c. A.D. 690. Swæfheard (Suabertus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) in Sturry and 3 at Bodsham, Kent. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, St Augustine's

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, ff. 49r-v (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 102r (s. xiii med.)
3. London, Public Record Office, E 164/27, f. 77v (s. xiii)

Printed:

Lewis 1736, p. 58, ex MS 1; K, 15, ex MS 1; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 234-5, ex MS 1; B, 41, ex MS 1; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 41, ex MSS 1, 2, 3

Comments:

Turner 1915, pp. xxxiv-vi, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 9-10, on place-names; Cox 1976, pp. 30, 42, on place-names; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on witnesses and date; Scharer 1982, pp. 83-4, not entirely genuine in present form; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Yorke 1985, pp. 21-2, on donor; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 147-9, essentially authentic.