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s. xiii med., St Augustine's Canterbury

Type of MS.: Register
Davis no.: 192
Bibliography: Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. xlii-xlvii [F]; Tite, Early Records, p. 97
Related MSS: Once part of BL Add. 46352, probably divided by Cotton. Incomplete transcript (s. xvii) in B.M., Stowe 924, fos 185-244v, made for Edward Dering in 1628.
Comment: Rule of St Benedict followed immediately by charters. Dering owned Add. 46532, which was subsequently Phillipps MS 1085
Provenance: John Twyne gave to Thomas Smythe 1580. Richard James? Cotton: lent to Augustine Vincent and John Bradshaw.

Charters contained:

S1244, ff. 39v-40r: A.D. 597 x 604. Augustine, bishop of Canterbury, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of privileges. s. xiii med.

S3, f. 84r: A.D. 605 (Canterbury). Æthelberht, king of the English, to St Augustine for the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land to the east of Canterbury. s. xiii med.

S4, f. 84r-v: A.D. 605 (9 Jan.). Æthelberht, king of the English, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land at Sturry alias Chislet, Kent. s. xiii med.

S6, ff. 84v-85r: A.D. 618. Eadbald, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Northbourne, Kent. s. xiii med.

S10, f. 85r-v: A.D. 689 (Canterbury, 1 March). Swæfheard (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Æthelred, king of Mercia, A.D. 691 (? Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January). s. xiii med.

S990, f. 85v: A.D. 1027 x 1035. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildred with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church. s. xiii med.

S16, ff. 85v-86r: A.D. 696 or 711 (March). Wihtred, king of Kent, and his wife Æthelburh to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Littlebourne, Kent. s. xiii med.

S17, f. 86r: A.D. 696 (Berkamystede, Feb.). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Mildrith, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet. s. xiii med.

S26, f. 86r-v: A.D. 727 (14 October). Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Abbess Mildrith (of Minster-in-Thanet) and her familia; grant of a half-sulung (aratrum) of land bi Northanwde. s. xiii med.

S29, f. 86v: A.D. 763 or 764. Eadberht II, king of Kent, to Sigeburga, abbess, and her familia at St Peter's Minster, Thanet; remission of toll due on two ships at Fordwich, and on a third at Fordwich and Sarre, Kent. s. xiii med.

S809, ff. 86v-87r: A.D. 961 x 971 (? 963). King Edgar to St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Plumstead, Kent. s. xiii med.

S1401, f. 87r: A.D. 1042 x 1050. Eadsige, archbishop, to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of land at Littlebourne, Kent, given to him by King Edward (cf. S 1050). s. xiii med.

S1091, f. 87r: A.D. 1042 x 1050. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to the brethren of St Augustine's (Canterbury) judicial and financial rights over their own men, and over as many thegns as he has granted them to have. s. xiii med.

S1048, f. 90r-v: A.D. 1042 x 1046. King Edward to St Augustine's Abbey; confirmation of lands and grant of St Mildrith's lands on Thanet. s. xiii med.

S286a, f. 93r-v: A.D. 838 for ?839 (Faversham, Kent, 9 March). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and of Kent, to Wernoth, abbot, and the familia of St Augustine's; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Lenham, Kent. s. xiii med.

S159, f. 93v: A.D. 804. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, to [Eanberht], their kinsman; grant of 20 sulungs (aratra) at West Lenham, Kent, with thirteen swine-pastures in the Weald. s. xiii med.

S11, f. 102r: c. A.D. 690. Swæfheard (Suabertus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) in Sturry and 3 at Bodsham, Kent. s. xiii med.

S13, f. 102r: A.D. 690 (27 January). Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent. s. xiii med.

S14, f. 102r-v: c. A.D. 690. Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 18 hides (manentes) in the Isle of Thanet, Kent. s. xiii med.

S15, f. 102v: A.D. 694 (17 July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Humantun in Thanet, Kent. s. xiii med.

S501x, f. 104r: A.D. 944. King Edmund to Sigeric, his minister; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) at Sibertswold, Kent. s. xiii med.

S394, f. 104v: A.D. 925 (4 Sept.). King Athelstan to St Augustine; restoration of 14 sulungs (aratra) at Werburginland in Thanet, Kent. s. xiii med.

