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s. xii, Christ Church Canterbury

Type of MS.: Cartulary
Davis no.: 163
Bibliography: Printed by Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 2207-26
Related MSS: Closely related to Canterbury, D.C. Reg. P., ff. 11-28v
Comment: From a cartulary? Bound with Thorne's chronicle.
Provenance: T. Twyne. Parker.

Charters contained:

S959x, A.D. 1023. King Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of the port of Sandwich. s. xii

S1609, f. 195r: Eadbald, king of Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Adisham, Kent. s. xii

S8x, f. 195r-v: A.D. 679 (Reculver, May). Hlothhere, king of Kent, to Abbot Beorhtwald and his minster; grant of land at Westanae on the Isle of Thanet, and in Sturry, Kent. s. xii

S230x, f. 195r: A.D. 680 (? for 685). Cædwalla, king, to Wilfrid, bishop; grant of 70 hides (tributarii) at Pagham, Shripney, Charlton, Bognor, Bersted, North Bersted, Crimsham, North and South Mundham (and, in the shortened version, Slindon), all in Sussex, and to the community at St Andrew's church situated on the east of the harbour called Uedringmutha (Pagham Harbour), grant of 10 hides (tributarii) at Tangmere, Sussex. s. xii

S1610, f. 195r: A.D. 687. Cædwalla, king , to Archbishop Theodore and Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Giddinge and Wootton, Kent. s. xii

S19x, f. 195r: A.D. 697 or 712 (July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to St Mary's Church, Lyminge; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun, Kent. s. xii

S22x, f. 195r-v: A.D. 699 x 716 (Bapchild, Kent). Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; grant of privileges and immunity to the churches and monasteries of Kent, with specific prohibition of lay domination over St Peter's at Upmynster, Reculver, Minster-in-Thanet, Dover, Folkestone, Lyminge, Minster-in-Sheppey and Hoo. Confirmation, dated A.D. 716, at a synod at Cloveshoh. s. xii

S1611, f. 195v: A.D. 741. Eadberht, king, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of fishing rights in the river Lympne, of land around the oratorium of St Martin, and of pasture at Bisceopesuuic. s. xii

S90x, ff. 195v-196r: A.D. 742 (Clofeshos). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to the Kentish churches; confirmation of privileges. s. xii

S1612, f. 196v: A.D. 747. Eadberht, king of Kent, to Deneheah, abbot, and Reculver church; grant of the toll due on one ship at Fordwich, Kent. s. xii

S38, f. 196v: A.D. 784. Ealhmund, king of Kent, to Wihtred, abbot, and his familia at Reculver; grant of 12 sulungs (aratra) at Sheldwich, Kent. s. xii

S1613, f. 196v: A.D. 791. Cenwulf, king, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Tenham, Kent, in exchange for land at the source of the Cray, Kent. s. xii

S1430a, ff. 196v-197r: A.D. 798. Decree of a council of Bapchild, Kent, concerning the liberties of the Church. s. xii

S155x, f. 197r: A.D. 799 (Tamworth, Staffs.). Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Christ Church, Canterbury; restoration of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart) and 4 at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent, previously seized and redistributed by King Offa. s. xii

S1259, f. 197r: A.D. 805. Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, recovers for Christ Church 4 sulungs (aratra) at Bishopsbourne, Kent, originally granted by Aldhun, confiscated by Offa, king of Mercia, and now restored as the result of a synodal judgement. s. xii

S160x, f. 197r: A.D. 804. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, to Selethryth, abbess, and her familia at Lyminge; grant of land in Canterbury to serve as a refuge. s. xii

S111x, f. 197r: A.D. 774. Offa, king of the English, to Jænberht, archbishop; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Lydd, Kent. s. xii

S1436, ff. 197r-198r: A.D. 825 for c. 827 (Clofesho). Record of a dispute between Archbishop Wulfred and Coenwulf, king of Mercia, and his heir Cwoenthryth, abbess, concerning the minsters of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet. At an initial settlement in London (? late 821) Wulfred ceded to King Coenwulf 300 hides at Iognes homme (? Eynsham, Oxon.). In subsequent settlements (at Clofesho and Oslafeshlau) Cwoenthryth ceded to Wulfred land at Harrow, Middx; Herefrethingland; Wembley, Yeading, Middx; Boc land; and Combe, Kent. s. xii

S1615, f. 198r: Shortened and conflated version of nos 40 and 177. s. xii

S1616, f. 198r: Shortened and conflated version of nos 164 and 170. s. xii

S1617, f. 198r: Shortened and conflated version of nos 168 and 169 s. xii

S1618, f. 198r-v: Shortened and conflated version of nos 1265 and 176 s. xii

S175x, f. 198v: A.D. 814. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Bexley, Kent, with swine-pastures. s. xii

