A.D. 773 for 833. Egbert, king of Kent, to Dunn, abbot, and the church of St Mary's (Lyminge); grant of 150 iugera at Sandtun (Sampton, lost, in West Hythe, Kent). Latin.
Archive; Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Lyminge)
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 102 (? s. ix or x; BM Facs., i. 16)
2. BL Stowe 853, 5r-6r (s. xvii)
Printed: K 234; B 411; Earle, pp. 107-8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 138.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 199 n. 2, 10th-century imitative copy of genuine charter, with error in copying date; Stenton 1918, p. 451 n. 84, very suspicious, forger may have combined charters of Egbert II of Kent (c. 765 x c. 785) and Egbert of Wessex (802 x 839), witness-list belongs to 833 x 839 (= Stenton 1970, p. 65 n. 8); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 175; Ward 1931/1, on topography; Wright 1950, p. 389, MS 1 is in a late 9th-century hand; O'Donovan 1972, p. 30, on a witness; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 24, on topography; Wormald 1983, p. 113 n. 62, highly suspicious in the light of S 23; Brooks 1984, p. 360 n. 67, MS 1 11th-century; Edwards 1988, pp. 275-6, fabrication based on S 23; Keynes 1993/1, p. 122 n. 53.
A.D. 801. Edbirtus (? Egbert), king of Wessex, to Eadgils, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 153r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 169r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 38 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 32)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 843; K 178 and vol. vi. 227 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 47 (no. 84) from MS 2; B 300 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 426 (no. 762) ex MS 1.
Comments: K 178 suggests donor was Queen Eadburh; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. p. cxlviii, suggests donor was King Egbert; Finberg, ECW, no. 401, authentic basis, accepts that donor was Egbert, king of Wessex, witnesses recur in S 268; Scott 1981, pp. 110, 201 n. 103; Edwards 1988, pp. 56-9, substantially genuine, donor was Queen Eadburh; Costen 1992, p. 43, on estate, dates bounds to s. x2; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 32, 38, on MS sources, pp. 61, 76-7, on estate history, p. 76 n. 163, donor most likely to have been King Egbert.
A.D. 823. Egbert, king of England, to St Andrew's church, Rochester; grant of privileges. Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 137r-138v (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 97-9; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., p. 22-3; K 223; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 170 (no. 34); Thorpe, pp. 66-7, in part, pp. 79-80, in full; B 395; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 127; Campbell, Rochester, no. 18.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, cited; Stenton 1918, p. 451, doubtful (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Brooks 1971, p. 73 n. 5, of very doubtful authenticity; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxiii, highly suspicious, perhaps post-Conquest forgery; Edwards 1988, pp. 282-5, fabrication partly based on 9th-century records; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 8, dubious; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 121-2 and n. 50, text 'improved' in transmission, but little doubt that it depends ultimately on a genuine document of the late 820s.
A.D. 825 (Criodantreow, 19 Aug.; Southampton, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king, to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Alton Priors, Wilts., formerly held by Burgheard, præfectus. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 75v-76v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1035; B 390; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 40.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 689 n. 3, on a formula; Stenton 1918, p. 451, transparent fabrication (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 159-64, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, pp. 291-2, unacceptable, p. 305, on dedication; Finberg, ECW, no. 198, spurious, dating clause from S 273; Hart 1970/1, p. 32 (no. 131), spurious; Harrison 1973, p. 65, on dating clause; Whitelock, EHD, p. 185 n., dating clause may be from authentic text, p. 373 n.; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-8, 153-5, probably spurious, but the forger has used some early records; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received form but forger has used charters of 820s, cf. S 273-6, 283-4; Smyth 1995, p. 253.
A.D. 825 (Creodantreow, 19 Aug.; Southampton, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (Winchester); grant of 5 hides (cassati) at (Martyr) Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 91v-92r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1033; B 389; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 38.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 182-5, bounds are those of Martyr Worthy; Thorogood 1933, pp. 355-7; Finberg, ECW, no. 11, authentic basis; Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (no. 161), authentic basis; Harrison 1973, p. 65, on dating clause; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 261; Whitelock, EHD, p. 185 n., dating clause may be taken from genuine text, p. 373 n.; Sawyer 1983, p. 296, some authentic basis; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-8, 150-3, probably substantially genuine, but may have been reworked at Winchester; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received from, but date and witness-list derived from charter of mid 820s, perhaps partly modelled on a charter of King Brihtric and partly on S 340; Faith 1997, p. 34, on place-name; Smyth 1995, p. 253.
