S 266

A.D. '761' altered to '781'. Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Deora, bishop of Rochester; grant of land at Rochester. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Rochester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters vi. 4 (BM Facs., iv. 5)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 130v-131r (s. xii 1; facsimile)

Printed:

Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 85-6; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., p. 17; K, 144; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 167 (no. 31); B, 242, ex Hearne, K and MS 1; Earle, pp. 332-3; Campbell, Rochester, no. 11

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, MS 1 probably 11th-century; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 3, 59; Levison 1946, p. 224 n., perhaps confusion between charter of 781 (? of Egbert II of Kent) and one of Æthelberht of Wessex (860 x 865); Ward 1949, p. 39; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xiv, xxiii, MS 1 may be s. ix; elements from a Kentish charter of 781 may have been fused with a charter of Æthelberht of Wessex; Lowe 2001, Appendix II.24

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    • + In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi Cui patent cuncta penetralia cordis et corporis Ego Ethelberhtus rex Occidentalium Saxonum necnon Cantauuariorum concedo Hrofensis aeclesiae antistiti Deoran aliquantulum terre iuris mei intra menia supradicte ciuitatis in parte a\q/uilonali , id est fram Doddinchyrnan oð ða bradan gatan east be wealle 7 swa eft suð oð ðaet eastgeat 7 swa west be strete oð Doddinchyrnan , 7 ðreo hagan be eastan porte butan wealle 7 ðar to fe\o/wer aeceras mæde be westan, eé , Hoc in aucmentum monasterii tibi concessi Sancti Andree Ut mea donatio inmobilis permaneat semper, Et siquis hanc meam donationem augere uoluerit, augeat dominus ei uitam Siquis uero tunc minuere presumserit sit separatus a conspectu domini in die iudicii nisi prius emendauerit ante eius transitum quod nequiter gessit . Actum dominice incarnationis . dccl\xx/xi . + Ego Ethelberhtus rex hanc meam donationem signo sancte crucis confirmaui , + Ego Geanberht archiepiscopus corroboraui . + Ego Deora episcopus consignaui , + Signum manus Uualhard + Signum manus Aban + Signum manus Udan . + Signum manus Ealhere . + Signum manus . Dudec . + Signum manus Wullaf .
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    • + In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi Cui patent cuncta penetralia cordis et corporis Ego Ethelberhtus rex Occidentalium Saxonum necnon Cantauuariorum concedo Hrofensis aeclesiae antistiti Deoran aliquantulum terre iuris mei intra menia supradicte ciuitatis in parte a'q'uilonali , id est fram Doddinchyrnan o∂ ∂a bradan gatan east be wealle 7 swa eft su∂ o∂ ∂aet eastgeat 7 swa west be strete o∂ Doddinchyrnan , 7 ∂reo hagan be eastan porte butan wealle 7 ∂ar to fe'o'wer aeceras mæde be westan, ee , Hoc in aucmentum monasterii tibi concessi Sancti Andree Ut mea donatio inmobilis permaneat semper, Et siquis hanc meam donationem augere uoluerit, augeat dominus ei uitam Siquis uero tunc minuere presumserit sit separatus a conspectu domini in die iudicii nisi prius emendauerit ante eius transitum quod nequiter gessit . Actum dominice incarnationis . dccl'xx'xi . + Ego Ethelberhtus rex hanc meam donationem signo sancte crucis confirmaui , + Ego Geanberht archiepiscopus corroboraui . + Ego Deora episcopus consignaui , + Signum manus Uualhard + Signum manus Aban + Signum manus Udan . + Signum manus Ealhere . + Signum manus . Dudec . + Signum manus Wullaf .