#w# is written _u_ in Cantuarabirȝ; an inorganic _n_ is inserted in alisendnesse; #f# is _u_ in geþauian, scirereuan. The dentals are confused: _þ_ for #t#, _t_ for #þ#, _t_ for #d#, _d_ for #þ# appear in theames, theo, teobalt, hiret, habbad, ford; #d# is omitted in frenscipan, as in stan, halen, &c., of the MK. gospels; #č# is written _ch_ in chyrchen, bitechan, echere, ich, grithbriches; the scribe apparently uses _ch_ for [k] in Sacha of the Latin text; #h# is omitted in eafdon; _cht_ for #ht# in gerichtan is an attempt to indicate the guttural sound. The inflections of OE. are largely preserved, but levelling of #a# to _e_ is shown in fele, fleamene, fullen, heore, lande (_pl. g._), þare, Wicneres, while _a_ is written for older #e# in frimtha, saca, wurþa, and _o_ for #e# in geunnon. OE. #um# is _an_ in burgan, feldan, minan, sciran, þingan, wudan; #þām# appears as þan. Weak forms are gerichtan, frenscipan; ȝefu is nom. form for accusative. #Dialect:# The levelling of #y#, #ȳ#, #æ#, #ǣ# to _e_; #ea# as _a_, the old Kentish #io#, #ia# in thiofes, thiafes, heara point to Kent. The absence of _v_, _z_ for #f#, #s# initial, the retention of #a# in lande, strande, and of #n# final either mark an early stage in the dialect, or show the conservative influence of the older documents. #Introduction:# King Henry the Second grants, or rather confirms, to Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the monks of Christ Church their lands and privileges of jurisdiction. The date is February, 1155 (Eyton, Itinerary of Henry II. 5) and the place York. For alisendnessee 12/15, read alisendnesse. 1. #gret . . . mine#, verb of the third person, pronoun of the first: so CE; it is formal, and not a scribe’s error as Stratmann thinks; H^1, H^2 have grete. #bissceopas#, &c.: in Latin, ‘Ep{iscop}is · Com{itibus} · Bar{onibus} · Justic{iariis} · Vi{c}e{comitibus} · Cet{er}isq{ue} suis fidelib{us}.’ 3. #þe . . . inne#, in which; see 1/3 note. E has þær . . . inne. 4. #Cantuarabirȝ#; see 1/14. 5. #ꝥ# = þet. #ælc#, each of them: the archbishop and the monks severally, as well as jointly; so H^1, H^2; E omits. 6. #kinges#: see 15/87 note.