A.D. 670 x 676. Cenred to Bectun, abbot; grant of 30 hides (manentes) by Fontmell Brook, Dorset. Latin.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 19v-20r (s. xv)
Printed: K 104; B 107; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 47; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 1a.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 55 (pp. 480-2).
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 438, 'no conclusive exception need be taken' (= Stenton 1970, p. 53); Stenton 1918/1, pp. 258-9, authentic; Levison 1946, pp. 226-8, authentic; Darlington 1955, p. 25; Stenton 1955, p. 23, authentic; John 1960, pp. 9, 10, 67; Finberg, ECW, no. 551, authentic; Chaplais 1965, pp. 55-6, dubious (= 1973, pp. 36-7); Chaplais 1966, p. 26, on formulation (=1981, XV p. 26); Sims-Williams 1975, pp. 5-6, on wording of sanction; Cox 1976, p. 44, on place-name; Harrison 1976, p. 69, authentic, discusses formulation; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 480-1, some encouraging features and motive for forgery seems lacking; Meyer 1981, pp. 335-6 n. 3, on estate history; Scharer 1982, p. 23 n. 3, p. 30 n. 46, p. 76 n. 36, p. 93 n. 47, p. 167 n. 38, p. 189 n. 139, on details of formulation, expresses reservations; Keen 1984, p. 213, suggests early Shaftesbury connection; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy, p. 30 n. 32, dates 676; Edwards 1988, pp. 229-34, authentic; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 112, may have been drafted by Bishop Leuthere or one of his circle; Murphy 1992, on estate history and topography; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 4-10, edited version of authentic text.
Note. S 1164 and 1256 form a single document, produced in 759. S 1256 is a postscript explaining the circumstances which gave rise to the revision of the dispositive section of a genuine 7th-century charter, now represented by S 1164.
A.D. 672 x 674 (Fullingadich, 1 March). Frithuwold, subregulus of Surrey, to Eorcenwold and to St Peter's minster, Chertsey; grant of 200 (or 300) hides (manentes) at Chertsey and 5 at Thorpe, with 10 hides by the port of London. The property comprises land at Chertsey, Thorpe, Egham, Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Molesey, Woodham in Chertsey and Hunewaldesham (lost) in Weybridge, Surrey. Confirmed by Wulfhere, king of the Mercians, in the royal vill at Thame, Oxon. Latin with English bounds appended.
Archive: Chertsey
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vitell. A. xiii, 20v-23r (s. xiii)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 78, 56r-57r (s. xvii; without bounds)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 76-8; K 987; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 426-8 (no. 2); B 34; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 3; Morris 1995, pp. 111-15 ex B.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 54 (pp. 479-80).
Comments: Plummer 1896, ii. 217, probably forged in 10th century; Stenton 1918, p. 435 n. 11, some genuine original lies behind present Stenton 1933, p. 313 n. 2, composed between 673 and 675 (= Stenton 1970, p. 179 n. 3); PN Surrey, pp. xvi, 88, 98, 105 n., 114 n., 119 n.; Harmer, Writs, p. 202; Stenton 1955, p. 29, 'distended with spurious matter....but the ancient formulas at its core show that it descends from a text of the 7th century'; PN Oxon., i. 146; John 1960, pp. 7-8, reputable, dates c. 674; Chaplais 1968, pp. 320-1, 328, on formulation (= 1973, pp. 70, 78-9); Chaplais 1969, pp. 541-2, on formulation (= 1973, p. 106); Stenton 1971, p. 294, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 19, 25, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 46, on place-names; PN Berks., i. 132-3; Harrison 1976, p. 72, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 309, charter is authentic, nos 352-4, bounds; Whitelock, EHD, p. 479, authentic, bounds of much later date; Dyson 1980, land by the port of London was at Southwark; Scharer 1982, pp. 133-6, forgery based on a genuine charter granting 5 hides at Thorpe; Sawyer 1983, p. 297, on reference to Thame; Wormald 1983, p. 112; Dyson and Schofield 1985, pp. 291, 299, on Southwark reference; Fleming 1985, p. 257; Wormald 1985, pp. 9, 25, probably interpolated but basically authentic, may have been drafted by Bishop Eorcenwald; Yorke 1985, p. 32 n. 184, on historical context; Blair 1989, on historical context; Vince 1990, p. 65, cited; Dumville 1992, pp. 51-3, acceptable, discusses Chertsey archive as a whole; Carlin 1996, p. 8 n.; Faith 1997, p. 29, cited.
A.D. 680. Cenfrith, comes Merciorum, to Aldhelm, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Wootton Bassett, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MS: Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 82v (s. xii)
Printed: Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 349-50; B 54; Ehwald, Aldhelmi Opera, pp. 509-10.
Translated: Lapidge and Herren 1979, p. 175.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 438, 'of ill repute' (= Stenton 1970, p. 52); Darlington 1955, p. 3; Watkin 1956, p. 211 and n. 20, citing Ehwald, authentic basis but altered; John 1960, p. 69, spurious; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; Finberg, ECW, no. 182, authentic basis; Hart, ECNE, p. 383, spurious, formulas are those of Athelstan's charters; Lapidge and Herren 1979, p. 173; Edwards 1988, pp. 87-90, fabricated.
A.D. 680 (October). Æthelmod to Bernguidis (Beorngyth), abbess, and to Folcburh, and their monastery; grant of 20 hides (manentes) by the river Cherwell. Latin.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 60-1 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 21; B 57 ex K; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 7-8.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 57 (pp. 483-4).
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 21; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, ancient formulas (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4); PN Oxon., i. 6; John 1960, pp. 6-7, 23, on formulation; Stenton 1971, p. 287, cited; Sims-Williams 1975, esp. p. 3, authentic, presumably refers to Bath; Cox 1976, p. 43, on place-name; Sawyer 1978, p. 145, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 259, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 483, authentic; Scharer 1982, p. 34 n. 73, authentic, p. 214 n. 19; Cunliffe 1984, p. 384, cited; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 214-18, authentic, dates 680; Sims-Williams 1988, p. 165 n. 11; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 88, 112, authentic, dates 680; Blair 1994, p. 78, cited.
A.D. 670 x 671 [? A.D. 681] (October). Wigheard to Abbes Bernguidis (Beorngyth); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Slæpi (Islip, Oxon). Latin.
Archive: Bath
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, p. 59 (s. xii)
2. BL Lansdowne 863, 87r (s. xvi)
Printed: K 13; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 264 (no. 3); B 28 ex K; Hunt, Bath Carts., p. 6.
Comments: PN Oxon., i. 222; Hart, ECEE, no. 2, spurious, probably modelled on S 1167, identifies Slæpi as St Ives, Hunts.; Whitelock 1969, p. 112, Slæpi is Islip; Sims-Williams 1975, p. 3 n. 2, internal contradictions, may have been forged in 864 on basis of S 1167; Cox 1976, p. 23, on place-name; Gelling, ECTV, no. 258, perhaps some authentic basis, Slæpi is Islip; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 375, 483, cites as earliest genuine Anglo-Saxon charter extant in a cartulary but notes that the witnesses were copied from S 1167; Scharer 1982, p. 34 n. 73, forged under the influence of S 1167; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 211-14, 216-18, wording of charter entirely genuine, cartularist may simply have copied the wrong witness-list by mistake; Blair 1994, p. 78, cited.
A.D. 685 (iuxta vadum Berlingford, ? Burford, Oxon., 30 July). Berhtwald, king or subregulus, to Aldhelm, abbot, for the monks of Malmesbury; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Somerford Keynes, Gloucs. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 8r (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E. 164/24, 121v (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 10v-11v (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 83r (s. xii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 50; Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 10; K 26 ex Wharton and MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 257 (no. 4); Giles, Opera Aldhelmi, col. 313; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 351-2; Brewer, Reg. Malm., p. 279 ex MS 3; B 65 ex Brewer, Hamilton, K and MS 1.
Comments: Akerman 1857/1, no. 6; HS, p. 169, questionable; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 26, of ill repute with some possibly authentic features (= Stenton 1970, pp. 52-3 n. 7); Darlington 1955, p. 90; Watkin 1956, p. 211 and n. 24; Finberg, ECW, no. 184, authentic; Chaplais 1965, p. 56 n. 70, on a formula (= 1973, p. 37 n. 70); Stenton 1971, pp. 69, 151, treats as authentic; Finberg, ECWM, no. 3, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 26, 35, on place-names; Sims-Williams 1976, pp. 13-14 n. 10; Scharer 1982, p. 93 n. 47, dubious; Wormald 1983, p. 112, on donor; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 93-4, authentic; Hart 1990, p. 7, cited.
A.D. 688 (August). Baldred to Aldhelm, abbot; grant of 100 hides (manentes) near the river Avon, round the wood called Stercanlei (cf. Startley Farm in Great Somerford, Wilts.) and at Cnebbanburg, in exchange for 100 hides (cassati) east of the wood called Braydon, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 9v-10r (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 123r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 15v-16v (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 83v (s. xii)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 11; K 28 ex Wharton and MS 1; Brewer, Reg. Malm., p. 284 ex MS 2; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 353-4 ex MS 4; B 71 ex Brewer, Hamilton, K and MS 1.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 17, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 438, of ill repute (= Stenton 1970, p. 52); PN Wilts., p. 73; Darlington 1955, pp. 4, 90; Ekwall 1962, p. 15, associates Cnebbanburg with Nabal's farm in Sutton Benger; Finberg, ECW, no. 186, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 17, 26-7, 31, 43, on place-names; Scharer 1982, p. 93 n. 47, dubious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 94-7, authentic.
