Charter: BL Sloane Ch. xxxvi.1
Description (from Electronic Saywer)
A.D. 1047 x 1065. Writ of King Edward declaring that he intends to have legal possession of the land at Ickworth, Suffolk (which he possesses for Westminster Abbey), and that it is to be transferred to him as soon as the present writ is read. English
Harmer, Writs, pp. 316-18, 504-5, a forgery based on a probably authentic writ of the Confessor, manipulated so as to support the claim of Westminster Abbey to the estate; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, p. xxii n. 1, forged; Hart, ECEE, no. 113A, spurious; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, forgery; Chaplais 1962, on Westminster forger (= 1981, XVIII); BA Facs., p. 11
Current location
- Repository
- British Library
- Town or City
- London
- Shelfmark
- Sloane Ch. xxxvi.1
Other information
- Catalogue Numbers
- S. 1124
- Format
- Single-sheet
- Date
- 1047 x 1065
Electronic Saywer (S. 1124)
A.D. 1047 x 1065. Writ of King Edward declaring that he intends to have legal possession of the land at Ickworth, Suffolk (which he possesses for Westminster Abbey), and that it is to be transferred to him as soon as the present writ is read. English
Harmer, Writs, pp. 316-18, 504-5, a forgery based on a probably authentic writ of the Confessor, manipulated so as to support the claim of Westminster Abbey to the estate; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, p. xxii n. 1, forged; Hart, ECEE, no. 113A, spurious; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, forgery; Chaplais 1962, on Westminster forger (= 1981, XVIII); BA Facs., p. 11
