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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/1311
TitleGrant (copy)
PreviousNumbersDCc-MSSB/B/58 (late 19th c); Red Book 26 (20th c)
Date[late 11th century]
25 Mar 1031x24 Mar 1032
DescriptionSawyer, cited below, calendars this as a grant by King Cnut to Hunuwine, his thane ('minister'), of 1 hide (mansa) at Stoke [Canon, Devon]. [Fragment only remains. The fragment is from the proem and Keynes, cited below, points out that it contains nothing which identifies it conclusively with Sawyer 971. It could be part of another charter phrased in a similar way.] No date. [Date: handwriting.] Original dated 1031, no month.
Removed from DCc-MSSB/B by William Urry in Feb 1951 and reunited with another fragment found among uncatalogued manuscripts.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, small fragment, stained, repairs
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
CopiesDigitised
Related MaterialOther versions: Exeter Cathedral Archives, 2525; British Library Lansdowne 966, 72v-74r
Exeter Cathedral version (transcription with translation and facsimile): Lieut-Gen J Cameron, with translations by W Basevi Sanders, Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts, part ii (Ordnance Survey, Southampton, 1881) as no Exeter 11
Exeter Cathedral version (discussion): P Chaplais, The Authenticity of Royal Anglo-Saxon Diplomas of Exeter, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research vol 39 (1966), pp24-25

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