Source: CharterS1264
Description
Wulfred, archbishop, to Canterbury, Christ Church; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Folcwining lond in the district of Eastry, 1 at Liminum and 1 at Dunwaling lond, Kent, in exchange for 4 sulungs at Bishopsbourne, Kent. The land at Liminum had been granted to Wulfred by Cenwulf, king of Mercia, in exchange for land at Yarkhill, Herefords., which Wulfred had obtained from Queen Cynethryth. The land at Bishopsbourne had been given to Canterbury, Christ Church by Ealdhun, confiscated by King Offa, and then restored.
Charter information
Sawyer |
1264 |
Birch |
332 |
Kemble |
195 |
British Academy |
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Source Used |
Birch |
Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church |
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Source Information
Language |
Latin |
Date from Source |
21st April 821 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
821 |
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Notes
*Sweet, OET, pp. 442-3 (no. 35); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 111-13, on place-names; Campbell 1938, p. 143, MS 1 certainly 9th century; Parsons 1939, p. 14, MS 1 genuine and contemporary; Forsberg 1950, p. 123 n., on identification of Liminum; Stenton 1955, p. 28, accepted; John 1960, p. 48; Whitelock 1960-1, p. 1010; Bruckner 1965, p. 29, on script; John 1966, pp. 25, 88, on legal background; Ch.L. A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Chaplais 1968, p. 333 (= 1973, p. 84); Brooks 1971, p. 72, contemporary; Stenton 1971, pp. 36, 282, cited; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 165-71; Finberg, ECWM, no. 413, for Yarkhill donation; Harrison 1973, p. 60, on date; Wormald 1983, p. 116 n. 71; Brooks 1984, pp. 137-8, 159, 359 n. 67, p. 361 n. 76, contemporary; Brown 1986, p. 129 n. 38, on script; Coplestone-Crow 1989, p. 215; cf. S 155, 1259.