A.D. 699 (Cilling, 8 April). Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

Endorsements: (1) by the scribe of the charter: + Lib[er] Uuihtredi regis <.............>rum in Cantia. (2) in a hand of s. xii: Statutum Os[w]ii regis de libertate ecclesiarum Cantie latine.

In nomine Domini Dei saluatoris nostri Iesu Christi. Ego Uuihtredus rex Cantie, consulens anime meae in posterum, hanc prouidentiam pro diuersis calamitatibus imminentibus ecclesiis Dei atque monasteriis que in hac Cantia consistunt, una cum consensu principum meorum quorum nomina subterscribenda sunt, facere curaui ut ab omni exactione publici tributi atque dispendio uel lesione a presenti die et tempore liberae sint, mihique et posteris meis talem honorem uel oboedientiam exhibeant qualem exhibuerunt antecessoribus meis regibus sub quibus eis iustitia et libertas seruabatur, et ut tam ego quam posteri mei in hac pia definitione permaneant decerno, nec per quamlibet tergiuersationem que a nobis et a predecessoribus nostris recte indulta sunt concutiantur, sed ita ut iam iamque dictum est inperpetuum abhinc et deinceps Domino gubernante custodiantur, ad cuius cumulum firmitatis manu propria signum sancte crucis expressi et tamh reuerentissimum Berhtualdum archiepiscopum atque Gemmundum sanctissimum episcopum quam etiam uenerabiles presbyteros et religiosos abbates, presentibus itidem clarissimis abbatissis, hoc est Hirminhilda , Irminburga, Aeaba et Nerienda, ut subscriberent rogaui. Actum die .vi. idus Aprilis, anno regni mei .viii., indictione .xii., in loco qui appellatur Cilling.

+ Ego Uuihtredus rex Cantie ad omnia suprascripta et confirmata atque a me dictata propria manu signum sancte crucis pro ignorantia litterarum expressi.

+ Ego Berhtuualdus archiepiscopus ad omnia suprascripta rogatus a Uuihtredo rege testis subscripsi.

+ Ego Gemmundus episcopus rogatus testis subscripsi.

+ Ego Tobias presbyter rogatus testis subscripsi.

+ Ego Aeana presbyter rogatush testis subscripsi.

+ Ego Vinigeld presbyter rogatus testish subscripsi.

+ Ego Hadrianus indignus monachus rogatus testis subscripsi.

+ Ego Aedilmer abbas rogatus subscripsi.

+ Signum manus Uihtgari.

+ Signum manus Cyniadi.

+ Signum manus Ecca.

+ Signum manus Ueba.

+ Signum manus Headda.

+ Signum manus Headda.

+ Signum manus Suithbaldi.

+ Signum manus Scirieardi.

+ Signum manus Aedilfridi.

+ Signum manus Hagana.

+ Signum manus Beornheardi

TRANSLATION:

Endorsements : ( 1 ) by the write of the Charter : + Lib [ er ] Wihtred king < ............. > s in Kent . ( 2) Not in the from of the Sts. xii The statute [ w] II, king of the liberty of Kent Latin.

In the name of the Lord God of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Wihtred I am the king of Kent, who took thought for my life in the future, and thus taking forethought for divers monasteries and the churches of God which are indicated in the calamities of this threatening to halt, Kent , with the consent of one of the princes of my subterscribenda whose names are , to make the public exaction of tribute from all , and see to it that the cost of injury or from they may be present on the day and at the time of , or obedience to exhibit such an honor to me and to my posterity what kind of justice And freedom for which, they are exhibited under the kings, my predecessors was preserved , and so that I as well as the definition of the pious remain determined to succeed me in this , and do not , by the subterfuges which may have , no matter how right granted by our predecessors and are shaken , but, as I already said the government kept forever ago, and forward , to increase stability, whose own hand sign of the holy cross and the most reverend tamh Berhtualdum Gebmund holy bishop, archbishop and also the venerable priests and religious abbots , present and likewise the most famous abbess , that is Hirminhilda , is Eormenhild , Aeaba and Nerienda subscribe asked . Executed on . Force . the ides of April , in the year of my kingdom. , viii. , levy. twelve . , in the place which is called Cilling .

Wihtred + I, king of Kent, and confirmed and all the above writings to the dictates of his own hand, the sign of the holy cross from me for the ignorance of writing .

+ I, Archbishop of Berhtuualdus being invited by the King Wihtred subscribed as a witness to all the above writings .

+ I Gebmund bishop asked the witness subscribed.

+ I asked Tobias priest witness subscribed.

+ I Aeana priest rogatush witness subscribed.

+ I Vinigeld priest asked testish subscribed.

+ I Hadrian unworthy monk asked witness subscribed.

+ I, at the request of the abbot Aedilmer subscribed.

+ Sign Uihtgari hand .

+ Sign Cyniadi hand .

+ Sign Ecca hand .

+ Sign Wæba hand .

+ Sign Headda hand .

 + Sign Headda hand .

 + Sign Suithbaldi hand .

 + Sign Scirheard hand .

+ Sign Æthelfrith hand .

+ Mark Hagan hand .

+ Sign hand Beornheardi

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A.D. 697 or 712 (July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to St Mary's Church, Lyminge; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun, Kent.

Latin.

Endorsements: (1) ðæs landes boc æt berdelhames wicum nunc wigelmignctun . (2) Wichtredus rex Ca' . ad ecclesiam de Liming Wielmestun . iiii . arat' .

ORIGINAL:

+ In nomini domini Dei nostri Jhesu Christi. Ego Uihtredus Rex Cantuariorum providens mihi in futuro decrevi dare aliquid omnia mihi donanti et consilio accepto bonum visum est conferre bassilicæ beatæ Mariæ genitricis Dei quæ sita est in loco qui dicitur Limingæ terram . iiii . aratrorum quæ dicitur Wieghelmes . tun . cum omnibus ad eandem terram pertinentibus juxta notissimos terminos id est bereueg . et meguines paed et stretleg . quam donationem meam volo firmam esse inperpetunm ut nec ego seu heredes mei aliquid minuere præsumant . Quod si aliter temptatum fuerit a qualibet persona sub anathematis interdictione sciat se prævaricari ad cujus confirmationem pro ignorantia litterarum + signum sanctæ crucis expressi et testes idoneos ut subscriberent rogavi id est Berichtualdum archiepiscopum virum venerabilem.

+ Ego Berichtualdus episcopus rogatus consensi et subscribsi . + .

+ Signum manus Uihtredi regis . + Signum manus Ædilburgæ reginæ .

+ Signum manus Enfridi .

+ Signum manus Ædilfridi .

+ Signum manus Hagana .

+ Signum manus Botta .

+ Signum manus Bernhærdi .

+ Signum manus Theabul .

+ Signum manus Frodi .

 + Signum manus Aehcha .

+ Signum manus Aessica .

+ Signum manus Adda .

+ Signum manus Egisberichti .

Actum in mense Julio indictione xma .

TRANSLATION:

Endorsements : (1) this ðæs Landis Corston berdelhames wicum wigelmignctun now . (2) Ca Wichtredus king ' . Liming of Wielmestun to church . four . plows .

  In the name of our God, the Lord Jesus Christ . I have decided to give something to the world to come to me in order to provide a Uihtredus King of Kent, and had taken counsel , and the Giver of all good, it seemed to me to compare the BASILICA the Blessed Mary, Mother of God, which is situated in the place that is said to Limingæ the earth. four . plow called Wieghelmes . you call that . with all things pertaining to the same land that is known boundaries bereueg . and meguines DIRT and stretleg . I want to be sure that my donation inperpetunm that neither I or my heirs presume anything less . But if it has been tampered with in any other way under penalty of excommunication from the interdiction of any person to know that he will transgress against the ignorance of which on behalf of the confirmation of letters of the alphabet and the sign of the holy cross of the archbishop of suitable witnesses to subscribe Berichtualdum I have asked the venerable man, that is to say .

I agreed and asked his bishop Berichtualdus subscribsi . .

Sign Uihtredi hand of the king.

Ethelberga hand sign of the queen.

Enfridi hand sign .

Æthelfrith hand sign .

Hagan hand sign .

Bottom right hand sign .

Bernhærdi hand sign .

Theabul hand sign .

New York Bot hand sign .

Aehcha hand sign .

Aessica hand sign .

Adda hand sign .

Egisberichti hand sign .

Enacted in July xma levy .

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

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

Ego Wihtredus rex Cantuariorum, consenciente regina Ædilburga , atque < Berhtuualdo > gratia Dei archiepiscopo non solum consenciente sed eciam persuadente, una cum omnibus prouincialibus principibus, anno regni mei .vi., secunda feria Aprilis, terram nominatam Hæg, .xl. manencium, pro anima mea atque meorum, absolutam ab omnium secularium dominorum in Dei tributum abbatisse Eabbe in propriam possessionem atque monachilem regulam perhenniter perdonaui, ut Deo seruiencium preces sine mutacione pro uita mea protelentur. Qui autem ausus fuerit aliquid aut auferre aut transmutare sine licencia possidencium quod absit, reddet racionem Christi genitricis Marie in die iudicii, in cuius suffragio perdonaui. Quam perdonacionem cum signo crucis ornatam omnium presencium manus adfirmant, ut qui sine uoluntate Dei refregerit audax, crux Christi super eum in uindictam ueniat nisi regulariter emendauerit.

+ Archiepiscopi Bertualdi .

+ Agesmundi .

+ Wihtredi regis.

+ Germani.

+ Wihtgari.

+ Gefredi.

+ Cynyadi.

+ Guhtardi.

TRANSLATION:

I Wihtredus king of Kent , Queen Ethelberga consent , and < Berhtuualdo > grace of God, not only with the consent of the archbishop, but also persuades them , along with all provincial officials , in the year of my reign . Force . , Second week of April , the nominated Hæg . Forty . who remain , for my life and my absolute all secular lords of the tax on personal property and the monastic rule of the abbess Eabbe eternally pardon, prolong my life to serve God for prayers without alteration . But he that shall have dared to take away or to alter anything, or , God forbid, without the leave of their possessors , he shall render an account of Christ's mother Mary, in the day of judgment , in whose vote we pardon . Concession which the sign of the cross with hands adorned with all the presents and they stated that without the will of God who refregerit bold, the cross of Christ on it in vengeance come regularly unless amended .

+ Archbishop Bertualdi .

+ Agesmundi .

+ Wihtredi king.

+ Germans .

+ Wihtgari .

+ Gefredi .

+ Cynyadi .

+ Guhtardi .

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

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

Rubric: Carta eiusdem Withredi regis de defensione hominum et rerum Mildrede abbatisse in Thaneto et successorum eius qui fuerint in regimine monasterii illius.

In nomine Domini nostri saluatoris. Ego Wythredus rex Cantuariorum, anno quinto regni nostri, cum concilio Brithuualdi archiepiscopi, Adriani abbatis et omnium ecclesiasticorum graduum una cum Gebmundo Rouesciestre episcopo, dabo et concedo propinque mee Mildrythe abbatisse et suis successoribus futuris in regimine monasterii sui in Thaneto, ut defensio eius in hominibus et in omnibus rebus sit sicut regum antecessorum nostrorum fuerunt. Si quis autem hanc donacionem meam minuerit, sciat se separatum esse a societate sanctorum omnium. Actum est hoc in loco qui dicitur Berkamystede, indiccione nona, anno regni nostri .v., in mense Februarii.

+ Signum manus Withredi regis donatoris.

+ Signum manus Brithuualdi archiepiscopi.

+ Signum Adriodi .

+ Ego Adrianus abbas indignus subscripsi.

+ Ego Gemundus expressi.

TRANSLATION:

RUBRIC: The charter of the same king's Withredi the defense of the human beings and things in the Thaneto Mildred, abbess of the monastery of that and his successors in the government of who they were.

In the name of our savior. I Wythredus king of Kent, the fifth year of our reign, with the council Brithuualdi archbishops, Adrian Abbot and all ecclesiastical dignity Gebmund Rouesciestre together with the bishop, and I will concede the near future of my Mildrythe abbess and his successors in the government of his monastery in Thaneto to his defense in men and in all things, is like that of our ancestors of the kings of the past. But if any of this might decrease my gift, let him know that he will be separated from the society of all the saints. This is enacted in the place that is said to Berkamystede, the ninth indiction, in the year of our kingdom. V.., In the month of February.

+ Sign Withredi hands of the donor.

+ Sign Brithuualdi Archbishop hand.

+ Sign Adriodi. Adrian unworthy abbot

+ I subscribed.

+ I Gemundus reproduced.

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A.D. 696 or 711 (March). Wihtred, king of Kent, and his wife Æthelburg to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Littlebourne, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

Beneficiis Dei et Domini nostri Iesu Christi nobis collatis non immemores, ego Wihtredus rex Cantie et coniunx mea Adelburga pro remedio animarum nostrarum beati Petri apostolorum principis monasterio quod situm est in suburbano huius Dorouernis ciuitatis , in quo preesse dinoscitur Adrianus abbas huc missus ab apostolica sede eiusque familie que nunc et futura est, terram iuris nostri quinque aratrorum que appellatur Litleburne, cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus, a presenti die et tempore a nostra iurisdictione transferentes inperpetuo tradimus possidendam, et quicquid exinde facere uolueritis, uestri erit arbitrii, conditione interposita ut nostri memoriam habeatis tam in missarum solemniis quam in orationibus uestris, incessanter nobis misericordiam a Domino postulantes. Quisquis uero contra hanc largitatis nostre donationem quolibet tempore contraire presumpserit, nouerit se quisquis ille sit a participatione corporis et sanguinis Domini nostri Iesu Christi alienum et a consortio fidelium segregandum, manente hac cartula nostre donationis in sua nichilominus firmitate, ad cuius confirmationem pro ignorantia litterarum signum sancte crucis expressimus et testes ut subscriberent rogauimus. Actum in mense Martio, indictione nona.

+ Signum manus Wihtredi regis et donatoris.

+ Signum manus Ethelburge regine et donatricis.

+ Hoc ego Gemundus episcopus expressi.

TRANSLATION:

Gathered for us are mindful of the benefits of God and of the Lord our Lord Jesus Christ , king of Kent, and my bride , I Wihtredus Adelburga of our souls as a remedy for the monastery of the blessed Peter, prince of the apostles of this Dorouernis that is situate in the suburbs of the city , in which he is well known to be in charge here, the abbot Hadrian was sent by the Apostolic See, and his or her households of which is the now and the future , the land of the plow , which is called the five Litleburne within our own control , with all that belongs to it , from the present day and at the time of turning the jurisdiction of the INCONSTANT from ours, we hand over to possess, and from that time to do whatever you so desire, will be of your choice, so that our memory of the condition of the interval of you may have as well with the masses than our solemn feast in your prayers , unceasingly , requiring us mercy from the Lord . Whoever, on the other hand , however, this bounty of our donation at whatever time they shall presume to contravene it , let him know that whoever he might be , and who participate in another man's body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ from the fellowship of the faithful of separation, in his own way detracting from this charter shall nevertheless the strength of our donation , to whose ignorance of writing for the confirmation of the sign of the requested him to subscribe declared- and the witnesses of the holy cross . Done in the month of March, the ninth indiction.

+ Sign Wihtredi hands of the king and the donor .

+ Sign Ethelburge queen and donatricis hand .

+ This I Gemundus bishop pressed .

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A.D. 694 (17 July). Wihtred, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Humantun in Thanet, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine Domini Dei saluatoris. Ego Uuihtredus rex Cantie una cum coniuge mea Kinigitha regina, referens gratias largitori bonorum Domino qui dilatauit terminos nostros iuxta paternam antiquitatem, in commune pertractauimus aliquam partem terre nobis conlate ad uicem impendere, ne ingrati beneficiis uideremur largitoris nostri. Qua de re a presenti die et tempore tibi religiose Æbbe abbatisse Deoque dicate femine terram iuris nostri que sita est in insula Teneti, que quondam appellata est Humantun, aratrorum .iiii., contulimus inperpetuum possidendam, ut cum omnibus ad eandem pertinentibus, pratis, campis, fontanis, siluis, piscariis, fluminibus, marisco et quicquid ad supradictam terram pertinet, a .iiii. partibus, orientis, occidentis, aquilonis et meridiei, tuo usui dicionique subicias, teneas, possideas, dones, commutes, uenundes uel quicquid exinde facere uolueris liberam habeas potestatem successoresque tui defendant inperpetuum. Numquam me heredesque meos contra hanc cartulam descriptionis nostre aliquando esse uenturos. Ad cuius cumulum etiam affirmationis cespitem huiusc supradicte terre super sanctum altare posui et propria manu pro ignorantia litterarum signum sancte crucis in hac cartula expressi. Sed et Kinigitha id ipsum fecit principesque meos ut pari modo propriis manibus facerent rogaui, quorum nomina subtus annecta sunt. Si quis quod absit contra hanc cartulam a me factam uel heredes mei contraire presumpserint, nouerint se a participatione corporis et sanguinis Domini nostri Iesu Christi esse alienos et a cetu fidelium segregandos hic et in eternum. Quam sepedictam cartulam scribendam dictaui et tibi Eabbe abbatisse tradidi conseruandum. Actum .xvi. kalendas Augusti, indictione .vii., anno regni nostri tertio.

+ Signum manus Wihtredi regis.

+ Signum manus Kinigithe regine.

+ Signum manus Bernhardi.

+ Signum manus Alhuuardi.

