St. Paul's was the principal church of London from its foundation in A. D. 604. This volume is an edition of all the surviving documentary material from St. Paul's from the seventh century to 1066, with expert analysis and commentary on the history of the bishops and the cathedral community within the city and diocese, considered against the background of London's history during this period.
Author(s): Susan E. Kelly (ed.)
Series: Anglo-Saxon Charters, 10
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 272
City: Oxford
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
ABBREVIATIONS xiii
INTRODUCTION
1. The early history of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral 1
a. The foundation of St. Paul’s 1
b. London in the seventh century 4
c. The shaping of the diocese 10
d. Mercian London 15
e. The Viking wars and King Alfred’s restoration of London 21
f. St. Paul’s in the tenth century 29
g. London c. 950-1016 33
h. The Anglo-Danish kingdom 39
i. St. Paul’s on the eve of the Norman Conquest 42
j. The Norman period and after 46
2. The history of the archive 50
3. The Manuscripts 60
a. GL 25504 (Liber L) 61
b. St. Paul’s, D. & C, Liber B 62
c. GL 25501 (Liber A) 64
d. GL 25272 (A box 69) 66
e. GL 25516 {Liber I) 66
f. PRO Ch.R. 9 Edw. II, m. 12 67
g. Oxford, Bodleian, James 23 67
h. London, Lincoln’s Inn, Hale 84 68
i. Reconstruction of the roll used by James and Selden 69
j. PRO DL 42/149 70
k. Oxford, The Queen’s College, 88, and BL Cotton Jul. C. vii 70
l. BL Lansdowne 364 71
m. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10 73
n. BL Stowe 666 73
4. The authenticity of the charters 74
5. The estates of the bishopric of London and St Paul’s 79
a. The original endowment 82
b. The endowment between Eorcenwald and Theodred 87
c. The will of Bishop Theodred 90
d. Bequests and grants c. 950 - c. 1000 94
e. The scipmen list (25) 97
f. The endowment from c. 1000 to 1066 100
g. The endowment in Domesday Book 103
6. The bishops of London 107
LIST OF CHARTERS 123
CONCORDANCE 127
SIGLA 129
NOTE ON THE METHOD OF EDITING 131
THE CHARTERS 133
APPENDIX 221
1. Letter of Bishop Wealdhere to Archbishop Berhtwald 221
2. Will of Bishop Theodred 225
3. Two post-Conquest vernacular documents from St Paul’s 229
INDEXES
1. Index of Personal Names 233
2. Index of Place-Names 238
3. Latin Glossary 241
4. Diplomatic Index 242
