Charters of Christ Church, Canterbury, ed. N. P. Brooks and S. E. Kelly, Anglo-Saxon Charters (The British Academy, forthcoming)

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1. (S 1609) Eadbald, king of Kent, grants land at Adisham, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 616
2. (S 8) Hlothhere, king of the men of Kent, grants land at Westanae in Thanet and at Sturry, Sturry, to Abbot Beorhtwald and his monastery [at Reculver]. [A.D. 679] (May)
2A. (S 8) Short version of 2.
3. (S 230) King Cædwalla grants seventy hides at Pagham, Shripney, Charlton, Bognor, Bersted, North Bersted, Crimsham, North and South Mundham (all in Sussex) to Bishop Wilfrid; and ten hides at Tangmere, Sussex, to the community of St Andrew at Wedringmutha (Pagham Harbour). A.D. 680
3A. (S 230) Short version of 3, with the addition of land at Slindon, Sussex.
4. (S 1610) King Cædwalla and his wife Cynethryth grant four sulungs at Giddinge and Wootton, Kent, to Archbishop Theodore and Christ Church. A.D. 687
5. (S 19) Wihtred, king of the men of Kent, grants four sulungs at Pleghelmestun to the church of St Mary, Lyminge. [A.D. 697 or 712] (July)
5A. (S 19) Short version of 5.
6. (S 21) Wihtred, king of the men of Kent, grants four sulungs at Pleghelmestun and pasture for 300 sheep at Rumining seta to the church of St Mary, Lyminge. [A.D. 697 or 712]
7. (S 20) Wihtred, king of Kent, grants privileges to the churches and monasteries of Kent. A.D. 699 (8 April)
8. (S 22) (a) Wihtred, king of the men of Kent, grants immunity to the churches and monasteries of Kent. [A.D. 699 x 716]
(b) Confirmation by a synod at Clofesho. A.D. 716
8A. (S 22) Abbreviated and revised version of 8 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. A.D. 694
8B. (S 22) Abbreviated and revised version of 8 in the Christ Church cartulary. A.D. 694
9. (S 65) (a) Swæfred, king of the East Saxons, and Pæogthath, comes, grant thirty hides at Twickenham, Middlesex, to Waldhere, bishop [of London]. A.D. 704 (13 June)
(b) Confirmation by Ceolred, king of the Mercians. [A.D. 709 x 716]
10. (S 23) Æthelberht II, king of the men of Kent, grants a quarter sulung by the river Limen, 120 cartloads of timber and ten iugera at Sampton (lost, in West Hythe), Kent, to Dun, priest and abbot, and to the church of St Mary [at Lyminge]. [A.D. 732] (20 February)
11. (S 24) Æthelberht II, king of the men of Kent, grants a fishery on the river Limen, the oratorium of St Martin (? at New Romney, Kent) with the fishermen's dwellings and a quarter sulung in the same place, and pasture-land in the marsh called Biscopeswic, to the church of St Mary, Lyminge. A.D. 741
11A. (S 1611) King Eadberht I, cognomento Eating, grants a fishery on the river Limen, the oratorium of St Martin (? at New Romney, Kent) with the fishermen's dwellings and a quarter sulung, and pasture-land in the marsh called Biscopeswic, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 741
12. (S 90) (a) A synod at Clofeshos confirms King Wihtred's decree on the election of the heads of the Kentish minsters (cf. 8).
(b) Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, declares that the authority of Christ Church south of the Humber shall not be challenged, and confirms that the Kentish minsters shall enjoy the exemption from secular burdens granted by King Wihtred (cf. 7). A.D. 742
12A. (S 90) Abbreviated and edited version of 12 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
12B. (S 90) Abbreviated and edited version of 12 in the Christ Church cartulary.
13. (S 100) Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, grants seven hides in the district called Geddinges (cf. Yeading), Middlesex, to Wihtred, comes, and to Ansith (Answyth), his wife. [A.D. 716 x 757]
14. (S 31) Eardwulf, king of Kent, grants one sulung at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent, to Abbot Heaberht and the familia of Reculver minster. [c. A.D. 748 x 762]
14A. (S 31) Short version of 14
15. (S 1612) Eadberht II, king of Kent, grants the toll of one ship at the port of Fordwich, Kent, to Abbot Deneheah and the church of St Mary, Reculver. A.D. 747 [for 762 x 764]
16. (S 106) (a) Offa, king of the Mercians, grants thirty hides between Harrow(on-the-Hill) and the Lidding (Wealdstone Brook), Middlesex, and east of the Lidding, to Abbot Stithberht, in exchange for thirty hides at Wicham in Ciltinne. A.D. 767
(b) Confirmation of the purchase of the land by Pilheard, comes of Coenwulf, king of the Mercians. [A.D. 799 x 801]
17. (S 50) (a) Ealdwulf, king [of the South Saxons], grants sixteen hides at Stanmer, Lindfield and Burleigh, Sussex, to Hunlaf, comes, for the building of a monastery. [? c. A.D. 760 x 771]
(b) Confirmation by Offa, king of the Mercians. [c. A.D. 771 x 796]
18. (S 108) Offa, king of the English, grants eight hides at Bexhill, Sussex, to Oswald, bishop of Selsey, for the building of a monastery, with reversion after his death to the church of Selsey. A.D. 772 (15 August)
19. (S 110) Offa, king of the English, grants five sulungs at Hehham (Higham Upshire), Kent, to Archbishop Jænberht. A.D. 774
20. (S 111) Offa, king of the English, grants three sulungs at Lydd, Kent, to Archbishop Jænberht for Christ Church. A.D. 774.
20A. (S 111) Short version of 20.
21. (S 38) Ealhmund, king of Kent, grants twelve sulungs at Sheldwich, Kent, to Abbot Wihtred and the familia at Reculver. A.D. 784
22. (S 123) Offa, king of the Mercians, grants to Ealdberht, minister, and Selethryth, his sister, fourteen sulungs at Ickham and Palmstead (in Hardres), Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald and in Blean Forest, a fishery and rights to gather wood for timber and fuel. A.D. 785
23. (S 125) Offa, king of the Mercians, grants to Ealdberht, minister, and to Abbess Selethryth, his sister, fifteen sulungs at Ickham, Palmstead and Ruckinge, Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald, in Buckholt and Blean Forest, wood-gathering privileges in Hardres, Buckholt and Blean, the uicus at Curringtun in Canterbury and a fishery and salterns. A.D. 786
23A. (S 1614) Offa, king of the Mercians, grants to Christ Church, Canterbury, fifteen sulungs at Ickham, Palmstead and Ruckinge, Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald, in Buckholt and in Blean Forest, and other appurtenances. A.D. 791
24. (S 128) Offa, king of the Mercians, grants one sulung at Duningcland in the district of Eastry, Kent, to Osberht, minister, and his wife. A.D. 788
25. (S 132) Offa, king of the English, grants sixty hides at Hayes and Yeading and thirty at Twickenham, Middlesex, to Archbishop Æthelheard, for the church of the Holy Saviour [Christ Church] in Canterbury. A.D. 790 [? for 795]
25A. (S 132) (a) Abbreviated version of 25 in the Christ Church cartulary.
(b) Notice of King Offa's grant of Otford, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 757 x 796]
26. (S 153) (a) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants land at Hremping wiic (also known as Hafingseota) to Oswulf, dux and minister, in exchange for land at Bobingseata. [A.D. 798]
(b) Oswulf, dux, grants this marshland to Lyminge minster. [A.D. 798 x ? c. 810]
27. (S 1258) Archbishop Æthelheard grants the minsters at Cookham, Berkshire, and at Pectanege (or Teccanege), to Abbess Cynethryth, in exchange for sixty hides at Fleet (i.e., Northfleet), thirty at Teynham and twenty at the source of the Cray, Kent. [A.D. 798]
28. (S 1430a) Decree of a council at Bapchild, Kent, concerning the liberties of the Church. A.D. 798
29. (S 155) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, restores thirty sulungs at Charing, ten at Seleberhtes cert alias Bryning lond (Great Chart) and four at Humbing lond in Barham, Kent, to the metropolitan church of the Saviour [Christ Church], Canterbury. A.D. 799
29A. (S 155) Short version of 29.
30. (S 156) Coenwulf, king [of the Mercians], and his wife Cynegyth grant four sulungs at Giddinge and Wootton, Kent, to an unidentified archbishop and his familia at Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 799] (17 July)
31. (S 1613) Coenwulf, king [of the Mercians], grants twelve sulungs at Teynham, Kent, to the metropolitan church of the Saviour [Christ Church], in exchange for twelve sulungs at Cræges æuulma [Newell in Orpington, Kent]. A.D. 791 [for 798 x 805, ? 801]
32. (S 1431a) Decree of a synod of Clofesho concerning the restoration of the metropolitan rights of the see of Canterbury and the abolition of the archbishopric of Lichfield. A.D. 803 (12 October)
32A. (S 1431a) Abbreviated and revised version of 32.
33. (S 1431b) (a) Decree of a synod of Clofesho concerning the lordship of monasteries. A.D. 803 (12 October)
(b) Variant version of witness-list.
34. (S 160) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, and Cuthred, king of the men of Kent, grant six iugera in Canterbury to Abbess Selethryth and her familia at St Mary's minster, Lyminge. A.D. 804
34A. (S 160) Short version of 34.
35. (S 39) Cuthred, king of Kent, grants two sulungs at Ruckinge, Kent, to Ealdberht, his minister, and Selethryth, abbess. A.D. 805
36. (S 1259) Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, restores four sulungs at Bishopsbourne, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 805
36A. (S 1259) Short, altered and misdated version of 36. A.D. 800
37. (S 161) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, and Cuthred, king of the men of Kent, grant two hides (equivalent to one sulung) at Swarling, Kent, and one 'yokelet' at Ecgheanng lond to Wulfheard, priest of the late Archbishop Æthelheard. A.D. 805
38. (S 40) Cuthred, king of Kent, grants two sulungs at Hrithra leah in Buckholt, Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop of Canterbury. A.D. 805 (26 July)
38A. (S 1615) Shortened and conflated version of 38 and 48.
