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Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (d. 796) to Ealdberht, minister, and his sister, Abbess Selethryth
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King Offa of the Mercians grants to Ealdberht, minister, and his sister, Abbess Selethryth, 15 sulungs (aratra) at Ickham, Palmstead and Ruckinge, Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald, in Buckholt and Blean Forest, wood-gathering privileges in Harres, Buckholt and Blean, the urban tenement (ui...
Restitution of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians restores 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, ten at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Great Chart) and four at Humbing lond in Barham, Kent, previously seized and redistributed by King Offa, to the metropolitan church of the Saviour [Christ Church], Canterbury; dated 79...
Grant of King Cuthred of Kent (d. 756) to Æthelnoth, prefectus; Will of Æthelnoth, reeve at Eastry
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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). Will of Æthelnoth, reeve at Eastry, and his wife Gænburg, concerning the disposition of their land at Eythorne, Kent; in English, dated 805 ...
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) and King Cuthred of Kent (798–807) to Wulfheard, priest of the late Archbishop Æthelheard
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians and King Cuthred of the men of Kent grant two hides (manentes), equivalent to one sulung (aratrum), at Swarling, Kent, and one ‘yokelet’ (geocled) at Ecgheanng lond to Wulfheard, priest of the late Archbishop Æthelheard; dated 805, Acleah (Sawyer, no. 161). Endorse...
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants two sulungs (aratra) at Appincg lond near Rainham, two sulungs at Suithhunincg lond at Graveney near Faversham, and two and a half tenements (hagae) in Canterbury, all in Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred, in return for 126 mancuses; dated 1 August 811, London (Saw...
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants ten sulungs (aratra) at Bexley, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury; with English bounds, dated 814 (Sawyer, no. 175). Endorsed in a ?10th-century hand, ‘to byxlea’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Ceonulfus rex dedit bixlea. wulfredo arc...
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants 1 hide (manens) at Seleberhting lond in the district of Faversham, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury, in return for a ring of 23 mancuses; dated 19 March 815 (Sawyer, no. 178). Endorsed in a 9th-century hand, perhaps that of the scribe, ‘GRAUENEA HES...
Grant of Archbishop Wulfred (d. 832) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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Archbishop Wulfred grants five sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne and Langdon (in Eythorne) to Christ Church, Canterbury, in exchange for five sulungs at Barham and Suithberhtincglond, Kent; dated 23 July 824, Canterbury (Sawyer, no. 1266). Endorsed in a 9th-century hand, perhaps the main scribe, ‘ði...
Record of a synod of Clofesho; bounds of Godmersham and Challock, Kent
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Record of a synod of Clofesho concerning the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred of four sulungs (aratra) at Easole, Kent, promised to him by Ealdberht, comes, and Selethryth, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwoenthryth, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet; dated 824 (Sawyer, no. 1434). Endorsed in...
Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832), King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821), and Abbess Cwenthryth (fl. 811–c.827)
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Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury, King Coenwulf of the Mercians, and Abbess Cwoenthryth, concerning the minsters of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet, and of the dispute’s settlement by the transfer to Wulfred of a hundred hides (manentes) at Harrow, Herefrething lond, W...