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Stowe Ch 10
- Record Id:
- 040-001953958
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001953948
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x000279
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165173300.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ch 10
- Title:
- Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
- Scope & Content:
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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 (Sawyer, no. 168).
With an interpolated passage referring to one sulung in Romney Marsh and one at Elmsted, Kent.
Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Kenulfus rex. Wluredo archiepiscopo terram .iiii. aratrorum .ii. apud roegingaham. quod apingland dicitur [.ii. apud marked for deletion] et alia quę in ista carta scripta sunt.’ and ‘.latine.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Anglo-Saxon Charters
Stowe Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001953948
040-001953958 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ch 1-646 : Stowe Charters
Stowe Ch 10 : Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001953948[0010]/040-001953958
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ch 1-646
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Parchment leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165173300.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0960
- End Date:
- 1040
- Date Range:
- Late 10th century-Early 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 300 × 220 mm.
Script: Anglo-Saxon square minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent.Sir Edward Dering, first baronet (b. 1598, d. 1644), antiquary and religious controversialist: his mark on the dorse.
Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883.
- Information About Copies:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts, https://bl.uk/manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Cyril Ernest Wright, ‘Sir Edward Dering: A Seventeenth-Century Antiquary and His “Saxon” Charters’, in The Early Cultures of North-West Europe, ed. by Cyril Fox and Bruce Dickins (Cambridge: University Press, 1950), pp. 371–93.
P.H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 8 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1968), no. 168.
Brooks, N.P., and S.E. Kelly, eds., Charters of Christ Church Canterbury, Anglo-Saxon Charters, 17–18 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), no. 44.
Simon Keynes and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/479.html [accessed 5 November 2016; bibliography].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Coenuulf, of England, King of the Mercians
Sigred, of England, King (of Essex ?)
Uulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury - Places:
- Appingland, Kent
Canterbury, England
Elmstead, Kent
Feversham, Kent
Graveney, Kent
Rainham, Kent
River Stour, Kent
Romney Marsh, Kent - Related Material:
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From the Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Edward J.L. Scott, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1895):
‘GRANT by Coenuulf, King of the Mercians, to Uulfred, Archbishop [of Canterbury], for 126 mancusæ, of lands in Róeginga-hám [Rainham], called Apping land, Febresham [Feversham], and Swidunninglond in Grafonea [Graveney], all in West Kent; in the Romney-Marsh district, land bounded by Æla-mearc, Byttlinchopa, the king's land, and Frodeshammespend; one aratrum of land at Elmanstede [Elmstead] on the burh street and burh rode [Stone-street]; two and a half possessiunculæ, hagæ, or burgages on the south of St. Saviour's Church [Christ Church], Canterbury, with meadows appertaining to them on the east bank of the Sture [Stour] river. Witn.: Coenuulf, king; Ælfðryð, queen; Sigred, king [of Essex?]; Uulfred, archbishop; and others. Dat. A.D. 811, indict. iv., 15 Coenuulf, 6 Uulfred, kal. Aug., in the Council of London. Latin. Facsim. in Ord. Surv., pt. iii. pl. 10; printed in 1.c. and Cartul. Saxon., no. 335. Cf. Cotton Ch. Augustus II. 10; Kemble, Cod. Dipl., no. cxcvi.’