39. (S 41) Cuthred, king of the men of Kent, grants three sulungs at Eythorne, Kent, to Æthelnoth, praefectus. [A.D. 805 x 807]
39A. (S 1500) Will of Æthelnoth, reeve at Eastry, and his wife Gænburg, concerning the disposition of their land at Eythorne, Kent. [A.D. 805 x 824]
40. (S 163) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants one and a half sulungs at Cooling, Kent, to Eadwulf, minister. A.D. 808 (16 April)
41. (S 164) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants seven sulungs at Barham, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 809
41A. (S 1616) Short and conflated version of 41 and of a lost diploma in which King Coenwulf grants twenty-five acres at Ibbinctun, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred for Christ Church.
42. (S 1188) (a) Ealdorman Oswulf and Beornthryth his wife grant twenty sulungs at Stanhamstede (cf. Stonstead Green in Adlington), Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [probably c. A.D. 798 x 810]
(b) Archbishop Wulfred establishes an annual food-rent from the estate. [A.D. 805 x 832]
43. (S 1264) Archbishop Wulfred grants to the Christ Church community three sulungs at Folcuuining lond, in the district of Eastry, a further sulung in the same district and a fifth sulung at Dunwaling lond in exchange for four sulungs at Burnan (cf. Bishopsbourne), Kent. A.D. 811 (21 April)
44. (S 168) (a) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants two sulungs at Appincg lond near Rainham, two sulungs at Suithhunincg lond at Graveney, and two and a half tenements (hagae) in Canterbury, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 811 (1 August)
(b) Interpolated passage referring to one sulung in Romney Marsh and one at Elmsted, Kent.
44A. (S 1617) Short and conflated version of 44 and 46.
45. (S 170) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants twenty acres at Ibentea and two elsewhere in the district of Faversham, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 812 (31 October)
46. (S 169) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants one sulung at Graveney and a 'yokelet' at Caseborne (lost, in Cheriton) to Archbishop Wulfred, in exchange for one sulung, equivalent to two hides, at Swarling and a 'yokelet' at Ecgheang lond, Kent. A.D. 812
47. (S 1265) Archbishop Wulfred establishes a constitution for the familia of Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 813 (? for 808 x 813)
48. (S 177) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants one sulung at Cynincges cua lond near Westwood, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 814 (25 November)
49. (S 175) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants ten sulungs at Bexley, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 814
49A. (S 175) Short version of 49. A.D. 815
50. (S 176) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants thirty acres at Bingley's Island, Canterbury, to Archbishop Wulfred and Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 814
50A. (S 1618) Shortened and conflated version of 50 and 47 and a lost grant of land adjacent to the church of John the Baptist, Canterbury. A.D. 814
51. (S 178) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants one hide at Seleberhting lond in the district of Faversham, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 815 (19 March)
52. (S 1619) Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, grants land at Copstone (lost, in Otford), Greatness and Scealdefordan, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 821
53. (S 186) Ceolwulf, king of the Mercians, grants five sulungs at Mylentun (in Otford), Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 822 (17 September)
53A. (S 186) Short version of 53.
54. (S 187) Ceolwulf, king of the Mercians and of the men of Kent, grants land in and near Canterbury to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 823 (23 May)
54A. (S 187) Short version of 54.
55. (S 1266) Archbishop Wulfred grants five sulungs at Eythorne and Langdon (lost, in Eythorne) to Christ Church, in return for five sulungs at Barham and Suithberhtincgland, Kent. A.D. 824 (23 July)
55A. (S 1621) Shortened and conflated version of 55, 43 and of a lost grant of Easturwaldingtun in Canterbury. A.D. 824
56. (S 1434) Record from a synod of Clofesho concerning Archbishop Wulfred's recovery of four sulungs at Easole, Kent, promised to him by Ealdberht, comes. A.D. 824
57. (S 1434) Bounds of eight sulungs at Godmersham, Kent, granted by Berhtwulf (? for Beornwulf), king of the Mercians, to Archbishop Wulfred. [? A.D. 823 x 825]
57A. (S 1620) King Beornwulf grants eight sulungs at Godmersham, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 822 [for 823 x 825]
58. (S 1434) Bounds of eight sulungs at Challock, Kent.
59. (S 1436) Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred and Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, and Coenwulf's heir, Abbess Cwoenthryth, concerning the monasteries of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet, and of its settlement by the transfer to Wulfred of 100 hides at Harrow, Herefrething lond, Wembley and Yeading (all in Middlesex) and thirty hides at Combe, Kent. A.D. 825 [? for c. 827]
59A. (S 1436) Edited and abbreviated version of 59.
