S 1621

A.D. 824. Wulfred, archbishop, to Christ Church, Canterbury; note of grant of land at Eastur, Waldingtun, near Canterbury. 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. 18v (s. xiii in.)
3. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, p. 318 (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 223, f. 13r (s. xvi 1)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2216, ex MS 1; B, 382, ex MS 3

Comments:

Karlström 1927, p. 60, suggests Eastur is East Stour Farm and Waldingtun is an unknown place in Canterbury; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 164, suggests it is one place, and associates it with Stursete, later West Gate, Canterbury

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    • [A]nno dominice incarnationis .dcccxxiiii. Ego Wlfredus gratia Dei archiepiscopus dedi monachis ecclesie Christi terras que uocantur Egethorne et Langandune, pro commutatione alterius terre que nominatur Bereham. Item dedi eisdem monachis uillam que nominatur Eastur waldingtun in occidentali plaga ecclesie Christi infra menia urbis Dorobernie intra ripam fluminis Sture. Item idem pater Wlfredus dedit ecclesie Christi terram que uocatur Folcquiningland in regione Eastrege, ruriculum quoque unius aratri in loco qui nominatur Byri.