E05869: A probably authentic Anglo-Saxon charter records a grant of Earconwald, bishop (of London, south-east Britain) of freedom from episcopal control to the monastery at Chertsey (near London), whose church is dedicated to *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), by whose authority any transgressors will be excommunicated. Written in Latin, probably in London, July 678.

Charter of Bishop Earconwald (Sawyer 1247, excerpted)

[I]n nomine Domini Dei saluatoris Iesu Christi. Ego Erkenuualdus episcopus dilectissimis fratribus habitantibus in monasterio quod appellatur Certeseya [...] Et ne fortassis quicumque presul, cuiuslibet ordinis uel in loco meo successerit, nullam in eodem monasterio exerceat potestatem [...] Quisquisue episcoporum cuiuslibet dignitatis uel secularium omnium potestatum contra hanc cartulam [...] aliquid exinde subtrahendo contraire presumpserit, tunc ex auctoritate beati Petri apostolorum principis, in cuius nomine ipsa ecclesia est dedicata, sit seperatus a participatione corporis et sanguinis Domini nostri Iesu Christi [...] Actum in Londonia ciuitate in mense Iulio, indictione sexta [...]

'In the name of our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ. I, Earconwald, bishop, to the most beloved brothers living in the monastery which is called Chertsey ... No bishop whatsoever, of whatever order, or any who succeed me in my place, may possibly exercise power in that same monastery ... And if any of the bishops of whatever rank, or anyone of any secular power should presume henceforth to do anything against this charter ... then by the authority of blessed Peter, prince of the apostles, in whose name this church is dedicated, they will be separated from participation in the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ ... Enacted in the city of London in the month of July, in the sixth indiction ...'

Text: Kelly 2015, no. 4, 118-19. Translation: B. Savill.