S 1148

A.D. 1065 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has given to Westminster Abbey the estate at Islip where he was born and a half hide at Marston, Oxon. He directs his kinsman Wigod of Wallingford to transfer the land to the abbey on his behalf. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. III, f. 103r-v (s. xiii)
2. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 11, f. 270r (s. xiv)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 24 (S.C. 3861), p. 54 (s. xvii; incomplete)

Printed:

Kennet 1818, i. 68; K, 862, ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 297 (no. 7), ex MS 1; Thorpe, p. 368; Neufeldt 1907, no. 1

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 104 (pp. 368-9), ex MS 2

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 336-7, 522-3, mixture of authentic and spurious material, no reason to doubt instruction to Wigod, some imitation of Anglo-Saxon script in MS 2; PN Oxon., i. 181, 221; Barlow 1970, p. 29 n. 2, some unsatisfactory features, but probably has an authentic basis; PN Berks., ii. 535; Harvey 1977, p. 356; Gelling, ECTV, no. 304, citing Harmer, interpolated; Blair 1994, pp. 110, 196 n. 97

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    • Eadward king gret Wulsi biscop 7 Guir∂ eorll 7 alle mine ˇeingnes on Oxenfordescire / freondlice. 7 ic kiˇe eow ˇat ic habbe gegefen Criste 7 Sancte Petre into Westmunstre ∂et cotlif ic wæs geboran inne be naman Gihtslepe 7 ane healfe hide æt Mersce scotfre 7 gafolfreo mid eallan ∂am ∂ingan ˇæ ∂er to belimpa∂ on wude 7 on felde, on mæde 7 on watre, mid ciricen 7 mid ciricsocnen swa full 7 swa for∂ 7 swa freo swa hit me siluan on hande stod 7 swa swa ælgyfu Imme min moder on minre frumbirde dæiæge/ to forme gyfe hit me gæf 7 to gecinde becwæ∂. 7 ic an heom ˇer ofer saca 7 socna, toll 7 team 7 infangeneˇeof 7 blodwite 7 weardwite 7 hamsocne 7 forstealL, gri∂brice 7 mundbrice 7 ealle ∂a gerihte ˇe to me belimpa∂. Nu grete ic wel mine leofne mæi Wigod on Wallingeforde. 7 ic beode ∂e ˇat ∂u on minre stede beride ˇas land ˇam hælge to hande for ic nelle nateshwon ge∂afian ˇæt ˇær ænig mann ænige onsting habbe on ænigum ˇingum o∂∂e on ænigum/ timan butan se abbot 7 ˇa gebro∂ra to ˇæs munstres nitwur∂licre/ ˇearfe. 7 hwa se ∂as ælmesse holdlice healde healde hine God 7 Godes moder on ece blisse. 7 hwa swa hio awende sieo he awænded fram Gode to ˇare hellware stiˇe pinnesse buton he hit on ∂essere wrlde/ ˇe sti∂liker gebete. God eow ealle gehealde 7 Sancte Petres holde.