TRANSLATION:

In the name of God, the savior. I along with my wife Kinigitha Kent Wihtred king , queen , quoting the good Lord who bestows grace and extended our boundaries , according to his father's former estate , into a portion of land for us and handled the common contributor to spend their turn to show their gratitude for the benefits were seen to our Giver . And with respect to the present day and at the time of the situation by the abbess Ebba you religiously preach the God within our own control which was situated on an island on the land of a woman, for we are bound , which formerly it was called the Humantun , the plow. Fourth . , Have conferred in perpetuity to possess, in order to be with all belonging to the same , meadows, fields, , Fontana , woods, fisheries, rivers , marsh land, and whatever pertains to the aforesaid , from . fourth . the parties, the east, west, north, and south, and scepter of your subject would be useful to shouldest take hold of , take possession of the grant , in exchange for , from that time he uenundes or whatever you want to make your have the free power to defend and successors for ever. I never at any time be inheriting mine against this charter of our arrival. Even at the height of the sod of this affirmation of the said land on the sacred altar , and put his own hand in the sign of the cross on the ignorance of writing this charter reproduced . Kinigitha but it made ​​the same way as the leaders of my own hands, do you ask, whose names are under annex . If any one, made ​​by me in sending the writ of or in opposition to this , God forbid, my heirs presumed to contravene it , know of a surety himself from a participation in the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ to be the strangers, and separated from the gathering of the faithful here and in eternity. Oftmentioned charter be written and dictated how you Eabbe abbess delivered preservation . Act . Xvi. of the Kalends of August, the levy. vii. , the third year of our reign .

Sign Wihtredi hand of the king.

Hand signal Kinigithe queen .

Bernard hand sign .

Alhuuardi hand sign .

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c. A.D. 690. Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 18 hides (manentes) in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi. Ego Osuuinus rex Cantuariorum gratias refero miserenti Deo omnipotenti qui confirmauit me in regno patrum meorum et dedit mihi domum cognationis mee. Quamobrem placuit mihi ne ingratus beneficiis Domini uiderer, et terram que sita est in insula Tenet, .xviii. manentes continentem, quam aliquando Irminredus possidebat, (et aliqua pars ipsius archiepiscopi erat, ipso tamen consentiente et aliam a nobis accipiente) monasteriali seruituti subieci; nuncque in presentia adiuuante Domino perpetraui sub manus Christicolarum, gubernatrici Æbbe perpetuali donatione redegi, ut teneat, possideat ipsa semper, successoresque eius incommutabili decreto defendant; atque ad confirmationem istius cartule cespitem terre supradicte sacro altari superposui, ut omnis quicumque ausus fuerit aliquid ex ea temerare aut minuere uel etiam transmutare sine uoluntate possidentium, sciat se alienum a participatione regni ecclesiis effici et a cetu fidelium segregatum, nisi regulariter emendauerit.

+ Signum sancte crucis propria manu expressi.

+ Signum manus Oswyni regis.

+ Ego Suebhardus consensi et subscripsi.

+ Signum manus Acce .

TRANSLATION:

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Do I return thanks to Almighty God , king of Kent , who confirmed miserenti I Osuuinus me into the kingdom of my fathers and he gave me a house of my kindred . For this reason, it was decided that I may not seem ungrateful for the benefits of the Lord , and the land which was situated on an island on holds ,. , Xviii. continue with the mainland, which once Irminredus owned ( and any part of the archbishop was very sympathetic and another that takes us from ) monastery service subject and now in the presence of the Lord with the assistance committed under the hands of Christians , Governor Ebba Perpetual reduced donation , keep , possess very always , his successors immutable decree defend and to confirmation of this charter sod laid upon a sacred altar of the said land , as everyone who has dared to violate any of them or to diminish or even to change the will because of gain , knowing that she is opposed to the participation of churches and become a gathering of the faithful separated , but regularly amended .

The sign of the holy cross ,

+ pressed them with his own hand .

+ Sign Oswyni hand of the king.

+ I, Suebhardus , agreed to and subscribed.

+ Sign Acces hand .

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A.D. 690 (27 January). Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine Domini Iesu Christi saluatoris. Ego Oswinus rex Cantuariorum aliquod munusculum pro Deo destino dare ut sit refrigerium anime mee inperpetuum et uigilet mea memoria cum sanctis in sublime. Anno secundo regni mei, indictione autem tertia, sub die .vi. kalendarum Februarii, pro remedio anime mee et absolutione peccatorum meorum, ecclesiastico iure concedo quandam terram que dicitur Stureie, id est decem manentes ex ea, cum siluis et campis ac paludibus, cum fluminibus ac fontibus, cum pratis ac pomariis et cum omnibus utensilibus, in ipsa quantitate sicut principes a regibus antiquitus perdonatum possederunt, alme Æbbe abbatisse atque carnali propinquitate proxime in Deoque matri monasteriali iuri dono, perpetuo trado, quatinus habeat possideatque proprio arbitrio et cuicumque uoluerit uiuens uel moriens habeat integram facultatem condonare tantum in domino. Istud autem territorium a me modo commemoratum ac pro Deo perdonatum in presentia principum meorum qui ad presens haberi possunt, hoc est Cantuariorum quos iure ac propria nostra potestate adipiscimur, pro testimonio confirmationis ad subscribendum ac ad consentiendum mihi huic donationi conduxi in hunc locum qui dicitur Dorouernis. Confirmamus stabiliter in euum ut quisquis hanc donationem meam mente maliuola disrumpere temptauerit, sciat se coram Deo et sanctis angelis eius eterno anathemate reum. Quisquis uero bene addendo custodierit sit benedictus in secula.

+ Theodorus gratia Dei archiepiscopus rogatus a rege subscripsi.

+ Ego Osuuinus propria manu subscripsi ac consensi.

+ Ego Suebhardus consensi et subscripsi.

+ Ego Adrianus abbas indignus subscripsi.

+ Signum manus Ecca.

+ Signum Osfridi.

TRANSLATION:

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ the savior. I Oswin , king of Kent resolve the little thing for God to give my soul to be refreshing my memory for ever and watch with the saints on high . In the second year of my kingdom , the third indiction , each day . Force. of the new moon of February, the absolution of my sins and for the salvation of my soul , which is called a land grant by the law of the ecclesiastical Stureie , that is to say , remaining ten were in it, and with the woods and the fields, and swamps, and rivers, and sources with , and with all their baggage, with fields and orchards , in the same quantity as the kings of old perdonatum possessed , nourishing mother abbess Ebba and carnal relationship to God in the monastery right next to the gift , always give up , that have their own choice and possess any living or dying wish to have the full capacity to commute only in the Lord. This , however, by the territory of the for mention me now: the place of God and in the presence of the princes of my perdonatum who may be possessed for the moment , that is, of Kent, whom he had the right to own our power and we obtain , instead of the testimony of the confirmation to be signed into this and to go along with me to this place, which is said to have hired gift the Dorouernis . We confirm that any one who , being stable and eternity in the mind of this gift of mine malicious attempt to break , let him know that he was guilty of the presence of God and the holy angels of his eternal anathema . But whoever keeps adding well be blessed forever.

Grace Archbishop Theodore was asked by the king subscribed.

Osuuinus own hand, I have signed and agreed.

I Suebhardus agreed and signed.

Adrian unworthy abbot I subscribed.

Ecca hand sign .

Osfrid sign .

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A.D. 689 (July). Oswine, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine Domini Dei nostri et saluatoris Iesu Christi. Ego Oswynus rex Cantie pro absolutione meorum peccatorum de terra iuris mei, que mihi ex propinquitate parentum meorum uenit atque ex confirmatione clementissimi Æthelredi regis collata est, unum aratrum in quo mina ferri haberi cognoscitur, quod pertinebat ad cortem que appellatur Liminge, quod etiam coniunctum est terre uenerabilis presbiteri Brytwaldi abbatis a parte meridiana, a presenti die et tempore monasterio beati Petri apostoli , in quo preesse Adrianus dinoscitur qui a Romana urbe directus est, inperpetuum contuli possidendum, tam ei dum aduixerit quam eius congregationi que post eum habitura est, ut prefatam terram unius aratri sibi uendicent ac defendant cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus. Quicumque uero tam ego quam posteri mei qui in loco meo successerint contra hanc largitatis mee cartulam quolibet tempore uenire presumpserint, sint separati a corpore et sanguine Domini nostri Iesu Christi, manente hac cartula perpetualiter nichilominus donationis mee in sua firmitate, ad cuius etiam confirmationem pro ignorantia litterarum signum sancte crucis expressi et testes ut subscriberent rogaui. + Actum in mense Iulio, indictione secunda.

+ Ego Oswynus rex Cantie donator ad omnia supradicta consensi et subscripsi,

+ signum sancte crucis feci.

+ Signum manus Ecca.

+ Ego Gabertus signum feci.

