A.D. 784. Ealhmund, king of Kent, to Wihtred, abbot, and his familia at Reculver; grant of 12 sulungs (aratra) at Sheldwich, Kent. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Reculver)

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 195-201v, f. 196v (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. P, f. 14v (s. xiii in.)
3. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, p. 310 (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 223, ff. 9v-10r (s. xvi 1)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2211, ex MS 1; K, 1013, ex Twysden and MS 3; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 455 (no. 4), ex MS 4; B, 243, ex K and MS 3; Earle, pp. 410-11, ex K etc; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 25; Fleming 1997, p. 116 (no. 12), ex MS 2

Comments:

Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 59-61, on place-names; Stenton 1971, p. 207 n. 7, 13th-century abstract, but has some ancient features; Davies 1972, p. 468, spurious elements; Sawyer 1978, pp. 102, 104-5, on Ealhmund; Scharer 1982, p. 226, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 113, 349 n. 15, abbreviated cartulary version of a lost charter, date may not be reliable.