A.D. 1017 x 1032. King Cnut to Fécamp Abbey; grant of land at Rammesleah with its port, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Fécamp
MS: Paris, B.N., Collect. Moreau xxi, p. 18 (s. xviii)
Printed: Haskins 1918, p. 344.
Comments: Haskins 1918, pp. 342-4, authentic; PN Sussex, ii, pp. vi-vii; Matthew 1962, pp. 19-20, Rameslie was a Domesday manor now divided between Winchelsea and Rye; Gordon 1990, pp. 42-3; Keynes 1991/1, p. 176 n. 18.
A.D. 1018. King Cnut, at the request of Queen Ælfgifu (Emma) to Archbishop Ælfstan; grant of a copse called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst) in Ticehurst, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Stowe Ch. 38 (s. xi1; OS Facs., iii. 39; Golden Age, p. 166 (no. 169); Ward 1936/1, p. 120)
Short version
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 201r (s. xii)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 24v (s. xii)
4. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 329 (s. xiii)
5. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 19v (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2223 ex MS 2; OS Facs., iii. 39, with translation; Barker 1949, pp. 109-11, with translation; Fleming 1997, p. 140 (no. 66) ex MS 3.
Translated: Lawson 1993, pp. 245-6.
Comments: Ward 1936/1; Whitelock 1943, p. 124, contemporary; Barker 1949, pp. 111-13; Bishop 1959 p. 94; Bishop 1963 p. 420 n. 2; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, MS 1 written by Canterbury scribe (= 1973, p. 42 n. 105); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 174, on scribe of MS 1 (= 1973, p. 59); Bishop 1971, p. 22, on scribe; HRH, p. 237, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Jones 1976, pp. 26, 28, on estate history; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136, drawn up in ecclesiastical scriptorium; Backhouse 1984, pp. 106, 113 n. 23, on script; Brooks 1984, pp. 257-8, 273, 277-8, 288, authentic, Canterbury scribe; Golden Age, pp. 166-7 (no. 169); Heslop 1990, pp. 153-6, 175-6; Pfaff 1992, p. 279, on scribe of MS 1; Dumville 1993, pp. 122, 126-7, 130-1, on scribe and script; Lawson 1993, p. 237; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49, original.
A.D. 1018. King Cnut to Burhwold, bishop; confirmation of a grant made by King Edmund (Ironside) of 4 hides (cassatae) at Landrake and at Tinnell in Landulph, Cornwall, in exchange for land at Throwleigh, Devon. The land at Landrake to revert on the bishop's death to St German's. Latin with English and English bounds.
Archive: Exeter (ex St Germans)
MSS: 1. Exeter, D. & C., 2524 (s. xi2; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 9)
2. BL Lansdowne 966, 75r-76r (s. xvii)
Printed: K 728, Latin only; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 525-6 (no. 2); HS, i. 686-8, Latin only; Davidson 1883, pp. 287-9, with translation of bounds; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 2; Hooke 1994, pp. 55, 59, bounds only.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 131 (pp. 597-9).
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 285-7, authentic; Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 24, slightly later hand; Finberg, ECDC, no. 53 (pp. 14, 19); Stenton 1955, p. 82, cited; Chaplais 1966, pp. 21-2 (no. 21), script unlikely to be earlier than third quarter of s. xi, the document as a whole is not authentic and it is impossible to say how much genuine material it may contain (= 1981, XV pp. 21-2); Stenton 1971, p. 409, cited; HRH, p. 232, subscriptions are consistent, but charter is probably not authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 597; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 43, on formula; Olson 1989, p. 77 n. 153; Dumville 1993, p. 133, cited; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 238, suspect, probably a local production; Hooke 1994, pp. 55-62, 186-7, on bounds; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, p. 68 n. 148, probably spurious, but witness-list from genuine text.
A.D. 1018. King Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury; confirmation of privileges. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 79r (s.xv)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 24rv (s. xii)
3. BL Harley 1757, 172r (s. xvi)
4. London, Lambeth Palace, 585, p. 3 (s. xvii; note)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 447; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 296; K 727; Thorpe, pp. 304-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6. no. 1; Fleming 1997, p. 139 (no. 64) ex MS 2.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 723 n. 14, doubtful; Harmer, Writs, p. 169 and n. 1, doubtful; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, suspect; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, probably spurious.
A.D. 1018. King Cnut to St German's minster, Cornwall; grant of privileges. Latin.
Archive: Exeter (ex St Germans)
MS: Exeter, D. & C., 2071 (s. xi2; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 10)
Printed: OS Facs., ii, Exeter 10, with translation.
Comments: Bishop 1955, pp. 194-5, on script; Chaplais 1966, pp. 22-3 (no. 22), probably forged soon after the Norman Conquest, scribe also appears in manuscripts from Exeter (= 1981, XV pp. 22-3); HRH, p. 237, subscriptions are consistent, but 'original' a forgery; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 41, p. 100 n. 51, p. 126 n. 136, Exeter forgery modelled on S 880; Olson 1989, p. 77 n. 115; Dumville 1993, pp. 132-4, on script; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, pp. 173, 238, suspicious, local production; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, p. 68 n. 143, probably spurious but witness-list from a genuine text.
A.D. 1019. King Cnut to Æthelwold, abbot, and the brethren of St Mary's, Exeter; confirmation of privileges. The community's earlier landbooks had been burnt when the minster was destroyed by the Danes. Latin.
