A.D. 680. Decree of Archbishop Theodore respecting the division of the bishoprics. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 112r (s. xii)
Printed: K 991; Thorpe, pp. 7-9; HS, pp. 152-3; B 53.
Comments: HS, p, 152, spurious; Rumble 1982, pp. 164-5.
A.D. 704 x 705. Letter of Waldhere, bishop of London, to Brihtwold, archbishop of Canterbury, concerning a dispute which had arisen between the king of the West Saxons and the rulers of the East Saxons. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 18 (s. viii1; BM Facs., i. 6; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 185; Chaplais 1978, plates 1, 2 = Chaplais 1981, plates opp. pp. XIV 6, 7)
Printed: Smith, Bede, pp. 783-4; HS, pp. 274-5; B 115; Chaplais 1978, pp. 22-3 (= 1981, XIV pp. 22-3).
Translated:, Whitelock, EHD, no. 164 (pp. 792-3).
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 21, cited; Harmer, Writs, p. 27, on a formula; Hoffmann 1964, pp. 149-50; Ch.L.A., iii., no. 185, late 8th century, imitative script; Hart, ECE, no. 6, original; Stenton 1971, pp. 142-3, 179; Whitelock 1975, pp. 10-11; Bischoff 1976, p. 692, agrees with Ch.L.A.; Chaplais 1978, original (= Chaplais 1981 XIV); Brooks 1984, p. 80; Yorke 1985, p. 34; Cubitt 1995, p. 260.
A.D. 736 x 737. Decree of a synod under Archbishop Nothhelm concerning the succession of a monastery (at Withington, Gloucs.) built on 20 hides (cassati) by the river Tillath (Coln) given for the purpose by Æthelred, king of Mercia. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 25rv (s. xi1)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 121; Hearne, Heming, pp. 464-6; K 82; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 585-6 (no. 8); Thorpe, pp. 23-4; Essays, pp. 309-10, with translation; HS, pp. 337-8; B 156; Earle, pp. 31-2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 34; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 244-5.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 68 (pp. 494-5).
Comments: HS, p. 338; Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, genuine; John 1960, p. 47, on legal background; Whitelock 1960-1, p. 1010; Finberg 1964, pp. 21-2; John 1966, pp. 85-6, on legal background; Finberg, ECWM, no. 21, authentic; Lapidge 1975, pp. 815-16; Whitelock, EHD, p. 494; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, cited with reference to legal background; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Wormald 1988, no. 1; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 130-4; Cubitt 1995, pp. 41, 80, 265, authentic; Bassett 1996, p. 166; cf. S 1255.
A.D. 789 (Chelsea, Middx). Settlement of a dispute between Heathored, bishop, and Wulfheard, son of Cussa, concerning land at Inkberrow and Bradley, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 182v (s. xi)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 7v-8v (s. xi1)
4. BL Harley 4660, 6r (s. xvii; ex 1)
5. London, Lambeth Palace, 585, p. 539 (s. xvii)
Printed: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., pp. 171-2 ex MS 1, cf. pp. 168-9; Hearne, Heming, pp. 16-19, cf. p. 587; K 156; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 587-8 (no. 14); Thorpe, pp. 38-9; Essays, pp. 314-15, in part, with translation; HS, pp. 465-6; B 256; Earle, pp. 61-3; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 80; Pierquin, Conciles, p. 355.
Translated: Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 237-8, in part.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 449 n. 69, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 63 n. 2); Finberg, ECWM, no. 231, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 237 n. 2, cited; Sims-Williams 1976, pp. 12-13; Vollrath 1985, pp. 134-5; Wormald 1988, no. 4; Hooke 1990, p. 33; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 237-9, on background; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 270-3.
A.D. 798. Decree of a council of Bapchild, Kent, concerning the liberties of the Church. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 196v-197r (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 88v (s. xiii)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 15rv (s. xii)
4. BL Cotton Claud. D. ii, 25v (s. xvi)
5. BL Harley 1757, 170v (s. xvi)
6. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 311-12 (s. xiii)
See also BL Cotton Domitian viii, 49v (ASC F) = B 290A
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2211 ex MS 1; Spelman, Concilia, i. 317; K 1018 ex MS 4; HS, pp. 517-18; B 290; Morris 1995, pp. 142-3 ex B; Fleming 1997, pp. 117-18 (no. 14) ex MS 3.
Comments: HS, p. 518, spurious, witness-list a conflation of names from S 22 and S 1431b; Cubitt 1995, p. 278, cartulary version of S 1431b.
A.D. 803 (Clofesho). Record of an agreement between Deneberht, bishop of Worcester, and Wulfheard, bishop of Hereford, concerning their claims to the minsters at Cheltenham and Beckford, Gloucs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 22v-23r (s. xi1)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 326; Hearne, Heming, pp. 50-2; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 168, in part; K 184; Thorpe, pp. 52-3; Essays, pp. 320-1, in part, with translation; HS, pp. 544-5; B 309; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 97; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 422-3.
Translated: Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 138-9, in part.
Comments: Finberg, ECWM, no. 52, authentic; Harrison 1976, pp. 115-16, on dating details; Vollrath 1985, pp. 136-7; Wormald 1986, p. 151 n. 8, on a formula; Wormald 1988, nos 8-10; Hooke 1990, p. 92; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 138-9, 382-3; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 280, no suspicious features; Bassett 1996, pp. 166, 168.
A.D. 803. Decree of a council of Clofesho concerning the restoration of the metropolitan rights of the see of Canterbury and the abolition of the archbishopric of Lichfield. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii, 61 (s. ix; BM Facs., ii. 6; Brown 1996, p. 207, fig. 23)
Short version
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 27r-28r (s. xii; lost, folio missing)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 314 (s. xiii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 107; Spelman, Concilia, i. 324; Smith, Bede, pp. 787-8 ex MS 1; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 166; K 185; HS, pp. 542-4 ex K; B 310 from MS 1; B 311 ex MS 2; Fleming 1997, pp. 148-51 (no. 84) ex MS 3.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 210, pp. 867-9.
Comments: Chaplais 1965, pp. 56-7, scribe of MS 1 also wrote S 293 (= 1973, p. 38 n. 78); Brooks 1984, pp. 126, 359 n. 67, contemporary; Cubitt 1995, pp. 81, 280.
A.D. 803. Decree of a council of Clofesho concerning the lordship of minsters. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. C 195 (Red Book no. 4; s. ix1; OS Facs., i. 4)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. C 196 (Red Book no. 5; s. xi; OS Facs., i. 5)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 401 (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1024 ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 50-2; HS, pp. 545-7; B 312; Moris 1995, pp. 147-50 ex B.
Comments: Watkin 1956, p. 212 and n. 56, p. 230 and n. 55; Brooks 1984, pp. 179, 359 n. 76, contemporary; Cubitt 1995, pp. 81, 280.
After A.D. 822 x 823. Memorandum concerning King Ceolwulf's request for land at Bromsgrove, Worcs., from Bishop Heahberht and his community, and a consequent attempt by Wulfheard to obtain possession of Inkberrow, Worcs. English.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Add. 46204 recto and BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 182v (s. xi)
3. BL Harley Tib. A. xiii, 9r (s. xi1)
4. BL Harley 4660, 6v (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., pp. 172-3 ex MS 1, cf. pp. 168-9; Hearne, Heming, p. 21; K 183; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 588 (no. 14); Thorpe, pp. 47-8, with translation; B 308 endorsement; Earle, p. 69; Stevenson 1911, pp. 206-7; Robertson, Charters, no. 4 (p. 6), with translation, p. 7.
Comments: Stevenson 1911, p. 206; Robertson, Charters, pp. 263-5; Finberg, ECWM, no. 245, authentic; Hooke 1990, p. 96; Pelteret 1995, p. 278.
A.D. 824 (Clofesho, 30 Oct.). Record of the settlement of a dispute between Heahberht, bishop, and the familia at Berkeley, Gloucs., concerning land at Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 181r (s. xi)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 47r-48r (s. xi1)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 125; Alford 1663, iii. 35-6; Hearne, Heming, pp. 100, 467-71; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 175-6; K 218; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 590 (no. 20); Thorpe, pp. 67-9; HS, pp. 592-4; B 379; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 124; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 465-7; Davies and Fouracre 1986, p. 262 ex B.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 84 (pp. 516-17).
Comments: Finberg, ECWM, no. 62, authentic; Harrison 1973, pp. 60-1 n. 3, citing Brooks, on date of synod; Harrison 1976, pp. 114-15, on date of synod; Whitelock, EHD, p. 516; Wormald 1982, p. 123, on background; Vollrath 1985, pp. 197-200, on synodal aspects; Wormald 1986, pp. 152-7, authentic, discusses legal background to the case, including the use of documentation in the dispute; Wormald 1988, no. 12; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 172, 176; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 94-6, 285-6; Kennedy 1995, pp. 171, 181 n. 191, cited with reference to legal background; cf. S 1187.
