S 14
c. A.D. 690. Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 18 hides (manentes) in the Isle of Thanet, Kent. Latin
Archive:
Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)
MSS:
1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, f. 48r-v (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 102r-v (s. xiii med.)
3. London, Public Record Office, E 164/27, f. 78r-v (s. xiii)
Printed:
Lewis 1736, pp. 55-6, ex MS 1; K, 10, ex MS 1 etc; Hardwick, Elmham, p. 230, ex MS 1; B, 40, ex MS 1* etc; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 10; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 43, ex MSS 1, 2, 3
Translated:
Comments:
Turner 1915, pp. xxxiv, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 437 nn. 19 & 22, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5, 52 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 9; John 1960, pp. 4, 49, 50; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 75-7, authenticity uncertain perhaps altered in transmission; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 152-3, probably authentic.