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[238] S 1445 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 18) Letter of Ealdorman Ordlaf to King Edward, concerning the recent history of an estate at Fonthill, Wilts. (c. 900 x 924) Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 12 (OSFacs. i.13), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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An original letter, submitted as evidence in a lawsuit between Æthelhelm Higa and the Bishop of Winchester; a note recording the outcome of the dispute was added on the dorse, by a different scribe. Keynes 1992. |
[239] S 1533 (Robertson, Charters, no. 26) Will of Wulfgar (931 x 939) BL Cotton Charter viii. 16B (BMFacs. iii.3), from the Old Minster, Winchester.
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Cotton Charter viii. 16A is a charter of King Æthelstan (S 416 [91]), and the will of Wulfgar is an originally separate strip of parchment now physically attached to the charter (but not attached to it originally, since the documents were folded independently). The scribe of the will (different from that of the charter) wrote one of the documents in Bern, Burgerbibliothek 671 (76v), and would appear on this evidence to have been associated with the royal estate at Bedwyn, Wilts. (which was close to Wulfgar's property); the script has been likened to that of a s. x1 hand in the Parker Chronicle (see Chaplais 1965, p. 60, n. 102; Bately, MS. A, Hand 2f). A later (s. xi) endorsement on the will, added after folding, focuses on Wulfgar's bequest to the Old Minster, and was evidently written by a Winchester scribe. Parkes 1983, p. 137, n. 51. Dumville 1987, p. 174. Keynes 1990, p. 252, n. 102. [Check in BL: appears that most of last line of will has been erased, or left blank; continues on dorse.] |
[240] S 1539 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 3) Will of Wynflæd (s. x1 or s. xmed) BL Cotton Charter viii. 38 (BMFacs. iii.38), of uncertain provenance (? Shaftesbury).
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[241] S 1506 (Robertson, Charters, no. 32) Agreement between Æthelwyrd and Christ Church, Canterbury (942 x 958) BL Stowe Charter 27 (OSFacs. iii.28), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Lower part of a chirograph (CYREGRAFFA); a related document in the name of Eadric (probably Æthelwyrd's son) was added later, by a different hand, on the dorse. A medieval endorsement gives the date '958'. |
[242] S 1211 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 23) Statement, by Queen Eadgifu, of the history of land at Cooling, and at Osterland, Kent (c. 960) BL Stowe Charter 28 (OSFacs. iii.29), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Golden Age, ed. Backhouse et al., no. 167. |
[243] S 1447 (Robertson, Charters, no. 44) Statement of Archbishop Dunstan's claim to land at Sunbury, Middx., and Send, Surrey (c. 968 x 988) London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. VIII (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 7), from Westminster.
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[Cf. S 702 [118].] |
[244] S 1215 (BCS 1212) Record of Æthelflæd's sale of land in Kent to Ælfwold (968) BL Stowe Charter 30 (OSFacs. iii.31), from Christ Church, Canterbury. English and Latin.
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A curiously hybrid document, prepared in several stages. The main text (in English and Latin) records a sale of land by Æthelflæd to Ælfwold; the price (1450 pence) appears to have been inserted in a space originally left blank. The dating clause and witness-list were added on a separate occasion, apparently at Canterbury; but the names of additional witnesses appear to have been inserted subsequently, in available spaces (four between the second and third columns of the main list; 'Ælfsige burthen' at the end of the bottom line; and the 'community' at Appledore in a gap between part of the dating clause and the body of the witness-list). At some point the name of Eadwold was inserted into the text of the main agreement (and an operative verb was altered accordingly from singular to plural). An additional line of text on the dorse records that Ælfwold gave a further 100 pence to 'Eadwold and his sons'. The primary endorsement represents the text as a sale by (both) Eadwold and Æthelflæd, to Ælfwold. Ward 1937.
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[245] S 1458 (Robertson, Charters, no. 41; Campbell, Rochester, no. 34) Statement of the circumstances in which Archbishop Dunstan vouched for the terms of the will of Ælfheah (c. 995) BL Cotton Charter viii. 20 (BMFacs. iii.34), from Rochester.
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In effect, a statement of Rochester's interest in land at Wouldham, presumably prepared by Bishop Godwine as part of the case for its restoration to the church (cf. S 885, dated 995). The writing becomes more compressed in the lower half of the sheet; the words 'sal sapientiae' (s. x) occur in the lower left-hand corner of the dorse. ['Salt of wisdom'? Check whether this is intended as an endorsement, or whether it is part of something else. Revise description of contents.] |
[246] S 1296 (Crawford Charters, no. 7; Councils & Synods, no. 35 (II)) Letter of Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury, to King Æthelred (981 x 988) Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. XIV (BAFacs. 8), from Exeter (ex Crediton).
