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S 1386

A.D. 1020. Writ of Archbishop Wulfstan informing King Cnut and Queen Ælfgifu (Emma) that Æthelnoth has been consecrated to the see of Canterbury. English

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 14907, ff. 16v-17r (s. xviii)
2. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1370, f. 69v (s. xi)

Printed:

K, 1314, ex MS 1 ; Thorpe, p. 313 ; Earle, p. 232 ; Councils and Synods, no. 62 (p. 449)

Comments:

Chaplais 1966, p. 17, 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) ; Chaplais 1966a, pp. 174-5 (= 1973, p. 59) ; Brooks 1984, p. 290, cited ; Harmer, Writs, pp. 171, 448-9, authentic ; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 346-7 (no. 284), art. a, on MS 1 ; Whitelock, EHD, p. 601, early copy of original letter ; Councils and Synods, pp. 447-9

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    • + Wulfstan arcebiscop gret Cnut cyning his hlaford . 7 Ælfgyfe þa hlæfdian eadmodlice . 7 ic cyþe inc leof þæt we habbað gedon swa swa us swutelung fram eow com æt þam biscope Æþelnoþe . þæt we habbað hine nu gebletsod . Nu bidde ic for Godes lufon . 7 for eallan Godes halgan þæt ge witan on Gode þa mæþe . 7 on þam halgan hade . þæt he mote beon þære þinga wyrþe þe oþre beforan wæron Dunstan þe god wæs 7 mænig oþer þæt þes mote beon eall swa rihta 7 gerysna wyrðe . þæt inc byð bam þearflic for Gode . 7 eac gerysenlic for worolde .
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    • + Wulfstan arcebiscop gret Cnut cyning his hlaford. 7 Ælfgyfe ˇa hlæfdian eadmodlice. 7 ic cyˇe inc leof ˇæt we habba∂ gedon swa swa us swutelung fram eow com æt ˇam biscop Æˇelnoˇe. &