A.D. 716. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, founds a monastery at Crowland, Lincs. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. Lost (s. xii; partial facsimile in Hickes, Diss Epist., tabula D, p. 71; Searle 1894, frontispiece)
2. BL Arundel 178, 29v-30r (s. xvi)
3. BL Lansdowne 207 c, 96v-99r (s. xvii)
4. PRO Conf. R. 1 Hen. VIII, pt 2, no. 7
5. PRO Pat. R. 17 Rich. II, pt 1, m. 31
6. PRO Pat. R. 1 Hen. IV pt 2, no. 8
7. Oxford, All Souls College, 32, 1r-2r (s. xv)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 851-2; Fulman, Ingulph, pp. 2-4, ex MS 2; K 66 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 107-8 (no. 2); HS, pp. 296-9, ex K, Mon. Angl.; B 135 ex K and MS 2.
Comments: Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 73, spurious; Riley 1862, p. 36, spurious; HS, p. 99, spurious; Lieberman 1892, p. 250; Searle 1894, pp. 56-7, 165-6; Stevenson 1896, p. 733 n. 4, spurious, Hickes's facsimile suggests that MS 1 was 12th century; Levison 1946, p. 262, spurious; Chibnall, Orderic Vitalis, ii, pp. xxvii, 338; Scharer 1982, pp. 160-1, spurious; Roffe 1995, pp. 104-8, forgery probably in existence by 1124, p. 104 n. 7, bounds may be pre-Conquest.
A.D. 716. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to the church of St Mary, Evesham; grant of 25 hides (mansae) at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords.; Bransford, Hampton Lovett near Droitwich, Upton Warren, Witton in Droitwich, Sheriffs Lench, Worcs.; at Weston-on-Avon, Warwicks.; and at Hidcote and Larkstoke in Admington, Gloucs. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Harley 3763, 62v (s. xii)
Printed: K 65; B 134.
Comments: HS, p. 281, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 12 (pp. 33, 90, 139), spurious, p. 237, correction; Sawyer 1977, p. 148 n. 44, doubtful authenticity; Sawyer 1978, p. 225, authenticity uncertain; Hooke 1981/1, p. 148, on Droitwich; Scharer 1982, p. 161, spurious, anachronistic formulas; Campbell 1989, p. 24, spurious; Hooke 1990, pp. 24-5, on estates; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 150, forged.
A.D. 718 (? for 727). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Bægia, servant of God; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Daylesford, Gloucs., for the founding of a minster. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 31v-32r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 68-9; K 69; B 139; Earle, p. 20; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 27.
Comments: Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, genuine; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 70-2, on bounds; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 102-4, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 212, 217, ii. 207, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 13, authentic, indiction is correct for 727; Finberg 1972, p. 389, on a boundary mark; Cox 1976, pp. 20, 43, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 164-6, not genuine in present form, contamination from S 194; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 119, 151-2, on Bægia's minster; Dumville 1992, pp. 41-2 n. 58, on estate history; Bassett 1996, p. 166.
A.D. 718 (? for 727). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Buca, his comes; grant of 3 hides (manentes) at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords., to be a perpetual dwelling for the servants of God. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 39v (s. xii)
Printed: K 75; B 146; Earle, pp. 23-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 29.
Comments: K, vol. i. 90 n., indiction and witnesses do not fit 718; PN Worcs., p. xxv n. 2, substantially genuine; Davies 1972, p. 466, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 406, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 29, on place-name; Scharer 1982, pp. 172-4, not genuine in present form, but largely based on authentic charter; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 150-1, suspicious, but formulae and name forms acceptable and may be genuine, Kemble is wrong in stating that witnesses will not fit A.D. date.
A.D. 716/17 for ? c. 733 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her familia in Minster-in-Thanet; remission of the toll due on one ship at London. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 64v-65r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Julius D. ii, 131v (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 63-4, ex MS 1; K 97 ex MSS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 306-7 ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 30-1; B 149 ex K and MSS 1, 1*; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 49, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: B, vol. i. 216 n. 1, on date; Stevenson, 1914, p. 703, apparently genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 439 n. 31, probably genuine (= 1970, p. 53 n. 5); Harmer, Writs, p. 568, probably authentic; Harrison 1973, p. 63, on dating; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 367, probably authentic; Gelling. ECTV, no. 195, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 491; Scharer 1982, pp. 198-200, authentic; Wormald 1985, pp. 10-11, on formulation, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly 1992, authentic basis; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim on diplomatic, pp. 169-72, authentic, but dating clause has been tampered with.
