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1. Cotton Ch VIII 32

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton Ch VIII 32
Title:: Grant of King Æthelberht of Wessex (d. 865) to his minister Dryhtwald
Scope & Content:: King Æthelberht of Wessex grants 10 sulungs (aratra) at Bromley, Kent, to his minister Dryhtwald; dated 862, Willherestrio, with bounds in English (Sawyer, no. 331). Endorsed in a 15th-century hand, ‘Bromlegh Ethelberth rex.’
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:: Parchment leaf