S 1121

A.D. 1044 x 1051. Writ of King Edward declaring that the monks of Westminster Abbey are to have the land at Chalkhill, Middx., given by Thurstan, his housecarl. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters vii. 6 (s. xii; BM Facs., iv. 34)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. III, ff. 108v-109r (s. xiii)
3. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 11, f. 114v (s. xiv)
4. London, British Library, Lansdowne 860, f. 304r (s. xvi; copy of lost seal, with few clauses of text)

Printed:

Hickes, Inst. Gramm., pp. 158-9, ex MS 1, with Latin version; K, 843, ex MS 1, with Hickes's Latin version; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 299 (no. 23), ex MS 2; Neufeldt 1907, no. 17; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 49, Latin version ex K

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 77 (p. 344), ex MS 1

Comments:

Hickes, Inst. Gramm., pp. 158-9, describes a seal, now lost, attached by silken tie; PN Middx, p. 62; Harmer, Writs, pp. 308-9, 496-9, possibly an authentic writ, enlarged and embellished; Finberg 1972, p. 491 n. 4, doubtful; Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 193-4, 369, 371; Gelling, ECTV, no. 240, citing Harmer, may be genuine with later additions; Nightingale 1987, p. 565; Lawson 1993, p. 163 n. 10

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    • Eadward kyngc gret Rodberd biscop 7 Osgod Clapa 7 Ulf scirgereuan 7 ealla mine ˇeigenes 7 mine holdan freond on Middelsexan freondlice. Ic kyˇe eow ˇæt ic wylle 7 ˇæt ic ann ˇæt Sancte Peter 7 ˇa gebroˇra on Westmynstre habben to heora bileouen ˇæt land æt Cealchylle 7 ealc ˇare ˇinga ˇe ˇær to mid rihte gebura∂ mid lande 7 mid loge, mid wude 7 mid felde, mid mæde 7 mid læse, mid mæste 7 mid æuesan 7 mid eallum ˇingum swa full 7 swa for∂ swa ˇurstan min huskarll hit furmest of me heold 7 into ˇære halgan stowwe geaf 7 ic ˇæs fullice geuˇe. And ic an heom eoft ealswa ˇæt hy habben ˇærofer saca 7 socna, toll 7 team, infangæneˇeof 7 flemenefyrm∂e 7 ealle o∂re gerihtu on eallum ˇingum ˇe ˇar upp aspringa∂. 7 æac swylce to ˇeosum lande mid fullan freodome ic ann ˇæt ˇridde treow 7 ˇæt ˇridde swiin of æuesan ˇæs nextan wudes ˇe li∂ to Kyngesbyrig se is gemæne swa he onn ældum timum gelegd wæs. 7 for ˇann ic nelle nateshwon geˇafian ˇæt æniman ætbrede o∂∂e geutige an æker landes of wude o∂∂e of felde ˇe he hæf ˇyder inn gegyfan o∂∂e ˇæt ˇær æniman ænine onstyngc habbe on æningum ˇingum o∂∂e on ænige timan buten se abbod 7 ˇa gebroˇra to ˇæs mynstres neode. And icc wille 7 fæstlice bebeode be fulre wite ˇæt ˇeos mundbyrdnesse beo strang 7 staˇelfæst inn to ˇære halgan stowwe a on ece erfe, Amen.