A.D. 824 (Clofesho). Record of the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred of land at Easole, Kent, granted to him by Ealdberht, comes, and Selethryth, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwoenthryth, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet. Latin, endorsed with bounds, in English, of Godmersham (cf. CCC 13, S 1620) and Challock, Kent.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 14 (s. ix1; OS Facs., iii. 14)
Printed: B 378.
Comments: Sweet, OET, pp. 458-9 (no. 57); Stevenson 1914, p. 695 n. 34, cited; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 145-56, pn place-names; Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 4, original; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 31 n., genuine and contemporary; Levison 1946, pp. 215-2, on Cwoenthryth; Harrison 1973, p. 60 n. 3, citing Brooks, on date of synod; Harrison 1976, pp. 114-15, on date of synod; Brooks 1984, pp. 184-5, 192, 361 n. 76, p. 364 nn. 28, 31, original; Vollrath 1985, pp. 197-200, on synodal aspects; Brown 1986, pp. 128-9, on script; Crick 1988, on script; Wormald 1988, no. 13; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 115, 119-20, cited; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 84, 286; Brown 1996, p. 164, on script; Sandred 1996, on Godmersham bounds.
Note. The bounds were added on dorse by a different and probably later ninth-century scribe. Cf. CCC 13 (S 1620).
A.D. 825 (Clofesho). Record of a synodal dispute-settlement, concerning the recovery by Coenred, bishop of Selsey, of land at Denton, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MS: Chichester, West Sussex R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 18rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 118-19; K 1034; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164-5 (no. 14); Thorpe, pp. 72-3; HS, iii. 606-7; B 387; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 39; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 475-6; Barker 1948, pp. 128-9 (no. 21), with translation, pp. 129-30; Kelly, Selsey, no. 15.
Comments: Vollrath 1985, pp. 138, 201-7; Wormald 1988, no. 7; Keynes 1993/1, p. 119, cited; Cubitt 1995, pp. 56, 80, 85, 286; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 61-5, authentic; cf. S 158.
A.D. 825 for c. 827 (Clofesho). Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred and Coenwulf, king of Mercia, and his heir Cwoenthryth, abbess, concerning the minsters of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet. At an initial settlement in London (? late 821) Wulfred ceded to King Coenwulf 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.). In subsequent settlements (at Clofesho and Oslafeshlau) Cwoenthryth ceded to Wulfred land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and Combe, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 78 (s. ix1; BM Facs., ii. 18)
2. BL Stowe Ch. 15 (s. ix1; OS Facs., iii. 15)
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 197r-198r (s. xii)
4. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 16r-17r (s. xii)
5. BL Cotton Claud. D. ii, 30r-31r (s. xvi)
6. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 316-18 (s. xiii)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, cols. 2213-15 ex MS 3; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 173-5; K 220 ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 73-8; HS, pp. 596-601 ex K; HS, pp. 601-4 ex MS 6 etc.; B 384 ex MSS 1, 2; B 385 ex MSS 5, 6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 126; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 460, 468-71; Fleming 1997, pp. 119-22 (no. 19) ex MS 4.
Comments: Sweet, OET, pp. 459-60 (no. 58); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 165, on place-names; Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 4, original; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 23-5, genuine and contemporary; PN Middx, pp. 40, 51, 55; Levison 1946, pp. 251-2, on Cwoenthryth; Stenton 1955, p. 41, contemporary; Stengel 1960, p. 72; Chaplais 1968, p. 330, cited (= 1973, p. 81); Stenton 1971, pp. 229-30, on background; Gelling, ECTV, no. 206, original; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, cited; Wormald 1982, p. 127; Brooks 1984, pp. 104-5, on estates, pp. 180-3, on context, pp. 322-3, 360-1 n. 70, on scribe; Fleming 1985, p. 256; Vollrath 1985, pp. 201-7, on synodal aspects; Brown 1986, pp. 128-9, 130-1, on script; Rumble 1987, pp. 226-7, on bocland as place-name; Wormald 1988, no. 14; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 115, 118, 119-20, 125 n. 8, dates from c. 827 in received form, witness-list ostensibly from Clofesho synod of 825, but Kentish witnesses (from Abbot Feologeld) may be a later addition; Blair 1994, p. 63, on Eynsham link; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 95, 286-7; Wormald 1995, p. 126, on Oslafeshlau; Bailey 1996, pp. 66-9, on Harrow; Brown 1996, p. 164, on script.
Note. Scribe of MS 1 also wrote S 153, 188, 1482 and the witnesses of S 1268, and may also have been responsible for MS 2.
A.D. 825 (Clofesho). Record of the settlement of a dispute concerning swine-pasture at Sinton in Leigh, Worcs. English.
Archive: Worcester
MS: Somers Ch. 6 (lost)
Printed: Smith, Bede, pp. 768-9 ex MS; Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 80-1; K 219; Thorpe, pp. 70-2, with translation; HS, pp. 604-6 ex K, with translation; B 386 ex Smith; Earle, pp. 285-7; Robertson, Charters, no. 5 (p. 8), with translation, p. 9.
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, pp. 301-2, no. 6; PN Worcs., p. 128, identifies with Sinton in Grimley; Stenton 1933, p. 318 n. 3, cited; Robertson, Charters, pp. 266-9, identifies as Sinton in Leigh, notes problem with indiction; Finberg, ECWM, no. 246, authentic, identifies with Sinton in Leigh; Finberg 1972, p. 403, cited; Hooke 1985, pp. 155-6, 184; Vollrath 1985, pp. 201-7, on synodal aspects; Wormald 1988, no. 15; Hooke 1990, pp. 96-7; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 286.
A.D. 838 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey). Record of the agreement made at Kingston, between Archbishop Ceolnoth and Kings Egbert and Æthelwulf concerning the restoration to Christ Church, Canterbury, of land at Mallingum (East Malling, Kent or South Malling, Sussex), previously granted by Baldred, king of Kent. In return Ceolnoth and the Christ Church community and their successors promise loyalty to the West Saxon kings and their heirs. An additional passage concerns an agreement over the election of abbots and abbesses to the Kentish minsters. Confirmations by King Æthelwulf (at a meeting at Wilton) and (A.D. 839) by bishops south of the Humber, at a synod æt Astran. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 20 (s. ix1; BM Facs., i. 17; Crick 1997, pl. VI, dorse, in part)
2. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 21 (s. ix1; BM Facs., ii. 26)
3. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 37 (s. ix1; BM Facs., ii. 27)
4. BL Add. 4549, 3r-7r (s. xviii; ex 1)
5. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 392-4 (s. xiii)
Short version
6. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 199r (s. xii)
7. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 19v (s. xii)
8. BL Cotton Claud. D. ii, 31r (s. xvi)
9. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 320 (s. xiii)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 2217-18; Alford 1663, iii. 58, in part; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 178-9, incomplete; K 240 ex MSS 1, 2, 3; HS, pp. 617-19, 620, 624 ex K; B 421 ex MSS 1, 2, 3, 5; B 422 ex MS 9; Earle, pp. 114-18; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 142; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 482-4; Fleming 1997, p. 127 (no. 33) ex MS 7.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MSS 1, 2, 3 all contemporary; Sweet, OET, pp. 434-6 (nos 21-3); Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 37; Parsons 1939, pp. 13, 14, 32 n., authentic; Barker 1948, pp. 131-2; Stenton 1955, p. 41, MSS 1, 2, 3 cannot be much later than 850; Chaplais 1965, p. 57, MSS 1 and 3 are in part in the same hand as S 298 (= 1973, pp. 38-9); John 1966, p. 37, contemporary; Chaplais 1968, p. 316, example of document issued in more than one exemplar (= 1973, p. 65); Stenton 1971, p. 234 n. 2, meaning often obscure; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 223-5; Jones 1976, pp. 26, 28, on estate history, assumes identification with South Malling; Wormald 1982, p. 140, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 136-7, estate probably at East Malling, pp. 146-7, 197-201, on background, pp. 323-5, on MSS and script, p. 360 n. 70, scribe of MS 1 also wrote S 1268 and 1204a, disputes identification with scribe of S 298; Vollrath 1985, pp. 207-10, on synodal aspects; Brown 1986, p. 129, on script of MS 1; Edwards 1988, p. 279, authentic; Morrish 1988, p. 513, on script; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 9; Wormald 1988, no. 16; Fleming 1993, p. 122; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 121, 124, estate probably at South Malling; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1112-14; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 287-8, 314; Brown 1996, pp. 164, 171, on script; Lapidge 1996, pp. 446-7, on latinity; Crick 1997, on script.