60. (S 188) Wiglaf, king of the Mercians, grants five hides at Botwell, Middlesex, to Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 831 (1 September)
60A. (S 188) Short version of 60. A.D. '829'
61. (S 282) Ecgberht, king of the West Saxons and of the men of Kent, grants one sulung at Warehorne and Flothammas, Kent, to Ætheric, his minister. A.D. 845 [for c. 825 x 832, ? 830]
62. (S 1268) Archbishop Wulfred grants to Christ Church, Canterbury, the reversion, after his death, of four sulungs at Sceldesforda (i.e., North Barham), Kent, with thirty acres of pasture, together with eighty-five segetes formerly belonging to Cyneheard the deacon and land in Canterbury formerly belonging to the monk Dodda. [c. A.D. 825 x 832]
63. (S 1622) Fragment of a bequest by Archbishop Wulfred to his successors. [A.D. 805 x 832]
64. (S 1414) Werhard, priest, bequeathes land to Christ Church, Canterbury, partly in fulfilment of the will of Archbishop Wulfred. A.D. 830 [for 833 x c. 845]
65. (S 270) Ecgberht, king of Kent, grants 150 acres at Sampton (lost, in West Hythe), Kent, to Abbess (or Abbot) Dunne and the church of St Mary [at Lyminge]. A.D. 773 [? for 833]
66. (S 1624) Abbess Cynewaru grants Wirksworth, Derbyshire, to Humberht (or Hunberht), dux, burdened with an annual render of lead to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 835
67. (S 323) Æthelwulf, king of Kent, confirms to the community [of Christ Church, Canterbury] lands at Langham, Blakeburnham, Plegwinigham and Ofneham, with pasture in Hliossole and Ægelbertinherst, woodland commons in Esteogheringdenne and Heronden, and a property in Canterbury with two meadows at Shettinge and Thanington. A.D. '841' [for c. 833 x 836]
67A. (S 1623) Alternative and shortened version of 67, with reference to additional estates at Ebony, Deiferthesea and Misleham and with the Canterbury property named as Bertun (Barton). A.D. 832 [for 833 x 836]
68. (S 286) Æthelwulf, king of Kent, grants one hide at se Eastrestadelham (? Little Shuttlesfield in Lyminge) and seven acres adjacent to the minster at Lyminge, Kent, to Archbishop Ceolnoth. A.D. 838 (19 November)
68A. (S 286) Short and misdated version of 68. A.D. 839
69. (S 1438) (a) Record of an agreement made at Kingston, Middlesex, between Archbishop Ceolnoth and Kings Ecgberht and Æthelwulf, concerning the recovery of land at Mallingum (? East Malling, Kent, or South Malling, Sussex). A.D. 838
(b) Additional agreement concerning the election of abbots and abbesses to the Kentish minsters.
(c) Confirmation by King Æthelwulf at a synod of Wilton. [A.D. 838 or 839]
(d) Confirmation by a Southumbrian synod held æt Astran. A.D. 839
69A. (S 1438) Short version of 69.
70. (S 1482) (a) Will of Abba, reeve, including the bequest of a half-sulung at Chillenden, Kent. [c. A.D. 833 x 839. ? 835]
(b) Heregyth, wife of Abba, arranges for an annual render to be paid from her estate at Challock, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury.
71. (S 287) (a) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, the men of Kent and all the southern people, grants a property in Canterbury with twenty-two appurtenant acres to Dudda (Ithda). A.D. 839
(b) Confirmation by Alfred, king of the West Saxons, and note of the purchase of this estate by Lulla from Æthelwald. [A.D. 871 x 888]
(c) Further witnesses to Æthelwulf's charter.
(d) Note of the purchase of the estate by Archbishop Dunstan from Uhtlufu and her sons and his grant of it to St Martin's, Canterbury. [A.D. 959 x 988]
72. (S 1625) Record of the purchase by Archbishop Ceolnoth of land at (? Little) Chart, Kent, from Heleth (or Ælethe), princeps. A.D. 829 or 839 [for 833 x 870]
73. (S 293) (a) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons and men of Kent, grants ten (originally eleven) sulungs at (Little) Chart, Kent, to Æthelmod, minister. A.D. 843 (28 May)
(b) Names of witnesses from an attached schedule.
74. (S 1439) Dispute-settlement upholding the rights of the minsters of Christ Church, Folkestone, Dover and Lyminge over property bequeathed by Oswulf, dux. A.D. 844
74A. (S 1626) Short and conflated version of 74 and 42. A.D. 844
75. (S 204) Berhtwulf, king [of the Mercians], grants nine hides at Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, with two hides by the River Ray to Forthred, his thegn. [A.D. 844 x 845]
76. (S 1194) Werenberht, minister regis and praefectus, grants one hide of his own land at Roxeth (in Harrow), Middlesex, to Werheard, priest and abbot, in exchange for another similar property there. A.D. 845 (8 November)
77. (S 296) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons and the men of Kent, grants a villa and nineteen acres near Canterbury to Badanoth, his apparitor. A.D. 845 (16 November)
78. (S 1510) Will of Badanoth Beotting. [A.D. 845 x 853]
79. (S 1195) (a) Ealhburh and Eadwald grant an annual food-rent from their estate at Burnan to Christ Church, Canterbury.