S1619, f. 198v: A.D. 821. Cenwulf, king, to Wulfred, archbishop; short version of grant of land at Coppanston, Gretaniarse and Scealdefordan. s. xii

S186x, f. 198v: A.D. 822 (Bydictun, 17 September). Ceolwulf, king of Mercia and Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Mylentun, near Kemsing, Kent, in return for a gold ring worth 75 mancuses. s. xii

S1620, f. 198v: A.D. 822. Beornwulf, king, to Wulfred, archbishop; note of grant of land at Godmersham. s. xii

S187x, f. 198v: A.D. 823 (Werburgingwic, 26 May). Ceolwulf, king of Mercia and Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of land in Canterbury, in return for a gold and silver vessel of 5.5 pounds. s. xii

S1264x, f. 198v: A.D. 811 (Canterbury, 21 April). Wulfred, archbishop, to Christ Church; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Folcwining lond in the district of Eastry, 1 at Liminum and 1 at Dunwaling lond, Kent, in exchange for 4 sulungs at Bishopsbourne, Kent. The land at Liminum had been granted to Wulfred by Coenwulf, king of Mercia, in exchange for land at Yarkhill, Herefords., which Wulfred had obtained from Queen Cynethryth. The land at Bishopsbourne had been given to Christ Church by Aldhun, confiscated by King Offa, and then restored. s. xii

S1266x, f. 198v: A.D. 824 (Canterbury, 23 July). Wulfred, archbishop, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne and Langdon in Eythorne, in exchange for 5 sulungs at Barham and Suithberhtincglond, Kent. s. xii

S1621, f. 198v: A.D. 824. Wulfred, archbishop, to Christ Church, Canterbury; note of grant of land at Eastur, Waldingtun, near Canterbury. s. xii

S188x, f. 198v: A.D. 831 (Wychbold, Worcs.). Wiglaf, king of Mercia, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Botwell in Hayes, Middx. s. xii

S1414, ff. 198v-199r: A.D. 830 for 832 or after. Werhard, presbiter, to Christ Church, Canterbury; bequest of land comprising 104 hides at Harrow, Middx; 100 at Otford, 32 at Graveney, 44 at Burnan (? Bishopsbourne), 10 at Easole, 36 at Barham, Kent; and 1 iugum at Lambahamm by the river Lympne, 1 iugum at Northuuda, and 1 mansio at Canterbury [all of which had previously belonged to his kinsman, Archbishop Wulfred]; also 32 hides at Hayes, Middx, land at Megeldewrthe, 8 hides at Cuniland and 30 hides at Twickenham, Middx. [from his own patrimony]. s. xii

S1623, f. 199r: A.D. 832 for 833 x 858. Æthelwulf, king, to Christ Church, Canterbury; short version of grant of land at Ebony in the Isle of Oxney, Deiferthesea, Mistanham, Langeburnan, Blaceburnanham, Pleguuiningham, Ofneham; pasture in Ægylbyrhtingahyrst; the wood called Hostringedenne; Barton near Canterbury with meadows at Scitinge and Thanington, Kent. s. xii

S1438x, f. 199r: A.D. 838 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey). Record of the agreement made at Kingston, between Archbishop Ceolnoth and Kings Egbert and Æthelwulf concerning the restoration to Christ Church, Canterbury, of land at Mallingum (East Malling, Kent or South Malling, Sussex), previously granted by Baldred, king of Kent. In return Ceolnoth and the Christ Church community and their successors promise loyalty to the West Saxon kings and their heirs. An additional passage concerns an agreement over the election of abbots and abbesses to the Kentish minsters. Confirmations by King Æthelwulf (at a meeting at Wilton) and (A.D. 839) by bishops south of the Humber, at a synod æt Astran. s. xii

S1625, f. 199r: A.D. 839. Note of purchase by Ceolnoth, archbishop of Canterbury, from Hæleth, princeps, of land at Chart. s. xii

S286x, f. 199r: A.D. 838 (Canterbury, 19 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Kent, to Ceolnoth, archbishop; grant of one hide (mansio) at Eastre(a)stadelham. s. xii

S1626, f. 199r-v: A.D. 844. Æthelwulf, king, to Christ Church, Canterbury; note of confirmation of the grant by Oswulf, dux, of land at Estre Stanhamstede (East Stanstead, Kent). s. xii

