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s. x/xi. Æthelflæd to St Paul's minster, London; bequest of land at Laver, Essex, and at Cockhampstead, Herts. English

Archive:

London, St Paul's

MSS:

1. London, St Paul's DC., Liber B, f. 20v (s. xiii; lost)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., iii. 303 ; Dugdale, St Paul's, p. 187 ; Dugdale, St Paul's (rev. edn), Appendix, p. 11 ; K, 972

Comments:

HRH, p. 236, ? c. 1004 x 1014, probably basically genuine, though subscriptions are inconsistent ; Whitelock 1943, p. 122, on witness-list ; Whitelock 1968, p. 19 n. 1, spurious ; Keynes 1991, p. 80 n. 83, cited, on testatrix ; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 175-6, authentic, witnesses impossible, but probably supplied by a copyist ; Hart, ECE, no. 37, authentic basis ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 178, citing Whitelock, spurious

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    • Her swutelað on ðam cwide ðe Egelfled gecweden hæfð, God to lofe 7 hire saule to ðerfe 7 hire hlafordes, þæt is þonne ða feower hida landes æt Lagefare 7 twa hida æt Cochæmstede, þe hy gean for hire saule 7 for hire hlafordes into S. Paules mynstre on Lundene, ðan gebroðran to bigleofan, ðam þe < ðær>; dæghamlice God ðeniað, be ðes cynges fulle geleuen Æðelredes, on ðera manna gewitnesse ðe heora naman her standað, þæt is ðonne Egelnoð arcebiscop 7 Wulfstan arcebiscop 7 Ælfun biscop on Lundene 7 Ælfric abbot 7 Wigard abbot 7 Ælsi abbot on Cowwaforde 7 Ælfere ealdorman 7 Brithnoð ealdorman 7 Ædric ældorman 7 Ælfsige cynges þegn 7 Ufegeat scireman 7 Frena cynges þegn, 7 swa hwilc man swa ðisne cwide awende, sy he Judas gefere ðe urne Drihten belewde en helle wite.
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    • a Her swutela∂ on ∂am cwide ∂e Egelfled gecweden hæf∂ god to lofe 7 hire saule to ∂erfe 7 hire hlafordes, ˇæt is ˇonne ∂a feower hida landes æt Lagefare 7 twa hida æt Cochæmstede, ˇe hy gean for hire saule 7 for hire hlafordes into S. Paules mynstre on Lundene ∂an gebro∂ran to big-leofan ∂am ˇe ˇær dæghamlice god ∂enia∂ be ∂es cynges fulle geleuen Æ∂elredes on ∂era manna gewitnesse ∂e heora naman her standa∂, ˇæt is ˇonne Egelno∂ arcebiscop 7 Wulfstan arcebiscop 7 Ælfhun biscop on Lundene 7 Ælfric abbot 7 Wigard abbot 7 Ælsi abbot on Coppanforde 7 Ælfere ealdorman 7 Brihtno∂ ealdorman 7 Ædric ældorman 7 Ælfsige cynges ˇegn 7 Ufegeat scireman 7 Frena cynges ˇegn 7 swa hwilc man swa ∂isne cwide awende sy he Iudas gefere ∂e urne drihten belewde en helle pite.