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131. Cotton MS Augustus II 88

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Cotton MS Augustus II 88
Title:
Grant of King Wihtred of Kent (d. 725) to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge
Scope & Content:
King Wihtred of Kent grants four sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun and pasture for 300 sheep in Rumining seta (Romney Marsh) to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge; dated 697 or 712 (Sawyer, no. 21). Endorsed in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘Rumening seta inn to limining + mynster’ [no longer legible]; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8th century-1st half of 9th century
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132. Cotton MS Augustus II 89

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Cotton MS Augustus II 89
Title:
Grant of Eardwulf to Wighelm
Scope & Content:
Eardwulf grants one sulung (aratrum) and one ‘yokelet’ at Hamme (‘The Ham’, near Faversham, Kent), to Wighelm, in return for 120 mancuses of gold: 875 (Sawyer, no. 1203). With a confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund of Canterbury: 890 × 923. Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Hammes boc’; and in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century-1st quarter of the 10th century
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133. Cotton MS Augustus II 90

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Cotton MS Augustus II 90
Title:
Account of the restoration of Sandwich, Kent, by King Harold of England (d. 1040) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Account of King Harold’s restoration of Sandwich, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, and of a dispute between Christ Church and St Augustine’s, Canterbury, concerning it; 1038 × 1040 (Sawyer, no. 1467). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Sandƿic’; and in another 12th-century hand, ‘Altercatio d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1038-1040
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134. Cotton MS Augustus II 91

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Cotton MS Augustus II 91
Title:
Grant of King Æthelberht II of Kent (d. 762) to Abbot Dunn and the church of St Mary, Lyminge
Scope & Content:
King Æthelberht II of Kent grants a quarter sulung (aratrum) by the River Limen, 120 cartloads of timber, and ten iugera at Sampton (lost, in West Hythe), Kent, to Dunn, priest and abbot, and to the church of St Mary at Lyminge; dated 20 February 732, Canterbury (Sawyer, no. 23). Endorsed in a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 8th century
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135. Cotton MS Augustus II 92

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 92
Title:
Grant of Lufu, ancilla dei, to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Lufu, ancilla dei, bequeaths to Christ Church, Canterbury, an annual food-rent from her estate at Mongeham, Kent: 843 × 863 or 843 × 859 (Sawyer, no. 1197). Endorsed by the first scribe: ‘+ Lufe þincg geƿrit’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Luue mulier quedam dedit ecclesie cristi munling\h/am tempor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 9th century
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136. Cotton MS Augustus II 93

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 93
Title:
Grant of King Ceolwulf of the Mercians (r. 821–823) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
King Ceolwulf of the Mercians and of the men of Kent grants five sulungs (aratra) at Mylentun (in Otford), Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury, in return for a gold ring worth 75 mancuses; dated 17 September 822 (Sawyer, no. 186). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘mylentun’ in a 12th-cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

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137. Cotton MS Augustus II 94

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 94
Title:
Grant of King Wiglaf of the Mercians (fl. 827–c.840) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
King Wiglaf of the Mercians grants five hides (cassati) at Botwell, Middlesex, to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury: Wychbold, 1 September 831 (Sawyer, no. 188). Endorsed by the scribe of the charter, ‘bote ƿællan boec’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Wiglaf rex dedit boteuuelle wlfredo archiepisc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

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138. Cotton MS Augustus II 95

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 95
Title:
Grant of King Æthelred of the West Saxons (d. 871) to Wighelm, priest
Scope & Content:
King Æthelred of the West Saxons and of the men of Kent grants a seat in St Martin’s church, Canterbury, and a small villula belonging to it, to Wighelm, priest: dated 867, Dover (Sawyer, no. 338). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘[…] an setl æt sancte martine’, with traces of another illegibl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
867
Extent:

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139. Cotton MS Augustus II 96

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 96
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) and his wife Cynegyth to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians and his wife Cynegyth grant four sulungs (aratra) at Giddinge and Wootton, Kent, to an unidentified archbishop and to the familia at Christ Church, Canterbury; dated 17 July 799 (Sawyer, no. 156). A palimpsest, with an effaced text written in the opposite direction...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-Early 11th century
Extent:

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140. Cotton MS Augustus II 97

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 97
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Oswulf, dux and minister; grant of Oswulf, dux, to Lyminge minster
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants land at Hremping wiic (Hafingseota) to Oswulf, dux and minister, in exchange for land at Bobingseata; dated 798. Oswulf, dux, grants this marshland to Lyminge minster; dated 796 × c.821 (Sawyer, no.153). Endorsed by the scribe, ‘Hafing seotan boec’; in a 12t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

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