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Eadulf, dux, grants Darenth and Meopham, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury. A.D. 940

Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church

[A]nno dominice incarnationis .dccccxl. Ego Eadulfus dux, per concessionem domini mei regis Athelstani, presente Wlfhelmo archiepiscopo, concedo ecclesie Christi, ad uictum monachorum in eadem ecclesia Deo seruiencium, has terras de propria possessione mea quas michi idem Athelstanus rex in perpetuam hereditatem dedit, uidelicet Derentan et Meapeham, liberas ab omni seculari consuetudine et regio tributo, exceptis expeditione, pontis et arcis constructione.
Ego Athelstanus rex totius Britannie hanc donationem confirmo.
Ego Wlfelmus archisacerdos totius Britannie confirmo.
Ego Odo Scirburnensis episcopus subscribo.
Ego Dunstanus subscribo.

Edition: Charters of Christ Church, Canterbury, ed. N. P. Brooks and S. E. Kelly, Anglo-Saxon Charters (The British Academy, forthcoming), no. 109. For apparatus criticus and a detailed commentary see this edition.