Note. MS 2 seems to be the earliest version, with additional passage marked for insertion; MS 1 is a fair copy, incorporating this passage, with separate endorsements recording the confirmations at Wilton and æt Astran; in MS 3 the records of proceedings at Kingston and Wilton were written by the main scribe, with the confirmation made æt Astran added as an endorsement.
A.D. 844 (Canterbury). Account of the settlement of a dispute concerning estates belonging to Oswulf, dux, bequeathed by him in reversion to the Church and now held by the Kentish monasteries of Christ Church, Folkestone, Dover and Lyminge. They are claimed by a certain Æthelwulf, but the rights of the churches are upheld. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Lost
Printed: Somner 1640, pp. 498-501 ex MS; Somner 1703, pp. 77-8 ex MS; K 256 ex Somner; Thorpe, pp. 96-100 ex Somner; HS, pp. 567-8, 628-30, ex Somner; B 445 ex Somner; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 443-4, 492-4.
Translated: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 36-8.
Comments: Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 38-9; HS, p. 568; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 69-70; Deanesly 1927, p. 4 n. 3; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 188; Vollrath 1985, p. 139; Crick 1988, on background; Wormald 1988, nos 18-19; Keynes 1993/1, p. 116; Cubitt 1995, pp. 94, 283-4; Kennedy 1995, p. 169 n. 149, on legal background.
A.D. 852. Agreement between Abbot Ceolred and the community at Medeshamstede, and Wulfred, concerning land at Sempringham, Sleaford, Lincs.; Forde; Cheal, Lincs.; and at Lehcotum. English.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. London, Soc. Ant. 60, 46rv (s. xii)
2. Bodleian, Laud 636 (s. xii; summary; facsimile in Whitelock 1954)
Printed: K 267; Thorpe, pp. 104-6; B 464 ex MS 1; B 465 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 17; Robertson, Charters, no. 7 (p. 12), with translation, p. 13.
Comments: Stubbs 1861/1, pp. 206-7, cited; Plummer 1899, p. 78; Stevenson 1904, p. 229 n. 4, dubious; Stenton 1933, pp. 313-14, no reason for suspicion (= Stenton 1970, pp. 179-80); Robertson, Charters, pp. 271-4; Lennard 1944, p. 57, suggests Forde is Greatford, Lincs.; Whitelock 1954, p. 33, genuine; Wilson 1959, pp. 302-4, on language; Hart, ECEE, no. 149, authentic, Lehcotum is probably one of the Lincolnshire Cotes; Stenton 1971, p. 312, cited; Finberg 1972, p. 460, cited; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 127-8, on political implications of Archbishop Ceolnoth's subscription; Faith 1997, p. 162, cited.
A.D. 896 (Gloucester). Record of an agreement between Wærferth, bishop of Worcester, and Æthelwold concerning woodland at Woodchester, Bisley, Avening, Gloucs.; and at Scorranstone (? Sherston, Wilts.) and Thornbyrig (? Thornbury, Gloucs.) and swine-pasture at Longridge, Gloucs. English with bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 43r-44r (s. xi1)
2. BL Cotton Vesp. A. v, 169r (s. xvi; ex 1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 93-5; K 1073; Thorpe, pp. 139-42, with translation; Earle 1880, pp. 150-3, with translation; B 574; Earle, pp. 154-6, with translation, pp. 156-7; Harmer, SEHD, no. 14 (pp. 24-5), with translation, pp. 56-7; Wyatt 1919, pp. 110-11.
Comments: Harmer, SEHD, pp. 107-9; Stenton 1918, p. 242 n. 44 (= Stenton 1970, p. 57 n. 2); Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 276-8, on suggested identifications for Scorranstone and Thornbyrig; Watson 1932, p. 208, on bounds; Wilson 1959, pp. 301-2, on language; Ekwall, DEPN, pp. 417, 467, accepts Grundy's identifications; PN Gloucs., i. 98, 102, 103, 116; Finberg, ECWM, no. 85, authentic, disputes Grundy's identifications, Scorranstone and Thornbyrig must be near Woodchester; Finberg 1972, p. 515, cited; Sawyer 1978, pp. 146-7, cited, appears to accept identification with Thornbury, Gloucs.; Hooke 1985, pp. 52, 87, 156, accepts Grundy's identifications; Wormald 1988, no. 21; Cox 1992, on bounds; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 159, cited with reference to legal background.
A.D. 897. Settlement of a dispute between the churches of Winchcombe and Worcester concerning land at Upton in Blockley, Gloucs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 183r (s. xi)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 14rv (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 29-31; K 323; Thorpe, pp. 142-3; Essays, pp. 334-5, in part, with translation; B 575; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 46.
Comments: Robinson 1923, p. 38, on a witness; Levison 1946, p. 252, on background; Finberg, ECWM, no 86, authentic, identifies Upton, cf. nos 63, 78; Finberg 1972, pp. 392-4, 409, on estate; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, cited; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 241 n. 58, cited; Wormald 1986, p. 157 n. 39, cited; Wormald 1988, no. 22; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 166 n. 107, pp. 167-8, 174; Wormald 1993, p. 5, cited; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 159, p. 174 n. 165.
c. A.D. 900. Record of the acquisition by King Edward from Bishop Denewulf and the community at Winchester, in exchange for St Andrew's church, of land at Winchester for the foundation of a monastery; also of the acquisition by the king of land by St Gregory's church. English with bounds.
Archives: Old Minster and New Minster, Winchester
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 8r (s. xiii2; Rumble 1982, p. 155)
2. BL Stowe 944, 57rv (s. xi1; incomplete)
3. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 12v (s. xiv2; Latin note and bounds
4. BL Lansdowne 717, 29rv (s. xvi2; ex 3)
Printed: K 1087; Thorpe, pp. 156-8, with translation; B 605 ex MS 1; B 1338 ex MS 2; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 155-8 ex MS 2, pp. 155-6 n., ex MS 1, with translation, p. 157 n.; Harmer, SEHD, no. 16 (pp. 27-8), with translation, p. 59.
Translated: Quirk 1961, pp. 51-2.
Comments: Birch, Liber Vitae, p. 155-7; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 110-12; Finberg, ECW, no. 33, authentic, cf. S 360; Quirk 1961, pp. 51-4, on topography; Quirk 1962, p. 177; Hart 1970/1, p. 24 (no. 9), authentic; Biddle and Hill 1971, pp. 75-6, on Winchester topography; O'Donovan 1973, p. 94, acceptable, witness-list better preserved in MS 2; Biddle 1975, p. 126, comment on bounds, with map, p. 129; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 313; Dumville 1992, pp. 45-6; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1142, note on MSS; Keynes 1996, pp. 16, 105.
A.D. 900 x 908. Letter of Denewulf, bishop, to King Edward concerning 60 hides at Beddington, Surrey. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 96v (s. xii; Latin)
2. BL Add. 15350, 96v-97r (s. xii; English)
Printed: K 1089; Thorpe, pp. 161-3, with translation of English; B 618 ex MS 1; B 619 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 72; Wyatt 1919, pp. 116-17.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 101 (pp. 543-4).
Comments: Hart 1970/1, p. 35 (nos 169-70), authentic; Finberg 1972, pp. 450, 498; Gelling, ECTV, no. 323, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 543, the Latin is a translation of the English; Fleming 1985, p. 253, on estate history; Dumville 1992, p. 46, on estate history; Keynes 1992, p. 63 n. 45, p. 92 n. 160, on elements of wording; Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 33, on detail of terminology (= 1994, p. 330 n. 35); Pelteret 1995, pp. 166, 168; Faith 1997, p. 65, cited.
A.D. 899 x 924. Letter to King Edward explaining the history of land at Fonthill. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. C. 1282 (Red Book, no. 12; s. x; OS Facs., i. 13; Canterbury 1936, pl. between pp. 8-9; Keynes 1992, pp. 59-60)
Printed: K 328; Thorpe, pp. 169-74, with translation; Essays, pp. 338-42, with translation; B 591; Earle, pp. 162-5; Harmer, SEHD, no. 18 (pp. 30-2), with translation, pp. 60-3; Wyatt 1919, pp. 112-15; Keynes 1992, in sections, with translation; Gretsch 1994, pp. 98-100, with translation pp. 100-2.
Translated: Goodchild 1929, pp. 325-8; Canterbury 1936, pp. 11-15; Whitelock, EHD, no. 102 (pp. 544-6).