Archive: Exeter
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christ College, 59, 227rv (s. xiv)
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 253-6 (s. xvi)
3. Exeter, D. & C., 2105 (s, xiii)
4. Exeter, D. & C., 1705 (s. xiv)
5. Exeter, D. & C., 2408 (s xvi)
6. Exeter, D.R.O., E/R 1, 102v-103r (s. xiii)
7. BL Harley 358, 32r-33v (s. xvi)
8. BL Lansdowne 447, 41rv (s. xvii; incomplete)
9. PRO Ch.R. 36 Edw. III, no. 16
10. PRO Conf. R. 1 Hen. VIII, pt 5, no, 13
11. PRO Conf. R. 2 Hen. VIII, pt 1, no. 2
12. PRO Conf. R. 1 Mary, pt 1, no. 1
13. PRO Conf. R. 2 Eliz., pt 3, no. 1
14. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 3v-4v (s. xvii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 228-9 ex MS 3; K 729 ex MSS, 1, 7; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 535-6 (no. 10); Thorpe, pp. 309-12; Hingeston-Randolph 1889, pp. 484-5 ex MS 6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 3.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 723 n. 14, p. 725 n. 28, doubtful; Finberg, ECDC, no. 54; Whitelock 1959, p. 81, cited; Chaplais 1966, pp. 4-5, possibly forged at the same time as S 953 (= 1981, XV pp. 4-5); HRH, p. 233, spurious, although subscriptions are mainly consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, p. 100 n. 51, forgery modelled on S 880, cf. S 953; Dumville 1993, p. 80, of uncertain merit; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p, 238, suspect, local production; Hooke 1994, p. 187; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, p. 68 n. 145, forgery modelled on S 880, witness-list from genuine text.
A.D. 1019. King Cnut to Agemund (Agmundr), his minister; grant of 16 hides (cassati) at Cheselbourne, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MSs: 1. BL Harley 61, 8r-9r (s. xv)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 38, 7v-8r (s. xvii; no bounds; ex 1)
Printed: K 730; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 3 bis; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 30.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Grundy, Dorset 1934, pp. 115-20, 128-9; Harmer, Writs, p. 574; Whitelock 1959, p. 81, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 619, authentic; HRH, p. 233, subscriptions are doubtful; Meyer 1981, p. 354; Forsberg 1984, p. 6, on bounds; PN Dorset, i. 303, 310, ii. 131, iii. 202-8; Keynes 1989, pp. 230-1, on beneficiary; Lawson 1993, p. 240 n. 11, on formulation, p. 243, on production; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 125-7, authentic.
A.D. 1019 (first week of Easter). King Cnut to New Minster, Winchester; restoration of 5 hides (cassati) at Drayton, Hants. The estate had been granted to a young man of Winchester who had wrongly informed Cnut that it was royal property. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. Winchester College, WCM 12093 (s. xi1; OS Facs., ii, Winchester College, 4)
2. BL Cotton Domitian A. xiv, 187v-188v (s. xii; incomplete; ex 1)
3. BL Harley 1761, 64v-65r (s. xiv; incomplete; ex 2)
Printed: Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 324-6; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 247-50.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 132 (pp. 599-601); Brown 1984, pp. 128-30 (no. 156).
Comments: Stenton 1955, pp. 82-3, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 153, authentic, with note on bounds; HRH, p. 237, probably original; Whitelock, EHD, p. 599; Dumville 1993, pp. 133, 134, on script; Lawson 1993, p. 240 n. 11, on formulation, p. 243, on production; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49, original, p. 61, on witness-list; Keynes 1996, p. 34, original.
A.D. 1020. King Cnut and Ælfgifu (Emma), his wife, to Evesham Abbey; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Badby and Newnham, Northants. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MSS: 1. BL Harley 3763, 65r (s. xii)
2. Bodleian, Top. Northants. c. 23, 5r-6v (s. xviii)
Printed: K 1316; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 49.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, cited; VCH Northants., i. 286, forged on model of S 977; Hart 1970, p. 35, late forgery; HRH, p. 235, spurious, but subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 18, spurious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, pp. 155, 240, spurious; Keynes 1994/1, p. 50 n. 40, p. 52 n. 52, thoroughly disreputable copy of S 977.
Note. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 20v-21r (s. xii) is a copy of S 977, partly erased and emended on the basis of S 957.
A.D. 1022 (St Æthelthryth's Day = 23 June). King Cnut to Abbot Leofric and Ely Abbey; grant of land at Wood Ditton, Cambs., in exchange for land at Cheveley, Cambs. Latin.
Archive: Ely
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 1, 72rv (s. xii; incomplete)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 41, pp. 95-8 (s. xii med.)
3. Cambridge, U.L., EDC, Liber M, p. 70 (s. xiii2)
4. Ely, D. & C., Liber Eliensis, 71r (s. xiii; incomplete)
5. BL Add. 5819, 123v (s. xviii)
6. BL Cotton Tib. A. vi, 100r-101r (s. xii2)
7. Bodleian, Laud. Misc. 647, 43v (s. xii; incomplete)
Printed: Gale, Scriptores XV, pp. 522-3; K 734 ex Gale and MS 5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 475-6 (no. 5) ex MS 6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 5; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 150-1, ex 4.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 417; Hart, ECEE, no. 71, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 463 n. 1, on a witness; HRH, p. 233, subscriptions seem consistent but authenticity is not certain; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, likely forgery, p. 239, on production; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49 and n. 38, on dating, treats as authentic.
A.D. 1023. King Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of the port of Sandwich. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: Latin
1. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. S 259 (Red Book no. 17; s, xii1; OS Facs., i. 21)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. S 261 (Red Book no. 15; s. xi/xii OS Facs., i. 20)
3. BL Stowe Ch. 39 (s. xii1; OS Facs., iii. 40)
4. Bodleian, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. VIII a (s. xi/xii; BA Facs., no. 34)
5. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 201v (s. xii; note)
6. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. S 262 (s. xiii)
7. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 144v-145r (s. xiii)
8. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. B, 171rv (s. xv)
9. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. C, 55rv (s. xiii)
10. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. E, 45r (s. xiii)
11. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. E, 200rv (s. xiii)
12. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. I, 57rv (s. xiii2)
13. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. O, 180r-181r (s. xiii)
14. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 28rv (s. xii)
15. BL Add. 14907, 20v-21r (s. xviii)
16. London, Lambeth Palace, 1370, 70r (s. xiii; summary)
17. London, Lambeth Palace, 582, p. 101 (s. xvii; extracts)
18. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 329 (s. xii; summary)
19. Bodleian, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. VIII b (s. xviii; ex 4)
20. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 57v (s. xii1; facsimile; incomplete summary)
English
21. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. S 260 (Red Book no. 16; s. xi2; OS Facs., i. 19)
22. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A., 144rv (s. xiii)
23. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. E, 44v-45r (s. xiii)
Printed: Latin, full version
K 737 ex MSS 1, 2, 6; Thorpe, pp. 314-16 ex MSS 1, 2, 3, 6; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 27-9 (no. 12) ex MS 4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 6 bis.
