| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/197 |
| Title | Writ |
| PreviousNumbers | C 190 (late 19th c) |
| Date | [1165x1172] |
| Description | From: Henry II, king of England
Addressed to his sheriffs and ministers in bailiwicks where the cathedral priory holds land. Ordering that the priory's lands, possessions and men should be protected. No date. [Date: dates of Geoffrey Ridel and introduction of 'Dei gratia' clause. We are grateful to Prof Nicholas Vincent of the British Academy-AHRB 'Acta of the Plantagenets' Project for advice on this date.]
Given at Breteuil [Oise, France].
Witness: Geoffrey Ridel, archdeacon of Canterbury
Endorsed with description in 13th cent hand. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, step for seal tongue, pasted to paper at right edge |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Publication Note | Transcribed in N Vincent, Charters of Henry II (in preparation), no 429
Noted in T A M Bishop, Scriptores Regis (Oxford, 1961), p42, as no 126 |