Comments: Stevenson 1912, p. 5 n. 12; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 114-16; Mawer 1941-2, pp. 91-2; John 1960, pp. 87, 172; Finberg, ECW, no. 227, authentic; John 1966, p. 148-50, on lawsuit; Whitelock, EHD, p. 544; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 57, cited; Dumville 1987, p. 171, probably written in 910s or 920s; Wormald 1988, nos 23-6; Keynes 1990, pp. 248-9, 250 n. 97; Dumville 1992, pp. 44-5, on estate history; Keynes 1992, probably written nearer to c. 920 than 900; Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 33, p. 219 n. 36 (= 1994, p. 330 nn. 30, 35); Kitson 1993, p. 644; Gretsch 1994, on language; Kennedy 1995, pp. 153 n., 162 n., 163 n., 167 n., 171, 180 n., 183; Smyth 1995, pp. 393-400; Boynton and Reynolds 1996, on authorship.
c. A.D. 903. Settlement of a dispute between Wærferth, bishop, and Eadnoth, concerning land at Sodbury, Gloucs. English.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original (extant in 1643)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 56r-57r (s. xi1)
3. BL Cotton Vesp. A. v, 176v (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 119-21; K 327; Thorpe, pp. 166-9, with translation; Essays, pp. 335-7, with translation; B 582; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 49; Harmer, SEHD, no. 15 (pp. 25-7), with translation, pp. 57-9.
Comments: Harmer, SEHD, pp. 109-10; Wilson 1959, pp. 301-2, on language; Finberg, ECWM, no. 89, authentic; Kennedy 1985, p. 187 n. 49; Wormald 1988, no. 28; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 156-7; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 159, cited.
s. x1. Notification by Æthelweard to Ceolberht that he should render two portions of the tithe from Bedwyn and from Lambourne to God's servants at (Great) Bedwyn, Wilts.
Archive: Bedwyn
MS: Bern, Burgerbibliothek 671, 75v (s. x1)
Printed: Meritt 1934, p. 344, with translation; Förster 1941, pp. 793-4.
Comments: Meritt 1934; Förster 1941; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 4-5 (no. 6), art. a; Dumville 1992, pp. 81-2, on script.
c. A.D. 950-68. Record of a dispute involving estates at Send, Surrey, and at Sunbury, Middx, and a note of their purchase by Dunstan, archbishop. English.
Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. VIII (s. x2; OS Facs., ii, Westminster 7; Tapp 1951, facing p. 12)
2. BL Add. 4558, 143r-146r (s. xviii)
Printed: Kemble 1857, pp. 59-61, with translation; Thorpe, pp. 206-9, with translation; B 1063; Earle, pp. 201-3; Robertson, Charters, no. 44 (pp. 90-3), with translation.
Translated: Tapp 1951, p. 13.
Comments: PN Middx, pp. 22, 44; Tapp 1951, pp. 8-15; Robertson, Charters, pp. 336-9; Stenton 1955, p. 44, contemporary; Korhammer 1973, pp. 183-5, on estate history; Gelling, ECTV, no. 223 (pp. 110, 160), original; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, cited; Brooks 1984, p. 249; Kennedy 1985, p. 184, on legal process; Wormald 1988, nos 38-40; Kennedy 1995, pp. 142 n., 162 n., 167 n., on legal background; Pelteret 1995, pp. 166, 299.
? A.D. 963. Æthelwold, bishop, to St Peter's, Medeshamstede (Peterborough); record of gifts including land at Medeshamstede, Anlafestun; at Farcet and Whittlesey Mere, Hunts.; at Oundle and Kettering, Northants.; and at Well (cf. Outwell, Upwell, Welney, Cambs. and Norfolk); tithe from the double hundreds of Normancross, Hunts., and of Nassaborough, Northants., and from Maxey, Ashton, Nunton and Pilsgate in Barnack, Northants.; with stock at Yaxley, Hunts. English.
Archive: Peterborough
MS: London, Soc. Ant. 60, 39v-40v (s. xii med.)
Printed: Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 382 (no. 8); Kemble and Rock 1863, pp. 365-6; Thorpe, pp. 243-4, incomplete, with translation; B 1128; Robertson, Charters, no. 39 (pp. 72-5), with translation.
Comments: PN Hunts., pp. 185, 191; Robertson, Charters, pp. 325-30; Hart, ECEE, no. 13, authentic; King 1973, p. 7; Hart, ECNE, no. 7, authentic, dates c. 971 x 984, cf. p. 326; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 46; Kennedy 1995, p. 138 n. 28; Pelteret 1995, pp. 169, 323, on details of terminology.
A.D. 983 x 985. List of sureties for estates of Peterborough Abbey, relating to land at Warmington, Benefield, Walton, Maxey, Castor, Wittering, Ashton, Oxney in Peterborough, Longthorp, Bainton, Northants.; Anlafestune; Lutton, Northants. English.
Archive: Peterborough
MS: London, Soc. Ant. 60, 47r-49r (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 1130; Robertson, Charters, no. 40 (pp. 74-82), with translation.
Comments: Hart, ECEE, no. 164; King 1973, pp. 7-8; Hart, ECNE, no. 11.
A.D. 964 x 975 (? 970 x 975). Record of adjustment of the boundaries between the monasteries in Winchester. English.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 8v (s. xii)
Printed: K 594; Thorpe, pp. 231-3, with translation; Birch 1889, Appendix D, with translation, pp. 131-2; B 1163; Robertson, Charters, no. 49 (pp. 102-5), with translation.
Translated: Quirk 1962, p. 175.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 348-9, reference to Abbess Eadgifu (of Nunnaminster) is perhaps an interpolation; Quirk 1962, p. 175; Finberg, ECW, no. 121, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 24 (no. 11), authentic, dates ? 970 x 975; Biddle and Hill 1971, p. 70 n. 5, on Winchester topography; HRH, pp. 223, 235, probably genuine, if Eadgifu is indeed Edgar's daughter then the charter must be dated c. 975; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 267, 275, 283, 315, 322, 323, on Winchester topography; cf. S 807.
(1) A.D. 951 (? for 959). King Edgar to the church of St Peter, Westminster; restoration of 5 hides (mansiunculae) on the north side of the river Thames between the Tyburn and the Fleet, Middx, with an additional grant of 5 hides at Blecceanham (Blechenham, lost, in Hendon). (2) A.D. 972 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey). King Edgar to St Peter's; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Lohtheres leage (lost, in Hendon, Middx), purchased by Archbishop Dunstan from Edgar for 70 gold solidi and previously in the possession of Wulfmær. (3) A.D. 978. Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury, purchases for thirty pounds a further 3 hides at Lotheres leage, previously held by Brihtferth, huntsman, and grants the estate to St Peter's, Westminster. (4) A.D. 986. King Æthelred to the church of Westminster; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Hampstead, Middx. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. BL Stowe Ch. 32 (s. x2; OS Facs., iii. 33) [sections 2 and 3 only]
2. BL Stowe Ch. 33 (s. x2; OS Facs., iii. 34) [section 4 only]
3. London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. VI (s. xii; BA Facs. 36)
4. London, Westminster Abbey, Muniment Bk 11, 76rv (s. xiv) Printed: B 1290 ex MS 1; B 1351 ex MS 3 (sections 1 and 4 only).
Comments: Hales 1890, on bounds; Napier and Stevenson, p. 85, dubious; Robinson 1911, p. 170, prints bounds in translation; Stevenson 1914, p. 702, late and clumsy fabrication; PN Middx, pp. 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 50, 56, 57, 63, 111, 113, 165, and pp. 219-21, bounds of Blecceanham, pp. 221-2, bounds of Hampstead; Gelling 1954, on bounds, with a map; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, dubious; Gelling, ECTV, nos 228-9, spurious; BA Facs., p. 10, consolidated record of the endowment of Westminster in 10th century; Dumville 1994, p. 156 n. 125, p. 161, on script of MSS 1, 2.
Note. This is a composite charter, apparently put together in the late tenth century from a series of separate records. MS 3 preserves the only full version of the text. MSS 1 and 2 appear to be portions cut from an earlier single-sheet version of the full text. It seems likely that S 670, which contains the text of section 1, has been cut from another tenth-century copy of the composite charter.
See S 1450 MS 1.
s. x2. Account of the consecration in 905 of seven bishops (for Winchester, Ramsbury, Sherborne, Wells, Crediton, Selsey and Dorchester), and statement of the assignment to Crediton, on that occasion, of land at Pawton in St Breock, Cællincg and Lawhitton, Cornwall. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church; Winchester, Old Minster; Exeter
MSS: 1. BL Add. 7138 (s. x2; BA Facs., no. 9)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 3v (s. xv)
3. BL Add. 15350, 112r (s. xii med.)
4. BL Cotton Cleop. E. 1, 43v-44r (s. xii1)
5. BL Cotton Faust. B. vi, vol. i, 98r (s. xi/xii)
6. Bodleian, Bodley 579, 2r (s. )
7. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 452, p. 322 (s. xii1)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 526; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 199; Warren, Leofric Missal, p. 1 ex MS 6; B 614 ex MS 3; B 615; Robinson 1918, pp. 22-3 ex MS 1; Councils and Synods, pp. 167-9 (no. 35 i) ex MS 1; Conner 1993, pp. 221-5 ex MSS 1-4 and 6.
