A.D. 860. Æthelbald, king of Wessex, to Osmund, his minister; grant of 14 hides (cassati) at Teffont, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 18rv (s. xv)
Printed: K 284 and vol. iii. 395; B 500; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 3.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 216 n. 3, suspicious; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, dubious or spurious; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 181-3, refers to Teffont Evias; Darlington 1955, p. 95; Finberg, ECW, no. 209, authentic; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, note on formulation; Hooke 1994/1, pp. 90-3, on bounds, with map; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1129, authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 17-19, authentic, incorrect indiction probably added by copyist; cf. S 329.
A.D. ? 860 (altered to 790). Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Wærmund, bishop; grant of land at Rochester with a marsh, in return for 15 pounds and 30 mancuses. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 29 (s. ix2; BM Facs., ii. 35)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 134r-135v (s. xii1; facsimile)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 3v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 91-4; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., p. 18-19; K 285; HS, pp. 651-2; B 502; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 27; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 506-7; Campbell, Rochester, no. 24.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, probably 11th century; Stevenson 1904, p. 230 n. 2, an 11th-century copy, clearly genuine despite error in date; Stevenson 1914, p. 703 nn. 75, 76, date altered from 860 to 790, perhaps to identify it with S 130, hand somewhat later than 860 but not 11th-century; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 205-7, on place-names; Deansley 1942, p. 107 n. 11, citing Ker, 10th- or 11th-century imitation of 8th-century charter; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xiv, xxiv, crude forgery, scribe of MS 1 may also have written S 331; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 93, 96, 99-100, suspect, date altered from 860, witness-list looks genuine; Brooks 1984, pp. 360-1 n. 70, MS 1 is 9th-century, scribe also wrote S 331, 1276; Dumville 1987, p. 158 n. 53, cited; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 128-9, on witness-list and historical background; Smyth 1995, p. 378.
Note. Original charter, probably in favour of a lay beneficiary, was tampered with to create a direct grant to Rochester. The name and style of the beneficiary were erased and replaced with Wærmundo episcopo; the assessment was altered from .xx. to .lxxx.; the dated was altered to 790, probably from 860; one subscription was erased (probably that of Bishop Cuthwulf of Rochester); the original endorsement was replaced by one in a 10th-century hand referring to Bishop Wærmund. The two boundary clauses appear to have been written by the 9th-century scribe of the text.
A.D. 858. Æthelberht, king, to Wulflaf, his minister; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Wassingwell in exchange for 5 sulungs at Mersham, Kent, with conversion of the latter into folkland. Latin with English, bounds in Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 66 (s. ix med.; BM Facs., ii. 33; Thompson 1912, facs. 221, incomplete)
Printed: K 281; Thorpe, pp. 119-21; B 496; Earle, pp. 125-8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 35; Robertson, Charters, pp. 16-17 (no. 10), part only, with translation.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 93 (pp. 530-1).
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Maitland 1897, pp. 244-5, 255; Sweet, OET, pp. 436-7 (no. 28); Vinogradoff 1893, pp. 12-13, 16; Thompson 1912, p. 511; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 197-203, identifies Wassingwell with Westwell, Kent; Robertson, Charters, pp. 277-8; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 23-9, genuine and contemporary; Ward 1940, argues that Wassingwell included both Eastwell and Westwell; Ward 1946/1; Forsberg 1950, p. 202, on bounds; Sisam 1953, p. 124 n. 1; John 1960, pp. 36-7, 52; Whitelock 1960-1, p. 1010; John 1966, p. 71 n., pp. 106-8, 113-17, on issues of land-tenure; Hart 1970/1, p. 21, on endorsement; Stenton 1971, p. 311; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 204-7; Witney 1976, pp. 261-2, on swine-pastures; Chaplais 1978, pp. 15-16, on endorsement and script, scribe also wrote S 332, 1196, 1197 (part) (= 1981 XIV, pp. 15-16); Sawyer 1978, p. 153; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372, 530, original; Brooks 1984, pp. 360-1 n. 70, scribe also wrote S 316, 332, 344, 1195-7; Chaplais 1985, pp. 46-7, on production; Keynes 1992, p. 70 n. 74, on endorsement; Reynolds 1992, p. 218, on bookland/folkland (= 1994, p. 330); Lapidge 1996, pp. 449-50, on latinity.
