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ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS


ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS
ON SINGLE SHEETS

A CLASSIFIED LIST

compiled under the auspices of the
Joint Committee of Anglo-Saxon Charters
by Simon Keynes

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SECTION II (a)

CHARTERS WRITTEN IN THE
TENTH OR ELEVENTH CENTURY

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Royal diplomas, etc.: nos. 88-161

 

[88] S 221 (BCS 587) Æthelred and Æthelflæd, rulers of the Mercians (901): BL Cotton Charter viii. 27 (BMFacs. iii.1), from Much Wenlock.

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.>

Charters of King Edward the Elder (899-924)

[89] S 367 (BCS 603) King Edward (903): BL Stowe Charter 22 (OSFacs. iii.23), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

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.

<BW images face and dorse>.

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[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.

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].>

Charters of King Æthelstan (924-39)

[91] S 416 (BCS 677) King Æthelstan (931): BL Cotton Charter viii. 16A (BMFacs. iii.3), from the Old Minster, Winchester.

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.

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.

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.

Keynes, Diplomas, p. 24. Dumville 1987, p. 173.

Charters of King Edmund (939-46)

[95] S 464 (BCS 753) King Edmund (940): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 62 (BMFacs. iii.10), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

Written by 'Æthelstan C'; the last six witnesses were added by a different scribe. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 2). Keynes, Diplomas, p. 45.

 

[96] S 470 (BCS 748) King Edmund (940): Winchester College, Muniment Room, no. 2 (OSFacs. ii. Winchester College 3), from the New Minster, Winchester.

Apparently written in three stages: text and bounds; dating clause and column of the word Ego; names of the witnesses (in darker ink). Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 8). <Irregular pricking all over.>

 

[97] S 512 (BCS 780) King Edmund (943): BL Stowe Charter 24 (OSFacs. iii.25), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

Written by 'Æthelstan C'; boundary clause inserted in space originally left blank. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 2). <Check in BL.>

 

[98] S 495 (BCS 792) King Edmund (944): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 63 (BMFacs. iii.11), from Evesham.

Keynes, Diplomas, p. 24. Dumville 1987, pp. 173-4. <Check in BL: different hand in line 5, or just form of display script in place-names? Assessment tampered with?>

 

[99] S 497 (BCS 791) King Edmund (944): BL Stowe Charter 25 (OSFacs. iii.26), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

Written by 'Edmund C'; step in upper right corner, from wrapping-tie. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 3), scribe also wrote inscription recording King Æthelstan's gift of BL Cotton Tiberius A. ii to Christ Church, Canterbury. Keynes 1985, pp. 147-53.

 

[100] S 510 (BCS 813) King Edmund (946): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 73 (BMFacs. iii.12), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

Written by 'Edmund C'. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 3).

Charters of King Eadred (946-55)

[101] S 528 (BCS 820) King Eadred (947): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 83 (BMFacs. iii.13), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

Written by 'Edmund C'; a section of text which should have occurred between the sanction and the bounds was originally omitted, and has been added on the dorse by the main scribe. Chaplais 1965, pp. 149-50 (scribe 3).

 

[102] S 535 (BCS 869) King Eadred (948): BL Stowe Charter 26 (OSFacs. iii.27), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

Written by 'Edmund C'; boundary clause, and record of payment, inserted by main scribe in space originally left blank. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 3).

 

[103] S 546, MS. 1 (BCS 880) King Eadred (949): Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 14 (OSFacs. i.15), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

<Reculver charter, allegedly written by Dunstan himself.> Chaplais 1966, p. 164: ? original, written at Glastonbury. Chaplais 1968, p. 316: punctuation by Dunstan. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 232-6. Lapidge 1988, pp. 91-2. Brooks 1992: original. See also [197]. <Check in OSF. Anomalous layout; boundary clause added on dorse by a different hand, s. xi1; all original, according to Brooks. Ref. to various discussions in Dunstan book. DND: s. xex.>

 

[104] S 552 (BCS 877) King Eadred (949): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 44 (BMFacs. iii.16), from Abingdon.

Written by 'Edmund C'; boundary clause possibly inserted after writing of the main text. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 3). <ASE 5, p. 162, script of boundary clause likened to Tanner 10, fols. 105-14; ASE 5, p. 167, script likened to second hand of Alfred's law-code in CCCC 173.>

 

[105] S 563 (BCS 903) King Eadred (955): Longleat House, Muniments 10565 (OSFacs. ii. Marquess of Bath 2), from Glastonbury.