A.D. 685 x 693, probably 686 x 688 (March). Hodilredus (Æthelred) to Hedilburg (Æthelburh), abbess, for her minster called Beddanhaam (Barking); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Ricingahaam, Budinhaam, Dagenham, Angenlabeshaam and Widmundes felt (Wyfields in Great Ilford), all probably in Essex. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Barking
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii 29 (s. vii2/viii2; BM Facs., i. 2; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 187; Hart 1953, facing p. 27 ex Lysons; Lowe, Uncial, pl. 22; Lysons 1796, between pp. 58 and 59; Making of England, p. 45 (no. 28); Wormald 1985, pl. III)
2. BL Cotton Vesp. A. ix, 113rv (s. xvi)
3. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xv, 100r (s. xvi)
4. PRO C. 47/58/1/30 (Chancery Miscellanea) (s. xiii; copt 1324)
5. PRO E 32/16, m. 9d (s. xiv)
Printed: Smith, Bede, pp. 748-9; K 35 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 439 (no. 3) ex MS 1; B 81 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 13-14 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 17 ex Mon. Angl.; Hart 1953, pp. 27-9; Hart, ECEE, pp. 127-8; Morris 1995, pp. 117-18 ex B.
Translated: Hart 1953, pp. 29-30; Whitelock, EHD, no. 60 (pp. 486-8).
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet 1885, p. 426 (no. 1); Stenton 1918, p. 435 n. 11, p. 438, probably contemporary (= Stenton 1970, pp. 49-50 n. 8, p. 52); Stenton 1918/1, p. 257 n. 6, authentic; Barker 1948, p. 116, original; Hart 1953, pp. 30-1, authentic, dates 685 x 687, pp. 36-44, topographical discussion; Sisam 1953, p. 3 n. 1, copy of late 8th century; Stenton 1955, p. 10, imitative copy, p. 92, spurious in context, dates c. 682; Lowe, Uncial, p. 21, the wide separation of words favours a date in the 8th century; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 187, MS 1 is a copy of the 2nd half of the 8th century; Bruckner 1965, pp. 24, 26-7, late-8th-century copy; Ch.L.A., iv, pp. xvi, xvii, late-8th-century copy; Wright 1967, pp. 56, 58, on script; Chaplais 1968, pp. 327-32, original charter left incomplete, then bounds, blessing and witness-list added s. viii2, perhaps from a schedule formerly stitched to the parchment, dates ? 687 (= 1973, pp. 78-83); Chaplais 1969, pp. 541-2, on Italian origins of formulation (= 1973, p. 106); Dodgson and Khaliq 1969-70, pp. 39, 41, 44, on Writolaburna; Stenton 1970, p. 102, probably authentic; Hart, ECE, no. 4, authentic, dates c. 687, identifies Ricingahaam as Rainham and Budinhaam as Barking; Stenton 1971, p. 287, cited; Whitelock 1975, pp. 7-8, dates ? 686 x 688; Bischoff 1976, p. 691, on script, probably original, with witness-list added; Harrison 1976, p. 71, on witnesses; Sawyer 1978, p. 143, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 28, 29-30, 32, 36, 46, 47, on place-names; Whitelock, EHD, p. 486, earliest extant East Saxon charter; Scharer 1982, pp. 26-7, 129-41; Wormald 1985, pp. 9, 25, original, probably drafted by Bishop Eorcenwald; Yorke 1985, pp. 5, 21, 30 n., 33; Making of England, pp. 44-5 (no. 28); Vince 1990, p. 65, cited; John of Worcester, p. 112 n., on date; Faith 1997, p. 29, cited.
Note. Original charter of s. vii2 breaks off mid-clause. The bounds, blessing and witness-list were added in s. viii (see Chaplais 1968).
A.D. 692 x 709. Nothgyth to Wilfrid, bishop; grant of land at Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Genestedegate (cf. Westergate) and Mundham, Sussex, which she had been given by her brother Nothhelm (cf. S 45). With later confirmations by Offa and Ceolwulf I, kings of Mercia, and Æthelwulf, king of Wessex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, West Sussex R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 16v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 116; K 1060; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1163 (no. 4); B 79 ex Mon. Angl.; Barker 1947, pp. 71-3, with translation; Kelly, Selsey, no. 2.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 24, obvious forgery (= Stenton 1970, p. 52 n. 5); Barker 1947, p. 73; John 1960, pp. 8, 47; John 1966, p. 91, mainly authentic; Edwards 1988, p. 296, spurious endorsement to S 45; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 15-22, probably authentic, should be treated as an addition to S 45, rather than as a separate document.
c. A.D. 700. Bruny (Bryni), dux of Sussex, to Eadberht, abbot; grant of 4 hides (manentes) Hileigh, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, West Sussex R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 16v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 115; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1163 (no. 2); B 80 ex Mon. Angl.; Barker 1947 (no. 6), pp. 73-4, with translation; Kelly, Selsey, no. 3.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 438 and n. 24, ill-copied fragment, probably authentic (= Stenton 1970, p. 52); Barker 1947, p. 74; Darlington 1961, p. 20, probably genuine; Cox 1976, pp. 22-3, on place-name; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 23-4, probably has an least an authentic basis.
A.D. 706. Æthelric, son of King Oshere, with the consent of Cenred. king of the Mercians, to St Mary's at Hom (Evesham); grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Childswickham, Worcs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Evesham
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 33r (s. xii)
2. BL Harley 3763, 66v (s. xii)
Printed: K 57 and vol. iii ex MS 2; B 117 ex K and MS 2; Hooke 1990, p. 40, bounds only.
Comments: HS, p. 280, spurious; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 64-71, boundary survey a clumsy forgery; Levison 1946, pp. 8, 264, spurious or dubious, has same preamble as S 133; PN Gloucs., ii. 4, 7, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 202, spurious; Scharer 1982, p. 247, spurious; Hooke 1990, pp. 40-3, rejects Grundy's interpretation of bounds, survey does indeed relate to Childswickham but was copied later than 706.
A.D. 706. Walter, sacerdos, to St Mary's minster, Cronochomme (Evesham) and to Ecgwine, bishop; grant of land at Swell, Gloucs. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Harley 3763, 67v (s. xii)
Printed: K 58; B 118.
Comments: HS, p. 280, spurious; Levison 1946, p. 264, dubious or spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 8, spurious; Davies 1972, p. 464, spurious.
A.D. 708. Bealdhun (Bealthun) to Froda, abbot; grant of fishery called Swynwere in the river Parret, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 62v (s. xiv)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cart., no. 105 (p. 95).
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 95, suspicious; Finberg, ECW, no. 375, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, p. 204, probably authentic; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 357, on donor.
A.D. 704 x 709. Æthelheard and Æthelweard (rulers of the Hwicce) to Cuthswith; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Ingon, Warwicks., in return for 600 shillings. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Harley 4660, 3v (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 170 ex 1, cf. pp. 168-9; K 53; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 585 (no. 5); B 122; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 23.
Comments: Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, authentic; PN Warwicks., p. 233; Whitelock, pers. comm., Hickes prints this without a break after S 53, probably because it was endorsed on the original of S 53; Chaplais 1968, p. 328, proem is an adaptation of Paulinus of Nola (= 1973, p. 79); Finberg, ECWM, p. 177 n., on beneficiary, cf. S 53; Cox 1975-6, p. 23, on place-name; Sims-Williams 1976, pp. 9-10; Hart, ECNE, no. 43, authentic; Campbell 1989, p. 23, on sale of land; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 141 n. 122, p. 191, genuine; Lapidge 1993, p. 293 n., probably genuine.
A.D. 711 ? for 791 (Biohchandoune, Sussex). Ealdwulf, dux of the South Saxons, with the consent of Offa, king of the English, to Wihthun, bishop, for St Andrew's church, Ferring; grant of woodland at Cealtborgsteal. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, West Sussex R. O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 17r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 116-17; K 1015; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1163-4 (no. 7); B 261; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 27; Barker 1947, pp. 100-1 (no. 17), with translation; Kelly, Selsey, no. 13.
Comments: Blaauw 1856, on identification of place-name (cf. also S 425); Stenton 1918, p. 449, may well be genuine (= Stenton 1970, p. 63); PN Sussex, i. 244; Barker 1947, p.101; Wormald 1983, pp. 110-11, on royal style; Edwards 1988, p. 267, of doubtful authenticity; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 56-8, probably authentic, date miscopied.
A.D. 705 x 726. Hean to Cille, his sister; grant for life of 48 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 55 at Escesdun (i.e. the Berkshire Downs) and 73 at Earmundeslea (cf. Bessels Leigh), Berks., with reversion to himself or the minster (probably at Bradfield). Latin.
Archive: Abingdon (? ex Bradfield minster)
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 6v-7r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 105v-106r (s. xii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 99; K 998; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 513 (no. 3); Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 13; B 29; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 13; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 3.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 235 n. 3, spurious; Stenton 1913, p. 9, spurious; Sims-Williams 1975, p. 6, fabrication, probably based on S 239; Gelling, ECTV, no. 13, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 170-2, probably substantially authentic; Abrams 1996, p. 48, on Escesdun; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 3, authentic basis, details of land granted probably altered.
A.D. 724 (11 July). Æthelberht, son of King Wihtred, to Mildred, abbess, and her familia; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) by the river Limen and meadow at Hammespot (in Romney Marsh), Kent. Latin with English.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 63rv (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 131rv (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 79v-80r (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 61-2 ex MS 1; K 72 and vol. iii. 377 ex MSS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 298-9 ex MS 1; B 141 ex Hardwick, K and MSS 1, 1*; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 47 ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Turner 1915, pp. xxxvii-ix, authentic; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 32-4, 224, on place-names; Ward 1933/1; Stenton 1971, p. 283, treats as authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 17, 18, 21, 23-4, 25, 28, 34-5, 44-5, on place-names; Witney 1976, p. 272, on swine-pastures; Scharer 1982, pp. 103-6, unlikely to be authentic in its entirety; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Brooks 1988, pp. 93, 96, on topography; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 163-5, probably authentic, although the list of swine-pastures is almost certainly a later addition.
