A.D. 1045 x 1066, possibly 1055 x 1066. Writs of King Edward announcing that he has appointed Wulfric to the office of abbot of Ely with full privileges. English and Latin versions

Archive:

Ely

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity College, O.2.1 (1105), f. 79r (s. xii 2; English)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, O.2.41 (1145), p. 104 (s. xii med.; English)
3. Cambridge, University Library, E.D.C. 1, f. 77r (s. xii/xiii; English)
4. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. VI, ff. 102v-103r (s. xii 2; English)
5. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 10 (S.C. 3847), p. 90 (s. xvii; English)
6. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 647 (S.C. 1595), f. 47v (s. xii; English)
7. Cambridge, Trinity College, O.2.1 (1105), f. 79r (s. xii 2; Latin)
8. Cambridge, University Library, E.D.C. 1, f. 77r (s. xii/xiii; Latin)

Printed:

Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 164, ex MS 8; Councils and Synods, no. 68 (p. 521)

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 47 (pp. 224-5), ex MSS 4, 7

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 222-4, 464, authentic; Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 419; Councils and Synods, pp. 520-1; Keynes 1988, p. 216 n. 183; Ker, Catalogue, p. 137 (no. 93), art. b, pp. 150-1 (no. 113), art b, on MSS 1 and 2; Crosby 1994, p. 154, authentic; Keynes 1997, p. 240 n; Sharpe 2003, p. 287, part of sequence of writs

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    • Eadward kyng gret ealle mine biscopes 7 mine eorlas 7 mine scirgereuan 7 ealle mine ˇegenas on ˇam sciran ˇer ˇa lande to ligga∂/ into Ely freondlice. & ic kyˇe eow ˇæt ic habbe geunnen Wlfrice ˇæt abbodrice in Hely on eallan ˇingan binnan burgan 7 butan, toll 7 team 7 infangenˇeof, fyhtwite 7 fyrdwite, hamsocne 7 gryˇbryce, sitte his man ˇer ˇar he sitte wyrce ˇæt he wyrce. 7 nelle ic geˇauian ˇat ænig man him/ of handa ateo nan ˇæra ˇinge ˇæs ˇe/ ic him geunnen hæbbe. God eow gehælde.