Charter: BL Stowe Ch. 38
Description (from Electronic Saywer)
A.D. 1018. King Cnut, at the request of Queen Ælfgifu (Emma) to Archbishop Ælfstan; grant of a copse called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst) in Ticehurst, Sussex. Latin with English bounds
Ward 1936/1; Whitelock 1943, p. 124, contemporary; Barker 1949, pp. 111-13; Bishop 1959 p. 94; Bishop 1963 p. 420 n. 2; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, MS 1 written by Canterbury scribe (= 1973, p. 42 n. 105); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 174, on scribe of MS 1 (= 1973, p. 59); Bishop 1971, p. 22, on scribe; HRH, p. 237, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Jones 1976, pp. 26, 28, on estate history; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136, drawn up in ecclesiastical scriptorium; Backhouse 1984, pp. 106, 113 n. 23, on script; Brooks 1984, pp. 257-8, 273, 277-8, 288, authentic, Canterbury scribe; Golden Age, pp. 166-7 (no. 169); Heslop 1990, pp. 153-6, 175-6; Pfaff 1992, p. 279, on scribe of MS 1; Dumville 1993, pp. 122, 126-7, 130-1, on scribe and script; Lawson 1993, p. 237; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49, original.
Current location
- Repository
- British Library
- Town or City
- London
- Shelfmark
- Stowe Ch. 38
Other information
- Catalogue Numbers
- S. 950
- Format
- Single-sheet
- Date
- 1018
Electronic Saywer (S. 950)
A.D. 1018. King Cnut, at the request of Queen Ælfgifu (Emma) to Archbishop Ælfstan; grant of a copse called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst) in Ticehurst, Sussex. Latin with English bounds
Ward 1936/1; Whitelock 1943, p. 124, contemporary; Barker 1949, pp. 111-13; Bishop 1959 p. 94; Bishop 1963 p. 420 n. 2; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, MS 1 written by Canterbury scribe (= 1973, p. 42 n. 105); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 174, on scribe of MS 1 (= 1973, p. 59); Bishop 1971, p. 22, on scribe; HRH, p. 237, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Jones 1976, pp. 26, 28, on estate history; Keynes 1980, p. 126 n. 136, drawn up in ecclesiastical scriptorium; Backhouse 1984, pp. 106, 113 n. 23, on script; Brooks 1984, pp. 257-8, 273, 277-8, 288, authentic, Canterbury scribe; Golden Age, pp. 166-7 (no. 169); Heslop 1990, pp. 153-6, 175-6; Pfaff 1992, p. 279, on scribe of MS 1; Dumville 1993, pp. 122, 126-7, 130-1, on scribe and script; Lawson 1993, p. 237; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49, original.
