c. A.D. 765. Ealdwulf, king, to Hunlaf, his comes: grant, in order to found a minster, of 16 hides (casata) at Stanmer, Lindfield and Burleigh, Sussex, with confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church (? ex Selsey)

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 33182, f. 8v (s. xvi; ex 2)
2. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, p. 382 (s. xiii)

Printed:

B, 197; Morris 1995, pp. 137-8, ex B; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 103-5, ex MS 2

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 447 n. 65, dubious (= Stenton 1970, p. 61 n. 1); Holgate 1929, pp. 183-9; PN Sussex, ii. 271-3, 309-10, 340-2, Addendum p. v; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 50-1, on place-names; Barker 1947, pp. 88-90; Maitland 1949; Stenton 1955, p. 38, cited; Barnes 1959, pp. 60-1, on MS 1; Welch 1978, p. 33, on estates; Scharer 1982, p. 260, on Offa's confirmation; Welch 1983, ii. 326-7, interpolated; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 105-6, probably authentic basis, but vernacular bounds and details of swine-pastures a later interpolation, probable that part of dispositive section and the king's subscription have also been revised.