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Chaplais 1981b, no. 18. [Original letter, or contemporary copy, with alterations made in the interests of the bishop of Cornwall.] |
[247] - - (Councils & Synods, no. 35 (I)) Statement of Crediton's claim to certain estates in Cornwall (s. x2) BL Add. 7138 (BAFacs. 9) ? from St Augustine's, Canterbury. Latin.
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A step on the lower left-hand side of the parchment may be the remains of a wrapping-tie, or the parchment may have been trimmed to prevent the addition of text. [Included here to keep with S 1296; cross-ref. from above?] |
[248] S 1494 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 14) Will of Æthelflæd (962 x 991) BL Harley Charter 43. C. 4 (BMFacs. iii.35), from Bury St Edmunds.
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Later copy; written first on sheet which also has S 1486 [255] in same hand. |
[249] S 1497 (Whitelock, Will of Æthelgifu) Will of Æthelgifu (c. 990) Princeton, Scheide Library (BAFacs. 15), from St Albans.
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Lower part of a chirograph (CYROGRAVVM). |
[250] S 1454 (Robertson, Charters, no. 66) Record of the settlement of a dispute between Wynflæd and Leofwine (990 x 992) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 15 (BMFacs. iii.37), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CPILREOTGVRMAEFSVTM). Dr Chaplais has observed that the letters are to be read alternately, giving CIROGRAFVM PLETUM EST (see Keynes 1990, p. 250 n. 94); one should add that the letters in 'CIROGRAFUM' are distinctly bolder than the letters in 'PLETUM EST'. |
[251] S 1501 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 16 (1)) Will of Æthelric (c. 960 x 994) Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 20 (OSFacs. i.16), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Later copy; step from wrapping-tie. See also S 939 [252]. |
[252] S 939 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 16 (II)) Confirmation by King Æthelred of the will of Æthelric (995 x 999) Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 18 (OSFacs. i.17), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Central part of a tripartite chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM CYROGRAPHVM); issued in triplicate. See also S 1501 [251]. |
[253] S 1522 (Crawford Charters, no. 9) Will of Leofwine (998) Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. XII (BAFacs. 14), from Westminster.
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The form of the document suggests that it ought to be an original, but the script would be more appropriate in a later copy, s. xi. Lower part of a chirograph (CHIROGRAPHUM). A step on the lower edge of the parchment (extending to the middle of the sheet) may be from a wrapping-tie, or the parchment may have been trimmed to prevent the addition of text; cf. S 670 [202], also from Westminster. |
[254] S 1534 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 19) Will of Wulfgeat (c. 1000) BL Harley Charter 83. A. 2 (BMFacs. iv.42), from Worcester.
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Lower part of a chirograph (CYROGRAFVM). |
[255] S 1486 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 15) Will of Ælfflæd (1000 x 1002) BL Harley Charter 43. C. 4 (BMFacs. iii.35), from Bury St Edmunds.
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Written second on the face and dorse of a sheet which also has S 1494 [248], in the same hand; presumably a copy of an originally separate document. Boundary clauses were added on the dorse by a different scribe, s. ximed. [Check stages.] |
[256] S 1536 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 17; Sawyer, Burton, no. 29) Will of Wulfric (1002 x 1004) Burton-on-Trent Museum, Burton Muniments 1 (OSFacs. iii. Anglesey 2), from Burton.
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Later copy; written second on a sheet which also has S 906 [213] in the same hand. |
[257] S 1492 (Crawford Charters, no. 10) Will of Ælfwold, bishop of Crediton (1008 x 1012) Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. XIII (BAFacs. 18), from Exeter (ex Crediton).
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Scribe also wrote S 890 [138]. |
[258] S 1503, MS. 1 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 20) Will of the ætheling Æthelstan (1014) BL Stowe Charter 37 (OSFacs. iii.38), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM). It is remarkable that the text of this document is quite clearly the work of two scribes. The first (a round, upright hand, in brown ink) was responsible for lines 1-6, and the second (of less regular aspect, in a darker ink) was responsible for the rest of the text. Features of the second hand have the appearance of being 'later'; but it is difficult to believe that the document as a whole is anything other than an original. There are two texts of Æthelstan's will in the Codex Wintoniensis (only one of which is derived from a chirograph), showing that copies of the document were also preserved at the Old Minster, Winchester. Golden Age, ed. Backhouse et al., no. 152. |
[259] S 1503, MS. 2 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 20) Will of the ætheling Æthelstan (1014) Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. H 68 (OSFacs. i.18), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Cf. S 1503, MS. 1 [258]. MS. 2 is not part of a chirograph, and has a step on the lower left-hand edge, from a wrapping-tie; it is written in a different style of script, and is perhaps a copy made in connection with the 'publication' of the will. It is doubtful, however, that MS. 2 is derived directly from MS. 1. [Check K. Lowe, notes in file under table.] |
[260] S 1487 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 13) Will of Ælfhelm (975 x 1016) BL Stowe Charter 36 (OSFacs. iii.37), from Westminster.
