A.D. 604 (28 April). Æthelberht, king, to St Andrew and his church at Rochester; grant of land at Rochester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. BL Harley 1866, 9rv (s. xviii)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 119rv (s. xii1; facsimile)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 3v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 27; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 62-3; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 13-14; K 1 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 162 (no. 3); HS, p. 52; B 3 ex HS, Hearne, K, and Mon. Angl.; Earle, pp. 3-4 ex K and Hearne; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 1; Pierquin, Conciles, p. 43; Campbell, Rochester, no. 1, ex MS 2; Morris 1995, pp. 101-2, ex B.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, p. 3, on place-names and bounds; Deanesly 1941, pp. 101-4; Deanesly 1941/1, pp. 53-69; Deanesly 1942, p. 110, authentic; Levison 1946, pp. 174, 223-5, suspicious features; Ward 1949, on topography; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xv, xxii, fabricated, partly based on S 266; Brooks 1974, p. 217, possibly some authentic basis; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 14, cited in discussion of topography; Scharer 1982, pp. 59-60, spurious; Morris 1995, pp. 89-98, authentic.
A.D. 605 (Canterbury). Æthelberht, king of Kent, to St Peter; grant of land to the east of Canterbury for the foundation of a minster. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS:1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, p. 310 (s. xvi)
2. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 21v (facsimile of lost single sheet, s. xv; Hunter 1973, pl. 1; Kelly, St Augustine's, pl. 1)
3. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 21v (s. xv)
4. Canterbury, City Archives, Roll I/Z/1 m. 3 (s. xvi)
5. BL Add. 53710, 221v (s. xiv)
6. BL Add. 53710, 253v-254r (s. xvi)
7. BL Cotton Claudius D. x, 61r (s. xiv)
8. BL Cotton Cleop. F. i, 236r (s. xvi)
9. BL Harley 358, 47v (s. xvi)
10. BL Lansdowne 447, 23v (s. xvii)
11. PRO Ch.R 20 Edw. II, m. 2
12. PRO Ch.R. 36 Edw. III, m. 7
13. PRO Ch.R. 8 Hen. IV, m. 6
14. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, m. 5
15. PRO Pat. R. 4 Edw. IV, pt 4, m. 29
16. PRO Pat. R. 14 Hen. VII, pt 1, m. 16
17. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 7r (s. xvii)
18. Bodleian, Dodsworth 120, 115rv (s. xvii)
19. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 20r (s. xvii)
20. Bodleian, Engl. Hist. C. 241, 21v (s. xvi)
21. Winchester, Cathedral Library, XXB, 157r (s. xvi)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 118-19; Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2123 ex MS 5; Mon. Angl., i. 23, ex ? MS 7; Alford 1663, ii. 76; Somner 1703, Appendix, p. 6, ex ? MS 5; Wilkins, Concilia, iv. 728, ex Spelman; K 2 ex MS 3; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 126 (no. 1); Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 109-10, ex MSS 2, 3; HS, pp. 54-5, ex K etc.; B 4 ex K, HS etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 2; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 1, ex MSS 2, 7, 21; Morris 1995, pp. 102-3, ex B.
Translated: Davis, Thorne, pp. 565-6 (ex Twysden, X Scriptores).
Comments: HS, pp. 54-5, spurious or questionable; Turner 1915, p. xx, suspicious; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 4-5, on place-names; Deanesly 1941/1, pp. 53-9; Deanesly 1942, p. 104 n. 7; Levison 1946, pp. 174-233, spurious, probably forged in late 11th century; Hunter 1973, on MS 2; Scharer 1982, p. 59, spurious; Kelly 1988, perhaps forged shortly before Conquest; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 4-9, fabrication partly modelled on a lost charter of Æthelberht II (725-62), witness-list may derive from a lost 7th-century source; Morris 1995, pp. 89-98, some authentic basis.
A.D. 605 (Canterbury). Æthelberht, king of the English, to St Augustine for the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land to the east of Canterbury. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 310-11 (s. xvi)
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 46rv (s. xiv)
3. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 22r (facsimile of lost single sheet, s. xv; Deanesly 1942, pl. facing p. 114)
4. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 22r (s. xv)
5. BL Add. 53710, 2v-3r (s. xiv)
6. BL Add. 53710, 254r (s. xvi)
7. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 9r (s. xiii)
8. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 84r (s. xiii)
9. BL Cotton Tib. A. ix, 107v-108r (s. xiv)
10. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xx, 277rv (s. xii; Gem 1997, p. 53)
11. BL Cotton Vitell. A. ii, 6v (s. xii)
12. BL Harley 358, 47v-48r (s. xvi)
13. BL Lansdowne 447, 23v-24r (s. xvii)
14. BL Lansdowne 863, 90v (s. xvi)
15. Bodleian, Add. C. 296, 77r (s. xvii; ex 11)
16. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 20v (s. sxvii)
17. Bodleian, Tanner 165, 97r (s. xv)
18. Winchester, Cathedral Library, XXB, 157rv (s. xvi)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 119, ex MS 3; Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 1761-2 ex MS 5; Mon. Angl., i. 24, ex ? MS 10; Alford 1663, ii. 3; Wilkins, Concilia, iv. 728 ex Spelman; K 3 ex MS 3 etc.; Mon., Angl. (rev. edn), i. 110 (no. 36) ex MS 17, i. 126-7 (no. 2) ex 1st edn; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 111-13, ex MS 3; HS, pp. 55-6, ex K etc.; B 5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 3; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 2, ex MSS 3, 8, 10; Morris 1995, pp. 103-4, ex B.
Translated: Davis, Thorne, pp. 8-9 (ex Twysden, X Scriptores).
Comments: HS, pp. 55-6, questionable or spurious; Stevenson 1891, p. 742 n. 22, spurious, forged after 1066; Turner 1915, pp. xx-xxi; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 5, on place-names; Deanesly 1941/1, pp. 55-69; Deanesly 1942, pp. 104-10, authentic; Levison 1946, pp. 174-233, spurious, forged in late 11th century; Hunter 1973, on MS 3; Scharer 1982, p. 59, spurious; Sparks and Tatton-Brown 1987, p. 204, on bounds; Kelly 1988, perhaps forged soon after Conquest; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 11-13, spurious, forged on the basis of S 2; Morris 1995, pp. 89-98, some authentic basis.
