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Conferring Privileges upon St Edmundsbury
The major writs in favour of the Abbey of St Edmund
(Sawyer catalogue references in brackets)
Summary List of Anglo-Saxon Charters and Wills
Cyril Hart's list of pre-Conquest donors where no will exists
King Edmund's Grant of the Banleuca 945 AD (S 507)
Cyril Hart's Perambulation of the Banleuca Boundaries
Will of Theodred, Bishop of London AD 942 x 951 (S 1526)
Will of Aelfgar, Ealdorman of Essex AD 946 x 951 (S 1483)
Will of the Lady Aethelflaed AD 975 x 991 (S 1494)
Will of the Lady Aelfflaed AD 1000 x 1002 (S 1486)
Grant of lands by Ulfcetel AD 978 x 1016 (S 1219)
Canute's grant of privileges (often dismissed as spurious) 1022 x 1023 (S 980)
Grant by Thurketyl AD 1040 (S 1225)
King Edward's Grant of the Eight and a Half Hundreds in 1044 (S 1069)
Abbot and brethren given sake and soke over all their own men - 1044 (S 1071)
Abbot and brethren given sake and soke over lands bequeathed to them - 1044 (S 1072)
King Edward's grant of privileges (usually dismissed as spurious) 1042x1065 (S 1045)
Exemption from all taxes for all the lands of St Edmund - 1051 (S 1075)
King Edward allows Abbot Baldwin to mint money - 1065 (S 1085)
Writs in favour of the Borough of Bury St Edmunds
Abbot Anselm's charter to the townspeople c. 1130
Abbot Hugh's charter setting up the Guild of Bakers 1166x1180
The first charter incorporating the Borough of Bury St Edmunds 1606
The Grant of Arms to the Borough of Bury St Edmunds 1606
The second, or "Market Charter" of 1608
The third charter of 1614, giving two MPs
Page produced 8th March 2007, last amended 23rd October 2013
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