S 27
A.D. 738 (Canterbury, April). (a) Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Ealdwulf, bishop, and the see of St Andrew; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Stoke in Hoo, Kent. (b) Bishop Ealdwulf presents the charter to King Æthelberht II and Archbishop Nothhelm for confirmation. Latin
Archive:
Rochester
MSS:
1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 119v-120v (s. xii 1; facsimile)
Printed:
Mon. Angl., i. 27; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 64-6; K, 85; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 162 (no. 4); Thorpe, pp. 24-5; B, 159; Earle, pp. 32-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 36; Campbell, Rochester, no. 3
Translated:
Comments:
Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 36-7, on place-names; Ward 1939, pp. 17-20; Stenton 1971, p. 304, cited; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 153-6; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xv, xxii, likely to be authentic; Scharer 1982, pp. 116-19, authentic basis but not genuine in present form; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxiii-lxxxv passim, on Kentish formulation.