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1. Stowe Ch 7

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Stowe Ch 7
Title:
Restitution of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 8th century-Early 9th century
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2. Stowe Ch 8

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Stowe Ch 8
Title:
Grant of King Cuthred of Kent (d. 756) to Æthelnoth, prefectus; Will of Æthelnoth, reeve at Eastry
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). Will of Æthelnoth, reeve at Eastry, and his wife Gænburg, concerning the disposition of their land at Eythorne, Kent; in English, dated 805 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century
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3. Stowe Ch 9

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Stowe Ch 9
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) and King Cuthred of Kent (798–807) to Wulfheard, priest of the late Archbishop Æthelheard
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century
Extent:

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4. Stowe Ch 10

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Stowe Ch 10
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-Early 11th century
Extent:

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5. Stowe Ch 11

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Stowe Ch 11
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

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6. Stowe Ch 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 12
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century
Extent:

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7. Stowe Ch 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 15
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 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
? 827
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