Source: CharterS271
Description
Ecgberht, king of England, to Rochester, St Andrew's church; grant of privileges.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
271 |
| Birch |
395 |
| Kemble |
223 |
| British Academy |
Campbell, Rochester No. 18 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Rochester |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
823 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
823 |
|
Notes
*Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, cited; Stenton 1918, p. 451, doubtful (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Brooks 1971, p. 73 n. 5, of very doubtful authenticity; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxiii, highly suspicious, perhaps post-Conquest forgery; Edwards 1988, pp. 282-5, fabrication partly based on 9th-century records; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 8, dubious; Keynes 1993/1, pp. 121-2 and n. 50, text 'improved' in transmission, but little doubt that it depends ultimately on a genuine document of the late 820s.