Source: CharterS10

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Swæfheard, king of Kent, to Æbbe, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Æthelred, king of Mercia, A.D. 691 (? Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January).

Charter information
Sawyer 10
Birch 42
Kemble 14
British Academy Kelly, St Augustine's No. 40
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Canterbury, St Augustine's ex Minster-in-Thanet
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 1st March 689
Scholarly Source Dating 689

Notes

*Stevenson 1904, p. 220; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Turner 1915, pp. xxxv-vi, xxxviii-ix; Stenton 1918, pp. 436, 437 nn. 19, 20, authentic, but dating clause inconsistent (= Stenton 1970, pp. 51, 52 n. 1); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 10, on place-names; John 1960, pp. 26, 50, 53; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 125-9; Harrison 1973/1, pp. 554-6, on dating clause; Cox 1976, pp. 25, 26, 27, 42, on place-names; Harrison 1976, pp. 69-70, 144-5, on dating; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142-4, on date; Whitelock, EHD, p. 18 n., on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 77-83, spurious but with some genuine elements; Brooks 1984, p. 77; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. ci-iii, 141-6, not authentic in its present form, but based on genuine seventh-century documentation. The inconsistent dating elements in MS 1 are the result of later medieval revision; the readings in the earlier MS 3 are entirely consistent.

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S10    Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Æbbe 3, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent
2 Transaction S10    Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Æbbe 3, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent
3 Transaction S10    Æbbe 3, abbess, bought from Mul 1, king, of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet and 10 at Sturry
4 Transaction S10    Mul 1, king, gave to Æbbe 3, abbess, 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet and 10 at Sturry in return for money
5 Transaction S10    Hlothhere 1 and Eadric 5, were the first to place the 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet and 10 at Sturry under the control of the servants of God [Anonymi 1066]
6 Transaction S10    Confirmation by Æthelred 2, king of the Mercians, of: Swæfheard 1 (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Æbbe 3, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent