A.D. 791. Offa, king, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Ickham, Palmstead and Ruckinge, Kent, with woodland etc elsewhere, as in no. 123 Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 195-201v, ff. 199v-200r (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. C, f. 94r (s. xv)
3. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. P, f. 21r (s. xiii in.)
4. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, pp. 310-311 (s. xiii)
5. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 223, f. 10r (s. xvi 1)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 2219-20, ex MS 1; K, 1014; B, 263, ex MS 4; Earle, p. 411; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 26; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 61-9

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    • [A]nno dominice incarnationis .dccxci. Ego Offa rex concedo ecclesie Christi Cantuarie terram iuris mei .xv. aratrorum in prouincia Cantie in hiis postnominatis locis, id est Iecham, Perhamstede, Rochinga, et in saltu qui dicitur Andred pascua porcorum in hiis locis, Dunwalingden, Sandhyrste, Swithelmingden, et in siluis que dicuntur Bocholt et Blean Heanhric et aliud inter torrentem nomine neorthburnan et hagenatreou et pastum unius gregis iuxta Theningden, . et .l. porcorum binnan snæde. Hanc predictam donacionem concedo, ecclesie Christi cum omnibus ad eam rite pertinentibus liberam ab omni regali tributo. Si quis uero hoc donum meum infringere temptauerit, perpetuo anathemate feriatur.