A.D. 737 for ? 716/17 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her church; remission of the toll due on one ship. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 65v-66r (s. xv)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 131v-132r (s. xiii)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 64-5, ex MS 1; K 84 ex MSS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 310-11, ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 25-6, ex MS 1; B 150 ex K and MSS 1, 1*; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 50, ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: B, vol. i. 216 n. 1, on date; Harmer, Writs, p. 568, based on authentic material; Harrison 1973, p. 63, on dating; Scharer 1982, pp. 200-1, spurious; Wormald 1985, pp. 10-11, on formulation, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Yorke 1985, p. 23, on one of the witnesses; Kelly 1992, probably authentic; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim, on diplomatic, pp. 170-5, authentic, but dating clause probably tampered with.
A.D. 733 (1 or 24 September). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Ealdwulf, bishop, and the church of St Andrew (Rochester); remission of the toll due on one ship at London; with confirmation (A.D. 844 x 851, Werburgewic) by Berhtwulf, king of Mercia. Latin.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. xvii. 1 (s. ix med.; BM Facs., ii. 1; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 197; Making of England, p. 196)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 120v-122r (s. xii1; facsimile)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 7v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 66-8, ex MS 2; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 14-15; K 78; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 165 (no. 24), pp. 184-5 (no. 70) ex Hearne; Thorpe, pp. 21-3; B 152 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 27-8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 31; Campbell, Rochester, no. 2, ex MS 1
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 66 (pp. 491-2).
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 probably 9th century; Stevenson 1914, p. 695 n. 35, 9th-century copy of a presumably genuine charter; Stenton 1918, p. 439 n. 31, probably genuine (= Stenton 1970, p. 53 n. 5); Ch.L.A., iii, no. 197, 9th-century copy; Bruckner 1965, p. 24; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xvi, on use of dorse; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xiv, xxii, authentic, probably 9th-century copy; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 367, probably authentic; Sawyer 1978, p. 225, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 196, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 491, authentic, copy perhaps made at time of confirmation, dates confirmation to c. 844 x 845; Scharer 1982, pp. 196-8, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly 1992, on ship-toll privileges; Making of England, pp. 196-7 (no. 151); Keynes 1993/1, p. 127, on Berhtwulf's endorsement; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim, on diplomatic, pp. 169-72, on relationship with S 86; Lapidge 1996, p. 448, notes that Berhtwulf's brief confirmation is in correct Latin.
A.D. 736. Æthelbald, king of the Mercians and of the South Angli, to Cyneberht, comes; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Ismere by the river Stour and land at Brochyl in Morfe forest, Worcs., for the construction of a minster. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 3 (s. viii1; BM Facs., i. 7; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 183; Lowe, Uncial, pl. 23; Making of England, p. 197 (no. 152); Campbell 1982, p. 96)
2. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 129r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
3. Bodleian, Dodsworth 78, 1rv (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 121; Smith, Bede, p. 786; Hearne, Heming, p. 555 ex MS 2; K 80; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 585 (no. 7); B 154; Earle, pp. 29-30; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 33.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 67 (pp. 492-4).
Comments: Birch 1876, pp. 84-6; Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet OET, p. 429 (no. 9); Stenton 1913, p. 19 n. 2, cited; Stenton 1918, pp. 439-42, MS 1 contemporary, discusses royal style (= Stenton 1970, pp. 53-6); Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, trustworthy; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 27-30, genuine and contemporary; Ker 1948, p. 65, on endorsement; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 266-7; John 1960, p. 97, on royal style; Lowe, Uncial, p. 21, MS 1 probably contemporary; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 183, MS 1 contemporaneous, very probably original; Bruckner 1965, pp. 24, 26, on script, pp. 39, 43 n. 163; Chaplais 1965, p. 53, on script, p. 54, on provenance (= 1973, pp. 34-5); John 1966, p. 8, on royal style, pp. 86-7, 105; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xvi, opistograph, p. xvii, on script; Wright 1967, p. 56, on script; Chaplais 1968, p. 333, original, 7 subscriptions added later (= 1973, pp. 84-5); Englebert 1969, pp. 406, 410, on script; Stenton 1971, pp. 286, 305, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 211, authentic, minster probably at Kidderminster; Harrison 1973, p. 65, first charter of undoubted authenticity to include an incarnation year; Harrison 1976, p. 118, on dating; Sawyer 1978, pp. 145-6; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 492-3; Ford 1980, on Brochyl; Scharer 1982, pp. 179-81, genuine and contemporary; Wormald 1982, pp. 95-7; Wormald 1985, pp. 23, 25, original or early copy; Scharer 1988, pp. 56-63, on royal style; Hooke 1990, pp. 61-3, on bounds, with map p. 62; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 148-9, on beneficiary, pp. 192, 376, on topography, translation in EHD is misleading, Brochyl estate was probably of 4 hides (cf. S 1411), Foard's identification is impossible; Making of England, pp. 196-7 (no. 152); King 1996/1.
