S 1134

A.D. 1053 x 1066, probably 1057 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that Leofsi Duddessunu has given land at Wormley, Herts., to Westminster Abbey with his permission. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 81 (s. xii; BM Facs., iv. 40)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. III, f. 107r (s. xiii)
3. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 11, f. 647r (s. xiv)

Printed:

Madox 1702, p. 1 (no. 1), ex MS 1; K, 866, ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 297 (no. 18), ex MS 2; Neufeldt 1907, no. 12, ex MSS 1, 2; Hall 1908, p. 52

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 90 (p. 355), ex MS 1

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 322-3, 511, probably copy of authentic writ; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, p. xxii, n. 1, forgery; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, probably spurious copy of basically genuine writ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 188, citing Bishop and Chaplais, spurious but transaction may have an authentic basis; BA Facs., p. 11.

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    • Eadward kyngc gret wel Wulfwi biscop 7 Leofwine eorl 7 ealle mine ˇeignes on Heortfordscire freondlice. 7 ic kyˇe eow ˇæt Leofsi Duddesunu hafa∂ gegiuen Criste 7 Sancte Petre into Westmynstre ˇridde healue hide landes æt Wurmelea be minre geleafan 7 be minre unnan. God eow gehealde.