Source: CharterS155

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Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Canterbury, Christ Church; restoration of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart) and 4 at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent, previously seized and redistributed by King Offa.

Charter information
Sawyer 155
Birch 293
Kemble 1020
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Manuscript apparent original: No:0
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 799
Scholarly Source Dating 799

Notes

*Stenton 1918, p. 446 and n. 61, original, discusses Offa's royal style (= Stenton 1970, p. 60 and n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 84-7, on place-names; Stenton 1955, p. 28, cited; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 223, MS 1 is contemporaneous, very probably original; Bruckner 1965, pp. 24, 28, 41, 44; John 1966, p. 88; Ch.L.A., iv, pp. xvi, xviii, same scribe probably wrote S 123, p. xxiii, on production; Chaplais 1968, pp. 332-3, original, single scribe wrote the main text and later added the date and witnesses (= 1973, pp. 83-4); Chaplais 1969, p. 542 n. 145, on formulation (= 1973, p. 107 n. 145); Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 163-71, discusses constitutional background of Offa's confiscation; Whitelock, EHD, p. 510, original; Wormald 1982, pp. 111, 126-7, on background; Sawyer 1983, pp. 296-8, on meeting-place; Wormald 1983, p. 110 n. 45, notes Alcuinian influence, pp. 115-16; Brooks 1984, pp. 114-15, 131, 321-2, original; Brown 1986, p. 129, on script; Making of England, pp. 205, 208 (no. 161); Fleming 1993, p. 121; Cubitt 1995, p. 278, original; cf. S 1259, 1264.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Whitelock, Dorothy English Historical Documents, c.500-1042 London and New York 1999 [reprint of 1979 edition] 510-11 [no. 80]

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S155    Lulling 4 (Lulling)
RecordedNames S155    Cuthred 10 (Cuðred)
RecordedNames S155    Heahberht 7 (Heaberht)
RecordedNames S155    Hygeberht 1 (Hygeberht)
RecordedNames S155    Beornnoth 2 (Beornmoð)
RecordedNames S155    Wicgga 2 (Uicga)
RecordedNames S155    Edgar 3 (Eadgar)
RecordedNames S155    Esne 1 (Esne)
RecordedNames S155    Ceolmund 2 (Ciolmund)
RecordedNames S155    Heardberht 3 (Heardberht)
RecordedNames S155    Wigberht 4 (Uigberht)
RecordedNames S155    Æthelmund 2 (Aethelmund)
RecordedNames S155    Brorda 2 (Brorda)
RecordedNames S155    Wigmund 2 (Wigmund)
RecordedNames S155    Forthred 3 (Forðred)
RecordedNames S155    Beonna 3 (Bionna)
RecordedNames S155    Ealhmund 6 (Alhmund)
RecordedNames S155    Hathoberht 1 (Haðaberht)
RecordedNames S155    Wihthun 2 (Wiohthun)
RecordedNames S155    Eadwulf 7 (Eaduulf)
RecordedNames S155    Tidfrith 1 (Tidferð)
RecordedNames S155    Utel 1 (Utel)
RecordedNames S155    Hathored 3 (Haðared)
RecordedNames S155    Ealhheard 1 (Alhheard)
RecordedNames S155    Cyneberht 8 (Cyneberht)
RecordedNames S155    Unwona 2 (Unwuna)
RecordedNames S155    Ecgberht 9 (Egcberhtus)
RecordedNames S155    Offa 7 (Offa)
RecordedNames S155    Æthelheard 13 (Aeðilheard)
RecordedNames S155    Cenwulf 3 (Coenuulf)
Office S155    Lulling 4 held office of Dux
Office S155    Cuthred 10 held office of Dux
Office S155    Heahberht 7 held office of
Office S155    Hygeberht 1 held office of Archbishop
Office S155    Beornnoth 2 held office of Dux
Office S155    Wicgga 2 held office of Dux
Office S155    Esne 1 held office of Princeps
Office S155    Edgar 3 held office of Dux
Office S155    Ceolmund 2 held office of Dux
Office S155    Heardberht 3 held office of Dux
Office S155    Wigberht 4 held office of Dux
Office S155    Æthelmund 2 held office of Dux
Office S155    Brorda 2 held office of Princeps
Office S155    Wigmund 2 held office of Abbot
Office S155    Forthred 3 held office of Abbot
Office S155    Beonna 3 held office of Abbot
Office S155    Ealhmund 6 held office of Abbot
Office S155    Hathoberht 1 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Wihthun 2 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Eadwulf 7 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Tidfrith 1 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Utel 1 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Hathored 3 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Ealhheard 1 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Cyneberht 8 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Unwona 2 held office of Bishop
Office S155    Offa 7 held office of King (king and glory of Britain)
Office S155    Ecgberht 9 held office of Minister
Office S155    Ecgberht 9 held office of King
Office S155    Æthelheard 13 held office of Archbishop (archbishop and primate of all Britain)
Office S155    Cenwulf 3 held office of King (king of the Mercians)
Event S155    Ealdhun 5 set out across the sea
Event S155    Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Canterbury, Christ Church; restoration of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart) and 4 at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent, previously seized and redistributed by King Offa 7, in return for 100 mancuses
Transaction S155    Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; restoration of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart) and 4 at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent, previously seized and redistributed by King Offa to his ministri [Anonymi 1293]
Transaction S155    Ecgberht 9, king, to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; sale of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart), Kent in return for a recompense of great riches
Transaction S155    Canterbury, Christ Church 1, from Ecgberht 9, king; purchase of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart), Kent
Transaction S155    Ecgberht 9, king, to Ealdhun 5, his minister; grant of 4 aratra at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent
Transaction S155    Ealdhun 5, minister, to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; grant of 4 aratra at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent, made when he set out across the sea
Transaction S155    Offa 7, king, from Canterbury, Christ Church 1; seizure of 4 aratra at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent; Offa 7 said that it was wrong that his minister [Ecgberht 9] should have presumed to give land allotted to him by his lord into the power of another without his witness
Transaction S155    Offa 7, king, to his ministri [Anonymi 1293]; grant of 4 aratra at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent
Transaction S155    Canterbury, Christ Church 1 from Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians; purchase of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart) and 4 at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent for 100 mancuses of gold.
Office S155    Ealdhun 5
RecordedNames S155    Ealdhun 5 (Aldhun)