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S 988

A.D. 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth all the landed property that Ælfmær had. English

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. IV, f. 87, recto (s. xi)

Printed:

K, 1325 ; Earle, p. 237 ; Harmer, Writs, no. 30

Comments:

Chaplais 1966, p. 18, copy in Canterbury gospel-book, declaration may originally have reached Canterbury in oral form (= 1981, XV p. 18) ; Chaplais 1966a, p. 175, contemporary scribe (= 1973, pp. 59-60) ; Dumville 1983, p. 53, on MS ; Brooks 1984, pp. 296, 387 n. 120 ; Lawson 1993, pp. 66 n. 29, 237 ; Harmer, Writs, pp. 172, 450, authentic ; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 346-7 (no. 284), art. f

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    • + Cnut cyngc gret Eadsige bisceop . 7 Ælfstan abbot . 7 Ægelric . 7 ealle mine þegenas on Cent freondlice . 7 ic cyðe eow þæt ic hæbbe geunnan Æþelnoðe arcebisceope . ealre þare landare þe Ælfmær hæfde . 7 mid rihte into Cristes cyricean gebyrað . binnan birig 7 butan . on wuda 7 on felda . swa full 7 swa forð swa Ælfric arcebisceop hyre weold oþþe ænig his forgengena.
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    • Cnut cyngc gret Eadsige biscop 7 Ælfstan abbot 7 Ægelric 7 ealle mine ˇegenas on Cent freondlice. 7 ic cy∂e eow ˇæt ic hæbbe geunnan æˇelno∂e arcebisceope ealre ˇare landare ˇe Ælfmær hæfde 7 mid rihte into Cristes cyricean gebyra∂ binnan birig 7 butan on wuda 7 on felda swa full 7 swa for∂ swa Ælfric arcebiscop hyre weold oˇˇe ænig his forgengena.