(b) Ealhhere commands Ealawynn, his daughter, to pay an annual rent from three sulungs at Finglesham, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [c. A.D. 850]
80. (S 1862) Fragment of a charter of Æthelwulf, king [of the West Saxons], concerning a grant of twelve hides and a separate hide. A.D. 854 (23 April)
81. (S 316) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons and the men of Kent, grants one sulung at Ulaham (Monks Horton), Kent, to Ealdhere, minister. A.D. 855
82. (S 319) (a) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons and the men of Kent, grants land at Horton, Kent, to Eadred. A.D. 874 [for 839 x 844, ? 844] With additional material about the subsequent descent of the land.
(b) Note of the purchase of a portion of the land by Leofric.
83. (S 328) (a) King Æthelberht grants five sulungs at Wassingwell (cf. Eastwell, Westwell) to Wulflaf, minister, in return for five sulungs at Mersham, Kent. A.D. 858
(b) Summary of the transaction, adding that Mersham was converted into folkland for the king but without the dependent marsh farms, the saltern and its supply of firewood.
84. (S 1197) Lufu, ancilla Dei, bequeaths an annual food-rent from land at Mongeham, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 843 x 863, ? 843 x 859]
85. (S 1196) Record of the purchase by Plegred from Æthelmod, dux, of part of a tun near Canterbury formerly pertaining to Wilburgewellan, Kent. A.D. '859' [? for c. 853 x 858]
86. (S 332) (a) Æthelberht, king of the West Saxons and of the men of Kent, grants nine sulungs ar Mersham, Kent, to Æthelred, minister and princeps. A.D. 863
(b) Eadwald grants land at Willesborough, Kent, to St Augustine's, Canterbury.
87. (S 1199) Ealhhere grants land [in Canterbury] to Oswig and Weahtryth. [A.D. 858 x 865]
88. (S 1269) Archbishop Ceolnoth grants two sulungs at Langdon, Kent, to his familia at Canterbury. [A.D. 863 x 867]
89. (S 338) Æthelred, king of the West Saxons and of the men of Kent, grants a seat in St Martin's church, Canterbury, and a villula belonging to it to Wighelm, priest. A.D. 867
90. (S 1200) Agreement between Eadwald, son of Oshere, and Cynethryth, widow of Ealdorman Æthelmod, concerning land at (Little) Chart, Kent. [A.D. 863 x 870, ? 867 x 870]
91. (S 1204) (a) Cialwulf grants land in Canterbury to Eanmund. A.D. 888 [? for 867]
(b) Note of a purchase by Æthelhere.
92. (S 214) Burgred, king of the Mercians, and Æthelswith, queen, grant five hides at Upthrope to Wulflaf. A.D. 869
93. (S 344) [King Alfred and] Archbishop Æthelred, with the familia of Christ Church, grant land at Ileden, Kent, to Liaba. A.D. 873
94. (S 1203) (a) Eardwulf grants one sulung and one 'yokelet' at Ham, near Faversham, Kent, to Wighelm. A.D. 875
(b) Confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund. [A.D. 890 x 923]
95. (S 1202) Agreement of Ælfred, dux, with Archbishop Æthelred and the community of Christ Church, Canterbury, whereby Ælfred grants land at Chartham to Christ Church after his life in return for the use of land at Croydon, Surrey, during his life. [A.D. 870 x 888]
96. (S 1508) Will of Ealdorman Ælfred. [A.D. 871 x 889]
97. (S 1204a) Ealdorman Ælfred and Werburg, his wife, declare that they have ransomed holy books from the Danish army and now wish to donate them to Christ Church, Canterbury.