Note. Written in two stages (main text and witnesses; further witnesses) by a single scribe; a postscript was added on the dorse by a different scribe.
A.D. 742 (Clofeshos). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to the Kentish churches; confirmation of privileges. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. M 363 (Red Book, no. 1; s. ix1; OS Facs., i. 1; Campbell 1982, p. 127)
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 195v-196r (s. xii)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 13rv (s. xii)
4. BL Cotton Claud. D. ii, 28v (s. xvi)
5. BL Cotton Domit. viii, 47v-48r (s. xi)
6. London, Lambeth Palace, 582, p. 106 (s. xvii)
7. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 308 (s. xiii)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 230-1; Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2209, ex MS 2; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 86-7; K 87 ex MSS 4, 7, and witnesses ex MS 1; Johnson, Laws and Canons, pp. 541-2; Thorpe, pp. 26-8; HS, pp. 340-1, ex MS 7; B 162 ex MS 1; B 162A ex K and MSS 4, 5, 7; Earle, pp. 36-9, ex MS 1, pp. 39-40 ex MS 7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, n. 38; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 245-6; Fleming 1997, pp. 113-14 (no. 9), ex MS 3.
Translated: Johnson, Laws and Canons, pp. 238-9.
Comments: HS, pp. 340-2, attestations to B 162 spurious, B 162A the best copy; Sweet, OET, p. 432 (no. 17); Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, MS 1 doubtful or spurious, p. 697 n. 40, exemption clause inserted in MSS 4 and 7, p. 700 n. 49, MS 1 written c. 800; Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 4, original; Kuhn 1943, pp. 475-6; Sisam 1953, p. 92 n. 1; Sisam 1953/1, p. 310 n. 5, MS 1 not strictly contemporary; Sisam 1956, p. 117 n. 1, MS 1 two or three generations later than 742; John 1960, pp. 67, 70, authentic; Bruckner 1965, p. 12 n. 10, MS 1 9th-century; John 1966, p. 17, treats MS 1 as contemporary; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 133-9; Whitelock 1972, pp. 20-1 n. 6, discusses witness-list; Scharer 1982, pp. 187-8, spurious, perhaps forged by Archbishop Wulfred; Wormald 1982, p. 127, MS 1 9th-century; Brooks 1984, pp. 191-3, 196, 317-19, 366 nn. 53, 60, forged in early ninth century, perhaps by Archbishop Wulfred, witness-list an impossible concoction; Vollrath 1985, pp. 159-61, spurious, but may be based on genuine tradition; Brown 1986, p. 128, on script.
A.D. 748 (London, May). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eadburga, abbess, and her familia in the minsters of St Mary and SS Peter and Paul, Thanet; remission of half the toll due on a ship (? at London). Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MS: Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, 66v-67r (s. xv)
Printed: Lewis 1736, pp. 65-6; K 98; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 314-16; Thorpe, pp. 31-3; B 177; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 51.
Comments: Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, p. 140, on King Eadberht's subscription; Sawyer 1978, p. 39, cited; Scharer 1982, pp. 119 n., 202-8, fundamentally authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly 1992, on ship-toll privileges; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim, on diplomatic, pp. 177-8, authentic; cf. S 1788.
A.D. 749 (Gumley, Leics.). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, in favour of the minsters and churches (of Mercia); grant of privileges. Latin.
