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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/K/1
TitleCertificate
PreviousNumbers24 (late medieval); 31? (late medieval); Z 53 (Norris); K 3 (late 19th c)
Date26 Feb 1308
DescriptionFrom: Henry Woodlock, bishop of Winchester
To: Robert Winchelsey, archbishop of Canterbury

Recites the archbishop's mandate, dated 28 Jan at Poitiers ('Pictav'') [Vienne]. He had intended to carry out the anointing and coronation of king Edward II personally, but circumstances prevent him. He therefore asks the bishop to act in his place and to certify what he has done.
The bishop carried out the ceremony on 25 Feb.
Given at London.

Endorsed with description in 14th cent hands.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, seal tongue and wrapping tie cut or torn off
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
Open
Publication NoteSummarised and partly transcribed in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p447

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