S 1073

A.D. 1044 x 1047. Writ of King Edward declaring that all things lawfully pertaining to the property of St Edmund are to be the uncontested possession of that house. English

Archive:

Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 23r-v (s. xiii 2)
2. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 31r (s. xiii/xiv)

Printed:

K, 852, ex MS 1

Printed and Translated:

Hervey 1907, pp. 610-11; Harmer, Writs, no. 13 (p. 157), ex MS 1

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 139-40, 438, authentic; Sharpe 2003, p. 288, part of sequence of writs

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    • Eadward kyng gret Stigand bisscop 7 Harald erl and alle mine ˇeynes on Estangle frendlike. And ic kithe ihu ˇat ic wille ˇat alle ˇinge ˇe mid rithte bire∂ into Seynt Eadmundes are mine meyes 7 gode men ˇider inne uthen lige ˇider in unbesaken. And ic nelle/ ˇafien ˇat ani man uttige ani ˇing ˇat hem mid rithte to bire∂ neither ne on londe ne oˇere ˇingan.