Source: CharterS233

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(a) Cædwalla, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald, abbot, and his familia; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent. (b) Swæfheard, king of Kent, to Ecgbald, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede. (c). Confirmation by Æthelred, king of Mercia.

Charter information
Sawyer 233
Birch 89
Kemble 40
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Peterborough
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 687 x 691

Notes

*Stubbs 1861/1, p. 204, spurious; Stenton 1933, pp. 323-4, possibly a post-Conquest fabrication using a number of short, early and authentic charters (= Stenton 1970, pp. 189-91); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 19-21, 93, on place-names, Hebureahg is Avery Farm, All Hallows and Fercanhamstede is Hamptons, near Tonbridge; Cox 1976, pp. 22, 23, 33, 35, on place-names; Whitelock 1976, pp. 143-4, on witnesses; Whitelock, EHD, p. 18 n., composite charter; Scharer 1982, pp. 84-5, fabrication; Brooks 1984, pp. 183, 205; Wormald 1985, p. 26, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Yorke 1985, pp. 20, 29, 33, on East Saxon dimensions; Edwards 1988, pp. 300-5, fabrication ultimately based on authentic 7th-century material; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. lxxix n. 27

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S233    Iseard 1 (Iseard)
RecordedNames S233    Huduc 1 (Huduc)
RecordedNames S233    Helmulph 1 (Helmulf)
RecordedNames S233    Haldhere 1 (Haldhere)
RecordedNames S233    Headda 6 (Hadda)
RecordedNames S233    Hælric 1 (Hælric)
RecordedNames S233    Hagona 1 (Hagona)
RecordedNames S233    Hæcce 1 (Hæcce)
RecordedNames S233    Hadrian 2 (Adrianus)
RecordedNames S233    Hæcce 1 (Hæcce)
RecordedNames S233    Gæbred 1 (Gebred)
RecordedNames S233    Gebmund 1 (Gemmund)
RecordedNames S233    Etenca 1 (Etenca)
RecordedNames S233    Eorcenwald 1 (Erconuuald)
RecordedNames S233    Ecgera 1 (Egeran)
RecordedNames S233    Ecgbald 1 (Egbalth)
RecordedNames S233    Ealhweard 2 (Ealuuard)
RecordedNames S233    Ealhweard 1 (Ealuuard)
RecordedNames S233    Eadwald 3 (Æduuald)
RecordedNames S233    Eadberht 5 (Ædberhti)
RecordedNames S233    Cuffa 1 (Cuffa)
RecordedNames S233    Cille 1 (Cilli)
RecordedNames S233    Cædwalla 1 (Ceaduuala)
RecordedNames S233    Cædwalla 1 (Ceaduualæ)
RecordedNames S233    Cædwalla 1 (Cæduuala)
RecordedNames S233    Beornheard 1 (Beornheard)
RecordedNames S233    Beorhtwald 6 (Berhtuald)
RecordedNames S233    Beorhtwald 6 (Berhtuald)
RecordedNames S233    Æthelred 2 (Æthlred)
PersonInfo S233   
PersonInfo S233    Æthelred 2 most Christian
Office S233    Wihtred 1 held office of King
Office S233    Wihtred 1 held office of King
Office S233    Theodore 1 held office of Archbishop
Office S233    Teoda 1 held office of Princeps
Office S233    Swæfheard 1 held office of King (king of Kent)
Office S233    Sigehere 1 held office of King (king of the Saxons)
Office S233    Sebbe 1 held office of Bishop
Office S233    Seaxwulf 1 held office of Bishop
Office S233    Haldhere 1 held office of Princeps
Office S233    Hagona 1 held office of Abbot
Office S233    Hælric 1 held office of Princeps
Office S233    Headda 6 held office of Abbot (abbot of Medeshamstede)
Office S233    Hadrian 2 held office of Abbot
Office S233    Gebmund 1 held office of Bishop
Office S233    Eorcenwald 1 held office of Bishop
Office S233    Ecgbald 1 held office of Abbot
Office S233    Eadwald 3 held office of Princeps
Office S233    Cille 1 held office of Princeps
Office S233    Cædwalla 1 held office of King (king of the Saxons)
Office S233    Beorhtwald 6 held office of Abbot
Office S233    Beorhtwald 6 held office of Abbot
Office S233    Æthelred 2 held office of King (king of the whole island of Britain)
Office S233    Æthelred 2 held office of King (king of the Mercians)
Event S233    Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede
Event S233    Confirmation by Æthelred 2, king of Mercia, of: (a) Cædwalla, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald, abbot, and his familia; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent. (b) Swæfheard, king of Kent, to Ecgbald, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede
Event S233    Cædwalla 1, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald 1, abbot, and his familia; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent
RecordedNames S233    Seaxwulf 1 (Saxulf)
RecordedNames S233    Sebbe 1 (Sebbi)
RecordedNames S233    Sigehere 1 (Sighere)
RecordedNames S233    Sigehere 1 (Sighere)
RecordedNames S233    Snocca 1 (Snocca)
RecordedNames S233    Swæfheard 1 (Suebeard)
RecordedNames S233    Teoda 1 (Teoda)
RecordedNames S233    Teoda 1 (Teoda)
RecordedNames S233    Theodore 1 (Theodorus)
RecordedNames S233    Wihtred 1 (Wigtredus)
RecordedNames S233    Wihtred 1 (Wigtred)
Transaction S233    Cædwalla 1, king of the Saxons, to Ecgbald 1, abbot, and his familia [Medeshamstede 1]; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent
Transaction S233    Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede
Transaction S233    Confirmation by Æthelred 2, king of the Mercians of (a) Cædwalla 1, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald 1, abbot, and his familia [Medeshamstede 1]; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent. (b) Swæfheard, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede