A.D. 733 x (747 x c. 765). Æthelberht, king of Sussex, to Diosza; grant, for the construction of a minster, of 18 hides (tributarii) at Wittering, Sussex, with a note of the transfer of the land by Diosza to his sister and confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin

Archive:

Selsey

MSS:

1. Chichester, West Sussex Record Office, Episc. VI/1/2, f. 20v (s. xiv)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., iii. 121-2; K, 1010; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1167 (no. 21); B, 211; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 23; Morris 1995, pp. 141-2, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 7

Comments:

Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, doubtful (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly authentic; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 38-40, probably authentic.