A.D. 690 (27 January). Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent. Latin

Archive:

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

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, f. 48r (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 102r (s. xiii med.)
3. London, Public Record Office, E 164/27, ff. 77v-78v (s. xiii)

Printed:

Lewis 1736, pp. 54-5, ex MS 1; K, 8, ex MS 1 etc; Hardwick, Elmham, p. 229, ex MS 1; B, 35, ex MS 1* etc; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 8; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 42, ex MSS 1, 2, 3

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 703, 'seems to be genuine'; Turner 1915, pp. xxxiii-iv, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 437 nn. 19 & 22, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5, p. 52 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 9, on place-name; John 1960, pp. 4, 10, 26, 50; Cox 1976, p. 42, on place-name; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on witnesses and date; Scharer 1982, pp. 73-5, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, possibly genuine elements; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 150-1, formulation eccentric, but probably genuine.