A.D. 605 (9 Jan.). Æthelberht, king of the English, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land at Sturry alias Chislet, Kent. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, St Augustine's

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 46-194v, ff. 46v-47r (s. xiv 2)
2. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, f. 23r (s. xv in.; facsimile of lost single sheet, s. xv)
3. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, f. 23v (s. xv in.)
4. London, British Library, Add. 53710, f. 3r-v (s. xiv/xv)
5. London, British Library, Add. 53710, ff. 221v-222r (s. xvi)
6. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius D. X, ff. 9-319, f. 61r-v (s. xiii 2)
7. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 84r-v (s. xiii med.)
8. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. IX, ff. 107-80, f. 108r-v (s. xiv)
9. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XX, ff. 277v-279r (s. xii 1)
10. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. II, f. 7r-v (s. xii 2)
11. London, British Library, Harley 6748, f. 21v (s. xvii)
12. London, Public Record Office, C 52, 9, no. 18 (s. xiii)
13. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 20 Edw. II, m. 2
14. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 36 Edw. III, m. 7
15. London, Public Record Office, C 53, 8 Hen. IV, m. 6
16. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 2 Hen. VI, pt 3, m. 5
17. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 4 Edw. IV, pt. 4, m. 29
18. London, Public Record Office, C 66, 14 Hen. VII, pt 1, m. 16 (s. xvii)
19. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Add. C. 296 (S.C. 27610), ff. 77r-78r (s. xvii; ex 10)
20. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 22 (S.C. 3859), p. 102 (s. xvii; ex 4)

Printed:

Spelman, Concilia, i. 120-1, ex MS 2; Twysden, X Scriptores, cols 1762-3, 2123-5, ex MSS 4, 5; Mon. Angl., i. 24, ex ? MS 10; Alford 1663, ii. 184; Wilkins, Concilia, iv. 728-9, ex Spelman; K, 4, ex MS 2 etc; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 127 (no. 2), ex Mon. Angl; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 114-16, ex MSS 2; Thorpe, pp. 1-3, ex MSS 2, 6; HS, pp. 56-8, ex MS 2; B, 6, ex K etc; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 4; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 3, ex MS 9 etc; Morris 1995, pp. 104-6, ex B

Translated:

Davis 1934, pp. 9-11, ex Twyden, X Scriptores

Comments:

HS, pp. 56-8, questionable or spurious; Turner 1915, pp. xxi-xxii; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 5-8, on place-names; Deanesly 1941a, pp. 53-69; Deanesly 1942, p. 104 n. 7, spurious; Levison 1946, pp. 174-233, spurious, forged in the late 11th century; Hunter 1973, p. 216, on MS 2; Scharer 1982, p. 59, spurious; Kelly 1988, probably forged after S 2, 3; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 16-18, spurious; Morris 1995, pp. 89-98, some authentic basis; Kelly 1997, p. 37, on list of treasures; Tatton-Brown 1997, pp. 137-42, on manor of Chislet.