A classified list of
Anglo-Saxon charters on single sheets

This list of Anglo-Saxon charters preserved in their 'original' form, on single sheets of parchment, with associated images of the charters in question, is provided on the 'Kemble' website in the interest of making such an important body of material more readily and widely accessible. The thanks of the BA-RHS Joint Committee on Anglo-Saxon Charters are extended to all the libraries, cathedral archives, county record offices, and other repositories for making this possible. The work remains in progress; and any comments should be directed to the address given on the main menu for contacting the website.

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Section I

Royal diplomas and other documents
written in the seventh, eighth, or ninth century
(nos. 1-87)

Listed in order of their apparent or stated date; includes originals, contemporary or later copies of apparently authentic documents, and documents seemingly 'forged' before c. 900. The notes give some indication of status, but it is often difficult to make a clear distinction between these categories. Vernacular documents (including wills and miscellaneous records) occur at the end of the section (nos. 78-87), listed in order of their apparent or stated date.

• Royal diplomas, c. 670-900 (nos. 1-77)
• Seventh century - (nos. 1-3)
• Eighth century - (nos. 4-24)
• Ninth century, pt I [800-25] - (nos. 25-48)
• Ninth century, pt II [830-50] - (nos. 49-61)
• Ninth century, pt III [850-99] - (nos. 62-77)
• Vernacular documents - (nos. 78-87)

Section II

Royal diplomas and other documents
written in the tenth or eleventh century
(nos. 88-294)

Documents which are judged for the purposes of this list to be 'originals', or 'apparent originals', are listed in order of their apparent or stated date. Documents which are judged to be later copies, or 'forgeries', are listed in order of their number in Sawyer's catalogue.

• Royal diplomas, c. 900-1066 (nos. 88-161)
• Reigns of Edward the Elder and Æthelstan - (nos. 88-94)
• Reigns of Edmund and Eadred - (nos. 95-105)
• Reigns of Eadwig and Edgar - (nos. 106-27)
• Reigns of Edward the Martyr and Æthelred the Unready - (nos. 128-43)
• Reigns of Cnut, Harthacnut, and Edward the Confessor - (nos. 144-60)
• Reign of William I - (no. 161)


• Copies or forgeries, c. 900-1100 (nos. 162-83)
• Charters of the 7th, 8th and 9th centuries - (nos. 162-83)
• Charters of the 10th and 11th centuries - (nos. 184-220)
• Others - (nos. 221-23)
• Leases (nos. 224-37)
• Vernacular documents (nos. 238-76)
• Royal writs (nos. 277-94)
• Originals or apparent originals (nos. 277-82)
• Copies or forgeries (nos. 283-94)

Section III

Charters written in the twelfth century or later
(nos. 295-318)

Documents are listed in order of their number in Sawyer's catalogue.

• Medieval copies or forgeries (nos. 295-315)
• Early modern script-facsimiles or transcripts (nos. 316-18)