Earliest record of English language to go online
Earliest record of English language to go online
Archivists in Medway are celebrating after an iconic 12th century legal work in their care won a high profile competition.
The Textus Roffensis was written between 1123-1124 and contains the earliest record of the English language; English laws and the coronation oath of Henry I, which influenced the barons who drafted the Magna Carta.