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431. 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
Extent:

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432. 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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433. 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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434. 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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435. 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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436. 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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437. 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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438. 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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439. 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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440. 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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