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A.D. 757 x 796 (Freoricburna, Surrey). Offa, king of Mercia, to the church at Woking, Surrey; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Woking. Latin

Archive:

Peterborough

MSS:

1. London, Society of Antiquaries, 60, ff. 37v-38r(s. xii med.)
2. Peterborough, DC., 1, f. 130v(s. xiii med.)

Printed:

Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 88; K, 168; Kelly, Peterborough, p. 198-199, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter; B, 275; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 380 (no. 4)

Comments:

Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 15, Charter revealing King Offa of Mercia's reestablishment of Mercian dominance over Surrey, Sussex, and Kent; Keynes 1994c, p. 38 n. 161, on place of issue, p. 42; Kelly, Peterborough, p. 121, Description of charter contents, labelled 6, p. 199-202, Discussion of the charter a genuine copy, its usefulness as insight into the reign of Offa of Mercia, and how it was likely preserved due to the rights granted to Woking within the charter; Stubbs 1861a, p. 205, cited; Scharer 1982, p. 274, dubious; Gelling, ECTV, no. 316, authentic; Stenton 1933, p. 323, shows signs of antiquity, probably belongs in Offa's reign (= Stenton 1970, p. 189)