A.D. 779 (Rochester). Ecgberht, king of Kent, to Deora, bishop of Rochester; grant of a half sulung (aratrum) at Bromhey in Frindsbury, Kent, and a marsh on the Iaenlade (? Yantlet Creek).

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

Rubric: Item de Bromgehege ;

+ In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi . Cum quis religiosorum uirorum fideliter deo famulantibus ex temporalibus terrenisque substantiis donare decreuerit . hoc pro certo Christo donatori bonorum omnium redonare constat . Vnde et ego Egcberht rex Cantie tibi uenerando Dioran Hrofensis ecclesie antistiti trado dimidiam partem unius aratri contiguam uidelicet eiusdem quantitatis terrulam . in regione uocabulo Bromieheg . a me antea traditae . Insuper et adiciam mariscem pertinentem ad aridam et ad aque ripam Iaenlade habentem quasi quinquaginta iugerum . et ut in tua sit facultate in perpetuum habendam possidendam tradendamque cuicunque elegeris hominum ; et siquis tam ausus sit hanc donationem meam infringere temptauerit ; sit anathema maranatha1 . Hanc cartulam in sua stabilitate manentem consentientibus religiosis personis et subscribentibus signo crucis Christi roboraui quorum nomina cum propriis infra notentur signaculis . Actum anno ab incarnatione Christi . dcclxxix . in ciuitate supradicta .

+ Ego Ecgberhtus donator signum crucis Christi impressi .

+ Signum manus Boba .

+ Signum manus Balthard .

+ Signum manus Uue'a'lhard .

 + Signum manus Banta .

+ Signum manus Billnoth .

+ Signum manus Osuulf .

+ Signum manus Bubba .

+ Signum manus Balthard .

1 I Cor. 16: 22

TRANSLATION:

Rubric : Item of Bromgehege ;

+ In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. When one of the religious men who serve God faithfully from temporal and earthly substances give decree. Christ the Giver of all good redonare clear it for granted . And so I , king of Kent Egcberht you deliver to the bishop of Rochester, the venerable Dioran plow half of one small piece of land adjoining the same size , of course . Bromieheg name in the region . I formerly taught . Pertaining to land and water , marsh, and will add further to the bank as having Iaenlade fifty acres . and that it is in your ability to ever have to possess any tradendamque chosen men, and so if anyone has dared to attempt to break this gift of mine , let maranatha1 . This charter , in its continuing stability of the agreement and the signature sign cross of Christ religious persons whose names are noted below with their own seals . Act of the year from the incarnation of Christ. dcclxxix . in the city of the above .

+ I, the donor Ecgberhtus the sign of the cross of Christ impressed upon it .

+ Sign Boba hand .

+ Sign Balthard hand .

+ Sign Uue'a'lhard hand .

+ Mark hands were .

+ Sign Billnoth hand .

+ Sign Osuulf hand .

+ Sign Bubba hand .

 + Sign Balthard hand .

1 1 Cor. 16: 22

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[Source: ASChart Anglo-Saxon Charters]