Source: CharterS232

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Description

Cędwalla, king, to Wilfrid, bishop, in order to found a monastery at Selsey; grant of 55 hides (tributarii) at Selsey, Medmerry, Wittering, Itchenor, Birdham, Egesawde, Bessenheie, Brinfast and Sidlesham, with 6 hides (cassati) at Aldingbourne and Lidsey, 6 at Geinstidegate (? Westergate), 8 at (North) Mundham, 8 at [Amberley and] Houghton and 4 at Coldwaltham, all in Sussex.

Charter information
Sawyer 232
Birch 64
Kemble 992
British Academy Kelly, Selsey No. 1
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Selsey
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 673
Scholarly Source Dating 683

Notes

*Plummer 1899, p. 11, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 694 nn. 24, 25; Robinson 1921, p. 52, impossible witness-list; Peckham 1927; Peckham 1928; Barker 1947, pp. 61-5; John 1960, pp. 8, 13, 37; John 1966, p. 105, probably substantially authentic; Chaplais 1968, p. 316, spurious (= 1973, p. 64); Finberg 1972, p. 436 n. 5, of questionable authority, but no reason to doubt topographical details; Brooks 1984, pp. 240-3, spurious, probably forged in 10th century; Kelly, Selsey, pp. lxii-xv, 5-13, spurious, no authentic information about early endowment, reference to Amberley is a late interpolation; cf. S 230, 1291.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Barker, Eric Ernest Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters Sussex Archaeological Collections 1947 59-61