Textus Roffensis
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The Textus Roffensis was a collection of legal documents that detailed the laws of King William I of England and recorded ownership of land, like the Domesday Book. The documents were in part or whole of Anglo-Saxon literature origin.
It was compiled at Rochester during the bishopric of Ernulf. It includes a register of royal charters and grants to Rochester Cathedral, of which independent copies survive.