Description
Eardwulf, king of Kent, to Heahberht, abbot, and his familia in the minster at Reculver; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent.
Notes
*Sweet, OET, p. 429 (no. 8); Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 37, MS 5 a chartulary note with exemption added, p. 703, MS 1 a contemporary text; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 41, 51, suggests Perhamstede is Palmstead, Kent; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, MS 1 trustworthy; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 24-6, MS 1 genuine and contemporary; Wright 1950, pp. 388-9, MS 1 in hand of late 9th century; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 221, MS 1 contemporaneous, possibly original; Bruckner 1965, p. 28, on script, p. 40, crosses may be autograph, p. 43 n. 162, on endorsement; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Sawyer 1978, p. 102, cited; Scharer 1982, pp. 126-8, 222, contemporary, dates 762; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 200, on dating limits.
