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Æthelheard, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, and 3 at Cearn (probably Charmouth, Dorset), in augmentation of Queen Frithugyth's gift of land at Taunton. Latin with English bounds.

Eadbald, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Northbourne, Kent. Latin.

Cynewulf, king of the Saxons, to Bica, comes and minister; grant of 13 hides (manentes) at Little Bedwyn, Wilts. Latin with bounds.

Alfred, king of the English, to Heahferth, minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds.

(a) Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Oswulf, his dux and minister; grant of land at Hremping wiic, also known as Hafingseota, south of the river Limen, Kent, in exchange for land at Bobingseata. (b) Oswulf grants the land to Lyminge minster. Latin.

A.D. 809 (Croydon, Staffs.). Coenwulf, king of Mercia and Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 7 sulungs (aratra) at Barham, Kent, in return for 30 pounds. Confirmed at Canterbury in A.D. 810. Latin with bounds.

A.D. 862 (Micheldever, Hants.). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Æthelwulf, princeps; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at (Little) Wittenham, Berks. Latin with English bounds.

Uhtred, regulus of the Hwicce, with the permission of Offa, king of Mercia, to Æthelmund, his faithful minister; grant, for three lives, of 5 hides (tributarii) at (Aston in Stoke Prior, Worcs.), with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin with brief 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.

Ine, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; restitution of 40 hides (mansae) at Alresford, Hants., previously granted by King Cenwalh. Latin with English bounds.

Berhtwald, dux, to the Abbey of St Denis; grant of land at Rotherfield, Hastings and Pevensey, Sussex. Latin.

A.D. 888 for ? 868. Cialwulf to Eanmund; grant of land in Canterbury, in return for 120 silver pence; with added note of a purchase by Æthelhere in A.D. 888. Latin.

A.D. 685 x 693, probably 686 x 688 (March). Hodilredus (Æthelred) to Hedilburg (Æthelburh), abbess, for her minster called Beddanhaam (Barking); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Ricingahaam, Budinhaam, Dagenham, Angenlabeshaam and Widmundes felt (Wyfields in Great Ilford), all probably in Essex. Latin with bounds.

Cyneheard, bishop (of Winchester), and Cynewulf, king, to Ecgwold, abbot, and his familia at Tisbury Minster, Wilts.; confirmation of 30 hides by Fontmell Brook, Dorset, acquired by a predecessor of Ecgwold from another monastery. Latin.

A.D. 880 for 887. Æthelred, dux et patricius of Mercia, to the bishopric of Worcester; grant of 6 hides (mansiones) at Brightwell Baldwin and 8 at Watlington, Oxon., to pertain to the church at Readanoran (i.e. Pyrton, Oxon). Latin with English bounds and a list, in English, of six serfs formerly belonging to the royal vill at Bensington, Oxon.

Uhtred, regulus of the Hwicce, with the permision of Offa, king of Mercia, to St Mary's Minster, Worcester; grant of 10 hides (tributarii) at Stoke Prior, Worcs. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 871 x 899. Alfred, king of the English, to Chertsey Abbey; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Thorpe, with Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Hunewaldesham (cf. Hundulsham, lost, in Weybridge) and Woodham, Surrey. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 597 x 604. Augustine, bishop of Canterbury, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of privileges. Latin.

Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, recovers for Christ Church 4 sulungs (aratra) at Bishopsbourne, Kent, originally granted by Aldhun, confiscated by Offa, king of Mercia, and now restored as the result of a synodal judgement. Latin.

A.D. 824 (Clofesho, 30 Oct.). Record of the settlement of a dispute between Heahberht, bishop, and the familia at Berkeley, Gloucs., concerning land at Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucs. Latin.

Statement by Ecgwine, bishop of the Hwicce, of the lands he acquired for the minster at Evesham, including the minster at Fladbury, Worcs. [obtained from King Æthelred (of Mercia) in exchange for the minster at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks.]; 20 hides (mansae) at Twyford, Worcs. [granted by Osward, Æthelred's brother]; 84 hides on both banks of the river Avon [granted by Cenred, king of Mercia]; 8 hides [granted by Æthelric, adolescens]; and land at the following places: Evesham, Bengeworth, Hampton, Lenchwick, Mortun (probably for Norton), Offenham, Littleton, 'the other Littleton', Badsey, Wickhamford, Church Honeybourne, Bretforton, all in Worcs.; Willersey, Gloucs.; Weethley, Sambourne, Kinwarton, Salford Priors and Abbots Salford, Warwicks.; Ombersley, Oldberrow, Abbots Morton, Worcs.; Bourton-on-the-Water, Maugersbury, Adlestrop, (Lower) Swell, Gloucs.; Mappleborough, Warwicks.; and Childswickham, Worcs. Latin.

A.D. 757 x 774. Offa, king of Mercia to Milred, bishop; grant of land at Wick Episcopi, Worcs. Latin with bounds in Latin and English.

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.

A.D. 739 (10 April). Æthelheard, king, to Forthhere, bishop; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Crediton, Devon. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 605 (9 Jan.). Æthelberht, king of the English, to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land at Sturry alias Chislet, Kent. Latin.

c. A.D. 687 and 691 (Medeshamstede, i.e. Peterborough, Northants.). (a) Cædwalla, king of the (West) Saxons, to Ecgbald, abbot, and his familia; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hoo (ad Hebureahg insulam), Kent. (b) Swæfheard, king of Kent, to Ecgbald, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede. (c). Confirmation by Æthelred, king of Mercia. Latin.

A.D. 849 (Glen, Leics.). Alhhun, bishop, with his familia at Worcester, to King Berhtwulf; lease, for five lives, of 5 hides (manentes) at Wearset felda, 5 (cassati) at Cofton Hackett, 5 (manentes) at Rednal in King's Norton, 2 at Wast Hill and Hopwood in Alvechurch, Worcs., and 3 at Witlafesfeld, with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin with English bounds of Cofton Hackett.

(a) Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, with the consent of King Alfred and the whole Mercian witan, to Berkeley Abbey; grant of privileges in exchange for 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, Gloucs., and 30 gold mancuses. (b) Æthelred, ealdorman, to Cynulf, son of Ceoluht; lease, for three lives, of the land at Stoke Bishop, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin and English with English bounds.

A.D. 824 (Clofesho). Record of the recovery by Archbishop Wulfred of land at Easole, Kent, granted to him by Ealdberht, comes, and Selethryth, his sister, but fraudulently acquired by Cwoenthryth, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet. Latin, endorsed with bounds, in English, of Godmersham (cf. CCC 13, S 1620) and Challock, Kent.

Æthelred, king, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede; grant, appended to a bull of Pope Agatho, of land at Breedon on the Hill, Leics.; Hrepingas (? Repton, Derbys.); Cedenac; Swineshead, Lincs.; Heanbyrig; Lodeshale; Shifnal, Salop.; Costesford; Stretford (? Stretford, Salop.); Wattlesborough and Lizard, Salop.; Æthelhuniglond (? in Kent); and Bardney, Lincs. Latin and English versions.