Anglo-Saxon ChartersA. J. Robertson This volume, first published in 1939 (2nd ed., 1956), contains the original Old English texts, with translations and commentaries, of over 130 documents dating from the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries. It includes royal and 'private' (nonroyal) charters, some episcopal leases, a few wills, and several records generated by processes of litigation; it also includes a number of miscellaneous texts, such as inventories and estate surveys. The reissue of Dr Robertson's book is complemented by reissues of Florence Harmer's Select English Historical Documents of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries (1914), and of Dorothy Whitelock's Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930). Between them, the three volumes represent the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon documents in the vernacular, to set beside the corpus of royal diplomas (in Latin) and writs (in English), and the corpus of Anglo-Saxon legislation, and to serve at the same time as evidence of the uses of written English in the Anglo-Saxon period. |
Contents
Remission of dues on two ships | 2 |
The will of Æthelnoth and Gænburg | 4 |
King Ceolwulf and Bromsgrove | 6 |
Lawsuit about woodpasture | 8 |
The will of Badanoth Beotting ΤΟ | 10 |
Agreement between Ceolred Abbot of Peter borough and Wulfred | 12 |
Grant of land by King Æthelwulf to the Old Minster Winchester | 14 |
Summary of a Latin charter | 16 |
and Bishop of Worcester to Æthelmær | 134 |
Record of a lawsuit between Wynflæd and Leof wine | 136 |
Lease of land by Oswald Archbishop of York and Bishop of Worcester to Eadric | 138 |
Two grants of land to St Cuthberts | 140 |
Lease of land by the abbot and the community at the New Minster Winchester to Wulfmær | 142 |
Grant of land by Ælfhelm to his goldsmith | 144 |
Grant of lands by Ulfketel to Bury St Edmunds | 146 |
Grant of swinepasture in Kent | 148 |
Grant of land by King Æthelred I to Earl Ælfstan | 22 |
Bequest of King Alfred to Shaftesbury | 24 |
Lease of land by Ealhferth Bishop of Winchester | 26 |
Lease of land by Denewulf Bishop of Winchester | 28 |
Bequest of Ceolwin to Winchester | 30 |
Lease of land by Werfrith Bishop of Worcester to Wulfsige | 34 |
Lease of land to Denewulf Bishop of Winchester | 38 |
Grant of land by Wilfrith Bishop of Worcester | 42 |
Grant of land by Earl Æthelstan to Abingdon | 44 |
Exchange of lands between Brihthelm Bishop | 58 |
Lease of land by Oswald Bishop of Worcester | 62 |
Exchange of lands between Æthelwold Bishop | 68 |
List of sureties for Peterborough estates | 74 |
History of the estate of Wouldham Kent | 84 |
History of the estates of Sunbury and Send | 90 |
Lease of land by Oswald Bishop of Worcester | 96 |
Adjustment of the boundaries between | 102 |
Exchange of lands between Æthelwold Bishop | 110 |
Lease of land by Oswald Archbishop of York | 114 |
Lease of land by Oswald Archbishop of York | 116 |
History of the estates of Bromley and Fawkham | 122 |
Agreement between Wulfric Abbot of St Augus | 128 |
and Bishop of Worcester to Beornheah and Brihtstan page | 130 |
A Kentish marriage agreement | 150 |
Agreement between the community at Wor cester and Fulder | 154 |
Lease of land by Abbot Ælfweard and the community at Evesham to Æthelmær | 156 |
Charter of Cnut to Christchurch Canterbury | 158 |
Lawsuit about a Worcestershire estate | 162 |
Types of tenure among church lands in York shire | 164 |
Grant of land by King Cnut to Christchurch Canterbury | 168 |
Lease of land by Brihtheah Bishop of Wor | 172 |
Grant in reversion to Bury St Edmunds | 178 |
Agreement between Ufi Abbot of Bury | 184 |
Agreement between Ælfstan Abbot of | 190 |
Grant of land by Archbishop Eadsige to | 204 |
Grant of land to Worcester by Leofric Earl | 210 |
Grant by Brihtmær of Gracechurch to Christ | 216 |
The gifts of Bishop Leofric to Exeter page | 226 |
The Burghal hidage | 246 |
Fragment of a will from Bury St Edmunds | 252 |
Notes | 259 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abbey Abbot acres æfter Ælfgar Ælfheah Ælfhere Ælfric Ælfsige Ælfstan Æthelred Æthelric Æthelstan Æthelwold andlang Anglo-Saxon appears arcebisceop Archbishop belong bisceop Bishop of Winchester BISHOP OF WORCESTER boundaries British Museum Bury St Edmunds butan Canterbury charter Christchurch church Cnut Cristes dæg dæge dated death diac document Eadric Eadsige Ealdulf eall Earl Earl of Mercia Edgar Elfwine eorl festermen gewitnesse gewrite Godes Godwine halgan healf held heora hida hides hund hundred ibid King Edward land æt Latin version LEASE OF LAND Leofric Leofwine manor miÑ monastery monks mynstre Old Minster Osulf pæm pære pæs pæt paid geld Pl.N pone ponne prbt Ego preost priest recorded sealde Sherborne signature signs St Augustine's St Edmunds Stigand stowe sune sureties synd thegn V.C.H. Kent Whitelock wið witnesses Wulfgar Wulfric Wulfstan þæs þæt