A.D. 775 for c. 705 x c. 717. Nunna, king of Sussex, to Eadberht, bishop; grant of 20 hides (tributarii) at Hugabeorgum and Dene (probably East and West Dean near Chichester, Sussex). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Selsey

MSS:

1. Chichester, West Sussex Record Office, Cap. I/17/1 (s. x/xi; BA Facs. 23)
2. Chichester, West Sussex Record Office, Episc. VI/1/2, f. 17v (s. xiv)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., iii. 117-18, ex MSS 1, 2; K, 1000, ex MSS 1, 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 11), ex 1st edn; B, 144, ex MSS 1, 2, and K; Earle, pp. 22-3, ex MSS 1, 2 and K; Kelly, Selsey, no. 4, ex MSS 1, 2

Comments:

Barker 1947, pp. 67-9; Forsberg 1950, pp. 63-4, suggests that Dene can perhaps be identified with Preston near Brighton; Darlington 1961, p. 20; Bruckner 1965, p. 12 n. 10, MS 1 written in two hands, s. ix or x; Cox 1976, pp. 20, 23, 65, on place-names; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, 325, on formulation; authentic; BA Facs., p. 8, spurious, MS 1 written late 10th century or early 11th century, imitating 8th-century minuscule; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 26-9, forgery.; Foot 2000, II. 11, 118