+ Signum manus Osfridi.

+ Signum manus Uaeba.

+ Signum manus Suydredi.

+ Signum manus Ædilmari.

+ Signum manus Burgredi.

+ Signum manus Frod.

+ Signum manus Eana.

TRANSLATION:

In the name of the Lord our God and savior , Jesus Christ. Oswynus for the absolution of my sins I am the king of Kent, out of the land of my rights , I was to give my parents came from the nearness of the king and of Æthelred, was contributed from the confirmation of the most gracious , one pound of iron to be had broke the soil on which it is known, that which is called the Cort Liminge belonged to , which is also is linked to the venerable abbot of land, south side of the Brytwaldi offered by the priest , from the present day and at the time of the monastery of the blessed Peter the Apostle, in which it Hadrian is known to be in charge of the city from the Roman who had success , conferred to be possessed in perpetuity , both for her and him, which after a while the congregation of the aduixerit than she is, as the aforementioned lay claim to the land of one plow , and to defend himself with all that belongs to it . As many as those who succeed me in my place, I like the other succeeded , however, in opposition to this generosity of my sending the writ should presume to come at whatever time they were separated from the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his own way detracting from this charter in perpetuity shall nevertheless the strength of my gift , to whose ignorance even for the confirmation of expressed in terms of the sign of the holy cross and the letters of the alphabet that witnesses should subscribe to request it. Done in the month of July, in the second indiction .

I am the king of Kent, Oswynus donor has consented to and subscribed to all the above , the sign of the holy cross I have done.

Ecca hand sign .

I did sign Gabertus .

Osfrid hand sign .

Uaeba hand sign .

Suydredi hand sign .

Ædilmari hand sign .

Burgredi hand sign .

New York Bot hand sign .

Eana hand sign .

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c. A.D. 690. Swæfheard (Suabertus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) in Sturry and 3 at Bodsham, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine saluatoris. Ego Suabertus rex Cantuariorum, miserationum Domini memor quas erga me exercuit, ideo ergo rectum iudicaui ut pro eterna salute anime mee atque meorum aliquid munusculum Domino impenderem, id est terram que sita est in Sturige .ii. aratrorum atque .iii. aratrorum in loco qui dicitur Botdesham monasteriali potestati atque regulariter uiuentibus subicerem. Quod hodierna die Domino auxiliante compleui dedique uenerabili abbatisse Eabbe ut ibi seruientium Deo preces protelentur atque pro uita mea sine defectu in conspectu Dei effundantur. Et ad confirmationem donationis istius signum sancte crucis expressi necnon et principes meos ut similiter facerent rogaui sicque fecerunt, ut si aliquis ausu nefarie temeritatis aliquid ex ea auferre uel minuere uoluerit, nouerit se alienatum a Deo in resurrectione iustorum.

+ Signum Suaberti regis.

+ Signum Gumberti .

+ Signum Æcci .

+ Ego Oswynus rex consensi et subscripsi.

TRANSLATION:

In the name of the savior. Suabertus I, king of Kent, mindful of the compassion of the Lord which he has exercised towards me, for that reason, therefore, that they may have judged to be the right thing for the eternal salvation of my soul and of my little present to the Lord something to have bestowed upon the land which was situated in the Sturige that is., Ii. and plow. iii. plow at a place called the monastery Botdesham power and regularly living subicerem. That on this day, completing the help I gave to Eabbe venerable abbess there and serve God prolong your prayers for my life without failing in the eyes of God will be poured out. To the confirmation of the giving of the sign of the holy cross of that pressed them, as well as they would do in like manner, and to the princes that thou mightest have done and so I asked, as if some wickedly daring temerity to take away or diminish any thing out of it, I choose the know that it has alienated from God, in the resurrection of the just.

+ Sign Suaberti king.

+ Sign Gumberti.

+ Sign Æcci.

+ I, Oswynus king, agreed and subscribed.

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A.D. 689 (Canterbury, 1 March). Swæfheard (Suabhardus), king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent; with confirmation by Æthelred, king of the Mercians, A.D. 691 (? Marefield and Stapleford, Leics., 8 January).

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi saluatoris. Ego Suebhardus rex Cantuariorum, anno secundo regni nostri, indictione secunda, sub die kalendarum Martis, cum consilio uenerabilis archiepiscopi Theodori atque consensu primorum meorum sed et cum consilio quoque ac consensu patris mei Sebbe regis, terram que dicitur in Sudaneie intra insulam Tenet, que et continet antiquo iure .xliiii. manentes, quibus modo addimus curtem .xii. manentes habentem ultra insulam in loco qui dicitur Sturgeh, cum siluis et paludibus, cum fluminibus et fontibus, cum pratis et pomariis, cum domibus cunctisque utensilibus et omnibus ad eandem pertinentibus rebus, in ipsa quantitate sicut antiquitus principes a regibus sibi perdonatam habuerant, Æbbe abbatisse iure ecclesiastico ac monasteriali et quibuscumque successoribus ipsa uoluerit derelinquere tantum in domino in sempiternum possidendam perdonamus, ita ut nec nobis nec aliquibus successorum nostrorum regum siue principum aut etiam ecclesiasticarum dignitatum gradibus nefario temeritatis ausu aliquando infringere uel deminuere aliquid de ea liceat, sed pro remedio anime mee et absolutione peccatorum meorum ita ut predixi famulis Dei perdonata absque aliqua lesione in euum permaneat. Hec autem terra antea per Hlotharium et Edricum reges Cantuariorum tantum accommodata sub dominio famulantium Deo iacebat. Postea autem a Mulo rege regnum Cantie optinente perdonata est in ius ecclesiasticum Æbbe abbatisse .xliiii. manentes, comparante ab eo ipsa sua pecunia digna, ex quibus sunt intra insulam Tenet .xliiii. manentes, extra autem eam insulam .x. manentes sunt, in his regionibus que hoc modo nominatur, id est in Sturige et ut nos solemus dicere ad aquilonis siluam ubi dicitur Maeccanbrooc. Igitur hanc terrarum prescriptarum largitionem, non solum pro pecunia quadam siu propinquitate sed mercede quoque ab omnipotente Deo, Eabbe abbatisse eternaliter possidendam contradimus et confirmamus. Hanc autem donationem meam cum consensu et uoluntate precellentissimi regis Edilredi fecimus. Quisquis autem heredum successorumque meorum regum Cantie uel si quilibet secularium dignitatum aut ecclesiasticarum de supradicta donatione, quam pro eterna remuneratione anime mee omnipotenti Deo ad utilitatem famulantium ei in ius monasteriale constat esse largitam, aliquid disrumpere aut immutare uel irritum facere temptauerit, sciat se sine dubio omnipotenti Deo fraudem facere et proinde coram eo et sanctis angelis eius eterno anathemate reum. Quicumque uero hec que largita prediximus sub pia protectione custodierit uel pro Dei intuitu misericorditer auxerit, sit benedictus in secula audiatque in die nouissimo tremendi examinis ab ipso iudice omnium Christo Domino eterne benedictionis uocem, 1?Uenite benedicti patris mei, percipite regnum quod uobis paratum est ab origine mundi, manentem igitur hanc cartulam in sua semper firmitate, cum religiosis testibus signo dominice crucis in hoc loco qui dicitur Dorouernis stabiliter in euum confirmamus.

+ Ego Sueaberdus rex Cantie suprascripta signo sancte crucis per propriam manum roboraui.

+ Signum manus Gumbercdi.

+ Signum Gebredi.

+ Signum Osfridi.

+ Signum Verbaldi.

+ Signum Hagona.

+ Signum Egisan.

+ Signum Bernhardi.

+ Signum Sebbe regis.

+ Signum Ecce.

+ Signum Raban.

+ Signum Albercti.

+ Signum Gudhardi.

+ Theodorus gratia Dei archiepiscopus subscripsi.

+ Ego Adrianus abbas subscripsi.

+ Ego Osuuini propria manu subscripsi.

+ Signum manus Ædilredi regis Merciorum dum ille adfirmauerat terram nostram in hoc loco erat qui dicitur Mirafeld atque Stapulford, anno ab incarnatione Christi .dcxci., indictione .iiii., .viii. die mensis Ianuarii, prima feria.

