Canterbury, St Augustine's

55 charters

• S 1244. A.D. 597 x 604. Augustine, bishop of Canterbury, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of privileges. Latin
• S 2. A.D. 605 (Canterbury). Æthelberht, king of Kent, to St Peter; grant of land to the east of Canterbury for the foundation of a minster. Latin with English bounds
• S 3. A.D. 605 (Canterbury). Æthelberht, king of the English, to St Augustine for the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land to the east of Canterbury. Latin with bounds
• S 4. A.D. 605 (9 Jan.). Æthelberht, king of the English, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land at Sturry alias Chislet, Kent. Latin
• S 6. A.D. 618. Eadbald, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Northbourne, Kent. Latin
• S 7. A.D. 675 (1 April). Hlothhere, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent. Latin
• S 9. A.D. 686 (June). Eadric, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) near Stodmarsh, Kent. Latin with bounds
• S 10. A.D. 689 (Canterbury, 1 March). Swæfheard (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Æthelred, king of Mercia, A.D. 691 (? Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January). Latin
• S 12. A.D. 689 (July). Oswine, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent. Latin
• S 11. c. A.D. 690. Swæfheard (Suabertus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) in Sturry and 3 at Bodsham, Kent. Latin
• S 13. A.D. 690 (27 January). Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent. Latin
• S 14. c. A.D. 690. Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 18 hides (manentes) in the Isle of Thanet, Kent. Latin
• S 15. A.D. 694 (17 July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Humantun in Thanet, Kent. Latin
• S 16. A.D. 696 or 711 (March). Wihtred, king of Kent, and his wife Æthelburh to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Littlebourne, Kent. Latin
• S 17. A.D. 696 (Berkamystede, Feb.). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Mildrith, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet. Latin
• S 18. A.D. 697 (April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Abbess Æbba; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hæg. Latin
• S 20. A.D. 699 (Cilling, 8 April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges. Latin
• S 86. A.D. 716/17 for ? c. 733 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her familia in Minster-in-Thanet; remission of the toll due on one ship at London. Latin
• S 1180. A.D. 724 (11 July). Æthelberht, son of King Wihtred, to Mildred, abbess, and her familia; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) by the river Limen and meadow at Hammespot (in Romney Marsh), Kent. Latin with English
• S 26. A.D. 727 (14 October). Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Abbess Mildrith (of Minster-in-Thanet) and her familia; grant of a half-sulung (aratrum) of land bi Northanwde. Latin
• S 87. A.D. 737 for ? 716/17 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her church; remission of the toll due on one ship. Latin
• S 91. A.D. 748 (London, May). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eadburga, abbess, and her familia in the minsters of St Mary and SS Peter and Paul, Thanet; remission of half the toll due on a ship (? at London). Latin
• S 143. A.D. 761 x 764. Offa, king of Mercia, to Sigeburga, abbess; confirmation of the exemption from ship-toll which King Æthelbald granted to Abbess Mildred (S 87). Latin
• S 25. A.D. 762. Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's) Canterbury; exchange whereby the minster cedes the half-use of a mill to the royal vill at Wye, Kent, in return for pasture rights in the Weald for its tenant at Chart, Kent. Latin
• S 28. A.D. 762 or 763 (Canterbury, 25 July). Eadberht II, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 6 sulungs (aratra) at Mongeham, Kent, with rights in woodland at Singledge, Kent. Latin
• S 1182. A.D. 762. Dunwald, minister of the late King Æthelberht, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land in Canterbury. Latin with bounds
• S 29. A.D. 763 or 764. Eadberht II, king of Kent, to Sigeburga, abbess, and her familia at St Peter's Minster, Thanet; remission of toll due on two ships at Fordwich, and on a third at Fordwich and Sarre, Kent. Latin
• S 140. A.D. 765 x 792. Offa, king of Mercia, to Æthelnoth, abbot of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's, Canterbury); grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Beauxfield, Kent, with grazing rights in the wood called Singledge. Latin with English bounds
• S 134. A.D. 792 (Clofesho). Offa, king of Mercia, to the churches of Kent; confirmation and grant of privileges. Latin
• S 159. A.D. 804. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, to [Eanberht], their kinsman; grant of 20 sulungs (aratra) at West Lenham, Kent, with thirteen swine-pastures in the Weald. Latin
• S 1267. A.D. 826 (27 March, Canterbury). Wulfred, archbishop, and the familia of Minster-in-Thanet to Abbot Wernoth and the familia of St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of 6 iugera at Doddingland (? Dandelion, lost, near Margate) in Thanet, in exchange for 6 iugera at Ealdanford, near the mouth of the river Stour, Kent. Latin with bounds
• S 279. A.D. 836. Egbert, king of the West Saxons, to Ciaba, a clericus living in St Peter's minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant, for life, of one sulung (aratrum) on Scirdun, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Canterbury, in return for 100 mancuses, with reversion to St Augustine's. Latin with bounds