A.D. 727. Frithuwold, subregulus of Surrey, and Eorcenwold, to Chertsey Minster; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Molesey, 10 at Petersham, 7 at Tooting with Streatham, 7 at Mitcham, 30 at Sutton, 10 at Carshalton (Æuueltone), 20 at Beddington, 7 at Waddington, 20 at Coulsdon, 20 at Merstham, 5 at Chipstead with Chaldon, 10 at Banstead with Suthemeresfelda (Canon's Farm in Banstead), 5 at Tadworth, 20 at Epsom, 30 at Ewell with Cuddington, 20 at Cheam with swine-pasture in the Weald, 20 at Bookham with Effingham, 20 at Cobham with Pointers, 5 at Esher, 5 at Apps Court, 10 and 2 at East and West Clandon, 2 at Albury, 4 at Compton, 5 at Henley Park, Surrey; 30 at Winchfield with Elvetham, Hants.; 8 at Byfleet with Weybridge, Surrey; and 10 at White Waltham, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Chertsey
MS: BL Cotton Vitell. A. xiii, 23v-24v (s. xiii)
Printed: K 988; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 429 (no. 4); B 39; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 4.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; PN Hunts., pp. 222-3, on Suthmeresfeld; Levison 1946, p. 186 n. 3, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 3, fabrication partly modelled on S 1165; PN Berks., i. 70; Rumble 1976, pp. 167-8, on place-name forms, p. 174, may have some elements of historical value, probably formulated in Anglo-Saxon period; Gelling, ECTV, no. 314 (pp. 24, 151-2), spurious; Scharer 1982, pp. 137-8, spurious; Fleming 1985, pp. 257-8; Dumville 1992, p. 46 n. 92, pp. 51-2, spurious.
A.D. 762. Dunwald, minister of the late King Æthelberht, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land in Canterbury. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 69v (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 132r (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 80v (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, James 23, p. 55 (s. xvii; incomplete)
Printed: K 109 ex MSS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 326-7 ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 36-7 ex MS 1; B 192 ex Hardwick, K and MSS 1, 1*; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 50 ex B; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 13 ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 72 (pp. 499-500).
Comments: Turner 1915, p. xxvi; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 46-7, on place-names; Chaplais 1965, p. 56, on formulation (= 1973, p. 37); Brooks 1971, p. 79, on formulation; Whitelock, EHD, p. 499, authentic; Scharer 1982, p. 224 n. 50; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 7, perhaps refers to area now known as Lady Wootton's Green; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 48-51, authentic.
A.D. (c. 771 x 780) x 786. Aldwulf, dux of the South Saxons, with the consent of Offa, king of Mercia, to the church of St Peter, Selsey; grant of 3 hides (tributarii) at Peartingawyrth and Wealingawyrth; with confirmation by King Offa. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, West Sussex R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 17r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 117; K 1016; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 8); B 262; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 28; Barker 1947, pp. 98-100 (no. 16), with translation; Kelly, Selsey, no. 12.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65 (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); PN Beds., p. 17, on Peartingawyrth; PN Sussex, ii. 359-60; Barker 1947, p. 100; Stenton 1955, p. 38, cited; Stenton 1970, pp. 129-31, last witness may be king of Lindsey; Cameron 1980, p. 39, on Wealingawyrth; Scharer 1982, p. 260; Foot 1993, p. 133, citing Keynes, last witness more likley to be Offa's son, Ecgfrith; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 54-5, probably authentic.
A.D. 780 (Selsey). Oslac, dux of the South Saxons, to the church of St Paul; grant of land at Earnley, Sussex, and Tielæsora; with confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia, A.D. 787 x 796. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MSS: 1. Chichester, West Sussex R.O., Cap. 1/17/2 (s. viii2; BA Facs., 2; Ch.L.A., iv, no. 236; Birch 1892; Heron-Allen 1911, plate 27; Making of England, p. 203 (no. 157), face only; Kelly, Selsey, pl. I, opp. p. 64)
2. Chichester, West Sussex R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 18r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 116 ex MS 2; K 1012 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1163 (no. 6); B 237 ex MS 2; B 1334 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 24; Barker 1947, p. 96-7 (no. 15) ex MS 1, with translation; Ancient Charters, Introduction ex MS 1, with translation; Rogers 1981, p. 258, in part; Kelly, Selsey, no. 11.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 76 (pp. 504-5); Heron-Allen 1911, pp. 119-20.
Comments: Gibbons 1860, p. 76, on ineffectual search for MS 1; Birch 1892, on MS 1 and its discovery; Parsons 1939, pp. 22-5, on endorsements; Barker 1947, pp. 97-8; Stenton 1955, pp. 37-8; Bruckner 1965, pp. 24, 27, 40, 42 n. 160, p. 45, on script etc.; John 1966, p. 25, cited; Ch.L.A., iv, pp. xvi, xvii, xviii, xxiii, on script etc., no. 236, contemporaneous, very probably original; Chaplais 1968, pp. 333-5, MS 1 original, written on leaf discarded from psalter (= 1973, pp. 85-6); Stenton 1970, p. 130, MS 1 original, discusses Offa's confirmation; Stenton 1971, p. 211; Bischoff 1976, pp. 692-3, on script; Sawyer 1978, p. 102, cited; Whitelock, EHD, p. 504, MS 1 contemporary; Rogers 1981; Scharer 1982, pp. 260-1; BA Facs., p. 3, MS 1 original; Making of England, pp. 202-3 (no. 157); Kelly, Selsey, pp. 48-53, MS 1 original.
? A.D. 781 x 796. Wiferd and Alta, his wife, to the church of St Peter, Worcester; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Knighton-on-Teme, Newnham and Eardiston in Lindridge, Worcs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 154v-156r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 341-4; K 952; B 1007; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 85; Hooke 1990, p. 82, bounds only.
Comments: Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 170-2, on bounds; PN Worcs., p. xliii; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, one of 13 charters 'as a group untrustworthy'; Finberg, ECWM, no. 230, authentic basis, suggests date 781 x 796; Hart 1972, p. 127 n. 13; Hooke 1990, pp. 82-7, on bounds, with map pp. 84-5; cf. Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 608.
A.D. 795. Berhtwald, dux, to the Abbey of St Denis; grant of land at Rotherfield, Hastings and Pevensey, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Paris, Saint-Denis
MSS: 1. Lost
2. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 61rv (s. xvii)
3. Paris, Archives nationales, LL 1156, 81rv (s. xii)
4. Paris, Archives nationales, LL 1158, pp. 549-50 (s. xiii/xiv)
Printed: Doublet 1625, pp. 718-19 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl., ii. 964-5; Alford 1663, ii. 650-1 ex Doublet; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1077 (no. 1) ? ex MS 3; B 252 ex Doublet and Mon. Angl.; Barker 1948, pp. 118-21 (no. 18).
Comments: Madden 1856; Stevenson 1891, spurious, a French forgery; Levison 1946, p. 8 n. 1, spurious; Barker 1948, pp. 121-2, spurious; Atsma and Vezin 1986, esp. pp. 213-14, 230-1, transaction may have some genuine basis.
A.D. 799 x 801. Pilheard, comes of Coenwulf, king of Mercia, declares that he has obtained immunities for his 30-hide estate in Middlesex, in return for 200 solidi and an annual render of 30 solidi. The land is to be free from all public renders and burdens and from fines at folk-moots, but the landowner shall still be liable to construction of bridges and fortifications and shall owe the military service of five men. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii, 27 (s. ix1;BM Facs., i. 9; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 186)
Printed: K 116; B 201; Earle, pp. 47-9; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 53.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 73 (pp. 501-2).
Comments: Sweet, OET, p. 430 (no. 12); Stevenson 1914, p. 691 n. 16, p. 696 n. 37, on reservation clause; PN Middx, p. 85; Stenton 1955, p. 42, cited; Löfvenberg 1962, p. 40, on a reading; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 186, original, the cross after King Coenwulf's (first) attestation may be autograph; Bruckner 1965, p. 29, on script, p. 41, on cross; Stenton 1971, pp. 291, 298, on reference to military service; Finberg 1972, pp. 448, 463, on reference to folk-moots; Gelling, ECTV, no. 202, original; Brooks 1984, p. 142, Pilheard may be error for Wilheard; Campbell 1989, p. 34; Keynes 1993/1, p. 116 n. 34, note on witness-list; Cubitt 1995, pp. 278-9; Bailey 1996, p. 66; Brown 1996, pp. 166, 168, on script.
Note. Endorsement to S 106.
A.D. 804. Æthelric, son of Æthelmund, declares his intention to bequeath land at Todenham, Gloucs.; Sture; Shrawley, Worcs.; and at Cohhanlea to Deerhurst; at Bromsgrove and Feckenham, Worcs., to Wærferth for life with reversion to Worcester; and land under Over, Gloucs., at Westmynster (Westbury-on-Trym) and at Stoce (Stoke Bishop, Gloucs. or Stoke Prior, Worcs.), to Ceolburh, his mother, for life, with reversion to the church at Worcester. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 181v (s. xi; short version)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 49r-50r (s. xi1)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 198v-199v (s. xi2)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 127; Hearne, Heming, pp. 103, 446-9, 471-4; K 186; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 591-2 (no. 23); Thorpe, pp. 54-5; HS, pp. 548-9; B 313 ex HS, K, and MSS 2, 3; B 314 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 99; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 425-6; Davies and Fouracre 1986, pp. 263-4 ex B.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 81 (pp. 512-13).
