Source: CharterS293

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Description

Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons and Kent, to Ęthelmod, his minister; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at (Little) Chart, Kent, with woodland and swine pastures.

Charter information
Sawyer 293
Birch 442
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 28th may 843
Scholarly Source Dating 843

Notes

*Sweet, OET, pp. 436-7 (no. 25); Stevenson 1904, p. 203 n. 1, in English script but apparently drafted by a Frank; Stevenson 1914, p. 699 n. 48, contemporary; Deanesly 1927, p. 4 n. 3; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 184-8, on place-names; Parsons 1939, pp. 15-19, genuine and contemporary, written by Canterbury scribe; Ward 1945, on swine-pastures; Stenton 1955, pp. 47-8, continental draftsman; Chaplais 1965, pp. 56-7, Canterbury scribe of main text and witnesses also wrote B 310, cf. formulation of S 1269 (= 1973, pp. 37-8); Chaplais 1968, p. 332, original, discusses attached scedule of witnesses (= 1973, p. 84); Witney 1976, pp. 262-3, on swine-pastures; Keynes 1978, p. 172 n. 4, on chrismon; Sawyer 1983, p. 295; Brooks 1984, pp. 147-8, 360 n. 67, contemporary; Rumble 1984, p. 46, compares names in memorandum and text; Kelly 1990, p. 44, on schedule of witnesses; Making of England, pp. 256-7 (no. 232); Keynes 1993/1, p. 126; Lapidge 1996, p. 447, notes on latinity.