| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/5 |
| Title | Writ (copy) |
| PreviousNumbers | VI (late 13th c); 3 (late medieval); R 31 (Norris) |
| Date | [late 12th century] |
| [1066x1087] |
| Description | From: William I, king of England
Addressed to his sheriffs and reeves, English and French, wherever the cathedral priory holds land. He has granted to the priory its lands and goods, and this should not be disturbed. The monks may grant and take away their lands as they see fit. The priory's men should obey the monks. Octave of Pentecost. [Original given at Westminster, no date. Datable 1066x1087. This version dated by handwriting. Bishop and Chaplais, as below, presume that a scribe wrote 'munsorel' in error for Hugh de Montford, chief-constable of Normandy.]
Witnesses: Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances; Bernard the chaplain; Hugh munsorel
Endorsed with description in 12th cent hand. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, stubs of tongue and tie |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Registered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/A, f80r, numbered 238, and 145r; and CCA-DCc-Register/E, f50r, numbered 67
Another version: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/204
Other versions listed in Davis, as below |
| Publication Note | Calendared in H W C Davis, Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-1154, vol i (Oxford, 1913), p64, as no 243
Discussed in T A M Bishop and P Chaplais (eds), Facsimiles of English royal writs (Oxford, 1957), with plate v (b) |