S 1045

A.D. 1042 x 1065. King Edward to St Edmunds Abbey; confirmation and grant of privileges. English and Latin versions

Archive:

Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ee.3.60, f. 126v (s. xiv med.; English version)
2. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 22r (s. xiii 2; English version)
3. Cambridge, University Library, Gg.4.4, f. 102r-v (s. xv med.; English version)
4. Cambridge, University Library, Gg.4.4, ff. 270v-271r (s. xv med.; English version)
5. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 30r (s. xiii/xiv; English version)
6. London, British Library, Harley 638, ff. 25v-26r (s. xiv; English version)
7. London, British Library, Harley 743, f. 59v (s. xiv med.; English version)
8. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 8 Edw. II, no. 11 (English version)
9. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 4 Edw. III, no. 58 (English version)
10. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 7-8 Ric. II, no. 11 (English version)
11. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 1 Hen. IV, pt 2, no. 2 (English version)
12. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 1 Hen. V, pt 2, no. 6 (English version)
13. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 2 Hen. VI, pt 2, m. 38 (English version)
14. London, Public Record Office, C 52, no. 1 (s. xiii; English version)
15. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 6, no. 9 (English version)
16. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 14, no. 10 (English version)
17. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 53, no. 5 (English version)
18. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gough Cambridge 22 (S.C. 17772), f. 13r-v (s. xiv 2; English version)
19. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 22r (s. xiii 2; Latin version)
20. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.4.35, f. 22r (s. xv med.; Latin version)
21. Cambridge, University Library, Gg.4.4, f. 97r (s. xv med.; Latin version)
22. London, British Library, Add. 5846, f. 18r (s. xviii; Latin version)
23. London, British Library, Lansdowne 416, f. 86v (s. xv 1; Latin version)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 287-8, Latin version; K, 895, English version, ex MSS 2, 7; K, 910, Latin version, ex MS 22; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 138 (no. 6), Latin version; Thorpe, pp. 419-20, Latin version; Hervey 1907, p. 604, Latin version; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 63, Latin version; Conway Davies 1957, p. 87, English version, ex MS 14

Printed and Translated:

Thorpe, pp. 347-9, English version, ex MSS 2, 7; Hervey 1907, pp. 602-3, English version

Comments:

Davis 1909, p. 418; Lobel 1935, p. 5 n. 8; Harmer, Writs, p. 141 n. 2, authenticity more than dubious; Hart, ECEE, no. 102, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 113 n. 92, spurious; Gransden 1982, pp. 70-71, forged under Abbot Baldwin, probably for episcopal-primacy dispute hearing of 1081; Hart 1992, p. 59, may contain spurious elements; Dumville 1993, pp. 37 n. 140, 38, spurious; Sharpe 2003, p. 246, forged; attempt to turn writ into diploma

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    • + Ego Eadwardus rex Anglorum notifico in his literis omnibus dei fidelibus quod consiliatus sum cum meis archiepiscopis et episcopis et abbatibus et comitibus, et cum omnibus meis baronibus, uidelicet, uolo et praecipio quod monasterium cognati mei sancti Eadmundi et uilla in qua situm est illud monasterium sit perpetualiter in eadem libertate quam Cnut rex et Hardecnut rex meus frater ei concesserunt, et quod ille locus nunquam sit locatus cum aliis personis quam cum monachis; nec aliquis episcopus qui est, uel unquam erit, in Norfolc uel Suffolc, habeat unquam potestatem aliquam in eodem monasterio nec infra fines eiusdem uillae crucibus designatos. Et monachi qui ibi degunt eligant sibi abbatem de seipsis sicuti eidem monasterio et eaedem uillae concessi. Permaneat in perpetuum, ubicunque habent monachi terras siue homines, seu in futurum acquirent per dei auxilium et bonorum hominum. Nunc igitur rogo omnes dei amicos qui nunc uiuunt seu futuri sunt, quod pro timore dei nunquam sint in loco seu in concilio ubi praedicta libertas sit mutata uel adnichillata, quam antecessores nostri et nos sancto Eadmundo et monasterio suo concessimus. Quod si aliquis fuerit ita uesanus per incitamenta diaboli quod uelit hanc libertatem mutare siue in aliquo adnichillare uel deprauare sit ille anathematizatus et in gehennam ignis demersus nisi in uita sua resipuerit. Ic Eadward king ki∂e on ∂ise write alle lefful manne ∂at ic red habbe wi∂ mine erchebiscopes and biscopes and earles and wi∂ alle mine ˇeynes. ˇat is ∂at ic wille ∂at seynt Eadmundes minster mine meyes, and se tun ∂e ∂at minster inne is, be ekelike on ∂at ilke fredome ∂at Cnut king and Hardcnut kyng mine bro∂er ∂iderin u∂en. ne neuer se stede ne wr∂e loged mid o∂ere hodes manne ∂anne mid moneke, ne non ∂ere biscop ∂e euermor schal ben on Nor∂folc o∂er on Suffolc ne habbe neuere non onsting on ∂at minstere ne so wyd so ∂a tunes merkes go∂ ∂e ∂at minster inne stond. And ∂o monekes chesen hem alder of hem seluen so so riht is. And ic wille ∂at se socne and se sake ∂at ic hem unnen habbe stonde unawend euer so wer so he nu habben lond o∂er men o∂er iget bigeten schalen ˇurg Godes fultume and godere manne. Nu bid ic alle Godes frend ei∂er ∂e ∂at nu libben ore ∂e ∂at after hus schulen comen ∂at he for Godes eye neuere ne ben on stede ne on stalle ∂er euere undon wr∂e ∂at ure fordgengles u∂en and ∂at we unnen habben into ∂at heli minster. And igif ∂an euere ani man so drsti wr∂e ˇurgh ∂ese defles lore ∂at he ∂is wi∂quenchen wille and aweygen, si he amansumod and on helle susle bischemt bute he er his liues ende ∂e deppere bete.