Latin, summary versionTwysden, X Scriptores, cols 2225-6; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, p. 37; K 1328; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 99 (no. 4); Thorpe, p. 335; Fleming 1997, p. 151 (no. 86) ex MS 14.
EnglishK 737 ex MS 21; Thorpe, pp. 316-19 ex MS 21, with translation; Robertson, Charters, pp. 158-60 (no. 82) ex MS 21, with translation, pp. 159-61.
Comments; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 136-51, post-Conquest forgery perhaps founded on genuine charter of Cnut; Robertson, Charters, pp. 406-11, authentic, p. xxvii, (correction) linguistic forms later than Cnut's time; Ward 1943, pp. 25-6; Harmer, Writs, p. 177 n. 1, linguistic forms of English version later than Cnut's reign, p. 426, authenticity not entirely above suspicion; Stenton 1955, p. 17, diplomatically acceptable, either represents or is modelled in minute detail on charter of 1023; Ker 1960, p. 18, scribe of MS 4 identified with one working in 1107; HRH, p. 236, subscriptions are consistent, charter has at least an authentic base; Brooks 1984, pp. 292-4, may be a post-Conquest forgery based on a more restricted original diploma of 1023, p. 388 n. 140, on script; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 19, on topography; BA Facs., p. 10; Dumville 1993, p. 133, cited; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, pp. 169, 237, probably forged; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, probably spurious.
A.D. 1023. King Cnut to Leofwine Bondansunu, minister; confirmation of 7 hides (cassati) at Hannington, Hants., obtained from King Æthelred in return for a weight of gold equivalent to one pound of silver. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 108rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 739; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 7.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 112-16, on bounds; Harmer, Writs, p. 574, on witnesses; Whitelock 1959, p. 83, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 154, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 186), authentic; HRH, p. 233, probably genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 61, cited; Lawson 1993, pp. 66, 240 n. 11; Keynes 1994/1, p. 50, treats as authentic.
A.D. 1024. King Cnut to Orc, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Portesham (alias Portisham), Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abbotsbury
MS: Dorchester, Dorset R.O., D 124 (s. xi1; OS Facs., ii, Earl of Ilchester, no. 2)
Printed: Mon. Angl. i. 269-70; K 741; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 54-5 (no. 2).
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Stevenson 1912, p. 8, contemporary; Grundy, Dorset 1937, pp. 113-18, survey describes Domesday units of Portesham and Broad Waddon; Harmer, Writs, p. 576; Ker, Catalogue, p. 317, on witnesses, Canterbury script; Finberg, ECW, no. 620, original; Chaplais 1968, p. 332 n. 169, step from wrapping-tie (= 1973, p. 83 n. 169); Stenton 1971, p. 414, cited; HRH, p. 233, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Forsberg 1973, on bounds; Keynes 1989, pp. 208, 220, 230-1, 237; Dumville 1993, p. 117, genuine, pp. 133, 134, difficult to categorize palaeographically; Lawson 1993, pp. 66-7, original, p. 169, cited, p. 170, on witness-list, p. 239, on formulation; Keynes 1994/1, p. 50, original, p. 52 n. 50, possibly a regional production.
A.D. 1026. King Cnut to Lyfing, bishop (of Crediton); grant of 5 hides (cassatae) at Abbots Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 88v-89v (s xii)
Printed: K 743; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 10.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 167-9, on bounds; Whitelock 1959, p. 83, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 155, authentic; Chaplais 1966, p. 22, cannot be genuine if Lyfing was only appointed bishop in 1027 (= 1981, XV p. 22); Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (no. 156), authentic; HRH, p. 233, doubtful, subscriptions are consistent with 1027, the date of Bishop Lyfing's appointment; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 41, p. 126 n. 136, suspicious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 238, suspect, local production; Keynes 1994/1, p. 50, treats as authentic, may have been drawn up at Crediton, possible that Lyfing became bishop before 1027; John of Worcester, p. 513 n., on Lyfing's appointment.
A.D. 1031. King Cnut to Æthelric, minister; grant of a half hide (mansa) at Meavy, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter (ex Crediton)
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 69 (s. xi1; BM Facs., iv. 18)
Printed: K 744; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 11; Hooke 1994, p. 197, bounds only.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Plummer 1899, p. 206; Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, suspicious; PN Devon, p. 229 n.; Rose-Troup 1933, p. 126, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 412, date is perhaps wrong; Finberg, ECDC, no. 58; Finberg 1960, no. 58 (pp. 30-2), on bounds; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, compares with script of S 971 (= 1973, p. 42 n. 105); Chaplais 1966, p. 24, authentic and original, possibly by a Crediton scribe, also responsible for S 971 (= 1981, XV, p. 24); Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on endorsement; Bishop 1971, p. xxiii n. 5, on script; HRH, p. 233, probably original, although it confuses Canterbury and York, subscriptions otherwise consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 43, p. 126 n. 136; Pearce 1985, pp. 15-19, on topography; Rumble 1987, p. 224, on detail of bounds; Dumville 1993, pp. 133, 134, regressive script; Lawson 1993, pp. 67-8, 238, apparent original, probably drafted in the south-west, errors in witness-list and wrong indiction; Hooke 1994, pp. 196-200, on bounds; Keynes 1994/1, p. 50, witness-list based on that of a charter pf c. 1026 x 1030, two witnesses died in 1030; John of Worcester, pp. 505 n., 513 n.; Keynes 1996, p. 37 n. 199, on witness-list.
A.D. 1031. See S 971. King Cnut to Hunuwine, minister; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Stoke Canon, Devon.
