Source: CharterS34

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Ecgberht, king of Kent, to Eardwulf, bishop; grant of land at Rochester, confirmed by Heahberht, king of Kent, and (A.D. 765 x 772, Medeshamstede) by Offa, king of the Mercians.

Charter information
Sawyer 34
Birch 196
Kemble 113
British Academy Campbell, Rochester No. 7
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Rochester
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 765
Scholarly Source Dating 765

Notes

HS, p. 413, attestations and date questionable; Stevenson 1904, p. 331 n. 4, genuine; Stenton 1933, p. 325, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 191); John 1966, p. 25, cited; Stenton 1971, p. 207, cited; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxiii, authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 99, witness-list is suspect; Scharer 1982, pp. 223, 226, authenticity uncertain; Wormald 1983, pp. 116-17, treats as authentic; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 201, on historical background.