A.D. 704 (13 June). Swæfred, king of Essex, and Pæogthath, comes, with the consent of Æthelred, king of Mercia, to Waldhere, bishop; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Twickenham, Middx, with confirmation by Cenred and Ceolred, kings of Mercia. Ceolred's confirmation took place at Arcencale. Latin with bounds

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 82 (BM Facs., i. 3; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 188; Wormald 1985, p. 6)

Printed:

Smith, Bede, p. 749; K, 52; B, 111; Earle, pp. 15-17; Hall 1908, i. 6-7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 22

Comments:

Wanley, Catalogus, p. 262 (art. 77), apparently spurious; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, late 8th or early 9th century; Earle, pp. 15-16, answers Wanley's doubts; Hall 1908, i. 2; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 30, MS 1 is 9th century, early formulas but may not be authentic (= Stenton 1970, p. 53 n. 4); PN Middx, pp. 1, 2, 6, 29; Kuhn 1943, n. 31; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 188, copy, probably of the late 8th century; Stenton 1971, p. 204, cited with reference to Mercian overlordship; Whitelock 1975, p. 11, MS late 8th or early 9th century; Bischoff 1976, p. 692, agrees with Ch.L.A.; Harrison 1976, p. 70 n. 16, on Cenred's style; Gelling, ECTV, no. 191, authentic; Wormald 1983, pp. 115 n. 68, 117 n. 77, on Mercian overlordship; Brooks 1984, pp. 141-2, 353 n. 44; Dyson and Schofield 1984, p. 292, cited; Wormald 1985, pp. 5, 10, 25, later copy, content unobjectionable, discusses formulation; Yorke 1985, pp. 22, 28, 33, 34; PN Dorset, iii. 142, cited; Hart 1992, p. 144, no reason to doubt authenticity.; Lowe 2001, Appendix III.62