Source: CharterS321

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Ęthelwulf, king of the Saxons, to the church of Rochester, St Andrew's and bishop Swithwulf; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Cuxton, with meadow at Chatham, Kent.

Charter information
Sawyer 321
Birch 548
Kemble 312
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Rochester
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 880

Notes

Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 225-7, on place-names; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxvi, very doubtful, 'the work of a reckless compiler'; O'Donovan 1973, p. 100, witness-list suits the date; Whitelock 1979, pp. 77, 92 n. 6, genuine charter of Alfred with king's name altered; Smyth 1995, p. 374.