98. (S 1276) (a) Bishop Swithwulf and the community at Rochester grant a half sulung at Haddun [Haven Street in Frindsbury], with meadows at Beckley and Strood, Kent, to Beorhtwulf. A.D. 889
(b) King Edgar grants the charter to Leofric. [A.D. 963 x 975, ? 963 x 971]
99. (S 350) Alfred, king of the Saxons, grants one hide at Farleigh, Kent, to Sighelm, dux. A.D. 898
100. (S 1628) King Alfred, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd of the Mercians, grants two acres at Queenhithe in London: one to Archbishop Plegmund for Christ Church, [Canterbury], the other to Bishop Wærferth for the church of Worcester. A.D. 898 (or 899)
101. (S 367) King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd of the Mercians, renews for Æthelfrith, dux, the charter destroyed by fire by which Athulf had granted thirty hides at Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire, to Æthelgyth, his daughter. A.D. 903
102. (S 1288) Archbishop Plegmund grants a three-life lease of eighty acres at Wærincg mersc, Kent, to Byrhtræd. A.D. '924' [for 905 or 920, probably 905]
102A. (S 1627) Short and misdated version of 102 with beneficiary altered to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 895
103. (S 1629) Note of a purchase by Archbishop Wulfhelm of eleven agri near Ealdanstrate (? Watling Street) in Canterbury and his acquisition of land at Wadland and Wlfrethingland outside Canterbury. A.D. '923' [for c. 926 x 941]
104. (S 1445) Letter to King Edward explaining the history of land at Fonthill, Wiltshire. [A.D. 899 x 924]
105. (S 398) King Æthelstan grants the lands of the former minster at Folkestone, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 927
106. (S 425) King Æthelstan grants twelve hides at Durrington, Sussex, to Ælfwald, minister. A.D. 934 (28 May)
107. (S 447) King Æthelstan grants twelve hides at Meopham, Kent, to Ealdwulf, minister. A.D. 939
108. (S 1209) Wnhelm (? Wynhelm) grants eleven agri south of Canterbury to Archbishop Wulfhelm. A.D. 939
109. (S 1210) Eadulf, dux, grants Darenth and Meopham, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 940
110. (S 464) King Eadmund grants ten hides at Oswaldingtune, Kent, to Æthelswyth, a nun. A.D. 940
111. (S 477) King Eadmund, with his brother Eadred and his son Eadwig, restores to Christ Church, Canterbury, lands at Twickenham, Middlesex; and at Preston, Wingham, Swarling, Bossington, Graveney, and Ulcombe (all in Kent); with a notice that King Æthelstan had given (West) Tarring, Sussex, to Christ Church. A.D. 941 [for 939 x 941]
111A. (S 515) Kings Eadmund, Eadred and Eadwig grant to Christ Church, Canterbury, lands at Twickenham, Middlesex; and at Preston, Ealdingtun, Swarling, Wingham, Graveney, Bossington, and Ulcombe (all in Kent); with a notice that King Æthelstan had given (West) Tarring, Sussex, to Christ Church. A.D. '946'
112. (S 512) King Eadmund grants six hides (equivalent to six sulungs) at Miclangrafe in Thanet, Kent, to Ælfstan, minister. A.D. 943
113. (S 489) King Eadmund grants ten sulungs at Northmynstre [in Thanet], Kent, to his mother [Queen Eadgifu]. A.D. 943
114. (S 497) King Eadmund grants twelve hides (equivalent to twelve sulungs) at Ealdingtune [in Thanet], Kent, to Ælfstan, minister. A.D. 944
115. (S 510) King Eadmund grants one 'yokelet' and ten segetes at Gamelanwyrthe [in Romney Marsh], Kent, to the brothers Ordhelm and Alfwold, his men. A.D. 946
116. (S 528) King Eadred grants twenty hides at Merstham, Surrey, to Oswig, minister. A.D. 947
117. (S 1631) Wulfric grants land at Patching, Sussex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 947
118. (S 535) King Eadred grants six sulungs at Wickhambreux, Kent, to Ælfwynn, religiosa femina. A.D. 948
119. (S 537) King Eadred grants thirty hides at Twickenham, Middlesex, to the metropolitan church of Canterbury. A.D. 948
119A. (S 537) Short version of 119.
120. (S 546) King Eadred grants the minster at Reculver and twenty-six sulungs to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 949
120A. (S 546) Short version of 120.
121. (S 1506) (a) Bequest of Æthelweard, concerning a leased estate at Ickham, Kent. [A.D. 941 x 958, ? 958]
(b) Agreement concerning Eadric's tenure of the estate.
122. (S 1633) Æthelweard, minister of King Edgar, grants land at Mulatun or Meletun to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 959
123. (S 1632) King Edgar confirms the privileges granted by King Æthelberht [of Kent] and his successors and by Archbishops Berhtwald and Æthelheard to the monasteries of Kent. A.D. '958' [for 959 x 975]
124. (S 1211) Queen Eadgifu grants land at Cooling and Osterland, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [c. A.D. 959]
125. (S 1212) (a) Latin version of 124 conflated with a record of Eadgifu's grant of Meopham, Lenham, Peckham, Farleigh, Monkton and Ealdintun, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 961
(b) Confirmation by King Æthelred. [A.D. 995 x 1005]
126. (S 717) (a) King Edgar grants seven hides at Vange, Essex, to Ingeram, minister. A.D. 963
(b) Ingeram grants the land and the charter to Archbishop Dunstan. [A.D. 963 x 988]
126A. (S 1634) Archbishop Dunstan grants to Christ Church, Canterbury, seven sulungs or hides at Vange, Essex, purchased by him from Ingelram. A.D. 963
127. (S 1635) Æthelstan grants one acre at Ulaham to the church of St Mary, Lyminge. A.D. 964
128. (S 1215) (a) Æthelflæd grants a swine-pasture at Heronden in Tenterden, Kent, to Ælfwold. A.D. 968
(b) Ælfwold makes an additional payment to Eadwold and his son.
