Source: CharterS1246

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Eorcenwald, bishop of the East Saxons, to the nunnery of Barking; grant of privileges and grant and confirmation of lands, comprising 40 hides (cassatae) at Barking and Beddanhaam (probably Barking) [given to Eorcenwald by King Swidfrith], 75 hides (manentes) at Ricingahaam, Bydinhaam, Dagenham, Angenlabeshaam and Widmundes felth (Wyfields in Great Ilford) [granted by Oedilred [Æthelred], cf. S 1171], and 10 hides at Childerditch [also granted by Oedilred [Æthelred]], all in Essex; and 53 hides at Isleworth, Middx. [granted by King Æthelred (of Mercia)]; 70 hides at Battersea beside Hydaburna (the river Wandle), Surrey [granted by King Ceadwalla (of Wessex), cf. S 1248]; 1 hide iuxta London [granted by King Wulfhere (of Mercia)]; 10 hides supra vicum Londoniae [granted by Quoengyth [Cwengyth, wife of .......aldi [Anonymous]]; and 40 hides (cassatae) at Swanscombe and Erith, Kent [granted by King Æthelred (of Mercia)].

Charter information
Sawyer 1246
Birch 87
Kemble 38
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Barking
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 677
Scholarly Source Dating 687 x 688

Notes

*Browning 1891, pp. 212-14, authentic; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; PN Hunts., p. 205; Taylor 1925, pp. 9-16; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 17; Deanesly 1941/1, p. 50, doubtful; PN Middx, p. 27; Hart 1953, authentic, date should read 687; Stenton 1955, p. 12, spurious, names of estates derived wholly or partly from authentic early charters; Hart, ECEE, pp. 124-7, 132, if a forgery then produced within two centuries of Barking's foundation; Chaplais 1968, p. 330, may not be authentic in its entirety, but diplomatic unobjectionable, comments on dating problems (= 1973, pp. 80-1); Whitelock 1969, pp. 114-15, on identity of Quoengyth; Hart, ECE, no. 5, wholly authentic, except possibly part of the dating clause, note links with S 1247; Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 368, 370, probably spurious, but incorporates early material; Whitelock 1975, pp. 6-7, on dating problems; Harrison 1976, p. 71, on dating; Gelling, ECTV, no. 310 (pp. 95, 149), spurious; Whitelock, EHD, p. 486, dubious; Fleming 1985, p. 256 n. 2, forger had access to early material; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Yorke 1985, pp. 5-6, 19, 21, 32, 33; cf. S 1247.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
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Hart, Cyril Roy The Early Charters of Barking Abbey Colchester 1953 10-1