Source: CharterS232
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 |
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Source Information
Language |
Latin |
Date from Source |
673 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
683 |
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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)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Barker, Eric Ernest |
Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters |
Sussex Archaeological Collections |
1947 |
59-61 |
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