| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/F/83 |
| Title | Copies of charters |
| PreviousNumbers | F 19 (Norris); F 100? (late 19th c) |
| Date | [mid-late 14th century] |
| [c1148]-1363 |
| Description | Copies of 21 charters and other documents relating to the possessions and privileges of Faversham Abbey. Including grants and confirmations issued by Stephen, Matilda, William count of Boulogne, Warenne and Mortain, Henry II, John, Henry III, Edward I and Edward III. Concerning various property and privileges, including the manor of Faversham and other lands in Kent, the manors of Tring [Hertfordshire] and Stoke [Mandeville, Buckinghamshire], judicial rights in London and Southwark, a fishery at Milton next Sittingbourne (''Middleton'), rights of free warren in Bendysh in Essex and Tring in Hertfordshire and various financial and judicial privileges.
Also includes an agreement between the abbey and Gilbert of Ulcombe, relating to pasture in Kingsnorth Wood ('Chingesnade'), a verdict in a case of assault at 'Northderente' (Darenth?) and a sentence of outlawry on named individuals. No date. [Date: handwriting. Most of the entries are in a mid 14th cent hand; the last entry is in a late 14th cent hand.] Originals dated c1148-1363. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 3mm sewn together to form 1 long sheet, perhaps originally in roll form, dirty, stained and
faded at top, repairs |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Publication Note | Stephen's charters discussed and transcribed in N Vincent, 'New Charters of King Stephen with Some Reflections upon the Royal Forests during the Anarchy' (English Historical Review vol 114, 1999), p901 and p922 as nos 3 and 4
Summarised in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p442 |