S875, f. 104v: A.D. 990. King Æthelred to Sigered, his minister; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Sibertswold, Kent. s. xiii med.

S1267, f. 105r: A.D. 826 (27 March, Canterbury). Wulfred, archbishop, and the familia of Minster-in-Thanet to Abbot Wernoth and the familia of St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of 6 iugera at Doddingland (? Dandelion, lost, near Margate) in Thanet, in exchange for 6 iugera at Ealdanford, near the mouth of the river Stour, Kent. s. xiii med.

S1502, f. 105r: A.D. 1048 x 1050. Æthelric Bigga to St Augustine's; bequest of land at Bodsham and Wilderton, Kent, to take effect after the death of the present tenants. s. xiii med.

S1050, f. 105r-v: A.D. 1042 x 1050. King Edward to Archbishop Eadsige; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Littlebourne, Kent. s. xiii med.

S518x, f. 105v: A.D. 946. King Eadred to Heresige, his man; grant of 1.5 hides (mansae) at Swalecliffe, Kent, with grant of the same by Heresige to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's, Canterbury). s. xiii med.

S134, ff. 105v-106r: A.D. 792 (Clofesho). Offa, king of Mercia, to the churches of Kent; confirmation and grant of privileges. s. xiii med.

S20, f. 106r: A.D. 699 (Cilling, 8 April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges. s. xiii med.

S297, f. 106r-v: A.D. 845 (Wye, Kent, 16 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Wynhere, abbot of St Augustine's; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Lillicesora (? Lynsore, near Bossingham, Kent), in return for 70 mancuses. s. xiii med.

S1193, f. 106v: c. A.D. 848. Eadbald (Ædbald) to Winemund; grant of land at Burmarsh halfsæta, in return for 800 pence. s. xiii med.

S12, f. 130v: A.D. 689 (July). Oswine, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent. s. xiii med.

S25, ff. 130v-131r: A.D. 762. Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's) Canterbury; exchange whereby the minster cedes the half-use of a mill to the royal vill at Wye, Kent, in return for pasture rights in the Weald for its tenant at Chart, Kent. s. xiii med.

S9, f. 131r: A.D. 686 (June). Eadric, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) near Stodmarsh, Kent. s. xiii med.

S1180, f. 131r-v: A.D. 724 (11 July). Æthelberht, son of King Wihtred, to Mildred, abbess, and her familia; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) by the river Limen and meadow at Hammespot (in Romney Marsh), Kent. s. xiii med.

S86, f. 131v: A.D. 716/17 for ? c. 733 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her familia in Minster-in-Thanet; remission of the toll due on one ship at London. s. xiii med.

S87, ff. 131v-132r: A.D. 737 for ? 716/17 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her church; remission of the toll due on one ship. s. xiii med.

S1182, f. 132r: A.D. 762. Dunwald, minister of the late King Æthelberht, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land in Canterbury. s. xiii med.

S279, f. 132r-v: A.D. 836. Egbert, king of the West Saxons, to Ciaba, a clericus living in St Peter's minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant, for life, of one sulung (aratrum) on Scirdun, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Canterbury, in return for 100 mancuses, with reversion to St Augustine's. s. xiii med.

S330, ff. 132v-133r: A.D. 861 (Fregetburna (? = Freoricburna), Surrey). Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Diernoth, abbot, and his familia; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Martin, Kent. s. xiii med.

S28, f. 133r-v: A.D. 762 or 763 (Canterbury, 25 July). Eadberht II, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 6 sulungs (aratra) at Mongeham, Kent, with rights in woodland at Singledge, Kent. s. xiii med.

S324, f. 133v: [A.D. 850.] Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Wernoth, abbot of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's, Canterbury); grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Lenham, Kent. s. xiii med.

S140, f. 133v: A.D. 765 x 792. Offa, king of Mercia, to Æthelnoth, abbot of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's, Canterbury); grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Beauxfield, Kent, with grazing rights in the wood called Singledge. s. xiii med.

S300, f. 133v: A.D. 850 (Wilton, Wilts.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Ealhhere, his princeps; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Lenham, Kent, with rights in Blean wood. s. xiii med.