ENGLISH HISTORICAL
DOCUMENTS c. 500 - 1042
ed. Dorothy Whitelock
The contents of English Historical Documents were arranged by the late Professor Whitelock in a way which has the effect of separating from each other documents which might more usefully have been grouped together. The so-called 'Secular Narrative Sources' (including the Chronicle, Asser, skaldic poetry, extracts from continental sources, etc.) are followed by 'Charters and Laws' (in two chronological series, with guild regulations and manumissions) and in turn by 'Ecclesiastical Sources' (comprising Bede, saints' Lives, correspondence, and some vernacular poetry and prose). It is one sign of the progress made in Anglo-Saxon studies since the early 1950s that this arrangement is perhaps not as helpful or meaningful as would have been intended.
The list below (compiled by SDK, April 1996) originated as an attempt to re-cast the contents of EHD in an order which might be thought to make better sense of the material, and which might help to make the book easier to use by those in search of documents relating to a particular subject or period. References to other 'documents' not included in EHD will be inserted at appropriate points. The list is intended for use, in conjunction with EHD itself (reprinted in 1996), as a guide to the primary sources for the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The numbering relates to the order of contents of EHD (2nd ed., 1979).
HISTORIES AND CHRONICLES
151. from Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation' (including extracts from Gildas, De Excidio Britanniae)
2. from the Historia Brittonum
1. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle (60 B.C. A.D. 1042)
KINGDOMS AND CONVERSION, 597-725
THE MISSION TO THE ENGLISH
161. Letter of Pope Gregory I to Candidus (September 595)
162. Letter of Pope Gregory I to Theoderic and Theodebert, kings of the Franks (July 596)
163. extract from a letter of Pope Gregory I to Eulogius, bishop of Alexandria (July 598)
EARLY SAINTS' LIVES
153. A passage from Adomnán's Life of St Columba
152. extracts from the Life of St Gregory by a Whitby monk
154. from the Life of St Wilfrid, by Eddius Stephanus
155. The anonymous Life of St Ceolfrith, abbot of Jarrow
SEVENTH-CENTURY LEGISLATION
29. from the laws of Ethelbert, king of Kent (602x603?)
30. The laws of Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent (?673x685)
31. The laws of Wihtred, king of Kent (695)
32. The laws of Ine (688x694)
EARLY CHARTERS, 670-725
54. Grant by Frithuwold, sub king of Surrey, to Chertsey (672x674)
55. Grant by Cenred to Abbot Bectun of land on the river Fontmell, Dorset (670x676), with confirmation by Cyneheard, bishop of Winchester, and Cynewulf, king of Wessex (759)
56. Grant by Hlothhere, king of Kent, to Abbot Brihtwold, of land in Thanet (679)
57. Grant by Æthelmod to Abbess Beorngyth of land by the river Cherwell (681)
58. Grant by Ceadwalla, king of Wessex, of land at Farnham, Surrey, for a monastery (685x688)
59. Grant by Nothhelm, king of the South Saxons, to his sister Nothgyth, of land at Lidsey and other places to found a monastery (688 705 perhaps 692)
60. Grant by Îthelræd to the Abbess Æthelburh, of land at 'Ricingaham', etc. (685x693, probably 686x688)
61. Grant of Æthelred, king of Mercia, of land at Ealing to Wealdhere, bishop of London (693x704)
62. Grant of Tyrhtil, bishop of Hereford, of land at Fulham to Wealdhere, bishop of London (704x709)
63. Grant by Offa, king of the East Saxons, to Wealdhere, bishop of London, of land near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (c. 704x709)
LETTERS
164. Letter of Wealdhere, bishop of London, to Brihtwold, archbishop of Canterbury (704x705)
165. from a letter of Aldhelm to the clergy of Bishop Wilfrid