A.D. 1032. King Cnut to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Lyford, Berks., and of St Martin's monasteriolum with adjacent prediolum in Oxford. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 106v-107v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 129v (s. xii; on bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 202r (s. xii; bounds only)
4. Bodleian, Twyne 22, 108rv (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: K 746; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 439-42; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 12; PN Berks., iii. 748, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 138.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 128, 196-7, on bounds; HRH, p. 233, subscriptions are consistent; PN Berks., i. 8, 14, ii. 413, 478, iii. 740-1, 748-9, bounds describe projecting portion of West Hanney; Gelling, ECTV, no. 129 (pp. 65, 140), authentic; Lawson 1993, pp. 67, 239, drafted at Abingdon; Blair 1994, pp. 151, 156; Keynes 1994/1, p. 51 n. 48, p. 52 n. 51, probably spurious, witness-list from genuine text; Smyth 1995, p. 350; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 138, authenticity uncertain.
A.D. 1032. King Cnut to Crowland Abbey; confirmation of privileges and lands, including Crowland itself and the marshes of Alderlound and Goggislound. Latin.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. BL Arundel 178, 50r (s. xvi)
2. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 205-7 (s. xvii)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 892-3; Alford 1663, iii. 504-5; Fulman 1684, pp. 58-9 ex MS 1; K 748; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 117-18 (no. 14); Birch, Ingulf, pp. 101-2 ex MS 1.
Comments: Riley 1862, p. 38, spurious; Stevenson 1904, p. 305 n. 7, clumsy fabrication; HRH, p. 233, spurious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, likely forgery; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, spurious; Roffe 1995, pp. 104-8, on background to fabrication.
A.D. 1032 (Glastonbury). King Cnut to the church of St Mary, Glastonbury; grant and confirmation of privileges. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity College, R. 5. 33, 14r (s. xiii)
2. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 61v (dated 1302 for 1032; s. xiv)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. v, 89v-90r (s. xv)
4. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 252, 20v-21r (s. xvii)
5. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 69r (dated 1030; s. xiv)
6. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 52-3 (s. xvii)
7. London, Soc. Antiquaries, 128, 204v (s. xvii; in part)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 842; Alford 1663, iii. 503; Hearne, John of Glastonbury, i. 148-50; Hearne, Adam of Domerham, i. 88-9; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 298-9; K 747; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 44 (no. 66); Thorpe, pp. 327-8; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., i. 147-8 (no. 206) ex MS 2; Scott 1981, p. 132, with translation, p. 133; Carley, Glast. Chron., pp. 148-9, with translation ex MS 3.
Comments: Davidson 1884, p. 15, spurious; Plummer 1899, p. 199, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 529, authentic basis; Keynes 1980, pp. 140-1 n. 202, spurious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 239, suspect, drafted or forged at Glastonbury; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, spurious; Wormald 1995, p. 128, bogus; Abrams 1996, p. 15 n. 31, pp. 127-30, 348 n. 148, may have authentic basis, post-Conquest in present form.
A.D. 1033. King Cnut to Siward, abbot, and the brethren of Abingdon Abbey; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Myton, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 106rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 202v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 751; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 436-8; Earle, pp. 393-4, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 14; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 139.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; PN Warwicks., p. 265 n., on bounds; HRH, p. 233, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 73, authentic, drawn up at Abingdon; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on formulation; Lawson 1993, p. 239, drafted at Abingdon; Keynes 1994/1, p. 51 n. 48, p. 52 n. 41, probably spurious but witness-list from genuine text; Smyth 1995, p. 350; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 139, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 273, 1572a.
A.D. 1033. King Cnut to Ælfric, archbishop of York; grant of 43 hides (cassati) at Patrington, Yorks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: York
MSS: 1. Bodleian, Dodsworth 9, 6rv (s. xvii; no witnesses)
2. York, D. & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 1, 59v-60v (s. xiv)
3. York, D, & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 2, 78rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 130; K 749 (omitting bounds); Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1176-7 (no. 6); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 12 bis; Farrer, EYC, i. no. 8, with translation of bounds, p. 26.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Farrer, EYC, i. 25-7, cf. S 697, 712; Whitelock 1959, p. 83, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 133, authentic; Keynes 1986, p. 86, cited; Lawson 1993, pp. 239, 240 n. 11, possibly drafted at York, modelled on S 679 and 712; Keynes 1994/1, p. 51, perhaps drafted at York and modelled, at least in part, on earlier charters in archive.
A.D. 1033. King Cnut to Bovi, his faithful minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Horton, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Sherborne
MSS: 1. BL Add. 46487, 24v-25r (s. xii med.; Middle English version of bounds)
2. BL Add. 46487, 26r-27v (s. xii med.)
Printed: K 1318; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 50; O'Donovan, Sherborne, nos 20 (MS 2) and 20A (MS 1).
Comments: Grundy, Dorset, pp. 124-9, bounds describe modern parish; Finberg, ECW, no. 622, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on rubric; Stenton 1971, p. 414, cited; HRH, p. 235, probably genuine, subscriptions nearly consistent; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. lx, lxii, 71-4, authentic; Keynes 1989, pp. 230-1, on historical background; PN Dorset, ii. 135, 159-62; Wormald 1992, p. 431, on the meaning of a phrase; Lawson 1993, pp. 67-8, 170, 239, p. 240 and n. 11, on formulation; Keynes 1994/1, pp. 51, 52 n. 50, perhaps a regional production; Keynes 1997, p. 208, cited.
A.D. 1033. King Cnut to Godwine, dux; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Poolhampton in Overton, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 40v-41r (s. xii)
Printed: K 752; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 15.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Grundy, Hants. 1929, pp. 180-2, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 156, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 28 (no. 69), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136, note on formulation; Lawson 1993, pp. 237-8, possibly drawn up at Winchester; Keynes 1994/1, p. 51, treats as authentic.
A.D. 1031. King Cnut to Hunuwine, minister; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Stoke Canon, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter/Christ Church, Canterbury (? ex Crediton)
MSS: 1. Exeter, D. & C., 2525 (s. xi1; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 11)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Ch. Ant. C 1311 (s. xi2; incomplete; BA Facs. no. 31)
3. BL Lansdowne 966, 72v-74r (s. xvii)
Printed: Davidson 1883, pp. 290-2; Hooke 1994, p. 196, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 289-90; PN Devon, p. 447; Finberg, ECDC, no. 56; Whitelock 1959, p. 82, cited; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, script of MS 1 compared with that of S 963; Chaplais 1966, pp. 23-4 (no. 23), MS 1 authentic and original, probably by Crediton scribe also responsible for S 963, boundary clause as in S 389, MS 2 is a fragment of a copy by an Exeter scribe (= 1981, XV pp. 23-4); Bishop 1971, p. xxiii n. 5, on script; HRH, p. 237, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, p. 25 n. 1, in MS 1 dating clause and witness-list were added after folding; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 43, p. 36 n. 65, p. 126 n. 136; BA Facs., p. 9, MS 2 could be a fragment of a copy of a charter other than S 971, since it contains only part of a proem; Dumville 1993, pp. 133, 134, regressive script; Lawson 1993, pp. 67-8, 238, apparent original, probably drafted in south-west; Hooke 1994, pp. 195-6, bounds as S 389; Keynes 1994/1, p. 50, written by Crediton scribe, witness-list based on that of a charter of c. 1026 x 1030; Keynes 1996, p. 37 n. 199, on witness-list.
A.D. 1033. King Cnut to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Bishops Hull, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 115v (s. xii)
Printed: K 750; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 13.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 48-50, on bounds; Harmer, Writs, pp. 455, 552, may be genuine; Turner 1950; Finberg, ECW, no. 530, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 37 (no. 205), authentic; Lawson 1993, pp. 237-8, possibly drawn up at Old Minster, Winchester; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, probably spurious.
A.D. 1034. King Cnut to St Mary's, Abingdon; grant of 3 hides (manentes) at Myton, Warwicks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 129r (s. xii)
Printed: Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 434-5; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 140.
Comments: Hart, ECNE, no. 74, some authentic basis; HRH, p. 237, if not genuine, represents Abingdon tradition; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 125, on formulation; Lawson 1993, pp. 239, 240 n. 11, on formulation; Keynes 1994/1, p. 51, treats as authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 140, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 967, 1572a.
A.D. 1035. King Cnut to Bishop Eadsige; grant of a half sulung (aratrum) at Berwick in Lympne, Kent. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 41 (s. xi1; OS Facs., iii. 42; Ward 1935, facing p. 150)
Printed: OS Facs., iii. 42, with translation.
Comments: Ward 1935, on bounds; Chaplais 1968, p. 332 n. 169, step from wrapping-tie (= 1973, p. 83 n. 169); Bishop 1971, p. xxiii n. 5, Canterbury script; HRH, p. 237, seems to be original, subscriptions are consistent; Brooks 1984, p 295, on beneficiary and background; Dumville 1993, pp. 133, 134, on script; Lawson 1993, p. 69, boundary clause may have been added later, p. 237, Canterbury scribe, may be modelled on S 447 and 464; Keynes 1994/1, p. 51, original.
A.D. 1035. King Cnut to Sherborne Abbey; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Corscombe, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, 6r-7v (s. xii med.)
Printed: Hearne, Collections, pp. 444-6; K 1322; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 16.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, cited; Grundy, Dorset 1935, pp. 136-9, bounds describe Corscombe parish, excluding Benville but including Tollor Whelme; Finberg, ECW, no. 623, authentic; HRH, p. 235, probably genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136, possibly regional formulation; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxviii-xxxi, xxxv-vi, 57-8, authentic, cf. S 979 from Athelney; Lawson 1993, pp. 239, 240, local production; Barnard 1994, esp. pp. 5-8, on bounds; Keynes 1994/1, pp. 51-2 and n. 50, possible regional production.
A.D. 1035. King Cnut to Old Minster, Winchester; renewal of privileges. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 116rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 753; Thorpe, pp. 332-5.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Galbraith 1920, p. 382 and n. 4, spurious; Harmer, Writs, p. 382, may or may not be authentic, cf. S 1151; Finberg, ECW, no. 157, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 38 (no. 209), authentic; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, suspect, p. 186 n. 105; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, probably spurious.
A.D. 1021 x 1023. King Cnut to Æfic, monk; grant of 5 hides (cassaturae) at Newnham, Northants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Evesham
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 24 (s. xi1; BM Facs., iv. 16)
2. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 20v-21v (s. xii; partly erased and emended on the basis of S 957)
Printed: K 736; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 6.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, cited; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, contemporary; PN Northants., p. 26 n. 1, on bounds; HRH, p. 233, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 19, original, drawn up by diocesan bishop; Brown et al. 1977, pp. 165-9, on bounds; Brown and Key 1977-8, p. 5, on bounds; Keynes 1978, p. 169, on chrismon; Whitelock, EHD, p. 378, contemporary; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 39, p. 28 n. 46; Brown, Gelling and Orr 1990-1, on bounds; Heslop 1992, p. 306, cited with reference to chrismon; Lawson 1993, pp. 67, 240, apparent original; Keynes 1994/1, pp. 49-50, original, issued c. 1023, drawn up by diocesan bishop on king's orders.
A.D. 1016 x 1035. King Cnut to Ælfwine, bishop of London; confirmation of the lands of St Paul's. Latin.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MSS: 1. London, Guildhall, 25501, 39r (s. xiii)
2. London, Guildhall, 25504, 8rv (s. xii)
3. London, St Paul's, D. & C., 'Liber B', 20v (s. xii; lost)
Printed: Dugdale, St Paul's, p. 188; Mon. Angl., iii. 303-4; Dugdale, St Paul's (2nd edn), Appendix, pp. 12-13; K 1320.
Comments: Gelling, ECTV, no. 235, spurious; Keynes 1994/1, probably spurious.
A.D. c. 1023 x 1032. King Cnut to Æthelwine, abbot, and the brethren of Athelney; grant of 2 hides (mansae) less 1 pertica at Seavington, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Athelney
MS: Oxford, Dr D. Rogers, pp. 75-9 (s. xviii)
Printed: K 1324; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 51.
Translated: Bates, Athelney Register, pp. 141-2.
Comments: Bates, Athelney Register, pp. 141-2; Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Harmer, Writs, p. 565, if genuine should be dated 1023 x 1024; Robertson, Charters, pp. 412-13, if genuine should probably be dated 1023; Finberg, ECW, no. 527, authentic, dates 1027 x 1032; HRH, p. 235, subscriptions few but probably consistent, dates 1024 x 1032; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136, possible regional production, cf. S 975; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 57-8, discusses links with S 975; Lawson 1993, p. 240, on formulation; Keynes 1994/1, pp. 50-1, probably issued in early 1030s, technical dating limits are c. 1023 x 1032, p. 52 n. 50, possible regional production.
