Source: CharterS7

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Hlothhere, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster, Canterbury (St Augustine's); grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent.

Charter information
Sawyer 7
Birch 36
Kemble ---
British Academy Kelly, St Augustine's No. 6
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, St Augustine's
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 1st April 675
Scholarly Source Dating 675

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 703 'seems to be genuine'; Turner 1915, p. xxiii, 'no special reason for doubting its general tenor', cf. pp. xliii-ix; Stenton 1918, p. 434 n. 5, genuine, p. 436 n. 13 on dating elements (= Stenton 1970, p. 49 n. 2, p. 50 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 9, on place-names; Stenton 1955, pp. 34-5, authentic; John 1960, pp. 4, 26, 50; Kirby 1963, p. 517, on date; Cox 1976, pp. 27, 30, 33, 40, on place-names; Harrison 1976, pp. 80-1, on date; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142-3, on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 63-5, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Sparks and Tatton-Brown 1987, p. 202; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 27-30, authenticity uncertain, but present text probably does rely on a genuine 7th-century record.