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S 163 ↗ King Coenwulf (S 152-85)
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church • Date: Pre-A.D. 900 • Period: 9th Century • Kingdom: Mercia
Regest / Summary: A.D. 808 (Tamworth, Staffs., Easter Day, 16 April). Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Eadwulf, minister; grant of 1.5 sulungs (aratra) at Cooling, Kent. Latin with bounds.
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Endorsements:
(1) twice in a contemporary hand: Culingaboc
(2) in a hand of s. xii: Rex Kenulfus dedit culig eaduulfo ministro

Px Anno vero dominicæ incarnationi . dccc oviii o . indict' . xv a . et regni mei a Deo concessi . xii o .DATING CLAUSE ego Coenuulf rex Merciorum pro remedie animæ meæ et pro absolutione peccaminum meorum tibi meo fideli ministro Eaduulfo daboDISPOSITIVE WORD aliquantulam partem terræ juris mei in propriam potestatem id est unam aratro et dimidiam in loco quæ appellatur Culingas cum omnibus usis ad eam rite pertinentibus ad habendam ac possidendam et cuicumque placuerit in hereditate derelinquendam . Hæc sunt termina huius agri . ab oriente cyninges tuntih ab aquilone genlad ab occidente biornheardes lond a meridiæ ðorndun .BOUNDS Si quis autem quod non optamus malivolo mente hanc meam donationem infringere temtaverit sciat se rationem esse reddituram ante tribunal domini nostri Jhesu Christi nisi ante ea pleniter emendaverit .CURSE

Actum est in loco celeberrimo quæ a vulgo vocatur TomeworðigPROMULGATION PLACE . xvi . k'l m?i . et eodem die pascha celebraturDATING CLAUSE coram his testibus quorum nomina supter conscripta notantur .

+ Ego Coenuulf rex Merciorum propria manu signo sanctæ crucis Christi consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Ælfðryð regina consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Heaberht dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Beor'n'noð dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Ceolward dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Cynhelm dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Ecgferð dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego By'r'nwald dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Eadferð dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Heardberht dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Ceolberht dux consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Dynne dux consensi 7 subscripsi .

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Formulas in this Charter 6 Formulas

DATINGCLAUSE → Anno Domini; Days and months; Indiction; Regnal dating
“Anno vero dominicæ incarnationi . dccc oviii o . indict' . xv a . et regni mei a Deo concessi . xii o .”
DISPOSITIVEWORD →
“dabo”
BOUNDS →
“Hæc sunt termina huius agri . ab oriente cyninges tuntih ab aquilone genlad ab occidente biornheardes lond a meridiæ ðorndun .”
CURSE →
“Si quis autem quod non optamus malivolo mente hanc meam donationem infringere temtaverit sciat se rationem esse reddituram ante tribunal domini nostri Jhesu Christi nisi ante ea pleniter emendaverit .”
PROMULGATIONPLACE →
“in loco celeberrimo quæ a vulgo vocatur Tomeworðig”
DATINGCLAUSE → Anno Domini; Days and months; Indiction; Regnal dating
“xvi . k'l m?i . et eodem die pascha celebratur”

Named Persons & Attestations (PASE) 0 Attestations

No individual person mark-up tags found in this charter.