S 280

A.D. 838 (Fræricburna, [Surrey]). Egbert, king, to Beornmod, bishop; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Snodland and Holborough, Kent, with pastures and a viculus in the eastern part of Rochester. Latin

Archive:

Rochester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters viii. 30 (s. x ex.; BM Facs., iv. 8)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 138v-139r (s. xii 1; facsimile)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), f. 3r (s. xiv)

Printed:

Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 99-100; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., p. 601; K, 239; B, 418; Earle, pp. 287-8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 141; Campbell, Rochester, no. 19

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, MS 1 is a later imitation; Stevenson 1904, p. 199 n. 3, a later 10th-century copy; Stenton 1918, p. 451, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 177-9; Campbell, Rochester, p. xiv, xvi, xx-xxii, xxiii, MS 1 a copy not earlier than 970; on location; on estate history; may be abbreviated; Witney 1976, p. 236, on swine-pastures; Edwards 1988, pp. 285-8, probable fabrication, largely based on genuine charter of Egbert but details of transaction have probably been changed; Keynes 1993a, pp. 122 n. 55, 123 n. 61, 129, cited; Keynes 1994c, p. 38 n. 161, on place of issue

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    • + In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi saluatoris mundi . anno dominice incarnationis . dcccxxx . uiii . indictione .i. Ego . Ecgbearhtus rex cum consensu dilectissimi filii nostri »ðelwulfi regis dabo debotissimo episcopo meo . Beornmodo . aliquam terre partem iuris mei . quattuor . aratrorum . in loco que dicitur Snoddingland 7 et Holanbeorge ut habeat et possideat et cuicumque uoluerit relinquat ita ut predicta terra sit liuera ab omni regali serbitia . + Scripta ést hec cartula in bica regali . que dicitur Frericburna is testibus consentientibus et subscribentibus quorum infra nomina tenentur . et unam molinam in torrente qui dicitur Holanbeorgesburna . et in monte regis qui\n/quaginta carrabas lingnorum . adiectis . quattuor denberis . Hwetonstede . Heahden . Hese . Helmanhyrst et in oriente ciuitatis Hroui unum uiculum . + Egcberht rex + Beornmod episcopus + Cynred episcopus + »ðeluulf dux + »ðeluulf dux + »ðeluulf rex + Ealhstan . episcopus + Ceolberht episcopus + Eanulf dux + Eðelheard + Cialnoð arhi.episcopus + Eadhun . episcopus + Uulfheard . dux + Herebearht dux
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    • Endorsements: (1) in a hand of s. x: + Snodinglandes boc: iiii. aratrorum. (2) in a hand of s. xiii: Rex Ethelbri[ch] dedit Beormodo Episcopo Snodilandí et Holebergí. + In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi saluatoris mundi . anno dominice incarnationis . dcccxxx . uiii . indictione .i. Ego . Ecgbearhtus rex cum consensu dilectissimi filii nostri E∂elwulfi regis dabo debotissimo episcopo meo . Beornmodo . aliquam terre partem iuris mei . quattuor . aratrorum . in loco que dicitur Snoddingland 7 et Holanbeorge ut habeat et possideat et cuicumque uoluerit relinquat ita ut predicta terra sit liuera ab omni regali serbitia . + Scripta est hec cartula in bica regali . que dicitur Frericburna is testibus consentientibus et subscribentibus quorum infra nomina tenentur . et unam molinam in torrente qui dicitur Holanbeorgesburna . et in monte regis qui'n'quaginta carrabas lingnorum . adiectis . quattuor denberis . Hwetonstede . Heahden . Hese . Helmanhyrst et in oriente ciuitatis Hroui unum uiculum . + Egcberht rex + Beornmod episcopus + Cynred episcopus + E∂eluulf dux + E∂eluulf dux + E∂eluulf rex + Ealhstan episcopus + Ceolberht episcopus + Eanulf dux + E∂elheard + Cialno∂ archiepiscopus + Eadhun episcopus + Uulfheard dux + Herebearht dux