| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/E/189B |
| Title | Confirmation |
| PreviousNumbers | v (15th c); E 6 (Norris); E 191 (late 19th) |
| Date | [May 1177 x Sep 1181] |
| Description | From: Richard of Dover, archbishop of Canterbury and papal legate
When William of Eynsford, father of William Guram, wished to become a monk at Canterbury Cathedral Priory, he granted the prior and convent the church of Eynsford by placing a folding knife ('cutellus...complicatus') and a silver basin ('Bacchila') upon the altar in the presence of Richard and many others. His son William Guram was present and consented to his father's grant. Richard confirms the grant. No date. [Date: as in English Episcopal Acta, cited below.]
Witnesses: Mgr Gerard; William [of Northolt], archdeacon of Gloucester; Mgr Roger of Rolleston ('Rulveston''); William, chaplin ('capellanus'); Moses, chaplin ('capellanus'); Mgr Roger of Norwich ('norwic''); Roger the Welshman ('Walensi'); Richard the clerk; Roger the dean ('Decanus')
Endorsed with descriptions in early and late 13th cent hands. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, slits for seal tag, slightly dirty |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Related Material | Registered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/B, f4r and CCA-DCc-Register/I, f88r; British Library MS Add 6159, f287r; Bodl MS Tanner 18, f75r
Related documents: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/E/186B; CCA-DCc-ChAnt/F/4; CCA-DCc-ChAnt/F/12; CCA-DCc-ChAnt/R/10 |
| Publication Note | Transcribed in C R Cheney and B E A Jones, English Episcopal Acta II, Canterbury 1162-1190 (London, 1986), pp62-63 |