A.D. 714 (? for 717 or 724). Nunna, king of Sussex, to Beadufrith and the brethren of Selsey; grant of 4 hides (manentes) at Herotunun, 3 (cassati) at Tættæshamstede and 3 at Sidlesham, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 16v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 116; K 999; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1163 (no. 5); B 132; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 14; Barker 1947, p. 78 (no. 8), with translation; Morris 1995, p. 134, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 6.
Comments: Stenton 1971, p. 58, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 26, 30, 34, 36, on place-names; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 36-7, authentic, date probably 717 or 724, no MS source for the name-form Braclæshamstede in earlier editions.
A.D. 775 for c. 705 x c. 717. Nunna, king of Sussex, to Eadberht, bishop; grant of 20 hides (tributarii) at Hugabeorgum and Dene (probably East and West Dean near Chichester). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Selsey
MSS: 1. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Cap. I/17/1 (s. x/xi; BA Facs. 23)
2. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 17v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 117-18, ex MSS 1, 2; K 1000 ex MSS 1, 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 11), ex 1st edn; B 144, ex MSS 1, 2, and K; Earle, pp. 22-3, ex MSS 1, 2 and K; Barker 1947, pp. 65-6 (no. 3), with translation, pp. 66-7; Kelly, Selsey, no. 4, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Barker 1947, pp. 67-9; Forsberg 1950, pp. 63-4, suggests that Dene can perhaps be identified with Preston near Brighton; Darlington 1961, p. 20; Bruckner 1965, p. 12 n. 10, MS 1 written in two hands, s. ix or x; Cox 1976, pp. 20, 23, 65, on place-names; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation, p. 325, authentic; BA Facs., p. 8, spurious, MS 1 written late 10th century or early 11th century, imitating 8th-century minuscule; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 26-9, forgery.
(a) A.D. c. 705 x (? 716 x ?). Nunna, king of Sussex, to Berhfrith, famulus Dei; grant of four hides (tributarii) at Peppering by the river Arun (Tarente), Sussex.
(b) Eolla, having acquired the land from Berhfrith, sells it to Wulfhere.
(c) A.D. c. 733 x (747 x ? 765). Beoba grants the land to Beorra and Ecca.
(d) Probably A.D. 770 x 772. Osmund, king (of Sussex), buys the land from Erra, comes, and grants it to Tidburh, famula Dei. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 17v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 118; K 1001; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 12); B 145; Barker 1947, pp. 74-5 (no. 7), with translation, pp. 75-6; Morris 1995, p. 136, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 5.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Barker 1947, pp. 76-7; Chaplais 1968, p. 334, on detail of formulation (= 1973, p. 85); Stenton 1971, p. 58, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 42, 44, on place-names; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation, pp. 325-6, doubtful; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Campbell 1989, p. 23, on land-sale, pp. 29-30, corrupted but probably not false, discusses sequence of transactions; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 31-5, authentic basis, perhaps several early records worked into a composite charter.
A.D. 692. Nothhelm (Nunna), king of Sussex, to Nothgyth, his sister; grant, in order to found a minster, of 33 hides (cassati) at Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Lenstedegate (? Westergate in Aldington) and (North) Mundham, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Episc. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 16v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 115-16; K 995; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1163 (no. 3); B 78; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 10; Barker 1947, pp. 69-70 (no. 4), with translation, pp. 70-1; Morris 1995, p. 126, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 2.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 59 (pp. 485-6).
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 438, probably authentic (= Stenton 1970, p. 52); Stenton 1918/1, p. 258; Ward 1946, pp. 21-2; John 1960, pp. 8, 47, on tenurial aspects; Darlington 1961, p. 20, probably genuine; John 1966, p. 91, mainly genuine; Cox 1976, pp. 16, 21, 23, 35, on place-names; Harrison 1976, p. 69 n. 15, incarnation year probably added in the course of copying; Whitelock, EHD, p. 485, no good reason to reject document as a whole, although date may be a later addition; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 292-9, mainly authentic, dispositive section interpolated; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 15-22, fundamentally authentic although details of estates almost certainly altered, incarnation year probably acceptable; this charter and S 1172 should be treated as a single document.
A.D. 733 x (747 x c. 765). Æthelberht, king of Sussex, to Diosza; grant, for the construction of a minster, of 18 hides (tributarii) at Wittering, Sussex, with a note of the transfer of the lad by Diosza to his sister and confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 20v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 121-2; K 1010; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1167 (no. 21); B 211; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 23; Barker 1947, pp. 79-80 (no. 9), with translation; Morris 1995, pp. 141-2, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 7.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, doubtful (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly authentic; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 38-40, probably authentic.
Æthelberht, king of Sussex, to Wilfrid, bishop; grant of a half-hide (tributarius) at Chichester, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/6 (Liber Y), 73rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1011; B 212; Barker 1947, p. 81 (no. 10), with translation; Kelly, Selsey, no. 8.
Comments: Darlington 1961, p. 20, spurious; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 40-1, spurious, probably forged after transfer of see to Chichester in 1070s.
A.D. 762 probably for 765. Osmund (king), to Walhhere, his comes; grant, for the construction of a minster, of 12 hides (tributarii) at Ferring, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 17r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 117; K 1008; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 9); B 198; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 21; Barker 1947, p. 82 (no. 11), with translation, pp. 82-3; Morris 1995, pp. 138-9, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 9.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Barker 1947, p. 83; Chaplais 1968, p. 316, cited (= 1973, p. 64); Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 42-3, probably authentic, date miscopied.
A.D. 770. Osmund, king, to Wærbald, comes, and his wife Tidburh, for St Peter's Church (Henfield); grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Henfield, Sussex, with later confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 17rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 117; K 1009; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 10); B 206; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 22; Barker 1947, pp. 83-4 (no. 12), with translation; Morris 1995, pp. 139-40; Kelly, Selsey, no. 10.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, doubtful (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); Stenton 1955, p. 38, cited; John 1966, p. 25, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 208 nn. 3, 6, cited; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 44-6, probably fundamentally authentic, although dispositive section is defective and witness-list may have been tampered with.
c. A.D. 765. Ealdwulf, king, to Hunlaf, his comes: grant, in order to found a minster, of 16 hides (casata) at Stanmer, Lindfield and Burleigh, Sussex, with confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (? ex Selsey)
MSS: 1. BL Add. 33182, 8v (s. xvi; ex 2)
2. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 382 (s. xiii)
Printed: B 197; Barker 1947, pp. 85-6, with translation, pp. 86-8; Morris 1995, pp. 137-8, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 103-5, ex MS 2.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, dubious (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); Holgate 1929, pp. 183-9; PN Sussex, ii. 271-3, 309-10, 340-2, Addendum p. v; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 50-1, on place-names; Barker 1947, pp. 88-90; Maitland 1949; Stenton 1955, p. 38, cited; Barnes 1959, pp. 60-1, on MS 1; Welch 1978, p. 33, on estates; Scharer 1982, p. 260, on Offa's confirmation; Welch 1983, ii. 326-7, interpolated; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 105-6, probably authentic basis, but vernacular bounds and details of swine-pastures a later interpolation, probable that part of dispositive section and the king's subscription have also been revised.
See also S 1172-3, 1178, 1183-4, 1186.
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