A.D. 826. Egbert, king, to the bishopric of Winchester; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Calbourne, Isle of Wight. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 62rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1037; B 392.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 137-8, on bounds; Kökeritz 1940, p. 77, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 12, authentic, p. 219, unobjectionable; Hart 1970/1, p. 30 (no. 107), authentic; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 15, very dubious; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-8, 155-6, suspicious, perhaps 10th-century fabrication, dating clause and witness-list basically authentic; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received form but forger has used charters of mid 820s.
A.D. 826 (Southampton). Egbert, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 55 hides (mansae) at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 14rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1036; B 391.
Comments: Hill 1910, on bounds; Stenton 1918, p. 451, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Grundy, Wilts. 1919, p. 149, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Finberg, ECW, no. 199, spurious; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 26), spurious; Edwards 1988, p. 148, 10th-century fabrication, cf. S 229; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received form but forger has used charters of mid 820s.
A.D. 826 (Southampton). Egbert, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Droxford, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 102v-103r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1038; B 393; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 41.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 451, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 74-9; Finberg, ECW, no. 13, spurious, bounds and many of the witnesses copied from S 446; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 178), spurious; Forsberg 1973, p. 12, on bounds; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-8, 156-7, fabrication produced entirely by taking clauses from other charters; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received form, but forger has used charters of mid 820s, witness-list partly based on S 446.
A.D. 833 (Dorchester, Dorset, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Beornwyn, Ælfflæd and Walenburch, sisters; confirmation of 10 hides (manentes) at Woolland, Dorset, the old charters having been lost, and of the new division between the sisters following Beornwyn's inheritance of land at Dartington, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 17v-18r (s. xv; Rose-Troup 1929, pl. 15 = 17v)
Printed: K 232 and vol. iii. 390; B 410; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 136; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 2.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 451, poor copy of a probably genuine charter (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Rose-Troup 1929, pp. 276-7; Fägersten 1933, p. 192, on place-name; Finberg 1953, no. 9; Finberg, ECW, no. 565, authentic; Hart 1964, pp. 158-9, on bounds; Stenton 1971, p. 301, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53; Edwards 1988, pp. 234-5, authentic, boundary clause added; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1112-13; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 11-16, authentic basis, but probably reworked to create a charter for Shaftesbury's 5-hide estate at Stoke Wake, the western half of the 10-hide Woolland property. The details of the redivision between the sisters and the boundary clause are likely to be interpolations, and the dispositive section may have been partly rewritten. The bounds probably refer to Stoke Wake only.
A.D. 835 (Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxon.). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 50 hides (manentes) at Marcham, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 11v-12v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 107v (s. xii)
Printed: K 236; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 33-5; Thorpe, pp. 87-8; B 413; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 139; Morris 1995, pp. 152-4, ex B; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 11.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 30, post-Conquest forgery; Finberg 1964, pp. 133-4; PN Berks., ii. 414; Gelling, ECTV, no. 19, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 14, spurious; Edwards 1988, pp. 193-5, spurious, some details may derive from a contemporary charter; Keynes 1993/1, p. 123 n. 58, cited; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1112, probably spurious, but may use some authentic material, witness-list a mixture of West Saxon, Kentish and Mercian elements; Smyth 1995, p. 6; Wormald 1995, p. 117 n.; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 11, spurious, forger has used some contemporary records; cf. S 358.
A.D. 836. Egbert, king of the West Saxons, to Ciaba, a clericus living in St Peter's minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant, for life, of one sulung (aratrum) on Scirdun, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Canterbury, in return for 100 mancuses, with reversion to St Augustine's. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 132rv (s. xiii)
2. PRO E 164/27, 81rv (s. xiii)
Printed: B 852 ex MS 1; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 18 ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Turner 1915, p. xxviii; Stenton 1918, p. 451 n. 79, may be authentic (= Stenton 1970, p. 65 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 272-3, on place-names; Wormald 1983, p. 113 n. 62, commands respect; Edwards 1988, pp. 289-90, authentic; Keynes 1993/1, p. 122 n. 55, cited; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 75-7, probably abbreviated.
