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  Chaplais 1966. Chaplais, P., 'The Authenticity of the Royal Anglo-Saxon Diplomas of Exeter', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 39 (1966), 1–34. 56 charters cited.

  • S 22. Comments, forgery, scribe of MS 1 also wrote S 950 and S 914 MS 3 (= 1973, p. 59), p. 174
  • S 255. Comments, written c. 1069 in same hand as S 433 MS 2, and Exeter, D. & C., MS 2528, dubious authenticity (= 1981, XV, p. 10), p. 10 (no. 8)
  • S 325. Comments, spurious (= 1973, p. 55), p. 171
  • S 346. Comments, on royal style (= 1981, XV, p. 15), p. 15
  • S 367. Comments, not contemporary but perhaps with genuine elements (= 1981, XV, p. 8 n. 4), p. 8 n. 4
  • S 386. Comments, spurious, MS 1 written in mid 11th-century in same hand as S 387, 389 MS 1 and 433 MS 3 (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9), pp. 5-9 (no. 1)
  • S 387. Comments, spurious, written in mid 11th century in same hand as S 386, 389 MS 1 and 433 MS 3 (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9), pp. 5-9 (no. 2)
  • S 388. Comments, spurious, probably written in third quarter of 11th century, mutatis mutandis a replica of S 433, supposed confirmation by Eadred unlikely to be authentic (= 1981 XV, p. 12), p. 12 (no. 11)
  • S 389. Comments, spurious, written in mid 11th century in the same hand as S 386, 387 and 433 MS 3 (= 1981, XV pp. 5-9), pp. 5-9 (no. 3)
  • S 405. Comments, imitative script, possibly forged early in 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 10-11), pp. 10-11 (no. 9)
  • S 421. Comments, spurious, forged at end of 10th or beginning of 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 11-12), pp. 11-12 (no. 10)
  • S 433. Comments, spurious, MS 3 written s. xi med by the same scribe as S 386, 387, 389; MS 2 a duplicate of MS 3, with addition in boundary clause, written c. 1069 in same hand as S 255 MS 1 and Exeter, D. & C., 2528; MS 1 probably written in third quarter of the 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9), pp. 5-9 (nos 4-6)
  • S 455. Comments, forged (= 1981 XV, p. 5), p. 5
  • S 567. Comments, not authentic (= 1973, p. 49), p. 165
  • S 591. Comments, compares formulation with S 433 MS 1 (= 1981 XV, p. 6), p. 6
  • S 669. Comments, spurious, unlikely to have been forged before last quarter of 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9), pp. 5-9 (no. 7)
  • S 673. Comments, dubious (= 1981 XV, p. 23), p. 23
  • S 684. Comments, MS 1 contemporary, perhaps from same scriptorium as S 795 (= 1981 XV, pp. 12-13), pp. 12-13 (no. 12)
  • S 704. Comments, apparent original, compares formulation with S 770 (= 1981 XV, p. 14), p. 14
  • S 712. Comments, on subscription of bishop of Elmham (= 1981, XV p. 13), p. 13
  • S 755. Comments, no decisive argument against authenticity, a copy written in third quarter of s. xi in same hand as S 770 and 832, apparently at Exeter (= 1981, XV pp. 13-14), pp. 13-14 (no. 13)
  • S 770. Comments, may be copy of genuine document, written third quarter of s. xi by same scribe as S 755 and 832(= 1981, XV p. 14), p. 14 (no. 14)
  • S 795. Comments, probably an original (= 1981, XV pp. 14-15), pp. 14-15 (no. 15)
  • S 817. Comments, spurious, forger probably also responsible for S 325 and 946 (= 1973, pp. 55-6), p. 171
  • S 830. Comments, script may be contemporary or of s. xi1 (= 1981 XV, pp. 15-16), pp. 15-16 (no. 16)
  • S 832. Comments, doubtful, non-contemporary copy on dorse of S 1027, same scribe also wrote S 755 and 770 (= 1981, XV p. 16), p. 16 (no. 17)
  • S 880. Comments, MS 1 original (= 1981, XV pp. 19-21), pp. 19-21 (no. 19)
  • S 884. Comments, original, compares script with that of S 880 (= 1981, XV p. 21), p. 21
  • S 890. Comments, contemporary, seems to have been used as a model for S 1019 (= 1981, XV p. 21), p. 21 (no. 20)
  • S 951. Comments, script unlikely to be earlier than third quarter of s. xi, the document as a whole is not authentic and it is impossible to say how much genuine material it may contain (= 1981, XV pp. 21-2), pp. 21-2 (no. 21)
  • S 953. Comments, probably forged soon after the Norman Conquest, scribe also appears in manuscripts from Exeter (= 1981, XV pp. 22-3), pp. 22-3 (no. 22)
  • S 954. Comments, possibly forged at the same time as S 953 (= 1981, XV pp. 4-5), pp. 4-5
  • S 962. Comments, cannot be genuine if Lyfing was only appointed bishop in 1027 (= 1981, XV p. 22), p. 22
  • S 963. Comments, authentic and original, possibly by a Crediton scribe, also responsible for S 971 (= 1981, XV, p. 24), p. 24
  • S 971. Comments, MS 1 authentic and original, probably by Crediton scribe also responsible for S 963, boundary clause as in S 389, MS 2 is a fragment of a copy by an Exeter scribe (= 1981, XV pp. 23-4), pp. 23-4 (no. 23)
  • S 985. Comments, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18), p. 18
  • S 986. Comments, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18), p. 18
  • S 987. Comments, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18), p. 18
  • S 988. Comments, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18), p. 18
  • S 1003. Comments, probably original, traces of Frankish formulation which the scribe misunderstood (= 1981, XV pp. 26-8), pp. 26-8 (no. 26)
  • S 1019. Comments, contemporary script, probably an original (= 1981, XV, pp. 24-5), pp. 24-5 (no. 24)
  • S 1021. Comments, an apparent original (= 1981, XV pp. 28-31), pp. 28-31 (no. 27)
  • S 1027. Comments, script may be s. xi2, perhaps late in century (= 1981, XV p. 25), p. 25 (no. 25)
  • S 1028. Comments, on subscription of Bishop Herman (= 1981, XV p. 25), p. 25
  • S 1085. Comments, probably drafted at Bury (= 1981, XV p. 19), p. 19
  • S 1088. Comments, (= 1981, XV pp. 18-19), pp. 18-19
  • S 1090. Comments, cited (=1981, XV pp. 18-19), pp. 18-19
  • S 1164. Comments, on formulation (=1981, XV p. 26), p. 26
  • S 1242. Comments, authentic, may have been drafted by a Canterbury scribe (= 1973, pp. 57-8), p. 173
  • S 1296. Comments, original, with later interlineations (= 1981, XV, pp. 16-19), pp. 16-19 (no. 18)
  • S 1383. Comments, may be written record of oral declaration (= 1981, XV pp. 17-18), pp. 17-18
  • S 1386. Comments, probably an oral declaration recorded by Archbishop Æthelnoth for his own protection, unlikely that an 'original' documentary record of this declaration existed (= 1981, XV, p. 17), p. 17
  • S 1387. Comments, probably genuine, hand is of s. xi med. (= 1981, XV p. 11), p. 11
  • S 1454. Comments, p. 172 (= 1973, p. 56)
  • S 1462. Comments, on lawsuit (= 1973, p. 57), pp. 172-3
  • S 1492. Comments, (= Chaplais 1981, XV, p. 21), p. 21 (no. 20)