S 1246

A.D. 677 for 687 or 688. Eorcenwold, bishop of the East Saxons, to the nunnery of Barking; grant of privileges and grant and confirmation of lands, comprising 40 hides (cassatae) at Barking and Beddanhaam (probably Barking) [given to Eorcenwald by King Suidfrid], 75 hides (manentes) at Ricingahaam, Bydinhaam, Dagenham, Angenlabeshaam and Widmundes felth (Wyfields in Great Ilford) [granted by Oedilred, cf. S 1171], and 10 hides at Childerditch [also granted by Oedilred], all in Essex; and 53 hides at Isleworth, Middx. [granted by King Æthelred (of Mercia)]; 70 hides at Battersea beside Hydaburna (the river Wandle), Surrey [granted by King Ceadwalla (of Wessex), cf. S 1248]; 1 hide iuxta London [granted by King Wulfhere (of Mercia)]; 10 hides supra vicum Londoniae [granted by Quoengyth, wife of .......aldi]; and 40 hides (cassatae) at Swanscombe and Erith, Kent [granted by King Æthelred (of Mercia)]. Latin.

Archive: Barking

MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. A. ix, 112rv (s. xvi; Taylor 1925, pl. 3)
2. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xv, 100rv (s. xvi)
3. London, Soc. Ant., 128B, 193rv (s. xvii; ex 1, 2)
4. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 25rv (s. xvii; incomplete; ex Weever 1631)

Printed: Weever 1631, p. 600 ex MS 3; Spelman, Concilia, i. 192 ex Weever and MS 2; Wilkins, Concilia, iv. App., p. 746; K 38 ex Spelman or Wilkins; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 438-9 (no. 2) ex MS 1; B 87 ex K, Mon. Angl., and MS 1; Hart 1953, pp. 9-10, with translation, pp. 10-11; Hart, ECEE, pp. 122-3 ex MSS 1, 2.

Comments: Browning 1891, pp. 212-14, authentic; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; PN Hunts., p. 205; Taylor 1925, pp. 9-16; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 17; Deanesly 1941/1, p. 50, doubtful; PN Middx, p. 27; Hart 1953, authentic, date should read 687; Stenton 1955, p. 12, spurious, names of estates derived wholly or partly from authentic early charters; Hart, ECEE, pp. 124-7, 132, if a forgery then produced within two centuries of Barking's foundation; Chaplais 1968, p. 330, may not be authentic in its entirety, but diplomatic unobjectionable, comments on dating problems (= 1973, pp. 80-1); Whitelock 1969, pp. 114-15, on identity of Quoengyth; Hart, ECE, no. 5, wholly authentic, except possibly part of the dating clause, note links with S 1247; Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 368, 370, probably spurious, but incorporates early material; Whitelock 1975, pp. 6-7, on dating problems; Harrison 1976, p. 71, on dating; Gelling, ECTV, no. 310 (pp. 95, 149), spurious; Whitelock, EHD, p. 486, dubious; Fleming 1985, p. 256 n. 2, forger had access to early material; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Yorke 1985, pp. 5-6, 19, 21, 32, 33; cf. S 1247.

In nomine Domini Dei nostri et saluatoris Jesu Christi . Ego Ercnuualdus episcopus prouinciae East Saexanorum . seruorum Dei seruus . dilectissimis in Christo sororibus in monasterio quod appellatur Berecingas habitantibus . quod Deo auxiliante construxi . concedo ut tam uos quam posteri uestri in perpetuum . ut constructum est . ita possideatis . et ne quis presul cuiuslibet sit ordinis . uel qui in locum meum successerit . ullam in eodem monasterio exerceat potestatem . nec sui iuris ditione contra canonum decreta inquietudines aliquas facere presumat . ea uero tantum faciat in predicto monasterio . quae ad utilitatem animarum pertinent . ordinationes sacerdotum . uel consecrationes ancillarum Dei . Ipsa uero sancta congregatio . qui propter Dei amorem ibidem Deo laudes exhibet . moriente abbatissa . ex seipsa sibi aliam eligat ad Dei timorem . Omnes terras quae mihi ex donationibus regum sunt concessae ad nomen eiusdem monasterii . quemadmodum donatae sunt . ex integro et quieto iure possideant . sicut chartulae donationum continent . quas in presenti uobis tradidi . Et ne quis forte improbus negator huius donationis erumpat . ideo singillatim has terras in hac chartula enumerandas et nominandas optimum duxi . Quarum prima fuit . quae mihi a Suidfrido rege data fuerat . xl . cassatarum et appellatur . Berecingas et Beddanhaam . Secunda quae ab Oedilredo tradita fuerat . lxxv . manentium et appellatur . Ricingahaam . Bydinhaam . Daeccanhaam . Angenlabeshaam . cum campo qui dicitur . Uuidmundes feld . Terra tertia quae ab eodem Oedilredo data fuerat . x . manentium appellatur . Celta . Quarta quae ab Ædilredo rege data fuerat . liii . manentium . et uocatur Gislheresuuyrth . Quinta iuxta . Hydaburnam . donata a Caeduualla rege . lxx . manentium appellatur . Badoricesheah . Sexta iuxta . Lundoniam . unius . manentis data a Uulfhario rege . Septima supra uicum . Lundoniae . data a Quoenguyda uxore . [...]aldi . x . manentium . Octaua quae appellatur . Suanescamp et Earhyð . donata ab Ædilredo rege . xl . cassatarum . Siquis autem episcoporum cuiuslibet dignitatis fuerit . uel omnium secularium potestatum . contra hanc chartulum . canonice ac regulariter a me constitutam . contendere presumserit . uel aliquid exinde subtrahere . sit separatus a consortio sanctorum in hoc saeculo omnium . et in futuro coelestis regni portas clausas contra se undique inueniat . a sancto Petro clauiculario coelestis regni . a quo mihi licentia huius priuilegii data et permissa fuerat per os beatissimi Agathonis . apostolicae sedis presulis . cum Romam adii ante annos . x . anno ab incarnatione Domini . dclxxvii . indictione prima . Chartula autem haec a me dictata . confirmata in sua stabilitate nihilominus maneat .

+ Ego Ercnuualdus episcopus donator pro confirmatione subscripsi .
+ Ego Uuilfridus episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Haedde episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Guda presbyter et abbas consensi et subscripsi
. + Ego Eggbaldus presbyter et abbas consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Hagona presbyter et abbas consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Hooc presbyter et abbas consensi et subscripsi .
Sig+num manus Sebbi regis Est Saexanorum .
Sig+num manus Sigiheardi regis .
Sig+num manus Suebredi regis .