S 1109

Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Ramsey Abbey judicial and financial rights and shipwreck and what is cast up by the sea at Brancaster and Ringstead, the soke within Bichamdic (cf. S 1108), the market at Downham, Norfolk, and judicial and financial rights in every shire in which St Benedict of Ramsey has land. English and Latin versions

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Ramsey

MSS:

1. Huntingdon, Cambs. Country R. O., SM27/465 (Acc. 2244) (s. xiv; English; original Inspeximus)
2. Huntingdon, Cambs. Country R. O., SM27/465 (Acc. 970) (English; ex 1)
3. London, British Library, Add. 4936, ff. 179v-180r (s. xviii; English)
4. London, British Library, Add. Ch. 33686 (s. xiv)
5. London, British Library, Cotton Otho B. XIV, ff. 259-79, f. 263v (s. xiv; English)
6. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 8 Edw. III, no. 29 (English)
7. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 3 Ric. II, pt 2, m. 23 (English)
8. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 4 Edw. IV, pt. 4, m. 4 (English)
9. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 18, no. 2 (English)
10. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 30, no. 4 (English)
11. London, Public Record Office, E 164/28, ff. 59v-60r (s. xiv; English)
12. London, Public Record Office, E 164/28, f. 170r-v (s. xiv; English)
13. London, Public Record Office, E 164/28, f. 60r (s. xiv; Latin)
14. London, Public Record Office, E 164/28, f. 158v (s. xiv; Latin)
15. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 333, f. 21r (s. xiv 1; Latin)
16. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 12, f. 42v (s. xvi; Latin; incomplete)

Printed:

Gale, Scriptores XV, ii. 454, ex MS 14; K, 853, ex MSS 3, 14; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 560 (no. 10), ex MS 3; Thorpe, pp. 421-3, ex MSS 3, 14; Hart and Lyons, Ramsey Cart., i. 218-22, ii. 80-1, ex MSS 11, 12, 13, 14; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, pp. 162-3, ex MS 14; Earle, pp. 343-6, ex MS 5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 50, ex K; Harmer, Writs, no. 61 (pp. 259-61), ex MSS 6, 15

Translated:

Harmer 1938, pp. 358-9

Comments:

Essays, pp. 50-1; Harmer 1938, pp. 356-63, spurious; Harmer, Writs, pp. 249-52, 473-8, spurious, address points to a date 1057/8 x 1066, while the witnesses are appropriate for 1045 x 1053; Hart, ECEE, no. 135, spurious; Abels 1988, p. 244 n. 50; Pelteret 1995, pp. 277-8, 282

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    • Eadward cyng gret/ Stigand ercebiscop 7 ægelmær biscop 7 Gyr∂ eorl 7 Toli scirreue 7 ealle his ˇeines inne Nor∂folce 7 inne Su∂folce 7 ealle his o∂re witen ofer eall ængleland hadede 7 leawede freondlice. 7 ic cy∂e eow ˇæt ic habbe gegeofen Criste 7 Sancte Marie 7 Sancte Benedicite 7 ælfwine abbot in to Ramesege saca 7 socna, tol 7 team 7 infangenˇeof fihtwite 7 ferdwite, forestall 7 hamsocne, gri∂bryce 7 scipbryce 7 ˇa sæupwarp on eallan ˇingen æt Bramcæstre 7 æt Ringstyde swa wel 7 swa freolice swa ic hit me seolf betst habbe bi ∂a særime ahwær in Engelande 7 ealle ˇa gerihte ˇa ic me seolf ˇær ahte. 7 ic wylle ˇæt seo socne wi∂innen Bicchamdic ligce in to Ramesege to Sancte Benedihte on eallen ˇingen swa full 7 swa for∂ swa ic heo me seolf ahte 7 ealle ˇa gerihte ˇa æni king mæi ahen 7 ealle ˇa men ˇa beon motwur∂i ferdwur∂i/ 7 faldwur∂i in ˇæt o∂er healfe hundred swa hwilc man swa ˇa men ahe Sancte Marie 7 Sanctus Benedictus 7 se abbot 7 ˇa gebro∂ra in to Ramesege habben ˇa socne on eallen ˇingen ofer heom 7 ˇæt market æt Dunham bi waetere 7 bi lande mid inlade 7 mid utlade 7 mid eallen ˇan gerihte ˇe ˇær to here∂ swa wel 7 swa freolice/ swa ic hit me seolf betst ahte. 7 ic nelle geˇafien ˇæt æniman ˇis gelytlige mid ænige ˇinge. 7 in ælcer scire ˇær Sanctus Benedictus haf∂ land inne his saca 7 his socne, tol 7 team 7 infangenˇeof wi∂inne burhe 7 wi∂uten 7 on ælce styde be lande 7 be strande, be wude 7 be felde swa hwylc man swa ˇa socne ahe Sanctus Benedictus habbe his freodom on eallen ˇingen swa wel 7 swa freolice swa ic hit me seolf betst ahe ahwær in Engelande. 7 ealle ˇa gyltes ˇa belimpe∂ to mine kinehelme inne Iol 7 inne Easterne 7 inne ˇa hali wuca æt gangdagas on ealle ˇingan al swa ic heo me seolf ahe 7 tolfreo ofer ealle Engleland wi∂inne burhe 7 wi∂utan æt gæres cepinge 7 on æfrice styde be wætere 7 be lande. 7 ic forbeode Godes forbode 7 min ˇæt nan man ˇis geofe ne lytlige ne awende. 7 gif æni man hit awansi mid æfrænige ˇinge of ˇan ˇe ic habbe her geunnen on ˇeosen gewrite si he gesyndred fram Criste 7 fram eallen his halgan, Amen. ˇis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesoren on feor∂e Easterdæi on Eadgi∂e gewitnysse ˇære cwene 7 Godwines eorles 7 Haroldes eorles.