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141. Cotton MS Augustus II 98

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 98
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Eadwulf, minister
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants one and a half sulungs (aratra) at Cooling, Kent, to Eadwulf, minister; dated Easter Day, 16 April 808, Tamworth (Sawyer, no. 163). Endorsed twice in a 9th-century hand, perhaps that of the main scribe, ‘CULINGABOC’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Rex Kenulfus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century
Extent:

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142. Cotton MS Augustus II 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 99
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the English (d. 796) to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Offa of the English grants five sulungs (aratra) at Hehham (Higham Upshire), Kent, to Archbishop Jænberht of Canterbury; dated 774 (Sawyer, no. 110). Endorsed in a 11th-century hand, ‘boc to heh ham: –’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Offa Rex dedit heah ham Ianberto archiepiscopo.’ and ‘.latine...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

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143. Cotton MS Augustus II 100

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 100
Title:
Grant of King Cuthred of Kent (d. 756) to Æthelnoth, prefectus
Scope & Content:
King Cuthred of Kent grants three sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne, Kent, to Æthelnoth, prefectus, in return for 3000 pence; dated 805 × 807 (Sawyer, no. 41). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Hegyðe ðorn. ðreo sulunga’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Cudred rex cantiae. Edelnoðo. prefecto’; in another 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century
Extent:

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144. Cotton MS Augustus II 101

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 101
Title:
Grant of King Æthelberht II of Kent (d. 762) to the church of St Mary, Lyminge
Scope & Content:
King Æthelberht II of Kent grants a fishery on the river Limen, the oratorium of St Martin’s (? at New Romney, Kent) with the fishermen’s dwellings and a quarter-sulung (aratrum) in the same place, and pasture-land in the marsh called Biscopeswic to the church of St Mary, Lyminge (Sawyer, no. 24...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 8th century
Extent:

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145. Cotton MS Augustus II 102

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 102
Title:
Grant of King Ecgberht II of Kent (fl. 765–779) to the church of St Mary (Lyminge)
Scope & Content:
King Ecgberht II of Kent grants 150 acres (iugera) at Sampton (in West Hythe), Kent, to Abbot (or Abbess) Dunna (or Dunne) and the church of St Mary (Lyminge); dated 773, but the witness-list belongs to the reign of Ecgberht of the West Saxons, no earlier than 833 (Sawyer, no. 270). Endorsed by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

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146. Cotton MS Vespasian A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A VIII
Title:
Refoundation charter of the New Minster, Winchester
Scope & Content:
f. 2v: Frontispiece depicting King Edgar of England offering his charter to Christ. ff. 3v–33v: Charter of King Edgar refounding the New Minster, Winchester; dated 966 (Sawyer, no. 745). ff. 34r–37r: Charter of King Edgar for the New Minster, 966 (Sawyer, no. 746). ff. 37v–38v: Charter of Kin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 10th century-1st quarter 13th century
Extent:

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147. Cotton Roll II 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 11
Title:
Mortgage by Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton to Beorhtnoth
Scope & Content:
Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton (1011×1015–1019×1027) mortgages a yardland by the river Creedy, Devon (? Creedy Barton in Newton St Cyres) to Beorhtnoth; 1016 × 1020, probably 1018, in English and Latin, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1387).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

1 roll

148. Harley Ch 43 C 1

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Harley Ch 43 C 1
Title:
Confirmation of King Edward of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924) for Bishop Frithestan of Winchester
Scope & Content:
King Edward confirms the grant of Chilcomb, Hampshire, to Bishop Frithestan of Winchester, in return for the bishop’s confirmation to the king of leases for one hundred hides at Downton, Wiltshire, and seventy hides at Beddington, Surrey (with a note that Nursling and Chilbolton, Hampshire, shal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

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149. Harley Ch 43 C 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 2
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Coenwulf, his faithful man
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants four hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, to Coenwulf, his faithful man; dated 961, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 961). Endorsed by the main scribe, ‘þis is þæra feoƿer hyda land boc æt ƿiþiglea þe eadgar cing hæfð gebocod cenulfe’, another hand adding ‘on ece yrfe.’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
961
Extent:

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150. Harley Ch 43 C 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 3
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Æthelflæd, matrona
Scope & Content:
King Edgar grants seven hides (mansae) at Chelsworth, Suffolk, to Æthelflæd, matrona; dated 962 (Sawyer, no. 703). Endorsed in an early 12th-century hand, ‘Carta ædgari regis de cherlesworde cuidam æffleade’, continued in a 13th-century hand, ‘que per istam et per propriam cartam reddidit maner...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

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