1 Matt. xxiv: 34

TRANSLATION:

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the savior. Suebhardus I , king of Kent , in the second year of our kingdom, in the second indiction , each day of the new moon of Mars , with the advice and consent of the venerable Archbishop Theodore of the first , too, and with the advice and consent of my father, but my Sebbi of the king, which is called the land of the island in the Sudaneie within the holds , and which contains ancient right . xliiii . remaining , we add Curtis are used now . twelve . continue with any more, having an island, in the place that is said to Sturgeh , with the woods and swamps, with the rivers, and the springs, with fields and orchard, with their households and all the appurtenances thereof , and to all belonging to the same things , the same quantity as at the beginning had been possessed by the princes of the perdonatam from the kings themselves , abbess Ebba she should wish to leave the monastery and successors, by ecclesiastical law and all who have to possess it for ever, only in the Lord , we pardon, so that for us or any of our successors or of the princes of the kings of the stairs, or even of ecclesiastical dignities would diminish that wicked act of rashness, daring to violate or at any time it is lawful for any other part of it , but for the salvation of the souls of the and my absolution for my sins, so as I said before , without any harm to the servants of God perdonata continue into eternity . The land had previously only accommodated by Lothar and Edric kings of Kent lay under the dominion of the servants of God . But afterwards, the king of the kingdom of Kent mules increasing perdonata is the right of ecclesiastical abbess Ebba . Xliiii . remaining , comparing his own money from him the very things by which are within the island holds . xliiii . continue with , but outside of that island . , x . remaining as they are, in these parts, which is named in this way , that is to say to the north, we are accustomed to in the forest, where it is said that we should go and Sturige Maeccanbrooc . Therefore, this bounty of the above , not only for money but hire a neighborhood Siu also by the Almighty God , eternally possess TOGETHER Eabbe abbess and confirm . With the consent of my own free will that this deed of gift , and the king's most excellent Edilredi we did so. But any of my heirs and successors , kings of Kent or if any secular or ecclesiastical dignities of the aforementioned donation , and for the eternal reward of my soul to Almighty God for the benefit of serving him in the right monastically appears to be a gift , something to break or change or attempt to make a break , let him know he will doubtless fraud to do to Almighty God and the holy angels before him and hence his eternal anathema the accused . But anyone who reads what we have already granted under the loving protection or keep them for the sake of God mercifully increased , be blessed forever lays on the last day of the Judge of all the terrible voice of Christ, the Lord of eternal blessing , 1 ? Come ye blessed of my Father , inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world , either by staying always in his own , therefore, the stability of this charter , with the sign of the religious, witnesses of the cross of the Lord ' in this place that is called , being stable in the Dorouernis confirm, world without end .

Sueaberdus + I, king of Kent, as written above, the sign of the holy cross through the proper hand seal. + Sign Gumbercdi hand . + Sign Gebredi . + Sign Osfrid . + Sign Verbaldi . + Sign Hagona . + Sign Egisan . + Mark Bernard . + Sign Sebbi king. + Mark Lo . + Mark Raban . + Sign Albercti . + Sign Gudhardi . + Grace Archbishop Theodore subscribed. Adrian Abbot + I subscribed. + I, Osuuini subscribed with his own hand . Mark of the hand of the king of Mercia Ethelred +, as long as he was in this place of our own country, which is called the adfirmauerat Mirafeld Stapulford and , in the year from the incarnation of Christ. Dcxci . , Levy. Fourth . ,. , Viii. day of the month of January , on the first day of the week .

1 Matt . Songs: 34

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A.D. 686 (June). Eadric, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) near Stodmarsh, Kent.

Latin with bounds.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine saluatoris, cuius pietate regimen assequti sumus, quo etiam gubernante regnamus et omnia que habere cognoscimur ipso largiente habita possidemus. Pro qua re ego Eadricus rex Cantuariorum a presenti die et tempore terram iuris mei, quamuis pretium competens acciperim hoc est argenti libras decem, in monasterio beati Petri apostolorum principis quod situm est iuxta ciuitatem Dorouernis una cum consensu meorum patriciorum inperpetuum donaui et dono. Que supradicta terra coniuncta est terre quam sancte memorie Clotharius quondam rex beato Petro pro remedio anime sue donasse cognoscitur. Que terra determinatur: ex una parte habet uadum quod appellatur fordstreta publica indirectum et a parte alia flumen quod nominatur Stur. Omnes terras sationales cum pratis, campis, siluis, fontanis uel mariscum quod appellatur Stodmersch', cum omnibus ad supradictam terram aratrorum trium pertinentia, beato Petro eiusque familie in qua nunc preesse Adrianus abbas dinoscitur tradidi possidendam, et quicquid exinde facere uoluerint utpote Domini liberam habeant potestatem. Sicut donatum est manere decerno, numquam me heredesque meos uel successores contra hanc donationis mee cartulam ullo tempore esse uenturos. Quod si aliquis presumpserit, sit separatus a participatione corporis et sanguinis Domini nostri Iesu Christi, manente hac cartula nichilominus in sua firmitate. De quibus omnibus supradictis ac a me definitis ut ne aliqua inposterum sit aduersitas propria manu signum sancte crucis expressi et sanctissimum atque reuerentissimum Theodorum archiepiscopum nostrum ut subscriberet rogaui et alios testes similiter. Actum in mense Iunio, indictione .xiiii.

+ Ego Ædricus rex in hanc donationis mee cartulam signum sancte crucis expressi.

+ Ego Theodorus archiepiscopus gratia Dei subscripsi.

TRANSLATION:

In the name of the Savior , whose piety we obtain the government , which also reigns of government and all that is known to have held the bounty possess. For that reason, I Eadric , king of Kent , from the time the land of my rights to the present day, and , although the price of ten pounds of silver that is competent to take , in the monastery of the blessed Peter, prince of the apostles that is situate near the city of Dorouernis , together with the consent of my gifts and the gift in perpetuity of the patricians . What is conditions aforesaid shall be joined to the land of the holy memory of land which had once been the king of Clotharius conveyed it to blessed Peter is known as a remedy for his soul . The land is determined , on the one hand that ford has called fordstreta indirect public and from another part of the river that is named Sturm . All lands sationales with meadows , fields, forests , fountain or marsh called Stodmersch ' , with all the above land to plow, three belonging to Peter and his family in which he now presides over Adrian abbot known to have delivered to possess, and then do whatever they want as the free to power . I vote to stay as it is given , I never made ​​my heirs or successors against this be my gift the charter at any time arrival. That if any one shall presume , it should be separated from the participation in the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his own way detracting from this charter shall nevertheless steadfastness. From all of which it has been said above and from me, that they may take any of the future is defined by the sign of the holy cross, pressed them with his own hand , adversity , and that most holy and most reverend Archbishop Theodore, subscribe to our other witnesses and asked the same thing. Done in the month of June, and the levy. Fourteen.

  Ædricus sending the writ of the king of the sign of the holy cross of my gift , I pressed them into this .

Archbishop Theodore, by the grace of God I am subscribed.

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A.D. 679 (Reculver, May). Hlothhere, king of Kent, to Abbot Beorhtwald and his minster; grant of land at Westanae on the Isle of Thanet, and in Sturry, Kent.

Latin.

+ In nomine domini nostri salvatoris Jhesu Christi. Ego Hlotharius rex Cantuariorum pro remedium animæ meæ dono terram . in tenid . quæ appellatur . Uuestan.ae tibi Bercuald . tuoque monasterio cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus campis pascuis meriscis . siluis modicis . fonnis piscaris omnibus ut dictum est ad eandem terram pertinentia . sicuti nunc usque possessa est . juxta notissimos terminos a me demonstratus et proacuratoribus meis . eodem modo tibi tuoque monasterio conferimus . teneas possedeas tu posterique tui inperpetuum defendant a nullo contradicitur . cum consensu archiepiscopi Theodori et Edrico . filium fratris mei necnon et omnium principum . sicuti tibi donata est ita tene et posteri tui :-- quisquis contra hanc donationem venire temptaverit sit ab omni Christianitata separatus . et a corpore et sanguini domini nostri Jhesu Christi suspensus . manentem . hanc donationis chartulam in sua nihilominus firmitate et pro confirmatione ejus manu propria signum sanctæ crucis expræssi et testes ut subscriberent rogavi . actum in civitate recuulf . in mense maio indictione septima :--- In ipsa ante memorato die adjunxi aliam terram in Sturia juxta notissimos terminos a me demonstratus et proacuratoribus meis cum campis et silvis et pratis sicuti ante memorabimus supra dictam terram . ita ista sit a me donata eodem modo cum omnibus ad se pertinentia in potestate abbatis sit . inperpetuum . a me donata . a nullo contradicitur quod absit . neque a me neque a parentibus meis neque ab aliis . si aliquis aliter fecerit a Deo se damnatum sciat . et in die judicii rationem reddet Deo in anima sua :---

+ Signum manus Hlothari regis donatoris .

+ Signum manus Gumbercti :--

+ Signum manus Gæbredi :--

+ Signum manus Osfridi :--

+ Signum manus Irminredi

+ Signum manus Ædilmæri .

+ Signum manus Hagani .

+ Signum manus Ældredi :

+ Signum manus Aldhodi :--

+ Signum manus Gudhardi :

+ Signum manus Bernhardi .

