Source: CharterS270
Description
Ecgberht, king of the people of Kent, to Dunn, abbot, and the church of Lyminge, St Mary's; grant of 150 iugera at Sandtun (Sampton, lost, in West Hythe, Kent).
Charter information
| Sawyer |
270 |
| Birch |
411 |
| Kemble |
234 |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church ex Lyminge |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
773 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
833 |
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Notes
*Stevenson 1904, p. 199 n. 2, 10th-century imitative copy of genuine charter, with error in copying date; Stenton 1918, p. 451 n. 84, very suspicious, forger may have combined charters of Ecgberht II of Kent (c. 765 x c. 785) and Ecgberht of Wessex (802 x 839), witness-list belongs to 833 x 839 (= Stenton 1970, p. 65 n. 8); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 175; Ward 1931/1, on topography; Wright 1950, p. 389, MS 1 is in a late 9th-century hand; O'Donovan 1972, p. 30, on a witness; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 24, on topography; Wormald 1983, p. 113 n. 62, highly suspicious in the light of S 23; Brooks 1984, p. 360 n. 67, MS 1 11th-century; Edwards 1988, pp. 275-6, fabrication based on S 23; Keynes 1993/1, p. 122 n. 53.
Factoid List
| View |
Factoid Type |
Source Ref |
Primary Person |
Short Description |
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RecordedNames |
S270 |
Ecgberht 10 |
(Ecgberhtus) |
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RecordedNames |
S270 |
Dunn 1 |
(Dunne) |
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Office |
S270 |
Dunn 1 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S270 |
Ecgberht 10 |
held office of King (king of Kent) |
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Transaction |
S270 |
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Ecgberht 10, king of Kent, to Dunn 1, abbot, and the church of St Mary's (Lyminge); grant of 150 iugera at Sandtun (Sampton, lost, in West Hythe, Kent) |
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