S 1066

A.D. 1053 x 1055 or 1058 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that Abbot Ordric and all the community of Abingdon minster are to possess the hundred of Hormer, Berks., in perpetuity. English and Latin versions

Archive:

Abingdon

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. VI, f. 113r (s. xiii in.; both versions)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C. IX, ff. 105-203, f. 132r (s. xii 2; both versions)

Printed:

K, 840; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 517 (no. 13), English only; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 465; Earle, p. 342; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 48, Latin only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 149

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 5 (p. 132), ex MS 2

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 123-31, 429, spurious, but may be based on authentic writ; Stenton 1971, pp. 499, 501, cited; PN Berks., ii. 431; Gelling, ECTV, no. 134, interpolated; Keynes 1980, p. 143 n. 210, spurious; Wormald 1995, pp. 128, 129, likely to be a forgery, exclusionary clause extremely suspicious; Wormald 1996, p. 123; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 149, deeply suspicious

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    • Eadward cyninc gret Hereman bisceop 7 Harold eorl 7 Godric 7 ealle his þegenas on Bearrucscyre freondlic, 7 ic cyðe eow þæt Ordric abbud 7 eal þæt hired on Abbendunes mynstre be minre unne 7 gife frigelice habban 7 wealdan Hornemeres hundred on hyre agenre andwealde on ecere worulde, 7 swa þæt nan scyrgerefe oððe motgerefe þar habban æni socne oððe gemot buton þes abbudes agen hæse 7 unne.
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    • C. BL Cotton Claudius C. ix, 132r: copy, s. xii Rubric: Carta regis Eadwardi de hundredo de Hornimere. D. BL Cotton Claudius B. vi, 113r: copy, s. xiii Rubric: Carta regis Edwardi de hundredo de Hornimere. Eadward cyninc gret Hereman bisceop 7 Harold eorl 7 Godric 7 ealle his ˇegenas on Bearrucscyre freondlic, 7 ic cy∂e eow ˇæt Ordric abbud 7 eal ˇæt hired on Abbendunes mynstre be minre unne 7 gife frigelice habban 7 ealdan Hornemeres hundred on hyre agenre and ealde on ecere worulde, ( ) swa ˇæt nan scyrgerefe o∂∂e motgerefe ˇar habban æni socne o∂∂e gemot buton ˇes abbudes agen hæse 7 unne.