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141. 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
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142. 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
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143. 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
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144. 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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145. 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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146. 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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147. 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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148. Cotton MS Augustus II 102

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 102
Title:
Grant of King Ecgberht II of Kent (fl. 765–779) to the church of St Mary (Lyminge)
Scope & Content:
King Ecgberht II of Kent grants 150 acres (iugera) at Sampton (in West Hythe), Kent, to Abbot (or Abbess) Dunna (or Dunne) and the church of St Mary (Lyminge); dated 773, but the witness-list belongs to the reign of Ecgberht of the West Saxons, no earlier than 833 (Sawyer, no. 270). Endorsed by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

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149. Cotton MS Vespasian A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A VIII
Title:
Refoundation charter of the New Minster, Winchester
Scope & Content:
f. 2v: Frontispiece depicting King Edgar of England offering his charter to Christ. ff. 3v–33v: Charter of King Edgar refounding the New Minster, Winchester; dated 966 (Sawyer, no. 745). ff. 34r–37r: Charter of King Edgar for the New Minster, 966 (Sawyer, no. 746). ff. 37v–38v: Charter of Kin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 10th century-1st quarter 13th century
Extent:

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150. Cotton Roll II 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 11
Title:
Mortgage by Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton to Beorhtnoth
Scope & Content:
Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton (1011×1015–1019×1027) mortgages a yardland by the river Creedy, Devon (? Creedy Barton in Newton St Cyres) to Beorhtnoth; 1016 × 1020, probably 1018, in English and Latin, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1387).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

1 roll