A.D. 860 (Somerton, Somerset). Æthelberht, king of Wessex, to Osmund, his minister; grant of 3 sulungs (cassati) at Dinton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 17v (s. xv)
Printed: K 238 and vol. iii. 395; B 499; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 4.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 180-1, fails to identify estate, not Donhead; Forsberg 1942, pp. 153-4, for identification; Finberg, ECW, no. 210, authentic; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1129, authentic, perhaps drawn up by a royal scribe; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 21-2, authentic, incorrect indiction probably added by copyist; cf. S 326.
A.D. 861 (Fregetburna (? = Freoricburna), Surrey). Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Diernoth, abbot, and his familia; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Martin, Kent. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MS: BL Cotton Jul. D. ii. 132v-133r (s. xiii)
Printed: B 855; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 22.
Comments: Turner 1915, p. xxx; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 275-6, on place-names; Keynes 1993/1, p. 129, on historical background; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 89-91, authentic; Smyth 1995, p. 378.
A.D. 862 (Willherestrio). Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Dryhtwald, minister; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Bromley, Kent. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MS: BL Cotton Ch. viii. 32 (s. ix2; BM Facs., ii. 36)
Printed: K 287; B 506; Earle, p. 289, part only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 28; Campbell, Rochester, no. 25.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, later imitation; Deanesley 1942, p 107 n. 11, citing Ker, 10th- or 11th-century imitation of 9th-century charter; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 207-16, on place-names; Forsberg 1970, p. 74, on weardsetl; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xiv-xv, may be contemporary copy, at least before 900, p. xxiv, if later is copy of genuine original, pp. xvi-xviiii, on bounds and swine-pastures; Rumble 1976, p. 172, on swine-pastures; Witney 1976, p. 220, on swine-pastures; Brooks 1984, pp. 360-1 n. 70, 9th-century, scribe also wrote S 327, 1276; Wormald 1986, p. 158 n. 41, probably drafted at Rochester; Dumville 1987, p. 158 n. 53, originality not beyond question; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1132 n. 5, original; Smyth 1995, p. 378; Lapidge 1996, pp. 450-1, on latinity.
A.D. 863 (Birenefeld). (1) Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Æthelred, minister; grant of 9 sulungs (aratra) at Mersham, Kent, in return for 400 mancuses of gold. Latin with bounds. (2) Eadwald to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of land at Willesborough, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. M. 14 (Red Book no. 10; s. ix med.; OS Facs., i. 10; Smyth 1995, pl. 19, in part)
Printed: K 288; Thorpe, pp. 121-3; B 507; Earle, pp. 133-6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 29.
Comments: Sweet, OET, pp. 439-40 (no. 30); Stenton 1955, p. 40 n. 2, on poor latinity; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 216-20, on place-names; Parsons 1939, p. 23 n., cited; Stenton 1970, p. 94 and n. 1, original; Witney 1976, pp. 260-1, on swine-pastures; Brooks 1984, pp. 360-1 n. 70, 9th-century, scribe also wrote S 316, 328, 344, 1195-7; Campbell 1989, pp. 30-1, on counter-payment; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1132 n. 6, original; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. xxxii, on estate history, cf. CSA 6 (S 1651a); Smyth 1995, p. 378; Lapidge 1996, p. 451, on latinity.
Note. Eadwald's endorsement was added by a different scribe, probably in the later 9th century.
A.D. 864 (Dorchester, Dorset, 26 Dec.). Æthelberht, king of Wessex, to the church of Sherborne; grant of privileges, with note that Æthelberht placed the charter on the high altar at Sherborne (A.D. 865, Good Friday). English.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, 18v-20v (s. xii med.)
Printed: Thorpe, pp. 124-7, incomplete, with translation; B 510 ex Thorpe; Robertson, Charters, no. 11 (pp. 16-21) with translation; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 6.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 278-81, essentially identical to S 1032 from Horton; Stenton 1955, pp. 36, 46-7, probably genuine in substance, perhaps translation of Latin original; Finberg, ECW, no. 573, authentic; John 1966, p. 41 n.; Whitelock 1966, p. 101, close relationship to S 1032 needs explanation, p. 102; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxvii, 22-4, appears to be authentic, may have been composed in the vernacular, pp. 78-80, probable that S 1032 is based on S 333; Kitson 1991, p. 105, probably composed as a document in mid 11th century, even if it uses early material; Wormald 1992, p. 431, citing Whitelock, may be Alfredian-period translation by Bishop Wulfsige I of Sherborne; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-31, esp. p. 1125 n. 3, probably free translation of Latin charter; Pelteret 1995, p. 307; Smyth 1995, pp. 378-9.
