S 1064
A.D. 1058 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that Tole, Urk's widow, has his full permission to bequeath her lands and possessions to St Peter's, Abbotsbury. English.
Archive: Abbotsbury
MSS: 1. PRO Ch. R. 8 Edw. II, m. 3, no. 5
2. PRO Conf. R. 23, no. 1 (s. xv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 279 ex MS 1; K 841 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 56 (no. 5) ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 426, 576 ex MS 1; Harmer, Writs, no. 2 (p. 121) ex MS 1, with translation.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 119-22, 427, probably authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 628; Keynes 1989, pp. 208-9, cited.
+ Eadwar[d] kyng gret Heremann .biscop. 7 Harold eorl 7 ealle mine þegenas on Dorsætan freondlice. 7 ic cyðe eow þæt hit is min fulla unna þæt Tole min mann Urkes lafe þæt heo becweðe hire land 7 ehta in to Sancte Petre æt Abbodesbyrig swa swa hire leofest sy be minan fullan geleafan swa full 7 swa forð swa þa forewirda ær gewrhte wæran þæt hit sceolde æfter heora begra dage hire 7 Urkes hire hlafordes for heora sawle gan in to þam haligan mynstre. Nu wille ic þæt heora cwide stande swa swa hit geforewird wes. on godre manna gewitnesse þe þar wið weran. 7 ic wille þæt swilc freols beo in to þam mynstre swilce is in to elcan oðre þær þe best is on eallan þingan. 7 ic me sylf wille beon geheald. 7 mund þer ofer. 7 ofer þa are þe þar inn to hirð. 7 ic nelle nanan menn geþafian þæt þar geutige ænig þæra þinga þæs þe hig þider inn gedon habbað.