A.D. 1021 x 1023. King Cnut to Bury St Edmunds Abbey; grant of privileges and of renders of fish from Welle (Upwell and Outwell, Norfolk) and of eels from Lakenheath, Suffolk. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. King's Lynn, Borough Archives, KL/C2/61 (s. xi/xii; BA Facs., 33; Hervey 1907, facing p. 596)
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 284-5 (s. xvi; Latin)
3. Cambridge, U.L., Ee. 3. 60, 125v-126v (s. xiv)
4. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 20rv (s. xiii2)
5. Cambridge, U.L., Gg. 4. 4, 94v-95r (s. xv; Latin)
6. Cambridge, U.L., Gg. 4. 4, 101v-102r (s. xv)
7. Cambridge, U.L., Gg. 4. 4, 270rv (s. xv)
8. Cambridge, U.L., Mm. 4. 19, 85r-87r (s. xii)
9. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 8 (s. xv)
10. BL Harley 76, 138r-139r (s. xii/xiii)
11. BL Harley 258, 59rv (s. xvii; Latin)
12. BL Harley 358, 44v-45r (s. xvi)
13. BL Harley 638, 25rv (s. xiv)
14. BL Harley 743, 57rv (s. xiv; Latin)
15. PRO Ch.R. 8 Edw. II, no. 11 (Latin)
16. PRO Ch.R. 4 Edw. III, no. 58 (Latin)
17. PRO Ch.R. 7-8 Ric. II, no. 11 (Latin)
18. PRO Ch.R. 1 Hen. IV, pt 2, no. 2
19. PRO Ch.R. 1 Hen. V, pt 2, no. 6
20. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. VI, pt 2, m. 38 (Latin)
21. PRO Pat. R. 2 Edw. IV, pt 6, m. 21 (Latin)
22. PRO Conf. R. 2 Ric. III, pt 3, no. 9
23. PRO Conf. R. 3 Hen. VII, pt 1, no. 10
24. PRO Conf. R. 8 Hen. VIII, no. 5
25. PRO E. 32/16, m. 6 (s. xiv; Latin)
26. London, Soc. Ant. 128, 149v (s. xvii; incomplete)
27. Bodleian, Bodley 297, pp. 353-4 (s. xii; Latin)
28. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 72rv (s. xvii; Latin)
29. Bodleian, Dodsworth 110, 138rv (s. xvii; Latin)
30. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 18rv (s. xvii)
31. Bodleian, Gough Cambridge 22, 12v-13r (s. xiv2)
32. Bodleian, Junius 62, 3r-5v (s. xvii)
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Bod. Rawl. B. 102, 24rv
BL Lansdowne 269, 98rv (s. xvii)
BL Lansdowne 447, 25rv (s. xvii)
Cambridge, Trinity Coll. R.5. 40, flyleaf (s. xv)>
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 481, ex MS 24; Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 65, English only; Battely 1745, pp. 132-3, Latin only; K 735 from MSS 4, 11, 12; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 137-8 (no. 5) ex MS 15; Goodwin 1855, pp. 108-11, with translation of English, pp. 111-12; Thorpe, pp. 305-8; Arnold, Memorials, i. 342-4; Hervey 1907, p. 596, English only, with translation p. 597; John of Worcester, ii. 643-5.
Comments: Goodwin 1855, pp. 94-104, authentic, dates it 1021 x 1022; Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Galbraith 1925, p. 224; Lobel 1935, pp. 4, 5, form dubious but no reason to doubt content; Harmer, Writs, pp. 433-4, authenticity in present form questionable, cf. S 1046; Hart, ECEE, no. 86, may be authentic; HRH, p. 233, dubious, dates 1022 x 1023; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136, p. 143 n. 212, dubious; Gransden 1985, pp. 10-11, forged; BA Facs., p. 10, late-11th-century forgery; Dumville 1993, p. 37 n. 141, pp. 40-1, 133; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 239, likely forgery, links with S 984; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49 n. 39, p. 52 n. 51, spurious, partly modelled on S 984; Wormald 1995, p. 128; Wormald 1996, p. 123.
(Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, Pentecost). King Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury; reversionary grant of land at Folkestone, Kent, after the death of Eadsige, the king's priest. English and Latin versions.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: English
1. BL Stowe Ch. 40 (s. xi ex; OS Facs., iii. 41)
2. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 39r (s. xvi)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 408 (s. xiii)
Latin
4. BL Stowe Ch. 40 (s. xi ex; OS Facs., iii. 41)
5. London, Lambeth Palace, 582, p. 128 (s. xvii; note)
6. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 408 (s. xiii)
Printed: English
K 1327; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 109 (no. 30); Thorpe, pp. 324-6, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 85 (pp. 168-70), with translation, pp. 169-71. Latin Thorpe, pp. 326-7.Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 142 n. 2, untrustworthy; Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, dubious; Robertson, Charters, pp. 416-19, spurious; Harmer 1938, pp. 353-6, spurious; Harmer, Writs, p. 239, spurious; Brooks 1984, pp. 300-1, on background; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, pp. 169, 237, probably a forgery; Keynes 1994/1, p. 63 n. 105, p. 66, spurious; Fleming 1997, p. 93 n. 54, possibly forged on basis of CCC 41 (S 1643).
A.D. 1028 x 1035. King Cnut to Fécamp Abbey and Abbot John; grant of land at Brede and Rammesleah, with its port, and 'two parts' of the tolls at Winchelsea, Sussex, with confirmation (A.D. 1040 x 1042) by King Harthacnut. Latin.
Archive: Fécamp
MS: Paris, B.N., Collect. Moreau xxi, pp. 18-19 (s. xviii)
Printed: Haskins 1918, pp. 343-4.
Comments: Haskins 1918, pp. 342-4, confirmation authentic but charter dubious; Matthew 1962, p. 20; Keynes 1991/1, p. 176 n. 18; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, suspect; Keynes 1997, p. 208 n. 30, suspect.
