Source: CharterS50
Description
Ealdwulf, king, to Hunlaf, his comes: grant, in order to found a minster, of 16 hides (casata) at Stanmer, Lindfield and Burleigh, Sussex, with confirmation by Offa, king of the Mercians.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
50 |
| Birch |
197 |
| Kemble |
--- |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Selsey |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church ex Selsey |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
765 |
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Notes
*Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, dubious (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); Holgate 1929, pp. 183-9; PN Sussex, ii. 271-3, 309-10, 340-2, Addendum p. v; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 50-1, on place-names; Barker 1947, pp. 88-90; Maitland 1949; Stenton 1955, p. 38, cited; Barnes 1959, pp. 60-1, on MS 1; Welch 1978, p. 33, on estates; Scharer 1982, p. 260, on Offa's confirmation; Welch 1983, ii. 326-7, interpolated; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 105-6, probably authentic basis, but vernacular bounds and details of swine-pastures a later interpolation, probable that part of dispositive section and the king's subscription have also been revised.
Note: the Selsey archive is hypothetical
Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
 |
Barker, Eric Ernest |
Sussex Anglo-Saxon Charters |
Sussex Archaeological Collections |
1947 |
86-8 |
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