Comments: Stenton 1955, p. 43, cited; PN Gloucs., i. 254, suggests at Sture refers to Preston-on-Stour; Chaplais 1968, p. 316, example of document issued in more than one exemplar (= 1973, p. 65); Finberg, ECWM, no. 53 (pp. 43, 97-8), authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 512; Wormald 1982, p. 123; Fleming 1985, p. 256 n. 7, authentic; Wormald 1986, pp. 154-7, on background; Wormald 1988, no. 11; Hooke 1990, pp. 92-3; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 174-6, Stoce is Stoke Bishop; Wormald 1993, pp. 2-7, 20-2, Stoce is probably Stoke Prior; Stafford 1994, p. 241 n. 82; Cubitt 1995, pp. 67-71, 80, 83 n. 28, pp. 84, 281, authentic but date causes problems; Bassett 1996, p. 166; John of Worcester, p. 233 n.
A.D. 805 x 810 (or 805 x 815). Oswulf, aldormonn, and Beornthryth, his wife, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of 20 sulungs at Stanhamstead (in Aldington), Kent, with confirmation by Archbishop Wulfred. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 79 (s. ix1; BM Facs., i. 15; Keller 1906, no. 1)
2. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 406-7 (s. xiii)
Printed: K 226; Thorpe. pp. 459-62, with translation; Sweet, Reader, pp. 197-8; B 330; Sweet, OET, pp. 443-4 (no. 37); Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 208-10 (no. 21); Earle, pp. 79-81; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 128; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 1-2 (no. 1), with translation, pp. 39-40.
Comments: Harmer, SEHD, pp. 69-75; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 109-11, on place-names; Campbell 1938, p. 144, copy of original, Kentish dialect; Parsons 1939, p. 14, genuine and contemporary; Sisam 1953, p. 154, cited; Sweet, Reader, p. 287; Hughes 1971, p. 60, on reference to psalter; Finberg 1972, p. 421, on food distribution; Brooks 1984, pp. 138, 361 n. 76; Crick 1988, pp. 252, 265-6, drafted and written in 840s; Fleming 1993, pp. 115-16; Keynes 1993/1, p. 116, on Oswulf; Keynes 1996, p. 54, on commemorative aspect.
A.D. 810. Ælfgar, comes, to Siward, abbot, and Crowland Abbey; grant of land at Holbeach, Whaplode, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Algarkirk, Dowdike, Drayton and Burtoft, Lincs. Latin.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. Lost
2. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 214-15 (s. xvii)
Printed: Fulman 1684, pp. 95-6 ex MS 1; K 1026 ex Fulman; B 331 ex Fulman.
Comments: Searle 1894, pp. 172-3; Page 1934, pp. 5-7; Roffe 1995, pp. 104-8, post-Conquest fabrication, beneficiary of probably Ælfagr, earl of East Anglia c. 1052-62.
A.D. 819. Fregist, miles, to Siward, abbot, and Crowland Abbey; grant of land at Langtoft, Lincs. Latin.
Archive: Crowland
MS: Lost
Printed: Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 109 (no. 6) ex MS; K 213 ex Mon. Angl.; B 365 ex Mon. Angl.
Comment: Searle 1894, pp. 173-4, wrong throughout; Roffe 1995, p. 107 n. 5, forgery.
A.D. 825. Ælfgar, miles, to Siward, abbot of Crowland; grant of land at Baston, Lincs. Latin.
Archive: Crowland
MS: Spalding, Gentlemen's Society, Crowland Cartulary, 167v (s. xv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 853; K 22 ex Mon. Angl.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 109 (no. 7); B 383 ex Mon. Angl.
Comments: Searle 1894, p. 174; Hart, ECEE, no. 148, spurious; Roffe 1995, p. 107 n. 5, forgery.
A.D. 829. Wulfnoth (Wlnotus), miles, to St Guthlac of Crowland and his monks; grant of land at Addington, Northants. Latin.
Archive: Crowland
MS: Spalding, Gentlemen's Society, Crowland Cartulary, 218v (s. xv)
Comment: Roffe 1995, p. 107 n. 5, forgery.
c. A.D. 848. Eadbald (Ædbald) to Winemund; grant of land at Burmarsh halfsæta, in return for 800 pence. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MS: BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 106v (s. xiii)
Printed: B 837; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 23.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, pp. 699 n. 48, spurious; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 269-70, on place-names; Ward 1933, pp. 137-9, on bounds; Brooks 1989, p. 96, on topography; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 92-4, probably authentic; cf. S 1650, 1651.
A.D. 845 (London, 8 Nov.). Werenberht, minister and prefectus, to Werheard, priest and abbot; exchange of 1 hide (cassatus) in Roxeth, Middx, formerly belonging to the vill at Greenford, Middx, for similar land. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 18 (s. ix med.; OS Facs., iii. 18)
Printed: B 448.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, p. 273, original; PN Middx, pp. 33, 53; Kuhn 1943, p. 469; O'Donovan 1973, p. 112; Gelling, ECTV, no. 209, authentic; Brooks 1984, pp. 141, 361 n. 70, original, scribe also wrote S 296 and S 1510; Keynes 1993/1, p. 127, cited; Cubitt 1995, p. 288, probably contemporary, pp. 314-15, on meeting-place; Bailey 1996, pp. 71-2; Lapidge 1996, pp. 447-8, notes on latinity.
c. A.D. 850. (1) Ealhburg and Eadweald, and (2) Ealhhere to Christ Church (Canterbury); grant of renders from land at Burnan and at Finglesham, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 52 (s. ix med.; BM Facs., ii. 21)
Printed: Thorpe, pp. 468-9, with translation; Sweet, Reader, pp. 200-1; Sweet, OET, pp. 445-6 (no. 39); Sweet, Second Reader, p. 211 (no. 23); B 403; Earle, pp. 104-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 131; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 8-9 (no. 5), with translation, p. 44.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 83-4, authentic, cf. p. vi, dates it c. 850; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 169; Campbell 1938, pp. 145-6, authentic; Parsons 1939, p. 14, genuine and contemporary; Sweet, Reader, pp. 287-8; Brooks 1984, pp. 147-9, 361 n. 70, original, scribe also wrote S 316, 328, 332, 344, 1196-7.
c. A.D. 850. See S 1239. Lulla and Ecce to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of render from an estate at Nackington, Kent. English.
? A.D. 859. 1. Plegred declares that he has purchased from Æthelmod, dix, a half tun which previously pertained to Wilburgewellan near Canterbury (? Well near Ickham), Kent. 2. Æthelmod grants the land to Plegred. Latin and English with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii 16 (s. ix med.; BM Facs., ii. 34)
2. Bodleian, James 24, pp. 95-6 (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: K 282; B 497; Earle, pp. 130-1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 26.
Comments: HS, p. 612, spurious or corrupt; Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, p. 450 (no. 43); Deansley 1927, p. 4 n. 3; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 203-5; Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 3, original; Campbell 1938, pp. 146-7, authentic; Kuhn 1943, p. 470, authentic; Stenton 1955, p. 51, cited; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 23, scribe also wrote S 328, 332 and part of 1197(= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 23); Brooks 1984, pp. 29, 361 n. 70, scribe also wrote S 316, 328, 332, 344, 1195, 1197 (confirmation only); Lapidge 1996, p. 450, notes on latinity.
A.D. 843 x 863. Lufu, ancilla Dei, to Christ Chuch, Canterbury; grant of annual render from her estate at Mongeham, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 92 (s. ix med.; BM Facs., ii. 22; Keller 1906, pl. 2)
Printed: K 231; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 109 (no. 29); Thorpe, pp. 474-6, with translation; Sweet, OET, pp. 446-7 (no. 40); Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 211-12 (no. 24); B 405; Earle, pp. 105-7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 135; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 7-8 (no. 4), with translation, pp. 43-4.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 82-3, authentic, cf. p. vi; Campbell 1938, p. 146, authentic; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 24-6, genuine and contemporary; O'Donovan 1972, p. 30; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 23, scribe of Lufu's confirmation also wrote S 328, 332, 1196 (= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 23); Brooks 1984, pp. 147, 361 n. 70, contemporary, on scribe.
Note. Written in two stages. Main scribe also wrote S 1269; scribe of confirmation also wrote S 316, 328, 332, 344, 1195-6.
c. A.D. 850. Ealhburg to St Augustine's Abbey; grant of renders from land at Brabourne, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 286, 74v (s. x1; Dumville 1987, pl. V, in part; Kelly, St Augustine's, pl. 3; Gem 1997, p. 46)
Printed: Thorpe, pp. 479-80, with translation; B 501; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 9-10 (no. 6), with translation, pp. 44-5; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 24.
Comments: Harmer, SEHD, pp. 84-5; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 205, on place-name; Ker, Catalogue, p. 95 (no. 55), art. a, on MS; Jenkins and Owen 1983, p. 65, on record entered in gospel-book; Brooks 1984, pp. 147, 150-1, on donor; Dumville 1987, p. 171, MS probably written in 920s; Dumville 1992, pp. 94-5, on script; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 95-7, authentic; Faith 1997, p. 32, cited.
A.D. 858 x 866. Ealhhere to Oswig and Weahtryth; grant of land (? in Canterbury). Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. M. 369 (Red Book, no. 8; ? s. ix; OS Facs., i. 9; Poole 1919, facing p. 334)
Printed: K 293; Thorpe, pp. 127-8; B 515; Earle, p. 132.
Comments: Stevenson 1912, p. 8, probably authentic; Poole 1919, pp. 334-5; Stenton 1932, p. 135 n. 1; Stenton 1955, p. 51 n. 2, contemporary; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, p. xii n. 2, the strip was a wrapping-tie and the hole cut by rats; Chaplais 1968, p. 332, on wrapping-tie (= 1973, p. 83); Stenton 1971, p. 527, cited; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 24, script may not be contemporary (= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 24); Brooks 1984, pp. 28-30, 361 n. 76, contemporary, reconstructs part of damaged witness-list; Lapidge 1996, p. 451, on latinity.