166. Letter of Brihtwold, archbishop of Canterbury, to Forthhere, Bishop of Sherborne, on the redemption of a captive (709x731)
THE EIGHTH CENTURY
MISSIONARIES ON THE CONTINENT
157. from Alcuin's Life of St Willibrord
158. Two extracts from Willibald's Life of St Boniface
159. from the Life of St Leofgyth, abbess of Tauberbischofsheim, by Rudolf of Fulda
160. from the Life of St Liudger, by Altfrid
Correspondence of Boniface and others
167. Letter of Daniel, bishop of Winchester, to Boniface (722x732)
168. Letter of Boniface to Abbess Bucge (before 738)
169. Letter of Leofgyth to Boniface (soon after 732)
171. Letter of Boniface to Nothhelm, archbishop of Canterbury (736)
172. Letter of Boniface to abbess Eadburh, asking for the Epistles of St Peter in letters of gold (735x736)
173. Letter of Boniface to Abbess Eadburh, thanking her for sending books asked for in the preceding letter (735x736)
174. Letter of Boniface to the whole English race, appealing for the conversion of the Saxons (738)
175. Letter of Boniface to Daniel, bishop of Winchester (742x744)
176. Letter of Lul to his former master, Dealwine (745x746)
180. Letter of Boniface to Hwætberht, abbot of Wearmouth (746x747)
181. Letter of Boniface to Fulrad, abbot of St Denis, concerning the future of his helpers in Germany (752)
182. Letter of the priest Wihtberht to the abbot and monks of Glastonbury (732x754)
183. part of a letter of Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury, to Lul, after St Boniface's martyrdom (754)
Correspondence of Lul and others
185. Letter of Cuthbert, abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, to Lul (764)
186. Letter of Abbot Eanwulf to Charles the Great (25 May 773)
187. Letter of Alhred, king of Northumbria, and his wife Osgifu to Lul (773)
188. Letter of Lul to Coena (Ethelbert), archbishop of York, asking for prayers and the works of Bede (767x778)
189. Letter of an anonymous monk to Lul (754x786) <re. Wessex>
190. Letter of Cynewulf, king of Wessex, to Lul (757x786)
ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY
5. from the 'Continuation' of Bede
Northumbria
3(a). extracts from Historia Regum ('History of the Kings') attributed to Simeon of Durham <'First set of northern annals', 732-802>
170. Letter of Bede to Egbert, archbishop of York (5 November 734)
184. Letter of Pope Paul I to Eadberht, king of Northumbria, and his brother Egbert, archbishop of York (757x758)
The reign of Æthelbald, king of the Mercians (716-57)
156. extracts from the Life of St Guthlac, by Felix
Charters, etc.
64. Exchange by Æthelbald, king of Mercia, of some salt works with the church of Worcester (716x717)
66. Grant by Æthelbald, king of Mercia, of remission of toll on one ship at London for the church of Rochester (September 733). With confirmation by Brihtwulf, king of Mercia (c. 844x845)
67. Grant by Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Ealdorman Cyneberht, of land at Stour in Ismere, Worcestershire (736)
68. Archbishop Nothhelm in a synod decides the succession to a family monastery in Gloucestershire (736x737)
177. Letter of Boniface and seven other missionary bishops to Æthelbald, king of Mercia, urging him to reform (746x747)
178. Letter of Boniface to the priest Herefrith, asking him to deliver the preceding letter to King Æthelbald (746x74)
179. Letter of Boniface to Egbert, archbishop of York, with reference to the letter to King Æthelbald (746x747)
Other kingdoms
65. Grant by Æthelbert II, king of Kent, to Dunn, priest and abbot, of land by the river Lympne, Kent (20 February 732)
69. Grant by Æthelheard, king of Wessex, to Forthhere, bishop of Sherborne, of land at Crediton (10 April 739)
The reign of Offa, king of the Mercians (757-96)
Charters, etc.
