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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/21
TitleWrit
PreviousNumbersLIIII (late 13th c); i (late medieval); R 34 (Norris)
Date[c1175]
DescriptionFrom: Henry II, king of England

General address. For the sake of the souls of his parents and of Henry I, and for the sake of the saints of Canterbury, he has confirmed to the cathedral priory its possessions and liberties as granted by William I and Henry I. No date. [Date: Adam was consecrated bishop of St Asaph on 12 Oct 1175, and John of Oxford was elected bishop of Norwich on 26 Nov 1175. We are grateful to Prof Nicholas Vincent of the British Academy-AHRB 'Acta of the Plantagenets' Project for advice on this date.]
Given at Marlborough [Wiltshire].

Witnesses: Richard of Ilchester, bishop of Winchester; Geoffrey Ridel, bishop of Ely; Jocelin de Bohun, bishop of Salisbury; Henry de Beaumont, bishop of Bayeux; Reginald FitzJocelin, bishop of Bath; Adam, bishop of St Asaph; John of Oxford, dean of Salisbury; Richard de Luci; Earl Richard de Strigol'; William son of Adelinus, steward ('dapifer'); Gilbert Malet, steward ('dapifer'); Randulf de Glaunvill'; Philip de Hasting'

Endorsed with description in 12th cent hand.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, seal
LanguageLatin
AccessConditionsPlease use digitised copy
AccessStatusOpen
Open
CopiesDigitised
Related MaterialOther versions: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/A/40, and CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/19, CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/22 and CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/204
Registered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/A, ff80v-81r, numbered 243, and 149v; CCA-DCc-Register/E, f54v, numbered 115; and CCA-DCc-Register/I, f66r, numbered xvi
Other versions listed in Vincent, as below
Publication NoteCalendared in T A M Bishop, Scriptores Regis (Oxford, 1961), p41, as no 108
Transcribed in N Vincent, Charters of Henry II (in preparation), no 433
Summarised in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p437

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