| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/75 |
| Title | Writ |
| PreviousNumbers | VIII (late 13th c); iiii (15th c); R 92 (Norris) |
| Date | [1155x1157] |
| Description | From: Henry II, king of England
General address. Ordering that the cathedral priory should hold its lands and possessions securely. No date. [Date: before disgrace of Henry of Essex. We are grateful to Prof Nicholas Vincent of the British Academy-AHRB 'Acta of the Plantagenets' Project for advice on this date. Vincent suggests Jan x Feb 1155, from evidence from royal itinerary. He suspects that this document is a forgery.]
Given at York.
Witnesses: Philip de Harcourt, bishop of Bayeux; Arnulf, bishop of Lisieux; Robert de Chesney, bishop of Lincoln; Thomas Becket, royal chancellor; Henry of Essex
Endorsed with descriptions in late 12th cent hands. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, seal tongue with fragment of seal of uncoloured wax, tear with stitch |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Registered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/A, f81v, numbered 247, and CCA-DCc-Register/A, f145v; CCA-DCc-Register/E, f50v, numbered 69; CCA-DCc-Register/I, f64v; CCA-DCc-Register/O, f183v and 189v |
| Publication Note | Noted in T A M Bishop, Scriptores Regis (Oxford, 1961), p42, as no 125 |