Source: CharterS133

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Offa, king of the Mercians, to the abbey of Paris, St Denis; grant of privileges for land at London, and confirmation of land at Rotherfield, Hastings and Pevensey, Sussex.

Charter information
Sawyer 133
Birch 259
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Paris, St Denis
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 790, April 12
Scholarly Source Dating 790

Notes

Madden 1856; Douët D'Arcq, no. 9995; Stevenson 1891, spurious, a French forgery partly modelled on a genuine charter of Offa, script of MS 1 imitates early Insular minuscule; Stevenson 1912, pp. 6-7 n. 18, on seal; Bresslau 1918, p. 47, spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 448 n. 67, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 62 n. 2); Levison 1946, p. 8 n. 1, a forgery based on a genuine charter of Offa; Barker 1948, pp. 125-6, spurious; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 367, spurious but probably with a genuine base; Gelling, ECTV, no. 204, spurious; Scharer 1982, p. 272, spurious; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Atsma and Vezin 1988, esp. pp. 215-16, 225-6, 230-1, transaction may have some genuine basis; Kelly 1992, pp. 22-3, forger probably used a genuine 8th-century charter mentioning London; cf. also S 1186

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Barker, Eric Ernest Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters Sussex Archaeological Collections 1947 122-5

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S133    Hygeberht 1 (Hygberht)
RecordedNames S133    Edwin 3 (Eodbald)
RecordedNames S133    Ecgfrith 7 (Ecgferð)
RecordedNames S133    Eadbald 10 (Eodbald)
RecordedNames S133    Eadbald 10 (Eadbalð)
RecordedNames S133    Cynethryth 2 (Cyniðryð)
RecordedNames S133    Brorda 2 (Brorda)
RecordedNames S133    Beorhtwald 7 (Bert'v'uald)
RecordedNames S133    Beorhtwald 7 (Berhtualð)
RecordedNames S133    Agonwala 1 (Agonauuala)
Occupation S133    Vitale 1 Monk
Occupation S133    Sigrinus 1 Monk
Occupation S133    Agonwala 1 Monk
Personal Relationship S133    Ecgfrith 7 was Son of Offa 7
Personal Relationship S133    Eadbald 10 was Brother of Beorhtwald 7
Office S133    Unwona 2 held office of Bishop
Office S133    Offa 7 held office of King (king of the Mercians)
Office S133    Nadelhar 1 held office of Missus
Office S133    Maginarius 1 held office of Abbot (abbot of St Denis)
Office S133    Hygeberht 1 held office of Archbishop
Office S133    Eadbald 10 held office of Dux
Office S133    Cynethryth 2 held office of Queen
Office S133    Brorda 2 held office of Dux
Office S133    Beorhtwald 7 held office of Dux
Status S133    Edwin 3 held status of Comes / Comes
Event S133    Nadelhar 1, monk and his frater Vitale 1 and Eadbald 10, dux, received the charter from Offa 7 and travelled to France and placed in on the tomb of Dionysius
Event S133    Offa 7, king of the Mercians, to the abbey of Paris, Saint-Denis; grant of privileges for land at London, and confirmation of land at Rotherfield, Hastings and Pevensey, Sussex granted by Beorhtwald 7, dux, and his brother Eadbald 10
RecordedNames S133    Maginarius 1 (Maginarius)
RecordedNames S133    Nadelhar 1 (Nadelharius)
RecordedNames S133    Offa 7 (Offa)
RecordedNames S133    Sigrinus 1 (Sigrinus)
RecordedNames S133    Unwona 2 (Unuona)
RecordedNames S133    Vitale 1 (Vitale)
Transaction S133    Offa 7, king of the Mercians, to the abbey of Paris, St Denis 1; grant of privileges for and confirmation of land at London, and confirmation of land at Rotherfield, Hastings and Pevensey, Sussex granted by Beorhtwald 7 and Eadbald 10
Transaction S133    Two brothers, Agonwala 1 and Sigrinus 1, to the abbey of Paris, Saint-Denis 1; grant of land in the port of London
Personal Relationship S133    Offa 7 was Friend of Beorhtwald 7