A.D. 1066 (Westminster, 28 Dec.). King Edward to Westminster Abbey, First Charter; confirmation of privileges and of lands, comprising (a) 17.5 hides at Westminster, 20 at Hendon, 5 at Hampstead, 12 hides and 1 uirga at Greenford, 8 hides at Hanwell, 8 at Shepperton, 7 at Sunbury, Middx.; 10 at Aldenham, 4 hides and 1 uirga at Datchworth, 4.5 hides at Watton(-at-Stone), 6.5 at Holwell, Herts.; 2 at Ham, 4 at Wennington, 5 at Kelvedon (?), 4 at Fanton in North Benfleet, Essex; 10 at Morden, Surrey; 2 at Ewell, Kent; 7 at Parham, 3 at Chollington in Eastbourne, 4 at (West) Chiltington, Sussex; (b) Moulsham [granted by Leofcild], Kelvedon Hatch (?) [granted by Æthelric], Maplestead [granted by Wulfwine], Kelvedon, Rayne and Latchingdon [granted by Guthmund), Wanstead [granted by Ælfric], Leyton [granted by Ætsere Swearte], Paglesham [granted by Ingulf], Essex; Lessness, Kent [granted by Ætsere]; Claygate, Surrey [granted by Tostig]; Ayot St Lawrence, Herts. [granted by Ælfwine]; Denham [granted by Wulfstan], a half hide at Amersham and 1 hide at Weedon, Bucks. [granted by Siward]; 2.5 hides at Wormley, Herts. [granted by Leofsige of London]; and (c) grant of land at Launton, Islip, Oxon.; Staines, Middx; Windsor, Berks.; Wheathampstead, Herts.; Stevenage, Ashwell, Herts.; Deene, Sudborough, Northants.; Perton, Staffs.; Rutland [after the death of Queen Edith]; Pershore, Worcs.; and Deerhurst, Gloucs. Latin

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters vi. 2 (BA Facs., 39)
2. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. M. XCV (BA Facs., 38; D'Ardenne 1939, facing pp. 154-5)
3. Cambridge, University Library, Dd.8.39, pp. 62-70 (s. xvii)
4. London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. III, ff. 25v-30r (s. xiii)
5. London, British Library, Cotton Titus A. VIII, ff. 2-64, ff. 9r-11r (s. xiv)
6. London, British Library, Harley 6748, f. 3r (s. xvii; incomplete)
7. London, Public Record Office, C 52, 27, no. 1 (s. xiii)
8. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 9 Edw. III, no. 51
9. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 3 Ric. II, no. 18
10. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 1 Hen. VI, pt 4, mm. 11-12
11. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 1 Edw. IV, pt 7, m. 28
12. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 3, no. 2
13. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 11, no. 12
14. London, Public Record Office, C 56, 38, no. 1
15. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 2, ff. 1r-5r (s. xvi)
16. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. Muniment Book 11, ff. 38v-40v (s. xiv)
17. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. M. XXI (s. xiv; shortened version)
18. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. M. 12752 (s. xv; incomplete)
19. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 10 (S.C. 4152), ff. 84r-87v (s. xvii)
20. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 23 (S.C. 3860), pp. 69-70 (s. xvii; incomplete)
21. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 24 (S.C. 3861), pp. 30-31 (s. xvii; incomplete)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 59-62, ex MS 1; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 316-18, ex MS 1; K, 824, ex MS 4; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 293-5 (no. 4); Thorpe, pp. 400-6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 43 bis

Comments:

Madden 1862, p. 176; Dep. Keep. 29, Appendix, pp. 24-5; Stevenson 1896, p. 732 n. 1; Napier and Stevenson, p. 92, spurious; Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, p. 213 n. 1, 233, spurious; Robinson 1909, pp. 13-14; Essex Arch. Soc., xvii (1926), pp. 10-22; Harmer 1936, p. 102 n. 1, spurious; D'Ardenne 1939, pp. 160-4; PN Middx, pp. 17, 33, 35, 56, 165; Harmer, Writs, pp. 60, 289-91, spurious; Oleson 1955, p. 154, spurious; John 1960, p. 102, falsified; Chaplais 1962, pp. 91-5, scribe of MS 1 identified; composed by Osbert de Clare before 1139 (= 1981, XVIII pp. 91-5); Hart, ECE, no. 68, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 183 (pp. 78, 132-3), spurious; HRH, p. 234, spurious, but subscriptions are consistent; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, forgery; Hart, ECNE, no. 30 (pp. 66, 100-1), spurious; Harvey 1977, pp. 24, 339, 342, 343, 346, 347, 355; Gelling, ECTV, no. 242 (pp. 68, 79, 92-3, 117, 144, 165), spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 113 n. 29, spurious; Keynes 1988, pp. 198-9, 206, 209-10, spurious; Hooke 1990, pp. 338-9, cited; BA Facs., p. 11, MS 2 the pretended original, MS 1 a copy; Wormald 1993, p. 18, on Deerhurst; Foot 2000, II. 211, 257