Table of Contents

1. Grant of land of Earl Oswulf to Canterbury Cathedral; 2. Will of the Reeve Abba; 3. Grant of land by Berhtwulf, King of the Mercians, to Forthred; 4. Grant by Lufu to Canterbury Cathedral; 5. Grants by Ealhburg, Eadweald and Ealhhere to Canterbury Cathedral; 6. Grant by Ealhburg to St Augustine's, Canterbury; 7. Agreement between Eadweald and Cynethryth with reference to and Estate at Chart; 8. Exchange of lands between Earl Aelfred and Aethelred, Archbishop of Canterbury; 9. Record of the presentation by Earl Aelfred of a copy of the Gospels to Canterbury Cathedral; 10. Earl Aelfred's will; 11. King Alfred's will; 12. Record of negotiations between Aethelred, Earl of the Mercians, and Berkeley Abbey; 13. Record of negotiations between Earl Aethelred and Aethelfled, and Werferth, Bishop of Worcester; 14. Record of negotiations between Werferth, Bishop of Worcester, and the Priest Aethelwald, with confirmation by Earl Aethelred and the Mercian Council; 15. Record of negotiations between Bishop Werferth and Eadnoth, with regard to Land at Sodbury; 16. Foundation of the New Minster at Winchester by Edward the Elder; 17. Lease of land by Denewulf, Bishop of Winchester; 18. Letter recording negotiations with reference to the ownership of land at Fonthill; 19. Manumission of a slave by King Aethelstan; 20. Earl Aethelwold's will; 21. King Eadred's will; 22. Entries in the Lindisfarne Gospels; 23. Grant of an estate by Queen Eadgifu to Canterbury Cathedral, with an account of its previous history; Translations; Notes; Appendix: Kentish, Mercian and Northumbrian dialects; Addenda; Index nominum; Index locurum; Index rerum.

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