Anglo-Saxon Charters (pre-A.D. 900)
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A.D. 858 (Amesbury, Wilts.). (1) Swithhun, bishop of Winchester, to Æthelbald, king of Wessex; grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Farnham, Surrey. (2) King Æthelbald grants the reversion of the land, after his death, to the bishop and church of Winchester. Latin.
A.D. 871 x 877. Ealhferth, bishop, and the community at Winchester, to Cuthred, dux, and Wulfthryth, his wife; lease, for three lives, of 8 hides at Easton, near Winchester, with reversion to the church at Winchester. English with bounds.
Swithulf, bishop, and the community at Rochester, to Beorhtwulf; grant of a half sulung (aratrum) at Haddun (Haven Street in Frindsbury), with meadows at Beckley and Strood, Kent. Latin with English bounds. (2) A.D. 963 x 975. Endorsement by King Edgar granting the land to Leofric. English.
A.D. 877 (Winchester). Tunbeorht, bishop, to the refectory of his brethren (at Winchester); grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Nursling, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Wærferth, bishop of Worcester, and the Worcester familia, to Eanwulf, minister; lease, for four lives, of 2 hides (mansae or mansiones) at Nuthurst, Warwicks., in return for 20 mancuses of gold, with reversion to the monastery of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks. Latin.
Wærferth, bishop of Worcester, to Werwulf, presbiter; lease, for two lives, of 5 hides (manentes) at Ablington on the river Coln, Gloucs., the holder to pay chuch-scot and soul-scot to (the minster at) Bibury, Gloucs. Latin.
A.D. 744 (10 July). Lulla, handmaid of Christ, to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Baltonsborough, Somerset, and at Scobbanwirht' with mention of land at Lottisham and Lydford, Somerset, placed at King Æthelbald's disposal. Latin with bounds.
A.D. 757 x 774. Ceolfrith, abbot, to the church of St Peter, Worcester, and the bishopric of Worcester; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Henbury, Gloucs., and 14 (cassati) at Sture in the province of Ismere, Worcs. Latin.
A.D. 786 x 796. Beonna, abbot of Medeshamstede, to Cuthbert, princeps; lease of 10 hides (manentes) at Swineshead, Lincs., in return for 1000 shillings and annual hospitality (unius noctis pastum) valued at 30 sicli, with ultimate reversion to Medeshamstede. Latin.
? A.D. 781 x 800. Headda, priest and abbot, to his descendants in priestly orders, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester; grant of land at Dowdeswell, Gloucs.; Tyreltune (? Whittington, Gloucs.); and at Onnandune (near Andoversford, Gloucs.). Latin.
A.D. 830 for 832 or after. Werhard, presbiter, to Christ Church, Canterbury; bequest of land comprising 104 hides at Harrow, Middx; 100 at Otford, 32 at Graveney, 44 at Burnan (? Bishopsbourne), 10 at Easole, 36 at Barham, Kent; and 1 iugum at Lambahamm by the river Lympne, 1 iugum at Northuuda, and 1 mansio at Canterbury [all of which had previously belonged to his kinsman, Archbishop Wulfred]; also 32 hides at Hayes, Middx, land at Megeldewrthe, 8 hides at Cuniland and 30 hides at Twickenham, Middx. [from his own patrimony]. Latin.
Bishop Werferth, with the permission of the familia in the church of Worcester, arranges for himself a lease, for three lives, of 5 hides (manentes) at Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucs., formerly belonging to the minster at Bishop's Cleeve, with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin.
Bishop Werferth, with the agreement of the familia at Worcester, arranges for himself the lease, for four lives, of 3 hides (manentes) at South Hethfeld and of land at Hreodhalh. Latin with English.