Source: CharterS65

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Swæfred, king of Essex, and Pæogthath, comes, with the consent of Æthelred, king of the Mercians, to Wealdhere, bishop; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Twickenham, Middx. with confirmation by Cenred and Ceolred, kings of Mercia. Ceolred's confirmation took place at Arcencale.

Charter information
Sawyer 65
Birch 111
Kemble 52
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 13th June 704
Scholarly Source Dating 704

Notes

*Wanley, Catalogus, p. 262 (art. 77), apparently spurious; Bond 1878, p. 7, late 8th or early 9th century; Earle, pp. 15-16, answers Wanley's doubts; Hall 1908, i. 2; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 30, MS 1 is 9th century, early formulas but may not be authentic (= Stenton 1970, p. 53 n. 4); PN Middx, pp. 1, 2, 6, 29; Kuhn 1943, n. 31; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 188, copy, probably of the late 8th century; Stenton 1971, p. 204, cited with reference to Mercian overlordship; Whitelock 1975, p. 11, MS late 8th or early 9th century; Bischoff 1976, p. 692, agrees with Ch.L.A.; Harrison 1976, p. 70 n. 16, on Cenred's style; Gelling, ECTV, no. 191, authentic; Wormald 1983, p. 115 n. 68, p. 117 n. 77, on Mercian overlordship; Brooks 1984, pp. 141-2, 353 n. 44; Dyson and Schofield 1984, p. 292, cited; Wormald 1985, pp. 5, 10, 25, later copy, content unobjectionable, discusses formulation; Yorke 1985, pp. 22, 28, 33, 34; PN Dorset, iii. 142, cited; Hart 1992, p. 144, no reason to doubt authenticity.

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S65    Ceolred 1, king of Mercians, to [Wealdhere 2], bishop; confirmation of 30 hides (cassati) at Twickenham, Middx.
Transaction S65    Cenred 2, king of Mercians, to Wealdhere 2, bishop; confirmation of 30 hides (cassati) at Twickenham, Middx
Transaction S65    Swæfred 1, king of Essex, and Pæogthath 1, comes, with the consent of Æthelred 2, king of the Mercians, to Wealdhere 2, bishop; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Twickenham, Middx
RecordedNames S65    Tuduna 1 (Tuduna)
RecordedNames S65    Wulfhat 1 (Wulfhat)
RecordedNames S65    Sceftwine 1 (Sceftwine)
RecordedNames S65    Eadberht 2 (Eadberht)
RecordedNames S65    Friodored 1 (Friodored)
RecordedNames S65    Cynric 2 (Cynric)
RecordedNames S65    Lulla 1 (Lulla)
RecordedNames S65    Ælric 1 (Ælric)
RecordedNames S65    Ceolred 1 (Ciolred)
RecordedNames S65    Pagara 1 (Pagara)
RecordedNames S65    Cymmi 1 (Cymmi)
RecordedNames S65    Cenheard 1 (Cenheard)
RecordedNames S65    Cenheard 1 (Coenheard)
RecordedNames S65    Friodored 1 (Friodored)
RecordedNames S65    Pehthat 1 (Peohthat)
RecordedNames S65    (Pæogthath)
RecordedNames S65    Pæogthath 1 (Pæogthath)
RecordedNames S65    Cotta 1 (Cotta)
RecordedNames S65    Swæfred 1 (Sueabræd)
RecordedNames S65    Swæfred 1 (Sueabræd)
RecordedNames S65    Eadred 2 (Eadred)
RecordedNames S65    Willoc 1 (Uilloc)
RecordedNames S65    Cuthred 4 (Cudræd)
RecordedNames S65    Cenred 2 (Coenredus)
RecordedNames S65    Hædde 2 (Headda)
Personal Relationship S65    Ceolred 1 was Propinquus of Cenred 2
Office S65    held office of
Status S65    Pæogthath 1 held office of Comes
Office S65    Cotta 1 held office of Abbot
Office S65    Swæfred 1 held office of King (king of the East Saxons)
Office S65    Cenred 2 held office of King (king of the Mercians)
Office S65    Hædde 2 held office of Bishop
Event S65    Ceolred 1, king of Mercians, confirming grant by Swæfred 1, king of East Saxons, and Pæogthath 1, comes, to Wealdhere 2, bishop; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Twickenham, Middx
Event S65    Swæfred 1, king of East Saxons, and Pæogthath 1, comes, with the consent of Æthelred 2, king, to Waldhere 1, bishop; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Twickenham, Middx
Office S65    Ceolred 1