A.D. 770. Osmund, king, to Wærbald, comes, and his wife Tidburh, for St Peter's Church (Henfield); grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Henfield, Sussex, with later confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin

Archive:

Selsey

MSS:

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

Printed:

Mon. Angl., iii. 117; K, 1009; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1164 (no. 10); B, 206; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 22; Morris 1995, pp. 139-40; Kelly, Selsey, no. 10

Comments:

Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, doubtful (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); Stenton 1955, p. 38, cited; John 1966, p. 25, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 208 nn. 3 & 6, cited; Welch 1983, pp. 323-31, on formulation; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 44-6, probably fundamentally authentic, although dispositive section is defective and witness-list may have been tampered with.