Source: CharterS992

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Description

Writ of King Cnut declaring that his priests in London, St Paul's minster shall be entitled to judicial and financial rights as fully and completely in all things as ever they had them in any king's day.

Charter information
Sawyer 992
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) London, St Paul's
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 1033 x 1035

Notes

Adams 1876, p. 44, evident forgery; Harmer, Writs, pp. 239-40, 468-9, authenticity uncertain, may have been tampered with; Gelling, ECTV, no. 236, authentic basis; Nightingale 1987, p. 565; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, pp. 155, 163 n. 10, doubtful authenticity; Crosby 1994, pp. 313-14

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
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Anglo-Saxon Writs Harmer, Florence Elizabeth Anglo-Saxon Writs Manchester 1952 no.48