| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/A/14 |
| Title | Will |
| PreviousNumbers | C 175 (Norris); AA (20th c) |
| Date | 11 Nov 1327 |
| Description | Testator: Walter Reynolds, archbishop of Canterbury
With directions for his burial. Detailed instructions for dispersal of money and chattels, including vestments, jewels, books, and altarcloths, to the cathedral priory and many other beneficiaries. Naming 12 executors, with John de Hothom, bishop of Ely, as supervisor. Sealing clause, recording that the document was sealed with his seal of office, appended, and also sealed closed with his seal of office and his privy seal.
On verso, note that the will was exhibited at the priory before Henry of Eastry, prior, and the monks on 28 Nov 1327. Also description in contemporary hand.
Given at Mortlake (Surrey). |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, slits for seal tag, slits for sealing closed, traces of applied seals, one pointed oval of green wax, another round of red wax |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Related Material | Related quittances: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/A/41A
Related notes by W P Blore: CCA-U91/229 |
| Publication Note | Transcribed and discussed in J R Wright, 'The testament or last will of Archbishop Walter Reynolds of Canterbury 1327' in Medieval Studies, no 47 (1985), pp445-73
Transcribed in C E Woodruff (ed), Sede vacante wills (Kent Archaeological Society, Canterbury, 1914), pp67-72
Calendared in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p460 |