Source: CharterS127

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Offa, king of the Mercians, to Ceolnoth, abbot, and his familia in the church of St Peter (Chertsey, St Peter's); confirmation of privileges.

Charter information
Sawyer 127
Birch 251
Kemble 151
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Chertsey
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 787
Scholarly Source Dating 787

Notes

HS, pp. 462-3, questionable; Levison 1946, p. 251, on names of Offa's daughters; John 1966, p. 52, on royal style; Gelling, ECTV, no. 315, spurious, names of Offa's family copied from a pre-Conquest source; Scharer 1982, pp. 270-1, fabrication perhaps based on a genuine charter of Offa; Cubitt 1995, pp. 271-2, forgery