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Place Rochester, Kent Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-) Level [40] File

1. Stowe Ch 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 3
Title:
Grant of King Eardwulf of Kent (d. in or before 762) to Abbot Heaberht and the familia of Reculver minster
Scope & Content:
King Eardwulf of Kent grants one sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent, to Abbot Heaberht and the familia of Reculver minster; dated 748 × 762 (Sawyer, no. 31). Endorsed in an 8th-century hand, ‘[Per]hamstede’; in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘Perstede’; in a 12th-century ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 8th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe Ch 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 20
Title:
Will of Ealdorman Alfred
Scope & Content:
Will of Ealdorman Alfred; 871 × 889 (Sawyer, no. 1508). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Þis is ęlfredes ęrfe geƿrit.’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Testamentum elfredi ducis.’ and ‘.anglice.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
871-889
Extent:

Parchment leaf