Source: CharterS350

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Alfred, king of the Saxons, to Sigehelm, dux; grant of 1 hide (manens) at Farleigh, Kent, with appurtenant meadow.

Charter information
Sawyer 350
Birch 576
Kemble 324
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 898
Scholarly Source Dating 898

Notes

*Stevenson 1904, p. 151 n. 2, language must be considerably later than Alfred's time, p. 290 n. 1, probably a non-English hand, seems to be somewhat later in date; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 232-3, on place-names; Whitelock 1979, p. 78 and n. 6, authentic; Keynes and Lapidge, 1983, p. 227 n. 1, p. 257 n. 149, on royal style; Sawyer 1983, p. 298, on meeting-place; Brooks 1984, p. 169 and 361 n. 72, has Rochester formulation, p. 359 n. 67, contemporary or nearly contemporary; Dumville 1987, p. 156 n. 41, contemporary; Lapidge 1993, p. 10 n. 25, on latinity; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1140-1, original; Smyth 1995, pp. 254, 372