A.D. 1016 x 1035. King Cnut to Godwine; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Lytlacotan. Latin.
Archive: Thorney
MS: Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3020, 34rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Hart, ECEE, pp. 206-7.
Comments: Hart, ECEE, pp. 207-9, authentic but incomplete; Whitelock, EHD, p. 378, on a formula; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 39, p. 28 n. 46; Keynes 1994/1, p. 52 n. 51, probably spurious; cf. S 936, a version of the same charter with a different donor.
A.D. 1020 x 1022. King Cnut to the Abbey of St Benet of Holme; grant of Horning with Ludham and Neatishead, Norfolk. Latin with English.
Archive: St Benet of Holme
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Galba E. ii, 30r (s. xiii)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 78, 107r (s. xvii; Latin only; ex 1)Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 283; K 740; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 82-3 (no. 2); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 8; West, Benet Holme Reg., i. 1-2.
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; West, Benet Holme Reg., i. 2; Hart, ECEE, no. 125, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136; Gransden 1985, p. 18, may well be a forgery; Hart 1992, p. 103; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 239, suspect, links to S 980; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49 and n. 39, dates to c. 1022, model for S 980.
A.D. 1017 x 1020. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has confirmed, at the request of Archbishop Lyfing, the liberties of Christ Church. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Royal 1 D. ix, 44v (s. xi1; Chaplais 1966/1, pl. II, opp. p. 174 = 1973, pl. II, opp. p. 65)
Printed: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 181; K 731; Thorpe, p. 308; Harmer, Writs, no. 26; Pelteret 1995, pp. 282-3, with translation.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 168-71, 446-8, authentic; Ker, Catalogue, p. 317 (no. 247), on MS; Chaplais 1965, pp. 54-5 (= 1973, p. 35); Chaplais 1966, p. 18, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 174, on scribe (= 1973, p. 59); Bishop 1971, p. 22, on script; Stenton 1971, p. 488, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 288-90, entered in gospel-book by Canterbury scribe, very difficult to establish authenticity; Dumville 1993, p. 113 nn. 12, 13, pp. 116-17, 122, 139-40, copy of authentic writ, discusses scribe; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 237; Pelteret 1995, pp. 282-3.
A.D. 1020. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth judicial and financial rights over his own men, and over Christ Church, and over as many thegns as the king has granted him to have. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Add. 14907, 18r (s. xviii)
2. London, Lambeth Palace, 1370, 114v (s. xi)
Printed: Earle, p. 232; Harmer, Writs, no. 28.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 134 (p. 602).
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 171, 449-50, authentic; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 346-7 (no. 284), art. d; Chaplais 1966, p. 18, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 175, authentic, MS 2 written by contemporary scribe (= 1973, pp. 59-60); Whitelock, EHD, earliest royal writ to survive in contemporary or near contemporary form; Brooks 1984, p. 290, on MS 2; Keynes 1988, p. 216 n. 83, stylistic links with S 1091; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 237; Kennedy 1995, p. 151 n. 86, on immunity; Wormald 1995, pp. 116, 128-9, authentic, discusses immunity; Wormald 1996, p. 123, on immunity.
A.D. 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that Archbishop Æthelnoth is to continue to discharge the obligations on the lands belonging to the archbishopric at the same rate as he has done hitherto, both before and after the appointment of Æthelric as reeve. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Tib. B. iv, 87v (s. xi; Chaplais 1966/1, pl. I, opp. p. 163 = 1973, pl. I, opp. p. 64)
Printed: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 163 n.; K 1323; Thorpe, p. 330; Earle, p. 237; Harmer, Writs, no. 29.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 171-2, 450, authentic; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 346-7 (no. 284), art. g, on MS; Chaplais 1966, p. 18, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 175, authentic, contemporary scribe (= 1973, pp. 59-60); Dumville 1983, p. 53, on MS; Brooks 1984, p. 296 and p. 387 n. 120; Keynes 1988, p. 216 n. 183, stylistic links with S 1113; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 237.
A.D. 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth all the landed property that Ælfmær had. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Tib. B. iv, 87r (s. xi)
Printed: K 1325; Earle, p. 237; Harmer, Writs, no. 30.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 172, 450, authentic; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 346-7 (no. 284), art. f, on MS; Chaplais 1966, p. 18, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 175, contemporary scribe (= 1973, pp. 59-60); Dumville 1983, p. 53, on MS; Brooks 1984, p. 296 and p. 387 n. 120; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 237.
Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to the brethren of St Augustine's judicial and financial rights over their own men, and over all the alodiaries whom he has given to them. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Lit. E. 19, 94r (s. xiv; incomplete)
2. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 57r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 756 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 139 (no. 36) ex MS 2; Thorpe, p. 336 ex MS 2; Harmer, Writs, no. 36 ex MS 2; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 32 ex MS 2.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 190-1, 454, spurious; Sharpe 1991, pp. 353-4, spurious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 103 n. 74, probaby spurious; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 120-1, spurious, largely based on S 1091; Wormald 1995, p. 129, on a formula.
A.D. 1027 x 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildred with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 53v (s. xiv; incomplete)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Lit. MS E. 19, 1r (s. xiv)
3. BL Add. 53710, 14r (s. xiv)
4. BL Add. 53710, 223v (s. xiv)
5. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 63r (s. xiv)
6. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 183r (s. xiii)
7. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 85v (s. xiii)
8. BL Harley 6748, 21v (s. xvii; incomplete)
9. London, Lambeth Palace, 419, 122r (s. xiv; incomplete)
10. PRO Chart. Ant. R. 9, no. 19 (s. xiii)
11. PRO Ch.R. 20 Edw. II, m. 2
12. PRO Ch.R. 36 Edw. III, m. 7
13. PRO Ch.R. 8 Hen. IV, m. 6
14. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, m. 5
15. PRO Pat. R. 4 Edw. IV, pt 4, m. 29
16. PRO Pat. R. 14 Hen. VII, pt 1, m. 16
17. PRO E 164/27, 145v-146r (s. xiii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 84 ex MS 7; Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 1783, 2127 ex MSS 3, 4; K 1326 ex MS 6; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 449 (no. 2); Harmer, Writs, no. 37 ex MS 7; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 33 ex MSS 7, 10.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 191-7, 454-7, authenticity uncertain; Sharpe 1991, ppp. 353-4, spurious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, probably spurious; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 122, probably spurious, according to a note in MS 10 the pseudo-original had a seal.
