| Description | Copies of papal bulls, grants and other documents issued by Pope Gregory IX, Pope Urban IV, Edward III, John, and Archbishops Theobald, Hubert Walter, Walter Reynolds, Robert Winchelsey and Simon Meopham, relating to rights and privileges of Dover Priory and attempts by Canterbury Cathedral Priory to assert its jurisdiction sede vacante over Dover. Some earlier documents, including a grant by Henry II and court proceedings of the reign of Edward I, recited. Documents dates from 1143x1148 to 1331. No date. [Date: handwriting and date of latest document copied.] |