S 20
A.D. 699 (Cilling, 8 April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges. Latin
Archive:
Canterbury, Christ Church and Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS:
1. Maidstone, Kent Record Office, U. 140 (s. ix; BA Facs,, 1; Ward 1947, plates 1, 2; Hull, Guide, pl. xviii))
2. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, ff. 62v-63r (s. xv in.)
3. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. A, f. 77v (s. xv)
4. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 106r (s. xiii med.)
5. London, British Library, Harley 1757, f. 170v (s. xvi)
6. London, British Library, Stowe 853, ff. 2v-3r (s. xvii)
7. London, Public Record Office, E 164/27, ff. 25v-26r (s. xiii)
Printed:
Spelman, Concilia, i. 198-9, ex MS 2; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 63, ex Spelman; K, 44, ex MS 2 etc; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 295-7, ex MS 2; HS, pp. 245-6, ex MS 2; B, 99, ex K, HS and MS 2*; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 166-7; Ward 1947, pp. 13-14, ex MS 1; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 10, ex MSS 1, 2
Translated:
Comments:
HS, pp. 245-6, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 27-30, on place-names; Ward 1934a; Ward 1947; Wright 1950, pp. 380, 388, MS 1 late 9th-century; Bruckner 1965, p. 13 n. 10, MS 1 early s. ix partly palimpsest; Brooks 1971, p. 75 n. 1, MS 1 s. ix probably authentic; Whitelock 1976, pp. 142, 144, on witnesses and date; Scharer 1982, pp. 97-100, authentic but MS 1 a later copy; Brooks 1984, pp. 183-4, 195, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 134, on nature of privilege; BA Facs., p. 3, MS 1 conceivably of given date, but more likely to be 9th-century; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 40-4, authentic, MS 1 probably a 9th-century copy of a 7th-century original, divergent regnal year and indiction in MS 2 are the result of later medieval tampering.; Keynes 1994c, p. 8 n. 32; Lowe 2001, Appendix III.61; Wormald, English Law, p. 102 n. 355