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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/A/189B
TitleLetter
Date7 Aug 1296
DescriptionFrom: Robert Winchelsey, archbishop of Canterbury
To: Berardus de Got, bishop of Albano; Simon of Beaulieu, bishop of Palestrina

Concerning the consecration of Walter de Langeton', bishop-elect of Coventry and Lichfield. He can
not give consent for him to be consecrated abroad without consulting the chapter of the cathedral priory.
Endorsed with description in contemporary hand. Described as a transcription of the letter sent to the cardinals.
Given at South Malling [Sussex].
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, slits for sealing closed, traces of applied seal, stitching holes at foot, pasted to paper at right edge
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
Open
Related MaterialRegistered version (transcription): R Graham (ed), Registrum Roberti Winchelsey, vol i (Oxford, 1952), pp127-8
Related notes by W P Blore: CCA-U91/237
Publication NoteTranscribed in J B Sheppard, Literae Cantuarienses (London, Rolls Series, 1887), p22-4
Summarised and partly transcribed in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p446

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