| Description | On recto, account relating to St Augustine's Abbey and to the primacy of the Church of Canterbury. References to privileges forged for St Augustine's Abbey by Guerno, monk of St Medard [Soissons, France]. References to, and extracts from, letters (1) from Pope Leo III to Coenulf, king of the Mercians, and (2) to Archbishop Athelard, (3) from Pope Gregory III to all bishops, and (4) from Pope Boniface V to Archbishop Justus. Reference to burial of body of St Augustine.
On verso, details of dues payable by the abbey to the priory, and account concerning burial of archbishops within the abbey.
No date. [Date: handwriting. For letters which may correspond with letters 2-4, see N E S A Hamilton, Willelmi Malmesbiriensis Monachii: De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum (Rolls Series, London, 1870), pp47-9 and 55-9.] |