Comments: B ii, pp. 277-8, discusses MSS, strong claim for acceptance; O'Donovan 1972, pp. 34-5; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 24, MS 1 written by scribe of Oxford, St John's College, MS 28 (= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 24); Councils and Synods, pp. 165-6; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. lv-vi; BA Facs., p. 5, MS 1 probably of Canterbury origin, perhaps early copy of presumed Crediton original; Conner 1993, pp. 215-20, doubts Chaplais's identification of scribe; cf. S 1296.
c. A.D. 968 x 993. List of sureties between Eadgifu, abbess, and Leofric, abbot, for land at Stoke Canon, Devon. English.
Archive: Exeter
MS: Bodleian, Bodley 579, 11v (s. xi med.; Rose-Troup 1931, plate 5)
Printed: Davidson 1876, p. 419, with translation; Warren, Leofric Missal, p. 8 (text), p. lx (translation); B 1244; Earle, p. 256; Robertson, Charters, no. 47 (p. 98), with translation, p. 99.
Comments: Rose-Troup 1931, pp. 207-9; Robertson, Charters, pp. 343-4; Finberg, ECDC, no. 55; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 378-9 (no. 315); HRH, p. 48 n. 2, Leofric abbot of Exeter, pp. 211, 235, probably genuine; Hooke 1994, p. 116, cited; Dumville 1992/1, p. 46, little to support suggested dating.
A.D. 972 x 992. Archbishop Oswald's memoranda on the estates of the see of York. English.
Archive: York
MSS: 1. BL Harley 55, 4v (s. xi1; Loyn 1971, appendix)
2. BL Harley 6841, 128rv (s. xvi; Latin version)
3. BL Harley 6841, 129rv (s. xvi)
Printed: B 1278, 1279; Robertson, Charters, no. 54 (pp. 110-13), with translation.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 114 (p. 565).
Comments: Stenton 1910, pp. 84-6, 'it may probably be placed within a short time of Oswald's accession in 971-2'; Stevenson 1912, p. 14 n. 65; Robertson, Charters, pp. 357-60; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxxiv, on punctuation, pp. 301-2 (no. 225), art. 3, on MS 1; Whitelock 1959, p. 79; Stenton 1971, pp. 436, 496, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 125, authentic; Jones 1976, p. 38; Whitelock, EHD, p. 565; Keynes 1986, pp. 84, 89, 90; Wormald 1988, no. 53; Bullough 1996, pp. 16-17.
A.D. 990 x 992. Record of a dispute between Wynflæd and Leofwine about land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berks., and at Datchet, Bucks., which was settled at the shire-moot at Cwicelmshlæwe (Scutchamer Knob, Berks.). English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 15 (s. x/xi; BM Facs., iii. 37)
2. Bodleian, James 24, pp. 99-100 (s. xvi)
3. Bodleian, Junius 62, 1r-2r (s. xvii)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 4-5; K 693; Thorpe, pp. 288-90, with translation; Essays, pp. 355-6, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 66 (pp. 136-9), with translation; Baines 1990, pp. 64-5, with translation, pp. 65-6.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Stevenson 1912, p. 5 and n. 13, contemporary; PN Bucks., p. 234; Robertson, Charters, pp. 379-82; Harmer, Writs, pp. 47, 541 (no. 1); Chaplais 1966, p. 172 (= 1973, p. 56); Whitelock et al. 1968, p. 127 n. 8; Stenton 1971, p. 395, cited; HRH, p. 236, probably original; PN Berks., i. 200, ii. 481-2, 519; Dumville 1979, p. 5, on a witness; Gelling, ECTV, no. 123 (pp. 62-3, 76), original; Keynes 1980, p. 138 n. 186, p. 187 n. 115; Kennedy 1985, pp. 187-8, on lawsuit; Wormald 1986, pp. 160, 162-3, on legal background, dates 990; Wormald 1988, no. 49; Baines 1990; Keynes 1990, pp. 245-6, 249-50, on legal background, p. 250 n. 94, citing Chaplais, on solution to cutword; Keynes 1992, p. 76 n. 95; Lawson 1993, p. 69, cited; Kennedy 1995, pp. 167 n., 170 n., 171 n., 181 n., 182-3, on legal background.
Note. Upper portion of chirograph (CPILREOTGVRMAEFSVTM = CIROGRAFVM PLETVM EST).
c. A.D. 990 x 1005. Agreement between Wulfric, abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury, and Ealdred, son of Lyfing, about land at Clife, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 286, 77v (s. x/xi; Kelly, St Augustine's, pl. 4)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 10; Wanley, Catalogus, p. 151; K 429; Robertson, Charters, no. 62 (p. 128), with translation; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 31.
Comments: Lowe 1935, p. 4 (no. 126), dates MS to s. xi; Robertson, Charters, pp. 371-2; Ker, Catalogue, p. 95 (no. 55), art. b, on MS; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 118-19, authentic.
A.D. 995 x 1005. An account of the settlement of a dispute between Godwine, bishop of Rochester, and Leofwine, son of Ælfheah, concerning land at Snodland, Kent. English.
Archive: Rochester
MS: 1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 155r-156v (s. xii1; facsimile)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 10v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 43; K 929; Thorpe, pp. 301-4, with translation; Essays, pp. 360-1, part only, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 69 (pp. 140-3), with translation; Campbell, Rochester, no. 37; Davies and Fouracre 1986, p. 265, ex Campbell.
Comments: Stevenson 1912, p. 5 and n. 14; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 330, on place-names; Harmer 1938, pp. 363-5; Robertson, Charters, pp. 384-5; Harmer, Writs, pp. 46-7, 541; Chaplais 1966/1, pp. 172, 173 (= 1973, pp. 56, 58); HRH, p. 236, probably genuine; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xx-xxi, on dispute, p. xxvii, genuine; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, p. 137 n. 185; Kennedy 1985, pp. 182, 186, on legal background; Wormald 1986, pp. 157-61, on dispute; Wormald 1988, no. 69; Keynes 1990, pp. 246, 250, cited; Kennedy 1995, pp. 172 n., 180 n., 182, on legal background; Flight 1996; Faith 1997, p. 157, cited.
? A.D. 980 x 987. Account of the acquisition by the bishop of Rochester, on behalf of St Andrew's church, of land at Bromley and Fawkham, Kent, in compensation for the theft of the title-deeds of Snodland, Kent. English.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 162v-163v (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 114-15; K 1258; Thorpe, pp. 264-6, with translation; Essays, pp. 347-49, with translation; B 1296; Robertson, Charters, no. 59 (pp. 122-5), with translation; Campbell, Rochester, no. 36; Davies and Fouracre 1986, p. 264 ex Campbell.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, p. 301, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 365-7; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xx-xxii, xxiv-xxv, on estate history; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, cited; Kennedy 1985, pp. 182, 184, on legal background; Wormald 1986, pp. 157-61, on dispute; Wormald 1988, nos 45-6; Keynes 1992, p. 68, on legal background; Kennedy 1995, pp. 153 n., 167, 172 n., on legal background; Flight 1996.
c. A.D. 995. Account of Archbishop Dunstan's acquisition of 6 sulungs at Wouldham, Kent, on behalf of St Andrew's, Rochester; including details of the history of estates at Erith, Cray and Eynesford, Kent. English and Latin versions.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: English version
1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 20 (s. x2; BM Facs., iii. 34)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 147r-148r (s. xii1; facsimile)
Latin version
3. London, Soc. Ant., 175, 187r (s. xviii)
4. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 148r-150r (s. xii; facsimile)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 58-60 ex MSS 2, 4; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 115-20 ex MSS 2, 4; K 1288 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 171-2 (no. 37) ex MS 2; Thorpe, pp. 271-6; Essays, pp. 350-4, with translation; B 1097 ex MS 1; B 1098 ex MS 4; Earle, pp. 211-13 ex MS 1, pp. 213-14 ex MS 4; Robertson, Charters, no. 41 (pp. 84-7) ex MS 1, with translation; Campbell, Rochester, no. 34 ex MS 1, no. 34b ex MS 4.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 289-90, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 332-4; Harmer, Writs, p. 46, on dispute-settlement at shire-court; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xv, xx-xxii, on estate history, p. xxvii, genuine, MS 1 contemporary; Kennedy 1985, pp. 181-2, on legal background; Pelteret 1986, pp. 494-5; Wormald 1986, pp. 159-60, on dispute; Wormald 1988, no. 47; Sandred 1991, p. 4, on place-name Erith; Kennedy 1995, pp. 166 n., 170 n., on legal background; Flight 1996.
