c. A.D. 748 x 762. Eardwulf, king of Kent, to Heaberht, abbot, and his familia in the minster at Reculver; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Reculver)

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Stowe Charters 3 (OS Facs., iii. 3; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 221)
2. London, British Library, Stowe 853, ff. 4v-5r (s. xvii)
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 195-201v, f. 200r (s. xii; shortened version)
4. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. P, f. 21v (s. xiii in.; shortened version)
5. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, p. 323 (s. xiii; shortened version)
6. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 223, f. 16r (s. xvi 1; shortened version)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2220, ex MS 3; K, 1005, ex Twysden and MS 5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 455 (no. 5), ex MS 6; B, 176, ex MS 5; B, 199, ex MS 1; Earle, p. 410, ex MS 5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 18; Fleming 1997, p. 133 (no. 47), ex MS 4

Comments:

Sweet, OET, p. 429 (no. 8); Stevenson 1914, pp. 697 n. 37, 703, MS 5 a chartulary note with exemption added; MS 1 a contemporary text; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 41, 51, suggests Perhamstede is Palmstead, Kent; Lowe 1935, pp. xiii-xiv, MS 1 trustworthy; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 24-6, MS 1 genuine and contemporary; Wright 1950, pp. 388-9, MS 1 in hand of late 9th century; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 221, MS 1 contemporaneous, possibly original; Bruckner 1965, pp. 28, 40, 43 n. 162, on script; crosses may be autograph; on endorsement; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Sawyer 1978, p. 102, cited; Scharer 1982, pp. 126-8, 222, contemporary, dates 762; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 200, on dating limits.