S 1146

A.D. 1062 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that the monks of Westminster Abbey are to have the estates of Pershore, Worcs., and Deerhurst, Gloucs., with all the land and berewicks which he has granted to the abbey. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. III, ff. 109v-110r (s. xiii)
2. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 11, f. 278r (s. xiv)

Printed:

K, 829, ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 300 (no. 27), ex MS 1; Earle, p. 340, ex K; Neufeldt 1907, no. 21, ex MS 1

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 102 (pp. 366-7), ex MS 2

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 313, 328-30, 521, possibly based on an authentic writ, but enlarged and embellished at Westminster; Finberg, ECWM, no. 179 (pp. 78, 132), citing Harmer, spurious but possibly based on authentic text; Hooke 1990, p. 341; Whybra 1990, p. 25 n. 52; Wormald 1993, p. 18, cited

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    • Eadward kingc gret Ealdred ercebiscop 7 Wulstan biscop 7 Wulfwi biscop 7 ealle mine heafedmen 7 mine ˇeignes 7 mine scirgerefan/ 7 ealle mine holde freond on Wigercestrescire 7 on Glowercestrescire 7 on Oxonfordescire freondlice. Icc kiˇe eow ˇat icc wille 7 icc ann ˇæt Sancte Peter 7 ˇa gebro∂era on Westminstre habben to heora bileofan ˇa cotlif Perscoran 7 Deorhirstan mid eallum ˇan landum 7 mid eallum ˇan berwican ˇe ic habbe for minre saule alesednesse into ˇare haalgum stowwe gifan 7 aelc ˇære ˇinga ˇe ˇær to mid rihte gebira∂ mid circan 7 mid milnan, mid wuda 7 mid feldan, mid læse 7 mid hæˇe, mid mæden 7 mid eitum, mid waterum 7 mid werum 7 mid eallum ˇingum swa full 7 swa for∂ swa hi on ealdum/ dagum into ˇære socne geled weren o∂∂e me silfan fyrmest on handa stodan. And ic anne hem eft alswa ˇæt hy habben ˇar to saka 7 soknæ, toll 7 team, infangenne ˇeof 7 flemenesfirm∂e, gri∂brice 7 hamsocne, forsteall 7 miskenninge 7 ealle o∂ere 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 ˇæn icc nelle nateshwan geˇafian ˇæt anig man ætbrede o∂∂e geutige mine gife 7 mine ælmesse swa micell ˇæt sy an æker landes ˇæs ˇe on aeniges mannes dæge into ˇam cotlifan gebyrede. Ne eft ˇæt ˇær ænig man aenigne onstingc habbe on ænigum ˇingan o∂∂e on ænige timan be strande ne be lande buton/ se abbot 7 ˇa gebro∂era into ˇam minstre. 7 ic wille 7 fæstlice bebeode ˇæt ˇæs freodom 7 ˇeos mundbirdnesse beo strang 7 staˇelfast into ˇære halegan stowwe Gode to lofe 7 Sancte Petre to wur∂minte 7 to gewealde a on ece erfeweardnesse, Amen. God eow ealle gehealde.