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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/L/33
TitleGrant, in pure and perpetual alms
PreviousNumbersxxxix (15th c); A 92 (Norris)
Date[1215]
DescriptionFrom: Stephen Langton, archbishop of Canterbury
To: the nuns of St Sepulchre's Priory, Canterbury

An annual payment of 50s payable by Richard Espurun, citizen of London, for a house in the city of London [in St Matthew Friday Street parish] which Reginald de Cornhill' assigned to Stephen and which Stephen has granted to Richard. The grant is made in consideration of the nuns' poverty. No date. [Date: as in Major, cited below.]

Witnesses: Mgr H de Der'; Mgr W de Barden, archdeacon of Wells; A de Tilneia, archdeacon of Ely; Robert de Bristoll; Mgr Thomas de Frech'; Mgr William de Beaut'; William de Bosco; Roger de Ponte Aldomar'; John de Walth'

Endorsed with description in 13th cent hands.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, seal, rust stains, damage to seal tag and coarse repairs
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
Open
CopiesDigitised
Related MaterialRegistered versions: CCA-DCc-Register/B, ff240v-241r and CCA-DCc-Register/I, ff93r-93v
Publication NoteTranscribed in K Major (ed), Acta Stephani Langton, Canterbury and York Society (Oxford, 1950), pp39-40 as no29

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