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Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 75
Title:: Grant of King Ceolwulf of the Mercians (r. 821–823) and of the men of Kent to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:: King Ceolwulf of the Mercias and of the men of Kent grants land at Canterbury to Archbishop Wulfredy, in return for a gold and silver vessel of five and a half pounds; dated 26 May 823, Werburgingwic (Sawyer, no. 187). Endorsed by the scribe of the text, ‘londboc minra ƿica ⁊ ðritiges æcra be n...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Early 9th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 76
Title:: Grant of King Burgred of the Mercians (?852–873×874) and Queen Æthelswyth to Wulflaf
Scope & Content:: King Burgred of the Mercians and Queen Æthelswyth grant five hides (manentes) at Upthrope to Wulflaf; with English bounds, dated 869 (Sawyer, no. 214). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Inutile.’
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: ? 869-Early 10th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 77
Title:: Grant of King Coenwulf of Mercia (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:: King Coenwulf of Mercia grants ten sulungs (aratra) at Bexley, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Archbishop Wulfred; dated 814, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 175). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘to byxlea’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Kenulfus rex Wluredo archiepiscopo bixle .x. aratrorum.’; and...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 78
Title:: 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)
Scope & Content:: Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury, King Coenwulf of the Mercians, and Abbess Cwenthryth, 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, We...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: ? 827
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 79
Title:: Grant of Ealdorman Oswulf and his wife Beornthryth to Christ Church, Canterbury; confirmation of Archbishop Wulfred (d. 832)
Scope & Content:: Ealdorman Oswulf and his wife Beornthryth grant 20 sulungs at Stanhamstede, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; c.798 × 810. Confirmation of Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury, establishing an annual food-rent from the estate; 805 × 832 (Sawyer, no. 1188). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Þis i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old
Date Range:: 1st half of the 9th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 80
Title:: Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) concerning Bury St Edmunds
Scope & Content:: Writ of King Edward, addressed to his bishops, earls and thegns, declaring that Abbot Leofstan and the brethren of Bury St Edmunds are to have sake and soke over all their own men, both within and without their borough; 1044 × 1065, probably 1044 (Sawyer, no. 1071). Endorsed in a 12th-century h...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old
Date Range:: Mid 11th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 81
Title:: Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) for Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:: Writ of King Edward declaring that, with his permission, Leofsi Duddessunu has given land at Wormley, Hertfordshire, to Westminster Abbey; 1053 × 1066, probably 1057 × 1066 (Sawyer, no. 1134). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Wrmelea’.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old
Date Range:: Mid 12th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 82
Title:: Grant of King Swæfred of Essex (fl. 693/4) and Pæogthath, comes, to Bishop Waldhere of London (fl. 694–704/5)
Scope & Content:: King Swæfred of Essex and Pæogthath, comes, with the consent of Æthelred, king of Mercia, grant land at Twickenham, Middlesex, to Bishop Waldhere of London; dated 13 June 704. Confirmation by Kings Coenred and Ceolred of the Mercians; dated 709 × 716, Arcencale (Sawyer, no. 65). Endoresed in a ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half 8th century-1st half 9th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 83
Title:: Grant of King Eadred of England (d. 955) to Oswig, minister
Scope & Content:: King Eadred grants 20 hides (mansae) at Merstham, Surrey, to Oswig, minister; dated 947, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 528). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘+ Þis is þara tƿentiga hida boc æt mearsætham þe eadred cing gebocode oswige his þegne on ece yrfe.’; and in a 12th-century hand,...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 947
Extent:: Parchment leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Augustus II 84
Title:: Grant of Thurketel to Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Scope & Content:: Thurketel to Bury St Edmunds; grant of land at Culford, Wordwell and Ixworth, Suffolk; c. 1040, in English (Sawyer, no. 1225). Latin anathema added in the first half of the 13th century: ‘Quicumque hanc cartam þurcecelli ab ecclesia sancti ædmundi alienauerit⸵ anathema sit.’ Endorsed in an 11t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: c 1040-1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf

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