+ Signum manus Velhisci : . -- : . –

In the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ . Lothar I , king of Kent for a cure for my life as a gift to the earth. the tenid . that is called . Uuestan.ae Bercuald you . fields, pastures, meriscis your monastery with all that belongs to it . small woods . as has been said all the fish for the forms pertaining to this same land . as far as it is now occupied. according to the known boundaries indicated by me and my proacuratoribus . in the same way you compare your monastery . you keep your descendants possess you defend it in perpetuity . with the consent of Archbishop Theodore and Edrike . as well as the son of my brother and of all the princes. Hold on to your descendants , and was so freely given to you as : - anyone who tries to come against this gift is to be separated from all of Christianity . from the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ , and hanged. remaining . likewise in its steadfastness that this charter and for the confirmation of the sign of the holy cross expræssi his own hand , and I have asked that witnesses should subscribe . recuulf act in the city . in the month of May seventh indiction : --- In the very day before she joined another country mentioned in the Sturm known boundaries indicated by me and my proacuratoribus with fields and woods and meadows, just as before I record the above mentioned land . so this is from me, freely given to all belonging to it in the same way when it is in the power of the abbot . perpetuity . I donated. Far from it in that . neither by me nor by my parents or anyone else. if any one know how to do otherwise by God himself to be damned . will give an account to God in his own life, and in the day of judgment : ---

  Lothar hand sign of the donor .

Gumbercti hand signal : -

Sign Gæbredi hand : -

Sign Osfrid hand : -

Sign Irminredi hand sign hand Ædilmæri .

Hagan hand sign . Ældredi hand sign :

Mark of the hand Aldhodi : -

Sign Gudhardi hand :

Mark of the hand Bernard .

Velhisci hand sign . -: . –

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A.D. 675 (1 April). Hlothhere, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

Rubric: Carta eiusdem regis Lotharii de manerio de Stodemerch'.

In nomine Domini Dei et saluatoris Iesu Christi. Ego Lotharius rex Cantuariorum, anno regni nostri primo, indictione tercia, sub die kalendarum Aprilis, cum concilio uenerabilis archiepiscopi Theodori atque consensu primorum meorum, terram trium aratrorum in marisco qui appellatur Stodmerch' iuxta Fordeuuicum, cum pratis, campis, siluis, fontanis, paludibus, fluminibus et omnibus ad eandem pertinentibus rebus in ipsa quantitate sicut antiquitus predecessores mei reges predicta libere tenuerunt, abbati et monasterio beati Petri apostolorum principis quod situm est iuxta ciuitatem Dorouernis in suburbio in sempiterno possidenda concedimus et confirmamus, ita ut nec nobis nec aliquibus successorum nostrorum regum siue principum aut ecclesiasticarum dignitatum gradibus nefario temeritatis ausu aliquando infringere uel diminuere aliquid de donacione nostra liceat, sed pro remedio anime mee et absolucione peccatorum meorum ita ut predixi famulis Dei absque aliqua lesione omnia predicta in euum stabilia permaneant. Quisquis autem heredum successorumque meorum regum Cancie uel si quilibet secularium dignitatum aut etiam ecclesiasticarum de supradicta donacione, quam pro eterna remuneracione anime mee omnipotenti Deo ad utilitatem famulancium ei in ius monasteriale constat esse largitum, aliquid disrumpere aut immutare uel irritum facere tentauerit, sciat se sine dubio omnipotenti Deo fraudem facere et proinde coram eo et sanctis angelis eius eterno anathemate reum. Quicunque uero hec que largita prediximus sub pia proteccione custodierit uel Dei intuitu misericorditer auxerit, sit benedictus in secula audiatque in die nouissimo tremendi examinis ab ipso iudice omnium Christo Domino eterne benediccionis uocem, Venite benedicti patris mei percipite regnum quod uobis paratum est ab origine mundi,1 manente igitur hac cartula in sua semper firmitate, cum religiosis testibus signo dominice crucis in hoc loco qui dicitur Dorouernis stabiliter in euum confirmamus.

+ Ego Lotharius rex Cancie suprascripta signo sancte crucis per propriam manum roboraui.

+ Ego Theodorus gratia Dei archiepiscopus rogatus a rege subscripsi.

+ Ego Adrianus abbas indignus subscripsi.

+ Signum manus Ecca .

+ Signum Osfridi .

1 See Matt. xxv: 34

TRANSLATION:

RUBRIC: The charter of the same king of the manor of Stodemerch Lothar '.

In the name of the Lord God and savior , Jesus Christ. Lothar I , king of Kent , in the year of our kingdom, at first, the third indiction , under the day of the month of April, with the council and with the consent of the first of my venerable Archbishop Theodore , the land of the three which is called the plow in the marsh Stodmerch ' , according to the Fordeuuicum , with meadows, fields, forests, Fontana , swamps , rivers, and all things that pertain to the same quantity in the same was as at the beginning of my predecessors the kings of freely held the aforesaid , to the abbot and monastery of the blessed Peter, prince of the apostles that is situate near the city in the suburb of Dorouernis in the grant and confirm , for an everlasting possession , so that neither us nor any of our successors kings or princes or ecclesiastical dignity nefarious temerity sneaky sometimes violate or diminish any of our grant allowed , but for the salvation of my soul and absolution for my sins, so as I said before , without any harm to the servants of God, all of the above into eternity remain stable . But any of my heirs and successors kings of Kent , or if any of the above ecclesiastical and secular powers , or even gift, and for the eternal reward of my soul to Almighty God for the benefit of the right to famulancium monastically known to be dispensed , a break or change or do tentauerit void , without the knowledge that doubt, to Almighty God and the holy angels before him and hence the fraud to do his eternal anathema the accused . But anyone who reads what we have already granted protection under the loving gaze of God mercifully kept or increased , be blessed forever lays on the last day of Christ, the Lord of all the terrible by the judge of the eternal voice of benediction , ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, 1 , then this charter remains always in its reliability , with the sign of the Holy Cross religious witnesses in this place that is permanently in the eternity Dorouernis confirm .

+ I, Lothar , king of Kent as written above, the sign of the holy cross through the proper hand seal.

+ I thank God Archbishop Theodore was asked by the king subscribed. Adrian unworthy abbot

+ I subscribed.

+ Sign Ecca hand .

+ Sign Osfrid .

1 See Matt . XXV : 34

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A.D. 618. Eadbald, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Northbourne, Kent.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti. Ego Eadbaldus rex gloriosi regis Æðelberti filius, quem protodoctor et apostolus Anglorum Augustinus cum suo regno ab eternis infernorum cruciatibus eripuit et dealbatum fonte baptismatis sanctorum collegio copulauit, per uenerabilem Laurentium beati Augustini discipulum, quem ipse pater nouelle adhuc Anglorum ecclesie sibi successorem in archiepiscopatum ordinauerat, tandem sermonibus assiduis et signis ac plagis in se ipso pro me passis ac ostensis a uolutabro scelerum lotus et ad agnitionem creatoris omnium creaturarum promotus, Dominum Deum meum recognosco et adoro. Proinde ego Eadbaldus , in solio paterno confirmatus, patris uestigia imitans et ecclesias Dei quas uiriliter instantia patris Augustini fundauit et terris multisque honoribus ditauit augens et confirmans, monasterio apostolorum Petri et Pauli in suburbio Dorouernie ciuitatis fundato et prerogatiuo ecclesiastice libertatis priuilegio munito terris ac uariis honoribus ditato, ad honorem Dei et sanctorum apostolorum sanctique Augustini , pro remedio anime patris mei meeque parentumque meorum, gratanter concedo et amicabiliter do quandam partem terre regni mei, .xxx. aratrorum nomine Northburne, in usum monachorum ibidem Deo famulantium, ubi ipse pater Augustinus et pater meus requiescunt, ubi etiam archiepiscopos et reges sibi succedentes requiescere decreuerunt, ubi et corpus meum sepeliri precipio. Hanc autem prefatam terram in omnibus ad se pertinentibus, pascuis, paludibus, pratis, siluis ac finibus maritimis ita liberam ac quietam dono ac dito, sicut pater meus aut ego unquam liberius habuimus. Huius donationis confirmationem tropheo agie crucis + et carta mea regia consignaui, assidentibus et collaudantibus archiepiscopo, baptista scilicet meo, Laurentio et subscribente cum regina mea Æmma filiisque meis Egfrido ac Ercumberto , cum duobus episcopis Mellito Lundonie et Iusto Roffensis ecclesie ceterisque multis comitibus et optimatibus meis confauentibus et subscribentibus, in huius donationis fautores et auctores uitam eternam optantibus, in inuidentes seu minuentes Dei omnipotentis et sanctorum apostolorum et patris nostri Augustini terribilem interminationem.

+ Ego Laurentius gratia Dei archiepiscopus signo sancte crucis sicut regem uidi facere hoc donum confirmo.

+ Ego Emma Francorum regis filia et regis Eadbaldi copula uexillo adorande crucis armaui.

