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? No Petitioner named Copy of a charter of Edward the Confessor of 1040, releasing...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E565

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a charter of Edward the Confessor of 1040, releasing... dating from [? c. 1285-? c. 1313] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/323/E565
Date
[? c. 1285-? c. 1313]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Copy of a charter of Edward the Confessor of 1040, releasing Westminster Abbey from taxes, and confirmation later made by him as king.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
[Westminster].
People mentioned
Edward [the Confessor, King of England]
Eadsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
Aelfric [Puttoc], Archbishop of York
Stigand, Bishop [of Winchester]
Hereman, Bishop [of Ramsbury]
Ealdred, Bishop [of Worcester]
Aethelweard, Abbot of Glastonbury
Sihtric, Abbot of Tavistock
Alphinus (Aelfwine), Abbot
Godman, priest
Reinbald, priest
Godwin, dux (ealdorman)
Leofric, dux (ealdorman)
Siward, dux (ealdorman)
Harold, dux (ealdorman)
Tosti, nobleman
Odda, nobleman
Oridgau (Ordgaer), miles
Tovi, miles
Dodda, miles
Addlaf, miles.
Note
Tentatively dated on the guard to? c. 1285-? c. 1313, with reference to SC 8/324/E630 and SC 8/324/E631.
Related material

For another document from which this document was detached, see SC 8/324/E630

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529617/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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