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Lower part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM). |
[261] S 1220 (Robertson, Charters, no. 75) Record of Godwine's grant of land in Kent to Leofwine the Red (1013 x 1018) London and Oslo, Schøyen collection, MS. 600 (BAFacs. 19), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPFHVM). |
[262] S 1387 (Crawford Charters, no. 4) Eadnoth, bishop of Crediton (1016 x 1020) Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. III, endorsement (BAFacs. 27), from Exeter (ex Crediton).
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Later copy, written on the dorse of S 405 [190]; the original was in the form of a chirograph (Crawford Charters, p. 80). Chaplais 1981b, no. 9. |
[263] S 1460 (Robertson, Charters, no. 83) Record of the settlement of a dispute between Æthelstan, bishop of Hereford, and Wulfstan and his son Wulfric (c. 1010 x 1023) BL Cotton Charter viii. 37 (BMFacs. iv.14), from Worcester.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM); issued in triplicate. |
[263a] S 1462 (Robertson, Charters, no. 78) Record of the settlement of a dispute between Edwin, son of Enniaun, and his mother (1016 x 1035) Hereford, D. & C. P. i. 2, fol. 134rv, from Hereford.
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Record entered in a gospel-book. [Perhaps this should be included; cf. [87], etc. Include others, and renumber?] |
[264] S 1467 (Robertson, Charters, no. 91) Statement of Christ Church's position in regard to a dispute over land at Sandwich, Kent (1037 x 1040) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 90 (BMFacs. iv.20), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Bishop and Chaplais, no. 4: scribe identified as that of a writ of William the Conqueror. Chaplais 1966, p. 176, n. 129: scribe identified in other Canterbury contexts. |
[265] S 1489 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 26) Will of Ælfric, bishop of Elmham (1035 x 1040) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 85 (BMFacs. iv.21), from Bury St Edmunds.
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[266] S 1225 (Robertson, Charters, no. 93) Record of Thurketel's grant of land to Bury St Edmunds (c. 1040) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 84 (BMFacs. iv.44), from Bury St Edmunds.
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[Long thin strip, with one and a half lines of script; later sanction added. Draft?] |
[267] S 1530, MS. 1 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 30) Will of Thurstan (1042 x 1043) Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 22 (OSFacs. i.25), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM); issued in triplicate. S 1530, MS. 2 [268], is a revised version of this document, written by a different scribe. |
[268] S 1530, MS. 2 (Whitelock, Wills, no. 30) Will of Thurstan, revised version (1042 x 1043) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 34 (BMFacs. iv.33), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM); issued in triplicate. Revised version of S 1530, MS. 1 [267], with further corrections, additions and alterations (by different scribes). [Altered to St Albans, from St Augustine's.] |
[269] S 1471 (Robertson, Charters, no. 101) Record of an agreement between Archbishop Eadsige and Æthelric (c. 1045) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 70 (BMFacs. iv.27), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Central part of a tripartite chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM CYROGRAPHVM); issued in triplicate. |
[270] S 1472 (Robertson, Charters, no. 102) Record of an agreement between Ælfstan, abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury, and the priest Leofwine (1044 x 1045) Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 21 (OSFacs. i.23), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM); issued in triplicate. |
[271] S 1473 (Robertson, Charters, no. 103) Record of Godric's purchase of land in Kent from his sister Eadgifu (1044 x 1048) BL Cotton Augustus ii. 35 (BMFacs. iv.28), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Upper part of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM); issued in triplicate. |
[272] S 1400 (Robertson, Charters, no. 108) Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury (1038 x 1050) BL Stowe Charter 42 (OSFacs. iii.43), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Lower part of chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM); issued in duplicate. |
[273] - - (OSFacs.) Guild statutes of Abbotsbury, Dorset (s. ximed.) Dorchester, Dorset Record Office, D 124 (OSFacs. ii. Earl of Ilchester 4), from Abbotsbury.
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[274] S (Add.) 1602f (Keynes 1989, p. 229) Fragment of an agreement (s. ximed) Dorchester, Dorset Record Office, D 124 (OSFacs. ii. Earl of Ilchester 5), from Abbotsbury.
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Fragment of the lower part of a chirograph (... PHVM). |
[275] S 255, MS. 2 (Crawford Charters, no. 2) Bounds of Creedy-land, Devon Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. IIa (BAFacs. 28), from Exeter (ex Crediton).
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[276] S 1547 (BCS 1323) Bounds of Peadingtun, Devon Exeter, D. & C., 2530 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 15), from Exeter (ex Crediton).
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s. xi1 ?. Step from wrapping-tie. Cf. S 1862 [223]. |