S 1147

A.D. 1065 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has given to Westminster Abbey, Islip and land at Marston, Oxon. English.

Archive: Westminster

MSS: London, Westminster Abbey, Muniment Bk 11, 270r (s. xiv)

Printed: Harmer 1936, p. 102 (no. 2); Harmer, Writs, no. 103 (p. 368), with translation.

Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 334-6, 521-2, authenticity uncertain; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, uncertain authenticity; Harvey 1977, p. 356; Gelling, ECTV, no. 303, authentic.

Eadward king gret Wulwi biscop 7 Guyrð eorl 7 alle mine þeignes on Oxnefordscire. 7 ic kiþe eow þat ic habbe gegifen Criste 7 Sancte Petre into Westmunstre Gihtslepe 7 ane healfe hide æt Mersce swa full 7 swa forð swa hit me silfan on hande stod mid saca 7 mid socna 7 on eallan þingan. God eow alle gehealde.