A.D. 867 x 870. Eadweald, son of Oshere, and Cynethryth, widow of Æthelmod, aldorman ; agreement concerning land at Chart, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 19 (s. ix2; BM Facs., ii. 19)
Printed: K 228; Thorpe, pp. 465-6, with translation; Sweet, Second Reader, p. 210 (no. 22); B 404; Earle, pp. 102-4, with translation; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 10-11 (no. 7), with translation, p. 45; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 132.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 86-7, authentic, cf. p. vi; Deanesley 1927, pp. 10-11, dates it after 867 (cf. S 338); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 169, on place-names; Campbell 1938, p. 144, authentic; Parsons 1939, p. 14, genuine and contemporary; Brooks 1984, pp. 148, 171, 361 n. 82, original; Dumville 1987, p. 156 n. 41, cited; Campbell 1989, p. 30; Kelly 1990, cited; cf. S 293 for the grant of this estate to Æthelmod.
A.D. 868. Æthelswith, queen of Mercia, to Cuthwulf, minister.; grant of 15 hides (manentes.) at Lockinge, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 14r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 108rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 298; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 42-4; B 522; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 35; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 17.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 229 n. 4, p. 299 n. 4, doubtful; Stenton 1913, p. 29, cited; PN Berks., iii. 739; Gelling, ECTV, no. 26, authentic; Blair 1994, p. 193 n. 3; Smyth 1995, pp. 7, 379; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 17, authentic; cf. S 1545 for detached bounds of Lockinge, possible from S 1201.
A.D. 870 x 889. Alfred, dux, makes an agreement with Archbishop Æthelred and the community at Christ Church. Alfred receives life-use of an estate at Croydon, Surrey, in return for bequeathing an estate at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church after his death. Old and Middle English versions.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: Old English
1. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. C, 148v (s. xv; note)
2. BL Stowe 853, 27rv (s. xvii)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 407 (s. xiii)
Middle English
4. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 141r (s. xiii)
5. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. C, 148v (s. xv)
6. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. E, 42rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 301 ex MS 6; B 529 ex MS 3; B 530 ex MSS 4, 6; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 11-12 (no. 8) ex MS 3, with translation, p. 46.
Comments: Harmer, SEHD, p. 87, Middle English version dated 871, which seems acceptable; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 221, on place-names; Gelling, ECTV, no. 320, authentic; Brooks 1984, pp. 151-2, 355 n. 78, treats as authentic, date 871 has no authority; Kelly 1990, p. 55, cited.
A.D. 875. Eardwulf to Wighelm; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold; with confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund, A.D. 890 x 923. The land had been given to Eardwulf by King Alfred. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 89 (s. ix/x; BM Facs., ii. 40)
2. Bodleian, James 24, p. 97 (s. xvii; extract; ex 1)
Printed: K 307; B 539; Earle, pp. 141-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 40.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Stevenson 1904, p. 290 n. 1, genuine, MS 1 in slightly later hand; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 223-5; Ward 1934/1, on bounds; Stenton 1955, p. 50, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 173-4, 361 n. 77, MS 1 written at the time of Plegmund's confirmation; Dumville 1987, p. 157 n. 52, doubtful that MS 1 should be assigned to Plegmund's pontificate; Keynes 1992, p. 71 nn. 77, 79; Smyth 1995, p. 375; Lapidge 1996, p. 453, passable latinity, perhaps showing effects of Alfred's reforms.
A.D. 888 for ? 868. Cialwulf to Eanmund; grant of land in Canterbury, in return for 120 silver pence; with added note of a purchase by Æthelhere in A.D. 888. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 17 (s. ix2; BM Facs., ii. 38)
Printed: K 296; B 519; Earle, pp. 139-41; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 34.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, pp. 450-1 (no. 44); Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, original, discusses formula (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 3, original; Campbell 1938, p. 147, early copy of authentic grant; Robertson, Charters, p. 279, dated 888, probably for 868; Kuhn 1943, p. 470; Stenton 1955, p. 51, cited; Stenton 1971, p. 527, cited; O'Donovan 1973, original date may have been 867; Brooks 1984, pp. 27, 172-3, 325-6, original, date tampered with, probably orginally 968; Lapidge 1996, p. 452, on latinity.
s. ix. Alfred, aldormon, and Wærburg, his wife, declare that they have ransomed holy books from the Danish army and now wish to donate them to Christ Church, Canterbury. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Stockholm, Royal Library, 'Codex Aureus' (MS A. 135), 11r (s. ix; Campbell 1982, p. 136; Making of England, p. 199 (no. 154); Nordenfalk 1977, p. 107; Vikings in England, p. 57; Westwood, Facsimiles, pl. 2)
Printed: OS Facs., iii, p. viii; Sweet, Reader, p. 205; B 634; Harmer, SEHD, no. 9 (pp. 12-13), with translation, pp. 46-7.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 98 (pp. 539-40); Vikings in England, p. 63.
Comments: Sweet, Reader, p. 289; Harmer, SEHD, p. 88; Ker, Catalogue, p. 456 (no. 385), dates s. ix med., rather earlier than the will of Ealdorman Alfred (cf. S 1508); Vikings in England, p. 63; Brooks 1984, pp. 151, 360 n. 70, scribe also wrote S 1268 (face only) and 1438 MSS 1, 2 (text and Canterbury witnesses only); Making of England, pp. 199-200 (no. 154); Foot 1992, p. 191 and n. 148, on a formula; Keynes 1996, p. 55, first two lines printed by by Harmer do not belong to the Alfred text.
A.D. 901. Ordlaf to the familia of the church of Malmesbury; grant of 4 hides (manentes) at Chelworth near Crudwell, Wilts., in exchange for 5 hides at Mannington in Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 15v-16r (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 128rv (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 32r-33r (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 93r (s. xii)
Printed: K 329 ex MS 1; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 395-6 ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 301-2 ex MS 2; B 585 ex MS 1.
Comments: Darlington 1955, p. 89; Watkin 1956, p. 213 and n. 63; Finberg, ECW, no. 218, authentic; Whitelock 1979, pp. 84-5, probably genuine; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Dumville 1992, p. 43; Keynes 1992, p. 57 n. 24, of uncertain authenticity, p. 90 n. 151; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1143, on formulation; Abrams 1996, p. 85, on Chelworth; cf. Ma 1 (S 1797).
A.D. 918 (Ghent). Elstrudis (i.e. Ælfthryth, daughter of King Alfred and wife of Baldwin II of Flanders) and her sons Arnulf and Adelolf to St Peter's Abbey, Ghent; grant of land at Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Ghent, St Peter's
MSS: 1. Ghent, U.L., 536, p. 479 (s. xv)
2. Ghent, U.L., 536, p. 509 (s. xv)
3. Ghent, Rijksarchief, Archives de l'État a Gand, Abbaye de Saint-Pierre à Gand, 1st ser., no. 7, 16r (s. xiii)
Printed: van Lokeren, pp. 20-1 (no. 14); B 661; Vanden Haute 1902, pp. 411-14.
Comments: Saint-Genois 1842, p. 241; Round 1899, p. 500 (no. 1372); Page 1923, p. 134; Oppermann 1928, pp. 106-8; Dhondt 1940, spurious; Grierson 1941; Keynes 1991/1, pp. 179-80; Pelteret 1995, p. 167 n. 5.
1. A.D. 918 x 924. Goda, optimas and minister, to Wiohstan; grant of 4 hides (cassati) at Up Marden, Sussex, with a note of Wiohstan's purchase of a further hide (manens), presumably at Marden, from Alfred and his wife Ealhswaru.
2. A.D. 931 x 939. Confirmation by King Athelstan of Wiohstan's sale of the same land to Wulfhun, bishop. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, West Sussex R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (), 20rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 121; K 368; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1166-7 (no. 20); B 640; Barker 1948, pp. 136-8, with translation; Kelly, Selsey, no. 16.
Comments: Barker 1848, pp. 138-9; O'Donovan 1973, p. 10, cited; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 66-70, based on authentic documentation but in its present form probably a combination of several records including a royal diploma of King Athelstan and at least one Old English document.
A.D. 924 x 939. Maenchi, comes, to St Heldenus; grant of land at Lanlowren (in Lanteglos), Cornwall. Latin.
Archive: Athelney
MS: Oxford, Dr D. Rogers, p. 119 (s. xviii)
Printed: Padel 1979, with translation.
Translated: Bates, Athelney Register, p. 156.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 192; Padel 1978; Padel 1979; Loyn 1980, pp. 299-30; Davies 1982, pp. 260, 270 n. 41, p. 277 n. 70; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 271 n. 228, cited; Padel, CoPNE, p. 65; Olson 1989, pp. 64, 84; Hooke 1994, p. 18.
c. A.D. 931. Athelstan, senator, to St Mary's, Abingdon; grant of land at Uffington, Berks. Latin and English versions with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 20v-21r (s. xiii; both versions, with bounds)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 110rv (s. xii; Latin only)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 196rv (s. xii; bounds and English only)
Printed: K 1129; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 70-2; B 687 (Latin and bounds); B 688 (English); Robertson, Charters, no. 22 (p. 44), English version, with translation; PN Berks., iii. 686, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 28.
Translated: Stenton 1913, pp. 34-5 (English version).