A.D. 605 (9 Jan.). Æthelberht, king of the English, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land at Sturry alias Chislet, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 46v-47r (s. xiv)
2. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 23r (facsimile of lost single sheet, s. xv; Hunter 1973, pl. 2)
3. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 23v (s. xv)
4. BL Add. 53710, 3rv (s. xiv)
5. BL Add. 53710, 221v-222r (s. xiv)
6. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 61rv (s. xiv1)
7. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 84rv (s. xiii)
8. BL Cotton Tib. A. ix, 108rv (s. xiv)
9. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xx, 277v-279r (s. xii)
10. BL Cotton Vitell. A. ii, 7rv (s. xii)
11. BL Harley 6748, 21v (s. xvii; incomplete)
12. PRO Cart. Ant. R. 9, no. 18 (s. xiii)
13. PRO Ch.R. 20 Edw. II, m. 2
14. PRO Ch.R. 36 Edw. III, m. 7
15. PRO Ch.R. 8 Hen. IV, m. 6
16. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, m. 5
17. PRO Pat. R. 4 Edw. IV, pt 4, m. 29
18. PRO Pat. R. 14 Hen. VII, pt 1, m. 16
19. Bodleian, Add. C. 296, 77r-78r (s. xvii) ex 10
20. Bodleian, James 22, p. 102 (s. xvii; extract) ex 4
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 120-1, ex MS 2; Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 1762-3, 2123-5, ex MSS 4, 5; Mon. Angl., i. 24, ex ? MS 10; Alford 1663, ii. 184; Wilkins, Concilia, iv. 728-9, ex Spelman; K 4 ex MS 2 etc.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 127 (no. 2), ex Mon. Angl.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 114-16, ex MSS 2; Thorpe, pp. 1-3, ex MSS 2, 6; HS, pp. 56-8, ex MS 2; B 6 ex K etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 4; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 3, ex MS 9 etc.; Morris 1995, pp. 104-6, ex B.
Translated: Davis, Thorne, pp. 9-11 (ex Twyden, X Scriptores).
Comments: HS, pp. 56-8, questionable or spurious; Turner 1915, pp. xxi-xxii; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 5-8, on place-names; Deanesly 1941/1, pp. 53-69; Deanesly 1942, p. 104 n. 7, spurious; Levison 1946, pp. 174-233, spurious, forged in the late 11th century; Hunter 1973, p. 216, on MS 2; Scharer 1982, p. 59, spurious; Kelly 1988, probably forged after S 2, 3; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 16-18, spurious; Morris 1995, pp. 89-98, some authentic basis; Kelly 1997, p. 37, on list of treasures; Tatton-Brown 1997, pp. 137-42, on manor of Chislet.
A.D. 604 x 616. Æthelberht, king, to Mellitus, bishop, and St Paul's minster; grant of land at Tillingham, Essex. Latin.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 364, 124r (s. xvii; incomplete)
2. London, Guildhall, 25501, 38v (s. xiii)
3. London, Guildhall, 25504, 5v (s. xii)
4. London, St Paul's, D. & C., Liber B, 20r (s. xii; lost)
5. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 8r (s. xvii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 299; Dugdale, St Paul's, p. 181, ex MSS 2, 4; Dugdale, St Paul's (2nd edn), Appendix, p. 5, ex MSS 2, 4; K 982 ex Dugdale; Corner 1858, pp. 92-5; HS, pp. 59-60; B 8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 1; Morris 1995, pp. 108-9, ex B.
Comments: Corner 1858; HS, pp. 59-60, questionable or spurious; Hart 1957, pp. 29-30, on Tillingham; Hart, ECE, no. 1 (pp. 8-9), spurious but may be based on a genuine tradition; Whitelock 1975, p. 4, n. 5, forged; Scharer 1982, p. 62, spurious; Taylor 1992, p. 291 n. 20, unreliable but Tillingham probably a genuine foundation grant; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. lxxiv n. 18, fabrication incorporating a genuine witness-list of c. 670 x 676.
A.D. 616. See CCC 1 (S 1609). Eadbald, king of Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Adisham, Kent.
A.D. 618. Eadbald, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Northbourne, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 29v (s. xv)
2. Canterbury, City Archives, Roll 1/Z/1, m. 3 (s. xvi; incomplete)
3. BL Add. 53710, 222rv (s. xiv)
4. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 61v-62r (s. xiii)
5. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 84v-85r (s. xiii)
6. PRO Ch.R. 20 Edw. II, m. 2
7. PRO Ch.R. 36 Edw. III, m. 7
8. PRO Ch.R. 8 Hen. IV, m. 6
9. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, m. 5
10. PRO Pat. R. 4 Edw. IV, pt 4, m. 3
11. PRO Pat. R. 14 Hen. VII, pt 1, m. 16
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2125, ex MS 3; Alford 1663, ii. 207; Smith, Bede, p. 694, ex MS 1; K 6 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 144-6, ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 5-6, ex MS 1; HS, pp. 69-70, ex MS 1; B 13 ex K etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 6; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 5, ex MSS 1, 4, 5; Morris 1995, p. 109, ex B.
Translated: Davis, Thorne, pp. 566-7 (ex Twysden, X Scriptores).
Comments: HS, pp. 69-70, spurious; Turner 1915, p. xxii; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 8, on place-names; Levison 1946, p. 174-233, spurious, forged in late 11th century; Scharer 1982, p. 59, spurious; Kelly 1988, spurious; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 24-6, spurious.
A.D. 675 (1 April). Hlothhere, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MS: Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 52rv (s. xv)
Printed: K 9; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 248-9; B 36; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 6.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703 'seems to be genuine'; Turner 1915, p. xxiii, 'no special reason for doubting its general tenor', cf. pp. xliii-ix; Stenton 1918, p. 434 n. 5, genuine, p. 436 n. 13 on dating elements (= Stenton 1970, p. 49 n. 2, p. 50 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 9, on place-names; Stenton 1955, pp. 34-5, authentic; John 1960, pp. 4, 26, 50; Kirby 1963, p. 517, on date; Cox 1976, pp. 27, 30, 33, 40, on place-names; Harrison 1976, pp. 80-1, on date; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142-3, on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 63-5, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Sparks and Tatton-Brown 1987, p. 202; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 27-30, authenticity uncertain, but present text probably does rely on a genuine 7th-century record.