A.D. 859 ? for 869 or 870 (Woodyates, Dorset). Æthelred, king of the Saxons, to Ælfstan, princeps; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Cheselbourne, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 18v-19v (s. xv)
Printed: K 300 and vol. iii. 397; B 525; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 36; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 5.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, p. 694 n. 32, p. 698 n. 44, doubtful or spurious; Grundy, Dorset 1934, pp. 122-9, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, pp. 281-2, dated 859 but 870 more probable, may be independent of S 342; Finberg, ECW, no. 574, authentic; Meyer 1981, p. 354, cited; Sawyer 1983, p. 298, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Forsberg 1984, p. 6, on detail of bounds; PN Dorset, i. 303, 310, ii. 271, iii. 202-8, 218; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1125, authentic basis, perhaps drafted by royal scribe; Cubitt 1995, p. 310, on Woodyates; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 27-8, authentic basis, but boundary clause is a later interpolation and other details may have been altered. S 342 is a translation.
A.D. 862 (Micheldever, Hants.). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Æthelwulf, princeps; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at (Little) Wittenham, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 13v (s. xiii; no bounds)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 35rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 108rv (s. xii; no bounds)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 200v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 286 ex MS 1; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 41-2, ex MS 1, pp. 134-6 ex MS 2; B 504 ex MSS 1, 3; B 505 ex MSS 2, 4; PN Berks., iii. 753-4, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 15.
Comments: Field 1906, pp. 85-6, spurious, bounds discussed; Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 128-31, on bounds; O'Donovan 1973, p. 108, on date; PN Berks., ii. 427, iii. 750, 753-4, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 25, authentic basis; Brooks 1982, p. 216 n. 41; Wormald 1982, p. 141, cited; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. pp. 1129-31, likely to be authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe, Æthelred may have enjoyed some power in his brother's lifetime; Smyth 1995, p. 7; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 15, probably authentic.
A.D. 863 (Dorchester, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Wulfhere, princeps; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Buttermere, Wilts., and at Æscmere. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 111v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1059; B 508; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 55.
Comments: HS, p. 654, very questionable; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 183-7, bounds describe whole of Buttermere and parts of Linkenholt and Vernham Dean, Hants.; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 281-3; Darlington 1955, pp. 7, 87; Finberg, ECW, no. 20, authentic basis, but date impossible for King Æthelberht and Bishop Swithhun, dates ? 866 x 867; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 192), authentic basis; O'Donovan 1973, p. 108, on dates of Bishop Swithhun; PN Dorset, i. 347; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-31, esp. pp. 1124, 1129-30, likely to be authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe, Æthelred may have enjoyed some power in his brother's lifetime.
A.D. 867. Edgar (? for Æthelred), king, to St Paul's Monastery; grant of 15 hides (mansiones) at Navestock, Essex. Latin.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MSS: 1. London, Guildhall, 25501, 38r (s. xiii)
2. London, Guildhall, 25504, 5r-6r (s. xii)
3. London, St Paul's, D. & C., Liber B (lost; s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, James 23, p. 33 (s. xvii; extract)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 302-3 (no. 8) ex MSS 1, 3; Dugdale, St Paul's (1st edn), pp. 186-7 ex MS 3; Dugdale, St Paul's (2nd edn), Appendix pp. 10-11; K 1259; B 1210 ex MS 1, Dugdale and Kemble; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 24; Gibbs 1939, p. 2 n. 2 ex MS 2, pp. 2-3 ex MS 4.
Comments: Stevenson 1894, authentic charter of Æthelred of Wessex; Stevenson 1904, p. 229 n. 4, a blundered charter, some witnesses seem to come from a genuine charter of c. 868; Robertson, Charters, p. 390; Gibbs 1939, p. 2 n. 2; John 1955, p. 144; Hart, ECE, no. 9, authentic charter of Æthelred of Wessex, with names of king and archbishop altered; O'Donovan 1973, p. 96; Whitelock, EHD, p. 24 n., charter of Æthelred of Wessex with the king's name altered; Whitelock 1979, pp. 85, 96 n. 46; Hart 1987/1, pp. 60, 78 n. 6; Dumville 1992, p. 5 n. 23, poorly transmitted; Keynes 1993/1, p. 129, on witnesses.
