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A.D. 685. Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria, to Cuthbert; grant of land at Crayke, Yorks. N.R., and at Lugubalia (Carlisle). Latin

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Durham

MSS:

3. London, British Library, Harley 533, f. 100r (s. xvii)
4. London, Lincoln's Inn, 114, ff. 1-133, f. 5r-v (s. xv)
5. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 15-17 Ric. II, no. 29
6. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 8 Hen. IV, no. 3
7. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 1 Hen. V, pt 1, no. 15
9. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 91, no. 10
8. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 11 Hen. VI, pt 2, m. 22
10. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 9 (S.C. 4151), f. 8r-v (s. xvii)
11. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 10 (S.C. 4152), f. 34v (s. xvii)
12. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dugdale 21 (S.C. 6511), f. 97r (s. xvii)
1. Cambridge, University Library, Ff. 1. 27, p. 186 (s. xvi)
2. Durham, D. &. C., 'Cartularium III', p. 137 (s. xiv/xv)
13. Durham, Cathedral Library, 1.1.Pont.6

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 39 ; Smith, Bede, p. 725, ex MS 2 ; K, 25, ex MS 8 ; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 234 ; B, 66, ex K

Comments:

Craster 1954, p. 181, obvious forgery ; Chaplais 1969, pp. 537-8, evidently spurious, but includes one formula with contemporary continental parallels (= 1973 pp. 101-2) ; Wormald 1985, pp. 17, 26, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements ; Cubitt 1995, pp. 258-9. ; HS, p. 166 n., spurious

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    • In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti . Amen . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dclxxxv . congregato sinodo circa fluvium Alne in loco qui dicitur Æt-tuiford , cui Theodorus archiepiscopus Do[r]uvernensis præsidebat , cum Cuthbertus legatariis ac literis ad se præmissis nequaquam sua insula posset erui ; tandem ego Egfridus rex , Northumhymbrorum cum antistite Trumuini et aliis religiosis viris insulam navigavi , et invitum ad synodum pertraxi , ubi omnium jussione episcopatus officium suscipere compellitur . Cui et omnibus successoribus ejus , consilio Theodori archiepiscopi Trumuuini et totius consilii , pro salute animæ meæ et successorum meorum , donavi villam quæ vocatur Crec et tria miliaria in circuitu ipsius villæ : Donavi eciam civitatem quæ vocatur Lugubalia, et in circuitu ejus quindecim miliaria ; ut hæc tam ipse quam successores ejus , ad Dei servitium imperpetuum habeant , ita sicut ego habui , libera et quieta et secundum suam voluntatem disponenda . Ego Theodorus archiepiscopus Doruvernensis subscripsi . + . Ego Cedd Orientalium Saxonum episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Bosa episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Saxuulf Merciorum episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Eata Hagustaldensis episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Trumuuni Pictorum episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Ceadda Lichefeldensis episcopus subscripsi . + . Ego Eadhæd Lindissi episcopus subscripsi . + . Hæc donatio scripta est tempore Agathonis papæ , anno ætatis regis Egfridi quadragesimo , regni vero ejus decimo quarto .