Source: CharterS1090
Description
Writ of King Edward declaring that the land at Mersham, Kent, is to belong to Christ Church with sake and soke, as fully and completely as Sigweard and his wife granted it to that house.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1090 |
| Birch |
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| Kemble |
847 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
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| Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church |
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Source Information
| Scholarly Source Dating |
1053 x 1061 |
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Notes
Harmer, Writs, pp. 180-1, 453-4, authentic; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 239-40 (no. 185), art. b, dates MS 1 to s. xi2; Chaplais 1966, pp. 18-19, cited (=1981, XV pp. 18-19); Brooks 1984, p. 308; Wormald 1988, no. 92; Kelly, St Augustine's. p. xxxii n. 57, on estate history.
Notes: K 847 and Mon. Angl. wrongly print witnesses with this text.
Event/Transaction List
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Factoid Type |
Source Reference |
Short Description |
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Event |
S1090 |
Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the land at Mersham, Kent, is to belong to Christ Church with sake and soke, as fully and completely as Sigweard 1 and his wife [Anonymous 10063] granted it to that house. |
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Transaction |
S1090 |
Sigweard 1 and his wife [Anonymous 10063] granting Mersham, Kent to Christ Church, Canterbury. |
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