A.D. 696 (Berkamystede, Feb.). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Mildrith, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet. Latin

Archive:

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

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, f. 61v (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 86r (s. xiii med.; narrative version)

Printed:

Lewis 1736, p. 61, ex MS 1; K, 39, ex MS 1 etc; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 289-90, ex MS 1; B, 88, ex MS 1* etc; B, 845, ex MS 2; Scharer 1982, p. 91 n. 26, ex MS 2; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 45, ex MSS 1, 2

Comments:

Liebermann, Gesetze, iii. 24-5, spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 437 n. 19, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 18, identifies Berkamystede as Bearsted, Kent; Cox 1976, pp. 29, 36, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 90-1, spurious; Everitt 1986, p. 371 n. 31, Berkamystede is probably not Bearstead; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 158-9, spurious.