73. Exchange of lands in Middlesex between Offa, king of Mercia, and Abbot Stithberht (767): with endorsement of Pilheard, 'comes' of Cenwulf, king of Mercia (801)
74. Grant by Uhtred, sub king of the Hwicce, to Æthelmund, son of Ingild, of land at Aston Fields in Stoke Prior, Worcestershire (770)
75. Grant by Mildred, bishop of Worcester, to Abbess Æthelburh, of land at Withington, Gloucestershire (774)
76. Grant by Oslac, ealdorman of the South Saxons, of land at Earnley, Sussex (780). With confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia (787x796)
77. The settlement at the synod of Brentford of a claim made by Offa, king of Mercia, against the church of Worcester (781)
78. Grant by Offa, king of Mercia, to the church of Worcester of land at Westbury and Henbury, Gloucestershire (793x796)
Other kingdoms
70. Grant by Cynewulf, king of Wessex, of land on the river Wellow to the church of Wells (757x778, perhaps 766)
71. Grant by Cynewulf, king of Wessex, to Muchelney Abbey (762)
72. Grant by Dunwald of land in Canterbury to the monastery of St Peter and St Paul, Canterbury (762)
Charlemagne, Alcuin, and England
20. from the 'Acts of the Abbots of Fontenelle' (St Wandrille)
191. from the report of the Legates to Pope Hadrian (786)
Charlemagne, Alcuin, and Northumbria
193. Letter of Alcuin to Æthelred, king of Northumbria (793, after 8 June)
194. Letter of Alcuin to Higbald, bishop of Lindisfarne, and his monks, condoling with them for the sack of Lindisfarne (793, after 8 June)
199. Letter of Alcuin to Eardwulf, king of Northumbria (796, after May)
200. Letter of Alcuin to Osbald (796, after May)
201. extract from a letter of Alcuin to Charles the Great (796x797)
206. Letter of Alcuin to Charles the Great (801)
207. Letter of Alcuin to Eanbald II, archbishop of York (801)
208. Letter of Alcuin to his pupils Calvinus and Cuculus (801)
Charlemagne, Alcuin, and Mercia
192. Letter of Alcuin of Colcu (early in 790)
195. Letter of Alcuin to Offa, king of Mercia (787x796)
196. Letter of Charles the Great to Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, and Ceolwulf, bishop of Lindsey (793x796)
197. Letter of Charles the Great to Offa, king of Mercia (796)
198. Letter of Alcuin to Offa, king of Mercia (796, after 18 April)
202. Letter of Alcuin to the Mercian Ealdorman <Osbert> (797)
203. Letter of Alcuin to Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury (798)
The reign of Cenwulf, king of the Mercians (796-821)
Dismantling the Archbishopric of Lichfield
204. Letter of Cenwulf, king of Mercia, to Pope Leo III about the archiepiscopate of Lichfield (798)
205. Pope Leo's reply to Cenwulf's letter (798)
209. Letter of Pope Leo III to Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury (18 January 802)
210. Decree of the synod of 'Clofesho' of 12 October 803, abolishing the archbishopric of Lichfield
Charters, etc.
79. Agreement between Archbishop Æthelheard and Abbess Cynethryth at a synod of 'Clofesho', ending a long dispute over the monastery of Cookham, Berkshire (798)
80. Restoration by Cenwulf, king of Mercia, to Christ Church, Canterbury, of lands in Kent granted by Egbert, king of Kent, and revoked by Offa, king of Mercia (799)
81. Æthelric, son of Æthelmund, declares before the synod of 'Aclea' how he bequeathes his inheritance, confirmed to him by a prevoius synod (804)
82. Grant by Cenwulf, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, to the abbess of Lyminge, of land in Canterbury as a refuge (804)
83. Grant by Ceolwulf I, king of Mercia, to Archbishop Wulfred, of land at 'Mylentun' near Kemsing, Kent (17 September 822)
84. Settlement at the synod of 'Clofesho' of the dispute over Westbury between Worcester and Berkeley Abbey (824)
ENGLAND IN THE NINTH CENTURY
NORTHUMBRIA
21. from the 'Annals of the Frankish Kingdom' <King Eardwulf of Northumbria, 808-9>
4. from Roger of Wendover's Flores Historiarum ('Flowers of the Histories') <annals 800-95>
3(b). extracts from Historia Regum ('History of the Kings') attributed to Simeon of Durham <annals 854-76>
214. Letter of Ecgred, bishop of Lindisfarne, to Wulfsige, archbishop of York (830x837)
215. Letter of Lupus, abbot of Ferrières, to Wigmund, archbishop of York (852)
216. Letter of Lupus, abbot of Ferrières to Ealdsige, abbot of York (852)
MERCIA
85. Grant by Wiglaf, king of Mercia, of a privilege for the lands of the monastery of Hanbury, Worcestershire (836)
86. Restoration by Brihtwulf, king of Mercia, of various estates to the church of Worcester (28 March 840)
87. Grant by Ceolred, bishop of Leicester, of land at Pangbourne, Berkshire, to Brihtwulf, king of Mercia, who then grants it to Ealdorman Æthelwulf (843 or 844)
90. Grant by Burgred, king of Mercia, to Ealhhun, bishop of Worcester, of a privilege for lands mainly in Gloucestershire (855)
91. Grant of a privilege by Burgred, king of Mercia, to Ealhhun, bishop of Worcester, concerning the monastery at Blockley (855)
92. Grant by Burgred, king of Mercia, to Ealhhun, bishop of Worcester, of a house and commercial rights in London (18 April 857)
94. Lease by Wærferth, bishop of Worcester, of Nuthurst, Warwickshire, in order to obtain money to pay the tribute to the Danes (872)
220. extract from a letter from Pope John VIII to Burgred, king of Mercia (873x874)
95. Privilege of Ceolwulf II of Mercia, freeing the diocese of Worcester from the charge of feeding the king's horses, in return for spiritual benefits and the lease for four lives of land at Daylesford, Worcestershire (875)
99. Arrangements about the building of fortifications at Worcester (about 889x899)
WESSEX AND KENT
22. from Nithard's 'History of the sons of Louis the Pious' <Viking raid 842>
23. from the 'Annals of St Bertin's' <Æthelwulf, et al., 839-61>
217. Letter of Lupus, abbot of Ferrières, to Æthelwulf, king of Wessex (852)
218. Letter of Lupus, abbot of Ferrières, to Felix, King Æthelwulf's secretary (852)
219. extract from a letter of Pope Leo IV to Æthelwulf, king of Wessex (853)
Charters, etc.
