S 110
A.D. 774. Offa, king of the English, to Jænberht, archbishop; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Higham Upshire, Kent. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 99 (s. x; BM Facs., iv. 4)
2. BL Stowe 853, 6v-7r (s. xvii)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 400-1 (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 11rv (s. xvi)
Printed: K 121; B 213; Earle, pp. 51-2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 58.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 10th-century; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 18, scribe also wrote S 230 MS 1; Stenton 1918, p. 446, original (= Stenton 1970, p. 60); Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 53-5, on place-names; Jessup 1942; Wright 1950, p. 389; Stengel 1960, p. 60; Stenton 1971, p. 207, cited; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, p. 172; Sawyer 1978, p. 101, MS 1 10th-century; Scharer 1982, pp. 228-31, spurious; Wormald 1983, p. 110, suspect but probably not complete fabrication, discusses royal style; Brooks 1984, pp. 112, 114, 10th-century forgery but bounds and witness-list at least from 8th century source, p. 319, written by same (presumably Christ Church) scribe as S 230 MS 1, discusses formulation, p. 378 n. 153, on script.
i>Endorsements:
(1) s. xi: boc to heh ham :--"
(2) s. xii: . Offa Rex dedit heah ham Ianberto archiepiscopo . latine .
(3) s. xiii: Archiepiscopi.
+ In nomine Jhesu Christi . salvatoris mundi qui est et qui erat et qui venturus est . per quem reges regunt et dividunt regna terrarum . Sicut dispensator universæ terræ mihi distribuit secundum mensuram suæ propriæ voluntatis ita ejusdem gratia concedente . ego Offa rex Anglorum dabo et concedo Iaenberhto archiepiscopo aliquam partem terræ in loco qui dicitur Heh ham et huius terræ estimatio . v . aratrorum esse videtur his notissimis confiniis circum cincta . a circio mæd ham . hinc per confinia acleage . et sic juxta wæter lea . dehinc ad colling . sic per viam quæ ducit ad eohinga burh in terram sancti Andreæ . et sic per confinia mersc tunes . hinc tenditur ad bulan ham . et sic in merc fleot . et hoc predictum donum ad cumulum majoris firmitatis signo sanctæ crucis Christi anno dominicæ incarnationis . dcc . lxxiiii . perstrinximus . cum sacerdotibus et senioribus populi more testium subscribendo .
+ Signum manus Offæ regis supra scripta confirmantis .
+ Signum manus Iænberhti archiepiscopi .
+ Signum manus Cynethrythe reginæ .
+ Signum manus Eadberhti episcopi .
+ Signum manus Aldberhti abbatis .
+ Signum manus Brordan principis .
+ Signum manus Berhtuuoldi principis .
+ Signum manus Byrhthuni episcopi .
+ Signum manus Ceolulfi episcopi .
+ Signum manus Botuuini abbatis .
+ Signum manus Ætheluuoldi abbatis .
+ Signum manus Eadberhti abbatis .
+ Signum manus Esni .
+ Signum manus Eadberhti .
+ Signum manus Eadbaldi ducis .
+ Signum manus . Boban .
+ Signum manus Badohardi .
+ Signum manus Brordani prefecti .
+ Signum manus Uuigheardi .
+ Signum manus Ciani .
+ Signum manus Folcberhti abbatis .
+ Signum manus Hearedi .
+ Signum manus Suithuni .