| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/F/137 |
| Title | Grant |
| PreviousNumbers | XII (late 13th c); G 88 (Norris); F 154 (late 19th c); French wine 32; Seal 17 (Sheppard) |
| Date | [late 12th century-early 13th century] |
| Description | From: Baldwin, count of Guînes ('Gisnensis')
To: the convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
Addressed to all his men and officers ('minister') of Guînes (Gisnes') [Pas-de-Calais]. He grants the priory exemption from the toll ('theoloneum') and all customs exacted in Guînes from those crossing. The monks and their servants ('serviens') are to be free from toll, pedage and all other customs and he forbids his men and officers to trouble them about this matter. The grant is made for the honour of God and the love of St Thomas Becket and the souls of himself, his wife and his heirs. No date. [Date: St Thomas's death and handwriting.]
Witnesses: Simon de Echarde, knight ('miles'); Alelmus of Guînes ('Gisnes'), knight ('miles'); Eustace de balingeham, knight ('miles'); William de freitun, knight ('miles'); Michael chaplain ('capellanus') of Baldwin, count of Guînes; Oliver the clerk Baldwin, officer ('minister') of the count of 'Niwetune'
Endorsed with description in late 13th cent hands. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, seal, dirty |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Related Material | Duplicate charter: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/F/133
Registered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/A, f270r, and CCA-DCc-Register/E, f37r (French rents and pedages section) |