S 1470

A.D. 1043 x 1047. Agreement between the abbey and community of Bury St Edmunds, and Wulfgeat and his wife, concerning land at Gislingham, Suffolk, and Fakenham, Norfolk. English

Archive:

Bury St Edmunds

MSS:

1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff.2.33, f. 49v (s. xiii 2)
2. London, British Library, Add. 14847, f. 19r-v (s. xiii/xiv)

Printed:

K, 1340

Printed and Translated:

Thorpe, pp. 593-4; Robertson, Charters, no. 100 (pp. 186-7)

Comments:

Robertson, Charters, pp. 435-6; Hart, ECEE, no. 107, authentic

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    • [H]er switeleˇ on ˇise write ˇe forwarde ˇe Wlfgeat and his wif wrouhten with ˇan Abbot on sancte Eadmundes biri 7 alle ˇe hirde . ˇat is ˇat he nimen ˇat lond at Gyselingham to ˇe forwarde ˇat ˇat ilke lond go into sancto Eadmunde after Aelfwines day and his wiues . and ˇat lond at ffakenham so ful and so forth so Wlgeat it oh ; go it into seynt Eadmundes after here boˇere day buten alken gentale . ˇise write sinden ˇre on haui∂ Wlfgeat himself . oˇer is in seynt Eadmundes biri . ˇride hauid Stigand bisscop.