowles, p. 578, n. 2; Kelly, St
Augustine's, p. lxiv.
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A.D. 960 (21 Sept.). Privilege of Pope John XII (955-64),
accompanying the grant of a pallium to Archbishop Dunstan.
MS: Paris, BN ms lat. 943 (Sherborne Pontifical), fols. 7-8.
Text: BCS 1069; Councils & Synods I.i, pp. 88-92 (no.
25).
References: Jaffé 3687.
Comment: EHD I, p. 622. See also the letter of protest to the pope
(?1020), in Councils & Synods I.i, pp. 441-7 (no. 61).
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A.D. 963 [or 971]. Letter of Pope John XII (955-64) granting
permission for the ejection of secular canons from the Old Minster,
Winchester.
Archive: Old Minster, Winchester.
Text: BCS 1275; Councils and Synods I.i, pp. 109-13 (no. 29);
Zimmermann i.416-18.
References: Jaffé 3753; Zimmermann 212.
Comment: EHD I, pp. 621-2.
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A.D. 967 (24 Jan.). *Letter of Pope John XIII
(965-72) to King Edgar, granting privileges to St Peter's abbey,
Westminster.
Archive: Westminster.
Text: <>, incorporated in S 774 (charter of King Edgar for St
Peter's, Thorney, i.e. Westminster abbey); Zimmermann i.340-1.
References: Jaffé 3712; Zimmermann 174.
Comment:
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A.D. 971. *Bull of Pope John XIII (965-72) for
Glastonbury abbey, at the request of King Edgar and Archbishop
Dunstan.
Text: WM, DAntGlast, ch. 61; WM, GR, pp. 168-9; Zimmermann
i.414-16.
References: Jaffé 3751; Zimmermann 211.
Comment: Lunt, p. 89, n. 1; Carley, p. 383; Scott, pp. 203-4.
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A.D. 983 (?). Letter of Pope John XIV (983-4) or
XV (985-96) to Ealdorman Ælfric.
MS: BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, fol. 00.
Text: Stubbs, Memorials, pp. 396-7; BCS 1273; Councils
& Synods I.i, pp. 173-4 (no. 36). See also BCS 1274, from
Glastonbury. Zimmermann i.550-1.
Translation: EHD I, no. 231.
References: Jaffé 3752; Zimmermann 282.
Comment:
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A.D. 991 (1 Mar.). Letter of Pope John XV
(985-96), concerning a peace established between King Æthelred
and Richard I, duke of Normandy.
MS: BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, fol. 172v; WM, GR.
Text: Stubbs, Memorials, pp. 397-8; WM, GR i.191-3;
Councils & Synods I.i, pp. 177-9 (no. 38); Zimmermann
i.595-7.
Translation: EHD I, no. 230.
References: Jaffé 3840; Zimmermann 307.
Comment:
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A.D. 997 x 999. Letter of Pope Gregory V (996-9)
to Ælfric, 'bishop of the Anglo-Saxons' (archbishop of
Canterbury).
MS: Copenhagen <>.
Text: Zimmermann ii.666-7.
References: Zimmermann 342
Comment:
England in the eleventh century
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A.D. 1003 x 1009. Letter of Pope John XVIII
(1003-9) to a bishop in England.
MS: Copenhagen <>.
Text: Zimmermann ii.778-9.
References: Zimmermann 409
Comment:
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A.D. 1003 x 1009. Letter of Pope John XVIII
(1003-9) to Wulfstan, archbishop of York.
MS: Copenhagen <>.
Text: Zimmermann ii.779
References: Zimmermann 410
Comment:
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A.D. 1024 x 1032. Letter of Pope John XIX
(1024-32) to an archbishop in England.
MS: CCCC 265, pp. 112-13.
Text: Zimmermann ii.1043-4.
References: Zimmermann 550
Comment:
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A.D. 1049. Vernacular account of proceedings at
the Council of Rheims, under Pope Leo IX (1049-54), preserved in the
royal treasury, under Hugelin cubicularius.
Source: Liber Benefactorum, ch. 103 (ed. Macray, p. 170-1).
References: Jaffé 0000
Comment:
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A.D. 1049. Bull of Pope Leo IX (1049-54) for
Abbot Ælfwine and Ramsey abbey, obtained by him at the Council
of Rheims.
Source: Liber Benefactorum, ch. 104 (ed. Macray, p. 171).
References: Jaffé 0000
Comment:
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A.D. 1050. Letter of Pope Leo IX (1049-54) to
King Edward the Confessor, on the transfer of the see from Crediton
to Exeter.
Text: Councils & Synods I.i, pp. 524-5 (no. 70).
References: Jaffé 4208
Comment:
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A.D. 0000. Penitential letter from Pope Leo IX (1049-54).
Text:
References:
Comment: EHD I, p. 622.
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A.D. 1055 x 1057. Bull of Pope Victor II (1055-7)
addressed to King Edward the Confessor, for Chertsey abbey.
Text: Holtzmann i.221; Councils & Synods I.i, pp. 543-4
(no. 74)
Translation: EHD II, no. 74.
References: Jaffé 0000
Comment:
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A.D. 1055 x 1057. Bull of Pope Victor II (1055-7)
addressed to King Edward the Confessor, for Ely abbey.
Text: Liber Eliensis ii.93; Councils & Synods I.i, pp.
544-5 (no. 75)
References: Jaffé 0000
Comment:
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A.D. 1055 x 1057. Bull of Pope Victor II (1055-7)
to Godiva, wife of Earl Leofric, for St Mary's, Stow.
Archive: Eynsham.
Text: Holtzmann iii.127-8 (no. 3).
References: Jaffé 0000
Comment:
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A.D. 1061 (25 Apr.). Bull of Pope Nicholas II
(1058-61) to Giso, bishop of Wells, confirming the possessions of his
see.
Archive: Wells.
MS: Wells, D. & C., Cathedral Charters, no. 2 (original).
Facsimile: see Hickes, Dissertatio Epistolaris (1703).
Text: Holtzmann ii.131-2 (no. 1); Councils & Synods, no.
77.
Translation: EHD II, no. 76.
References: Jaffé 4457
Comment: Keynes, 'Giso, Bishop of Wells', pp. 228 and 255 (no. 2).
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A.D. 1061 (3 May). Bull of Pope Nicholas II
(1058-61) to Wulfwig, bishop of Dorchester, confirming the
possessions of his see.
Archive: Lincoln.
Text: Councils & Synods, no. 78.
Translation: EHD II, no. 75.
References: Jaffé 4461
Comment:
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A.D. 1062 x 1065. Bull of Pope Alexander II
(1061-73) for Abbot Ælfwine and Ramsey abbey, obtained by the
abbot when on a visit to Rome on the king's business.
Source: Liber Benefactorum, ch. 107 (ed. Macray, p. 176).
References: Jaffé 0000
Comment:
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A.D. 0000. Letter of Pope Alexander II (1061-73) to Ordric, abbot
of Abingdon.
Archive:
Text:
Translation:
References:
Comment: EHD I, p. 623.
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