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Mandate to ensure that Godstow Abbey has possession of its lands, with quittance from pleas save before the King or his chief justiciar

Identity

B27

Title

Mandate to ensure that Godstow Abbey has possession of its lands, with quittance from pleas save before the King or his chief justiciar

Beneficiary

Godstow Abbey (Institutions)

Date of issue

16 June 1199

Place of issue

Hadlow, Kent, England (Places)

Sources

B = PRO E 164/20 (Godstow cartulary) fo.170r-v (169r-v), s.xiv

Printed

(from B) Godstow Cartulary, ed. Amt, no.754

Comment

Transcription

Iohannes Dei gratia rex Angl(ie) dominus Hibernie dux Norm(annie) Aquitan(ie) comes Andegau(ie) comitibus, baronibus, iusticiis, vicecomitibus, prepositis et omnibus balliuis et fidelibus suis salutem.  Precipimus quod moniales de Godestowe teneant omnes terras et omnia tenementa sua bene et in pace, nec de aliquo tenemento suo placitent nisi coram nobis vel coram iusticia nostra, quia predicte moniales et omnes possessiones sue sunt in nostra propria manu, custodia et protectione sicut littere patris nostri H(enrici) patentes testantur.  Teste H(uberto) Cant' archiepiscopo cancellario nostro apud Hallon' xvi. die Iunii.

 

Calendar

Mandate that the nuns of Godstow are to hold their lands and tenements quite of pleas except those before the king or the justiciar, because the nuns and all their possessions are under the king’s protection.

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