88. Grant of land at the South Hams, Devon, by Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to himself (26 December 846)
89. Grant by Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, in connection with the tithing of his land, of land near Rochester to his thegn Dunn (855), with the addition of an Old English grant of the land by the latter to his wife
93. Exchange between Ethelbert, king of Kent, and his thegn Wulflaf of land at 'Wassingwell' and Mersham, and conversion of the latter into folkland (858)
The reign of King Alfred the Great (871-99)
7. from Asser's 'Life of Alfred'
221. extract from a letter of Pope John VIII to Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury, and Wulfhere, archbishop of York (873x875)
222. Letter of Pope John VIII to Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury (end of 877 or early in 878)
223. Letter of Fulk, archbishop of Reims, to King Alfred (883x886)
224. abstract of a letter of Fulk, archbishop of Reims, to King Alfred (890 or soon after)
225. abstract of a letter from Fulk, archbishop of Reims, to Plegmund, archbishop of Canterbury (890 or soon after)
227. Letter of Pope Formosus to the bishops of England (891x896)
97. Old English will of Ealdorman Alfred (871x888)
98. The presentation of the 'Golden Gospels' to Christ Church
96. Old English will of King Alfred (probably 879x888)
226. The Old English prose and verse prefaces to King Alfred's translation of Gregory's 'Pastoral Care' (890x895)
237. extracts from King Alfred's works
33. The laws of Alfred (c. 885x899)
34. The treaty between Alfred and Guthrum (886[recte c.880]x890)
ENGLAND IN THE TENTH CENTURY
THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD THE ELDER (899-924)
Charters, etc., of King Edward the Elder
100. Grant by King Edward the Elder of land in Wylye to Æthelwulf, with a vernacular agreement made by the latter (901)
101. Old English lease of Beddington, Surrey, by Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, to King Edward the Elder (899x908)
102. Old English letter to King Edward the Elder explaining the history of an estate at Fonthill, Wiltshire (899x924, probably early in the reign)
THE REIGN OF KING ÆTHELSTAN (924-39)
8. account of the reign of Æthelstan in William of Malmesbury's De Gestis Regum Anglorum ('Concerning the Acts of the Kings of the English')
24. from Flodoard's Annals <England and the continent, 921-46>
228. Letter of Radbod, prior of St Samson's at Dol, to King Æthelstan (c. 927)
25. from the Chronicle of Nantes <Æthelstan and Brittany>
26. from the 'Acts of the Abbots of St Bertin's' by Folcwin the deacon <Edwin, 933>
Charters of King Æthelstan
103. Grant by King Æthelstan to his thegn Ealdred of land at Chalgrave and Tebworth, Bedfordshire, which the latter had bought from the 'pagans' at King Edward's orders (926)
104. Grant by King Æthelstan, of Amounderness to the church of York (7 June 934)
Legislation during the reign of King Æthelstan
35. King Æthelstan's laws issued at Grately, Hampshire (II Æthelstan, c.92 6x c.930)
36. King Æthelstan's laws issued at Exeter (V Æthelstan)
37. The ordinance of the bishops and reeves of the London district (VI Æthelstan)
THE REIGNS OF EDMUND, EADRED, AND EADWIG
Charters of Kings Edmund, Eadred, and Eadwig
105. Grant by King Eadred to Wulfric, of land in Warkton, Northamptonshire (946)
108. Grant by King Eadwig of Southwell to Oscetel, archbishop of York (956)
Legislation
38. Edmund's code concerning the blood feud (II Edmund, 939x946)
Vernacular wills, etc.
