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? A.D. 869 or 870 (Woodyates, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Ælfstan, ealdorman; grant of 5 hides at Cheselbourne, Dorset. English with bounds.

A.D. 670 x 671 [? A.D. 681] (October). Wigheard to Abbes Bernguidis (Beorngyth); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Slæpi (Islip, Oxon). Latin.

A.D. 759 for 777 x c. 781. Offa, king of the English, to the church of St Peter, Worcester; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Readanoran (Pyrton, Oxon.). Latin with English bounds.

Offa. king of Mercia, to Esme (Esne), comes and præfectus; grant, to him and his male heirs, of 3 hides (tributarii) at Evenlode, with reversion to the church at Evesham. Latin.

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. 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.

A.D. 779 (Hartleford, Gloucs.; Gumley, Leics.). Offa, king of Mercia, to Duddonus (Dudda), minister; grant of 4 hides (cassatae) near Salmonsbury in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs. Latin with bounds.

A.D. '872'. Alfred, king of the English, to Athelney Abbey; grant of privileges in Stathmoor, Saltmoor, Haymoor and Currymoor, with other moors in North Curry, with grant to Abbot John of privileges and revenues in East Lyng, Somerset. Latin.

A.D. 855 (Oswaldesdun). Burgred, king of Mercia, to Alhhun, bishop, and his familia at Worcester; grant of privileges for 10 hides (manentes) at Ablington by the River Coln, Gloucs.; for 8 hides (cassati) at Poulton, Wilts.; for 6 hides (cassati) at Barnsley, Gloucs.; for 5 hides (manentes) at Eisey, Wilts.; and for 3 hides (manentes) at Bentley, Worcs.; in return for two bradiolae weighing 45 (or 48) mancuses. Latin.

A.D. 682 ? for 688 (Aug.). Cædwalla, king, to the church (of Malmesbury); grant of 132 hides (cassati) on either side of the wood named Kemele (? Kemble, Gloucs.). Latin.

A.D. 794 (Wyndingesley). Beorhtric, king of Wessex, to Wigferth, præfectus; grant of 10 hides (cassati) on the river Parret, Somerset. Latin with 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. 868 (Dorchester, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Hunsige, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Martyr Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds.

A.D. 680 (October). Æthelmod to Bernguidis (Beorngyth), abbess, and to Folcburh, and their monastery; grant of 20 hides (manentes) by the river Cherwell. 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. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of lands and privileges with a list of the Glastonbury estates affected, namely 5 hides at Buckland Newton, Dorset; 6 at Pennard, Somerset; 1 at Cetenes felda; 6 at Cerawycombe (? Crowcombe, Somerset); 10 hides at Sowy (cf. Middlezoy, Westonzoyland), 3 at Puriton, 1.5 at Montacute (Lodegaresbergh), Somerset; 1.5 at Culmstock, 0.5 at Monk Okehampton and 0.5 at Braunton, Devon ('Second Decimation'). Latin.

A.D. c. 693 x 709. Swæfred. king (of Essex), to Fymme; grant of 30 hides (manentes) in Nazeingbury, Essex. Latin.

A.D. 762 (Pentric, ? Pentridge, Dorset). Cynewulf, king, to Eadwald, abbot, and Muchelney Abbey; grant of 8 hides (cassati) between the rivers Earn (now the Fivehead) and Isle, probably at Isle Abbotts, Somerset. Latin.

A.D. 697 (April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Abbess Æbba; grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Hæg. Latin.

A.D. 696 (Berkamystede, Feb.). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Mildrith, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet. Latin.

Beorhtric, king, to Lulla, his princeps; grant of 10 hides (mansiones) at Crux Easton, Hants. Latin with bounds.

A.D. 844 for 848 (Repton, Derbys.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Abbot Eanmund and his familia in the minster at Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leics.; grant of privileges, in return for a gift of 180 mancuses in gold and 15 hides (manentes) at Stanlege (? Stanley, Derbys.) and at Bellanford (? Belford, Northants.) to the king and also the donation of a precious vessel to Humberht, princeps. Latin.

Alfred, king of the Saxons, to Burhric, bishop of Rochester; grant of land at Freckenham, Suffolk, and at Isleham, Cambs. Latin with English bounds.

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. 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.

A.D. 854 (Wilton, 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of land and privileges, with list of lands assigned to Malmesbury Abbey, namely at 35 hides at Purton, 15 at Lacock, 5 at Sutton Benger, 5 at Corston, 10 at Crudwell, Wilts.; 10 at Kemble, Gloucs.; and 1.5 at Dauntsey, Wilts. ('Second Decimation'). Latin with English.

Ine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Aldhelm, abbot, for the monastery of Malmesbury; grant of 45 hides (cassati), consisting of 5 hides at Garsdon, 20 and 10 hides by Corsaburn (Gauze Brook, cf. Corston) and 10 hides at Rodbourne in Malmesbury, all in Wilts. 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.

Alfred, king of the English and the Saxons, and Æthelred, subregulus et patricius Merciorum, to Wærferth, bishop of Worcester; grant of land æt Hwætmundes stane in London, with commercial privileges. Latin.

A.D. 798 x 821, probably 814. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Deneberht, bishop, and his familia at Worcester; grant of the reversion of 30 hides (tributarii) at Fladbury, Worcs., after his own death Latin.