Source: CharterS233
Description
(a) Cędwalla, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald, abbot, and his familia; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent. (b) Swęfheard, king of Kent, to Ecgbald, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede. (c). Confirmation by Ęthelred, king of Mercia.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
233 |
| Birch |
89 |
| Kemble |
40 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Peterborough |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
687 x 691 |
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Notes
*Stubbs 1861/1, p. 204, spurious; Stenton 1933, pp. 323-4, possibly a post-Conquest fabrication using a number of short, early and authentic charters (= Stenton 1970, pp. 189-91); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 19-21, 93, on place-names, Hebureahg is Avery Farm, All Hallows and Fercanhamstede is Hamptons, near Tonbridge; Cox 1976, pp. 22, 23, 33, 35, on place-names; Whitelock 1976, pp. 143-4, on witnesses; Whitelock, EHD, p. 18 n., composite charter; Scharer 1982, pp. 84-5, fabrication; Brooks 1984, pp. 183, 205; Wormald 1985, p. 26, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Yorke 1985, pp. 20, 29, 33, on East Saxon dimensions; Edwards 1988, pp. 300-5, fabrication ultimately based on authentic 7th-century material; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. lxxix n. 27
Event/Transaction List
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Factoid Type |
Source Reference |
Short Description |
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Event |
S233 |
Swęfheard 1, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede |
| 2 |
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Event |
S233 |
Confirmation by Ęthelred 2, king of Mercia, of: (a) Cędwalla, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald, abbot, and his familia; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent. (b) Swęfheard, king of Kent, to Ecgbald, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede |
| 3 |
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Event |
S233 |
Cędwalla 1, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald 1, abbot, and his familia; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent |
| 4 |
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Transaction |
S233 |
Cędwalla 1, king of the Saxons, to Ecgbald 1, abbot, and his familia [Medeshamstede 1]; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent |
| 5 |
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Transaction |
S233 |
Swęfheard 1, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede |
| 6 |
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Transaction |
S233 |
Confirmation by Ęthelred 2, king of the Mercians of (a) Cędwalla 1, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald 1, abbot, and his familia [Medeshamstede 1]; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent. (b) Swęfheard, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede |
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