Anglo-Saxon Charters (pre-A.D. 900)

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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.