A.D. (c. 771 x 780) x 786. Aldwulf, dux of the South Saxons, with the consent of Offa, king of Mercia, to the church of St Peter, Selsey; grant of 3 hides (tributarii) at Peartingawyrth and Wealingawyrth; with confirmation by King Offa. Latin

Archive:

Selsey

MSS:

1. Chichester, West Sussex Record Office, Episc. VI/1/2, f. 17r (s. xiv)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., iii. 117; K, 1016; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 8); B, 262; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 28; Kelly, Selsey, no. 12

Comments:

Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); PN Beds. and Hunts., p. 17, on Peartingawyrth; PN Sussex, ii. 359-60; Barker 1947, p. 100; Stenton 1955, p. 38, cited; Stenton 1970, pp. 129-31, last witness may be king of Lindsey; Cameron 1980, p. 39, on Wealingawyrth; Scharer 1982, p. 260; Foot 1993, p. 133, citing Keynes, last witness more likely to be Offa's son, Ecgfrith; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 54-5, probably authentic; Coates 2000a, on place-name