[4] - - (BCS 115) Letter of Wealdhere, bishop of London (704 x 705): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 18 (BMFacs. i.5; ChLA iii.185), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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A gap in the endorsement suggests that the letter was formerly fastened with a wrapping-tie. ChLA: copy, s. viiiex. Chaplais 1981a: original. |
[5] S 19 (BCS 97) Wihtred, king of Kent (697 or 712): BL Stowe Charter 1 (OSFacs. iii.1; ChLA iii.220), from Christ Church, Canterbury (ex Lyminge).
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ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original; the cross which follows the attestation of Archbishop Berhtwald may be autograph. Wormald 1985, p. 17 (with Plate V), noting 'Northumbrian' aspects of script, orthography and formulation. See also S 21 [6]. [Remark on composite endorsement: 'd�s landes boc �t berwicum';'nunc wigelmignctun';'delhames boc'.] |
[6] S 21 (BCS 98) Wihtred, king of Kent ('700' or '715'): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 88 (BMFacs. i.4; ChLA iii.189), from Christ Church, Canterbury (ex Lyminge).
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Apparently an 'improved' copy of S 19 [5], s. viii2, incorporating an additional grant (and with indiction '10' misread as '13'). ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original; amplification of S 19, made in 700 or 715. |
[7] S 65 (BCS 111) Sw�fred, king of Essex, and comes P�ogthath, in association with Cenred, king of Mercia (704), with confirmation by Ceolred, king of Mercia (709 x 716): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 82 (BMFacs. i.3; ChLA iii.188), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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The grant was made with the permission of �thelred, king of Mercia, though the charter is attested by his successor, Cenred. Main text and confirmation written by a single scribe, s. viii2 or ix. ChLA: copy, probably s. viiiex. Wormald 1985, p. 5 (with Plate II). |
[8] S 23 (BCS 148) Æthelberht, king of Kent (732), with a later addition: BL Cotton Augustus ii. 91 (BMFacs. i.6; ChLA iii.190), from Christ Church, Canterbury (ex Lyminge).
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The main text (lines 1-15, representing a grant of land to Dunn for the church of St Mary at Lyminge) and the first three witnesses (lines 22-4, comprising the king, the archbishop of Canterbury, and the abbot of St Augustine's), were written by one scribe; a record of a further grant related to the first (lines 16-21), and an extension of the witness-list (lines 25-8, comprising four men of unspecified status), were added by a second scribe. ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original; the cross against the king's attestation may be autograph. |
[9] S 89 (BCS 154) Aethelbald, king of Mercia (736): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 3 (BMFacs. i.7; ChLA iii.183), from Worcester.
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The 'Ismere Charter' of King Æthelbald, formerly bound up with the Vespasian Psalter. Written in two stages (main text and witnesses, lines 1-18 and 19-20 + 22-8; further witnesses, lines 21 + 29-34, added with a thinner pen), by a single scribe; a postscript was added on the dorse by a different scribe. Parsons 1939, pp. 27-30: note on dorse interpreted as a scribal memorandum. ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original. Chaplais 1968, p. 333: original. Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 152. |
[10] S 90 (BCS 162) Council of Clofesho (742): Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 1 (OSFacs. i.1), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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s. ix1. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 317-19 and 360-1 (scribe 2, ? = Archbishop Wulfred). Brown 1986, p. 128. |
[11] S 24 (BCS 160) Æthelberht, king of Kent ('741', ? for 750): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 101 (BMFacs. i.8; ChLA iii.192), from Christ Church, Canterbury (ex Lyminge).
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ChLA: copy, s. viiiex. (Check Brooks, Church of Canterbury, p. 344 n. 52: original. See DND.) |
[12] S 96 (BCS 181) �thelbald, king of Mercia (757): BL Cotton Charter viii. 3 (BMFacs. iv.3; ChLA iii.193), of uncertain provenance (possibly Malmesbury).
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A charter of King Æthelbald, for an estate apparently in Wiltshire, attested by Cynewulf, king of Wessex; conceivably original. ChLA: copy, c. 800. Sims-Williams, Religion and Literature, pp. 225-8. |
[13] S 56 (BCS 187) Eanberht, Uhtred and Ealdred, rulers of the Hwicce (759): BL Add. Charter 19789 (BMFacs. ii.2; ChLA iii.179), from Worcester.
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ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original. Brown 1986, p. 120 (citing Budny): scribe identified as scribe 1 of BL Royal 1. E. VI (St Augustine's, Canterbury, s. ix1). Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 156. |
[14] S 31 (BCS 199) Eardulf, king of Kent (748 x 762): BL Stowe Charter 3 (OSFacs. iii.3; ChLA iii.221), from Christ Church, Canterbury (ex Reculver).
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(Check in BL: witness-list may have been added.) Perhaps a later copy, s. viii/ix. ChLA: contemporaneous, possibly original; the crosses against the attestations of the king and the bishop may be autograph. (Check date: bishop Eardwulf, 747 x 772. Parsons, p. 26: 'perhamstede' on dorse is scribal memorandum, rather than archive mark. DND conceivably original.) |
[15] S 106, face (BCS 201) Offa, king of Mercia ('764', for 767): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 26-7 (BMFacs. i.9; ChLA iii.186), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original. Brown 1986, p. 134. For S 106, dorse, see [25]. (See Gelling, ECTV, pp. 98-9) |
[16] S 59 (BCS 203) Uhtred, ruler of the Hwicce (770): Worcester, D. & C., Add. MS. (OSFacs. ii. Worcester; ChLA iv.274), from Worcester.
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S 58, dated 767, is a charter by which Uhtred granted land at 'Aston' to �thelmund, with full powers of alienation; it still existed at Worcester, in single-sheet form, in the late seventeenth century, and was printed by Hickes (BCS 202). S 59 is a revised version of the same charter (with slightly different witnesses), cast in more restricted terms, and stipulating reversion of the land, 'with the charters', to the church of Worcester; a record of the bounds of the estate was added by the main scribe, apparently as an afterthought. S 60 (BCS 204) is a cartulary version of S 59, cast directly in favour of Worcester. ChLA: S 59 contemporaneous, probably original. Wormald 1986, pp. 156-7: S 59 forged at Worcester, s. ixin. Brown 1986, p. 132. |
[17] S 264 (BCS 225) Cynewulf, king of Wessex (778): BL Cotton Charter viii. 4 (BMFacs. ii.3; ChLA iii.194), of uncertain provenance (possibly Bedwyn).
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This early West Saxon charter is anomalous in form, but it may well be original; for the beneficiary (Bica), see also S 1682 (in the Glastonbury Liber Terrarum). The main text (incorporating a lengthy description of the bounds of the estate) is written on the face, and the witness-list (comprising the bishops of Sherborne and Winchester, and several laymen, but not the king) is written on the dorse. ChLA: copy, s. viii/ix. Dumville 1987, p. 167: s. xin, early form of Square minuscule. (See also Edwards, Charters, pp. 59-62. Dumville 1992?) |
[18] S 35 (BCS 227; Campbell, Rochester, no. 9) Ecgberht, king of Kent (778): BL Cotton Charter viii. 34 (BMFacs. ii.4; ChLA iii.195), from Rochester.
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A note (in Latin and English) specifying appurtenant meadow was added by a second hand, s. ix (or later). ChLA: contemporaneous, probably original; the crosses against the attestations of the king and the archbishop may be autograph. Brown 1986, p. 129. (Campbell, p. xiv: not before 800; p. 11, original.) ('Caroline' features in addition; spl. asc.) |
[19] S 114 (BCS 230) Offa, king of Mercia (779): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 4 (BMFacs. i.10; ChLA iii.184), from Evesham.
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Main text, with witnesses on face and dorse, written ostensibly at Hartleford, Gloucs.; further (secular) witnesses on dorse added by a different scribe on a separate occasion, ostensibly at Gumley, Leics. ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original. Brown 1986, p. 132 n. 54. (Check in BL. ChLA: all one scribe; cut attest. of Eadbald princeps could be memorandum of sorts.) |
[20] S 1184 (BCS 1334; Lapidge et al., Selsey, no. 11) Oslac, dux of the South Saxons (780), with confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia (787 x 796): Chichester, West Sussex Record Office, Cap. I/17/2 (BAFacs. 2; ChLA iv.236), from Chichester (ex Selsey).
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The text of Oslac's grant was written on the face, in a curiously 'provincial' script; the text of Offa's confirmation was added some years later on the dorse, ostensibly at Irthlingborough, Northants., by a more practised scribe. ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original; the cross against King Offa's attestation on the dorse may be autograph. Chaplais 1968, pp. 333-5: written on a leaf discarded from a psalter. Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 157. |
[21] S 123 (BCS 247) Offa, king of Mercia (785): BL Stowe Charter 5 (OSFacs. iii.5; ChLA iii.222), from Christ Church, Canterbury (ex Lyminge).
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A 'Kentish' charter, issued ostensibly from a church council at Chelsea. ChLA: contemporaneous, possibly original; (iv, p. xviii) S 155 [24] may have been written by the same scribe. |
[22] S 128 (BCS 254) Offa, king of Mercia (788): Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 2 (OSFacs. i.2; ChLA iv.235), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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A 'Kentish' charter, issued ostensibly from a church council at Chelsea. ChLA: contemporaneous, probably original. |
[23] S 139 (BCS 274) Offa, king of Mercia (793 x 796): BL Add. Charter 19790 (BMFacs. ii.5; ChLA iii.180), from Worcester.
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Issued ostensibly from a church council at Clofesho. ChLA: contemporaneous, very probably original. Brown 1986, p. 134. Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 158. |
[24] S 155 (BCS 293) Cenwulf, king of Mercia (799): BL Stowe Charter 7 (OSFacs. iii.7; ChLA iii.223), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
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A 'Kentish' charter, issued ostensibly from a church council at Tamworth. Written in two stages (main text; dating clause with witness-list), by a single scribe; the dating clause and witness-list appear to have been written, on face and dorse, after vertical folding. ChLA: contemporaneous, possibly original; iv, p. xviii, S 123 [21] may have been written by the same scribe. Chaplais 1968, pp. 332-3. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 321-2. Brown 1986, p. 129. Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 161. |