Provisional Drogereit pdf

(p. 377) “Ego Eadgifu eiusdem Regis mater consignavi.”
“Ego Eadred eiusdem Regis frater consensi.”
Their signatures are partly before Oda’s, but sometimes the brother signs after the
archbishop. They always sign before the bishops. The king’s mother comes first. The
land is referred to as “potestatis mee” i.e. it has a different legal quality.
C. S. 821 encompasses the time of Eadred. Here we come across new signatures:
“Ego Eadredus rex Anglorum prefatam donacionem sub sigillo sanctae cruces
indeclinabiliter consensi atque roboravi.”
“Ego Eadgifu eiusdem Regis mater cum sigillo sanctae cruces confirmavi.”
“Ego Odda Dorobernensis ecclesiae archiepiscopus eiusdem Regis principatum et
benevolenciam cum sigillo sanctae cruces conclusi.”
(From Eadred the Archbishop of York was also normally listed as a witness, although
absent here.
C. S. 820 0 : “Ego Wulfstanus archons divinae servitutis officio mancipatus Eboracae
civitatis archiepiscopus sigillum sanctae cruces impressi.”)
C. S. 821: “Ego Aelfheah Wintaniensis ecclesiae episcopus testitudinem sanctae
cruces subscripsi et confirmavi.”
Theodred retains his old signature and his position before Aelfheah.
The Proem of C. S. 821 is put together from parts of others.
“…quod omnia celestia ac terrestria providential Dei gubernantur…” from C.
S. 741.
“Ideo certis astipulationibus mellita oracular divinae clamacionis nos
frequentativis ortacionibus suadet…” from C. S. 767.
“…ut cum his fugitives et sine dubio transitoriis possessiunculis iugiter
mansura regna Dei sufragio adipiscenda sunt” from C. S. 775; but the authenticity of
C. S. 775 is disputed.
He refers back twice to his earlier charters, namely C. S. 741 and 767. Maybe we can
conclude from this that he had notes to hand.
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