Charters of the Rochester
, ed. A. Campbell, Anglo-Saxon Charters 1 (Oxford: Published for The British Academy by The Oxford University Press, 1973).CONTENTS
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1. (S 1) Æthelberht I of Kent grants to St Andrew's, Rochester, land near Rochester. A.D. 604
2. (S 88) Æthelbald of Mercia allows the free access of a ship into London to St Andrew's, Rochester. A.D. 734. Berhtwulf of Mercia confirms this. c. A.D. 845
3. (S 27) Eadberht of Kent grants ten sulungs at Stoke in Hoo to St Andrew's, Rochester. Æthelberht of Kent confirms this. A.D. 738
4. (S 30) Eardwulf of Kent grants to St Andrew's, Rochester, the right to pasture swine in three districts. A.D. 762 [for 747]
5. (S 32) Sigered of Kent grants one and a half yokes at Rochester to Bishop Eardwulf (of Rochester) for enlarging the monastery. A.D. 762
6. (S 105) Offa of Mercia grants twenty sulungs at Islingham, Kent, to Bishop Eardwulf of Rochester. A.D. 764
7. (S 34) Ecgberht II of Kent grants to Bishop Eardwulf (of Rochester) a village and two yokes of land in Rochester. A.D. 765. Confirmations by Heaberht of Kent and Offa of Mercia follow.
8. (S 33) Sigered, king of half Kent, grants to Bishop Eardwulf (of Rochester) twenty sulungs at Islingham, and the right to pasture swine in four districts. A.D. 761 x 764. A confirmation by Eanmund of Kent follows.
9. (S 35) Ecgberht II of Kent grants to Bishop Deora of Rochester half a sulung and a marsh at Bromhey, Kent. A.D. 778. Boundaries of meadows belonging to the estate are added in English.
10. (S 36) Ecgberht II of Kent again grants half a sulung and a marsh to Deora in the same district (see 9). A.D. 779
11. (S 266) Æthelberht of Wessex (860-6) grants to Bishop Deora of Rochester land with similar boundaries to that granted in 1. A.D. 781
12. (S 129) Offa of Mercia grants to St Andrew's and the bishopric of Rochester six sulungs at Trottiscliffe, Kent, with the right to pasture swine in three districts. A.D. 788
13. (S 131) Offa of Mercia grants to Bishop Wærmund (of Rochester) one and a half yokes of land at Rochester for enlarging the monastery. A.D. 789
14. (S 130) Offa of Mercia grants a sulung at Bromhey to Bishop Wærmund and the church at Rochester. A.D. 789
15. (S 37) Ecgberht II of Kent grants to St Andrew's, Rochester, ten sulungs at Halling, with rights to pasture swine in five districts. A.D. 765 x 785
16. (S 157) Coenwulf of Mercia and Cuthred of Kent grant to Swithhun, minister, for his good service and his money three sulungs and a fourth one nearby at Bromhey, with the use of the fishery and four swine-pastures. A.D. 801. A note of Swithhun's bequest of the land to St Andrew's follows.
17. (S 165) Coenwulf of Mercia grants three sulungs at Rochester to Bishop Beornmod (of Rochester), with the use of six swine-pastures (of which four are also named in 16). A.D. 811
18. (S 271) Ecgberht of Wessex makes a general grant of privileges to St Andrew's, Rochester. A.D. 823
19. (S 280) Ecgberht of Wessex grants to Bishop Beornmod (of Rochester) four sulungs at Snodland and Holborough, with a mill, rights of gathering wood, and of pasturing swine in four districts, and a village. A.D. 838
20. (S 289) Æthelwulf of Wessex grants to Bishop Beornmod of Rochester two sulungs at Holborough. A.D. 841
21. (S 291) Æthelwulf of Wessex grants to his præfectus Ceolmund a village and one sulung near Rochester. A.D. 842
22. (S 299) Æthelwulf of Wessex and Æthelstan, sub-king of Kent, grant to Ealhhere princeps a half-acre near Rochester. A.D. 850
23. (S 315, S 1514) Æthelwulf of Wessex grants to his minister, Dunn, ten yokes of land and a village, together with rights in meadow, forest, and marsh near Rochester. A.D. 855. Dunn's will is added.
24. (S 327) Æthelberht of Wessex grants to Bishop Wærmund (of Rochester) in return for his money eighty acres and half a village, and also a marsh. A.D. 860, altered to 790
25. (S 331) Æthelberht of Wessex grants to his minister Dryhtwald ten sulungs at Bromley. A.D. 862
26. (S 339) Æthelred I of Wessex grants to Cuthwulf, bishop of Rochester, land partly within and partly to the north of Rochester. A.D. 868
27. (S 321) Æthelwulf of Wessex grants to St Andrew's and Bishop Swithwulf three sulungs at Cuxton with the church of St Michael. A.D. 880
28. (S 514) Eadmund I grants three sulungs at Malling, Kent, to Bishop Burhric (of Rochester). A.D. 942 x 946
29. (S 671) Eadgar grants ten sulungs at Bromley to St Andrew's in return for money paid by Bishop Ælfstan of Rochester to himself and his præfectus Wulfstan. A.D. 955
30. (S 864) Æthelred II grants to his minister Æthelsige ten sulungs at Bromley. A.D. 987
31. (S 885) Æthelred II restores to the see of Rochester at the request of Bishop Godwine (of Rochester) six sulungs at Wouldham, and one mansa at Littlebrook, Kent. A.D. 995
32. (S 893) Æthelred II restores to the see of Rochester six sulungs at Bromley and the use of forest in the Weald. A.D. 998
33. (S 926, S 1562) Æthelred II grants to Bishop Godwine of Rochester fifteen hides at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts. A.D. 1012
34. (S 1458) The history of the estate at Wouldham, Kent, from the time of Æthelberht II of Kent (748-62) to the time of Archbishop Dunstan. A.D. 964 x 988
34b. (S 1458) Latin version of 34.
35. (S 1511) Will of Byrhtric and his wife Ælfswith, including bequests to St Andrew's, Rochester, Christchurch, Canterbury, and St Augustine's, Canterbury. A.D. 975 x 987
35b. (S 1511) Latin version of 35.
36. (S 1457) History of the estates of Bromley and Fawksham, Kent, in the time of King Eadgar and immediately afterwards. A.D. 980 x 987
37. (S 1456) Account of disputes concerning the estate of Snodland, Kent, in the time of Bishop Godwine. A.D. 995 x 1005/6