S 1092

A.D. 1053 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that the land at Fordwich, Kent, previously granted by him to St Augustine's, is now to belong to the monastery with all the rights with which he has granted it to that house. English

Archive:

Canterbury, St Augustine's

MSS:

1. Canterbury, D.C., F 47 (s. xv)
2. London, British Library, Add. 29437, f. 118v (s. xvii)
3. London, British Library, Add. 53710, f. 224r (s. xiv/xv)
4. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius D. X, ff. 9-319, f. 63v (s. xiii 2)
5. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius D. X, ff. 9-319, f. 175r (s. xiii 2)
6. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. I, f. 84v (s. xiii ex.)
7. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 419, ff. 111-60, f. 123r (s. xiv)
8. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 20 Edw. II, m. 2
9. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 36 Edw. III, m. 7
10. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 8 Hen. IV, m. 6
11. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, m. 5
12. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 4 Edw. IV, pt. 4, no. 29
13. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 14 Hen. VII, pt 1, m. 16

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2128, ex MS 3; K, 854, ex MS 5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 142 (no. 49), ex MS 5; Turner 1915, i. 144, ex MS 6; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 39, ex MSS 1, 5

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 39 (p. 200), ex MS 5 etc.

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 197, 457-9, authentic; Sparks and Tatton-Brown 1987, p. 203, on estate history; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 135-6, probably authentic

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    • Eadward cyng gret Stigande arceb' 7 Harold eorl 7 Osweard 7 ealle mine þegenas on Cent freonlice, 7 ic cyðe eow þæt ic eom þæs gecnawe þæt ic geuðe Criste 7 sancte Augustine 7 þan halgan þær binnan swa micel landes binnan Fordwic for minre saule swa ic me sylf þer hafde, swa full 7 swa forð swa it me sylfan on honde stod on eallan þingan. Nu wille ic þat hit licge into þan halgan minstre, eall swa ic hit ær þider in geuðe, 7 ic nelle geþafian þat ænig man mine gyefe geutige, 7 ic wille habban fullne dom of þam menn þe mine swutelinge awængnian wolde þe ic þer to gegyefen hafde.
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    • G. BL Cotton Claudius D. x, 175r: copy, s. xiii.2 Rubric: Donatio domini Eadwardi regis de Fordwico. Eadward cyng gret Stigande arceb' 7 Harold eorl 7 Osweard 7 ealle mine ˇegenas on Cent freonlice, 7 ic cy∂e eow ˇæt ic eom ˇæs gecnawe ˇæt ic geu∂e Criste 7 sce Augustine 7 ˇan halgan ˇær binnan swa micel landes binnan Fordwic for minre saule swa ic me sylf ˇer hafde, swa full 7 swa for∂ swa it me sylfan on honde stod on eallan ˇingan. Nu wille ic ˇat hit licge into ˇan halgan minstre, eall swa ic hit ær ˇider in geu∂e, 7 ic nelle geˇafian ˇat ænig man mine gyefe geutige, 7 ic wille habban fullne dom of ˇam menn ˇe mine swutelinge awængnian wolde ˇe ic ˇer to gegyefen hafde.