Period Texts

Charters: Anglo-Saxon

A.D. 604 (28April). Æthelberht, king, to St Andrew and his church at Rochester;grant of land at Rochester.Latin with English bounds. Archive: Rochester

A.D. 605 (Canterbury). Æthelberht,king of Kent, to St Peter;grant of land to the east of Canterburyfor the foundation of a minster. Latin with English bounds.

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

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

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

A.D. 618.Eadbald, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of30 sulungs (aratra) at Northbourne, Kent. Latin.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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) ofiron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent.Latin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.D. 700 or 715. Wihtred, king of Kent, to St Mary's Church, Lyminge;grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun and pasture in Romney Marsh.Latin.

A.D. 699 x 716 (Bapchild, Kent). Wihtred,king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; grant of privileges andimmunity to the churches and monasteries of Kent, with specific prohibition oflay domination over St Peter's at Upmynster, Reculver, Minster-in-Thanet,Dover, Folkestone, Lyminge, Minster-in-Sheppey and Hoo. Confirmation, datedA.D. 716, at a synod at Cloveshoh. Latin.

A.D. 732 (Canterbury,20 Feb.). Æthelberht II, king of Kent,to Dunn, priest and abbot, and the churchof St Mary (Lyminge); grant of land bythe river Limen and at Sandtun (Sampton, lost, in West Hythe), Kent. Latinwith bounds.

A.D. 741 (Lyminge). Æthelberht II, king of Kent, to the churchof St Mary, Lyminge; grant of fishingrights in the river Limen, land around the oratorium of St Martin (? at NewRomney), and pasture at Biscopes wic (The Wicks, Broomhill, Kent).Latin.

A.D. 762. (Canterbury)Æthelberht II, king of Kent,to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's)Canterbury; exchange whereby the minster cedesthe half-use of a mill to the royal vill at Wye,Kent, in return for pasturerights in the Weald for its tenant at Chart, Kent. Latin.

A.D. 727 (14 October). Eadberht I, king of Kent, to AbbessMildrith (of Minster-in-Thanet) and her familia; grant of a half-sulung(aratrum) of land bi Northanwde. Latin.

A.D. 738 (Canterbury,April). (a) Eadberht I, king of Kent, to Ealdwulf, bishop, and the see of StAndrew; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Stoke in Hoo, Kent. (b) Bishop Ealdwulfpresents the charter to King Æthelberht II and Archbishop Nothhelm forconfirmation. Latin.

A.D. 762 or 763 (Canterbury,25 July). Eadberht II, king of Kent,to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 6 sulungs (aratra) at Mongeham, Kent,with rights in woodland at Singledge, Kent. Latin.

A.D. 763 or 764. Eadberht II, king of Kent, to Sigeburga, abbess, and her familia atSt Peter's Minster, Thanet; remission of toll due on two ships at Fordwich, andon a third at Fordwich and Sarre, Kent. Latin.

A.D. 762 for c. 748 x 760. Eardwulf, king of Kent, to the churchof St Andrew, Rochester;grant of pasture rights at Holanspic, at Petteridge in Brenchley, and at Lindridge, Kent.Latin.

c. A.D. 748 x 762. Eardwulf, king of the men of Kent, to Heaberht, abbot, and his familia in theminster at Reculver; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Perhamstede in Higham Upshire, Kent. Latin.

A.D. 762. Sigered, king of Kent,to Eardwulf, bishop, to augment his monastery; grant of 1.5 iugera in thenorthern part of the city of Rochester.Latin with bounds.

A.D. 761 x 764 (probably 762 x 764). Sigered, king of half Kent, to Eardwulf, bishop of Rochester;grant of 20 sulungs (aratra) at Islingham, Kent, andswine-pastures in the western Weald, with confirmation by King Eanmund. Latin.

A.D. 765. Ecgberht, king of Kent,to Eardwulf, bishop; grant of a viculus and 2 iugera at Rochester,confirmed by Heahberht, king of Kent,and (A.D. 765 x 772, Medeshamstede) by Offa, king of the Mercians. Latin.

A.D. 778 (Canterbury).Ecgberht, king of Kent, toDeora, bishop of Rochester; grant of a halfsulung (aratrum) a Bromhey in Frindsbury, Kent, and amarsh called Scaga. Latin, with bounds of appurtenant meadows in Hreodham (?Redham in Cliffe, Kent).

A.D. 779 (Rochester).Ecgberht, king of Kent, toDeora, bishop of Rochester; grant of a halfsulung (aratrum) at Bromhey in Frindsbury, Kent, and amarsh on the Iaenlade (? Yantlet Creek). Latin.

A.D. 765 x 785. Ecgberht, king of Kent, to Deora, bishop ofRochester, and the church of St Andrew; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) atHalling, Kent, with appurtenant swine-pastures at Bixle, Speldhurst, Mæreden,Rusthall and Teppanhyse, Kent. Latin with bounds.

A.D. 784. Ealhmund, king of Kent,to Wihtred, abbot, and his familia at Reculver; grant of 12 sulungs (aratra) atSheldwich, Kent. Latin.

A.D. 805. Cuthred, king of Kent,to Ealdberht, his minister, and Selethryth, abbess; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra)at Ruckinge, Kent. Latin.

A.D. 805 (26 July, Acleah). Cuthred, king of Kent, toWulfred, archbishop; grant of 2 sulungs (aratra) at Hrithra leah, part of anestate of 15 hides (manentes) at Buckholt in Petham, Kent, in return for 30mancuses. Latin.

A.D. 805 x 807. Cuthred, king of Kent,to Æthelnoth, praefectus; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne, Kent,in return for 3000 pence. Latin.

Confirmations

Confirmation of lands and Arms by Walter Haywode To JohnFromond (12 March 1403/4)

Grants of Arms

Grant of her Arms by Joanna Lee to Richard Peshal (1436)

Grant of his Arms by John de Wellesburgh to Thomas Purefoy(27 December 1397)

Grant of his Arms by Robert de Morle (in reversion on thedeath of Baldwine de Manoires) to Robert de Corby (6 January 1348/9)

Grant of his Arms by Sir Thomas Clanvowe to William Criketot(12 May 1410)

Grant of his Arms by Thomas Grendale (in reversion on thedeath of Johan Beaumeys) to Sir William Moigne (22 November 1391)

Patents of Arms

Barbers Company, 1451

Bernard Angevin, 1444/5

Bowyers Company, 1488

Carpenters Company, 1466

Christopher Brown, 1480

Drapers Company, 1439

EdmondMille, 1450

Ironmongers Company, 1455

John Aleyn, 1454

John Alfrey, 1459/60

John Picton, 1486

John Tadlow, 1478

Leathersellers Company, 1479

Masons Company, 1472/3

Merchant Taylors Company, 1481

Parish Clerks Company, 1482

Richard Blackwall, 1494

Robert Whitgreave, 1442

Sir Louis Caerlion

Tallow Chandlers Company, 1456

Thomas Elyott, 1492

Thomas Northland, 1482

Upholders Company, 1465

Weavers Company, 1490

William Gough, 1481

William Swayne, 1461

Quitclaims

Quitclaim of lands and Arms by Walter Haywode To JohnFromond (12 March 1402/3)