Anglo-Saxon Charters (pre-A.D. 900)
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A.D. 689 (Canterbury, 1 March). Swæfheard (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Æthelred, king of the Mercians, A.D. 691 (? Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January). Latin.
A.D. 690 (27 January). Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent. Latin.
Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 18 hides (manentes) in the Isle of Thanet, Kent. Latin.
A.D. 694 (17 July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Humantun in Thanet, Kent. Latin.
A.D. 696 (Berkamystede, Feb.). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Mildrith, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet. Latin.
A.D. 697 (April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Abbess Æbba; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hæg. Latin.
A.D. 727 (14 October). Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Abbess Mildrith (of Minster-in-Thanet) and her familia; grant of a half-sulung (aratrum) of land bi Northanwde. Latin.
A.D. 763 or 764. Eadberht II, king of Kent, to Sigeburga, abbess, and her familia at St Peter's Minster, Thanet; remission of toll due on two ships at Fordwich, and on a third at Fordwich and Sarre, Kent. Latin.
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.
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.
A.D. 748 (London, May). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eadburga, abbess, and her familia in the minsters of St Mary and SS Peter and Paul, Thanet; remission of half the toll due on a ship (? at London). Latin.
A.D. 724 (11 July). Æthelberht, son of King Wihtred, to Mildred, abbess, and her familia; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) by the river Limen and meadow at Hammespot (in Romney Marsh), Kent. Latin with English.