Reigns of Cnut, Harthacnut, and Edward the Confessor

(nos. 144-60)

Charters of King Cnut (1016-35)

[144] S 950 (OSFacs.) King Cnut (1018) BL Stowe Charter 38 (OSFacs. iii.39), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

S950 face S950 dorse

Written by Eadui Basan, who also wrote S 22 [162], S 319 [183], S 914, MS. 9 (in a gospel-book) and S 985 (in a gospel-book). For Eadui's appearances in these and other contexts, see Bishop 1959, p. 94; Bishop 1963, p. 420 n. 2; Chaplais 1965, p. 60; Chaplais 1966, p. 174; Bishop, ECM, p. 22; Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 257-8, 273-4, 277 and 288-90; and Heslop 1990, pp. 153-6 and 175-6. Golden Age, ed. Backhouse et al., no. 169. [Add ref. to Dumville on Eadui Basan.]

[145] S 956 (OSFacs.) King Cnut (1019) Winchester College, Muniment Room, no. 4 (OSFacs. ii. Winchester College 4), from the New Minster, Winchester.

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Irregular pricking round outer edge. Check OSFacs for early modern scribble on face.

[146] S 977 (KCD 736) King Cnut (1021 x 1023) BL Stowe Charter 33 BL Cotton Augustus ii. 24 (BMFacs. iv.16), from Evesham.

S977 face S977 dorse

Perhaps a later copy, s. xi. Step from wrapping-tie.

[147] S 961 (KCD 741) King Cnut (1024) Dorchester, Dorset Record Office, D 124 (OSFacs. ii. Earl of Ilchester 2), from Abbotsbury.

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Perhaps a later copy, s. xi. Step from wrapping-tie.

[148] S 963 (KCD 744) King Cnut (1031) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 69 (BMFacs. iv.18), from Christ Church, Canterbury (? stray from Exeter, ex Crediton).

S963 face S963 dorse

The words 'eum benedicamus' have been added against the names of the last two thegns in the witness-list. Chaplais 1965, p. 60: scribe also wrote S 971. Chaplais 1981b, p. 24: possibly written by a Crediton scribe. [check date - ? 1027] [Little crosses in first column of witness-list; no crosses in cols. 2 and 3, but space left as if they were to be supplied.]

[149] S 971, MS. 1 (Davidson 1883) King Cnut (1031) Exeter, D. & C., 2525 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 11), from Exeter (ex Crediton).

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Chaplais 1965, p. 60: scribe also wrote S 963. Chaplais 1981b, no. 23: possibly written by a Crediton scribe. Hart, ECNE, p. 25 n. 1: dating clause and witness-list written after folding.

[150] S 974 (OSFacs.) King Cnut (1035) BL Stowe Charter 41 (OSFacs. iii.42), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

S963 face S974 dorse

Step from wrapping-tie. [Check in BL: bounds inserted?]

Charters of King Harthacnut (1040-2)

[151] S 994 (KCD 763) King Harthacnut (1042) BL Harley Charter 43. C. 8 (BMFacs. iv.24), from the Old Minster, Winchester.

S994 face S974 dorse

Chaplais 1965, p. 60: scribe also wrote S 1008 [000].

Charters of King Edward the Confessor (1042-66)

[152] S 1044 (KCD 769) King Edward (1042 x 1044) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 68 (BMFacs. iv.25), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

S1044 face S1044 dorse

DND not contemporary. Script: see Bishop ECM xxiii and n. 5

[153] S 1003 (Davidson 1883) King Edward (1044) Exeter, D. & C., 2526 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 12), from Exeter.

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Chaplais 1981b, no. 26. First line in caps. No crosses in witness-list.

[154] S 1004 (KCD 772) King Edward (1044) Dorchester, Dorset Record Office, D 124 (OSFacs. ii. Earl of Ilchester 3), from Abbotsbury.

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An anomalous production, with a hideous chrismon; but probably original.

[155] S 1005 (KCD 770) King Edward (1044) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 59 (BMFacs. iv.26), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

S1005 face S1005 dorse

ECM xxiii and n. 5: not contemporary? Finberg 1960, no. 96a. Apparently a stray from a west-country archive - check if any s. xii CCC endorsements. No crosses in witness-list.

[156] S 1008 (KCD 781) King Edward (1045) BL Cotton Charter viii. 9 (BMFacs. iv.31), from the Old Minster, Winchester.

S1008 face S1008 dorse

Chaplais 1965, p. 60: scribe also wrote S 994 [000].

[157] S 1019 (KCD 787) King Edward (1049) Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 19 (OSFacs. i.24), from Christ Church, Canterbury (stray from St Petroc's, Bodmin).

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Chaplais 1981b, no. 24; possibly modelled on S 890 [000]. [No crosses in witness-list.]

[158] S 1021, MS. 1 (KCD 791) King Edward (1050) Exeter, D. & C., 2072 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 13), from Exeter.

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The first line is written in capitals. Chaplais 1981b, no. 27: scribe also appears in manuscripts from Exeter. [No crosses in witness-list.]

[159] S 1028 (Harmer, Writs, pp. 538-9) King Edward (1059) Paris, Archives nationales, K 19, no. 61 (BAFacs. 21), from St Denis, Paris.

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See also S 1105 [000].

[160] S 1031 (Barlow, Edward the Confessor, pp. 333-5) King Edward (1060) Hertfordshire Record Office, Acc. no. 1175 (BAFacs. 22), from Westminster.

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