Some of the earliest fragments preserved from Anglo-Saxon liturgical books are contained in BNF LAt. 9488.
These are preserved in manuscripts from Echternach circa 700 AD; the Anglo-Saxon St. Wilibrord founded the Abbey in the late 698, and brought with him the liturgical books from England. So, there were either used by St. Wilibrord himself in celebrating Mass, or by some of his priests who were also monks.
The existing fragments conform to what is commonly called the "Old Gelasian" type Sacramentary [such as the Gellone text of 750 AD which is fully complete]. The text did not come from the Abbey, but are in an Insular handwriting style of the late 600s / early 700s.
They contain things like variable Prefaces, Secrets, Benedictiones, etc. The same type of variable order you see in the late Italian Leonine Sacramentary circa 650 [though, it can possibly be dated to the 500s].
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