A.D. 679 (Reculver, May). Hlothhere, king of Kent, to Abbot Beorhtwald and his minster; grant of land at Westanae on the Isle of Thanet, and in Sturry, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Reculver)
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 2 (s. vii2; BM Facs., i. 1; Lowe, Uncial, pl. xxi; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 182; Campbell 1982, p. 98; Wormald 1985, p.2; Making of England, no. 27)
Short version
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 195r (s. xii)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 11rv (s. xii)
4. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 304 (s. xiii)
5. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 8r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2207, ex MS 2; Smith, Bede, p. 784; K 16 ex MSS 1, 4; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 455 (no. 2) ex MS 5; Birch 1876, pp. 78-80; B 45 ex K and MS 1; Earle, pp. 8-9; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 13; Fleming 1997, pp. 109-10 (no. 3), ex MS 3.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 56 (pp. 482-3).
Comments: Birch 1876, pp. 78-80; Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, pp. 427-8 (no. 4); Earle, p. 8, absolute original; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, authentic; Stenton 1918, pp. 434, 437 nn. 19, 20, original (= Stenton 1970, pp. 49, 51 n. 5, p. 52 n. 1); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 10-13, on place-names; Levison 1946, p. 230, earliest original; John 1960, pp. 5, 36, 49, certainly authentic, discusses formulation and legal basis; Lowe, Uncial, pp. 8, 20, apparently an original document; Ch.L.A., iii. no. 182, MS 1 contemporaneous, probably original; Bruckner 1965, pp. 25-6, oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon charter in contemporary form, p. 24 n. 63 and p. 39, autograph cross in king's subscription, p. 44, on production; Chaplais 1965, pp. 49, 51-2, 53-4, original (= 1973, pp. 29, 32, 33-4); Ch.L.A., iv, pp. xvi-vii, xxiii, on script and production; Wright 1967, p. 56, MS 1 probably a later copy; Chaplais 1968, pp. 317-27, original, witness-list added later probably by same scribe, discusses latinity, formulation, date (= 1973, pp. 65-78); Chaplais 1969, pp. 538-40, compares formulation with that of S 19 (= 1973, pp. 102-5); Stenton 1971, pp. 141, 282, contemporary; Finberg 1972, pp. 406, 434, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 25-6, 27, 28, 42, on place-names; Harrison 1976, p. 118, on indiction; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142, 143, on witnesses and date; Sawyer 1978, pp. 146, 155, 157, earliest original; Rollason 1979, pp. 14-15, on estate; Scharer 1982, pp. 65-8, original; Wormald 1982, p. 98; Wormald 1985, pp. 3-5, 25, original; Making of England, pp. 43-4; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxiii-lxxxv passim, on Kentish diplomatic.
A.D. 686 (June). Eadric, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) near Stodmarsh, Kent. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 52v-53r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 131r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 27 ex MS 1; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 251-2, ex MS 1; B 67 ex K etc.; Earle, pp. 10-11, ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 15; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 7, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Plummer, Bede, ii. 204, genuine; Maitland 1897, p. 230, on an ancient formula; Stenton 1918, p. 437 n. 19, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 13-14, on place-names; Ward 1943, p. 23; Chaplais 1965, p. 56 (= 1973, p. 37); Chaplais 1968, pp. 320-1, on formulation (= 1973, p. 70); Cox 1976, pp. 21, 27, 45, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 68-70, fabrication with some genuine elements; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Campbell 1989, p. 23, on land-sale; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 31-3, generally acceptable, boundary clause perhaps an addition.
A.D. 689 (Canterbury, 1 March). Swæfheard (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Æthelred, king of Mercia, A.D. 691 (? Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January). Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 48v-49r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 85rv (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 76v-77r (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 56-7, ex MS 1; K 14 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 232-4, 237, ex MS 1; B 42 ex MS 1 etc.; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 40, ex MSS 1, 2, 3; Morris 1995, pp. 118-20, ex B.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 220; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Turner 1915, pp. xxxv-vi, xxxviii-ix; Stenton 1918, pp. 436, 437 nn. 19, 20, authentic, but dating clause inconsistent (= Stenton 1970, pp. 51, 52 n. 1); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 10, on place-names; John 1960, pp. 26, 50, 53; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 125-9; Harrison 1973/1, pp. 554-6, on dating clause; Cox 1976, pp. 25, 26, 27, 42, on place-names; Harrison 1976, pp. 69-70, 144-5, on dating; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142-4, on date; Whitelock, EHD, p. 18 n., on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 77-83, spurious but with some genuine elements; Brooks 1984, p. 77; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. ci-iii, 141-6, not authentic in its present form, but based on genuine seventh-century documentation. The inconsistent dating elements in MS 1 are the result of later medieval revision; the readings in the earlier MS 3 are entirely consistent.
c. A.D. 690. Swæfheard (Suabertus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) in Sturry and 3 at Bodsham, Kent. Latin.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 49rv (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 102r (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 77v (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, p. 58, ex MS 1; K 15 ex MS 1; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 234-5, ex MS 1; B 41 ex MS 1; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 41, ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Comments: Turner 1915, pp. xxxiv-vi, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 9-10, on place-names; Cox 1976, pp. 30, 42, on place-names; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on witnesses and date; Scharer 1982, pp. 83-4, not entirely genuine in present form; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Yorke 1985, pp. 21-2, on donor; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 147-9, essentially authentic.
A.D. 689 (July). Oswine, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 47v (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 130v (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 80rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 30 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 226-7, ex MS 1; B 73 ex MS 1* etc.; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 8, ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Translated: Jenkins, Lyminge, p. 17.
Comments: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 18-19; Plummer, Bede, ii. 204, spurious; Stevenson 1904, p. 220, seems to be genuine; Turner 1915, pp. xxiii-iv, despite difficulties it cannot be rejected as a mere forgery, cf. pp. xliii-iv; Stenton 1918, p. 437, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5, p. 52); Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 125-9; Cox 1976, p. 41, on place-name; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on date and witnesses; Scharer 1982, pp. 71-3, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 34-6, authentic.