129. (S 808) King Edgar grants and restores the port and vill of Sandwich to the church of Canterbury. A.D. '966' [for 963 x 971 or 973]
130. (S 1636) King Æthelred grants land at Sandwich and Eastry, Kent, to Church Church, Canterbury. A.D. 979
131. (S 1630) Æthelflæd grants land at Hamme, Sussex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 933 (or 934) [for 962 x 991]
132. (S 1637) Brihtnoth, dux, bequeathes Lawling, Essex, and (Monks) Eleigh and Hadleigh, Suffolk, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 991
133. (S 1454) Record of a dispute between Wynflæd and Leofwine about land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berkshire, and at Datchet, Buckinghamshire. [A.D. 990 x 992]
134. (S 882) King Æthelred confirms Archbishop Sigeric's grant of thirty hides at Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire, to Bishop Æscwig [of Dorchester]. A.D. 995 (for 994)
135. (S 1378) Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester, restores land at Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire, to Archbishop Ælfric and to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 995
136. (S 1501) Will of Æthelric. [A.D. c. 960 x (995 x 996)]
137. (S 939) King Æthelred confirms the will of Æthelric. [A.D. 995 x 999]
137A. (S 1218) Æthelric and Leofwyn grant land at Bocking and Mersea, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 995 x 999]
138. (S 1639) Ælfflæd grants land at Hadleigh, Suffolk, to Christ Church. [c. A.D. 1000 x 1002]
139. (S 905) King Æthelred grants land in and around Canterbury to his man, Æthelred, for two lives, with reversion to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. '1003' [for 1002] (11 July)
139A. (S 905) Æthelred, dux, grants the land to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 1003
140. (S 914) King Æthelred re-establishes a monastic community in place of clerks at Christ Church, Canterbury, grants land at Eastry and confirms the community's estates at Ickham, Bossington, Adisham, Appledore, Swarling, Preston, Graveney, Westwell, Chart and Farleigh, Kent; at Patching, Sussex; at Meopham and Cooling, Kent; at Walworth, Surrey; at Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire; at Lawling (in Latchingdon), Essex; at Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; and in Thanet. A.D. '1006' [for 1002]
141. Archbishop Ælfheah grants land at Warehorne, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; and records the acquisition of land at Farningham and Wootton, [Kent or Sussex], by Christ Church. [A.D. 1006 x 1011, ? 1010]
141A. (S 1640) Longer version of 141. A.D. 1010
142. (S 1503) Will of the Ætheling Æthelstan. [A.D.1014, probably 25 June]
143. King Æthelred confirms the bequest by his son, Æthelstan, of land at Hollingbourne, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1014 x 1016]
144. (S 950) King Cnut grants woodland called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst in Ticehurst), Sussex, to Archbishop Ælfstan (Lyfing). A.D. 1018
144A. (S 950) Short version of 144.
145. (S 985) Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has confirmed the privileges of Christ Church, at the request of Archbishop Lyfing. [A.D. 1017 x 1020, probably 1018 x 1020, possibly 1018]
146. (S 952) King Cnut confirms the privileges of Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 1018
147. (S 1641) Archbishop Lyfing grants land at Cheam and Merstham, Surrey, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1013 x 1020]
147A. (S 1641) Longer version of 147. A.D. 1018
148. (S 1220) Godwine sells to Leofwine the Red a swine-pasture at Swithrædingdenne (? Southernden in Boughton Malherbe), which Leofwine attaches to Boctun (? Boughton Malherbe), Kent. [A.D. 1013 x 1020, ? 1013 x 1018]
149. (S 1461) Marriage agreement between Godwine and Byhtric, whereby Godwine grants a pound of gold, land at Street and Burmarsh, Kent, and oxen, cows, horses and slaves to Byrhtric's daughter. [A.D. 1016 x 1020, probably 1018 x 1020]
150. (S 1386) Writ of Archbishop Wulfstan [of York] informing King Cnut and Queen Ælfgifu that Æthelnoth has been consecrated to the see of Canterbury. [A.D. 1020]
151. (S 959) King Cnut grants his gold crown and the port of Sandwich to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 1023
151A. (S 959) English version of 151.
151B. (S 959) Summary Latin version of 151.
152. (S 1221) Healthegn Scearpa grants land at Saltwood, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 1026
152A. (S 1221) Cartulary version of the grant in 152, with a narrative framework and the addition of a reference to Hythe, Kent. [A.D. 1036]
153. (S 1465) Declaration of arrangements between Eadsige, priest of King Cnut, and Christ Church, Canterbury, concerning estates at Appledore, Warehorne, Berwick, Orpington, Palstre and Wittersham, Kent. [A.D. 1032 or 1035]
153A. (S 1642) King Cnut grants St Martin's church, Canterbury, and land at Appledore, Palstre and Wittersham, Kent, to Bishop Eadsige for Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 1035
154. (S 981) King Cnut grants the reversion of land at Folkestone, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, after the death of his priest, Eadsige. [c. A.D. 1035]
154A. (S 1643) King Cnut grants land at Folkestone, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 1038
155. (S 974) King Cnut grants a half sulung at Berwick (Westenhanger), Kent, to Bishop Eadsige. A.D. 1035
156. (S 987) Writ of King Cnut declaring that Archbishop Æthelnoth is to continue to discharge the obligations on the lands belonging to the archbishopric at the same rate as he had done hitherto, both before and after the appointment of Æthelric as reeve. [A.D. 1035]
157. (S 988) Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth all the landed property that Ælfmær had. [A.D. 1035]
158. (S 986) Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Æthelnoth judicial and financial rights over his own men, and over Christ Church, and over as many thegns as the king has granted him to have [A.D. 1020 x 1035, probably 1020]
159. (S 1222) Thored grants land at East Horsley, Surrey, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [? A.D. 1036, for ? 1017 x 1035]
159A. (S 1222) Elaborated Latin version of 159.
