| Hemming's Cartulary | |
|---|---|
| Liber Wigorniensis and Hemming's Cartulary proper | |
 Page from Hemming's Cartulary, folio 121 of the manuscript | |
| Author(s) | Hemming (2nd part) |
| Language | medieval Latin, Old English |
| Date | mostly 996 x 1016 (Liber Wigorniensis); late 11th / early 12th century (2nd part) |
| Provenance | Worcester Cathedral |
| Authenticity | contains some spurious charters |
| Manuscript(s) | Cotton Tiberius A xiii |
| First printed edition | 1723 by Thomas Hearne |
| Genre | Cartulary |
| Length | 197 leaves total |
| Subject | Charters of Worcester Cathedral |
| Period covered | 10th and 11th century |
Hemming's Cartulary is a manuscript cartulary, or collection of charters and other land records, collected by a monk named Hemming around the time of the Norman Conquest of England. The manuscript comprises two separate cartularies that were made at different times and later bound together; it is in the British Library as MS Cotton Tiberius A xiii. The first was composed at the end of the 10th or beginning of the 11th century. The second section was compiled by Hemming and was written around the end of the 11th or the beginning of the 12th century. The first section, traditionally titled the Liber Wigorniensis, is a collection of Anglo-Saxon charters and other land records, most of which are organized geographically. The second section, Hemming's Cartulary proper, combines charters and other land records with a narrative of deprivation of property owned by the church of Worcester.
The two works are bound together in one surviving manuscript, the earliest surviving cartulary from medieval England. A major theme is the losses suffered by Worcester at the hands of royal officials and local landowners. Included amongst the despoilers are kings such as Cnut and William the Conqueror, and nobles such as Eadric Streona and Urse d'Abetot. Also included are accounts of lawsuits waged by the Worcester monks in an effort to regain their lost lands. The two sections of the cartulary were first printed in 1723. The original manuscript was slightly damaged by fire in 1733, and required rebinding.