A.D. 690 (27 January). Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 48r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 102r (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 77v-78v (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 54-5, ex MS 1; K 8 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, p. 229, ex MS 1; B 35 ex MS 1* etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 8; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 42, ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, 'seems to be genuine'; Turner 1915, pp. xxxiii-iv, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 437 nn. 19, 22, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5, p. 52 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 9, on place-name; John 1960, pp. 4, 10, 26, 50; Cox 1976, p. 42, on place-name; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on witnesses and date; Scharer 1982, pp. 73-5, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, possibly genuine elements; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 150-1, formulation eccentric, but probably genuine.
c. A.D. 690. Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 18 hides (manentes) in the Isle of Thanet, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 48rv (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 102rv (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 78rv (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 55-6, ex MS 1; K 10 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, p. 230, ex MS 1; B 40 ex MS 1* etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 10; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 43, ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Translated: Ward 1938, p. 61.
Comments: Turner 1915, pp. xxxiv, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 437 nn. 19, 22, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5, 52 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 9; John 1960, pp. 4, 49, 50; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 75-7, authenticity uncertain, perhaps altered in transmission; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 152-3, probably authentic.
A.D. 694 (17 July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Humantun in Thanet, Kent. Latin.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 61rv (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. C. vii, 187v (s. xvi/xvii; note)
3. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 102v (s. xiii)
4. PRO E 164/27, 78v-79r (s. xiii)
5. PRO DL. 42/149, 107v (s. xvi; note)
6. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 24r (s. xvii; no witnesses)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 192-3, ex MS 1; Alford 1663, ii. 417; Lewis 1736, pp. 58-9, ex MS 1; Wilkins, Concilia, iv. 746, ex Spelman; K 37 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 288-9, ex MS 1; B 86 ex MS 1* etc.; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 44, ex MSS 1, 3, 4.
Comments: HS, p. 242, spurious; Turner 1915, pp. xxxvi-vii, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 437 n. 19, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 15-17, on place-names; Levison 1946, pp. 230-1; Chaplais 1965, p. 50, on formulation (= 1973, pp. 30-1); Chaplais 1968, p. 316 n. 8, pp. 335-6, suspicious (= 1973, p. 64 n. 8, pp. 86-7); Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on date and witnesses; Scharer 1982, pp. 86-9, spurious, forged at Winchcombe in early ninth century; Brooks 1984, pp. 102-3, 348 n. 60, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 155-7, probably authentic, has complex relationship with S 156 and CCC 2 (S 1610) from the Christ Church archive.
A.D. 696 or 711 (March). Wihtred, king of Kent, and his wife Æthelburh to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Littlebourne, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 61v-62r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 85v-86r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 41 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 290-1, ex MS 1; B 90 ex MS 1* etc.; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 9, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Plummer, Bede, ii. 204, spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 437 n. 19, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 21, on place-name; Cox 1976, pp. 24, 30, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 89-90, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 37-8, authentic.
A.D. 696 (Berkamystede, Feb.). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Mildrith, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 61v (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 86r (s. xiii; narrative version)
Printed: Lewis 1736, p. 61, ex MS 1; K 39 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 289-90, ex MS 1; B 88 ex MS 1* etc.; B 845 ex MS 2; Scharer 1982, p. 91 n. 26, ex MS 2; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 45, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Liebermann, Gesetze, iii. 24-5, spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 437 n. 19, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 18, identifies Berkamystede as Bearsted, Kent; Cox 1976, pp. 29, 36, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 90-1, spurious; Everitt 1986, p. 371 n. 31, Berkamystede is probably not Bearstead; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 158-9, spurious.
A.D. 697 (April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Abbess Æbba; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hæg. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 62r (s. xv)
2. PRO E 164/27, 79r (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, p. 60, ex MS 1; K 42 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 291-2, ex MS 1; B 96 ex MS 1* etc.; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 46, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Turner 1915, pp. xxxvii-ix, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 437 n. 19, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 24-5, on place-name; Cox 1976, p. 21, on place-name; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142, 144, on date and witnesses; Rollason 1979, p. 15; Scharer 1982, pp. 91-2, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 160-2, some difficulties, but a genuine charter probably underlies the present text.
A.D. 697 or 712 (July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to St Mary's Church, Lyminge; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Lyminge)
MSS: 1. BL Stowe Ch. 1 (s. vii/viii; OS Facs., iii. 1; Ch.L.A., iii., no. 220; Ward 1936, facing pp. 14, 27; Wormald 1985, p. 18)
2. BL Stowe 853, 2rv (s. xvii)
There is a note of this charter in
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 195r (s. xii)Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2208, ex MS 3; Astle 1807 ex MS 1, with reproduction; K 43 ex Astle and MS 5; B 97 ex K and MS 1; Earle, pp. 408-9, ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 9; Fleming 1997, p. 11 (no. 6), ex MS 4.
Translated: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 19-20.
Comments: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 20-2; Sweet, OET, p. 428 (no. 5); Stenton 1918, p. 437 n. 19, original (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 25-7, on place-names; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, trustworthy; Ward 1936, p. 14; Wright 1950, pp. 387-8; Ch.L.A., iii., no. 220, contemporaneous, very probably original; Bruckner 1965, pp. 26, 27, on script, pp. 39, 42 n. 158; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xvii, on script; Chaplais 1969, pp. 538-40, original, script and name-forms may show Northumbrian influence, place-name later altered to Wieghelmestun, S 21 is an interpolated version(= 1973, pp. 102-5); Whitelock 1976, pp. 142, 144, on date and witnesses; Sawyer 1974, p. 114; Bischoff 1976, pp. 691-2, contemporary; Cox 1976, pp. 38, 41, on place-names; Sawyer 1978, p. 152, on place-name and endorsement; Scharer 1982, pp. 93-7, original; Wormald 1985, pp. 17, 25, 31 n. 48, original; Crick 1988, p. 265, on script; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxiii-v passim, on Kentish diplomatic; Kelly, Selsey, pp. xlvii-viii, on links with South Saxon diplomatic.
A.D. 699 (Cilling, 8 April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges. Latin.
Archives: Canterbury, Christ Church and St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Maidstone, Centre for Kentish Studies, U. 140 (? s. ix; BA Facs,, 1; Ward 1947, plates 1, 2; Hull, Guide, pl. xviii)
2. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 62v-63r (s. xv)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 77v (s. xv)
4. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii. 106r (s. xiii)
5. BL Harley 1757, 170v (s. xvii)
6. BL Stowe 853, 2v-3r (s. xvii)
7. PRO E 164/27, 25v-26r (s. xiii)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 198-9, ex MS 2; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 63, ex Spelman; K 44 ex MS 2 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 295-7, ex MS 2; HS, pp. 245-6, ex MS 2; B 99 ex K, HS and MS 2*; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 166-7; Ward 1947, pp. 13-14, ex MS 1; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 10, ex MSS 1, 2.
Translated: Ward 1947, p. 1.
Comments: HS, pp. 245-6, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 27-30, on place-names; Ward 1934/1; Ward 1947; Wright 1950, pp. 380, 388, MS 1 late 9th-century; Bruckner 1965, p. 13 n. 10, MS 1 early s. ix, partly palimpsest; Brooks 1971, p. 75 n. 1, MS 1 s. ix, probably authentic; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142, 144, on witnesses and date; Scharer 1982, pp. 97-100, authentic but MS 1 a later copy; Brooks 1984, pp. 183-4, 195, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 134, on nature of privilege; BA Facs., p. 3, MS 1 conceivably of given date, but more likely to be 9th-century; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 40-4, authentic, MS 1 probably a 9th-century copy of a 7th-century original, divergent regnal year and indiction in MS 2 are the result of later medieval tampering.
A.D. 700 or 715. Wihtred, king of Kent, to St Mary's Church, Lyminge; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun and pasture in Romney Marsh. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Lyminge)
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 88 (s. viii or ix; BM Facs., i. 4; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 189; Ward 1936, facing p. 11)
Printed: Smith, Bede, pp. 785-6; K 47; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 452-3 (no. 2); B 98; Earle, pp. 17-19; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 20.
Translated: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 19-20; Ward 1936, pp. 11-12.
Comments: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 20-2; Bond 1878, p. 7, 9th century; Stenton 1918, p. 427 n. 19, original (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 25-7, on place-names; Lowe 1935, p. xiii-xiv, trustworthy, a copy of S 19; Ward 1936, pp. 14-16; Ward 1949, p. 40; Wright 1950, p. 388; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 392, under Romney; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 189, contemporaneous, very probably original; Bruckner 1965, pp. 27, 27, on script, p. 42 n. 158; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xvii, treats as authentic, modelled on S 19; Chaplais 1969, p. 539 (= 1973, p. 103), interpolated version of S 19 produced a century or so later; Stenton 1971, p. 283, cited; Bischoff 1976, pp. 691-2, script probably mid 8th century; Cox 1976, pp. 26, 38, 41, 44-5, on place-names; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142, 144, on date and witnesses; Sawyer 1978, p. 152, 8th-century copy extending grant; Scharer 1982, pp. 94-7, interpolated version of S 19; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 27, on topography; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Brooks 1988, p. 93, on topography.
A.D. 699 x 716 (Bapchild, Kent). Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; grant of privileges and immunity to the churches and monasteries of Kent, with specific prohibition of lay domination over St Peter's at Upmynster, Reculver, Minster-in-Thanet, Dover, Folkestone, Lyminge, Minster-in-Sheppey and Hoo. Confirmation, dated A.D. 716, at a synod at Cloveshoh. Latin.
Archive: Christ Church, Canterbury
MSS: Full version
1. BL Stowe Ch. 2 (s. xi1; OS Facs., iii. 2)
2. BL Cotton Claud. D. ii, 31r-32r (s. xvi)
3. BL Stowe 853, 3r (s. xvii; incomplete)
4. BL Stowe 853, 15v-18r (s. xvii)
5. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 385-7 (s. xiii)
Short version
6. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 195rv (s. xii)
7. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 77rv (s. xv)
8. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 12-13r (s. xii)
9. BL Cotton Claud. D. ii, 28rv (s. xvi)
10. BL Harley 636, 36rv (s. xiv; French version)
11. BL Harley 1757, 170rv (s. xvi)
12. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 307-8 (s. xiii)
There are English and Latin versions of an account of the Council of Bapchild in BL Cotton Domit. viii, 44r-45v (s. xi2), printed B 94, 95 and in Magoun 1947, pp. 250-1.
Printed: Full version
Spelman, Concilia, i. 189-90; Alford 1663, ii. 415-16; Wilkins, Concilia, iv. 745-6; HS, pp. 238-40, 300-1, ex MS 5; B 91 ex HS and MSS 1, 2; Morris 1995, pp. 129-34, ex B.
Short version
Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 2208-9, ex MS 6; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 57-8; K 996 ex Twysden and MSS 7, 12; Thorpe, pp. 9-11; HS, pp. 242-4, ex MS 12; B 92 ex HS, K, Thorpe, and MSS 7, 9, 11, 12; B 93 ex MS 10; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 11; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 164-6; Fleming 1997, pp. 111-12 (no. 7), ex MS 8.
Comments: HS, pp. 238-42, 300-2; Stevenson 1914, p. 699 n. 48, MS 1 is an 11th-century copy of MS not later than 9th century, passages relating to Rochester and Christ Church are probably interpolations; Stenton 1933, p. 324 n. 2, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 190 n. 2); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 21-4, on place-names; Deanesly 1941/1, pp. 44, 51-2; Wright 1950, p. 392; Bishop 1959, p. 95, on script, cf. S 950; John 1960, p. 48, cited with reference to lay domination of minsters; Chaplais 1965, p. 60 n. 105, compares script of MS 1 with that of S 950 (= 1973, p. 42 n. 105); Chaplais 1966, p. 174, forgery, scribe of MS 1 also wrote S 950 and S 914 MS 3 (= 1973, p. 59); Stenton 1970, p. 86 n. 3, doubtful authenticity; Bishop 1971, p. 22, on scribe and script of MS 1; Cox 1976, pp. 16, 20, 21, 23, 25-6, 35, 37, 41, on place-names, Upmynster is a lost place near Minster-in-Thanet; Whitelock 1976, p. 144, probably spurious; Scharer 1982, pp. 100-2, spurious; Brooks 1984, pp. 191-7, forged in early 9th century, perhaps by Archbishop Wulfred, pp. 289-90, on scribe and script of MS 1, p. 366 n. 63, on Upmynster; Everitt 1986, pp. 187-9, 377 n. 15, Upmynster is probably Monkton in Thanet; Pfaff 1992, p. 279, on scribe of MS 1; Dumville 1993, p. 122 n. 59, pp. 131, 139, on scribe (Eadwig Basan) and script of MS 1; Cubitt 1995, pp. 263-4, spurious but witness-list essentially acceptable; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. xvi n. 13; John of Worcester, p. 165 n., on some witnesses.
