S 1075
c. A.D. 1051. Writ of King Edward declaring that St Edmunds inland is to be exempt from payment of heregeld and from every other render. English.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Ee. 3. 60, 127r (s. xiv)
2. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 23r (s. xiii2)
3. Cambridge, U.L., Gg. 4. 4, 102v (s. xv)
4. Cambridge, U.L., Gg. 4. 4, 271r (s. xv)
5. BL Harley 14847, 31r (s. xiv)
6. BL Harley 638, 26r (s. xiv)
7. PRO Chart. Ant. R. 15, no. 3 (s. xiii)
8. PRO Ch.R. 8 Edw. II, no. 11
9. PRO Ch.R. 4 Edw. III, no. 58
10. PRO Ch.R. 7-8 Ric. II, no. 11
11. PRO Ch.R. 1 Hen. IV, pt 2, no. 2
12. PRO Ch.R. 1 Hen. V, pt 2, no. 6
13. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. VI, pt 2, m. 38
14. PRO Pat. R. 2 Edw. IV, pt 6, m. 21
15. PRO Conf. R. 6, no. 9 (s. xv)
16. PRO Conf. R. 14, no. 10 (s. xv)
17. PRO Conf. R. 53, no. 5 (s. xvi)
18. Bodleian, Gough Cambridge 22, 13v (s. xiv2)
Printed: K 879 ex MS 2; Hervey 1925, i. 296 ex MS 1; Harmer, Writs, no. 15 (p. 158) ex MS 6, with translation; Conway Davies 1957, p. 88 ex MS 7.
Comments: Davis 1909, pp. 419-20; Harmer, Writs, pp. 139, 439-40, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 114, authentic; Faith 1997, p. 37, on immunity.
Eadward cyningc gret ægelmer biscop 7 ælfgar eorl 7 ealle mine ðegenas 7 sciregerefan on Suthfolce 7 on Norðfolce 7 swa hwer swa Sancte Eadmund ænig land hafeþ freondlice. 7 ic cyða eou þæt hic gehate be fullan hæse þæt Sancte Eadmundes inland sy scotfreo fram heregelde 7 fram eghwilc oðer gaful.