+ Ego Mellitus Lundonie episcopus signo sancte crucis que uidi astipulor.

+ Ego Iustus Roffensis episcopus laudo et subscribo.

+ Ego Egbertus signo crucis libenter corroboro.

+ Ego Ercumbertus attestatione uenerande crucis gratanter concedo contestor et subscribo.

+ Ego Suueardus consensi.

+ Ego Guthardus subscribo.

Actum est autem anno ab incarnatione saluatoris nostri Iesu Christi sexcentesimo octauo decimo, indictione .iiii.

TRANSLATION:

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. I am the king of the glorious king Eadbald Æðelberti son , whom protodoctor Augustine and the English with their kingdom from eternal torments of hell and rescued whitewashed the baptismal font, the combined company , the venerable St Lawrence disciple whom he is still the father of modern English church ordained his successor as archbishop , at last the words of those who suffer with frequent and signs, and quarters in his very self, for me and washed with crimes, and , to the knowledge of the Creator of all creatures uolutabro from what has been shown has been promoted , reviewed and I worship the LORD my God . I just Eadbald , on the throne of his father confirmed , imitating his father's footsteps and churches of God which strongly request father Augustine founded and in many countries , strengthening and increasing the enriched honors , monastery Apostles Peter and Paul in the suburbs of the city founded Dorouernie entrenched privilege and prerogative to liberty of the church lands and various honors and, finally, to the honor of God and the saints of the apostles and St Augustine, for the salvation of the souls of my parents, my father's meeque , thankfully I grant and give a friendly way by a certain portion of land of my kingdom . thirty . Northburne the name of the plow , the use of the monks serving God there, where he himself my father, Augustine, and the father the rest, and made a decree to rest where there is also the archbishops and the kings of successive to one another , and where I order my body to be buried . On the other hand , in the land of all that belongs to the aforementioned , pastures , swamps , meadows , woods and so maritime borders of the free and the gift of a quiet and harsh , as my father that I will not at any time we have had more freely . Confirmation of this grant trophy token of the holy cross + and royal charter have distinguished it , assisting and applause, the archbishop , namely my Baptist , Lorenzo and the signature with the queen Æmma my children and my Egfrid Ercumberto , with the two bishops Mellitus and Justus Rochester London and other church leaders and many of my companions confauentibus and subscribers , the authors and supporters of this grant eternal life wishers , or the envy of decrease of the Almighty God and the saints and apostles of our father Augustine terrible limitation .

+ I, Lawrence , archbishop of the sign of the grace of God, it is the gift of the holy cross to make it sure, I have never seen as a king .

+ I, King of France, daughter Emma and the standard bond Eadbald adorable cross arms .

+ I Mellitus , Bishop of London and I saw the sign of the cross AGREE .

+ I, Justus , bishop of Rochester I praise and subscribe.

+ I will gladly sign of the cross , Egbert RECRUIT .

+ I Ercumbertus attestation venerable cross freely concede I take and subscribe.

+ I Suueardus agreed.

+ I Guthardus subscribe.

This moreover was executed just a week after the six hundred and tenth year from the incarnation of our Saviour Jesus Christ , levy. Fourth .

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A.D. 604 x 616. Æthelberht, king, to Mellitus, bishop, and St Paul's minster; grant of land at Tillingham, Essex.

Latin.

ORIGINAL:

In Christi nomine. Æðelbertus rex deo inspirante pro anime sue remedio dedit episcopo Mellito terram que appellatur Tillincgeham ad monasterii sui solatium, scilicet monasterii sancti Pauli apostoli doctoris gentium. Et ego rex Æðelbertus ita firmiter concedo tibi presuli Mellito potestatem eius habendi et possidendi, ut in perpetuum in monasterii utilitate permaneat. Si quis uero contradicere temptauerit hanc donationem, anathema et excommunicatus sit ab omni societate Christiana usque ad satisfactionem. Qua de re ego episcopus Mellitus , una cum rege Æðelberto , Hunfredum episcopum subscribere rogaui. Signum manus Hunfredi episcopi. Signum manus Letharii episcopi. Signum manus Æbane . Signum manus Æþelwaldi . Signum manus Æscwine . Et aliorum multorum.

TRANSLATION:

In of Christ the name. Æthelberht king the inspiration of God instead of her soul with remedy gave bishop the of Mellitus the land which was called the Tillincgeham to of his monastery any comfort of, namely, of the monastery of St. Paul the the apostle, teacher of nations. And as I was the king of Æthelberht in such a way must be firmly I give you leave the leader Mellitus the power of the of his of having more and possess goods, that they may in the perpetual charity in the benefit of the monastery continue as he is. If, indeed anyone should to contradict the attempt to this gift, may him be anathema and has been excommunicated is to be from all the society of the the Christian as far as the give an answer to. Concerning which matter you, I, Bishop Mellitus labored under, together with the king of Æthelberht, of Hunfred, a bishop to to sign Then I besought. Sign hand Hunfred, bishop. Sign hand Leuthhere, bishop. Sign hand Æbane. Sign hand Æþelwaldi. Sign hand Æscwine. And of many others.

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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.

ORIGINAL:

Rex Anglorum Æthelbertus , misericordia omnipotentis Dei catholicus, omnibus sue gentis fidelibus et aduentum gloriee magni Dei et saluatoris nostri Iesu Christi beata spe expectantibus salutem uiteque eternae beatitudinem. Largiente summi regis clementia ego Athelbertus , in solio paterno confirmatus paceque diuinitus concessa eo iam per decem quinquennia sceptrigera potestate potitus et per uenerabiles sacre fidei doctores spiritus sancti gratia irradiatus, ab errore falsorum deorum ad unius ueri Dei cultum toto corde conuersus, ne ingratus beneficiorum appaream illi a cuius sancta sede nobis in regione umbre mortis sedentibus lux ueritatis emicuit, inter alias quas fabricaui ecclesias monitu et hortatu beatissimi pape Gregorii et sancti patris nostri Augustini , ipsi beatissimo apostolorum principi Petro et doctori gentium Paulo monasterium a fundamentis construxi illudque terris uariisque possessionum donariis decorare studui inibique monachos Deum timentes aggregari feci et cum consilio eiusdem reuerentissimi archipresulis Augustini ex suo sancto sanctorum collegio uenerabilem uirum secum ab apostolica sede directum Petrum monachum elegi eisque ut ecclesiasticus ordo exposcit abbatem preposui. Hoc igitur monasterium ad prouectum debiti culminis promouere desiderans suarumque possessionum terminos dilatare gestiens, sana mente integroque consilio cum Eadbaldi filii mei aliorumque nobilium optimatum meorum consensu, ob redemptionem anime mee et spem retributionis eterne, optuli ei etiam uillam nomine Sturigao alio nomine dictum Cistelet cum omnibus redditibus ei iure competentibus, cum mancipiis, siluis, cultis uel incultis pratis, pascuis, paludibus, fluminibus et contiguis ei maritimis terminis eam ex una parte cingentibus, omnia mobilia uel immobilia in usus fratrum sub regulari tramite et monastica religione inibi Deo seruientium. Missurium etiam argenteum, scapton aureum, iterum sellam cum freno auro et gemmis exornatam, speculum argenteum, armilcaisia oloserica, camisiam ornatam, quod mihi xenium de domno papae Gregorio sedis apostolice directum fuerat, quae omnia supradicto monasterio gratanter optuli. Quod etiam monasterium ipse seruus Dei Augustinus sanctorum apostolorum ac martyrum reliquiis uariisque ecclesiasticis ornamentis ab apostolica sede sibi transmissis copiose ditauit seseque in ea et cunctos successores suos ex auctoritate apostolica sepeliri precepit, scriptura dicente, Non esse ciuitatem mortuorum sed uiuorum.1 Ubi etiam mihi et successoribus meis sepulturam prouidi, sperans me quandoque ab ipso apostolici ordinis principe, cui Dominus potestatem ligandi atque soluendi dedit et claues regni celorum tradidit,2 a peccatorum nexibus solui et eterne beatitudinis ianuam introduci. Quod monasterium nullus episcoporum, nullus successorum meorum regum in aliquo ledere aut inquietare presumat, nullam omnino subiectionem in ea sibi usurpare audeat, sed abbas ipse qui ibi fuerit ordinatus intus et foris cum consilio fratrum secundum timorem Dei libere eam regat et ordinet, ita ut in die Domini dulcem illam piissimi redemptoris nostri uocem mereatur audire dicentis, Euge serue bone et fidelis, quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam, intra in gaudium Domini tui.3 Hanc donationem meam in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti largitate diuina, ut mihi tribuatur peccatorum remissio, per omnia cum consilio reuerentissimi patris Augustini condidi idque ade scribendum Augemundum presbiterum ordinaui. De his ergo omnibus que hic scripta sunt, si quis aliquid inde minuere presumpserit, sciat se equissimo iudici Deo et beatis apostolis Petro et Paulo rationem esse redditurum. Confirmata est hec donatio presentibus testibus, reuerentissimo patre Augustino Dorouernensis ecclesie archiepiscopo primo, Mellito quoque et Iusto Lundonie et Rofensis ecclesie presulibus et religioso famulo Christi Laurentio presbitero, Eadbaldo filio meo, Hamigisilo duce, Augemundo referendario, Hocca et Graphioni comitibus, Tangisilo et Pinca et Geddi et Aldhuno regis optimatibus aliisque plurimis diuersarum dignitatum personis. Actum sane quadragesimo quinto anno regni nostri sub die .v. idus Ianuarii.