160. (S 1389) Archbishop Æthelnoth grants to Christ Church, Canterbury, land at Godmersham, Kent, which he had purchased from Earl Sired. [A.D. 1020 x 1038, ? 1037]
160A. (S 1389) Latin version of 160. A.D. 1037
161. (S 1390) Archbishop Æthelnoth leases fifty agri belonging to St Mary's minster, Reculver, to Ælfwold and Eadred, his ministri, to be held at the will of the dean of St Mary's. [A.D. 1020 x 1038] (24 June)
162. (S 1464) Agreement between Archbishop Æthelnoth and Toki concerning land at Halton, Buckinghamshire. [A.D. 1020 x 1038]
163. (S 1466) Agreement between Archbishop Eadsige and Toki concerning land at Halton, Buckinghamshire. [A.D. 1038 x 1050]
164. (S 1467) Account of King Harold's restoration of Sandwich, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, and of a dispute over Sandwich between Christ Church and St Augustine's. [after A.D. 1038 x 1040]
165. (S 1644) Wulfstan Wilde, priest, grants land at Thurrock, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1040 x 1042]
166. (S 1530) Thurstan bequeathes land at Wimbish, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1042 x 1043]
166A. (S 1530) Short, Latin version of 166.
167. (S 1044) King Edward grants two hides or sulungs at West Cliffe, Kent, to Æthelred, optimas. [A.D. 1042 x 1044]
168. (S 1005) King Edward grants one pertica beneath Elddin [at Illand in Northill, Cornwall], to Ordgar, minister. A.D. 1044
169. (S 1472) Record of the settlement of a dispute between Abbot Ælfstan of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, and the priest Leofwine over 'St Mildrith's property'. Leofwine accepts in compensation two sulungs at Langdon and one at Ileden, Kent, and a pension. [A.D. 1044 x 1045]
170. (S 1471) Agreement between Archbishop Eadsige and Æthelric (Bigga) concerning land at Chart, Stowting, Milton and a haga in Canterbury, all in Kent. [A.D. 1045 x 1047]
171. (S 1473) Account of the purchase of land at Offham, Kent, by Godric of Bourne from his sister, Eadgifu. [A.D. 1044 x 1048]
172. (S 1400) Archbishop Eadsige grants land near Canterbury to St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. [A.D. 1048 x 1050]
173. (S 1086) Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Eadsige and the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury, all the lands that they had in the time of the king's father and of all his predecessors. [A.D. 1042 x 1050]
174. (S 1087) Writ of King Edward forbidding hunting in the woods and lands of Archbishop Eadsige save with his permission. [A.D. 1042 x 1050]
175. (S 1229) Statement by the Lady Ælfgifu (Emma), mother of King Edward, describing how the land at Newington, Oxfordshire, had been given by King Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1042 x 1052]
175A. (S 1638) Queen Ælfgifu (Emma) grants land at Newington and Britwell Prior, Oxfordshire, with a gilded chalice, two dorsals and two copes, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 997
176. (S 1535) Will of Wulfgyth. [A.D. 1044 x 1053, possibly 1046]
176A. (S 1646) Godwine and Wulfgyth grant land at Stisted and Coggeshall, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]
177. (S 1645) Godwine grants land at St Osyth, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]
178. (S 1090) Writ of King Edward declaring that the land at Mersham, Kent, is to belong to Christ Church with sake and soke, as fully and completely as Sigweard and his wife granted it to that house. [A.D. 1053 x 1061]
178A. (S 1090) Latin version of 178.
179. (S 1088) Writ of King Edward granting to Archbishop Stigand and the community at Christ Church judicial and financial rights over their own men and over as many thegns as he has granted them to have. [A.D. 1052 x 1066, ? for 1052]
180. (S 1089) Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Stigand and the community at Christ Church all the lands that they had in the time of his predecessors and in his own time. [A.D. 1052 x 1066]
180A. (S 1089) Latin version of 180.
181. (S 1047) King Edward grants land at Chartham, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, and confirms the estates of the community. [A.D. 1042 x 1066]
181A. (S 1047) Latin version of 181, with the addition of a reference to the grant of Walworth, Surrey.
182. (S 1647) Nithard, formerly King Eadmund's jester, grants land at Walworth, Surrey, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 975 x 978 or 1042 x 1066]
183. (S 1234) Brithmær of Gracechurch (London), grants the reversion of land (at Gracechurch), with All Hallows Church, to Christ Church, Canterbury. [A.D. 1052 x 1070, probably 1052 x 1066]
184. (S 1564) Boundary of the dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester.