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A.D. 784. Ealhmund, king of Kent, to Wihtred, abbot, and his familia at Reculver; grant of 12 sulungs (aratra) at Sheldwich, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church (ex Reculver)
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 196v (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 14v (s. xii)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, p. 310 (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 9v-10r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2211, ex MS 1; K 1013 ex Twysden and MS 3; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 455 (no. 4), ex MS 4; B 243 ex K and MS 3; Earle, pp. 410-11 ex K etc.; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 25; Fleming 1997, p. 116 (no. 12), ex MS 2.
Comments: Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 59-61, on place-names; Stenton 1971, p. 207 n. 7, 13th-century abstract, but has some ancient features; Davies 1972, p. 468, spurious elements; Sawyer 1978, pp. 102, 104-5, on Ealhmund; Scharer 1982, p. 226, cited; Brooks 1984, pp. 113, 349 n. 15, abbreviated cartulary version of a lost charter, date may not be reliable.
Raculf. Scildwich.
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