A.D. 716/17 for ? c. 733 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her familia in Minster-in-Thanet; remission of the toll due on one ship at London. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, St Augustine's (ex Minster-in-Thanet)

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, ff. 64v-65r (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, f. 131v (s. xiii med.)

Printed:

Lewis 1736, pp. 63-4, ex MS 1; K, 97, ex MSS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 306-7, ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 30-1; B, 149, ex K and MSS 1, 1*; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 49, ex MSS 1, 2

Comments:

B, vol. i. 216 n. 1, on date; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, apparently genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 439 n. 31, probably genuine (= 1970, p. 53 n. 5); Harmer, Writs, p. 568, probably authentic; Harrison 1973, p. 63, on dating; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 367, probably authentic; Gelling, ECTV, no. 195, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 491; Scharer 1982, pp. 198-200, authentic; Wormald 1985, pp. 10-11, 25, on formulation; broadly trustworthy; Kelly 1992, authentic basis; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc, passim, pp. 169-72, on diplomatic; authentic, but dating clause has been tampered with.