[88] S 221 (BCS 587) Æthelred and Æthelflæd, rulers of the Mercians (901): BL Cotton Charter viii. 27 (BMFacs. iii.1), from Much Wenlock.
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A column of crosses occurs in the left-hand margin; cf. column of chrismons in S 204 [81], and column of crosses in S 550 [317], also Mercian. Upper part of a chirograph ('... ME CRUCIS +', for (?) 'SIGNUM ALME CRUCIS +'). <Check in BL: curious disposition of attestations of Æthelred and Æthelflæd.> |
[89] S 367 (BCS 603) King Edward (903): BL Stowe Charter 22 (OSFacs. iii.23), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Text (on face) and witness-list (on dorse) written by one scribe, s. xin; boundary clause (on dorse) added by a different scribe, s. x1. Keynes 1993. |
[90] S 1203 (BCS 539) Confirmation by Plegmund, archbishop of Canterbury (890 x 923), of charter of Eardwulf (875): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 89 (BMFacs.ii.40), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Perhaps written later rather than earlier in Plegmund's time; the script is comparable with that of charters written by 'Æthelstan A'. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 173-4. Ibid., p. 359 n. 67: contemporary or nearly contemporary. Dumville 1987, p. 157 n. 52: 'extremely doubtful' that it should be assigned to Plegmund's pontificate. <Cf. S 1288 [225].> |
[91] S 416 (BCS 677) King Æthelstan (931): BL Cotton Charter viii. 16A (BMFacs.iii.3), from the Old Minster, Winchester.
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Written by 'Æthelstan A'; the last two witnesses were added by a different scribe. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 1), script likened to that of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 183. Dumville 1987, p. 173. See also S 1533 [239]. |
[92] S 425 (BCS 702) King Æthelstan (934): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 65 (BMFacs.iii.5), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Written by 'Æthelstan A'; line 5 was erased and re-written at Christ Church in s. xi/xii. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 1). Dumville 1987, p. 173. |
[93] S 447 (BCS 741) King Æthelstan (939): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 23 (BMFacs.iii.9), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Written by 'Æthelstan C'. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 2). Dumville 1987, p. 173. |
[94] S 449 (BCS 734) King Æthelstan (939): BL Cotton Charter viii. 22 (BMFacs. iii.8), from the Old Minster, Winchester.
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Keynes, Diplomas, p. 24. Dumville 1987, p. 173. |