| Description | From: Richard de Bellevue, bishop of Evreux ('Ebroic''); R, abbot of St Ouen's ('Audoenus') Abbey, Rouen ('Rothom'')
General address. Recites:
(1) Charter of Henry II, addressed to the archbishop of York and his justices, barons, sheriffs, servants and subjects of Yorkshire, French and English. The king has granted a moiety of the manor of Kilham ('Killum') [Yorkshire] to Rouen Cathedral in perpetual alms for the food ('victum') of the canons. The canons are to hold it as Henry [I], the king's ancestor, held it in demesne. Dated at Reading ('Radingas'). No date. [Date: 1155x1158? The king went to France in 1158.]
Witnesses: Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury; Nigel, bishop of Ely; Jocelin [de Bohun], bishop of Salisbury; R[obert], bishop of Exeter; Reginald earl of Cornwall; Earl Geoffrey de Mandeville ('magnavill''); Man[asseh] Bis[et], steward ('dapifer'); Richard de Canvill'; William son of John.
(2) Charter of John, with general address. The king has granted a moiety of the manor of Kilham ('Killum') [Yorkshire] to Rouen Cathedral in perpetual alms for the food ('victum') of the canons. The canons are to hold it as Henry [I], the king's ancestor, held it in demesne, as the charter of Henry II shows. Given by the hand of H[ubert Walter], archbishop of Canterbury, the king's chancellor, at Orival ('aurivall'') [Seine-Maritime, France], 3 May 1202.
Witnesses: E[ustace], bishop of Ely; Warren de Glap'; Robert deharecourt; Warren son of Gerald; Peter de Stok'.
No date. [Date: Richard de Bellevue's dates.] |