S 990

A.D. 1027 x 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildred with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, St Augustine's

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 46-194v, f. 53v (s. xiv 2; incomplete)
2. Canterbury, D.C., Lit. E 19, f. 1r (s. xiv)
3. London, British Library, Add. 53710, f. 14r (s. xiv/xv)
4. London, British Library, Add. 53710, f. 223v (s. xiv/xv)
5. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius D. X, ff. 9-319, f. 63r (s. xiii 2)
6. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius D. X, ff. 9-319, f. 183r (s. xiii 2)
7. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 85v (s. xiii med.)
8. London, British Library, Harley 6748, f. 21v (s. xvii; incomplete)
9. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 419, ff. 111-60, f. 112r (s. xiv; incomplete)
10. London, Public Record Office, C 52, 9, no. 19 (s. xiii)
11. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 20 Edw. II, m. 2
12. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 36 Edw. III, m. 7
13. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 8 Hen. IV, m. 6
14. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, m. 5
15. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 4 Edw. IV, pt. 4, m. 29
16. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 14 Hen. VII, pt 1, m. 16
17. London, Public Record Office, E 164/27, ff. 145v-146r (s. xiii)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 1783, 2127, ex MSS 3, 4; Mon. Angl., i. 84, ex MS 7; K, 1326, ex MS 6; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 449 (no. 2); Harmer, Writs, no. 37, ex MS 7; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 33, ex MSS 7, 10

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 191-7, 454-7, authenticity uncertain; Sharpe 1991, pp. 353-4, spurious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, probably spurious; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 122, probably spurious, according to a note in MS 10 the pseudo-original had a seal; Foot 2000, II. 131

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    • Ego Knut per Dei misericordiam basileus Ægelnoðo archiepiscopo et omnibus episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, uicecomitibus et omnibus fidelibus tocius Anglie salutem et amicitiam. Notum sit uobis omnibus me dedisse sancto Augustino patrono meo corpus sancte Mildryþe gloriose uirginis cum tota terra sua infra insulam Tænæt et extra, cum omnibus consuetudinibus ad suam ecclesiam pertinentibus. Hec omnia ita libera et quieta reddo Deo et abbati Ælfstano et fratribus loci sicut ego ea unquam melius habui, tam in terra quam in mari et in litore, ut habeant et possideant inperpetuum. Et qui hanc donationem meam infringere uel irritam facere temptauerit, a Deo omnipotente et omni sancta ecclesia excommunicatus sit. Amen.
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    • E. PRO Cart. Ant. R. 9, no. 19: copy, s. xiii.1 Rubric: Carta eorundem [sc. monachorum sancti Augustini] cum sigillo. F. BL Cotton Julius D. ii, 85v: copy, s. xiii.1 Rubric: Donacio regis Knuti de Taneto. G. BL Cotton Claudius D. x, 183r: copy, s. xiii.2 Rubric: Donatio regis Knuti de Menstre cum corpore beate uirginis Mildrede. G*. BL Cotton Claudius D. x, 63r: copy of Inspeximus [R], s. xiv.1 Rubric: Carta regis Cnud de donacione corporis sancte Mildrede. H. PRO E 164/27, 145v-146r: copy, s. xiii/xiv Rubric: Donacio sanctissimi regis Cnuth de Thanet. I. Canterbury, D. & C., Lit E 19, 1r: copy (probably of G), s. xiv.1 Rubric: Carta regis Knuti de manerio de Menstre. Ego Knut per Dei misericordiam basileus Ægelno∂o archiepiscopo et omnibus episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, uicecomitibus et omnibus fidelibus tocius Anglie salutem et amicitiam. Notum sit uobis omnibus me dedisse sancto Augustino patrono meo corpus sancte Mildryˇe gloriose uirginis cum tota terra sua infra insulam Tænæt et extra, cum omnibus consuetudinibus ad suam ecclesiam pertinentibus. Hec omnia ita libera et quieta reddo Deo et abbati Ælfstano et fratribus loci sicut ego ea unquam melius habui, tam in terra quam in mari et in litore, ut habeant et possideant inperpetuum. Et qui hanc donationem meam infringere uel irritam facere temptauerit, a Deo omnipotente et omni sancta ecclesia excommunicatus sit. Amen.