Comments: Stubbs, Memorials, p. lxxxviii n.; Stenton 1913, pp. 34-6, composed after the event, assigns to 927 or 928; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 154-66, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 27; Robertson, Charters, pp. 299-300, transaction cannot possibly be later than 931, record may have been drawn up later; O'Donovan 1973, p. 95, dates 926 x 928; PN Berks., i. 1, 5, ii. 344, 379-80, iii. 676, 687-9, bounds describe modern parish of Uffington; Gelling, ECTV, no. 37, authentic basis; Forsberg 1979, p. 147, on bounds; Hooke 1987, pp. 99-100, on detail of topography; Hooke et al. 1987, on topography; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 28, spurious.
A.D. 939. Wiihelm (? Winhelm) to Wulfhelm, archbishop; grant of land to the south of Canterbury. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 199v (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 20r (s. xii)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 322 (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian. Tanner 223, 15r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2219 ex MS 1; K 1124 ex Twysden; B 733 ex MS 3; Fleming 1997, p. 129 (no. 40) ex MS 2.
Comments: Robinson 1918, p. 34, appears to be a fuller version of CCC 24 (S 1629); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 241, on place-names; Brooks 1984, pp. 221, 371 n. 42.
A.D. 940. Eadulf, dux, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Darenth and Meopham, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 200r (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 21rv (s. xii)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 322 (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 15r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2220 ex MS 1; K 1130; B 747; Fleming 1997, p. 132 (no. 44) ex MS 2.
Comments: Robinson 1919, p. 43, cannot be authentic in present form; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 246, on place-names; Brooks 1984, p. 221, spurious; cf. S 477, 1511.
c. A.D. 959. Eadgifu, queen, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Cooling, and at Osterland, Kent, with an account of the history of these estates. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 28 (s. x med.; OS Facs., iii. 29; Golden Age, p. 163, no. 167)
Printed: Lye, Dictionarium, Appendix ii, no. 4; K 499; Thorpe, pp. 201-4, with translation; Essays, pp. 342-7, with translation; Sweet, Reader, pp. 55-6; B 1064; Harmer, SEHD, no. 23 (pp. 37-8), with translation, pp. 66-8; Wyatt 1919, pp. 118-19.
Comments: Sweet, Reader, p. 246; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 125-7, authentic, cf. p. vi; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 286-8; John 1966, p. 174 n., on background; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 57, p. 34 n. 59, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 250, 378 nn. 143, 153, contemporary; Golden Age, p. 164 (no. 167); Wormald 1988, nos 32-5; Keynes 1992, p. 55 n. 12, cited; Meyer 1993, pp. 86-7, cited; Dumville 1994, pp. 146-7, 155 n. 122, on script; Kennedy 1995, p. 162 n. 124, p. 163 n. 126, p. 182 n. 193, on legal background.
A.D. 961. Latin version of S 1211 with note of grant by Eadgifu, queen, to Christ Church, Canterbury, of land at Meopham, Cooling, Lenham, Pettham (Petham or Peckham), Farleigh, Monkton, and Ealdintun, Kent; with confirmation by King Æthelred (A.D. 995 x 1005). Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 200v (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. C, 127r (s. xv)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 22r-23r (s. xii)
4. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 324-5 (s. xiii)
5. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 16v-17r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2221 ex MS 1; K 1237; Thorpe, pp. 204-6; B 1065 ex MS 4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 13; Fleming 1997, pp. 134-6 (no. 51) ex MS 3.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 288-9, on place-names; Meyer 1993, pp. 86-7, cited; Kennedy 1995, p. 162 n. 124, p. 182 n. 193; Fleming 1997, p. 92, translation of S 1211 with additional information about Eadgifu's gifts to Christ Church derived from obituary lists.
A.D. 962. Wulfstan to St Edmund's Abbey, Beodrichesworth; grant of 4 hides (cassati) at Palgrave, Suffolk. Latin.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 48v-49r (s, xiii2)
2. Cambridge, U.L., Mm. 4. 19, 119v-120r (s. xiii1)
3. BL Add. 14847, 19r (s. xiv)
4. BL Add. 45951, 1rv (s. xv)
5. BL Add. 45951, 1v-2r (s. xv)
Printed: K 491; B 1084; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 122.
Comments: Hart, ECEE, no. 75, authentic basis, formulation modelled on that of a royal diploma; Hart, ECNE, p. 385, donor is presumably Wulfstan of Dalham; Dumville 1993, p. 35 n. 132, cited.
A.D. 962. Vua (? Ufa), the Hwede, vicecomes of Warwick, to Evesham Abbey; grant of 6.5 hides at Wixford and Temple Grafton, Warwicks. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Harley 3763, 64r (s. xii)
Printed: K 493; B 1092.
Comments: Hart, ECNE, no. 56, probably forged 1097 x 1104, forger has modelled his text on a contemporary royal diploma; Sawyer, Burton, p. 31, spurious.
A.D. 968. Æthelflæd to Ælfwold; grant of a swine-pasture at Heronden in Tenterden, Kent, in return for 1450 pence. English and Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 30 (s. x2; OS Facs., iii. 31; Ward 1937, facing p. 229)
Printed: B 1212; Wallenberg 1928, p. 34.
Translated: Ward 1937, pp. 229-30.
Comments: Wallenberg 1928, pp. 34-5; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 295-8; Ward 1937, pp. 229-40; Ward 1955, pp. 55-6; HRH, p. 230, original, subscriptions are consistent but very few can be checked; Witney 1976, p. 268; Brooks 1984, pp. 28, p. 378 n. 153, treats as contemporary; Dumville 1994, p. 156 n. 123, on script.
A.D. 971 x 980 (Alderbury, Wilts.). Ælfhere, ealdorman, to Osgar, abbot; record of the sale of 20 hides at Kingston Bagpuize, Berks. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 87r (s. xiii; Latin)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 123v (s. xii; Latin)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 202r (s. xii; English)
Printed: English
Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 355; B 1262; Robertson, Charters, no. 51 (pp. 106-7), with translation; Conner 1996, p. xlii; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 115.
LatinStevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 354-5; Conner 1996, p. xlii ex C.
Translated: Stenton 1913, pp. 36-7.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 36; Robertson, Charters, p. 350; PN Berks., ii. 372, iii. 701, suggests Kingestune may be Kingston Lisle; Gelling, ECTV, no. 113, authentic; Hooke et al. 1987, on topography; Conner 1996, pp. xli-xlv, on textual relationships; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 115, authentic, identification with Kingston Bagpuize preferable.
A.D. 987. Æthelmær, satrap of King Æthelred and son of Æthelweard, founds Cerne Abbey, the endowment including land at Cerne and Æscere, 6 hides (cassati) at Mintern, 10 at Winterborne Abbas, 6 and 12 at Little and Long Bredy and 3 at Renscombe [to pass to the minster after Æthelmær's death], land at Poxwell [granted by Leofric of Poxwell, clericus], and the reversion of 4 hides at Affpuddle [granted by Ælfrith of Bincombe, Æthelmær's propinquus, after the death of Leofwine] and of 5 hides (mansae) at Bloxworth [granted by Ælfwold, after the death of his wife], and tithes from Cerne and Cheselbourne, all in Dorset. Latin.
Archive: Cerne
MSS: 1. PRO Chart. Ant. R. 21, no. 16 (s. xiii)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 68, 69rv (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 254-5; K 656 ex 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 625-6 (no. 3).
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 88, 120, spurious; Stevenson in Salter, Eynsham Cart., p. 22 n. 3, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 613, authentic; Squibb 1988, contains genuine information; PN Dorset, i. 65, 143, 197, 288, ii. 75, iii. 202; Hinton 1994,p. 11, on topography.
A.D. 995 x 999. Æthelric and Leofwyn to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Bocking and Mersea, Essex. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 201r (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. B, 116r (s. xiii)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 25v (s. xii)
4. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 108r (s. xiii; incomplete)
5. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 328-9 (s. xiii)
6. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 19r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2223 ex MS 1; Hart 1957, p. 19 ex MSS 1, 5, with translation; Hart, ECE, pp. 16-17 ex MSS 1, 5, with translation; Fleming 1997, pp. 143-4 (no. 71) ex MS 3.
Comments: PN Essex, p. lxi; Whitelock, Wills, p. 149; Hart 1957, pp. 20-1; Hart, ECE, no. 30, late and corrupt version of lost charter; HRH, p. 237, subscriptions are consistent; cf. S 939, 1501.
s. x2. Record of grant by Ælfhelm to Leofsige, his goldsmith, of land at Potton, Beds. English.
Archive: Ely
MS: BL Cotton. Tib. B. v, pt 1, 74v (s. x2)
Printed: K 1352; Robertson, Charters, no. 71 (p. 144), with translation, p. 145.
Comments: Whitelock, Wills, p. 134; Robertson, Charters, pp. 388-9; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 35-6 (no. 22); Hart 1964, p. 65; Gelling, ECTV, no. 4, authentic.
Probably A.D. 978 x 1016. Ulfketel to Bury St Edmunds; grant of land at Rickinghall, Rougham, Woolpit, Hinderclay, Suffolk, and at Redfaresthorpe (? Redgrave, Suffolk). English.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 49v (s. xiii2)
2. BL Add. 14847, 19v (s. xiv)
3. BL Add. 14850, 85r (s. xv)
Printed: K 1349; B 1013; Robertson, Charters, no. 73 (pp. 146-7), with translation.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, p. 392; Hart, ECEE, no. 83, authentic, record possibly made at Bury soon after date of transaction; Pelteret 1995, . 167, cited.
A.D. 995 x 1002. See S 1242. Writ of Ælfthryth (the king's mother) giving testimony concerning an estate at Ruishton, Somerset. English.
