S 1138

A.D. 1053 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has given Rutland to Westminster Abbey and Queen Edith is to have it for her lifetime. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. M. XIV (s. xii; OS Facs., ii, Westminster 13)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. III, f. 109r-v (s. xiii)
3. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 11, f. 594r (s. xiv)

Printed:

Widmore 1751, Appendix, no. 1; K, 863, ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 299 (no. 25), ex MS 2; Birch 1874, p. 142, ex MS 1; Neufeldt 1907, no. 19, ex MSS 1, 2

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 94 (p. 359), ex MS 1

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 323-4, 514-15, slightly modernised version of authentic writ; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, pp. xxi (no. iv), xxii n. 1, forged; Lennard 1959, pp. 169-70, cited; Hart, ECEE, no. 162, authentic; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, 12th-century forgery; Harvey 1977, p. 357; BA Facs., p. 11; Meyer 1993, pp. 88-9.

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    • Eadward kyngc gret Wulfwi biscop 7 Nor∂man scirgerefan 7 ælfwine Merefinnes sunu 7 ealle mine ˇeignes on Hamtunscire frendlice. 7 ic kyˇe eow ˇæt ic habbe gegifen Criste 7 Sancte Petre into Westmynstre Roteland 7 eall ˇæt ˇær to her∂ mid saca 7 mid socne, mid tolle 7 mid teame 7 on eallan ∂ingan swa full 7 swa for∂ swa hit me silfan on handa stod. 7 ic ann ˇæt Eadgiˇ seo hlefdige hit on hande habbe swa lange swa heo libbe 7 ælce gære ˇæt munster ˇær of gegodige. God eow gehealde.