Will of Bishop Ælfric (of Elmham), including bequests of land at Worlingworth, Suffolk, and at Hunstanton, Holme, Tichwell and Docking, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmunds; at Grimston, Norfolk, to Leofstan, the dean; and instructions to sell land at Walsingham and Fersfield, Norfolk; also bequests of l...
Grant of King Cædwalla of the Gewisse (c. 659–689) to Bishop Wilfrid of Hexham (c. 634–709/10) and St Andrew’s minister at Pagham
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King Cædwalla of the Gewisse grants 70 hides (tributarii) at Pagham, Shripney, Charlton, Bognor, Bersted, North Bersted, Crimsham, North and South Mundham (Sussex) to Bishop Wilfrid of Hexham, and additionally grants ten hides at Tangmere, Sussex, to St Andrew’s minister at Pagham; dated 680 (Sa...
Grant of King Cuthred of Kent (d. 756) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
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King Cuthred of Kent grants two sulungs (aratra) at Hrithra leah in Buckholt, Kent, to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury, in return for 30 mancuses: dated 26 July 805, Hacleah (Sawyer, no. 40). Endorsed in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘Hryþeraleh’; continued in a 12th-century hand, ‘.iiᵒʳᵘᵐ. ar...
Grant of King Wihtred of Kent (d. 725) to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge
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King Wihtred of Kent grants four sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun and pasture for 300 sheep in Rumining seta (Romney Marsh) to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge; dated 697 or 712 (Sawyer, no. 21). Endorsed in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘Rumening seta inn to limining + mynster’ [no longer legible]; ...
Eardwulf grants one sulung (aratrum) and one ‘yokelet’ at Hamme (‘The Ham’, near Faversham, Kent), to Wighelm, in return for 120 mancuses of gold: 875 (Sawyer, no. 1203). With a confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund of Canterbury: 890 × 923. Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Hammes boc’; and in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century-1st quarter of the 10th century
Account of the restoration of Sandwich, Kent, by King Harold of England (d. 1040) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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Account of King Harold’s restoration of Sandwich, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury, and of a dispute between Christ Church and St Augustine’s, Canterbury, concerning it; 1038 × 1040 (Sawyer, no. 1467). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Sandƿic’; and in another 12th-century hand, ‘Altercatio d...
Grant of King Æthelberht II of Kent (d. 762) to Abbot Dunn and the church of St Mary, Lyminge
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King Æthelberht II of Kent grants a quarter sulung (aratrum) by the River Limen, 120 cartloads of timber, and ten iugera at Sampton (lost, in West Hythe), Kent, to Dunn, priest and abbot, and to the church of St Mary at Lyminge; dated 20 February 732, Canterbury (Sawyer, no. 23). Endorsed in a ...
Grant of Lufu, ancilla dei, to Christ Church, Canterbury
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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...
Grant of King Ceolwulf of the Mercians (r. 821–823) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
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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...
Grant of King Wiglaf of the Mercians (fl. 827–c.840) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
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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...