An original charter of the 'Dunstan B' type, quite different in appearance from other originals of the period; amount of payment possibly an insertion. Chaplais 1966, p. 163: script likened to that in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 30 (Glastonbury).

Charters of King Eadwig (955-9)

[106] S 594 (BCS 935) King Eadwig (956, Group 1): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 41 (BMFacs. iii.18), from Abingdon. <BW images, small, 75%, 100%>

An anomalous production; main text apparently written after parchment had been folded (vertically and horizontally). Bishop, ECM, p. xix: 'earliest dated attempt at Caroline minuscule'. Cf. S 550 [317].

 

[107] S 624 (BCS 961) King Eadwig (956, Group 2): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 45 (BMFacs. iii.20), from Abingdon.

The operative details of the grant appear to have been entered (in a darker ink) after the writing of the main text: in line 3, 'cuidam [blank] cui nomen insitum est [blank] cassatos' becomes 'cuidam[eorum optimatum] cui nomen insitum est [.eadmundo.xvi.] cassatos'; in line 4, 'Anningadune' was possibly inserted, followed by bounds, dating clause and witness-list, and endorsement. Bishop 1957, pp. 371-2: scribe also wrote S 646 [111]. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 5). The script-identity of S 624 and 646 is questionable. <Insert macron over a of cuidam.>

 

[108] S 636 (BCS 926) King Eadwig (956, Group 2): BL Cotton Charter viii. 12 (BMFacs. iii.21), from the Old Minster, Winchester.

Last sentence of boundary clause added by a different hand. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 4); scribe also wrote annal for 951 in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 173).

 

[109] S 618 (BCS 965) King Eadwig (956, Group 3): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 43 (BMFacs. iii.19), from Abingdon.

<irregular production - anomalous in various respects; contemp. endorsement>

 

[110] S 602 (BCS 954; Sawyer, Burton, no. 17) King Eadwig (956, Group 4): Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/1/41 (BAFacs. 4), from Burton.

Conceivably original, but more probably an imitative copy, s. xi2.

 

[111] S 646 (BCS 1347; Crawford Charters, no. 5) King Eadwig (957, pre-division of kingdom): Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. V (BAFacs. 5), of uncertain provenance (probably Ely). <BW images: witness 75, 100, 150; chrismon; etc.>

Bishop 1957, pp. 371-2: scribe also wrote S 624 [107]. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 5). The script-identity of S 624 and 646 is questionable.

 

[112] S 649 (BCS 1003) King Eadwig (957, pre-division of kingdom): Winchester, D. & C. (OSFacs. ii. Winchester 2), from the Old Minster, Winchester.

Step from wrapping-tie. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 7).

Charters of King Edgar (959-75)

[113] S 677 (BCS 1040) King Edgar (958): Wells, D. & C., Cathedral Ch. I (OSFacs. ii. Wells), from Wells.

The charter differs in its general appearance from other charters of the period; part of boundary clause inserted by a different hand, over erasure. Keynes, Diplomas, p. 69 n. 137. <Check in OSFacs.>

 

[114] S 684 (BCS 1056) King Edgar (960): Exeter, D. & C., 2522 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 5), from Exeter (ex Crediton or St Germans).

An anomalous production: witness-list garbled, with thegns amidst ealdormen; boundary clause in an unusual position, underneath the witness-list; endorsed before folding. Chaplais 1981b, no. 12: s. xmed, perhaps from same scriptorium as S 795 [000]. <Contemporary or later copy? Cf. S 795.>

 

[115] S 687 (BCS 1055) King Edgar (960): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 40 (BMFacs. iii.22), from Abingdon.

Written by 'Edgar A'. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 6). Golden Age, ed. Backhouse et al., no. 166. Lapidge 1988, pp. 94-5.

 

[116] S 690 (BCS 1066) King Edgar (961): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 39 (BMFacs. iii.23), from Abingdon.

<BW images: large, small.>

Written by two scribes, in different stages: main text, including boundary clause, written (in Square minuscule) by 'Edgar A'; dating clause and witness-list added (in Anglo-Caroline minuscule) after horizontal folding, by another scribe. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 6). Bishop, ECM, no. 11. Golden Age, ed. Backhouse et al., no. 165. Lapidge 1988, pp. 92-3.

 

[117] S 697 (BCS 1072) King Edgar (961): BL Harley Charter 43. C. 2 (BMFacs. iv.11), from the Old Minster, Winchester.

 

[118] S 702 (BCS 1085) King Edgar ('862', for 962): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. X (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 6), from Westminster.

