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(1) Writ, in Latin
From: Stephen, king of England
To: Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury; the monks of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
All lands which they had in the time of King Edward [the confessor], his kinsman, King William [I], his grandfather, and King Henry [I], his uncle, with rights and liberties as specified, over their men in boroughs and outside, as much and as fully as his own servants ought to seek them, and also over as many thanes as the said kings granted to them. The grant is made for his soul, as the said kings did before. No date [Dec 1138x1154]. [Date: Theobald's and Stephen's dates.]
(2). The same writ, in Old English.
(3) Writ, in Latin
From: Henry I, king of England
To: Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury; the monks of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
All lands which they had in the time of King Edward [the confessor], his kinsman and King William [I], his father, with rights and liberties as specified, over their men in boroughs and outside, as much and as fully as his own servants ought to seek them, and also over as many thanes as his father granted to them. The grant is made for his soul, as the said kings did before. No date [1100x1109]. [Date: Henry I's and Anselm's dates.]
(4) The same writ, in Old English.
(5) Writ, in Latin
From: Henry II, king of England
To: Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, and the monks of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
All lands which they had in the time of King Edward [the confessor], King William [I], his great grandfather, and King Henry [I], his grandfather, with rights and liberties as specified, over their men in boroughs and outside, as much and as fully as his own servants ought to seek them, and also over as many thanes as the said kings granted to them. The grant is made for his soul, as the said kings did before. Partial witness list [Philip [de Harcourt], bishop of Bayeux [Calvados, France]; Arnulf, bishop of Lisieux [Calvados, France]; Thomas [Becket], chancellor; Reginald, earl of Cornwall; R...; ...of Essex, constable]. Given at York, no date [1155xJul 1157, possibly JanxFeb 1155]. [Date: before the disgrace of Henry of Essex on the Welsh campaign of Jul 1157. The king's one recorded visit to York during this period occurred during Jan/Feb 1155. We are grateful to Professor Nicholas Vincent of the British Academy-AHRB 'Acta of the Plantagenets' Project for advice on this date.]
(6) The same writ, in Old English.
No date. [Date: handwriting. Possibly inspected by Nicholas, perhaps Nicholas of Sandwich, prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory 1244-1258.] |
| Related Material | Other versions of Henry II's writ: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/17-18; CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/20; CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/75
Another version of Henry I's writ, in Latin only: J Caley, H Ellis and B Bandinel (eds), Dugdale's Monasticon I (London, 1846), p109
Another version of Henry II's writ, in Latin only (transcription): N Vincent, Charters of Henry II (in preparation), no 410
Other versions of Henry II's writ listed in Vincent, cited above |