A.D. 1017 x 1030. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he grants to Brihtwine 5 hides at Bengeworth, Worcs., for life, with reversion to Evesham Abbey. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 34r (s. xii)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 105, 16v (s. xvii)
3. Bodleian, James 29, p. 42 (s. xvii; incomplete)
Printed: K 757; Harmer, Writs, no. 48 ex MS 1.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 225-7, authenticity uncertain; Finberg, ECWM, no. 340, authentic; Wormald 1988, no. 79; Hooke 1990, p. 330; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 209, suspect; Wormald 1995, p. 122 n., perhaps basically genuine, but doctored.
A.D. 1033 x 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that his priests in St Paul's minster shall be entitled to judicial and financial rights as fully and completely in all things as ever they had them in any king's day. English.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MS: London, St Paul's, D. & C., Liber B, 20v (s. xii; lost)
Printed: Dugdale, St Paul's, p. 190, ex MS; Mon. Angl., iii. 304, ex MS; Dugdale, St Paul's, Appendix, p. 13; K 1319; Thorpe, p. 319; Harmer, Writs, no. 53, ex Dugdale.
Comments: Adams 1876, p. 44, evident forgery; Harmer, Writs, pp. 239-40, 468-9, authenticity uncertain, may have been tampered with; Gelling, ECTV, no. 236, authentic basis; Nightingale 1987, p. 565; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, pp. 155, 163 n. 10, doubtful authenticity; Crosby 1994, pp. 313-14.
993-997 HARTHACNUT
A.D. 1042 (Sutton Courtenay, Berks.). King Harthacnut to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Farnborough, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 108v-109v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 130r (s. xii; no bounds)
Printed: K 762; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 446-50; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 141.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, dubious or spurious; Darlington 1955, p. 67; Barlow 1970, p. 53, anachronistic features, but witness-list is sound; HRH, p. 233, dubious, but subscriptions are consistent; PN Berks., i. 232, ii. 424, 496, 497, 501, iii. 658, bounds the same as those in S 411; Gelling, ECTV, no. 130, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, p. 27 n. 40, dubious; Sawyer 1983, p. 296, on meeting-place; Lawson 1984, p. 734; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 141, authenticity uncertain, possibly a contemporary Abingdon product.
A.D. 1042. King Harthacnut to Ælfwine, bishop of Winchester; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Seolescumb (probably Coomb in East Meon, Hants.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Harley Ch. 43 C. 8 (s. xi med.; BM Facs., iv. 24)
2. BL Add. 15350, 111r (s. xii)
3. BL Harley 596, 19v-20v (s. xvii)
Printed: K 763; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6. no. 17.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 contemporary; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 220-1, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 158, authentic; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, compares script of MS 1 with that of S 1008 (= 1973, p. 42 n. 105); Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 191), original; Bishop 1971, p. 23, on script; HRH, p. 233, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136; Dumville 1993, pp. 132-4, on script of MS 1.
A.D. 1038 x 1039. King Harthacnut to St Edmunds Abbey; grant of privileges. Latin.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. King's Lynn, Borough Archives, Ae 35 (s. xii; Hervey 1907, facing p. 598)
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 286-7 (s. xvi)
3. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 29, 79v-80r (s, xv)
4. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 21rv (s. xiii2)
5. Cambridge, U.L., Gg. 4. 4, 95v-96v (s. xv)
6. Cambridge, U.L., Mm. 4. 19, 87r-90r (s. xii)
7. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 8 (s. xv) <query - S 980 only>
8. BL Harley 358, 45v-47r (s. xvi)
9. BL Harley 638, 31r-32v (s. xiv)
10. BL Harley 743, 57v-59r (s, xiv)
11. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 18v-20r (s. xvii)
Printed: K 761; Goodwin 1855, pp. 113-117; Thorpe, pp. 342-6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 16 bis; Hervey 1907, pp. 598-9, in part, with translation.
Comments: Goodwin 1855, pp. 104-8, forged temp. Henry I; Hervey 1907, p. 600, doubtful; Galbraith 1925, p. 224; Robertson, Charters, p. 400, doubtful; Harmer, Writs, pp. 434-5, spurious; Hart, ECEE, no. 92, spurious; Barlow 1970, p. 53 n. 3, unsatisfactory witness-list; Keynes 1980, p. 113 n. 92, p. 143 n. 212, spurious; Dumville 1993, pp. 38, 133, cited; Keynes 1994/1, p. 60, spurious; Wormald 1995, p. 128, fraudulent; Wormald 1996, p. 123, wholly bogus.
A.D. 1040 x 1042. Writ of King Harthacnut declaring that Abbot Athelstan of Ramsey is to have his mansus in Thetford, Norfolk, as fully and freely as he had it in the days of King Cnut. Latin.
Archive: Ramsey
MSS: 1. PRO E 164/28, 157r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 333, 19v (s. xiv1)
3. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 333, 34v (s. xiv1)
Printed: Spelman 1664, p. 394 ex MS 2; Gale, Scriptores XV, ii. 449, cap. xcix ex MS 1; K 1331; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, p. 152; Harmer, Writs, no. 56 ex MS 2.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 245-6, 471, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 126, authentic; Hart 1992, p. 103.
A.D. 1040 x 1042. Writ of King Harthacnut and his mother Queen Ælfgifu declaring that they have given to the church of Ramsey land at Hemingford Grey, Hunts. Latin.
Archive: Ramsey
MSS: 1. PRO E 164/28, 156v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 333, 19v (s. xiv1)
3. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 333, 34v (s. xiv1)
Printed: Gale, Scriptores XV, ii. 449, cap. xcviii ex MS 1; K 1330 ex Gale; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, p. 151 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 52; Harmer, Writs, no. 57 ex MS 2.
Comment: Harmer, Writs, pp. 245-6, 471, probably authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 34, authentic.
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