S 997

A.D. 1040 x 1042. Writ of King Harthacnut and his mother Queen Ælfgifu declaring that they have given to the church of Ramsey land at Hemingford Grey, Hunts. Latin

Archive:

Ramsey

MSS:

1. London, Public Record Office, E 164/28, f. 156v (s. xiv)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 333, f. 19v (s. xiv 1)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 333, f. 34v (s. xiv 1)

Printed:

Gale, Scriptores XV, ii. 449, cap. xcviii, ex MS 1; K, 1330, ex Gale; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, p. 151, ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 52; Harmer, Writs, no. 57, ex MS 2

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 245-6, 471, probably authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 34, authentic

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    • Hardencut rex 7 Alfgiua mater eiusdem regina Ædnotho episcopo 7 Turi comiti 7 Kinrico 7 omnibus ministris [suis] de comitatu Huntendonie salutem. Notificamus uobis quod nos in nomine Sancte Trinitatis dedimus 7 concessimus ecclesie Ramesie pro anima Cnutonis regis domini nostri 7 nostra amborum terram orientalem de Hemmingeforde 7 omnia que ad illam pertinent cum saca 7 soca ita plene 7 honorifice sicut nobis in manu stetit. Quicunque ergo hanc donacionem nostram ab eadem ecclesia alienare temptauerit alienetur ille in die iudicii a gaudio celesti 7 penas inferni cum demonibus sorciatur.