A.D. 762 probably for 765. Osmund (king), to Walhhere, his comes; grant, for the construction of a minster, of 12 hides (tributarii) at Ferring, Sussex. Latin

Archive:

Selsey

MSS:

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

Printed:

Mon. Angl., iii. 117; K, 1008; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 9); B, 198; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 21; Morris 1995, pp. 138-9, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, no. 9

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Barker 1947, p. 83; Chaplais 1968, p. 316, cited (= 1973, p. 64); Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 42-3, probably authentic, date miscopied.