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1042 x 1044. Writ of King Edward declaring that his men in the gild of English cnihtas are to have their sake and soke within borough and without over their land and over their men, and as good laws as they had in the days of King Edgar and of the king's father and of Cnut. English
Archive:
London, the English Cnihtengild
MSS:
1.
Glasgow, University Library, Hunter U. 2.6., f. 149r (s. xv in.)
2.
London, Corporation of London Records Office, Letter Book C, f. 134v (s. xv)
3.
London, Corporation of London Records Office, Liber Dunthorne, f. 79r (s. xv)
Printed:
Coote 1881, p. 481 n. ; Sharpe 1901, p. 218 ; Ballard 1913, p. 127
Comments:
Douglas and Greenaway, EHD II, p. 1015 ; Page 1923, pp. 135-6, 154-5 ; Stenton 1932, p. 135 n. 1 ; Stenton 1970, pp. 32-3 ; Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 96-8, 368, 371, genuine; on port-reeve ; Haslam 1988 ; Keynes 1988, p. 216 n. 183 ; Brooke 1989, p. 34 ; Harmer, Writs, pp. 231-4, 466-8
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- Eadward cyncg gret Ælfward biscop 7 Wulfgar minne port gerefa 7 ealle þa burhware on Lundene freonlice, 7 ic cyþe eow þæt ic wille þæt mine men on Ænglisce cnihte gilde beon heore sace 7 heore socne wurðe, binnan burh 7 butan, ofer heora land 7 ofer heora men, 7 ic wille þæt heo beon swa godre lage wurðe swa heo wæron on Eadgares dæge cynges 7 on mines fæder 7 swa on Cnudes, 7 ic wille eac hit mid gode geeacnian 7 ic nelle geþafian þæt heom ænig man misbeode ac beon heo ealle gesunde, 7 God eow ealle gehealde.
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- Eadward cyncg gret Ælfward biscop 7 Wulfgar minne portgerefa 7 ealle ˇa burhware on Lundene freondlice/. 7 ic cyˇe eow ˇæt ic wille ˇæt mine men on Ænglisc cnihte gilde beon heore sace 7 heore socne wur∂e binnan burh 7 butan ofer heora land 7 ofer heora men. 7 ic wille ˇæt heo beon swa godre lage wur∂e swa heo wæron on Eadgares dæge cynges 7 on mines fæder 7 swa on Cnudes. 7 ic wille eac hit mid gode geeacnian. 7 ic nelle geˇafian ˇæt heom ænig man misbeode ac beon heo ealle gesunde. 7 God eow ealle gehealde.