Source: CharterS133
Description
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 |
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British Academy |
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Source Used |
Birch |
Archive(s) |
Paris, St Denis |
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Source Information
Language |
Latin |
Date from Source |
790, April 12 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
790 |
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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)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Barker, Eric Ernest |
Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters |
Sussex Archaeological Collections |
1947 |
122-5 |
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