| Description | Party: Edmund of Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury; Simon Langton, archdeacon of Canterbury
Party: Robert of Battle, abbot of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury; the convent of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
To settle a dispute. Concerns the abbey's churches, including Chislet, Minster, Northbourne, Middleton and Faversham churches, and their chapels. Also concerns the abbey's rights and jurisdiction, as specified. References to the abbey's papal privileges and royal and archiepiscopal charters. Other issues include bell-ringing, vacancies of the abbey's churches, the blessing of the abbot-elect, archdeacon's visitations, and anchorites. The archbishop grants to the abbey pensions from Preston and Selling churches. [All places Kent.] Dated 1237, in the archbishop's 4th year.
Witnesses: Angerus, abbot of West Dereham Abbey; Robert de Abbendun; Thomas de Frakeh'; Robert stafford; Richard de Langed'; Nicholas de Bureford, archbishop's official; Richard de Wich', archbishop's chancellor; Richard, rector of Hollingbourne; Walter de Sumercote; William, rector of Bekesbourne; Henry de Welles, archbishop's clerk; Robert de Dorking, archbishop's clerk
Endorsed with description in contemporary hand. |