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161. Stowe Ch 8

Reference (shelfmark):
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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162. Stowe Ch 9

Reference (shelfmark):
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
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163. Stowe Ch 10

Reference (shelfmark):
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
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164. Stowe Ch 11

Reference (shelfmark):
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
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165. 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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166. Stowe Ch 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 13
Title:
Grant of Archbishop Wulfred (d. 832) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Wulfred grants five sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne and Langdon (in Eythorne) to Christ Church, Canterbury, in exchange for five sulungs at Barham and Suithberhtincglond, Kent; dated 23 July 824, Canterbury (Sawyer, no. 1266). Endorsed in a 9th-century hand, perhaps the main scribe, ‘ði...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
First half of the 9th century
Extent:

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167. Stowe Ch 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 14
Title:
Record of a synod of Clofesho; bounds of Godmersham and Challock, Kent
Scope & Content:
Record of a synod of Clofesho concerning the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred of four sulungs (aratra) at Easole, Kent, promised to him by Ealdberht, comes, and Selethryth, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwoenthryth, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet; dated 824 (Sawyer, no. 1434). Endorsed in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half 9th century-1st half 11th century
Extent:

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168. 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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169. Stowe Ch 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 16
Title:
Grant of Archbishop Ceolnoth (d. 870) to his familia in Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Ceolnoth grants two sulungs (aratra) at Langdon, Kent, to his familia in Canterbury; dated 863 × 867 (Sawyer, no. 1269). Endorsed in contemporary hands, ‘LANGAN DVN.’ and ‘langandun.’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘chelnothus dedit langedune conuentui’; in another 12th-century hand, ‘.lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
863-867
Extent:

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170. Stowe Ch 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 17
Title:
Grant of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons (d. 858) to Æthelmod, minister
Scope & Content:
King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons and the men of Kent grants ten [originally eleven] sulungs (aratra) at (Little) Chart, Kent, with woodland and swine pastures, to Æthelmod, his minister; dated 28 May 843, Mereworth, Kent (Sawyer, no. 293). With names of witnesses on an attached schedule. Endo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
843
Extent:

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