Copy of an original by 'Edgar A', written by scribe of the Bosworth Psalter. Korhammer 1973, pp. 182-7. <Check OSFacs: endorsed before folding? Birch prints 962.>

 

[119] S 703 (BCS 1082) King Edgar (962): BL Harley Charter 43. C. 3 (BMFacs. iii.25), from Bury St Edmunds.

Written by 'Edgar A'. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 6).

 

[120] S 704 (Rose-Troup 1929) King Edgar (962): Chelmsford, Essex Record Office, D/DP T 209 (BAFacs. 6), from Buckfast.

A sub-standard production, conceivably original but possibly s. xi and imitative; boundary clause, dating clause and witness-list apparently written after sheet had been folded horizontally.

 

[121] S 706 (BCS 1083) King Edgar (962): BL Cotton Charter viii. 28 (BMFacs. iii.24), of uncertain provenance.

Written by 'Edgar A'. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 6).

 

[122] S 717 (BCS 1101) King Edgar (963): BL Stowe Charter 29 (OSFacs. iii.30), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

Written by 'Edgar A'; boundary clause inserted in space originally left blank. A later endorsement, stating that the beneficiary gave the charter plus land to Archbishop Dunstan, was added by a different hand. Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 (scribe 6).

 

[123] S 736 (BCS 1165) King Edgar (965): Dorchester, Dorset Record Office, D 124 (OSFacs. ii. Earl of Ilchester 1), from Abbotsbury.

Step from wrapping-tie.

 

S 738: see [204]

 

[124] S 745 (BCS 1190) King Edgar (966): BL Cotton Vespasian A. viii, from the New Minster, Winchester.

In book-form, not a single sheet. Lapidge 1988, pp. 95-6.

BL facsimiles:

 

[125] S 768 (BCS 1211; Sawyer, Burton, no. 23) King Edgar (968): Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/2/41 (BAFacs. 7), from Burton.

Witness-list and boundary clause inserted in space between dating clause and sanction; conceivably original, but possibly s. xi imitative forgery.

 

[126] S 772 (BCS 1229) King Edgar (969): BL Add. Charter 19793 (BMFacs. iii.29), from Worcester.

Bishop, ECM, p. 17: apparently written by scribe iii of Vatican City, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Reg. lat. 1671 (Vergil). See also Hart, ECNE, p. 82. <Pursue significance of Bishop's identification.>

 

S 1276, endorsement: see [75]

 

[127] S 795 (BCS 1303) King Edgar (974): PRO 30/26/11 (OSFacs. ii. PRO), from Exeter (ex Crediton).

The name of one bishop in the witness-list has been erased. A later endorsement, s. ximed, records grant of land to Crediton. Chaplais 1981b, no. 15; perhaps written in same scriptorium as S 684 [114]. <Check in OSFacs: looks like later copy; are both endorsements before folding? Cf. S 684.>

Charters of King Edward the Martyr (975-8)

[128] S 830 (Davidson 1883) King Edward (976): Exeter, D. & C., 2523 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 7), from Exeter (ex Crediton).

The last <twelve> words in the second line of the bounds were added by a different scribe. Chaplais 1981b, no. 16: possibly contemporary, but conceivably a later copy, s. xi1. <Check in OSFacs, and PC. No crosses in witness-list.>

 

[129] S 1451 (BCS 1290) Endowment of Westminster (978): BL Stowe Charter 32 (OSFacs. iii.33), from Westminster.

An anomalous production. Written apparently in three stages (by different scribes): lines 1-19 (main text), lines 19-24 (boundary clause), and lines 24-5 (dating clause). Korhammer 1973, p. 185 n. 2: script (of lines 19-24) comparable with that of S 702 [118]; see also S 1450, MS. 1 [130]. Cf. S 1450, MS. 2 [315].

Charters of King Æthelred the Unready (978-1016)

[130] S 1450, MS. 1 (OSFacs. iii.34) King Æthelred (986): BL Stowe Charter 33 (OSFacs. iii.34), from Westminster.

An anomalous production. Korhammer 1973, p. 185 n. 2: script comparable with that of S 702 [118]; see also S 1451 [129]. Cf. S 1450, MS. 2 [315].

 

[131] S 864 (KCD 657; Campbell, Rochester, no. 30) King Æthelred (987): BL Cotton Charter viii. 14 (BMFacs. iii.33), from Rochester.

<BW images 50, 75, 100.>

 

[132] S 1863 (Finberg 1960) King Æthelred (c. 987): Burton-on-Trent Museum, Burton Muniment 3 (BAFacs. 10), of uncertain provenance.