1 See Matt. xxii: 32; Mark xii: 27; Luke xx: 38. Non est deus mortuorum sed uiuentium.

2 Matt. xvi: 19

3 Matt. xxv: 23

TRANSLATION:

Æthelbertus King of the English , a Catholic mercy of Almighty God , to all the faithful, and the coming of the glory of his nation, the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, the blessed hope of everlasting blessedness of the uiteque wait for their salvation . I favor giving the highest king Athelbertus , encouraged by his father to the throne of God granted him peace now ten five years sceptrigera gained power and grace of the Holy Spirit is irradiated by a revered holy doctors of the faith , from the error of false gods to worship the one true God with all your heart, not to appear ungrateful for benefits those of us in the region of the shadow of death, the holy see, sitting flashed the light of truth , of all the churches, which is built with the encouragement and advice of most of our holy father pope Gregory and Augustine, the holiest of the Apostles Peter and Paul, a professor of the monastery and in the various countries , making it the foundation of property donations decorate studied inibique monks God fearing and I join with the advice of that most reverend archbishop Augustine from his college revered holy man with Peter, a monk from the apostolic see , I chose to give to them the ecclesiastical order requires preposui abbot . So this monastery due to advanced roof of their desire to promote the spread of possessions exuberant , healthy mind integroque Eadbald advice with my children and other noblemen my nobles' consent , for the redemption of my soul and hope of eternal retribution , even offered him the name of the town to another name, said Sturigao Cistelet with all pay her the right to competent , with the serfs , woods, cultivated or uncultivated meadows, pastures , swamps , rivers, and contiguous to the maritime borders it on the one hand I am surrounded , all mobile or immobile in the use of the regular course of the monastic religion there serving God . Missouri also silver , gold scapton , again with a seat restraint adorned with gold and jewels , silver mirror , armilcaisia ​​oloserica , shirt adorned with the gifts of Pope Gregory I was directed to the Holy See , all of which the aforementioned monastery freely offered. This is also the monastery of the holy apostles and martyrs , Augustine himself the servant of God and in the various ecclesiastical ornaments, the remains of the fully enriched and assert that transferred, in it for themselves from the Apostolic See , over all the successors of the apostolic authority of his men who ordered him to be buried , as the Scripture says , It is not to be a city of the dead, but also to me and uiuorum.1 Where the burial of my successors , prudent , hoping that I , sometimes by an order of the Apostles' , the prince of him , and to whom the Lord gave the keys of the kingdom of heaven has given the power of binding and loosing , 2 should be set free from the bonds of sins and open the door of eternal happiness to be introduced . That no bishop, a monastery , no one of my successors shall presume to disturb or harm in any way of the kings , and none would dare to usurp for themselves in it at all subjection , but that he himself that the abbot , with the consent of the brethren there, he was ordained to the inside and the outside, and direct it to govern it freely according to the fear of God , so that in the deserving to hear the voice of the speaker to that sweet day of the Lord of our most holy Redeemer , Well done , good and faithful servant , because thou hast been faithful over a few things , I will set thee over many things : enter thou into the joy of the Lord tui.3 my donation, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit that this divine bounty , to grant me forgiveness of sins , all with a design that made ​​the most reverend Father Augustine ade write Augemundum ordained priest . Concerning these matters, all the things that are written here , if any one shall presume to try to reduce some of that , let him know that he equissimo judge, God and the blessed apostles Peter and Paul would restore the reason for it . Confirmed the presence of this sale , most reverend father, Augustine, the first archbishop of the Church Dorouernensis , Mellitus and Justus of London and Rochester, and the bishops of the Church of Christ, a religious servant Lawrence priest , Ead my son , Hamigisilo leader , Augemundo referendario , and Hocca Graphioni counts, and Pinca and Tangisilo Geddes and the king's advisers, and other many different value Aldhuno persons . The act, of course, under the forty-fifth year of the reign of our day. V. . January.

1 See Matt . the twenty-second : 32 , Mark of the Twelve : 27 and Luke xx 38 . He is not the God of the dead but of the living.

2 Matt . XVI : 19

3 Matt . XXV : 23

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A.D. 605 (Canterbury). Æthelberht, king of the English, to St Augustine for the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of land to the east of Canterbury.

Latin with bounds.

ORIGINAL:

+ In nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi. Notum sit omnibus tam presentibus quam posteris quod ego Æthelbertus Dei gratia rex Anglorum, per euangelicum genitorem meum Augustinum de idolatra factus Christicola, tradidi Deo per ipsum antistitem aliquam partem terre iuris mei sub orientali muro ciuitatis Dorobernie, ubi scilicet per eundem in Christo institutorem monasterium in honore principum apostolorum Petri et Pauli condidi, et cum ipsa terra et cum omnibus que ad ipsum monasterium pertinent perpetua libertate donaui, adeo ut nec mihi nec alicui successorum meorum regum nec ulli unquam potestati siue ecclesiastice siue seculari quicquam inde liceat usurpare, sed in ipsius abbatis sint omnia libera dicione. Si quis uero de hac donatione nostra aliquid minuere aut irritum facere temptauerit, auctoritate et beati pape Gregorii nostrique apostoli Augustini simul et nostra imprecatione sit hic segregatus ab omni sancte ecclesie communione et in die iudicii ab omni electorum societate. Circumcingitur hec terra his terminibus: in oriente ecclesia sancti Martini, et inde ad orientem be sywenne dune, et sic ad aquilonem be wykenge mearce, iterumque ad orientem et ad austrum be burnware mearce, item ad orientem et ad austrum be suth burnware mearke, et sic ad austrum et occidentem be kynges mearke, item ad aquilonem et orientem be kynges mearce, sicque ad occidentem to riðere ceape, et ita ad aquilonem to druting stræte. Actum est hoc in ciuitate Dorouernie, anno ab incarnatione Christi .dcv., indictione .vi.

+Ego Athelbertus rex Anglorum hanc donationem meam signo sancte crucis propria manu confirmaui.

+ Ego Augustinus gratia Dei archiepiscopus libenter subscripsi.

+ Ego Eadbaldus regis filius faui.

+ Ego Hamigisilus dux laudaui.

+ Ego Hocca comes consensi.

+ Ego Augemundus referendarius approbaui.

+ Ego Graphio comes benedixi.

+ Ego Tangisilus regis optimas confirmaui.

+ Ego Pinca consensi.

+ Ego Geddi corroboraui.

TRANSLATION:

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Be it known to all, both the present and future generations Æthelbertus the grace of God that I, king of the English , by the words from the Gospel of Christ, With my father Augustine was made of the idol worshiper , I delivered to God through him of my rights under the eastern wall of the city of Canterbury the bishop to some part of the land , where, namely, in Christ, through the same institutor of a monastery in the made in honor of the princes of the apostles Peter and Paul , and with it the perpetual freedom of the earth, and with all the things that belong to the monastery , giue, so much so that it not to me nor to any of my successors , nor of the kings of the power at any time to any ecclesiastical or secular , whether it is lawful to usurp anything from there , but in the same abbot there are all free control . If any of this donation , however, our attempt to do something to try to reduce or void , by the authority of the blessed Pope Gregory and Augustine at the same time do our will and our imprecation of the apostle and set apart from all this man was the Holy Church and the communion of the elect from every society and in the day of judgment . Surrounding this earth by these terms: the church of St. Martin in the east , and thence to the east side of the Dune sywenne be us , be us , and go and wykenge mearce the north , the east, and toward the south, a second time to BE burnware mearce , as well as to the east and to the south of the south burnware mearke BE , and so to the south and west to be Kyng mearke , also to the north and east of Kyng mearce be us , and so to the west ceape to laugh , and so to the north to druting stræte . This is enacted in Dorouernie in the city of , in the year from the incarnation of Christ. Dcv . , Levy. Force.

I am the king of the English Athelbertus this gift of mine own hand, the sign of the holy cross , confirmed.

I thank God , Archbishop Augustine willingly subscribed.

I Eadbald king's son favored me so .

I Hamigisilus leader praised.

I Hocca companion agreed.

I Augemundus referee approved.

I count graphium blessed .

I Tangisilus the best , confirmed.

Pinca I agreed.

I Geddes , confirmed.

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