Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATA
- PART I THE SOURCES OF OFFICIAL HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
- PART II THE DIPLOMATIC OF OFFICIAL HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO THE DIPLOMATIC STUDY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
- THE ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS
- ANGLO-NORMAN CHARTERS AND WRITS
- LATER CHARTERS AND DIPLOMATIC INSTRUMENTS
- LETTERS, STATE PAPERS AND DEPARTMENTAL INSTRUMENTS
- ROYAL SURVEYS, INQUISITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS
- ROYAL ACCOUNTS
- JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
- APPENDIX I A Classified Table of Diplomatic Instruments
- APPENDIX II Early Diplomatic Criticism
- APPENDIX III The Charters of King Athelstan (Concordance of Formulas)
- APPENDIX IV Table showing the Relationship of the Pre-Conquest and Post-Conquest Diplomata
- APPENDIX V Documents connected with the Issue of the Great Seal (1662)
- APPENDIX VI Fees of the Seal
- APPENDIX VII Note on the Bibliography of English Diplomatic
- PART III THE PALAEOGRAPHY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
- TABLE OF MATTERS
APPENDIX III - The Charters of King Athelstan (Concordance of Formulas)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATA
- PART I THE SOURCES OF OFFICIAL HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
- PART II THE DIPLOMATIC OF OFFICIAL HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO THE DIPLOMATIC STUDY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
- THE ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS
- ANGLO-NORMAN CHARTERS AND WRITS
- LATER CHARTERS AND DIPLOMATIC INSTRUMENTS
- LETTERS, STATE PAPERS AND DEPARTMENTAL INSTRUMENTS
- ROYAL SURVEYS, INQUISITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS
- ROYAL ACCOUNTS
- JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
- APPENDIX I A Classified Table of Diplomatic Instruments
- APPENDIX II Early Diplomatic Criticism
- APPENDIX III The Charters of King Athelstan (Concordance of Formulas)
- APPENDIX IV Table showing the Relationship of the Pre-Conquest and Post-Conquest Diplomata
- APPENDIX V Documents connected with the Issue of the Great Seal (1662)
- APPENDIX VI Fees of the Seal
- APPENDIX VII Note on the Bibliography of English Diplomatic
- PART III THE PALAEOGRAPHY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
- TABLE OF MATTERS
Summary
This comparatively short reign of less than 15 years has enriched our Codex with upwards of 100 diplomata of which, however, about a third are negligible forms. Of the residue of credible examples, by far the largest proportion (18) is furnished by the church of Winchester, whilst Abingdon (12), Malmesbury (8), Christ Church, Canterbury (6), Exeter (5), and Worcester (4), are well represented. The following houses contribute the remaining forms: Shaftesbury (3), Wilton (3), Sherborne (2), Crediton (2), Bath, Chichester, St Augustine's, Canterbury, Chertsey, York, St Paul's, Thorney (1).
Whether we have here the bulk of the genuine diplomata executed during this reign is a question that could not easily be answered. Those enumerated above may be regarded as permissible forms merely on account of their regular construction and without regard to their origin or probable authenticity which would depend on considerations that have been expressed elsewhere. Fourteen of the charters of this reign purport to be in an original form, and thirteen have been reproduced in the official series of Facsimiles, whilst the remaining specimen has recently been printed. Of these, however, one is a later imitation; another is an 11th century copy, and four of the Exeter group may be regarded with a certain amount of suspicion. Twenty-eight charters of this reign are marked as suspicious in the Codex Diplomaticus, though one of these at least may be considered genuine; whilst several others which have not been “starred” by Kemble might be considered doubtful.
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- Studies in English Official Historical Documents , pp. 341 - 346Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1908