E05866: A probably authentic Anglo-Saxon charter records a grant by Oswine, king of the people of Kent (south-east Britain), of land on which iron is mined, to the monastery outside Canterbury dedicated to *Peter (the Apostle, S00036). Written in Latin, probably in Kent, July 689.

Charter of King Oswine (Sawyer 12, excerpted)

In nomine Domini Dei et saluatoris Iesu Christi. Ego Oswynus rex Cantie pro absolutione meorum peccatorum de terra iuris mei [...] unum aratrum in quo mina ferri haberi cognoscitur [...] a presenti die et tempore monasterio beati Petri apostoli, in quo preesse Adrianus dinoscitur qui a Romana urbe directus est, inperpetuum contuli possidendum [...] Actum in mense Iulio, indictione secunda [...]

'In the name of the Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ. I, Oswine, king of Kent, for the absolution of my sins, have granted to be possessed forever one sulung from my land, which is known to have an iron mine, from the present time and day to the monastery of blessed Peter the apostle, in which Hadrian (who was sent from the city of Rome) is known to preside ... Enacted in the month of July, in the second indiction ...'

Text: Kelly 1995, no. 8, 33-4. Translation: B. Savill.