London, St Paul's DC., W.D., 1

s. xiii med., St Paul's London

Type of MS.: Cartulary
Davis no.: 597
Bibliography: On this cartulary see Gibbs 1939, especially pp. xl-xli.
Related MSS:
Comment: a.k.a. London, Guildhall, 22501 Liber A (or Pilosus). Continued into fourteenth century. The leaves containing pre-Conquest texts are all numbered in arabic figures on the recto, these have been superseded by roman numerals, the same figure being used for facing pages. Thus 38v and 39v of the old foliation, used here, are now both 39.
Provenance:

Charters contained:

S1104, f. 1r: A.D. 1042 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that his priests in St Pauls's minster shall be entitled to sake and soke within borough and without, and to as good laws as they ever had in the time of any king or any bishop; and they shall not receive into their community any more priests than their estates can bear and they themselves desire. s. xiii med.

S453, f. 38r: A.D. 924 x 939. King Athelstan to St Paul's minster, London; confirmation of privileges, and 10 hides (mansae) at Sandon with Rothe (Roe Green in Sandon), 8 at Ardeley with Luffenhall, Herts.; 10 at Belchamp St Pauls with Wickham St Pauls, 8 at Heybridge, 12 at Runwell, 30 in the Sokens, Essex; 10 at West Drayton, Middx; 8 at Barnes, Surrey; 10 at Neasden with Willesden, Middx. s. xiii med.

S337, f. 38r: A.D. 867. Edgar (? for Æthelred), king, to St Paul's Monastery; grant of 15 hides (mansiones) at Navestock, Essex. s. xiii med.

S908, f. 38r: A.D. 1004 x 1014. King Æthelred confirms the grant by Æthelflæd to St Paul's, of 2 hides (mansae) at Laver, Essex, and 4 at Cockhampstead, Herts. (cf. S 1495) s. xiii med.

S5, f. 38v: A.D. 604 x 616. Æthelberht, king, to Mellitus, bishop, and St Paul's minster; grant of land at Tillingham, Essex. s. xiii med.

S1243a, f. 38v: A.D. 1042 x 1066. Eadgifu and her husband to the church of St Paul; grant of land at Weeley, Essex. s. xiii med.

S941, f. 39r: King Æthelred to St Paul's; confirmation of lands. s. xiii med.

S978, f. 39r: A.D. 1016 x 1035. King Cnut to Ælfwine, bishop of London; confirmation of the lands of St Paul's. s. xiii med.

S1056, f. 39r: A.D. 1042 x 1066. King Edward to St Paul's Minster, London; confirmation of privileges and of 8 hides (mansae) at Barling and 5 at Chingford, Essex. s. xiii med.