Source: CharterS24
Description
Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to the church of Lyminge, St Mary's; grant of fishing rights in the river Limen, land around the oratorium of St Martin (? at New Romney), and pasture at Biscopes wic (The Wicks, Broomhill, Kent).
Charter information
| Sawyer |
24 |
| Birch |
160 |
| Kemble |
86 |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church ex Lyminge |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
741 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
741 |
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Notes
*Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 25-9; Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, pp. 428-9 (no. 7); Earle, p. 34, above suspicion although year and indiction do not agree, correct date probably 740; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 37-8, on place-names; Ward 1931, on topography; Ward 1934/2, p. 193, on Biscopeswic; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, trustworthy; Wright 1950, p. 388; Ward 1952; Sisam 1953, p. 3 n. 1, later forgery; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 192, poor copy, probably of late 8th century; Scharer 1982, pp. 110-13, original but should be dated 750, perhaps confirmation of transaction of 741; Brooks 1984, p. 344 n. 52, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Brooks 1988, pp. 98-9, on topography; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxii-lxxxv passim, on Kentish formulation; cf CCC 3 (S 1611), a version of S 24 with the names of donor and beneficiary altered
Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
 |
Jenkins, Robert Charles |
The Chartulary of the Monastery of Lyminge
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Folkestone
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1867 |
24-5 |
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