Source: CharterS134

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Description

Offa, king of the Mercians, to the churches of Kent; confirmation and grant of privileges.

Charter information
Sawyer 134
Birch 848
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, St Augustine's
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 792
Scholarly Source Dating 792

Notes

*Liebermann, Gesetze, iii. 25, spurious; Brooks 1971, pp. 79-80, authentic; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, p. 161; Sawyer 1978, p. 114, treats as authentic; Scharer 1982, p. 267, authentic; Wormald 1982, p. 132, possibly genuine; Cubitt 1995,p. 273; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 61-3, authentic.
Note. Document originally named the individual minsters which were to benefit from the privileges, but the details are missing in the extant copies