Charter: BL Cotton Augustus ii.29

Description (from Electronic Saywer)

Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet 1885, p. 426 (no. 1); Stenton 1918, p. 435 n. 11, p. 438, probably contemporary (= Stenton 1970, pp. 49-50 n. 8, p. 52); Stenton 1918/1, p. 257 n. 6, authentic; Barker 1948, p. 116, original; Hart 1953, pp. 30-1, authentic, dates 685 x 687, pp. 36-44, topographical discussion; Sisam 1953, p. 3 n. 1, copy of late 8th century; Stenton 1955, p. 10, imitative copy, p. 92, spurious in context, dates c. 682; Lowe, Uncial, p. 21, the wide separation of words favours a date in the 8th century; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 187, MS 1 is a copy of the 2nd half of the 8th century; Bruckner 1965, pp. 24, 26-7, late-8th-century copy; Ch.L.A., iv, pp. xvi, xvii, late-8th-century copy; Wright 1967, pp. 56, 58, on script; Chaplais 1968, pp. 327-32, original charter left incomplete, then bounds, blessing and witness-list added s. viii2, perhaps from a schedule formerly stitched to the parchment, dates ? 687 (= 1973, pp. 78-83); Chaplais 1969, pp. 541-2, on Italian origins of formulation (= 1973, p. 106); Dodgson and Khaliq 1969-70, pp. 39, 41, 44, on Writolaburna; Stenton 1970, p. 102, probably authentic; Hart, ECE, no. 4, authentic, dates c. 687, identifies Ricingahaam as Rainham and Budinhaam as Barking; Stenton 1971, p. 287, cited; Whitelock 1975, pp. 7-8, dates ? 686 x 688; Bischoff 1976, p. 691, on script, probably original, with witness-list added; Harrison 1976, p. 71, on witnesses; Sawyer 1978, p. 143, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 28, 29-30, 32, 36, 46, 47, on place-names; Whitelock, EHD, p. 486, earliest extant East Saxon charter; Scharer 1982, pp. 26-7, 129-41; Wormald 1985, pp. 9, 25, original, probably drafted by Bishop Eorcenwald; Yorke 1985, pp. 5, 21, 30 n., 33; Making of England, pp. 44-5 (no. 28); Vince 1990, p. 65, cited; John of Worcester, p. 112 n., on date; Faith 1997, p. 29, cited.

Current location

Repository
British Library
Town or City
London
Shelfmark
Cotton Augustus ii.29

Other information

Catalogue Numbers
S. 1171
Format
Single-sheet
Date
685x693

Electronic Saywer (S. 1171)

Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet 1885, p. 426 (no. 1); Stenton 1918, p. 435 n. 11, p. 438, probably contemporary (= Stenton 1970, pp. 49-50 n. 8, p. 52); Stenton 1918/1, p. 257 n. 6, authentic; Barker 1948, p. 116, original; Hart 1953, pp. 30-1, authentic, dates 685 x 687, pp. 36-44, topographical discussion; Sisam 1953, p. 3 n. 1, copy of late 8th century; Stenton 1955, p. 10, imitative copy, p. 92, spurious in context, dates c. 682; Lowe, Uncial, p. 21, the wide separation of words favours a date in the 8th century; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 187, MS 1 is a copy of the 2nd half of the 8th century; Bruckner 1965, pp. 24, 26-7, late-8th-century copy; Ch.L.A., iv, pp. xvi, xvii, late-8th-century copy; Wright 1967, pp. 56, 58, on script; Chaplais 1968, pp. 327-32, original charter left incomplete, then bounds, blessing and witness-list added s. viii2, perhaps from a schedule formerly stitched to the parchment, dates ? 687 (= 1973, pp. 78-83); Chaplais 1969, pp. 541-2, on Italian origins of formulation (= 1973, p. 106); Dodgson and Khaliq 1969-70, pp. 39, 41, 44, on Writolaburna; Stenton 1970, p. 102, probably authentic; Hart, ECE, no. 4, authentic, dates c. 687, identifies Ricingahaam as Rainham and Budinhaam as Barking; Stenton 1971, p. 287, cited; Whitelock 1975, pp. 7-8, dates ? 686 x 688; Bischoff 1976, p. 691, on script, probably original, with witness-list added; Harrison 1976, p. 71, on witnesses; Sawyer 1978, p. 143, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 28, 29-30, 32, 36, 46, 47, on place-names; Whitelock, EHD, p. 486, earliest extant East Saxon charter; Scharer 1982, pp. 26-7, 129-41; Wormald 1985, pp. 9, 25, original, probably drafted by Bishop Eorcenwald; Yorke 1985, pp. 5, 21, 30 n., 33; Making of England, pp. 44-5 (no. 28); Vince 1990, p. 65, cited; John of Worcester, p. 112 n., on date; Faith 1997, p. 29, cited.

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