| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/49 |
| Title | Writ |
| PreviousNumbers | II (late 13th c); R 149 (Norris) |
| Date | [c1193] |
| Description | From: Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of Henry II
Her son, King Richard I, is detained by the Roman Emperor. The cathedral priory's men have helped with the fortification of Canterbury. This help was offered by the priory and was not demanded as a right or custom. No date. [Date: Richard's imprisonment. See Richardson, as below, p201.] Seal bag 13 was formerly used for this document.
Given at London.
Witnesses: Herbert le Poer, archdeacon of Canterbury; Peter of Blois ('Bles''), archdeacon of Bath
Endorsed with description in 13th cent hands. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, slits for seal tag, holed, right side pasted to paper |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Registered versions ('de diversis' sections): CCA-DCc-Register/B, f398r; CCA-DCc-Register/C, f289r; CCA-DCc-Register/E, f397r
Registered version: CCA-DCc-Register/I, f74v |
| Publication Note | Transcribed in J B Sheppard, Literae Cantuarienses, vol iii (London, 1889), pp379-80
Noted in H G Richardson, 'The letters and charters of Eleanor of Aquitaine' in English Historical Review, vol lxxiv (1959), p202
Noted and partly transcribed in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p433 |