A.D. 867 (Canterbury). Æthelred, king of Wessex and Kent, to Wighelm, presbyter; grant of a seat in the church of St Martin, with land appurtenant. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 95 (s. ix2; BM Facs., ii. 37)
2. Bodleian, James 24, p. 100 (s. xvii; extract)
Printed: K 294; HS, pp. 656-8; B 516; Earle, pp. 137-9; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 510-11.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, p. 440 (no. 31); Stevenson 1887, p. 490, contemporary; Stevenson 1914, p. 699 n. 48, contemporary; Deanesly 1927, pp 8-9, translates sedem as 'see'; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 220, on place-names; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 24-6, genuine and contemporary; Brooks 1984, pp. 34, 160-1, on background; Sparks and Tatton-Brown 1987, p. 205; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1133 n. 2, original.
A.D. 948 for 868 (Sutton Courtenay, Berks.). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Cuthred, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Balking, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 36v-37r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1165; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 139-41; B 873; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 113; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 16.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 694 n. 32, spurious; Robinson 1921, p. 43, a 9th-century charter mistakenly attributed to Eadred; PN Berks., ii. 350-1, 424, on place-names; Gelling, ECTV, no. 27, authentic basis; Whitelock, EHD, p. 374, cited; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-31, esp. pp. 1130-1, authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 16, authentic. The donor's name was spelled Æðered, leading to confusion with King Eadred. The date was altered in the MS by a later revisor.
Note. Formerly listed as S 539.
A.D. 868. Æthelred, king of Wessex and Kent, to Cuthwulf, bishop of Rochester; grant of land near Rochester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 140v-141v (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 104-6; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 24-5; K 295; B 518; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 33; Campbell, Rochester, no. 26.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, discusses a formula (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 220-1, on place-names; Ward 1949, p. 39; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xxv-vi, unusual form, bounds may be an addition; Tatton-Brown 1982, pp. 14-15, on topography; Brooks 1984, pp. 169-70, Canterbury formulation; Kitson 1987, on bounds; Foot 1992, p. 191 n. 148, on a formula.
A.D. 868 (Dorchester, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Hunsige, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Martyr Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 90v-91r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1061; B 520; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 56.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p; 229 n. 4, suspicious, p. 299 n. 4, doubtful; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 182-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 21, authentic, bounds identical with those of S 273; Hart 1970/1, p. 21, on rubric, p. 34 (no. 159), authentic; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 235 n. 28, cited; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. pp. 1124, 1130, authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe; Faith 1997, p. 34, on place-name; cf. S 304.
A.D. 869. Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Wulfhere, his princeps; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Winterbourne (Monkton), Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 206v (s. xiv; dated 969)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 240v-241r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 115 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: B 886 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 671-2 (no. 1236) ex MS 1.
Comments: B 886 n., correctly identifies donor and date, Bishop Edmund probably for Heahmund; Darlington 1955, pp. 7, 96, probably refers to West Monkton; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, p. 23, fails to trace bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 211, authentic basis possible; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 106; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1125, authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 34, 36, 39, on MS sources, pp. 249-52, on estate history.
? A.D. 869 or 870 (Woodyates, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Ælfstan, ealdorman; grant of 5 hides at Cheselbourne, Dorset. English with bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: Bl Harley 61, 20rv (s. xv)
Printed: K 302 and vol. iii. 398; B 526; Robertson, Charters, no. 12 (pp. 22-5) with translation; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 6.
Comments: Fägersten 1933, p. 173, on place-name; Grundy, Dorset 1934, pp. 122-9, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, pp. 281-3, may represent a separate grant from S 334; Stenton 1955, p. 47 n. 1, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 575, authentic; Meyer 1981, p. 354, cited; Forsberg 1984, p. 6, on detail of bounds; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; PN Dorset, i. 303, 310, ii. 271, iii. 202-8, 218; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1125; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 24-8, probably a translation of S 334.
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