Charter: W.A.M. II
Description (from Electronic Saywer)
Robinson 1918, p. 67, can hardly be genuine in its present form; Robinson 1919, p. 28, untrustworthy; PN Middx, p. 165; Harmer, Writs, pp. 500-1, authenticity doubtful; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 295 n. 3, pp. 367, 369, spurious in received form, but probably based on a genuine tradition; Harvey 1977, p. 345; Gelling, ECTV, no. 161, spurious, bounds from a pre-Conquest source; Scharer 1982, pp. 269-70, spurious; Campbell 1989, p. 26 n. 28, almost certainly a fake, p. 27 n. 35, on counter-payment; Heslop 1992, probably forged in late 1150s, MS 1 possibly written by same scribe as S 1293, MS 2 may be slightly older but looks less 'authentic'; cf. S 119.
Current location
- Repository
- Westminster Abbey Muniments
- Town or City
- London
- Shelfmark
- II
Other information
- Catalogue Numbers
- S. 124
- Format
- Single-sheet
- Date
- 785
Electronic Saywer (S. 124)
Robinson 1918, p. 67, can hardly be genuine in its present form; Robinson 1919, p. 28, untrustworthy; PN Middx, p. 165; Harmer, Writs, pp. 500-1, authenticity doubtful; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 295 n. 3, pp. 367, 369, spurious in received form, but probably based on a genuine tradition; Harvey 1977, p. 345; Gelling, ECTV, no. 161, spurious, bounds from a pre-Conquest source; Scharer 1982, pp. 269-70, spurious; Campbell 1989, p. 26 n. 28, almost certainly a fake, p. 27 n. 35, on counter-payment; Heslop 1992, probably forged in late 1150s, MS 1 possibly written by same scribe as S 1293, MS 2 may be slightly older but looks less 'authentic'; cf. S 119.
