S 1142

A.D. 1053 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that the monks of Westminster Abbey are to have the estate of Staines, Middx, with the land in London called Stæningahaga and the soke of 35 hides, with berewicks. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. M. XVI (s. xii; OS Facs., ii, Westminster 10)
2. London, British Library, Add. 4558, ff. 155r-156r (s. xviii)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. III, f. 104r-v (s. xiii)
4. London, College of Arms, Young 72, f. 13v (s. xv 2)
5. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 1, f. 12r-v (s. xv ex.)
6. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 11, f. 133r (s. xiv)

Printed:

K, 855, ex MS 3; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 297 (no. 9), ex MS 3; Earle, p. 302, ex MS 1; Neufeldt 1907, no. 3, ex MS 1

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 98 (p. 362), ex MS 1

Comments:

Maitland 1897, p. 181, associates Stæningahaga with Staining Lane and church of St Mary, Staining; PN Middx, pp. 1, 18; Harmer, Writs, pp. 313, 328-30, 517-19, may represent an authentic writ altered and expanded, MS 1 late 11th-century; Ekwall 1954, pp. 123-4; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 368, possibly based on authentic writ; Harvey 1977, p. 354; Gelling, ECTV, no. 255, citing Harmer, possibly based on an authentic writ; Dyson and Schofield 1984, pp. 306-7

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    • Eadward kincg grett Willelm biscop 7 Harold eorl 7 Esgar stealre 7 ealle mine ˇegnas 7 mine holde freond on Middelsexan freondlice. Ic kyˇe eow ˇæt icc wille 7 icc ann ˇæt Sancte Peter 7 ˇa gebro∂ra on Westmynstre habben to heora bileofan ˇæt cotlif Stana mid ˇam lande Stæningahaga wi∂innon Lundone 7 fif 7 ˇrittig hida sokne ˇær to mid eallum ˇam berwican ˇe icc habbe for minre sawle alesednysse in to ˇære halgan stowwe gegyfan 7 ælcc ˇære ˇinga ˇe ˇær to mid rihte gebyra∂ on cyrcan 7 on mylnan, on wuda 7 on feldan, on læse 7 on hæ∂e, on mædum 7 on eitum, on wæterum 7 on werum 7 on eallum ˇingum swa full 7 swa for∂ swa hy on ealdum timan in to Stana sokne geled wæron o∂∂e me selfan fyrmest on handa stodan. And icc ann heom eft ealswa ˇæt hy habben ˇær to sake 7 sokne, toll 7 team, infangene∂eof 7 flemenefyrm∂e, gri∂bryce 7 hamsokne, forsteall 7 miskænninge 7 ealle oˇre gerihtu on eallum ˇingum ˇe ˇær upp aspringa∂ inne tid 7 ut of tide, binnan burh 7 butan burhge, on stræte 7 of stræte. For ˇan icc nelle nateshwon geˇafian ˇæt ænig man ætbrede o∂∂e geutige mine gyfe 7 mine ælmesse swa mycel ˇæt sy an æker landes ˇæs ˇe on æniges mannes dægge in to ˇam cotlifan gebyrede o∂∂e ˇæt ˇær ænig man ænigne onstyng habbe on ænigum ˇingum o∂∂e on ænige timan be strande ne be lande buton se abbod 7 ˇa gebro∂ra to ˇas mynstres neode. 7 icc wille 7 fæstlice bebeode ˇæt ˇeos mundbyrdnesse beo strang 7 staˇelfæst in to ˇære halgan stowwe a on ece erfeweardnesse, Amen. God eow ealle gehealda.