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Cockayne Hatley, Potton, Wratting, Carlton, Conington, Ickleton, Great and Little Wilbraham, Elm, Great and Little Baddow, Great Burstead, Little Burstead, Rayne, Gestingthorpe, Littlebury, Brickendon, Great Staughton, Whepstead, Walton, Stratford St Mary, Troston, Barnham, 'Mawyrthe' [unidentified]. Will of Ælfhelm (Polga), including bequests of land at Wratting, Cambs., to Ely Abbey; at Brickendon, Herts., to Westminster Abbey; at Whepstead, Suffolk, and Walton (perhaps near Felixstowe, Suffolk), to his son Ælfgar; and at Baddow and Burstead, Essex, at Stratford, (probably Stratford St Mary, Suffolk), at Enhale and Wilbraham, Cambs., at Rayne, Essex, at Carlton, Cambs., and at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to his wife; at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to Godric and Ælfhelm's daughter; at Conington, Cambs., to his wife and daughter, and to Æthelric, Ælfwold and Osmær; also at Cockayne Hatley and Potton, Beds., to Ælfmær, Ælfstan and Osgar; at Littlebury (near Saffron Walden), Essex, to Leofsige, and at Great Staughton, Hunts., to Leofsige and his wife; also at Troston, Suffolk, to his three brothers and Ælfwold; at Ickleton, Cambs., and Mawyrthe to Ælfhelm; and at Barnham (probably Suffolk), to Wulfmær. [975 x 1016] [Manuscript: s. xviii, a translation].

Sandford. King Athelstan to Eadulf, Bishop [of Crediton] and the monastery of Crediton; grant of 3 hides at Sandford near Crediton, Devon. 930, III Kal. Maii (= April 29)[Manuscript: s x/xi].

East Ham, Wennington, Great Fanton Hall alias Fan Hall, Morden, Aldenham, Holwell, Datchworth, Watton-at-Stone, Chollington, Bleccenham (lost), Lothereslege (lost), Staines, Teddington, Halliford, Feltham, Ashford. King Edgar to Westminster Abbey [St Peter's, Thorney], confirmation, reciting a bull of Pope John [Pope John XIII], of liberties and of land at Ham (in East Ham), Wennington, Essex; Morden, Surrey; Fanton (Hall) in North Benfleet, Essex; Aldenham, Herts.; Bleccenham and Lothereslege (both lost, in Hendon), Middx; Holwell, Datchworth and Watton-at-Stone, Herts.; Chollington in Eastbourne, Sussex; Staines, with Teddington, Halliford, Feltham and Ashford, Middx. 969, Id. Maii (= May 15) [manuscript: 12th century]

Ely. King Eadwig to Archbishop Oda [of Canterbury]; grant of 40 hides at Ely ('Helig'). 957, VII Id. Maii (= May 9)[Manuscript: s x med].

Southam, Ladbroke, Radbourne. King Ethelred to Ealdorman Leofwine; grant of 7 1/2 hides of land, forfeited by Wistan for murder, at Southam (3 hides), Ladbroke and Radbourne (4 1/2 hides), Warwicks. 998[Manuscript: s. x ex].

Kelvedon, Markshall, Purleigh, Black Notley, White Notley, Barling. Will of Leofwine, son of Wulfstan, including bequests of land at Kelvedon and Markshall, Essex, to Westminster Abbey [St Peter's Westminster], and at Purleigh, Essex, partly to God's servants at Notley, Essex, and partly to Leofwaru, his aunt; and at Barling, Essex, to Wulfstan, bishop (of London). (XVI (fol. 15a) is an 18th-century (?) copy and an unnumbered document on fol. 16a is an 18th-century (?) Latin translation.) 998, XVII Kal. Maii (= April 15) [manuscript: 11th century]

St Breock, Callington, Lawhitton. Archbishop [Dunstan] to King Ethelred; letter concerning belonging to the diocese of Cornwall including Pawton in St Breock, 'Cællwic' (tentatively identified as Callington), and Lawhitton, Cornwall. [981 x 988][Manuscript: s. x ex].