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Archive: Rochester
A.D. '761' altered to '781'. Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Deora, bishop of Rochester; grant of land at Rochester. Latin with English bounds.
+ In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi Cui patent cuncta penetralia cordis et corporisINVOCATION Ego Ethelberhtus rex Occidentalium Saxonum necnon Cantauuariorum concedoDISPOSITIVE WORD Hrofensis aeclesiae antistiti Deoran aliquantulum terre iuris mei intra menia supradicte ciuitatis in parte a'q'uilonali , id est fram Doddinchyrnan oð ða bradan gatan east be wealle 7 swa eft suð oð ðaet eastgeat 7 swa west be strete oð Doddinchyrnan , 7 ðreo hagan be eastan porte butan wealle 7 ðar to fe'o'wer aeceras mæde be westanBOUNDS, ee , Hoc in aucmentum monasterii tibi concessiDISPOSITIVE WORD Sancti Andree Ut mea donatio inmobilis permaneat semper, Et siquis hanc meam donationem augere uoluerit, augeat dominus ei uitam Siquis uero tunc minuere presumserit sit separatus a conspectu domini in die iudicii nisi prius emendauerit ante eius transitum quod nequiter gessit .CURSE Actum dominice incarnationis . dccl'xx'xi .DATING CLAUSE
+ Ego Ethelberhtus rex hanc meam donationem signo sancte crucis confirmaui , + Ego Geanberht archiepiscopus corroboraui . + Ego Deora episcopus consignaui , + Signum manus Uualhard + Signum manus Aban + Signum manus Udan . + Signum manus Ealhere . + Signum manus . Dudec . + Signum manus Wullaf .