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A.D. 741 (Lyminge). Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to the church of St Mary, Lyminge; grant of fishing rights in the river Limen, land around the oratorium of St Martin (? at New Romney), and pasture at Biscopes wic (The Wicks, Broomhill, Kent). Latin with bounds
Archive:
Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Lyminge)
MSS:
1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 101 (s. viii; BM Facs., i. 8; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 192; Ward 1952, plate 1)
2. London, British Library, Stowe 853, ff. 3v-4r (s. xvii)
Printed:
K, 86; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 453 (no. 4); B, 160; Earle, pp. 34-6; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 37
Translated:
Comments:
Jenkins, Lyminge, pp. 25-9; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, pp. 428-9 (no. 7); Earle, p. 34, above suspicion although year and indiction do not agree, correct date probably 740; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 37-8, on place-names; Ward 1931, on topography; Ward 1934b, p. 193, on Biscopeswic; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, trustworthy; Wright 1950, p. 388; Ward 1952; Sisam 1953, p. 3 n. 1, later forgery; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 192, poor copy, probably of late 8th century; Scharer 1982, pp. 110-13, original but should be dated 750, perhaps confirmation of transaction of 741; Brooks 1984, p. 344 n. 52, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Brooks 1988, pp. 98-9, on topography; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxii-lxxxv passim, on Kentish formulation; Foot 2000, II. 112, 115