Editing Eadwig (section)

=== Charters ===
Most charters in the mid-tenth century were written in a style known as the "diplomatic mainstream", but there were also two other traditions, one associated with Dunstan, the Dunstan B charters, and the other with [[Cenwald]], [[Bishop of Worcester]], called the alliterative charters. Almost all charters of Eadwig's reign are mainstream. There are Dunstan B charters dating to the reigns of Eadred and Edgar, but none of Eadwig, while only one alliterative charter (S 633) of Eadwig is known, a grant to Worcester minster.{{sfn|Snook|2015|pp=127, 133, 155|ps=; [https://esawyer.lib.cam.ac.uk/charter/633.html S 633]}} His charters were probably drawn up by a central writing office in the king's household which had existed since the 930s.{{sfn|Keynes|1980|p=69}} About ninety charters survive, an exceptionally large number, but analysis is limited because only seven are original documents, with the rest being later copies.{{sfnm|1a1=Keynes|1y=2004|2a1=Keynes|2y=2013|2pp=57–58, 173–174}} The sixty dating to 956 seem to have been mainly issued on four occasions, on his coronation in late January, on around 13 February, on a third occasion which cannot be dated, and on about 29 November.{{sfn|Keynes|2004}}{{efn|The charters of 956 are discussed in detail by Keynes in ''The Diplomas of King Æthelred the Unready'' and Eadwig's Mercian charters by [[Cyril Roy Hart|Cyril Hart]] in ''The Danelaw''.{{sfnm|1a1=Keynes|1y=1980|1pp=48–69|2a1=Hart|2y=1992|2pp=445–449}} }}