S 394
A.D. 925 (4 Sept.). King Athelstan to St Augustine; restoration of 14 sulungs (aratra) at Werburginland in Thanet, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Lit. E. 19, 1v-2r (s. xiv)
2. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 183rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 104v (s. xiii)
Printed: B 641 ex MS 2; Robinson 1918, p.31 ex MS 2; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 26 ex MSS 2, 3.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 133, authenticity very doubtful; Turner 1915, pp. xxx-xxxi; Beavan 1917, p. 522 n. 18, authentic; Robinson 1918, p. 29, authentic; Robinson 1923, p. 39, witness-list corrupt; Davis 1933, p. 35 n. 3, proposes identification with Way (Wayborough) near Minster, Thanet; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23, dubious; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 237, on place-names; Stenton 1971, p. 445, cited; Whitelock 1975, p. 17 n. 3; Lapidge 1981, p. 77 n. 74, p. 97 n. 159, possibly drafted by continental scribe resident in England (= 1993, p. 85 n. 19); Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 100-3, authenticity uncertain, may cover land near Margate.
F. BL Cotton Julius D. ii, 104v: copy, s. xiii 1
No rubric
G. BL Cotton Claudius D. x, 183rv: copy, s. xiii 2
Rubric: Item donacio regis Athelstani de quadam terra in Taneto.
I. Canterbury, D. & C., Lit. E. 19, 1v-2r: copy (probably of G), s. xiv 1
Rubric: Carta regis Athelstani de Werburginland in Thaneto.
Ed.: a. Birch 641 from G
b. J. A. Robinson, The Saxon Bishops of Wells, British Academy Supplementary Papers iv (London, 1918), p. 31, from G
Listed: Sawyer 394
Anno ab incarnatione Domini .dccccxxv., indictione .xiii., primo anno regni regis Adalstani, die consecrationis eius, pridie nonas Septembris, rex Saxonum et Anglorum Adalstan terram quatuordecim aratrorum dedit sancto Augustino, que terra in insula Tanet habetur nomine Werburginland, pro remedio anime sue, que etiam rapta fuerat iniuste a sancto Augustino per multos annos sed Deo annuente rex Adalstanus restaurauit iterum illam terram sancto Augustino cum consensu episcoporum octo et principum duorum quorum nomina hec sunt. Adlem archiepiscopus. Alla episcopus. Siglem episcopus. Wlflem episcopus. Wlbred episcopus. Berneth episcopus. Eatolw episcopus. Winsige episcopus. Ordgar princeps. Aelwald princeps, et Odda minister regis, et Cened abbas, et Alfeth sacerdos, et alius Alfeth sacerdos et monachus.