S 1619

A.D. 821. Cenwulf, king, to Wulfred, archbishop; short version of grant of land at Coppanston, Gretaniarse and Scealdefordan. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 195-201v, f. 198v (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. P, f. 18r (s. xiii in.)
3. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, p. 316 (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 223, f. 12v (s. xvi 1)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2216, ex MS 1; K, 1029, ex MS 3; B, 367, ex MS 3

Comments:

Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 140-1, suggests Coppanstan is Copton, Gretaniarse is Greatness, and Scealdefordan is nearer Wingham than Shelford

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    • [A]nno dominice incarnationis .dcccxxi. Ego Cenulfus rex concedo uenerando atque in Christo karissimo Wlfredo archiepiscopo, pro remedio salutis eterne, partem terre iuris mei in tribus locis, id est Coppanstan, Greatenearse et Scealdefordan, liberas ab omni seculari seruitio et regio tributo. Si quis hanc meam donationem infringere temptauerit, auferatur ab eo requies perpetua et detur ei pena eterna.