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(p. 422) From Oswald a series of charters have been preserved allowing us to initially
assume that his scribes were the originators; they developed a brisk business, which
was not even interrupted by the assumption of the archbishopric. In Oswald's charters
since 984 (C. D. 644) we find occasional expressions which originate from the
charters of Ae. A, for instance:
C.D. 644: "Ego ... episcopali sublimatus in sede."
C.D. 646: "... cum omnibus ad eam utilitatibus rite pertinentibus ...."
This is not much, but, along with a few other small points, is sufficiently
characteristic to enable us to state that around 984 one of Oswald's scribes used a
charter from Ae. A in the interests of structuring his diplomatic somewhat differently.
The "expeditio contra hostes" 208 that we find in C. S. 701 also fits into this period.
Here was a genuine model from 934, which was later interpolated and probably
rewritten.
Aethelstan B (p. 422)
There are two charters bearing the hallmarks of his diplomatic to a major extent, and
these arouse suspicion.
C. S. 752, dating from the year 940, is for Abbot Dunstan. The latter probably did not
become Abbot of Glastonbury until 946 209 . Ae. B does not use the "Quatinus"
formula, nor does the royal style form part of his diplomatic (see Ae. C).
C. S. 775 changes some expressions, the dating names numerous ‘duces’ of whom
Dux Wulgar (the Second) and Admund cannot be identified. Then both archbishops
signed this charter from the time of Eadmund. This does not occur in authentic
charters. The spelling of the names is so poor that here too are grounds for strong
suspicion. The Archbishop of York’s signature can only be deemed a complete fake.
The paragraph from the boundary clause reading:
"This is the tweire hide boch at Winterburne the Admund king ibokede Wenfleda on
echenhalue into cheselburne. tho sealde hire Alfsige V. hiden thar midde, this sand
thare ... hide land imare at Winterburne"
is incomprehensible; in addition, the paragraph up to "this sand ..." corresponds to the
endorsement.
This charter must be rejected.
Eadmund A (p. 422)
C. S. 764 is a three-part gift, the only one that we find among the king's charters. The
signatures of Wulfhelm and Aldhelm
208 Hodgkin, loc sit., p. 373 ff. The whole of Aethelred’s reign was beset with war against the Danes.
209 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle II, 144.
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