Source: CharterS1000
Description
King Edward to Coventry Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of land, as granted by Leofric, dux, at Southam, Grandborough, Bishops Itchington, Honington, Kings Newnham, Ufton, Chadshunt, Priors Hardwick, Chesterton, Wasperton, Snohham, Birdingbury, Marston in Wolston, Long Marston, Ryton, Walsgrave on Sowe, Warwicks.; Salwarpe, Worcs.; Easton, Ches.; Kilsby and Winwick, Northants.; Burbage, Barwell, Scraptoft and Packington, Leics. [incorporating a privilege of Pope Alexander].
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1000 |
| Birch |
--- |
| Kemble |
--- |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 69 |
| Archive(s) |
Coventry |
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Source Information
| Date of composition |
1043 |
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
1043 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
1043 |
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Notes
Napier and Stevenson, pp. 94-5, 100, spurious; Harmer, Writs, p. 37, suspicious; Lancaster 1954, spurious; Oleson 1955, p. 154, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 160 (pp. 69, 129), spurious; Chaplais 1962, pp. 92-5, forged by Osbert de Clare (= 1981, XVIII pp. 92-5); Davis 1971, pp. 539-45, forged in Stephen's reign; HRH, p. 234, spurious, subscriptions are corrupt and probably inconsistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 23 (pp. 64, 71-2, 88, 129), spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 113 n. 92, p. 126 n. 136, spurious; Keynes 1988, p. 198, witness-list from a genuine charter of 1040s, with some 'later' names added, proem also in S 1001; Hooke 1990, pp. 333-4; Brandt 1994, p. 38, spurious.