A.D. 737 for ? 716/17 (29 October). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Mildrith, abbess, and her church; remission of the toll due on one ship. Latin

Archive:

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

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, 1, ff. 65v-66r (s. xv in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Julius D. II, ff. 131v-132r (s. xiii med.)

Printed:

Lewis 1736, pp. 64-5, ex MS 1; K, 84, ex MSS 1, 1*; Hardwick, Elmham, pp. 310-11, ex MS 1; Thorpe, pp. 25-6, ex MS 1; B, 150, ex K and MSS 1, 1*; Kelly, St Augustine’s, no. 50, ex MSS 1, 2

Comments:

B, vol. i. 216 n. 1, on date; Harmer, Writs, p. 568, based on authentic material; Harrison 1973, p. 63, on dating; Scharer 1982, pp. 200-1, spurious; Wormald 1985, pp. 10-11, 25, on formulation; broadly trustworthy; Yorke 1985, p. 23, on one of the witnesses; Kelly 1992, probably authentic; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. lxxxv-xc passim, pp. 170-5, on diplomatic; authentic, but dating clause probably tampered with.