 

S 287, endorsement: see [74]

 

[133] S 876 (KCD 684) King Æthelred (993): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 38 (BMFacs. iii.36), from Abingdon.
<BL digital image, in colour); BW images: 75, 100, details of witness-list left, right.>

The main scribe appears not to have supplied any crosses before the names of the witnesses, as if to allow for the addition of crosses by the witnesses themselves. Crosses were added against the names of the bishops in the first column of the witness-list, and against the names of some of the abbots; the crosses differ in appearance, and are conceivably autograph. Bishop, ECM, p. 13: script likened to that in Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS. 182 (Bede). Keynes, Diplomas, pp. 101 n. 54 and 251.
<Expand on other alterations in witness-list.>

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[134] S 880 (KCD 686) King Æthelred (994): Exeter, D. & C., 2070 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 8), from Exeter (ex St Germans).

The first line of the text is written in golden capitals. Chaplais 1981b, no. 19. <No crosses in witness-list.>

 

[135] S 884 (Bates, Muchelney Cartulary) King Æthelred (995): Taunton Castle, Somerset County Museum, DD/SAS PR 502 (BAFacs. 11), from Muchelney.

Bishop, ECM, p. 7: scribe appears elsewhere in manuscripts from Christ Church, Canterbury. Keynes, Diplomas, p. 120.

 

[136] S 1379 (KCD 691) Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester (995): BL Harley Charter 43. C. 7 (BMFacs. iii.39), of uncertain provenance.

Keynes, Diplomas, p. 124.

 

[137] S 878 (Sawyer, Burton, no. 27) King Æthelred (996): Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/4/41 (BAFacs. 12), from Burton.

<Some names of bishops' sees added; Sigeferth of Lindsey not identified.>

 

[138] S 890 (OSFacs.) King Æthelred (997): BL Stowe Charter 34 (OSFacs. iii.35), from Exeter (ex Crediton).

<BW images 50, 75, 100.>

Chaplais 1981b, no. 20, and Add.: scribe also wrote S 1492 [257]; possibly used as model for S 1019; additional bounds added on dorse by an Exeter scribe, s. xi2. Keynes, Diplomas, p. 121 n. 123: possibly a slightly later copy.

 

[139] S 892 (Crawford Charters, no. 8) King Æthelred (998): Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. VI (BAFacs. 13), from Coventry.

<Later additions in bounds.>

 

[140] S 898 (KCD 705) King Æthelred (1001): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 22 (BMFacs. iv.12), from Coventry.

<BW images 50, 75, 100.>

The attestations of the two æthelings were inserted in the witness-list as an afterthought, possibly by another hand and apparently after folding. In the endorsement, the words 'to geofenne É leofest seo' (explaining the terms of the grant) were added by a different scribe.

 

[141] S 905 (Ward 1955) King Æthelred ('1003', for 1002): BL Stowe Charter 35 (OSFacs. iii.36), from Christ Church, Canterbury.

<BW images 50, 50, 75, 100.>

The third minim in the date appears to be an addition. Bishop 1963, p. 423: scribe appears elsewhere in manuscripts from Christ Church, Canterbury. Keynes, Diplomas, p. 108 n. 70: possibly a contemporary copy. Golden Age, ed. Backhouse et al., no. 168. <Article by Ward (Ward 1955, as in text?). Diplomas, p. 119 n. 116: bp of Selsey not identified. Check date: 'o' is centred over 'III'.>

 

[142] S 916 (KCD 1304; Crawford Charters, no. 11) King Æthelred (1007): Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. VII (BAFacs. 16), from St Albans.

Bishop, ECM, no. 17.

 

[143] S 922 (Sawyer, Burton, no. 32) King Æthelred (1009): Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/5/41 (BAFacs. 17), from Burton.

Charters of King Cnut (1016-35)

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

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.

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

 

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

 

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

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).

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).

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.

<No crosses in witness-list.>

 

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

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.

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

Charters of King Edawrd 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.

<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.

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.

<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.

<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.

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).

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.

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. 6 (BAFacs. 21), from St Denis, Paris.

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.

Charters of King William the Conqueror (1066-87)

[161] - - King William (1069): Exeter, D. & C., 2528 (OSFacs. ii. Exeter 16), from Exeter.

A charter of William the Conqueror, of standard 'pre-Conquest' type; the first line is written in rustic capitals. Chaplais 1981b, no. 28: scribe also wrote S 433, MS. 2 [193]. Keynes 1988, p. 220.
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