c. A.D. 1000. List of the contributions of men required for manning a ship from estates belonging to the bishopric of London. The places named are: St Osyth, Tillingham, Dunmow, Tolleshunt, Navestock, Essex; Neasden, Middx; Wickham St Paul's, Essex; Tollington, Hungerdown, Bromley (by Bow), Tottenham Court, Clapham (? or Clapton), Middx; Barnes, Surrey; Chiswick, Drayton, Middx; Caddington, Sandon, Herts.; Ceaddingtune; Fulham, Middx; Forthtune (? Fortune Gate in Harlesden, Middx); Stepney, Islington, Middx; Orsett, Laindon, Shopland, (West) Orsett, Belchamp St Paul's, Copford, Holland, Southminster, Clacton, Hadleigh and Codham (Hall in Warley), Essex. English.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 383 (s. xii1)
Printed: Liebermann 1900, pp. 23-4; Robertson, Charters, no. 72 (p. 144), with translation, p. 145; Taylor 1992, pp. 293-4.
Comments: Liebermann 1900; Robertson, Charters, pp. 389-92; PN Middx, pp. 33, 88, 124, 126, 135, 143; Abels 1988, pp. 158-9; Taylor 1992, pp. 292-303, with map.
A.D. 1014 x 1023 (? 1017). Marriage agreement whereby Wulfric, on marrying the sister of Archbishop Wulfstan, promises her land at Orleton and Ribblesford, Worcs., for her life, undertakes to obtain for her from the community at Worcester a lease, for three lives, of land at Knightwick, Worcs., and settles on her land at Alton in Rock, Worcs. English.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Somers Ch. 18 (lost)
2. Bodleian, Ballard 67, 44r (s. xviii ex Hearne)
Printed: Smith, Bede, p. 778 ex MS 1; Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 76 ex MS 1; Wanley, Catalogus, pp. 302-3 (no. 18) ex MS 1; Hearne, Heming, p. 598; K 738 ex Hickes; Thorpe, pp. 320-1 ex Hickes and Hearne, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 76 (p. 148) ex Smith.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 128 (p. 593).
Comments: Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, cited; Robertson, Charters, pp. 395-7, dates 1014 x 1016; Atkins 1940, pp. 16-17, dates c. 1017; Whitelock 1963, p. 11 n. 2, on date; Finberg, ECWM, no. 337, authentic; HRH, p. 236, authentic, dates c. 1014 x 1016; Whitelock, EHD, p. 593; Hooke 1990, pp. 329-30; Dumville 1993, p. 67 n. 292, perhaps 1017; Lapidge 1993, p. 413, on Evesham link, dates 1014 x 1023; Pelteret 1995, pp. 166-7.
Note. Issued in duplicate, with copies retained by the archbishop in Worcester and Bishop Æthelstan in Hereford.
c. A.D. 1010 x 1023 (? 1023). Record of a dispute between Athelstan, bishop (of Hereford) and Wulfstan and his son Wulfric, concerning land at Inkberrow, Worcs. English.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Ch. viii. 37 (s. xi1; BM Facs., iv. 14)
Printed: Hickes, Thesaurus, i, praefatio, p. xxi; K 898; Thorpe, pp. 375-8, with translation; Essays, pp. 363-5, part only, with translation; Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 223-5 (no. 34); Robertson, Charters, no. 83 (pp. 162-5), with translation.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Ker 1948, pp. 50-1 n. 4, p. 65 n. 1, Worcester portion of tripartite chirograph; Robertson, Charters, pp. 411-13, dates ? 1023; Harmer, Writs, pp. 40-1, on background, dates 1023; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxxiv, on punctuation; Whitelock 1963, p. 11 n. 4, the original agreement is not later than 1011 and the name of the bishop concerned must be a mistake for that of his predecessor Athulf, if S 926 with the latter's attestation is correctly dated 1012; Finberg, ECWM, no. 342, original, dates ? 1023, cf. no. 333; Wormald 1988, no. 77, dates 1023; Hooke 1990, pp. 330-1; Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 33 (= 1994, p. 330 n. 35); Lawson 1993, p. 69; Kennedy 1995, pp. 142 n., 156 n., 164 n., 180 n., on legal background.
Note. Upper portion of tripartite chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM). Issued in triplicate, with portions for St Mary's in Worcester, St Æthelberht's in Hereford and for the owner of the estate.
A.D. 1016 x 1020. Marriage agreement between Godwine and Brihtric including grant to Brihtric's daughter of land at Street and at Burmarsh, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Lost
Printed: Somner 1726, pp. 195-7 ex MS, with interlinear translation; K 732 ex Somner; Thorpe, pp. 312-13, with translation; Earle, pp. 228-9; Robertson, Charters, no. 77 (p. 150) ex Somner, with translation, p. 151.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 130 (p. 596-7) = no. 129 in 1st edn.
Comments: Somner 1726, pp. 75-6, a chirograph; Ward 1933; Robertson, Charters, pp. 397-9; HRH, p. 236, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 596; BA Facs., p. 7; Pelteret 1995, pp. 166-7, 314.
Note. Issued in triplicate, with copies retained by Christ Church, St Augustine's and Brihtric.
c. A.D. 1020. Survey of the estates at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Otley and Ripon, Yorks., belonging to the see of York. Latin.
Archive: York, St Mary's
MS: York, Minster Library, Add. 1 (s. xi; Barker, York Gospels)
MS: Stevenson 1912, pp. 15-19, with translation; Farrer, EYC, i. 21-3 (no. 7), with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 84 (pp. 164-9), with translation.
Translated: Keynes 1986, pp. 88-91, in sections.
Comments: Stevenson 1912; Robertson, Charters, pp. 413-16; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 468-9 (no. 402), art. a; Keynes 1986, pp. 83-91; cf. S 1453.
A.D. 1016 x 1035. Account of a dispute between Edwin, son of Enniaun, and his mother, concerning land at Wellington and Crydesleah (? lost in Briley), Herefords. English.
Archive: Hereford
MS: Hereford, D. & C., P. i, 134rv (s. xi; New Pal. Soc., ser. i, pl. 243a, part only)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 2-3; K 755; Thorpe, pp. 336-8, with translation; Essays, pp. 365-7, with translation; Sweet, Reader, pp. 57-8; Judge 1934, pp. 93-5, with translation, pp. 94-5; Robertson, Charters, no. 78 (pp. 150-3), with translation.
Translated: Leigh 1900, pp. 109-10; Whitelock, EHD, no. 135 (pp. 602-3).
Comments: Larson 1910, p; 725 n. 28; Robertson, Charters, pp. 399-402; von Feilitzen 1947; Ker, Catalogue, p. 156 (no. 119), art. a; Chaplais 1966, pp. 172-3, on lawsuit (= 1973, p. 57); Sweet, Reader, pp. 246-8; Finberg, ECWM, no. 421, authentic; Johansson 1977, on place-names; Whitelock, EHD, p. 602; Jenkins and Owen 1983, pp. 61-2, 65; Wormald 1986, p. 151, cited; Wormald 1988, no. 80; Coplestone-Crow 1989, pp. 45, 100, 199; Keynes 1990, p. 246, cited; Stafford 1994, pp. 241-3.
c. A.D. 1017 x 1027 (Lichfield). Declaration that Godwine, son of Earwig, has been cleared of the accusation of unrihtwife brought by Leofgar, bishop [of Lichfield]. English.
Archive: Lichfield
MS: Lichfield, Cathedral Library, 'Gospels of St Chad', p. 4 (s. xi1; Zimmermann 1916, plate 245)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 11; Wanley, Catalogus, p. 289; K 803; Thorpe, p. 373; Earle, pp. 236-7; Ker, Catalogue, p. 158; Heyworth, Wanley, p. 142.
Comments: Ker, Catalogue, no. 123 (p. 158), contemporary; Wormald 1988, no. 78, dates are the outside limits of Leofgar's episcopate; Heyworth, Wanley, p. 142.
A.D. 1020 x 1023 (London). Record of the acquisition by Ælfsige, abbot of Peterborough, on behalf of the abbey, of fenland at Whittlesey Mere, Hunts., from Thored, in exchange for land at Orton, Hunts., and a sum of money. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 24r-25v (s. xii med.)
2. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 119v-120r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 733; Stapleton 1849, pp. 182-3; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 4
Comments: Darby, VCH Hunts., iii. 251-2, with translation of bounds; PN Hunts,, pp. 186, 188, 191, 202, 216, 227; Hart, ECEE, no. 32, authentic; Lawson 1993, p. 165, on Thored.
A.D. 1020 x 1038 (Monks Risborough, Bucks.). Agreement between Archbishop Æthelnoth and Toki concerning land at Halton, Bucks., bequeathed to Christ Church by Wulfnoth. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Add. 14907, 18v-19r (s. xviii; ex 1)
2. London, Lambeth Palace, 1370, 115r (s. xi)
Printed: K 1321; Thorpe, p. 331, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 80 (p. 154), with translation, p. 155; Baines 1991, pp. 64-5, with translation.
Comments: PN Bucks., pp. 162, 167; Robertson, Charters, pp. 402-3; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 346-7 (no. 284), art. e, on MS 2; Gelling, ECTV, no. 158, original; Brooks 1984, pp. 301-2, MS 2 written in gospel-book by same scribe at same time as S 1466, a later agreement concerning the same land, so cannot be contemporary; Baines 1991.
A.D. 1032 or 1035. Declaration of arrangements made between Eadsige, priest, and Christ Church concerning land at Appledore, Warehorne, Berwick, Orpington, Palster and Wittersham, Kent. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Lost
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 143r (s. xiii)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. E, 43v-44r (s. xiii)
4. BL Stowe 853, 29v-30v (s. xvii)
Printed: Somner 1726, pp. 213-16 ex MS 1; K 745; Thorpe, pp. 328-30, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 86 (pp. 170-3) ex Somner, with translation.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 317-20, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 419-20; Stenton 1970, p. 30 n. 2, on probable reference to silver standard of London husting; HRH, p. 236, presumably genuine; Sawyer 1978, p. 212, cited with reference to London husting; Brooks 1984, pp. 295, 387 n. 117, dated 1035 in main Christ Church cartulary, but 1032 in a 15th-century list of benefactors, either date possible; Lowe 1989, p. 296 n., on text; Lowe 1993b, on termonology.
Note. Issued in triplicate, with copies retained by Christ Church, St Augustine's and Eadsige.
A.D. 1038 x 1050. Agreement between Archbishop Eadsige and Toki, confirming arrangements made in the time of Archbishop Æthelnoth about land at Halton, Bucks. (cf. S 1464). English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Add. 14907, 21v-22r (s. xviii; ex 1)
2. London, Lambeth Palace, 1370, 114r (s. xi)
Printed: K 1336; Robertson, Charters, no. 90 (p. 174), with translation, p. 175.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, p. 422; Ker, Catalogue, pp. 346-7 (no. 284), art. e; Gelling, ECTV, no. 159, authentic; Brooks 1984, pp. 301-2, MS 2 written in gospel-book by same scribe at same time as S 1464, an earlier agreement concerning the same land; Baines 1991.
After A.D. 1037 x 1040. Account of the restoration of Sandwich to Christ Church, Canterbury, by King Harold, and of a dispute between Christ Church and St Augustine's, Canterbury, concerning Sandwich. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 90 (s. xi med.; BM Facs., iv. 20; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, pl. 4 b, part only)
Printed: K 758; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 108 (no. 28); Thorpe, pp. 338-41, with translation; Earle, pp. 297-9; Robertson, Charters, no. 91 (pp. 174-9), with translation.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Robertson, Charters, pp. 422-4; Ward 1943, p. 26; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, pl. 4 b, scribe also wrote part of authentic writ of William I; Chaplais 1966/1, p. 176 n. 129, on scribe (= 1973, p. 61 n. 129); Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 19, on Sandwich; Brooks 1984, pp. 293, 298-9, 387 n. 112; Wormald 1988, no. 83; Kelly 1990, p. 51, cited; Dumville 1993, pp. 133, 134, cited; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. xx n. 20; Kennedy 1995, p. 167 n. 144; Faith 1997, p. 105, cited; Williams 1997, pp. 64-5, on dispute.
A.D. 1043 x 1044. Agreement between Æthelmær and Ufi, abbot of Bury St Edmunds, and the community there concerning land at Swanton and Hindolveston, Norfolk. English.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MS: Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 49r (s. xiii2)
Printed: Robertson, Charters, no. 97 (p. 184 ), with translation, p. 185.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 431-2; Hart, ECEE, no. 132, authentic; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine; Pelteret 1995, p. 167.
Note: Issued in duplicate, with portions retained by both parties.
A.D. 1043 x 1046. Memorandum that Leofwine, brother of Leofflæd, has purchased from Eadric, son of Ufic, a half hide at Mansell, Herefords., for half a mark of gold, a pound of silver and two ores. English.
Archive: Hereford
MS: Hereford, D. & C., P. i, 135r (s, xi med.; Leigh 1900, pl. facing p. 109; New Pal. Soc., ser. i, pl. 234b)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 9; K 802; Judge 1934, p. 95, with translation, p. 96; Robertson, Charters, no. 99 (p. 186), with translation, p. 187.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, p. 435; Ker, Catalogue, p. 156 (no. 119), art. b; Finberg, ECWM, no. 422, authentic.
A.D. 1043 x 1047. Agreement between the abbey and community of Bury St Edmunds, and Wulfgeat and his wife, concerning land at Gislingham, Suffolk, and Fakenham, Norfolk. English.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 49v (s. xiii2)
2. BL Add. 14847, 19rv (s. xiv)
Printed: K 1340; Thorpe, pp. 593-4, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 100 (p. 186), with translation, p. 187.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 435-6; Hart, ECEE, no. 107, authentic.
Note. Issued in triplicate, with portions held by the two parties to the agreement and by the bishop of Elmham.
c. A.D. 1045. Agreement between Archbishop Eadsige and Æthelric concerning land at Chart, Stowting, Milton and a haga in Canterbury, all in Kent. The land at Chart had been purchased by Archbishop Ceolnoth wth his own money from the thegn Hæletha and granted to him by charter by Æthelwulf, king of Wessex (A.D. 839 x 856; cf. CCC 18, S 1625). Old and Middle English versions.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: Old English
1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 70 (s. xi med.; BM Facs., iv. 27)
2. BL Stowe 853, 30v-31v (s. xvii)
;Middle English
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. A, 143rv (s. xiii)
4. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. E, 44r (s. xiii)
Printed: Both versions
K 773; Thorpe, pp. 354-7, with translation; Earle, pp. 243-5.
Old English only
Robertson, Charters, no. 101 (pp. 188-91), with translation.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 324-5, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 436-8; Barker 1949, p. 107, original; Harmer, Writs, p. 51, not earlier than 26 Dec. 1045; Oleson 1955, p. 154, authentic, dates it 1045; Ker, Catlaogue, p. xxxii, on script; HRH, p. 236, probably original, dates it 1045 x 1047; Brooks 1984, pp. 105, 148, 302-3, 354-5 n. 65; Lowe 1993a, pp. 10-15, on MSS 3, 4; Kennedy 1995, p. 141 n. 43, on detail of witness-list; Pelteret 1995, p. 167.
Note. Central portion of a chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM CYROGRAPHVM), of which copies were held by Christ Church, St Augustine's and Æthelric.
A.D. 1044 x 1045. Record of the settlement of a dispute over St Mildrith's property between Ælfstan, abbot of St Augustine's, and Leofwine, priest. Leofwine gives up his claim in return for an annual payment of five pounds and a life-interest in 1 sulung at Langdon and 1 at Ileden, Kent, to revert to St Augustine's after his death. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. A. 207 (Red Book, no. 21; s. xi med.; OS Facs., i. 23)
Printed: K 790; Thorpe, pp. 349-50, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 102 (p. 190), with translation, p. 191.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, p. 325, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 438-9; Wormald 1988, no. 84; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp.xxii-iii, no trace in St Augustine's archive.
Note. Upper portion of tripartite chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM), Copies were held by Christ Church, St Augustine's and Leofwine.
A.D. 1044 x 1048. Account of the purchase of land at Offham, Kent, by Godric of Bourne from his sister, Eadgifu. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 35 (s. xi med.; BM Facs., iv. 28)
Printed: Madox 1702, p. 176 (no. 284); Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 30; K 789; Thorpe, pp. 350-1, with translation; Earle, p. 247; Robertson, Charters, no. 103 (p. 192), with translation.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 325, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 439-40; HRH, p. 236, probably original.
Note. Upper portion of tripartite chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM). Copies were held by Christ Church, St Augustine's and Godric.
A.D. 1045 x 1046. Agreement between Bishop Ælfwold and the community at Sherborne, and Care, son of Toki, concerning land at Holcombe Rogus, Devon. English.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, 23rv (s. xii med.)