A.D. 1013 x 1020 (? 1013 x 1018). Godwine to Leofwine the Red; grant of a swine-pasture at Swithrædingdænne (? Southernden, Kent), which Leofwine attaches to Boughton (? Malherbe), Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: London and Oslo, Schøyen Collection, MS 600 (s. xi1; BA Facs., 19; Larking 1858, facing p. 63)
Printed: K 1315; Larking 1858, p. 63, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 75 (p. 148), with translation, p. 149.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 331-2, on identifications; Robertson, Charters, pp. 394-5; HRH, p. 236, possibly original; BA Facs., pp. 6-7, probably contemporary.
A.D. 1026. Healthegen (? Haldane) Scearpa to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Saltwood, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. x. 11 (s. xii1; BM Facs., iv. 17)
2. Bodleian, James 10, p. 108 (s. xvii; incomplete)
A note of this grant, dated A.D. 1036, with the addition of Hythe, Kent, is found in
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 201r (s. xii)
4. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 24v (s. xii)
5. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 330 (s. xiii)
6. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 19v-20r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2223 ex MS 3; K 742 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 9; Fleming 1997, pp. 140-1 (no. 69) ex MS 4.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, 12th century, p. 74, written on a fragment of an erased charter; Napier and Stevenson, p. 151, impossible witnesses; Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, clearly spurious; Parsons 1939, pp. 16-17, 19-20, forgery based on partly erased scribal memorandum from 9th century; Harmer, Writs, p. 576, impossible witnesses for ostensible date; Darlington 1955, p. 29; Bishop and Chaplais, 1957, plate III, palimpsest, parchment probably lower part of a 9th-century diploma which is incompletely erased, some subscriptions incorporated in upper script; Dumville 1983, pp. 49-50, MS 1 created by scribe of ASC MS F (BL Cotton Domition viii) from erased original, cf. also S 1088.
? A.D. 1036. Thored to Christ Church; grant of land at East Horsley, Surrey. English
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. A. iii, 6r (s. xi)
2. Bodleian, Gough Berks. 20, 13r (s. xviii)
Noted in
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 201r (s. xii)
4. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. B, 343r (s. xv)
5. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 24v (s. xii)
6. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 329-30 (s. xiii)
7. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 19v (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2223 ex MS 3; K 958 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 100 (no. 9); Thorpe, p. 579 ex MS 1, with translation; Birch, Liber Vitae, p. xxii n. 1; Robertson, Charters, no. 88 (p. 172) ex MS 1, with translation, p. 173; Fleming 1997, p. 140 (no. 68) ex MS 5.
Comments: Birch, Liber Vitae, p. xxii; Robertson, Charters, p. 421; Ker, Catalogue, p. 240 (no. 185), art e; Gelling, ECTV, no. 342, authentic; Brooks 1984, p. 298, cited; Fleming 1993, p. 122; Lawson 1993, pp. 164-5, on Thored's identity.
A.D. 1033 x 1038. Leofric, comes, to Evesham Abbey; grant of land at Hampton, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 30rv (s. xii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 852; K 938; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 18 (no. 8); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 78.
Comments: Macray, Chron. Evesham, p. 85; Harmer, Writs, p. 37 and n. 1, possibly authentic basis; Finberg, ECWM, no. 344, authentic basis; Wormald 1988, no. 81; Hooke 1990, p. 332; Pelteret 1995, p. 167 n. 13, on a formula; Wormald 1995, p. 123, cited.
c. A.D. 1040. Stigand to (Bury) St Edmunds; grant in reversion of land at Playford, Suffolk, after the death of Ælfgar, priest. English.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MS: Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 50r (s. xiii2)
Printed: K 978; Robertson, Charters, no. 92 (p. 178), with translation, p. 179.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 424-6, date 1040 attributd to grant in list of Bury benefactors; Hart, ECEE, no. 91, authentic, the estate did not descend with the charter; Pelteret 1995, p. 167.
Note. Issued in duplicate, with copies retained by Stigand and Bury.
c. A.D. 1040. Thurketel to Bury St Edmunds; grant of land at Culford, Wordwell and Ixworth, Suffolk. English.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 84 (s. xi; BM Facs., iv. 44)
2. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 50r (s. xiii2)
3. BL Add. 14847, 19v (s. xiv; abbreviated)
4. BL Add. 42055, 1r (s. xv)
5. Bodleian, James 24, p. 72 (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: K 961 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 132 (no. 5) ex MS 1; Sweet, Second Reader, p. 227 (no. 37), in part; B 1018 ex MS 1; B 1019 ex MS 3; Robertson, Charters, no. 93 (p. 178), with translation, p. 179.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Robertson, Charters, p. 426; Hart, ECEE, no. 93, original; Pelteret 1995, p. 167.
A.D. 1043. Leofric, comes of Chester, founds Coventry Abbey; grant of land at Coventry, Honington, Kings Newnham, Chadshunt, Bishops Itchington, Ufton, Southam, Grandborough, Birdingbury, Marston in Wolston, Priors Hardwick, Wasperton, Chesterton, Snohham, Ryton, Walsgrave on Sowe, Long Marston, Warwicks.; Salwarpe, Worcs.; Eaton, Ches.; Kilsby and Winwick, Northants.; Burbage, Barwell, Scraptoft and Packington, Leics. Latin.
Archive: Coventry
MSS: 1. BL Add. 32100, 9v (s. xvi)
2. BL Add. 32100, 70rv (s. xvi)
3. BL Add. 32100, 114r (s. xvi)
4. BL Cotton Cleop. C. iii, 78v (s. xvi)
5. BL Lansdowne 400, 47rv (s. xvii)
6. PRO E 164/21, 75r (s. xv)
7. PRO Ch.R. 51 Hen. III, m. 8
8. PRO Ch.R. 19 Edw. II, m. 3
9. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 78rv (s. xvii)
10. Bodleian, Dodsworth 65, 21rv (s. xvii)
11. Bodleian, Dodsworth 66, 137rv (s. xvii)
12. Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare Birthplace Library, 'Gregory Leiger-Book', pp. 19-20 (s. xiv)
13. [Copy of Inspeximus of 51 Hen. III, formerly Phillipps MS 27963, sold Sothebys 13 April 1981]
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 303 ex MS 6; K 939 ex MSS 5, 6; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 190-1 (no. 2); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 79; Lancaster 1954, p. 140.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 112; Harmer, Writs, p. 215; Lancaster 1954, spurious; Oleson 1955, spurious; Davis 1971, pp. 539-45, forged c. 1145 x 1154; Finberg, ECWM, no. 159 (pp. 69, 129), spurious; HRH, p. 234, spurious, subscriptions are few but probably consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 22 (pp. 64, 71, 87, 129), spurious; Hooke 1990, pp. 332-3; Brandt 1994, p. 38, spurious.
? A.D. 1046 x 1062. Wilburh, widow, to Worcester minster; grant, after her death, of 1 hide (mansa) at Shurnock in Feckenham, Worcs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 151v-152r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 336-7; K 951; B 1006; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 84.
Comments: Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 112-13, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, one of thirteen charters, 'as a group untrustworthy'; Finberg, ECWM, no. 358, authentic, undated, but according to Hearne (Heming, p. 517) the gift was made or took effect in the time of Bishop Ealdred; Hooke 1990, pp. 348-50, on bounds.
A.D. 1042 x 1049. Æthelwine niger to St Albans; grant of 21 hides (mansae), comprising 5 hides at Grandborough, Bucks., 7 hides and 1 gyrd at Redbourn, Herts., 5.5 hides at Langley, and 3.5 at Thwangtune (Fawn Wood in St Albans), Herts. English and Latin versions.
Archive: St Albans
MSS: 1. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS 7965-73 (3723), 165rv (s. xvii; both versions; Keynes 1993, pl. VIII, in part))
2. BL Cotton Nero D. i, 152r (s. xiii; Latin only)
3. BL Cotton Otho D. iii, 189r (s. xiv; Latin only)
Printed: K 962 ex MS 2; Luard, Additamenta, pp. 28-9 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 88 ex K.
Comments: PN Bucks., p. 134; PN Herts., p. 89; Robertson, Charters, p. 417; Oleson 1955, p. 155, authentic; Davies 1972, p. 464, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 180 (pp. 79, 89), authentic basis; Keynes 1993, pp. 267-8, on MS 1, English version primary.
Note. English version ends with a passage introducing the bounds of Redbourn, but the bounds themselves are not given.
A.D. 1042 x 1052. Statement by the Lady Ælfgifu (Emma), mother of King Edward, to the effect that she had acquired from King Cnut the estate at Newington, Oxon., on behalf of Christ Church, when it was forfeited by Ælfric. The king then granted it to the community. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. A. iii, 6r (s. xi)
2. Bodleian, Gough Berks. 20, 13r (s. xviii)
3. Bodleian, James 10, p. 91 (s, xvii)
Printed: K 965; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 100 (no. 7); Thorpe, p. 368, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 96 (p. 182), with translation, p. 183.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, p. 331; Robertson, Charters, pp. 430-1; Stenton 1939, p. 377, for identification; Ker, Catalogue, p. 240 (no. 185), art c, on MS 1; PN Oxon., i. 132; Gelling, ECTV, no. 297, authentic; Brooks 1984, pp. 258, 295, 380 n. 14; O'Neill 1986; Wormald 1988, no. 88; Lawson 1993, p. 209, cited.
A.D. 1051. Thorold of Bucknall to Crowland Abbey; grant of land at Spalding, Lincs., for the foundation of a cell there. Latin.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, L.C.II, 53, bifo. 50 (s. xviii)
2. BL Arundel 178, 59r (s. xvi)
3. BL Lansdowne 207c, 126r-128r (s. xvii)
4. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 210-12 (s. xvii)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 913-14; Mon. Angl., i. 306-7; Alford 1663, iii. 542-3; Fulman 1684, pp. 86-8 ex MS 2; K 795; Birch, Ingulf, pp. 153-4 ex MS 2.