S1627, f. 199v: A.D. 895. Plegmund, archbishop, to Christ Church; note of grant of land at Wefingemersc near the river Romney, Kent. s. xii

S1628, f. 199v: A.D. 898 or 899. Alfred, king, and others to Plegmund, archbishop, and to Christ Church, and to Wærferth, bishop, and the church of Worcester; grant of 2 yokes of land at Ætheredes hyd (Queenhithe) on the Thames, one to each. s. xii

S1629, f. 199v: A.D. 923. Notes of purchase by Wulfhelm, archbishop, of land near Ealdanstrate, and of land at Wadland and Wlfrethingland (outside Canterbury). s. xii

S1209, f. 199v: A.D. 939. Wiihelm (? Winhelm) to Wulfhelm, archbishop; grant of land to the south of Canterbury. s. xii

S132x, f. 199v: A.D. 790 for ? 795 (London). Offa, king of the English, to Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury; grant of 60 hides (tributaria) at Hayes and Yeading and 30 at Twickenham, Middx. s. xii

S1614, ff. 199v-200r: 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 s. xii

S398, f. 200r: A.D. 927. King Athelstan to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Folkestone, Kent, the site of a former minster. s. xii

S1210, f. 200r: A.D. 940. Eadulf, dux, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Darenth and Meopham, Kent. s. xii

S537x, f. 200r: A.D. 948 (Godeshylle, ? Gadshill, Kent). King Eadred to Canterbury Cathedral; grant of 30 hides (mansi) at Twickenham, Middx. s. xii

S546x, f. 200r: A.D. 949. King Eadred to Canterbury Cathedral; grant of Reculver minster and its lands, estimated at 26 hides (cassati). s. xii

S31x, f. 200r: c. A.D. 748 x 762. Eardwulf, king of Kent, to Heaberht, abbot, and his familia in the minster at Reculver; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent. s. xii

S477, f. 200r: A.D. 941. King Edmund, with Eadred his brother and Eadwig his son, to Christ Church, Canterbury; restoration of land at Twickenham, Middx; Preston near Faversham, Wingham, Swarling, Bossington, Graveney and Ulcombe, Kent; with reference to grant by King Athelstan to Christ Church, Canterbury, of land at Tarring, Sussex. s. xii

S1632, f. 200r-v: A.D. 958. Edgar to the monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges. s. xii

S1633, f. 200v: A.D. 959. Æthelweard, minister of King Edgar, to Christ Church, Canterbury; note of grant of land at Mulaton. s. xii

S1212, f. 200v: A.D. 961. Latin version of S 1211 with note of grant by Eadgifu, queen, to Christ Church, Canterbury, of land at Meopham, Cooling, Lenham, Pettham (Petham or Peckham), Farleigh, Monkton, and Ealdintun, Kent; with confirmation by King Æthelred (A.D. 995 x 1005). s. xii

S1636, f. 200v: A.D. 979. King Æthelred to Christ Church, Canterbury; note of grant of land at Sandwich and Eastry, Kent. s. xii

S1503x, f. 200v: A.D. 1014. Will of the Ætheling Æthelstan, including bequests of land at Adderbury, Oxon., Marlow, Bucks., and (Steeple) Morden, Cambs., to Old Minster, Winchester; at Hollingbourne and Garrington in Littlebourne, Kent, to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Rotherfield (? Sussex) to Nunnaminster, Winchester; at Chalton, Hants., Northtune and at Mollington, Oxon., to King Æthelred; land in East Anglia and Peacesdele (? Peak District or Pegsdon, Beds.) to Edmund, his brother; at Hambleden, Bucks., to Ælfmær; at Cumtune to Godwine; at Westune to Ælfswith; at Heorulfestune to Ælfwine; at Catherington, Hants., to Ælfmær; at Hockcliffe, Beds., to Siferth; at Tewin, Herts., to Æthelweard the Stammerer and to Lyfing; at Lutegaresheale (? Ludgershall, Wilts.), to Godwine the Driveller. s. xii

S1378x, f. 200v: A.D. 995. Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfric, archbishop, and Christ Church, Canterbury; return of land at Monks Risborough, Bucks., mortgaged to him by Archbishop Sigeric. s. xii

S1638, f. 200v: A.D. 997 for 1002 x 1051. Queen Ælfgifu-Emma to Christ Church (Canterbury); grant of land at Newington and Britwell Prior, Oxon. s. xii

S905x, f. 200v: A.D. '1003' for 1002 (Canterbury, 11 July). King Æthelred to Æthelred, his faithful man; lease, for the lives of himself and his wife, of land in Canterbury and of 6 agri outside the city, in return for 7 pounds, with reversion to Christ Church, Canterbury. s. xii

