S 1106

A.D. 1043 x 1049. Writ of King Edward declaring that St Benedict of Ramsey is to have the land at Hemingford, Hunts,, with everything pertaining thereto as fully and completely as King Harthacnut and Queen Ælfgifu Emma granted it to that church. Latin

Archive:

Ramsey

MSS:

1. London, Public Record Office, E 164/28, f. 159r (s. xiv)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 333, f. 21v (s. xiv 1)

Printed:

Gale, Scriptores XV, ii. 455, cap. cx ex MS 1; K, 906, ex Gale; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, p. 164, ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 59; Harmer, Writs, no. 58 (pp. 257-8), ex MS 2

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 245-6, 472, probably authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 38, authentic

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    • Eadwardus rex Ædnotho episcopo, Turi comiti, Kinrico 7 omnibus ministris suis de comitatu Huntendonie salutem. Notum uobis sit quod ego uolo ut Sanctus Benedictus de Ramesia habeat terram de Hemmingfordia cum omnibus pertinenciis suis ita plene 7 perfecte sicut rex Hardecnut frater meus 7 Alfgiua mater mea eam eidem ecclesie concesserunt 7 nullum omnino nec Anglicum nec Danum hanc donacionem mutare permitto. Heading: Carta eiusdem regis de Hemmingfordia.