106. Will of Theodred, bishop of London (942x951)
107. Will of King Eadred (951x955)
NORTHUMBRIA
6. extracts from the anonymous 'History of St Cuthbert'
3(c). extracts from Historia Regum ('History of the Kings') attributed to Simeon of Durham <'Second set of northern annals', 892-956; and annals 968-95>
4. from Roger of Wendover's Flores Historiarum ('Flowers of the Histories') <annals 925-75>
11. from the Saga of Egil Skalla Grímsson
THE REIGN OF KING EDGAR (959-75)
Charters, etc., of King Edgar
109. Grant by King Edgar to his thegn Ealhstan, of land at Staunton, Herefordshire, and a house in Hereford (958)
110. Lease by King Edgar with the permission of the bishop and community of Winchester of land at Kilmeston, Hampshire, to Æthelwulf, with the addition of an Old English lease of the same estate by the bishop and community (961)
111. Lease in Latin and Old English by Oswald, bishop of Worcester, of land in Cotheridge, Worcestershire (963)
112. Old English deed of exchange in which Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, obtained an estate forfeited by a woman for practising witchcraft (963x975)
113. Grant by King Edgar of land at Kineton, Warwickshire, to his thegn Ælfwold (969)
Legislation during the reign of King Edgar
39. The Hundred Ordinance (939 about 961)
40. King Edgar's code at Andover (?) (II and III Edgar, 959x963)
41. Edgar's code issued at 'Wihtbordesstan' (IV Edgar, 962x963)
THE REIGN OF EDWARD THE MARTYR (975-8)
Charter of King Edward the Martyr
115. Grant by King Edward the Martyr to Ealdorman Æthelweard of land in Cornwall (977)
THE MONASTIC REFORM MOVEMENT
238. An Old English account of King Edgar's establishment of monasteries (975x984)
234. extracts from the oldest Life of St Dunstan
235. Ælfric's Life of St Æthelwold
236. extracts from the anonymous life of St Oswald, archbishop of York
THE REIGN OF KING ÆTHELRED THE UNREADY (978-1016)
230. Letter of Pope John XV to all the faithful, concerning the reconciliation of Æthelred, king of England, and Richard, duke of Normandy (991)
231. Letter of Pope John to Ealdorman Ælfric (983x1009)
Charters of King Æthelred the Unready
117. Ratification by King Æthelred for Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester, of an estate at Risborough, Buckinghamshire, granted to him by Archbishop Sigeric in exchange for money to buy off the Danes (994)
118. Grant by King Æthelred to his thegn Æthelwig, of land at Ardley, Oxfordshire, forfeited by certain brothers for fighting in defence of a thief (995)
119. Grant by King Æthelred to Wulfric, Wulfrun's son, of land in Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, forfeited by Æthelsige for theft (995)
120. Grant by King Æthelred to his mother, of Brabourne and other estates in Kent which had been forfeited by a certain Wulfbald for many crimes (996)
123. Grant by King Æthelred of lands at Farnborough, Berkshire, Wormleighton, Warwickshire, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, and Perry, to Abingdon, to make up for the withdrawal from them of lands at Hurstbourne, Hampshire, Bedwyn and Burbage, Wiltshire (990x1006, perhaps 999)
124. Grant by King Æthelred of a small property in and outside Canterbury to his man Æthelred (1002)
127. Renewal by King Æthelred for the monastery of St Frideswide, Oxford, of a privilege for their lands at Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and Whitehill, Cowley, and Cutslow, Oxfordshire, after their church and deeds had been burnt down duringthe massacre of the Danes (7 December 1004)
Vernacular documents
116. Will of Wulfwaru (984x1016)
121. Charter of King Æthelred confirming the will of Æthelric of Bocking (995x999, perhaps 995x996)
122. Will of Bishop Ælfwold of Crediton (997x1016)
125. Will of Wulfric Spott, the founder of the abbey of Burton on Trent (1002x1004)
126. Will of Ælfric, archbishop of Canterbury (1002x1005)
128. Marriage agreement between Wulfric and Archbishop Wulfstan's sister (1014x1016)
129. Will of the Atheling Æthelstan, eldest son of King Æthelred (1014)
