Source: CharterS990

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Description

Writ of King Cnut declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildred with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church.

Charter information
Sawyer 990
Birch ---
Kemble 1326
British Academy Kelly, St Augustine's No. 33
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Canterbury, St Augustine's
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 1027 x 1035

Notes

Harmer, Writs, pp. 191-7, 454-7, authenticity uncertain; Sharpe 1991, ppp. 353-4, spurious; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, probably spurious; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 122, probably spurious, according to a note in MS 10 the pseudo-original had a seal

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Office S990    Ælfstan 66 held office of Abbot
Office S990    Æthelnoth 43 held office of Archbishop
Office S990    Cnut 3 held office of Basileus
Event S990    Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildrith 1 with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church
PersonInfo S990    Augustine 1
PersonInfo S990    Mildrith 1
Transaction S990    Writ of King Cnut 3 declaring that he has given to St Augustine the body of St Mildrith 1 with all her land and with all the 'customs' belonging to her church.