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

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A.D. 714 (? for 717 or 724). Nunna, king of Sussex, to Beadufrith and the brethren of Selsey; grant of 4 hides (manentes) at Herotunun, 3 (cassati) at Tættæshamstede and 3 at Sidlesham, Sussex. Latin.

A.D. 775 for c. 705 x c. 717. Nunna, king of Sussex, to Eadberht, bishop; grant of 20 hides (tributarii) at Hugabeorgum and Dene (probably East and West Dean near Chichester). Latin with English bounds.

(a) A.D. c. 705 x (? 716 x ?). Nunna, king of Sussex, to Beorhtfrith, famulus Dei; grant of four hides (tributarii) at Peppering by the river Arun (Tarente), Sussex. (b) Eolla, having acquired the land from Beorhtfrith, sells it to Wulfhere. (c) A.D. c. 733 x (747 x ? 765). Beoba grants the land to Beorra and Ecca. (d) Probably A.D. 770 x 772. Osmund, king (of Sussex), buys the land from Erra, comes, and grants it to Tidburg, famula Dei. Latin.

Nothhelm (Nunna), king of Sussex, to Nothgyth, his sister; grant, in order to found a minster, of 33 hides (cassati) at Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Lenstedegate (? Westergate in Aldington) and (North) Mundham, Sussex. Latin.(b) Nothgyth to Wilfrid, bishop; grant of land at Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Genestedegate (cf. Westergate) and Mundham, Sussex, which she had been given by her brother Nothhelm. With later confirmations by Offa, king of the Mercians, Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, and Ceolwulf II, king of the Mercians.

A.D. 733 x (747 x c. 765). Æthelberht, king of Sussex, to Diosza; grant, for the construction of a minster, of 18 hides (tributarii) at Wittering, Sussex, with a note of the transfer of the land by Diosza to his sister and confirmation by Offa, king of the Mercians. Latin.

A.D. 725x762. Æthelberht, king of Sussex, to Wilfrid, bishop; grant of a half-hide (tributarius) at Chichester, Sussex. Latin.

A.D. 762 probably for 765. Osmund (king), to Wealhhere, his comes; grant, for the construction of a minster, of 12 hides (tributarii) at Ferring, Sussex. Latin.

Osmund, king, to Wærbald, comes, and his wife Tidburg, for St Peter's Church (Henfield); grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Henfield, Sussex, with later confirmation by Offa, king of the Mercians. Latin.

Ealdwulf, king, to Hunlaf, his comes: grant, in order to found a minster, of 16 hides (casata) at Stanmer, Lindfield and Burleigh, Sussex, with confirmation by Offa, king of the Mercians. Latin with English bounds.