A.D. 724. See S 1180. Æthelberht, son of King Wihtred, to Abbess Mildrith and Minster-in-Thanet; grant of 1 sulung by the river Limen.
A.D. 732 (Canterbury, 20 Feb.). Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to Dunn, priest and abbot, and the church of St Mary (Lyminge); grant of land by the river Limen and at Sandtun (Sampton, lost, in West Hythe), Kent. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Lyminge)
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 91 (s. viii1; BM Facs., i. 6; Ch.L.A., iii. no. 190)
Printed: K 77; Thorpe, pp. 20-1; B 148; Earle, pp. 24-6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 30.
Translated: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 22-3; Whitelock, EHD, no. 65 (p. 490).
Comments: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 23-4; Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, p. 428 (no. 6); Stevenson 1914, pp. 696, 703, contemporary; Stenton 1918, p. 451 n. 84, original (= Stenton 1970, p. 65 n. 8); PN Worcs., p. xxiii n. 1, original; Ward 1931/1; Lowe 1935, p. xiii-xiv, trustworthy; Parsons 1939, p. 14, genuine and contemporary; Ch.L.A., iii., no. 190, contemporaneous, very probably original; Bruckner 1965, pp. 26, 28, on script, p. 40, king's cross may be autograph, p. 44, on production; Brooks 1971, p. 75, earliest authentic charter to contain an immunity clause for a particular estate; Bischoff 1976, p. 692, original, both states may have been written by the same scribe; Sawyer 1978, p. 143, cited; Whitelock, EHD, p. 490, undoubtedly authentic; Scharer 1982, pp. 106-10, authentic; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 24, on Sandtun; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Brooks 1988, pp. 95-6, on topography; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxx-lxxxv passim, on Kentish formulation.
Note. One scribe wrote the main text and the first three witnesses, leaving spaces in which another scribe entered details of a second grant and added four more witnesses.
A.D. 741 (Lyminge). Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to the church of St Mary, Lyminge; grant of fishing rights in the river Limen, land around the oratorium of St Martin (? at New Romney), and pasture at Biscopes wic (The Wicks, Broomhill, Kent). Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Lyminge)
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 101 (s. viii; BM Facs., i. 8; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 192; Ward 1952, plate 1)
2. BL Stowe 853, 3v-4r (s. xvii)
Printed: K 86; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 453 (no. 4); B 160; Earle, pp. 34-6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 37.
Translated: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 24-5.
Comments: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 25-9; Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, pp. 428-9 (no. 7); Earle, p. 34, above suspicion although year and indiction do not agree, correct date probably 740; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 37-8, on place-names; Ward 1931, on topography; Ward 1934/2, p. 193, on Biscopeswic; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, trustworthy; Wright 1950, p. 388; Ward 1952; Sisam 1953, p. 3 n. 1, later forgery; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 192, poor copy, probably of late 8th century; Scharer 1982, pp. 110-13, original but should be dated 750, perhaps confirmation of transaction of 741; Brooks 1984, p. 344 n. 52, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Brooks 1988, pp. 98-9, on topography; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxii-lxxxv passim, on Kentish formulation; cf CCC 3 (S 1611), a version of S 24 with the names of donor and beneficiary altered.
A.D. 762. Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's) Canterbury; exchange whereby the minster cedes the half-use of a mill to the royal vill at Wye, Kent, in return for pasture rights in the Weald for its tenant at Chart, Kent. Latin.
Archive: St Augustine's, Canterbury
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 69rv (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 130v-131r (s. xiii)
3. PRO E 164/27, 4v (s. xiii; narrative version)
Printed: K 108 ex MS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 325-6, ex MS 1; B 191 ex Hardwick, K and MSS 1, 1*; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 49; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 11, ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Comments: Turner 1915, p. xxvi; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 45-6, on place-names; Finberg 1972, p. 499, on mill; Scharer 1982, pp. 113-15, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 45-7, authentic.
A.D. 727 (14 October). Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Abbess Mildrith (of Minster-in-Thanet) and her familia; grant of a half-sulung (aratrum) of land bi Northanwde. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 86rv (s. xiii)
2. PRO E 164/27, 79rv (s. xiii)
Printed: B 846 ex MS 1; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 48, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Turner 1915, pp. xxxvii-ix, authentic; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 270-1, on place-names; Harmer, Writs, p. 568, based on authentic material; Scharer 1982, pp. 105-6, 115-16, authentic basis but not genuine in present form; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 166-7, likely to be fundamentally authentic, probably drawn up at Minster and modelled on S 1180. Incarnation year of S 26 can be read 724 or 727; the latter would agree with the regnal year and the implication that Wihtred was dead.
A.D. 738 (Canterbury, April). (a) Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Ealdwulf, bishop, and the see of St Andrew; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Stoke in Hoo, Kent. (b) Bishop Ealdwulf presents the charter to King Æthelberht II and Archbishop Nothhelm for confirmation. Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 119v-120v (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 27; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 64-6; K 85; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 162 (no. 4); Thorpe, pp. 24-5; B 159; Earle, pp. 32-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 36; Campbell, Rochester, no. 3.
Translated: Ward 1939, pp. 17-18.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 36-7, on place-names; Ward 1939, pp. 17-20; Stenton 1971, p. 304, cited; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 153-6; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xv, xxii, likely to be authentic; Scharer 1982, pp. 116-19, authentic basis but not genuine in present form; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxiii-lxxxv passim, on Kentish formulation.
Note. The date belongs to the confirmation, which may have been rather later than the initial grant.