114. Archbishop Oswald's Old English memoranda on the estates of the see of York (975x992)
229. Letter concerning some estates of the diocese of Cornwall (981x988)
LEGISLATION
42. King Æthelred's treaty with the viking army (II Æthelred, 991 or 994)
43. King Æthelred's code issued at Wantage (III Æthelred, 978x1008, probably 997)
44. King Æthelred's code of 1008 (V Æthelred)
45. The edict when the 'Great Army' came to England (VII Æthelred, probably 1009)
46. extracts from King Æthelred's 1014 code (VIII Æthelred)
OLD ENGLISH VERSE AND PROSE
10. The poem on the battle of Maldon
239. extracts from the Old English works of Abbot Ælfric
240. 'The Sermon of the Wolf to the English'
THE DANISH KINGS OF ENGLAND, 1016-42
THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND
Poems about Olaf Haraldsson in England (1009-12)
12. from 'Olafsdrápa', by Sighvat the scald
13. from the 'Head Ransom' of Ottar the Black
Poem about Eirik Hakonarson in England (1009-12)
14. The 'Eiríksdrápa' of Thord Kolbeinsson
Poem about Cnut in England (1015-16)
15. The 'Knútsdrápa', a poem in praise of King Cnut, by Ottar the Black
27. from the Chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg
THE REIGN OF CNUT
3(c). extracts from Historia Regum ('History of the Kings') attributed to Simeon of Durham <annals 1018-1042>
9. The reigns of the Danish kings of England, from Florence of Worcester
Cnut's letters to the English people
48. Cnut's letter to the people of England (1019x1020)
53. Cnut's letter of 1027
233. Letter of Fulbert, bishop of Chartres, to King Cnut (1020?)
Poems on Cnut's dealings in Norway
16. from the 'Tøgdrápa' on King Cnut, by Sighvat the scald
17. from the 'Vestrfarar Visor' ('Western Travel Verses') of Sighvat the scald
18. occasional verses by Sighvat the scald
19. The 'Tøgdrápa' on King Cnut, by Thorarin Loftunga
Charters and writs
131. Grant by King Cnut of lands at Landrake and Tinnel, Cornwall, to Burhwold, bishop of Cornwall, with an Old English addition showing that this was a ratification of arrangements made by his predecessor King Edmund Ironside (1018)
132. Restoration by King Cnut to New Minster, Winchester, of land at Drayton, Hampshire, which he had wrongfully granted to a citizen of Winchester (1019)
133. Old English letter of Wulfstan, archbishop of York, informing King Cnut and Queen Ælfgifu that he has consecrated Æthelnoth archbishop of Canterbury (1020)
134. Old English writ of King Cnut to ensure Archbishop Æthelnoth of the temporalities of his see (1020)
130. An Old English marriage agreement from Kent (1016x1020)
135. Old English record of a family lawsuit in Herefordshire (1016x1035)
LEGISLATION
47. Preface to the version of Cnut's laws contained in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS. 201 (1018)
49. extracts from the laws of Cnut (1020x1023)
Tracts
50. Concerning the betrothal of a woman
51. A compilation on status (probably 1002x1023)
52. The law of the Northumbrian priests (probably 1020x1023)
HAROLD AND HARTHACNUT
28. from the 'Encomium Emmae Reginae'
MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES
Guild Regulations
136. The Thegns' Guild in Cambridge
137. The Exeter Guild Statutes
138. The Bedwyn Guild Statutes
139. The Abbotsbury Guild Statutes
Manumissions
140. Old English manumission by King Æthelstan (925)
Manumissions in a gospel book from Bodmin
141. Manumissions by King Edmund (939x946)
142. Old English manumission for King Eadred
143. Old English manumission for King Eadwig
144. Establishment of free status (959x975)
145. Manumission by Bishop Wulfsige for King Edgar
146. Manumission by the priests of St Petroc for King Edgar
147. Old English record of establishment of free status
148. Manumission of a woman by Æthelflæd, wife of Ealdorman Æthelweard
149. Old English manumission by King Eadwig at Exeter (956x959)
150. An Old English manumission from Durham freeing those who had sold themselves for food
OLD ENGLISH VERSE AND PROSE
211. 'The Wanderer'
212. from 'The Seafarer'
213. 'The Endowments of Men'
232. fragment of an Old English letter