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S82, : A.D. 716. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, founds a monastery at Crowland, Lincs. s. xii

S318, : A.D. 857 (London, Nov.). Æthelwulf, king of the English, to the Abbey of Saint-Denis (Paris); confirmation of lands at Rotherfield, Hastings, Pevensey, Sussex; and at Lundenuuic (London).

S805, : A.D. 978 for c. 972. King Edgar to Mangoda, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Hampstead, Middx.

S1117, : A.D. 1042 x 1044. Writ of King Edward declaring that the burh at Wennington, Essex, with the 4 hides belonging to it and the church and land æt thære lea, is to belong to Westminster Abbey as fully and completely as ever Ætsere Swearte and his wife Ælfgyth owned them and gave them to the abbey with his consent.

S1186, : A.D. 799 x 801. Pilheard, comes of Coenwulf, king of Mercia, declares that he has obtained immunities for his 30-hide estate in Middlesex, in return for 200 solidi and an annual render of 30 solidi. The land is to be free from all public renders and burdens and from fines at folk-moots, but the landowner shall still be liable to construction of bridges and fortifications and shall owe the military service of five men.

S1189, : A.D. 810. Ælfgar, comes, to Siward, abbot, and Crowland Abbey; grant of land at Holbeach, Whaplode, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Algarkirk, Dowdike, Drayton and Burtoft, Lincs.

S1190, : A.D. 819. Fregist, miles, to Siward, abbot, and Crowland Abbey; grant of land at Langtoft, Lincs.

S1265, : A.D. 813 for 808 x 813. Wulfred, archbishop of Canterbury, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of constitution for the familia.

S1380, : A.D. 996 (for 994). Sigeric, archbishop of Canterbury, confirms a grant by Wulfrun for the monastery at Wolverhampton of land at Upper Arley, Worcs.; Eswich (? Ashwood), Bilston, Willenhall, Wednesfield, Pelsall, Ogley, Hilton near Wall, Hatherton, Kinvaston, Hilton near Wolverhampton, and Featherstone, all in Staffs.

S1439, : A.D. 844 (Canterbury). Account of the settlement of a dispute concerning estates belonging to Oswulf, dux, bequeathed by him in reversion to the Church and now held by the Kentish monasteries of Christ Church, Folkestone, Dover and Lyminge. They are claimed by a certain Æthelwulf, but the rights of the churches are upheld.

S1461, : c. A.D. 1020. Survey of the estates at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Otley and Ripon, Yorks., belonging to the see of York.

S1465, : A.D. 1032 or 1035. Declaration of arrangements made between Eadsige, priest, and Christ Church concerning land at Appledore, Warehorne, Berwick, Orpington, Palster and Wittersham, Kent.

S1597, : Bounds of Salwarpe and Waresley in Hartlebury, Worcs.