Comments: Riley 1862, pp. 38-9, spurious; Searle 1894, pp. 180-1; Robertson, Charters, p. 468, spurious; Davies 1972, p. 467, spurious; HRH, p. 234, spurious; Roffe 1995, pp. 104-8, on background to forgery, p. 107, on identity of donor.
A.D. 1042 x 1065. Record of agreement between Eadnoth and his wife, and Abbot Ælfwine and the community of St Benedict's, Ramsey, concerning land at Acleia. Eadnoth and his wife are to retain the land for their lifetimes, after which it will revert to Ramsey. They are to pay 2 pounds every year to their son Æthelric, a monk at Ramsey, for his clothing. Their man Leofwine is to keep his virgate until his death, when it will revert to the church. Latin.
Archive: Ramsey
MSS: 1. PRO E 164/28, 160v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 333, 22v (s. xiv1)
Printed: K 919; Thorpe, pp. 585-6; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, pp. 173-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 71.
Translated: Fowler 1920, pp. 49-50 (no. 11).
Comments: Macray, Chron. Ramsey, pp. 173-4; Fowler 1920, pp. 50-2, identifies as Oakley, Beds.; Hart, ECEE, no. 39, authentic, suggests identification with Oakley, a wood in St Ives, Hunts.
A.D. 1052 x 1057. Leofric, comes, and his wife (Godgifu), to St Mary's, Worcester; grant of 5 hides at Wolverley, Worcs., and 2 at Blackwell in Tredington, Warwicks., and a haga in the port (? Worcester). Latin and English versions.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 183rv (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 408-10; K 766; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 19; Robertson, Charters, no. 113 (p. 210), Enlish only, with translation, p. 211.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 461-2; Finberg, ECWM, no. 359, authentic; Hooke 1980, pp. 40, 48, cited; Hooke 1990, p. 336; Baker and Holt 1996, p. 139.
A.D. 1054 x 1057. Godiva (Godgifu), wife of Leofric, to St Mary's, Stow; grant of land at Newark, Fledborough, Notts.; Brampton in Torksey, and Marton in Well Wapentake, Lincs., with papal confirmation. Latin.
Archive: Eynsham
MSS: 1. BL Harley 258, 3v (s. xvii)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 55, 12r (s. xvii)
3. Bodleian, Dugdale 21, 3v (s. xvii)
4. Oxford, Christ Church, Chapter Library, Eynsham Cartulary, 10v (s. xii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 263; K 818; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 14 (no. 6); Salter, Eynsham Cart., pp. 31-2.
Comments: Stevenson in Salter, Eynsham Cart., p. 31 n. 1, spurious; Oleson 1955, p. 155, spurious; Hart, ECEE, no. 156, spurious, but list of estates may be based on a reliable tradition of Godgifu's endowment of Stow; Hart, ECNE, no. 117, spurious.
A.D. 1052 x 1070, possibly 1054 ([London]). Brihtmær of Gracechurch (London) to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of reversion of land (at Gracechurch) with All Hallows Church, after the death of his wife, Eadgifu, and his sons, Eadmær and Æthelwine. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 143v-144r (s. xiii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. E, 44v (s. xiii)
3. BL Stowe 853, 32v-33r (s. xvii)
Printed: K 799 ex MS 2; Thorpe, pp. 372-3, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 116 (p. 216 ) ex MS 1, with translation, p. 217.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 468-9, dated 1054 in list of Canterbury benefactors, cf. Mon. Ang. (rev. edn), i. 97; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine; Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 135, 368, 372; Gelling, ECTV, no. 257, authentic; Brooks 1984, pp. 307-8, cited; Vince 1990, p. 74, cited.
Note. Witnessed by London port-reeve and other London thegns.
A.D. 1053 x 1066. Oswulf and Æthelgyth, his wife, to Abbot Leofstan and St Albans Abbey; grant of 1 pound and of land at Studham, Beds., the donors retaining a life interest, in return for admission into confraternity with the abbey. English and Latin versions.
Archive: St Albans
MSS: 1. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, 7965-73 (3723), 163rv (s. xvii; both versions)
2. BL Cotton Nero D. i, 151v (s. xiii; Latin only)
Printed: K 945 ex MS 2; Thorpe, pp. 374-5 ex MS 2; Luard, Additamenta, pp. 30-2 ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 405-7 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 81 ex MS 2.
Comments: Fowler 1920, no. 14; PN Beds., p. 132; Gelling, ECTV, no. 9, authentic; Keynes 1993, p. 266, on MS 1, English version primary.
A.D. 1057 x 1065. Gytha, comitissa, to St Olave (Exeter); grant of land at Sherford, Devon. Latin.
Archive: Exeter, St Olave
MS: BL Cotton Vitell. D. ix, 167v (s. xiv)
Printed: Phillipps 1834, p. 386; K 926; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 73.
Comments: Finberg, ECDC, no. 68; Finberg 1960, no. 68; Davies 1972, pp. 468-9, cited; Hooke 1994, p. 188, cited.
c. A.D. 1061. Ælfgar, quondam comes, to the church of St Remigius, Rheims; grant of land at Lapley, Staffs. Latin.
Archive: Rheims, St Remigius
MS: Rheims, Archives municipales, Cartulary B of St Remi (H 1411), p. 143 (s. xiii1)
Printed: Varin 1839, pp. 207-8; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1042 (no. 1).
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 126-7 (no. 27).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 127-8; Hinkle 1970, pp. 29-31; Hart, ECNE, no. 96, authentic basis; PN Staffs., i. 167.
Note. Said to have been issued in two versions. A copy in Old English was retained by Earl Ælfgar and a copy in Latin was sent to Rheims.
A.D. 1061 x 1065. Ælfgar, dux, to Æthelwig, abbot of Evesham; restitution of 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucs., in return for 6 marks of gold. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 40rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 963; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 89.
Comments: Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 9-11; Grundy, Gloucs,, pp. 20-2, shows that the bounds are of Adlestrop, Gloucs.; Darlington 1933, p. 6 n. 3, spurious; Oleson 1955, p. 155, spurious; PN Gloucs., i. 3, 212, 213, 217, 220; Finberg, ECWM, no. 178, authentic; Dumville 1992, pp. 41-2 n. 58, spurious, dicusses estate history.
c. A.D. 850. Lulla and Ecce to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of render from an estate at Nackington, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MS: BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 104r (s. xii)
Printed: Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 140 (no. 44); Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 25, with translation.
Comments: Kelly 1990, p. 55 n. 73, cited; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 98-9, authentic.
A.D. 1061 x 1066. Writ of Queen Edith declaring that Bishop Giso is to have the land at Milverton, Somerset, as fully and completely as she herself possessed it. English and Latin versions.
Archive: Wells
MS: Wells, D. & C., Liber Albus I, 18r (s. xiii; both versions)
Printed: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., pp. 163-4; K 917; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 288 (no. 10); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 70; Harmer, Writs, no. 70 (pp. 283-4), with translation.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 274, 490, authenticity reasonably certain; Finberg, ECW, no. 541, authentic; Crosby 1994, pp. 48-50, on background; Kennedy 1995, p. 156 n. 99, cited with reference to legal background; Keynes 1997, pp. 238-9, 257, may be dated 1065 x 1066, discusses background.
A.D. 1066 x 1075. Writ of Queen Edith, declaring that she has given to Bishop Giso for his canons at St Andrew's, Wells, the land at Mark, Somerset. She requests a judgement on Wuduman, to whom she entrusted her horses and who has withheld rent for six years. English and Latin versions.
Archive: Wells
MS: Wells, D. & C., Liber Albus I, 17v (s. xiii; both versions)
Printed: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 162; K 918; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 287 (no. 7); Thorpe, p. 427; Harmer, Writs, no. 72 (pp. 285-6), with translation.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 274-5, 491, authenticity reasonably certain; Finberg, ECW, no. 545, authentic; Wormald 1988, no. 95; Crosby 1994, pp. 48-50.
A.D. 995 x 1002. Writ of Ælfthryth (the king's mother) giving testimony concerning an estate at Ruishton, Somerset. English.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 26rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 717; Thorpe, p. 295; Harmer, Writs, no. 108 (p. 396), with translation.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 380, 524-5, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 523, authentic; John 1965, p. 413; Chaplais 1966, p. 173, authentic, may have been drafted by a Canterbury scribe (= 1973, pp. 57-8); Hart 1970/1 (no. 45), authentic; John 1977, p. 117, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, p. 138 n. 188, p. 143 n. 209, authentic; Wormald 1988, nos 66-7; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 161.
Probably A.D. 1041 x 1064. Writ of Gospatric declaring that Thorfynn mac Thore shall be free in respect of all things that are Gospatric's in Allerdale, Cumberland, and that the men dwelling with Thorfynn at Cardew and Cumdivock shall be free. English.
Archive:
MS: Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, muniment room (s. xiii; Liebermann 1903, facing p. 280; Ragg 1917, facing p. 207; PN Cumb., iii, facing p. xxvi)
Printed: Harmer, Writs, no. 121 (pp. 423-4), with translation.
Comments: Davis 1905; Harmer, Writs, pp. 419-23, 531-6, based on authentic material; Stenton 1970, p. 217 n. 1; Stenton 1971, pp. 419, 503 n. 1, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 134, authentic; Pelteret 1995, pp. 279-80.
A.D. 1042 x 1066. Eadgifu and her husbnad to the church of St Paul; grant of land at Weeley, Essex. Latin.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MSS: 1. London, Guildhall, 25501, 38v (s. xiii)
2. London, Guildhall, 25504, 9v (s. xii)
Printed: Gibbs 1939, p. 280.
Comments: Gibbs 1939, p. 280; Hart, ECE, nos 58, 97 (pp. 28, 41), post-Conquest memorandum, authentic basis.
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