J. 1. King Edgar allows Ethelflæd, the widow of his father Edmund, to give the vill of Hadham [Herts.] to St. Paul's, after her death [946–75].

Viduæ uxori patris sui Eadmundi quæ ab ineunte ætate Aeþelflæt nobili apellabatur vocabulo, permittit rex Eadgar ut post mortem suam donet Hædham villam cum omnibus suis supellectilibus deo agioque predicatori gentium Paulo … Et sit igitur inquit prefatum rus omni terrense servitutis iugo liberum fiscalique tributo solutum, tribus hiis exceptis, rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisve restauratione.

In hoc libro continentur transcripta omnium cartarum cỳrographorum 7 aliorum diuersorum scriptorum inuentorum in thesauro ecclesie sancti Pauli London' anno domini m.cc.xl primo.

1. Writ of Edward the Confessor: he wishes the priests of St. Paul's Church to have their sac and soc within and without the borough, and all such good laws as they are entitled to; he does not wish them to receive into their community any more priests than their estates can bear or they themselves desire, nor will he consent that anyone offend them in any way.