A.D. 762 or 763 (Canterbury, 25 July). Eadberht II, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 6 sulungs (aratra) at Mongeham, Kent, with rights in woodland at Singledge, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 67v-68r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 133rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 107 ex MS 1 etc.; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 319-21, ex MS 1; B 190 ex Hardwick, K, and MSS 1, 1*; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 13, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Turner 1915, pp. xxv-vi; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 44-5. on place-names; John 1960, p. 29, on detail of formulation; Chaplais 1968, p. 329, on formulation of proem (= 1973, pp. 79-80); Scharer 1982, pp. 120-4, spurious in present form, diating discussed Kelly, St Augustine's, p. ciii, on late medieval tampering with date, pp. 53-6, authentic, regnal year in MS 1 altered to identify the donor with Eadberht I (d. 748), see also S 29, 1612.
A.D. 763 or 764. Eadberht II, king of Kent, to Sigeburga, abbess, and her familia at St Peter's Minster, Thanet; remission of toll due on two ships at Fordwich, and on a third at Fordwich and Sarre, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 68v-69r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 86v (s. xiii)
3. PRO, E 164/27, 150r-151r (s. xiii/xiv)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 1-2, ex MS 1; K 106 ex MSS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 322-4, ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 35-6, ex MS 1; B 189 ex K and MS 1*; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 53, ex MSS 1, 2, 3.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 43-4, on place-names; Levison 1946, p. 185, on formulation; Ward 1943, pp. 23-4; John 1966, p. 23 n., on identification of donor; Whitelock, EHD, p. 491, cited; Scharer 1982, pp. 210-11, fundamentally authentic but may have been tampered with; Kelly 1992, authentic; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim, on diplomatic, p. ciii, on late medieval tampering with date, pp. 181-2, authentic, regnal year of MS 1 altered to identify the donor with Eadberht I (d. 748), cf. also S 28, 1612.
c. A.D. 762 x 764. See CCC 4 (S 1612). Eadberht II, king of Kent, to Abbot Deneheah and Reculver church; remission of toll due on one ship at Fordwich, Kent.
A.D. 762 for c. 748 x 760. Eardwulf, king of Kent, to the church of St Andrew, Rochester; grant of pasture rights at Holanspic, at Petteridge in Brenchley, and at Lindridge, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 123rv (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 70-1; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 15-16; K 96; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 165 (no. 25); B 175; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 42; Campbell, Rochester, no. 4.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 39-41, on place-names; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xvii-viii, xxii, incorrect A.D. date perhaps added by copyist; Witney 1978, on swine-pastures, location of Holanspic discussed; Scharer 1982, pp. 125-6, authentic basis; Wormald 1985, p. 25, authentic basis; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 200, on date.
c. A.D. 748 x 762. Eardwulf, king of Kent, to Heaberht, abbot, and his familia in the minster at Reculver; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Reculver)
MSS: 1. BL Stowe Ch. 3 (s. viii2 or s. viii/ix; OS Facs., iii. 3; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 221)
2. BL Stowe 853, 4v-5r (s. xvii)
Shortened version
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 200r (s. xii)Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2220, ex MS 3; K 1005 ex Twysden and MS 5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 455 (no. 5), ex MS 6; B 176 ex MS 5; B 199 ex MS 1; Earle, p. 410 ex MS 5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 18; Fleming 1997, p. 133 (no. 47), ex MS 4.
Comments: Sweet, OET, p. 429 (no. 8); Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 37, MS 5 a chartulary note with exemption added, p. 703, MS 1 a contemporary text; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 41, 51, suggests Perhamstede is Palmstead, Kent; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, MS 1 trustworthy; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 24-6, MS 1 genuine and contemporary; Wright 1950, pp. 388-9, MS 1 in hand of late 9th century; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 221, MS 1 contemporaneous, possibly original; Bruckner 1965, p. 28, on script, p. 40, crosses may be autograph, p. 43 n. 162, on endorsement; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Sawyer 1978, p. 102, cited; Scharer 1982, pp. 126-8, 222, contemporary, dates 762; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 200, on dating limits.
A.D. 762. Sigered, king of Kent, to Eardwulf, bishop, to augment his monastery; grant of 1.5 iugera in the northern part of the city of Rochester. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 122r-123r (s. xii1; facsimile)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office , DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 4rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 27-8; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 68-70; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., p. 15, ex MS 1; K 110 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 162 (no. 5), ex MS 1; B 193 ex Hearne, K and MSS 1, 1*; Earle, pp. 331-2; Campbell, Rochester, no. 5, ex MS 1.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, p. 47, on place-name; Levison 1946, pp. 184-6, on diplomatic liks with other Kentish charters; Stenton 1971, p. 206, cited; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxiii, authentic; Scharer 1982, pp. 222-4, authentic; cf. S 131, apparently Offa's confirmation of S 32.
A.D. 761 x 764 (probably 762 x 764). Sigered, king of half Kent, to Eardwulf, bishop of Rochester; grant of 20 sulungs (aratra) at Islingham, Kent, and swine-pastures in the western Weald, with confirmation by King Eanmund. Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 125r-126v (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 28-9; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 74-7; K 114; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 163 (no. 7), 165 (no. 26); B 194; Earle, pp. 49-51; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 52; Campbell, Rochester, no. 8.
Comments: Maitland 1897, pp. 234-5, cited; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 448 n. 66 (= Stenton 1970, p. 62 n. 1); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 47-9, on place-names; Stenton 1955, p. 35, cited; John 1960, pp. 10, 29, on details of formulation; Chaplais 1968, p. 329 (= 1973, p. 79), on formulation of proem; Brooks 1971, p. 79, on immunity clause; Stenton 1971, p. 206, cited; Finberg 1972, pp. 404, 462, cited; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xv-xvi, xviii, xxiii, authentic; Witney 1976, p. 234, on swine-pastures; Scharer 1982, pp. 220-2, authentic; Brooks 1984, p. 112, on historical background; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 53-4, on formulation, p. 201, on dating limits; cf. S 105, possibly Offa's confirmation of this charter.
A.D. 765. Egbert, king of Kent, to Eardwulf, bishop; grant of land at Rochester, confirmed by Heahberht, king of Kent, and (A.D. 765 x 772, Medeshamstede) by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 126v-127r (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 77-9; Thorpe. Reg. Roff., pp. 16-17; K 113; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn) i. 166 (no. 27); B 196; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 51; Campbell, Rochester, no. 7.
