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551. Cotton MS Augustus II 94

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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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552. 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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553. 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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554. 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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555. 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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556. 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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557. 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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558. 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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559. 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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560. Cotton MS Augustus II 110

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 110
Title:
Bull of Pope Clement V, naming Robert of Stamford prior of Huntingdon
Scope & Content:
Notification of Pope Clement V (b. c. 1264, d. 1314; reg. 1305–1314) to the Priory of St Mary, Huntingdon, of provision of Robert of Stamford (d. 1322), prior of Newstead, to be prior in place of Walter de Evenley (d. 1308). At Poitiers, 4th Kalends of February (29 January 1308).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1308
Extent:
1 leaf

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