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...
Confirmation of King Æthelred of England (r. 978–1016) to Abingdon Abbey
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King Æthelred confirms the privileges of Abingdon Abbey, including the right of free election of a new abbot; dated Pentecost (4 June) 993 at Winchester, Hampshire, and 17 July 993 at Gillingham, Dorset (Sawyer, no. 876). This charter is associated with the 'penitential' charters of Æthelred and...
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...
Grant of Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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Archbishop Wulfred grants three sulungs (aratra) at Folcwining lond in the district of Eastry, a sulung in the same district, and a sulung at Dunwaling lond, Kent, in exchange for four sulungs at Burnan (Bishopsbourne), Kent; dated 21 April 811, Canterbury (Sawyer, no. 1264). Endorsed in a 12th...
‘Second Charter’ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Westminster Abbey
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King Edward confirms the privileges of Westminster Abbey; dated 1 August 1045, London, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1011). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Edwardus’; in a 14th-century hand [?]; and in a 15th-century hand, ‘Secunda Carta Sancti Edwardi’.
Grant of Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury grants to Christ Church, Canterbury, after his death, four sulungs (aratra) at Sceldesforda near Wingham, Kent, with thirty acres (iugera) of pasture, together with the reversion of 85 segetes given to Wulfred by Cyneheard the deacon and land formerly held by Dod...
Grant of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Ordgar, minister
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King Edward grants one pertica beneath Elddin (at Illand in North Hill, Cornwall) to Ordgar, minister; dated 1044, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1005). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Ðys is þære anre gyrde landboc beniðan ELDDIN. þe EADǷEARD kyng let gebecean ordgære hys þegene to ecere...
Grant of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Æthelred, optimas
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King Edward grants two hides (cassati) or sulungs at West Cliffe, Kent, to Æthelred, optimas: 1042 × 1044, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1044). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Rex eduuardus optimati suo. duos cassatos apud cliue.’ and ‘.latine.’
Grant of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) to Brihtric
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King Eadwig of England grants five hides (cassati) at Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, to Brihtric his minister: dated 956, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 618). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Ðis 'is' ðara .v. hida boc æt Tademær tune ðe Eadƿig cyning gebocaþ Brihtrice on ece yrfe.’; in a 12th-centu...
Charter of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons (d. 858)
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Fragment of a charter of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons, concerning a grant of 12 hides (cassati) and a separate hide; with English bounds, dated 21 April 854, Wilton (Sawyer, no. 1862). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘inutile’.