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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. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian A. IX, f. 112r-v(s. xvi; Taylor 1925, pl. 3)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XV, f. 100r-v(s. xvi)
3. London, Society of Antiquaries, 128, f. 193r-v(s. xvii; ex 1, 2)
4. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 10 (S.C. 4152), f. 25r-v(s. xvii; incomplete; ex Weever 1631)

Printed:

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

Printed and Translated:

Hart 1953, pp. 9-11

Comments:

Hart, ECE, no. 5, wholly authentic, except possibly part of the dating clause, note links with S 1247; Yorke 1985, pp. 5-6, 19, 21, 32, 33; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 6, Reference to charter as useful for providing information about the relations between Chertsey minster and its properties in London, p. 12, Charter demonstrating Kings Wulfhere and Aethelred of Mercia's influence over London in the late 7th century, p. 13, Charter demonstrating continued East Saxon royal control of lands noth of the Thames in the late 7th century, p. 13, Charter showing the influence of King Caedwalla of Wessex's raids in to Surrey and Kent, p. 78, Early charter evidence from the London dioscese as preserved in the Barking archive, p. 87, Discussion of lands obtained by Bishop Eorcenwald of London for Barking and Chertsey, as contrasted to the lack of lands obtained by this bishop for St Paul's, p. 110, Document from Bishop Eorcenwald of London found at Barking Abbey, which he founded and placed his sister as abbess, that shows his relationship with King Caedwalla of Wessex, p. 138, Charter showing increasing Mercian influence over Middlesex in the early 8th century, as can also be seen in the spurious S 1783, p. 151, Early charter with similarities in the form of the royal subscription to S 1788; Whitelock 1975, pp. 6-7, on dating problems; Taylor 1925, pp. 9-16; Stenton 1955, p. 12, spurious, names of estates derived wholly or partly from authentic early charters; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 17; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Foot 2000, II. 27-8, 33; PN Middx, p. 27; Deanesly 1941a, p. 50, doubtful; Harrison 1976, p. 71, on dating; Whitelock 1969, pp. 114-15, on identity of Quoengyth; Hart, ECEE, pp. 124-7, 132, if a forgery then produced within two centuries of Barking's foundation; PN Beds. and Hunts., p. 205; Browning 1891, pp. 212-14, authentic; Fleming 1985, p. 256 n. 2, forger had access to early material; Gelling, ECTV, no. 310 (pp. 95, 149), spurious; Chaplais 1968, p. 330, may not be authentic in its entirety, but diplomatic unobjectionable, comments on dating problems (= 1973, pp. 80-1); Brooke and Keir 1975, pp. 368, 370, probably spurious, but incorporates early material; Whitelock, EHD, p. 486, dubious; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Hart 1953, authentic, date should read 687