Source: CharterS186

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Ceolwulf, king of the Mercians and of the people of Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Mylentun, near Kemsing, Kent, in return for a gold ring worth 75 mancuses.

Charter information
Sawyer 186
Birch 370
Kemble 216
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 17th September 822
Scholarly Source Dating 822

Notes

*Sweet, OET, p. 458 (no. 55); Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, contemporary; Stenton 1918, p. 450, original, discusses royal style (= Stenton 1970, p. 64); Stenton 1955, p. 40, on poor latinity; Box 1931, pp. 120-2, on bounds; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 141-5, on place-names; Parsons 1939, p. 14, MS 1 genuine and contemporary; Bruckner 1965, p. 29, on script; John 1966, p. 107 n., original, discusses immunity clause; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Chaplais 1968, p. 325, on indiction (= 1973, p. 75); Brooks 1971, p. 73 n. 4, on immunity; Stenton 1971, p. 292, cited; Finberg 1972, pp. 410, 499; Harrison 1973, p. 64, on date; Harrison 1976, p. 115, on date; Witney 1976, p. 228, on swine-pastures; Sawyer 1978, pp. 181, 187, cited; Whitelock, EHD, p. 514; Brooks 1984, pp. 135-6, on historical background, pp. 168, 360 n. 70, scribe of MS 1 perhaps Archbishop Wulfred himself, also wrote S 187; Brown 1986, pp. 128-9, on script; Campbell 1989, p. 27, on counter-payment; Keynes 1993, pp. 114-15, 119, cited.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Whitelock, Dorothy English Historical Doocuments, c.400-1042 London and New York 1999 [reprint of 1979 edition] 514-6 [no.83]