| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/A/7A |
| Title | Agreement |
| PreviousNumbers | III (late 13th c) |
| Date | Dec 1259 |
| Description | Party: Roger of St Alphege, prior of Canterbury Cathedral
Party: Boniface of Savoy, archbishop of Canterbury
Defining the priory's administrative, financial and judicial rights on its manors. With provisions for the see being vacant. For these privileges the priory will pay 40 marks annually to the archbishop's treasury at Canterbury, with Godmersham manor placed as security. Also determining the advowson of specified churches. Defining the archbishop's right to appoint to priory offices. The archbishop renounces actions relating to oblations from Becket's shrine. This agreement was made after the prior brought a case against the archbishop before 'Dominus' Hugh le Bigod, chief justiciary, at Westminster in 43HenIII (ie 1258-1259). [Gervase refers to this agreement. See below.]
Endorsed with description and date in late 13th cent hands. Also initials ?'OB' in early modern hand. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, indented at top, holed, torn and stained, repairs |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Registered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/A, ff175v-178v and CCA-DCc-Register/E, ff64r-66v (compositions sections)
Registered version: CCA-DCc-Register/H, ff164r-167v
Registered version: LPL MS 1212, pp168-76
Other versions: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/A/31 and 31C; C/39 and 202
Confirmation (calendar entry, in translation): Calendar of Patent Rolls 1429-1436, pp420-4
Reference: W Stubbs (ed), Historical works of Gervase of Canterbury, vol ii, (Rolls Series, London, 1880) pp208-9
Related receipt: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/A/19A |
| Publication Note | Discussed in F R H Du Boulay, The Lordship of Canterbury (London, 1966), pp292-5 |