A.D. 762 or 763 (Canterbury, 25 July). Eadberht II, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 6 sulungs (aratra) at Mongeham, Kent, with rights in woodland at Singledge, Kent. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, St Augustine's

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, ff. 67v-68r (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 133r-v (s. xiii med.)

Printed:

K, 107, ex MS 1 etc; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 319-21, ex MS 1; B, 190, ex Hardwick, K, and MSS 1, 1*; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 13, ex MSS 1, 2

Comments:

Turner 1915, pp. xxv-vi; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 44-5, on place-names; John 1960, p. 29, on detail of formulation; Chaplais 1968, p. 329, on formulation of proem (= 1973, pp. 79-80); Scharer 1982, pp. 120-4, spurious in present form, dating discussed; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. ciii, 53-6, late medieval tampering with date; authentic, regnal year in MS 1 altered to identify the donor with Eadberht I (d. 748), see also S 29, 1612