Source: CharterS20

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Description

Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges.

Charter information
Sawyer 20
Birch 99
Kemble 44
British Academy Kelly, St Augustine's No. 10
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church and Canterbury, St Augustine's
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 8th April 699
Scholarly Source Dating 699

Notes

*HS, pp. 245-6, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 27-30, on place-names; Ward 1934/1; Ward 1947; Wright 1950, pp. 380, 388, MS 1 late 9th-century; Bruckner 1965, p. 13 n. 10, MS 1 early s. ix, partly palimpsest; Brooks 1971, p. 75 n. 1, MS 1 s. ix, probably authentic; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142, 144, on witnesses and date; Scharer 1982, pp. 97-100, authentic but MS 1 a later copy; Brooks 1984, pp. 183-4, 195, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 134, on nature of privilege; BA Facs., p. 3, MS 1 conceivably of given date, but more likely to be 9th-century; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 40-4, authentic, MS 1 probably a 9th-century copy of a 7th-century original, divergent regnal year and indiction in MS 2 are the result of later medieval tampering.

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S20    Eormenhild 1 (Hirminhilda)
RecordedNames S20    Headda 2 (Headda)
RecordedNames S20    Headda 3 (Headda)
RecordedNames S20    Hagan 1 (Hagan)
RecordedNames S20    Hadrian 2 (Hadrian)
RecordedNames S20    Gebmund 1 (Gemmund)
RecordedNames S20    Eormenburg 1 (Irminburga)
RecordedNames S20    Ecca 1 (Ecca)
RecordedNames S20    Cyniad 1 (Cyniad)
RecordedNames S20    Beornheard 1 (Beornheard)
RecordedNames S20    Beorhtwald 6 (Berhtuuald)
RecordedNames S20    Beorhtwald 6 (Berhtuald)
RecordedNames S20    Æthelmær 5 (Aedilmer)
RecordedNames S20    Æthelfrith 4 (Aedilfrid)
RecordedNames S20    Ænna 1 (Aeana)
RecordedNames S20    Æbbe 3 (Aeaba)
PersonInfo S20    Wihtred 1 illiterate
PersonInfo S20    Gebmund 1 most saintly
PersonInfo S20    Beorhtwald 6 most reverend
Office S20    Winegeld 1 held office of Priest
Office S20    Wihtred 1 held office of King (king of Kent)
Office S20    Tobias 1 held office of Priest
Office S20    Nerienda 1 held office of Abbess
Office S20    Eormenhild 1 held office of Abbess
Office S20    Hadrian 2 held office of Abbot
Office S20    Gebmund 1 held office of Bishop
Office S20    Eormenburg 1 held office of Abbess
Office S20    Beorhtwald 6 held office of Archbishop
Office S20    Æthelmær 5 held office of Abbot
Office S20    Ænna 1 held office of Priest
Office S20    Æbbe 3 held office of Abbess
Event S20    Wihtred 1, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges
RecordedNames S20    Nerienda 1 (Nerienda)
RecordedNames S20    Scirheard 1 (Scirieard)
RecordedNames S20    Swithbald 1 (Suithbald)
RecordedNames S20    Tobias 1 (Tobias)
RecordedNames S20    Wæba 1 (Ueba)
RecordedNames S20    Wihtgar 2 (Uihtgar)
RecordedNames S20    Wihtred 1 (Uuihtred)
RecordedNames S20    Winegeld 1 (Vinigeld)
Transaction S20    Wihtred 1, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges