Charters of St Paul's, London
, ed. S. E. Kelly, Anglo-Saxon Charters 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press for The British Academy, 2004)CONTENTS
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CHARTERS OF ST PAUL'S
1. (S 5) Æthelberht, king [of Kent], grants land at Tillingham, Essex, to Bishop Mellitus and St Paul's minster. [A.D. 604 x 616]
2. (S 1783 (LonStP 1)) Æthelred, king of the Mercians, grants ten hides at Ealing, Middlesex, to Wealdhere, bishop [of London]. [A.D. 693 x 704]
3. (S 1785 (LonStP 2)) Tyrhtel, bishop [of Hereford], grants fifty hides at Fulham, Middlesex, to Wealdhere, bishop of London. A.D. 701 [? for 704 x 709]
4. (S 1784 (LonStP 3)) Offa, king of the East Saxons, grants land in the district called Hæmele [Hertfordshire], to Wealdhere, bishop [of London]. [c. A.D. 704 x 709]
5. (S 1786 (LonStP 4)) (a) Coenred, king of the Mercians, renews the liberty granted by King Æthelberht to St Paul's minster. [A.D. 704 x 709]
(S 1790 (LonStP 7)) (b) Offa, king of the Mercians, extends the liberty of St Paul's. [A.D. 757 x 796]
6. (S 1787 (LonStP 5)) Swæfred, king of the East Saxons, grants seventy hides in the district called Deningei [Essex] to Ingwald, bishop of London. [A.D. (705 x 716) x 745]
6A. (S 1789 (LonStP 6)) Extract from a charter connected with Ingwald, bishop of London. [A.D. (705 x 716) x 745]
7. (S 103a) Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, grants remission of toll on one ship to Ingwald, bishop of London. [A.D. 716 x 745]
8. (S 103b (previously S 1788)) Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, grants remission of toll on one ship to Ingwald, bishop of London. [A.D. 716 x 745]
9. (S 1791 (LonStP 8)) Ceolberht, bishop of London, and the brethren of St Paul's church lease ten hides at Braughing, Hertfordshire, to Sigeric, minister of Wiglaf, king of the Mercians, with reversion to St Andrew's church. [A.D. 827 x 829 or 830 x 840]
10. (S 367a) King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd of Mercia, at the request of Æthelfrith, dux, renews a charter of Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, granting ten hides at Islington, Middlesex, to Beornnoth, comes. A.D. 903
11. (S 1792 (LonStP 9)) Part of a dating clause and witness-list from a diploma of King Æthelstan. A.D. 935
12. (S 453) King Æthelstan confirms for St Paul's minster: ten hides at Sandon with Rothe (? Roe Green in St Peter's) and eight hides at Ardeley with Luffenhall, Hertfordshire; ten hides at Belchamp St Pauls with Wickham St Pauls, eight at Heybridge and twelve at Runwell, Essex; thirty hides at Eduluesnæsa (The Naze, Essex); ten hides at West Drayton, Middlesex; eight hides at Barnes, Surrey; and ten hides at Neasden with Willesden, Middlesex. [A.D. 924 x 939]
13. (S 452) King Æthelstan confirms the privileges of St Paul's minster, first granted in the time of King Sebbi. [A.D. 924 x 939]
14. (S 1793 (LonStP 10)) King Eadred grants twelve hides at Shopland, Essex, to Eawynn, a nun. A.D. 946
15. (S 1794 (LonStP 11)) King Eadwig grants ten hides at Orsett, Essex, to Bishop Brihthelm. [A.D. 957]
16. (S 337) King Edgar grants fifteen hides at Navestock, Essex, to St Paul's minster. A.D. 867 [for 957 x 958]
17. (S 1795 (LonStP 12)) King Edgar grants forty hides at [Hadham, Hertfordshire], to Æthelflæd, widow and nun. A.D. 969
18. (LonStP 18) King Edgar grants seventy hides to St Paul. [A.D. 957 x 975]
19. (LonStP 14) (a) Extract from a diploma of King Æthelred. A.D. 982
(LonStP 17) (b) Extract from a diploma [? of King Æthelred] in favour of Werenberht, deacon, possibly concerning land at Orsett, Essex [A.D. 971 x 992]
20. (LonStP 16) Extracts from a diploma or diplomas of King Æthelred. A.D. 986
21. (S 941) King Æthelred confirms the lands of St Paul's minster. [A.D. 978 x 995/6]
22. (S 1495) Æthelflæd bequeaths four hides at Laver, Essex, and two at Cockhampstead, Hertfordshire, to St Paul's minster. [c. A.D. 1000]
23. (S 908) King Æthelred confirms Æthelflæd's bequest to St Paul's minster of four hides at Laver, Essex, and two at Cockhampstead, Hertfordshire. [c. A.D. 1000]
24. (S 945) King Æthelred grants judicial privileges to the priests of St Paul's minster. [A.D. 978 x 1016]
25. (S 1458a) List of contributions required from St Paul's estates for the manning of a ship. [c. A.D. 1000]
26. (S 978) King Cnut confirms the lands given by himself and his predecessors to St Paul's minster in London. [A.D. 1016 x 1035]
27. (S 992) King Cnut grants judicial and financial privileges to St Paul's minster. [A.D. 1033 x 1035]
28. (S 1104) King Edward grants judicial and financial privileges to the priests of St Paul's minster. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]
29. (S 1056) King Edward renews the liberties of St Paul's minster, with particular reference to eight hides at Barling and five at Chingford, Essex. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]
30. (LonStP 18) King Edward grants one hide at Sciredesforde to Fræwine, minister. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]
31. (S 1243a) Eadgifu and her husband grant land at Weeley, Essex, to the brethren of S Paul's church, with the permission of King Edward. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]
THE LONDON CNIHTENGILD
32. (S 1103) King Edward declares that his men in the gild of the English cnihtas are to have their sake and soke, within the city and without, and to be entitled to as good laws as they enjoyed in the days of Kings Edgar, Æthelred and Cnut. [A.D. 1042 x 1044]