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A.D. 688 (Besingahearh). Cædwalla, king of the (West) Saxons, to Cedde, Cisi and Criswa (? Crispa); grant, for the foundation of a minster, of 60 hides (cassati) at Farnham, Surrey, including 10 at Binton and 2 at Churt, Surrey, and land at Cusanweoh. Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 57v-58r (s. xii med.)

Printed: [Sort: By Date | Alphabetically]

K, 994; B, 72; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 9

Translated:

Manning 1970, p. 17; Whitelock, EHD, no. 58 (pp. 484-5)

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Stevenson 1914, p. 703, seems to be genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 438, no conclusive exception need be taken (= Stenton 1970, p. 53); PN Surrey, pp. 178, 181; Barker 1948, p. 116 and n. 5, spurious but based on genuine original; Chaplais 1969, pp. 541-2, on formulation (= 1973, p. 106); Hart 1970a, p. 29 (no. 97), authentic; Manning 1970; Stenton 1970, pp. 288-9; Stenton 1971, pp. 70, 101-2, 303, treats as authentic; Gelling 1973, p. 117; Harrison 1973a, pp. 556-7, no trace of forgery but unexpected to see Wilfrid's subscription in a charter of 688; Cox 1976, pp. 17, 19, 21, 39, on place-names; Whitelock 1975, p. 8, on Wilfrid's subscription; Harrison 1976, pp. 70-1, seems to be authentic; Rumble 1976, p. 173, grant consisted of whole of later Farnham hundred; Sawyer 1976, p. 4, on estate; Whitelock 1976, p. 144, on some witnesses; Sawyer 1978, pp. 43, 143-4, on royal style; on estate; Gelling, ECTV, no. 312, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 484, authentic, incarnation date may be addition; Scharer 1982, pp. 138-40, based on genuine charter, but corrupt and fabricated; Wormald 1985, pp. 9-10, 25, probably drafted by Bishop Eorcenwald; broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 132-7, 163, basically authentic; Faith 1997, pp. 40, 104; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 78, Early charter evidence from the London dioscese as preserved in the Winchester archive, p. 111, Document from Bishop Eorcenwald of London that shows his relationship with King Caedwalla of Wessex, p. 136, West Saxon charter from the late 7th century with similarities to S 5, suggesting West Saxon documents were used in the forging of the latter, p. 151, Early charter with similarities in the form of the royal subscription to S 1788, p. 202, 7th century charter with similarities to S 978, showing how the latter used 7th century charters as models for its forging; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 229, Early charter that shares elements with S 237, suggesting that the latter was based on authentic documents, p. 236, Genuine early charter which contains details similar to S 238