Document 1/2/4 (ND, App., no. 4)
- Description
- Edgar, king of Scots, notifies that he came to dedication of church of St Mary at Coldingham (BWK) and offered on altar of same church in endowment and donated villa of Swinton (BWK) with borders that Liulf had, and arranged by the will of the monks of St Cuthbert. He has also donated 23 animals to restoration of that same land, and he has constituted peace in Coldingham (BWK) for those going and returning and there abiding in Island(-shire) and Norham to be kept safe; has established with men in Coldinghamshire (BWK), as they chose and affirmed to him in person, that they should pay monks half a mark every year from each plough
- Firm date
- 1095 X 8 January 1107
- Probable date
- 1097 × 8/Jan/1107
- Dating Notes
- Date from which Edgar claimed the kingdom × death of King Edgar; probably after inauguration
- Source for Data Entry
- ND, App., no. 4
- Trad. ID
- ND, App., no. 4
- Calendar number
- 1/2/4
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Document Image
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See
the Models of Authority website for an image of this charter with transcription,
translation, etc.