Archives: Canterbury, Christ Church, Crowland and Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Arundel 178, 30v (s. xvii; extract)
2. BL Royal 13 D. ii, 21r (s. xii; incomplete)
3. BL Cotton Otho A. i, 7r (s. viii2; damaged; cf. Ch.L.A., ii. 88; Keynes 1996/1, pp. 126, 130, 132)
4. Bodleian, James 10, pp. 13-14 (s. xvii; incomplete)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, p. 853 ex MS 1; Fulman, Ingulph, p. 5, ex MS 1; Spelman, Concilia, i. 256, ex MS 3; Alford 1663, ii. 487 (short version), 584-5; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 100-1; K 70 ex MSS 1, 2; K 99 ex Spelman and MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 108 (no. 3) ex MS 1*; Thorpe, pp. 16-17, 33-4; HS, p. 247, ex K 70, pp. 386-7, ex K 99; Stubbs, William of Malmesbury, G.R., i. 83-4, ex MS 2; B 140 ex MS 1; Birch, Ingulph, p. 9, ex MS 1; B 178 ex K, Spelman, Thorpe and MS 2 etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 43; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 168, 292-3.
Comments: HS, pp. 247, 387, genuine, a copy existed in MS 3; Maitland 1897, pp. 239-40, cited; Stevenson 1914, p. 700 n. 49, similar formulation in S 583, B 140 is an extract from B 178; John 1960, pp. 67-70, authentic; John 1966, p. 107 n., on immunity; Stenton 1970, pp. 1-2, on identification of Gumley; Brooks 1971, pp. 76-8, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 205, cited; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 134-5, 139; Finberg 1972, p. 459, on immunity; Harrison 1976, p. 188, on dating; Scharer 1982, pp. 188-95, would be suspicious did it not occur in a MS of s. viii2; Vollrath 1985, p. 145 n.; Wormald 1985, p. 25, early copy; Abels 1988, p. 52; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 135-6, treats as authentic; Keynes 1996/1, especially pp. 117-19, 122, 126, 140, on MS 3, pp. 137-9, substantially authentic.
A.D. 757. See S 96. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eanberht, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wilts.) and the tumulus called Reada beorg.
A.D. 726 x 737. Æthelbald, king, to St Mary's Minster, Abingdon; confirmation of lands and grant of 27 hides (cassati) at Watchfield and 10 by Ginge Brook, Berks., with further confirmation by Æthelheard, king (of Wessex). Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 13r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 106rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 81; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 38-40; B 155; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 5.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 37 n. 1, very dubious, p. 117; Stenton 1913, p. 22 n. 2, fabricated; Gelling 1957, p. 56; Lapidge 1975, p. 814; PN Berks., i. 10, ii. 445; Gelling, ECTV, no. 14, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 14, spurious; Scharer 1982, p. 186, spurious; Fleming 1985, p. 252, cited; Edwards 1988, pp. 177-9, fabrication, but some details perhaps derive from early records; Dumville 1992, p. 40 n. 55, bogus; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 5, spurious, but forger has used some contemporary records.
A.D. 716 x 737. Æthelbald, king of Mercia and of the South Angles, to Æthelric, comes; grant of 20 hides (cassati) in regione ... Stoppingas at Wootton, Warwicks. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 103rv (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 218-19; K 83; B 157; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 35.
Comments: Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 442, formulas and name-forms contemporary (= Stenton 1970, p. 56); Stenton 1918/1, p. 257, authentic; PN Warwicks., p. xvii, cited; Stenton 1955, pp. 35-6, authentic; John 1966, pp. 105-6, authentic; Chaplais 1968, p. 333, on royal style (= 1973, p. 85); Hart, ECNE, no. 46, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 38, 42, 43, on place-names; Sawyer 1978, p. 160, cited with reference to place-name; Scharer 1982, pp. 176-9, authentic, date later rather than earlier within range; Hooke 1985, pp. 110, 134-5, cited; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Scharer 1988, p. 57, on royal style; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 35 n. 99, pp. 149-50, genuine; Bassett 1996, p. 164, on estate.
A.D. 723 x 737 (24 November). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Cyneburg; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Bradley near Inkberrow, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 182rv (s. xi)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 7v (s. xi1)
4. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 130v (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 15-16, ex MS 3, p. 566, ex MS 4; K 79; B 153; Earle, p. 26; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 32.
Comments: B, vol. i. 221 n. 2, on date; Stenton 1913, p. 23 n. 1, possibly authentic; Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 439 n. 31, probably genuine (= Stenton 1970, p. 53 n. 5); PN Worcs., p. 166; Finberg, ECWM, no. 209, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 17, on place-name; Sims-Williams 1976, pp. 17-21; Scharer 1982, pp. 166-8, genuine apart from dating clause, correct date probably 723; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Hooke 1990, p. 26, on estate; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 146, cited, pp. 238-42, on beneficiary, p. 391, on Bradley topography.