Printed: K 1334; Thorpe, pp. 346-7, with translation; Robertson, Charters, no. 105 (pp. 200-2), with translation, pp. 201-3; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 17.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 447-9; Finberg, ECDC, no. 62; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine; Wormald 1988, no. 85; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xiv-xv, xxxv, 59-61, authentic; PN Dorset, iii. 334; Hooke 1994, p. 187, cited; Pelteret 1995, p. 167.
Note. Issued in duplicate, with copies held by Sherborne and Crediton.
A.D. 1051 x 1053. Declaration that Æthelwine, dean of Worcester, and Ordric, his brother, purchased 3 hides (cassati) at Condicote, Gloucs., and restored it to the monastery at Worcester. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 151r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, p. 335; K 807; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 36.
Comments: Atkins 1940, p. 24, dates 1053; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, one of 13 charters, 'as a group untrustworthy'; Davies 1972, p. 477 n. 116, dubious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 167, authentic; HRH, p. 234, subscriptions consistent but not numerous, charter doubtful.
c. A.D. 1053. Agreement between Bishop Stigand, the community at Old Minster, Winchester, and Wulfweard the White concerning 10 hides in Hayling Island, Hants. English.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 100v-101r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1337; Thorpe, pp. 586-8; B 980; Robertson, Charters, no. 114 (p. 212), with translation, p. 213.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 239, genuine; Robertson, Charters, pp. 462-4; Finberg, ECW, no. 171, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 35 (no. 175), authentic; HRH, p. 236, very likely an early forgery, but possibly genuine; Pelteret, p. 167.
Note. Issued in triplicate, with portions held by Old Minster, New Minster and Wulfweard.
A.D. 1052 x 1066. Notification by King Edward that he has restored to Chertsey Abbey 10 hides at White Waltham, Berks., with the church there, woodland at Halewik (Hollicks, lost, in White Waltham) and Lidlegewik (Littlewick in White Waltham) and 20 acres of meadow at Cookham, Berks. English.
Archive: Chertsey
MS: BL Cotton Vitell. A. xiii, 51rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 844.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, p. 205 n. 1, not authentc in present form but may ultimately be based on a genuine document; PN Berks., i. 70-2; Gelling, ECTV, no. 136, citing Harmer, spurious but authentic basis possible.
A.D. 1053 x 1055 (? Lincoln). Agreement between Bishop Wulfwig, and Earl Leofric and Godgifu, his wife, concerning the endowment of a monastery at Stowe St Mary, Lincs. English.
Archive: Eynsham
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xv, 8r (s. xvi)
2. BL Harley 258, 3rv (s. xvii)
3. Bodleian, Dugdale 21, 3rv (s. xvii)
4. Bodleian, James 8, p. 8 (s. xvii; incomplete)
5. Oxford, Christ Church, 'Eynsham Cartulary', 9v-10v (s. xii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 262; K 956 ex MSS 1, 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 13-14 (no. 3); Thorpe, pp. 370-2, with translation; Salter, Eynsham Cart., i. 28-9, with translation, pp. 29-30; Robertson, Charters, no. 115 (pp. 212-14), with translation, pp. 213-15; Councils and Synods, no. 73 (pp. 540-3).
Comments: Robertson, Charters, pp. 465-8; Harmer 1955, pp. 358-60, authentic; Harmer, Writs, p. 247 n. 2, probably drawn up not long after the event; Oleson 1955, p. 155, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 155, authentic; HRH, p. 236, authentic; Sawyer 1978, p. 213, cited; Councils and Synods, pp. 538-40.
Note. Issued in triplicate, with a copy kept in the king's haligdom, and the others held by Earl Leofric and by Bishop Wulfwig.
A.D. 1058 x 1062. Declaration by Ælfgar, dux, that Ordwig, father of Abbot Æthelwig, gave to Evesham Abbey land at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords., and at Dorsington, Warwicks. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 39v (s. xii)
Printed: K 964; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 90.
Comments: Darlington 1933, p. 6 n. 2, probably genuine; Oleson 1955, p. 156, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 424, authentic; HRH, p. 234, dubious, subscriptions are few but seem consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 78, authentic.
A.D. 1062 x 1066. Declaration that Ealdred, archbishop, has purchased 10 hides (cassati) at Hampnett, Gloucs., and granted it to St Mary's, Worcester. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 179r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 398-400; K 823; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 43.
Comments: Atkins 1940, pp. 33-4; Oleson 1955, p. 155, dubious; Davies 1972, p. 477 n. 166, dubious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 174, spurious but authentic basis possible, calendar of benefactors (Mon. Angl., i. 609) dates purchase 1061 and names vendor as Godwine, thegn of King Edward; HRH, p. 234, doubtful, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1988, p. 208 n. 134, spurious, but some witnesses from a genuine charter of 1060s.
A.D. 1042 x 1055. History of land at Ryhall and Belmesthorpe, Rutland, claimed by Peterborough Abbey. Latin.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. BL Egerton 2733, 37r-38r (s. xiii)
2. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 28v (s. xii med.)
Printed: K 927; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 6, no. 74.
Translated: Hart, ECEE, p. 108.
Comments: Hart, ECEE, no. 160, authentic; Whitelock, pers. comm., its matter, but not its form, may be acceptable; King 1973, p. 9, cited.
c. 1055. Record of the settlement of a dispute between Ælfwine, abbot of Ramsey, and Leofric, abbot of Peterborough (then in charge of Thorney), with Siward, provost of Thorney, concerning the boundaries at King's Delph, Northants. English.
Archives: Ramsey, Thorney
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3021, 372r (s. xiv)
2. Cambridge, Cambs. R.O., 588/Z3, 15v-16r (s. xvi)
3. PRO E 164/28, 52r (s. xiv)
4. PRO E 164/28, (s. xiv)
Printed: Hart and Lyons, Ramsey Cart., i. 188 ex MS 3, ii. 38-9, ex MS 4.
Comments: Harmer, Writs, pp. 253-6, based on authentic material; Hart, ECEE, no. 44, authentic basis; Wormald 1988, no. 93; cf. S 1110.
s. xi2. Agreement between Brihtric, with his wife (gebedde), and the canons of St Paul's, London. English.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MS: London, Guildhall, 25504 (Liber L), 29v-30r (s. xii)
Printed: H.M.C. 9th Report, App., p. 62.
s. xi2. Agreement between Æthelweard and the dean and brothers of St Paul's, London, concerning land at Sandon, Herts. English.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MS: London, Guildhall, 25504 (Liber L), 44v (s. xii)
Printed: H.M.C. 9th Report, App., p. 65.
? s. xi1. List of estates liable for work on Rochester bridge. The places named are: Borstal, Cuxton, Frindsbury, Stoke, Gillingham, Chatham, Halling, Trottiscliffe, Malling, (South) Fleet, Stone, Pinden, Fawkham, Aylesford, Overhill (in Boxley), Oakley, Cossington, Dowdes, Gisleardesland, Wouldham, Burham, Eccles, Horsted, Farleigh, Teston, Chalk, Henhurst, Haven, Wrotham, Maidstone, Wateringbury, Nettlestead, the two Peckhams, Hadlow, Mereworth, Leybourne, Swanton, Offham, Ditton, Westerham, Hollingbourne, Hoo, Northfleet, Bishops Cliffe, Higham, Denton, Milton, Luddesdown, Meopham, Snodland, Birling and Paddlesworth, all in Kent.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 166v (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: English
Robertson, Charters, no. 52 (pp. 106-8), with translation.
Latin
Lambarde, Perambulation, pp. 419-24; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 379-82; B 1322.
Comments: Ward 1934; Robertson, Charters, pp. 351-5; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 15; Brooks 1992/1; Brooks 1994.
c. A.D. 1000. List of serfs belonging to Hatfield, Herts.
Archive: probably Ely
MS: BL Cotton Tib. B. v, vol. i, 76v (s. x/xi)
Printed: K 1354; Thorpe, pp. 749-51, with translation; Earle, pp. 275-7; Pelteret 1986, pp. 472-3, with translation.
Comments: Ker, Catalogue, pp. 35-6 (no. 22), art. a, on MS; Hart, ECE, no. 33; Rumble 1984, p. 50, on name-forms; Pelteret 1986, pp. 471-92, 504-7, 509-12; Faith 1997, pp. 81-2.
List of serfs belonging to Wouldham, Kent.
Archive: Rochester
MS: Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 162rv (s. xii; facsimile)
Printed: Pelteret 1986, p. 493, with translation.
Comments: Pelteret 1986, pp. 492-504, 507-9, 512-13; Faith 1997, pp. 83-4.
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