Source: CharterS86

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Ęthelbald, king of the Mercians, to Mildrith, abbess, and her familia in Minster-in-Thanet; remission of the toll due on one ship at London

Charter information
Sawyer 86
Birch 149
Kemble 97
British Academy Kelly, St Augustine's No. 49
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Canterbury, St Augustine's ex Minster-in-Thanet
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 29th October 716
Scholarly Source Dating 733

Notes

*B, vol. i. 216 n. 1, on date; Stevenson, 1914, p. 703, apparently genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 439 n. 31, probably genuine (= 1970, p. 53 n. 5); Harmer, Writs, p. 568, probably authentic; Harrison 1973, p. 63, on dating; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 367, probably authentic; Gelling. ECTV, no. 195, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 491; Scharer 1982, pp. 198-200, authentic; Wormald 1985, pp. 10-11, on formulation, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly 1992, authentic basis; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim on diplomatic, pp. 169-72, authentic, but dating clause has been tampered with.