Comments: HS, p. 413, attestations and date questionable; Stevenson 1904, p. 331 n. 4, genuine; Stenton 1933, p. 325, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 191); John 1966, p. 25, cited; Stenton 1971, p. 207, cited; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxiii, authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 99, witness-list is suspect; Scharer 1982, pp. 223, 226, authenticity uncertain; Wormald 1983, pp. 116-17, treats as authentic; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 201, on historical background.
A.D. 778 (Canterbury). Egbert, king of Kent, to Deora, bishop of Rochester; grant of a half sulung (aratrum) at Bromhey in Frindsbury, Kent, and a marsh called Scaga. Latin, with bounds of appurtenant meadows in Hreodham (? Redham in Cliffe, Kent).
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 34 (s. viii2; BM Facs., ii. 4; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 195)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 129r-130r (s. xii1; facsimile)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 5r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 82-3; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 187-8; K 132 and vol. iii. 382-3; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 166-7 (no. 29); B 227; Earle, pp. 54-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 65; Campbell, Rochester, no. 9.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is rather later; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 56-9, on place-names; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, on script; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 195, contemporaneous, probably original, crosses perhaps autograph; Bruckner 1965, p. 12 n. 3, MS 1 contemporary, bounds added s. xi, p. 28, on script, p. 40, crosses may be autograph; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Finberg 1972, pp. 406-7, cited with reference to meadow; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xiv, xviii, xxiii, authentic, MS 1 not before c. 800, bounds slightly later; Sawyer 1978, p. 102, original; Scharer 1982, p. 223 n. 44, cited; Brown 1986, p. 129, on script; cf. S 130, which may be a confirmation or reissue of S 35 and 36.
A.D. 779 (Rochester). Egbert, king of Kent, to Deora, bishop of Rochester; grant of a half sulung (aratrum) at Bromhey in Frindsbury, Kent, and a marsh on the Iaenlade (? Yantlet Creek). Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 130rv (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 84-5; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 188-9; K 135; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 167 (no. 30); B 228; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 68; Campbell, Rochester, no. 10.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, p. 59, on place-names; Ward 1943, p. 24; Stenton 1971, p. 207, cited; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xvi, xxiii, authentic; Scharer 1982, p. 223 n., cited; Keynes 1993, pp. 115-16, on a witness; cf. S 130, which may be a confirmation or reissue of S 35 and 36.
A.D. 765 x 785. Egbert, king of Kent, to Deora, bishop of Rochester, and the church of St Andrew; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Halling, Kent, with appurtenant swine-pastures at Bixle, Speldhurst, Mæreden, Rusthall and Teppanhyse, Kent. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 127v-129r (s. xii1; facsimile)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office , DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 3r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 79-81; K 160 and vol. iii. 386; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 166 (no. 28); B 260; Earle, pp. 57-9; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 83; Campbell, Rochester, no. 15.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, authentic; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 74-9, on place-names; Du Boulay 1961, p. 1 n., Bixle is not Bexley; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xvi, xxiii, authentic; Sandred 1976, Witney 1976, pp. 234-5, on swine-pastures; Scharer 1982, pp. 223, 226, authentic, dates to 765 or shortly afterwards, bounds added later; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 201, on date.
A.D. 784. Ealhmund, king of Kent, to Wihtred, abbot, and his familia at Reculver; grant of 12 sulungs (aratra) at Sheldwich, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Reculver)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 196v (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 14v (s. xii)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 310 (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 9v-10r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2211, ex MS 1; K 1013 ex Twysden and MS 3; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 455 (no. 4), ex MS 4; B 243 ex K and MS 3; Earle, pp. 410-11 ex K etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 25; Fleming 1997, p. 116 (no. 12), ex MS 2.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 59-61, on place-names; Stenton 1971, p. 207 n. 7, 13th-century abstract, but has some ancient features; Davies 1972, p. 468, spurious elements; Sawyer 1978, pp. 102, 104-5, on Ealhmund; Scharer 1982, p. 226, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 113, 349 n. 15, abbreviated cartulary version of a lost charter, date may not be reliable.
A.D. 805. Cuthred, king of Kent, to Aldberht, his minister, and Selethryth, abbess; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) at Ruckinge, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Lyminge)
MS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Stowe Ch. 853, 11rv (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: B 1336.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, p. 307, on place-name; Wright 1950, p. 390; Scharer 1982, p. 264, authentic; Brooks 1988, pp. 95-6, on topography; Keynes 1993/1, p. 114 n. 13, cited.
A.D. 805 (26 July, Acleah). Cuthred, king of Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) at Hrithra leah, part of an estate of 15 hides (manentes) at Buckholt in Petham, Kent, in return for 30 mancuses. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 87 (s. ix1; BM Facs., ii. 8)
2. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 389 (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, James 24, p. 100 (s. xvii; extract)
Printed: K 190; HS, pp. 558-9; B 322; Earle, pp. 284-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 102; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 434-5.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 rather later and retouched; Stenton 1918, p. 450 n. 74, original (= Stenton 1970, p. 64 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 105-6, on place-names; Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 4, original; Ch.L.A., iii, p. 46, scribe also wrote S 153; Bruckner 1965, p. 29, on script; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Finberg 1972, p. 410, on place-name; Harrison 1973, p. 60, on dating; Scharer 1982, p. 63 n. 9, p. 104 n. 9, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 359-60 n. 67, MS 1 later copy; Keynes 1993/1, p. 113 n. 6, p. 114 n. 13, cited; Cubitt 1995, p. 282; cf. CCC 8 (S 1615).
A.D. 805 x 807. Cuthred, king of Kent, to Æthelnoth, praefectus; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne, Kent, in return for 3000 pence. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 100 (s. ix1; BM Facs., ii. 7)
2. BL Stowe Ch. 8 (s. ix1; OS Facs., iii. 8)
3. BL Stowe 853, 12rv (s. xvii)
Printed: Madox 1702, p. 174, ex MS 1; K 191; B 318 ex MSS 1, 2; Earle, pp. 75-6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 103.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 41, contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 100-1, on place-name; Campbell 1938, p. 143, authentic, MSS 1 and 2 in the same hand; Parsons 1939, p. 14, MS 1 genuine and contemporary; Wright 1950, pp. 390-1; Ch.L.A. iv, p. xviii, on script; Cubitt 1995, pp. 282-3, authentic; cf. S 1500, which followed the text of S 41 in MS 2 and concerns future arrangements for the land.
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