A.D. 757. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eanberht, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wilts.) and the tumulus called Reada beorg. Latin.
Archive: uncertain (possibly Malmesbury)
MS: BL Cotton Ch. viii. 3 (? s. viii2 or ix1; BM Facs., iv. 3; Ch.L.A., iii. no. 193)
Printed: K 100; B 181; Earle, pp. 283-4, in part; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 44.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, 9th century; B 181 suggests Toccan sceaga is Tickenhurst, Kent; Stenton 1913, p. 23 n. 1, accepted as Æthelbald's last charter; Stenton 1918, p. 443, treats as authentic and discusses witness-list, rejects Birch's identification (= Stenton 1970, pp. 57-8); Robinson 1921, p. 37, original; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 41-3, suggests connection with Tockenham, Wilts.; Darlington 1955, p. 5 n. 24, accepts Wallenberg's suggestion; Watkin 1956, p. 229, cited, Eanberht cannot have been abbot of Malmesbury; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 193, copy written c. 800; John 1966, p. 52, on royal style; Finberg, ECW, no. 189, authentic, agrees with Tockenham identification, Readabeorg is probably the tumulus on Waite Hill; Stenton 1971, pp. 204, 287, cited; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 140-5; Bischoff 1976, p. 692, MS 1 later copy; Whitelock, EHD, p. 19, cited; Scharer 1982, pp. 182-4, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Edwards 1988, pp. 124-6, citing T.J. Brown, could be original; Scharer 1988, pp. 57, 60, 61, on royal style; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 225-8, charter is probably of Malmesbury provenance if not origin, discusses witness-list; Dumville 1992, p. 82, non-contemporary copy.
A.D. 716 x 717. Æthelbald, king, to the church of St Mary, Evesham; grant of part of a mansio in Droitwich, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 27v (s. xii)
Printed: K 68; Thorpe, p. 16; B 138.
Comments: HS, p. 281, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 207, authentic; Sawyer 1977, p. 148 n. 44, doubtful authenticity; Sawyer 1978, p. 225, authenticity uncertain; Hooke 1981/1, pp. 123, 137, 148, on salt-trade; Scharer 1982, pp. 172-3, spurious, probably forged on the basis of a late 8th-century model; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Hooke 1990, p. 26.
? A.D 743 x 745. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Milred, bishop, and St Peter's Minster, Worcester; remission of the toll due on two ships at London. English.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 20r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 45-6; K 95; Thorpe, pp. 28-9; B 171; Earle, pp. 41-2; Robertson, Charters, no. 1 (pp. 2-3) with translation.
Comments: Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, dubious; Robertson, Charters, pp. 259-60, a translation from a Latin original; Vleeskruyer 1953, p. 47; Dyer and Clarke 1968-9, p. 28; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 367, probably authentic; Gelling, ECTV, no. 199, authentic; Scharer 1982, pp. 201-2, authentic basis, but not genuine in present form; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 146-7, 328; Kelly 1992, on ship-toll privileges; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc, on diplomatic; John of Worcester, pp. 192-3 n. 4, on the difficulty that the witnesses include Milred's predecessor as bishop of Worcester.
A.D. 743 for 737 x 740 (Bearuwe). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Osred, his faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Aston Blank and Notgrove, Gloucs., with note that the land was later granted to St Mary's, Worcester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 26v-27r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 56-7; K 90; B 165; Earle, pp. 40-1.
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 30, on MS 1; HS, p. 339, doubtful; Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Robinson 1919, pp. 11, 22, some interpolation; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 177-81, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 176, 183, 184, 196, 200, 201; Finberg, ECWM, no. 23, authentic, scribe may have conflated two documents; Scharer 1982, pp. 169-72, not genuine in present form, but authentic basis; Hooke 1985, pp. 99, 128, 161; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 36, on beneficiary, p. 148, corrupt, perhaps interpolated, p. 169 n. 119.
A.D. 716 x 757. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Wihtred, his comes, and to Ansith, Wihtred's wife; grant of 7 hides (manentes) in the regio called Geddinges (cf. Yeading), Middx. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Christ Church, Canterbury
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 32 (s. xiii1)
Printed: K 101; B 182; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 45.
