Canterbury, D.C., Lit. E 19

s. xiv

Type of MS.: Register
Davis no.: 196
Bibliography: Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. liv-lv [I]
Related MSS: Probably copied from Cotton Claudius B. X
Comment: Composite of originally separate material
Provenance: Given to the Cathedral Library by Dr R. Farmer, canon of Canterbury 1782-8, who bought it in 1784 from a London bookstall.

Charters contained:

S990, f. 1r: 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. xiv

S1048, f. 1r-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. xiv

S394, ff. 1v-2r: A.D. 925 (4 Sept.). King Athelstan to St Augustine; restoration of 14 sulungs (aratra) at Werburginland in Thanet, Kent. s. xiv

S1267, f. 2r-v: 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. xiv

S989x, f. 94r: Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has granted to the brethren of St Augustine's judicial and financial rights over their own men, and over all the alodiaries whom he has given to them. s. xiv

S1091x, f. 94r: 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. xiv