A.D. 811. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Beornmod, bishop; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) to the south of Rochester (at Borstal), Kent, with appurtenant swine-pastures in the Weald. Latin with bounds

Archive:

Rochester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters viii. 31 (s. ix 1; BM Facs., ii. 10)
2. London, Society of Antiquaries, 175, f. 186r (s. xviii)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 136v-137r (s. xii 1; facsimile)
4. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), f. 4r (s. xiv)

Printed:

Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 96-7; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 21-2; K, 198; B, 339; Campbell, Rochester, no. 17

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, MS 1 a later imitation; Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 41, contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 121-4, on place-names; Stenton 1970, p. 131 n. 2, contemporary; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xiv, xvi, xxiii, later than 811 but not significantly so, rather suspicious in form; refers to Borstal (cf. endorsement); authentic; Witney 1976, pp. 235-6, on swine-pastures; Dumville 1987, p. 11; Lowe 2001, Appendix III.36; Hooke 1989a, p. 116, on woodland