s. xiv, Thorney

Type of MS.: Cartulary
Davis no.: 964
Bibliography: Tite, Early Records, p. 37 [3.17]
Related MSS: Extracts in BL Add. 5937 (s. xvi) and BL Lansdowne 994, ff. 72-115v (s. xviii)
Comment: Bound in two vols, 3020 and 3021. 'The Red Book'.
Provenance: The Fane family, Earls of Westmorland. Promised to Cotton in 1621, but never received.

Charters contained:

S792, ff. 12r-13v:. A.D. 973. King Edgar to Thorney Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land at Whittlesey, Cambs.; Water Newton, Woodston, Yaxley and Farcet, Hunts.; Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Teafolscet; and 2 hides (mansae) at Huntingdon. MS 3 adds Wittering, Oxney, Thorpe and Titchmarsh, Northants; Gedney, Lutton, Angarhala (lost) and Tydd, Lincs.; and Broughton, Hunts.. s. xiv

S792x, ff. 13v-15r:. A.D. 973. King Edgar to Thorney Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land at Whittlesey, Cambs.; Water Newton, Woodston, Yaxley and Farcet, Hunts.; Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Teafolscet; and 2 hides (mansae) at Huntingdon. MS 3 adds Wittering, Oxney, Thorpe and Titchmarsh, Northants; Gedney, Lutton, Angarhala (lost) and Tydd, Lincs.; and Broughton, Hunts.. s. xiv

S931, f. 15r-v:. A.D. 1013. King Æthelred to Northman, miles; grant of 3.5 hides (cassati) at Twywell, Northants.. s. xiv

S847, ff. 15v-16r:. A.D. 983. King Æthelred to Æthelmær, his minister; grant of 9 hides (cassati) at Thames Ditton, Surrey.. s. xiv

S943, f. 16r:. A.D. 1006 x 1011. King Æthelred to Toti, a Dane; grant of 1 hide (mansus) at Beckley and 5 at Horton, Oxon., in return for a pound of silver.. s. xiv

S437, f. 16v:. A.D. 937. King Athelstan to Sigulf; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Water Newton, Hunts.. s. xiv

S948, ff. 16v-17r:. A.D. 1015 x 1016. Edmund Ætheling to Thorney Abbey; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Lakenheath, Suffolk.. s. xiv

S556, f. 17r-v:. A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfsige, miles; grant of 5 hides at Haddon, Hunts.. s. xiv

S595, ff. 17v-18r:. A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Ælfwine, his faithful minister and miles; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Yaxley and 5 at Farcet, Hunts.. s. xiv

S1523, f. 18r:. A.D. 1017 x 1035. Will of Mantat the anchorite bequeathing land at Twywell, Northants., and Conington, Hunts., to Thorney.. s. xiv

S792, ff. 28v-29v:. A.D. 973. King Edgar to Thorney Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land at Whittlesey, Cambs.; Water Newton, Woodston, Yaxley and Farcet, Hunts.; Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Teafolscet; and 2 hides (mansae) at Huntingdon. MS 3 adds Wittering, Oxney, Thorpe and Titchmarsh, Northants; Gedney, Lutton, Angarhala (lost) and Tydd, Lincs.; and Broughton, Hunts.. s. xiv

S936, ff. 33v-34r:. A.D. 1028. King Æthelred to Godwine, his miles; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Lytlacotan.. s. xiv

S983, f. 34r-v:. A.D. 1016 x 1035. King Cnut to Godwine; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Lytlacotan.. s. xiv