Bath
Abbey of St Peter, established in the late 7th century, preserving grants from the rulers of the Hwicce, Mercian kings, and West Saxon monarchs.
Charters Preserved in this Archive
A.D. 676 (= 675, 6 Nov.). Osric, king, to Bertana, abbess; grant of 100 hides (manentes) at Bath, Somerset, for the foundation of a nunnery. Latin.
A.D. 808 for 757 x 758. Cynewulf, king of the Saxons, to the brethren of St Peter's Minster, Bath; grant of 5 hides (mansiones) at North Stoke, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
A.D. 680 (October). Æthelmod to Bernguidis (Beorngyth), abbess, and to Folcburh, and their monastery; grant of 20 hides (manentes) by the river Cherwell. Latin.
A.D. 670 x 671 [? A.D. 681] (October). Wigheard to Abbes Bernguidis (Beorngyth); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Slæpi (Islip, Oxon). Latin.