Comments: PN Mddx, pp. 1, 2, 40; Stenton 1971, p. 294, cited, with reference to place-name; Cox 1976, p. 42, on place-name; Gelling, ECTV, no. 198, authentic, estate need not be in the immediate vicinity of Yeading; Scharer 1982, pp. 184-6, 292, late single-sheet copy, possibly authentic, dates to c. 730 x 745; Brooks 1984, p. 142, on the beneficiary; Wormald 1985, p. 10, on formulation, p. 25, broadly trustworthy, dates 716 x c. 730; Bailey 1989/2, pp. 111, 118, on Middlesex background; Vince 1990, p. 120, on topography; Dumville 1992, p. 3 n. 16, cited, with reference to political background; Bailey 1996, pp. 64-6.
A.D. 727 x 736. Æthelbald, king of the South Angles, to Wilfrid, bishop (of Worcester); grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Batsford, Gloucs. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 183v (s. xi)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 15v (s. xi1)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 170rv (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 34, 376-7; K 88; B 163; Earle, p. 304; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 39.
Comments: Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 442, contemporary formulas (= Stenton 1970, pp. 56-7); Finberg 1957, pp. 5-8, date and topography discussed; Finberg 1964, pp. 17-18, on estate; Finberg, ECWM, no. 15, authentic; Finberg 1972, pp. 392-3, with map, on topography; Cox 1976, p. 16, on place-name; Scharer 1982, p. 169, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 146, cited; Bassett 1996, p. 167, on estate.
A.D. 716 x 717. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to the church of Worcester; grant of land south of the river Salwarp, Worcs., at Lootwic and Coolbeorg, for the construction of salt works, in exchange for salt works north of the same river. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 196v-197r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 442-3; K 67; Thorpe, p. 15; B 137; Earle, pp. 19-20; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 26.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 64 (p. 489).
Comments: HS, p. 280, genuine; Stenton 1913, p. 23 n. 1; Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 439 n. 31, probably genuine (= Stenton 1970, p. 53 n. 5); Forsberg 1950, pp. 155-6; Dyer and Clarke 1969, p. 28; Finberg, ECWM, no. 206, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 19, 34, 38, 45, on place-names; Whitelock, EHD, p. 489, treats as authentic; Hooke 1981/1, pp. 135, 148, on salt industry; Scharer 1982, pp. 162-3, probably authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Hooke 1990, pp. 25-6, on estate; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 141 n. 122, genuine; Lapidge 1993, p. 292 n., has some claim to be genuine.
A.D. 716 x 745. Æthelbald, king of the South Angles, to the church of St Peter, Worcester; grant of 3 hides (cassati) of woodland at Woodchester, Gloucs. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 42v-43r (s. xi1)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 55rv (s. xi1)
4. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 169v-170r (s. xi2)
5. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 129r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: Hearne. Heming, pp. 92-3, 117, 375-6, 555; K 89 and vol. iii. 377-8; Woodchester, with translation; B 164; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 39.
Comments: Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 442 n. 44, possibly represents a text that was produced before the Mercian witan in 896, cf. S 1441 (= Stenton 1970, p. 57 n. 2); Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 271-6, on bounds; Watson 1932, pp. 205-9, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 98, 102, 103, 116, on bounds; Davies 1972, p. 462, on formula; Finberg, ECWM, no. 14, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 38, on place-name; Scharer 1982, pp. 174-6, spurious, bounds possibly forged for the 896 meeting but rest of charter probably fabricated later; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Cox 1992, on bounds; cf. S 1441.
A.D. 716 x 745. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Ingwald, bishop of London; grant of toll from one ship. Latin.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MS: London, Lincoln's Inn, Hale 84, 94r (s. xvii1)
Printed: Kelly 1992, p. 27.
Comments: Kelly 1992, pp. 11-12, authentic; Keynes 1993/2, p. 307; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim, on diplomatic.
A.D. 716 x 745. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Ingwald, bishop of London; grant of the toll on one ship. Latin.
MSS: 1. London, Lincoln's Inn, Hale 84, 93v-94r (s. xvii)
2. Bodleian, James 23, p. 35 (s. xvii)
Printed: Gibbs 1939, pp. 7-8 (J. 14) ex MS 2; Kelly 1992, pp. 25-6 ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Gelling, ECTV, no. 194, authentic; Scharer 1982, pp. 203-5, 207-8, authentic, compare S 91; Wormald 1985, pp. 10, 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly 1992, authentic; Keynes 1993/2, p. 307, on MS 2; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc, passim, on diplomatic.
Note. Formerly listed as S 1788.
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