(a) A.D. c. 705 x (? 716 x ?). Nunna, king of Sussex, to Berhfrith, famulus Dei; grant of four hides (tributarii) at Peppering by the river Arun (Tarente), Sussex. Latin

Archive:

Selsey

MSS:

1. Chichester, West Sussex Record Office, Episc. VI/1/2, f. 17v (s. xiv)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., iii. 118; K, 1001; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 12); B, 145; Morris 1995, p. 136, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 5

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Barker 1947, pp. 76-7; Chaplais 1968, p. 334, on detail of formulation (= 1973, p. 85); Stenton 1971, p. 58, cited; Cox 1976, pp. 42, 44, on place-names; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, 325-6, on formulation; doubtful; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Campbell 1989, pp. 23, 29-30, on land-sale; corrupted but probably not false, discusses sequence of transactions; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 31-5, authentic basis, perhaps several early records worked into a composite charter.; Foot 2000, II. 11, 118