S 1240

A.D. 1061 x 1066. Writ of Queen Edith declaring that Bishop Giso is to have the land at Milverton, Somerset, as fully and completely as she herself possessed it. English and Latin versions

Archive:

Wells

MSS:

1. Wells, DC., Liber Albus I, ff. 2-64, f. 18r (s. xiii med.; both versions)

Printed:

Hickes, Inst. Gramm., pp. 163-4; K, 917; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 288 (no. 10); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 70

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 70 (pp. 283-4)

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 274, 490, authenticity reasonably certain; Finberg, ECW, no. 541, authentic; Crosby 1994, pp. 48-50, on background; Kennedy 1995, p. 156 n. 99, cited with reference to legal background; Keynes 1997, pp. 238-9, 257, may be dated 1065 x 1066, discusses background

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    • Eadgy∂ se hlauedige gret Harold erl mine bro∂ar & Touid & ealle ure ˇeyena on Sumerseatan freondliche. & ic cy∂e eow ˇæt ic wylle ˇæt Gyso biscop beo ˇaes londes wur∂e æt Milferton swo full & swo for∂ swo hit me selfen æn honde stod to ˇan forewarden ˇæt weo geworht habba∂. & gyf ˇær hwa ænig land habbe hut biridan o∂∂e geboht of ˇan ˇe ˇar mid richte into gehyra∂ ic wylle ˇat man hyt læte in ongean cuman & spece se mann wi∂ ˇone mann ˇe him ær land sealde.