A.D. 1053 x 1057. Writ of King Edward declaring that the soke within Bichamdic (cf. Beechamwell, Norfolk) is to belong to Ramsey Abbey as fully and completely as it was first given to that church. Latin

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Ramsey

MSS:

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

Printed:

Gale, Scriptores XV, ii. 455, cap. cix, ex MS 1; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, p. 164, ex MS 1; Harmer, Writs, no. 60 (pp. 258-9), ex MS 2

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 246-8, 472-3, authentic, the soke infra Bichamdic was that of the hundred and a half of Clackclose, appurtenant to the Ramsey manor of Wimsbotsham; Hart, ECEE, no. 140, authentic

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    • Eadwardus rex Stigando episcopo, Ailmaro episcopo, Alfgaro comiti 7 omnibus ministris suis de Nortfolc salutem. Notum sit uobis quod ego uolo ut soca infra Bichamdich in omnibus rebus ad Sanctum Benedictum Ramesie pertineat ita integre 7 plene sicut primo eidem ecclesie data fuit, 7 prohibeo ne aliquis eam in aliquo minuat qui amiciciam meam diligit. Rogo igitur uos ut Alfwinum abbatem 7 fratres Ramesie ubicunque opus habuerint omnes unanimiter ad iusticiam adiuuetis, 7 pro amore meo nullum permittatis eis auferre quicquam eorum que ad eos dinoscuntur pertinere. Heading: Item carta regis Ædwardi de soca qua est infra Bichamdich.