A.D. 671. Cenwalh, king, to the see of Sherborne; grant of exemption from secular dues. Latin

Archive:

Sherborne

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 46487, f. 17r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

Hearne, Collections, iii. 450, (incomplete); Thorpe, pp. 6-7, (incomplete); B, 26, ex Thorpe; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 1

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 550, spurious; Finberg 1964, p. 98, unacceptable; Edwards 1988, pp. 240-1, total fabrication; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxi, xxvii, xxix, 2-3, manifest forgery; Kelly 1990a, pp. 88-9, may be forged on the basis of a Sherborne copy of S 245