Source: CharterS1259

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Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, recovers for Canterbury, Christ Church 4 sulungs (aratra) at Bishopsbourne, Kent, originally granted by Aldhun, confiscated by Offa, king of the Mercians, and now restored as the result of a synodal judgement.

Charter information
Sawyer 1259
Birch 319
Kemble 189
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 805
Scholarly Source Dating 805

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 37, MS 7 a chartulary version of MS 1 with exemption clause added; Robinson 1926, p. 235, MS 1 original, MS 7 monasticated; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 102; Stenton 1955, p. 28, cited; John 1959, p. 72, authentic (= John 1966, p. 165); Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 164-5; Brooks 1984, pp. 158, 359 n. 67, contemporary; Brown 1986, p. 129, on script; cf. S 155, 1264.