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

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A.D. 825 (Creodantreow, 19 Aug.; Southampton, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (Winchester); grant of 5 hides (cassati) at (Martyr) Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds.

Egbert, king, to the bishopric of Winchester; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Calbourne, Isle of Wight. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 826 (Southampton). Egbert, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 55 hides (mansae) at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 826 (Southampton). Egbert, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Droxford, Hants. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 833 (Dorchester, Dorset, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Beornwyn, Ælfflæd and Walenburch, sisters; confirmation of 10 hides (manentes) at Woolland, Dorset, the old charters having been lost, and of the new division between the sisters following Beornwyn's inheritance of land at Dartington, Devon. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 835 (Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxon.). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 50 hides (manentes) at Marcham, Berks. Latin.

Egbert, king of the West Saxons, to Ciaba, a clericus living in St Peter's minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant, for life, of one sulung (aratrum) on Scirdun, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Canterbury, in return for 100 mancuses, with reversion to St Augustine's. Latin with bounds.

A.D. 838 (Fræricburna, [Surrey]). Egbert, king, to Beornmod, bishop; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Snodland and Holborough, Kent, with pastures and a viculus in the eastern part of Rochester. Latin.

A.D. 838 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey). Egbert, king of Wessex, to the see of Winchester; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, conditional upon the loyalty of Bishop Ealdhun and his successors to Æthelwulf; with later confirmation (A.D. 839, Vetustissimus = æt Astran) by a Southumbrian synod. Latin.

A.D. 845 for 830. Egbert, king of Wessex and Kent, to Ætheric, minister; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Warehorne and Flotham (lost), Kent, in return for 50 mancuses. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 924 for ? 824 (Acleah). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Wulfheard, præfectus; grant of 22 hides (manentes) on the river Meon, Hants. Latin with English bounds.

[A.D. 824 x 833]. Egbert, king, to the church of Winchester; restitution of 40 hides (mansae) at Alresford, Hants. Latin with English bounds.

Æthelwulf, king, to Chertsey Abbey; confirmation of land and privileges. Latin.

A.D. 838 (Canterbury, 19 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Kent, to Ceolnoth, archbishop; grant of one hide (mansio) at Eastre(a)stadelham. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 838 for ?839 (Faversham, Kent, 9 March). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and of Kent, to Wernoth, abbot, and the familia of St Augustine's; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Lenham, Kent. Latin with bounds.

(1) A.D. 839 (Wye, Kent). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Ithda or Dudda; grant of land at Canterbury. (2) Confirmation by Alfred, king of Wessex and note of purchase by Lulla from Æthelwald (A.D. 871 x 888). (3) Later note of purchase by Archbishop Dunstan and grant to St Martin's, Canterbury (A.D. 959 x 988). Latin with English.

A.D. 840 (Southampton). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Duda, his minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Asshedoune (cf. Ashdown Park in Ashbury, Berks.). Latin.

Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Beornmod, bishop of Rochester; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) at Holborough, Kent. Latin.

A.D. 841 [for 840] (Æscantun, 26 December). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Eadberht, deacon; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Halstock, Devon, with a later confirmation at a meeting at Edington, Wilts. (c. A.D. 852 x 855 [? Easter 854]). Latin with English bounds.

Æthelwulf, king of the South Peoples, to Ceolmund, his præfectus; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) and a viculus near Rochester. Latin.

A.D. 842 (Andredesdune). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Eanwulf, his princeps; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Ditcheat and 5 at Lottisham, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 843 (Mereworth, Kent, 28 May). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Æthelmod, his minister; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at (Little) Chart, Kent, with woodland and swine pastures. Latin with bounds.

A.D. 844 (Winchester, 5 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church at Sherborne; grant of privileges ('First Decimation'). Latin.

A.D. 814 or 855 for 844 (Winchester, 5 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of lands and privileges ('First Decimation'). Latin.

A.D. 844 (Winchester, 5 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; grant of privileges, with particular mention of lands belonging to the church of Malmesbury at Ellendune (Wroughton), Wilts. (30 hides); Elmhamstede (15 hides); and at Wootton (10 hides), Charlton near Malmesbury (20 hides), Minety (5 hides), and Rodbourne, Wilts. (10 hides). ('First Decimation'.) Latin.

Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church at Sherborne; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Osanstoc. Latin.

A.D. 845 (Wye, Kent, 16 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Badanoth, his apparitor; grant of land near Canterbury, in return for 15 mancuses of gold. Latin.

A.D. 845 (Wye, Kent, 16 Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Wynhere, abbot of St Augustine's; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Lillicesora (? Lynsore, near Bossingham, Kent), in return for 70 mancuses. Latin with bounds.

A.D. 847 [= 846] (Dorchester, Dorset, 26 Dec.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to himself; grant of 20 hides (cassati) om Homme (at South Hams, Devon). Latin with English bounds.

Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and Athelstan, king of Kent, to Ealhhere, princeps; grant of land near Rochester, with a church dedicated to St Mary. Latin.