<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001700264-18-000003.txt : 20180628
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180628094842
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001700264-18-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180628
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180628

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GUNNING DAVID H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001121876

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05822
		FILM NUMBER:		18923745

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MFS CHARTER INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000851170
		IRS NUMBER:				043055815
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		24TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02199
		BUSINESS PHONE:		18006372929

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		24TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02199

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MFS PRINCIPAL INCOME TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890906
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000851170</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MFS CHARTER INCOME TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MCR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001121876</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GUNNING DAVID H</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>MFS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02199</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Christopher R. Bohane, By Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poagunningmfs.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned on his or her own behalf and on behalf of his or her estate,
heirs and assigns hereby constitutes and appoints Susan S. Newton, Christopher
R. Bohane, Timothy M. Fagan, Susan A. Pereira and Brian E. Langenfeld and each
of them singly as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of
them, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity listed below,
any and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of reportable
securities issued by MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income
Trust, MFS Intermediate Income Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, MFS
Municipal Income Trust and MFS Special Value Trust including, without
limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all
statements of changes of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual
statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5, and any and all other documents
that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any
such statements or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to said attorney, full power and authority to do so and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned (or
his or her estate, heirs and assigns) might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand on this 25th day
of April, 2007.

/s/ David H. Gunning
--------------------------
David H. Gunning

109842
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