A.D. 765. Egbert, king of Kent, to Eardwulf, bishop; grant of land at Rochester, confirmed by Heahberht, king of Kent, and (A.D. 765 x 772, Medeshamstede) by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin

Archive:

Rochester

MSS:

1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 126v-127r (s. xii 1; facsimile)

Printed:

Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 77-9; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 16-17; K, 113; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 166 (no. 27); B, 196; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 51; Campbell, Rochester, no. 7

Comments:

HS, p. 413, attestations and date questionable; Stevenson 1904, p. 331 n. 4, genuine; Stenton 1933, p. 325, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 191); John 1966, p. 25, cited; Stenton 1971, p. 207, cited; Campbell, Rochester, p. xxiii, authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 99, witness-list is suspect; Scharer 1982, pp. 223, 226, authenticity uncertain; Wormald 1983, pp. 116-17, treats as authentic; Kelly, St Augustine's, p. 201, on historical background.; Keynes 1994c, p. 36