ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS
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A CLASSIFIED LIST
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SECTION III (b)
WRITS
Copies or forgeries: nos. 283-94
[283] S 1120 (Harmer, Writs, no. 76) King Edward: London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XI (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 9), from Westminster.
s. xii; with an impression of the (forged) 'First Seal' of King Edward. <Chaplais 1981c, pp. 91-5 and 97: Westminster forger, responsible for S 1120, 1124, 1134, 1137, 1138, 1140 (MS. 2), and 1141; S 1098 (for Coventry); S 774, MS. 1, and S 1293, MS.1. See also Heslop. DND: s. xi2?>
[284] S 1121 (Harmer, Writs, no. 77) King Edward (1044 x 1051): BL Cotton Charter vii.6 (BMFacs. iv.34), from Westminster.
s. xii; a seal was still attached to the writ, c. 1700.
[285] S 1124 (Harmer, Writs, no. 80) King Edward: BL Sloane Charter xxxiv.1 (BMFacs. iv.35), from Westminster.
s. xii; with an impression of the (forged) 'First Seal' of King Edward. <Excellent impression of forged seal - important as evidence for appearance of the genuine 'Second Seal'.>
[286] S 1125 (Harmer, Writs, no. 81) King Edward (1049 x 1066): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XVIII (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 17; Bishop and Chaplais, no. 24), from Westminster.
<DND: s. xii>
[287] S 1126 (Harmer, Writs, no. 82) King Edward (1042 x 1066): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XIX (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 16), from Westminster.
<OSFacs. shows fragment of a seal, now lost.>
[288] S 1134 (Harmer, Writs, no. 90) King Edward (1053 x 1066): BL Cotton Augustus ii.81 (BMFacs. iv.40), from Westminster.
s. xii.
[289] S 1137 (Harmer, Writs, no. 93) King Edward (1058 x 1066): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XVII (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 15), from Westminster.
s. xii; with an impression of the (forged) 'First Seal' of King Edward.
[290] S 1138 (Harmer, Writs, no. 94) King Edward (1053 x 1066): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XIV (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 13), from Westminster.
s. xii; with an impression of the (forged) 'First Seal' of King Edward.
[291] S 1140, MS. 2 (Harmer, Writs, no. 96) King Edward (1062 x 1066): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XIII (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 11), from Westminster.
s. xii.
[292] S 1141 (Harmer, Writs, no. 97) King Edward (1042 x 1066): BL Cotton Charter vii.13 (BMFacs. iv.36), from Westminster.
s. xii; seal still attached c. 1700.
[293] S 1142 (Harmer, Writs, no. 98) King Edward (1053 x 1066): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XVI (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 10), from Westminster.
s. xii.
[294] S 1145 (Harmer, Writs, no. 101) King Edward (1042 x 1066): London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. XV (OSFacs. ii. Westminster 14), from Westminster.
s. xii; with an impression of the (forged) 'Third Seal' of King Edward.
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