A.D. 838 (Fræricburna, [Surrey]). Egbert, king, to Beornmod, bishop; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Snodland and Holborough, Kent, with pastures and a viculus in the eastern part of Rochester. Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 30 (s. x2; BM Facs., iv. 8)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 138v-139r (s. xii1; facsimile)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liver Temporalium), 3r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 99-100; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., p. 601; K 239; B 418; Earle, pp. 287-8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 141; Campbell, Rochester, no. 19.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is a later imitation; Stevenson 1904, p. 199 n. 3, a later 10th-century copy; Stenton 1918, p. 451, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 177-9; Campbell, Rochester, p. xiv, MS 1 a copy not earlier than 970, p. xvi, on location, pp. xx-xxii, on estate history, p. xxiii, may be abbreviated; Witney 1976, p. 236, on swine-pastures; Edwards 1988, pp. 285-8, probable fabrication, largely based on genuine charter of Egbert but details of transaction have probably been changed; Keynes 1993/1, p. 122 n. 55, p. 123 n. 61, p. 129, cited.
Note. The order of witnesses in Campbell's edition is misleading. The three columns should have been read horizontally rather than vertically; cf. B 418.
A.D. 838 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey). Egbert, king of Wessex, to the see of Winchester; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, conditional upon the loyalty of Bishop Ealdhun and his successors to Æthelwulf; with later confirmation (A.D. 839, Vetustissimus = æt Astran) by a Southumbrian synod. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 113v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1044; HS, pp. 619-20, 624-5; B 423; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 46; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 484-5, 490.
Comments: HS, pp. 620, 625, doubtful; Finberg, ECW, no. 15, authentic; Whitelock 1966, p. 101, witness-list tampered with to include Swithhun as deacon in 838 and bishop in 839; Finberg 1969, p. 68 n. 1; Hart 1970/1, p. 37 (no. 198), authentic; Brooks 1984, p. 200, probably authentic, although witnesses have been tampered with; Vollrath 1985, pp. 207-10, on synodal aspects; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-8, 157-60, may be a fabrication, based on a version of S 1438; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1114 n. 3, not acceptable in received form, based on S 1438, perhaps emanated from circle of later West Saxon king.
A.D. 845 for 830. Egbert, king of Wessex and Kent, to Ætheric, minister; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Warehorne and Flotham (lost), Kent, in return for 50 mancuses. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. C. 1279 (Red Book, no. 7; s. xi; OS Facs., i. 7)
Printed: K 224; B 396; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 129.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 13, original; Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, p. 451, original, dates 830 (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3, p. 65); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 165-6, suggests Flotham is represented by Ham Farm in Snargate; Ward 1943, p. 24; Witney 1976, p. 270, on swne-pastures; Brooks 1984, pp. 162, 358 n. 42, not authentic but witness-list appears sound, p. 360 n. 67, MS not contemporary; Edwards 1988, pp. 273-5, later copy of substantially genuine charter, incarnational year miscopied or miscalculated; Brooks 1988, pp. 101-2, on topography; Campbell 1989, p. 26, on counter-payment; Foot 1992, p. 191 n. 148, on a formula; Keynes 1993/1, p. 122 n. 53, cited.
A.D. 924 for ? 824 (Acleah). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Wulfheard, præfectus; grant of 22 hides (manentes) on the river Meon, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 39v-40r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1031; B 377; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 36.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 209-17, identifies the estate as in East Meon and Froxfield; Finberg, ECW, no. 10, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 28 (no. 67); O'Donovan 1973, p. 103, witness-list not above suspicion; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-50, substantially authentic, bounds not contemporary, p. 163, genuine; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, esp. p. 1111 n. 2, spurious, some details from a charter of mid 820s, proem from a 10th-century model.
[A.D. 824 x 833]. Egbert, king, to the church of Winchester; restitution of 40 hides (mansae) at Alresford, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 22r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1039; B 398; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 42.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 69-77, bounds describe Old and New Alredford, Medstead and part of Wield; Finberg, ECW, no. 14, spurious, text and bounds identical with S 242, witnesses taken from a genuine charter of 824 x 833; Edwards 1988, p. 148, 10th-century fabrication; Dumville 1992, p. 46 n. 91, spurious; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, esp. p. 1111 n. 4, spurious in received form, some details derived from a charter of mid 820s.
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