ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS
ON SINGLE SHEETS
A CLASSIFIED LIST
compiled under the auspices of the
Joint Committee of Anglo-Saxon
Charters
by Simon Keynes
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SECTION I (b)
CHARTERS WRITTEN IN THE SEVENTH,
EIGHTH, OR NINTH CENTURY
Vernacular documents: nos. 78-87
See S 332 [67], 1204 [70], 344 [73] and 287 [74].
[78] S 1188 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 1) Ealdorman Oswulf and Beornthryth (805 x 810): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 79 (BMFacs. i.15), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
Crick 1988, pp. 252 and 265-6. <Composite: É with note by AB Wulfred (805 x 832) Parsons, p. 19: no witnesses; to be added later? Curious script for a vernacular text. Cf. S 139 [23], etc. For Oswulf, cf. S 153 [34]. DND: incipient square minuscule? Webb: Brooks scribe 3.>
[79] S 1500 (Robertson, Charters, no. 3) Will of Æthelnoth and Gænburg (805 x ?824, or x 832): BL Stowe Charter 8 (OSFacs. iii.8), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
Written on the lower part of the face of S 41, MS. 2 [32], by the main scribe. <Check in BL.>
[80] S 1482 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 2) Will of Abba (833 x 839), with Heregyth (s. ix1): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 64 (BMFacs. ii.23), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
The will itself, on the face, was produced in two stages, by two scribes (main text, including Abba's attestation; attestations of the archbishop and other clergy). Heregyth's note was added on the dorse, by a third scribe. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 360-1 (main text, scribe 3). Kelly 1990, pp. 47-8.
[81] S 204 (BCS 452; Harmer, SEHD, no. 3) Berhtwulf, king of Mercia (844 x 845): Canterbury, D. & C., Red Book no. 9 (OSFacs. i.8), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
A Mercian royal diploma, for an estate in Bucks., written in the vernacular. A column of four chrismons occurs in the left-hand margin; cf. column of crosses in S 221 [88], also Mercian. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, p. 174. Kelly 1990, pp. 55-6.
[82] S 1195 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 5) Ealhburg and Eadweald, and Ealhhere (c. 850): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 52 (BMFacs. ii.21), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 360-1 (scribe 7). <Parsons, p. 19: no witnesses; to be added later?>
[83] S 1510 (Robertson, Charters, no. 6) Will of Badanoth Beotting (845 x 853): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 42 (BMFacs. ii.25), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
Issued in duplicate. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 360-1 (scribe 5). <Parsons 1939, p. 14: read '847' (s. xiv) on dorse, against '837' in BCS (but it reads 837). Check in BL. Why gap of several words in last line? Erasure?>
[84] S 1197 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 4) Lufu (843 x 863): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 92 (BMFacs. ii.22), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
Written in two stages (record of Lufu's grant of an annual render, with attestations of archbishop and community; record of Lufu's injunction on future owners of the estate), by two scribes. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 360-1 (first part, scribe 6; confirmation, scribe 7). <Parsons, p. 19: crosses prepared in advance; some names not supplied. Parsons, p. 26: contemp. endorsement is scribal memorandum. Check in BL. Distinction of texts: first part; second part, leaving space for addition of witnesses; insertion of witnesses? Words marked for insertion, line 11, line 5.>
[85] S 1200 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 7) Eadweald and Cynethryth (867 x 870): BL Cotton Augustus ii. 19 (BMFacs. ii.19), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
<Parsons, p. 19: crosses prepared in advance; names not supplied. Dumville 1987, p. 156 n. 41.>
[86] S 1508 (Harmer, SEHD, no. 10) Will of Ealdorman Alfred (871 x 888): BL Stowe Charter 20 (OSFacs. iii.20), from Christ Church, Canterbury.
The witness-list was added on the dorse by a second scribe. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, p. 173. Dumville 1987, pp. 157-8. Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 239. <Check in BL: w-list added after horizontal (? and vertical) folding? Check Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 151-2.>
[87] - - (Harmer, SEHD, no. 9) Ealdorman Alfred and his wife Wærburh (s. ix2): Stockholm, Royal Library, Codex Aureus, fol. 10r.
A record entered in a gospel-book. Brooks, Church of Canterbury, pp. 360-1 (scribe 4). Making of England, ed. Webster and Backhouse, no. 154.
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