A.D. 761 x 764 (probably 762 x 764). Sigered, king of half Kent, to Eardwulf, bishop of Rochester; grant of 20 sulungs (aratra) at Islingham, Kent, and swine-pastures in the western Weald, with confirmation by King Eanmund. Latin

Archive:

Rochester

MSS:

1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 125r-126v (s. xii 1; facsimile)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 28-9; Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 74-7; K, 114; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 163 (no. 7), 165 (no. 26); B, 194; Earle, pp. 49-51; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 52; Campbell, Rochester, no. 8

Comments:

Maitland 1897, pp. 234-5, cited; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 448 n. 66, (= Stenton 1970, p. 62 n. 1); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 47-9, on place-names; Stenton 1955, p. 35, cited; John 1960, pp. 10, 29, on details of formulation; Chaplais 1968, p. 329, (= 1973, p. 79), on formulation of proem; Brooks 1971, p. 79, on immunity clause; Stenton 1971, p. 206, cited; Finberg 1972, pp. 404, 462, cited; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xv-xvi, xviii, xxiii, authentic; Witney 1976, p. 234, on swine-pastures; Scharer 1982, pp. 220-2, authentic; Brooks 1984, p. 112, on historical background; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 53-4, 201, on formulation, dating limits; Keynes 1994c, p. 36 n. 150