S1624, f. 200v: A.D. 835. Cynewaru, abbess, to Hunberht, dux; short version of grant of land at Wirksworth, Derbys., on condition of annual render of lead to Ceolnoth, archbishop, his successors and to Christ Church, Canterbury s. xii

S1639, f. 200v: c. A.D. 1001. Ælfflæd, wife of Brihtnoth, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Hadleigh, Suffolk. s. xii

S1630, f. 200v: A.D. 933 or 934, ? for 944. Æthelflæd to Christ Church, Canterbury; note of grant of land at Hamme, Sussex. s. xii

S1634, ff. 200v-201r: A.D. 963. Dunstan, archbishop, to Christ Church (Canterbury); note of grant of land at Vange, Essex, purchased by him from Ingelram. s. xii

S1635, f. 201r: A.D. 964. Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Lyminge; note of grant of land at Ulaham. s. xii

S1640, f. 201r: A.D. 1010. Ælfheah, archbishop. to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Warehorne, Kent, with note of the grant to Christ Church in his days of land at Farningham and Wootton, Kent. s. xii

S1641, f. 201r: A.D. 1018. Athelstan (Lyfing) to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Merstham and Cheieham, Surrey. s. xii

S950x, f. 201r: A.D. 1018. King Cnut, at the request of Queen Ælfgifu (Emma) to Archbishop Ælfstan; grant of a copse called Hæselersc (Lower Hazelhurst) in Ticehurst, Sussex. s. xii

S1642, f. 201r: A.D. 1035. King Cnut to Eadsige, bishop of St Martin's, near Canterbury; grant for Christ Church of land at Appeldore, Palstre and at Wittersham, Kent. s. xii

S1222x, f. 201r: ? A.D. 1036. Thored to Christ Church; grant of land at East Horsley, Surrey. s. xii

S1221x, f. 201r: A.D. 1026. Healthegen (? Haldane) Scearpa to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Saltwood, Kent. s. xii

S1218, f. 201r: A.D. 995 x 999. Æthelric and Leofwyn to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Bocking and Mersea, Essex. s. xii

S1637, f. 201r: A.D. 991. Brihtnoth, dux, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Lawling, Essex; Eleigh and Hadleigh, Suffolk. s. xii

S1646, f. 201r: A.D. 1042 x 1066. Godwine and Wulfgyth to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Stisted and Coggeshal, Essex. s. xii

S1643, f. 201v: A.D. 1038. King Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Folkestone, Kent. s. xii

S1047x, f. 201v: A.D. 1042 x 1066. King Edward to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Chartham, Kent, and Walworth, Surrey, and confirmation of land at Sandwich, Eastry, Folkestone, Thanet, Adisham, Ickham, Chartham, Godmersham, Westwell, East Chart, the other Chart, Berwick, Brook, Warehorne, Appledore, Mersham, Orpington, Preston, Meopham, Cooling, Farningham, Hythe, Hollingbourne, Farleigh, Peckham, all in Kent; at Patching and Wootton in Sussex; at Walworth, Merstham, Cheam, and Horsley in Surrey; at Southchurch, Laver, Milton (Hall) in Prittlewell, Lawling in Latchingdon, Bocking, St Osyth and Stisted in Essex; at Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; at Monks Risborough in Bucks.; and at Newington and Britwell Prior, Oxon. s. xii

S1090, f. 201v: A.D. 1053 x 1061. Writ of King Edward declaring that the land at Mersham, Kent, is to belong to Christ Church with sake and soke, as fully and completely as Sigweard and his wife granted it to that house. s. xii

S1645, f. 201v: A.D. 1042 x 1066. Godwine to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at St Osyth, Essex. s. xii

S1530, f. 201v: A.D. 1042 x 1043. Bequest by Thurstan of land at Wimbish, Essex, to Christ Church. s. xii

S1631, f. 201v: A.D. 947. Wulfric to Christ Church, Canterbury; note of grant of land at Patching, Sussex. s. xii

S1389, f. 201v: A.D. 1037. Æthelnoth, archbishop of Christ Church, to Christ Church; grant of land at Godmersham which he had bought from Earl Sired for 72 marks of gold. s. xii

S1644, f. 201v: A.D. 1040 x 1042. Wulfstan, wilde preost, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Thurrock, Essex. s. xii

S1089, f. 210r-v: A.D. 1052 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Archbishop Stigand and the community at Christ Church all the lands that they had in the time of his predecessors and in his own time. s. xii