[1] S 8 (BCS 45) Hlothhere, king of Kent (679): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 2 (BMFacs. i.1; ChLA iii.182), from Christ Church, Canterbury (ex Reculver).
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Formerly bound up with the Utrecht Psalter. Written in two stages (main text; witness-list), probably by a single scribe. ChLA: contemporaneous, probably original; the cross against the king's attestation may be autograph. Chaplais 1968, pp. 317-27: original. Wormald 1985, pp. 3-5 (with Plate I). Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 27. [Wright, Vesp. Psalter, p. 56: later copy, ? s. viiimed.] |
[2] S 1171 (BCS 81) �thelred (676 x 693): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 29 (BMFacs. i.2; ChLA iii.187), from Barking.
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There appears to be a distinction between the writing of the main part of the text (lines 1-17, to 'sit donum') and that of the bounds, blessing, and witness-list (lines 17-24, with continuation on the dorse). A gap in the endorsement suggests that the charter was formerly fastened with a wrapping-tie. ChLA: copy by a single scribe, s. viii2. Chaplais 1968, pp. 327-32: lines 1-17 original; bounds, etc., copied onto single sheet s. viii2, perhaps from a schedule formerly stitched to the parchment. Wormald 1985, p. 9 (with Plate III). Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 28. [Check in BL. Witnesses continue on dorse (now illegible).] |
[3] S 20 (BCS 99) Wihtred, king of Kent (699): Maidstone, Kent Archives Office U 140 (BAFacs. 1), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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Conceivably original, but more probably a ninth-century copy. Brooks 1971, p. 75 n. 1. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 183-4 and 195. |