A.D. 689 (Canterbury, 1 March). Swæfheard (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Æthelred, king of Mercia, A.D. 691 (? Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January). Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, ff. 48v-49r (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 85r-v (s. xiii med.)
3. London, Public Record Office, E 164/27, ff. 76v-77r (s. xiii)

Printed:

Lewis 1736, pp. 56-7, ex MS 1; K, 14, ex MS 1 etc; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 232-4, 237, ex MS 1; B, 42, ex MS 1 etc; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 40, ex MSS 1, 2, 3; Morris 1995, pp. 118-20, ex B

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. 220; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Turner 1915, pp. xxxv-vi, xxxviii-ix; Stenton 1918, pp. 436, 437 nn. 19 & 20, authentic, but dating clause inconsistent (= Stenton 1970, pp. 51, 52 n. 1); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 10, on place-names; John 1960, pp. 26, 50, 53; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 125-9; Harrison 1973a, pp. 554-6, on dating clause; Cox 1976, pp. 25, 26, 27, 42, on place-names; Harrison 1976, pp. 69-70, 144-5, on dating; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142-4, on date; Whitelock, EHD, p. 18 n., on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 77-83, spurious but with some genuine elements; Brooks 1984, p. 77; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. ci-iii, 141-6, not authentic in its present form, but based on genuine seventh-century documentation. The inconsistent dating elements in MS 1 are the result of later medieval revision; the readings in the earlier MS 3 are entirely consistent.