• S 286a. A.D. 838 for ?839 (Faversham, Kent, 9 March). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and of Kent, to Wernoth, abbot, and the familia of St Augustine's; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Lenham, Kent. Latin with bounds
• S 297. A.D. 845 (Wye, Kent, 16 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Wynhere, abbot of St Augustine's; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Lillicesora (? Lynsore, near Bossingham, Kent), in return for 70 mancuses. Latin with bounds
• S 1193. c. A.D. 848. Eadbald (Ædbald) to Winemund; grant of land at Burmarsh halfsæta, in return for 800 pence. Latin with bounds
• S 300. A.D. 850 (Wilton, Wilts.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Ealhhere, his princeps; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Lenham, Kent, with rights in Blean wood. Latin with English bounds
• S 324. [A.D. 850.] Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Wernoth, abbot of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's, Canterbury); grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Lenham, Kent. Latin
• S 1198. c. A.D. 850. Ealhburg to St Augustine's Abbey; grant of renders from land at Brabourne, Kent. English
• S 1239. c. A.D. 850. Lulla and Ecce to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of render from an estate at Nackington, Kent. English
• S 1651. A.D. 844 x 864. Winemund to St Augustine's; grant of land at Burmarsh and at Wyk (Snavewick), Kent.
• S 330. A.D. 861 (Fregetburna (? = Freoricburna), Surrey). Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Diernoth, abbot, and his familia; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Martin, Kent. Latin with bounds
• S 394. A.D. 925 (4 Sept.). King Athelstan to St Augustine; restoration of 14 sulungs (aratra) at Werburginland in Thanet, Kent. Latin
• S 501. A.D. 944. King Edmund to Sigeric, his minister; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) at Sibertswold, Kent. Latin with English bounds
• S 518. A.D. 946. King Eadred to Heresige, his man; grant of 1.5 hides (mansae) at Swalecliffe, Kent, with grant of the same by Heresige to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's, Canterbury). Latin with English bounds
• S 809. A.D. 961 x 971 (? 963). King Edgar to St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Plumstead, Kent. Latin
• S 875. A.D. 990. King Æthelred to Sigered, his minister; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Sibertswold, Kent. Latin
• S 1455. c. A.D. 990 x 1005. Agreement between Wulfric, abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury, and Ealdred, son of Lyfing, about land at Clife, Kent. English
• S 989. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to the brethren of St Augustine's judicial and financial rights over their own men, and over all the alodiaries whom he has given to them. Latin
• S 990. A.D. 1027 x 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildred with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church. Latin
• S 1401. A.D. 1042 x 1050. Eadsige, archbishop, to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of land at Littlebourne, Kent, given to him by King Edward (cf. S 1050). Latin
• S 1050. A.D. 1042 x 1050. King Edward to Archbishop Eadsige; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Littlebourne, Kent. Latin
• S 1091. A.D. 1042 x 1050. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to the brethren of St Augustine's (Canterbury) judicial and financial rights over their own men, and over as many thegns as he has granted them to have. English and Latin versions
• S 1502. A.D. 1048 x 1050. Æthelric Bigga to St Augustine's; bequest of land at Bodsham and Wilderton, Kent, to take effect after the death of the present tenants. Latin
• S 1048. A.D. 1042 x 1046. King Edward to St Augustine's Abbey; confirmation of lands and grant of St Mildrith's lands on Thanet. Latin
• S 1092. A.D. 1053 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that the land at Fordwich, Kent, previously granted by him to St Augustine's, is now to belong to the monastery with all the rights with which he has granted it to that house. English

14 manuscripts

• Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 46-194v. History MS, s. xiv 2.
• Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 286. Added to Gospelbook, s. x.
• Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1. History MS, s. xv in..
• Canterbury, D.C., F 47. Single-sheet, s. xv.
• London, British Library, Add. 53710. History MS, s. xiv/xv.
• London, British Library, Cotton Claudius D. X, ff. 61-73. Addition to Cartulary, s. xiv.
• London, British Library, Cotton Claudius D. X, ff. 9-319. Cartulary, s. xiii 2.
• London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. I. Register, s. xiii ex..
• London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II. Register, s. xiii med..
• London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. IX, ff. 107-80. History MS, s. xiv.
• London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XX. Hagiography MS, s. xii 1.
• London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. II. Hagiography MS, s. xii 2.
• London, Lambeth Palace Library, 419, ff. 111-60. History MS, s. xiv.
• London, Public Record Office, E 164/27. Cartulary, s. xiii.