APPENDIX
There survive some genuine pre-Conquest charters for Westminster
Abbey, but the majority purporting to date from before the reign of W I
have subsequently been amended to a greater or lesser extent, even when
they are not complete forgeries. These texts include one charter of Offa
of Mercia; two of Edgar; one of Ethelred Unraed; two of St Dunstan and
thirty-three of King Edward. From the commentaries listed by Sawyer, it
will be apparent that there is often disagreement on the authenticity of
the texts. Some may represent genuine grants, copied in the decades after
the Norman Conquest; others have clearly been amended and expanded,
while some are outright forgeries, reflecting the activities of Osbert de
Clare and the scribes who were influenced by him.
WRITS AND CHARTERS ALLEGEDLY DATING FROM BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST, BUT CONTAINING INDICATIONS Of POST-CONQUEST HANDIWORK:
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| GRANTOR | HARMER | SAWYER | HARVEY, WA |
| Offa of Mercia | 501 | no. 124 | 345 |
| Edgar | 338–9 | no. 774 | 341–2; 344–6;
349, 351, 354,
358 |
| Edgar | — | no. 1450 | 21, 352 |
| Ethelred Unraed | 287 | no. 894 | 350, 352–4 |
| St Dunstan | — | no. 1293 | 21, 23, 37, 350,
352–4, 359 |
| St Dunstan | — | no. 1295 | 352 |
| Edward (First Charter) | 288–9 | no. 1043 | |
| Edward (Second Charter) | 59n.1 | no. 1011 | |
| Edward (Third Charter) | 290 | no. 1041 | |
| Edward (Telligraphus) | 290 | no. 1039 | |
| Edward | no. 100 | no. 1144 | 344, 363 |
| Edward | no. 84 | no. 1128 | 343 |
| Edward | no. 80 | no. 1124 | |
| Edward | 291 | no. 1040 | |
| Edward | no. 93 | no. 1137 | 358 |
| Edward | no. 101 | no. 1145 | 344, 363 |
| Edward | no. 89 | no. 1133 | 351 |
| Edward | no. 103 | no. 1147 | 356 and n. |
| Edward | no. 92 | no. 1136 | 359 and n. |
| Edward | no. 81 | no. 1125 | |
| Edward | no. 104 | no.1148 | 356 and n. |
| Edward | no. 98 | no. 1142 | 354 |
| Edward | no. 97 | no. 1141 | 338, 354 |
| Edward | no. 85 | no.1129 | 345 |
| Edward | no. 76 | no.1120 | |
| Edward | no. 78 | no.1122 | 345 |
| Edward | no. 91 | no.1135 | 72, 74 |
| Edward | no. 90 | no.1134 | |
| Edward | no. 79 | no.1123 | 346 |
| Edward | no. 74 | no.1118 | 342 |
| Edward | no. 73 | no.1118 | 344 |
| Edward | no. 86 | no.1117 | 354 |
| Edward | no. 77 | no.1121 | 349 |
| Edward | no. 94 | no.1138 | 47 |
| Edward | no. 102 | no.1146 | 344, 363 |
| Edward | no. 82 | no.1126 | |
| Edward | no. 105 | no.1149 | |
| Edward | no. 75 | no.1119 | |
| Edward | no. 106 | no.1150 | |