Anglo-Saxon charters

Charter of king Æthelbald of Mercia from 736

Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in Britain which usually make a grant of land or record a privilege. They are usually written on parchment in Latin.

Anglo-Saxon Charters Media

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  Likely 11th-century copy of AD 854 Royal Charter issued by King Ethelwulf granting 20 hides of land to the monks of St. Peter at Winchester

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  Writ of King Edward the Confessor granting land at Perton in Staffordshire to Westminster Abbey, 1062–1066

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  Opening page of Alfred the Great's will drawn up circa 885 (11th-century copy)

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  A page from the charter of Edgar to the New Minster, Winchester. S 745. Unusually, the charter is in the form of a book.

Other websites

• Anglo-Saxons.net Charters Searchable database of Anglo-Saxon Charters