Source: CharterS168
Description
Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) at Appincg lond in Rainham, 2 sulungs at Suithhunincg lond at Graveney near Faversham, and 2.5 hagae in Canterbury, all in Kent, in return for 126 mancuses.
Charter information
Sawyer |
168 |
Birch |
335 |
Kemble |
196 |
British Academy |
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Source Used |
Birch |
Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church |
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Source Information
Language |
Latin |
Date from Source |
1st August 811 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
811 |
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Notes
*Sweet, OET, pp. 455, 456 (nos 48, 51); Stevenson 1914, p. 696 n. 35, MS 1 is original and MS 2 was copied c. 1000 with an interpolation, MS 2 has imitative features; Stenton 1918, p. 450 n. 73, MS 1 original (= Stenton 1970, p. 64 n. 2); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 113-20, on place-names; Ward 1934/1, on bounds and estate history; Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 4, authentic; Parsons 1939, p. 14, MS 1 genuine and contemporary; Levison 1946, p. 254, MS 1 original; Wright 1950, pp. 391-2; Stenton 1971, p. 292, cited with reference to reservation clause; Sawyer 1978, pp. 159, 211, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 15, 138, 353 n. 29, 360 n. 70, 361 n. 76, MS 1 original; Brown 1986, p. 128, on script of MS 1; Witney 1987 on political background; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 114, 117, cited.
Note: Scribe of MS 1 also wrote S 177. MS 2 is a later copy with an interpolated passage relating to a sulung in Romney Marsh (with Latin bounds) and a sulung in Elmsted, Kent (with vernacular bounds). The scribe of MS 2 also wrote S 111.