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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/H/90
TitleGrant, in perpetual alms
PreviousNumbersVIII (late 13th c); H 183 (Norris); H 69b (late 19th c)
Date[Jan 1186 x May 1186]
DescriptionFrom: Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury
To: John of London

John is the nephew of St Thomas Becket. The church of St Margaret of Halstow ('Halgestowa'). For an annual pension of 1 mark, payable to the monks of Canterbury Cathedral Priory as specified. The grant is made at the presentation of the prior and convent. No date. [Date: as in English Episcopal Acta, cited below.]

Witnesses: William, archdeacon of Gloucester ('Gloec''); Mgr Peter of Blois ('Bles''), archdeacon of Bath ('Bathon''); Mgr Silvester; Mgr Henry; John of Exeter ('Exon''); Geoffrey forti; Eustace

Endorsed with description in late 13th cent hand.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, slits for seal tag, slightly dirty
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
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CopiesDigitised
Related MaterialRegistered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/E, f61r, and CCA-DCc-Register/A, f164v (archbishops' charters section)
Publication NoteTranscribed and discussed in C R Cheney and B E A Jones (eds) English Episcopal Acta II, Canterbury 1162-1190 (Oxford, 1986), pp215-216, no248
Noted in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p431

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