| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/A/62 |
| Title | Letters |
| PreviousNumbers | A 97 (Norris) |
| Date | [1173x1179] |
| [1154x1159] |
| Description | Copy of account by Hugh [of Amiens], archbishop of Rouen [1130-1164], for Pope Adrian IV [1154-1159]. Hugh had attended the Council of Rheims held by Pope Innocent II [in 1131]. Also there were R[aginfred], abbot elect of abbey of St Ouen [in Rouen], and W[illiam II], abbot elect of Jumièges Abbey ('Ge'met''). Relates to evidence given by Geoffrey, bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne [1131-1142], formerly abbot of St Medard's Abbey [in Soissons].
While Geoffrey was abbot, one of his monks, Gerno ('Gernonem' in acc), confessed to forging charters for the abbeys of St Ouen and of St Augustine in Canterbury. [Date of original: 1154-1159, from Adrian's dates.]
Endorsed with descriptions in 13th cent hands. Described as relating to the forged charters of St Augustine's Abbey.
Letter from Giles ('E') [du Perche], bishop of Evreux [1170-1179], to Pope Alexander III [1159-1181], to accompany the above account which the Church of Canterbury will send to the pope. The late Archbishop Hugh was his paternal uncle. Giles sent a copy of the account to St Thomas Becket. Giles himself burnt the privileges proven to be forged upon the instructions of Innocent II. [Date of original: 1173x1179, from Giles's dates and Becket's canonisation.] |
| Extent | 2 docs |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 2 items, 1m each, sewn together head to foot with modern stitching, both with slits for seal tags |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Another version: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/A/61
Both items transcribed in J B Sheppard, Literae Cantuarienses iii (Rolls Series, London, 1889), pp365-7 |
| Publication Note | Discussed in W Levison, England and the continent in the eighth century (Oxford, 1946), pp206-9
Noted in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p431 |