Source: CharterS163

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Description

Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Eadwulf, minister; grant of 1.5 sulungs (aratra) at Cooling, Kent.

Charter information
Sawyer 163
Birch 326
Kemble 194
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 16th April 808
Scholarly Source Dating 808

Notes

*Sweet, OET, p. 455 (no. 50); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 106-7, on place-names; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 21-2, 24-5, genuine and contemporary; Wright 1950, p. 391; Bruckner 1965, p. 29, on script; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Chaplais 1968, p. 333, MS 1 original, discusses attached schedule of witnesses (= 1973, p. 84); Sawyer 1983, pp. 296-7, on meeting-place; Brooks 1984, pp. 169-70, 359 n. 67, p. 361 n. 76, MS 1 original, Canterbury formulation although issued at Tamworth and covering land in Rochester diocese; Kelly 1990, p. 44, cited with reference to schedule of witnesses; cf. S 293.

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S163    Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Eadwulf 10, minister; grant of 1.5 sulungs (aratra) at Cooling, Kent
2 Transaction S163    Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Eadwulf 10, minister; grant of 1.5 sulungs (aratra) at Cooling, Kent