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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Charter issued by King Ethelwulf granting 20 hides of land to the monks of St. Peter at Winchester. Anglo-Saxon charters are ...
Cartularium Saxonicum is a three-volume collection of Anglo-Saxon charters published from 1885 to 1893 [2] by Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924), then working in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library. The most recent edition was released on May 24, 2012, by Cambridge University Press. [3]
The first section, traditionally titled the Liber Wigorniensis, is a collection of Anglo-Saxon charters and other land records, most of which are organized geographically. The second section, Hemming's Cartulary proper, combines charters and other land records with a narrative of deprivation of property owned by the church of Worcester.
Charters or "landbooks" were written in Latin and recorded royal grants of bookland to the church or individuals. A writ was a brief letter from the king with instructions to an official authenticated with a seal hanging from the document like a pendant. It was more efficient than a traditional charter. [74]
The Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici is a collection of documents from the Anglo-Saxon period preserved in manuscripts held by various libraries in England. [1] Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters .
Some of the Anglo-Saxon charters that date from the Kingdom of Sussex provide evidence which suggests the existence of two separate dynasties in Sussex. The charters of Noðhelm (or Nunna), who ruled Sussex in the late 7th and early 8th century regularly attest a second king by the name of Watt.
Studies suggest a pattern of typically peaceful co-existence, with the structure of the Romano-British landscape being maintained, and with the Saxon settlers believed to have been in the minority. [11] The kingdom of Essex grew by the absorption of smaller subkingdoms [12] or Saxon tribal groups. There are a number of suggestions for the ...
Pages in category "Medieval charters and cartularies of England" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .