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Notification of the King’s grant of two acres in Eastbrook to the nuns of St Mary de Pré

Identity

B22

Title

Notification of the King’s grant of two acres in Eastbrook to the nuns of St Mary de Pré

Beneficiary

St Albans, Nuns of St Mary de Pré (Institutions)

Date of issue

14 June 1199

Place of issue

Canterbury (Places)

Sources

B = PRO C 52/12 (Cartae Antiquae Roll M) no.21, s.xiii in.

Printed

(from C) The Cartae Antiquae Rolls 1-10, ed. L. Landon, Pipe Rolls Society n.s. xvii (1939), ii, 55 no.376.

Comment

Transcription

Iohannes Dei gratia rex Anglie dominus Hibernie dux Normannie et Aquitanie comes Andegauie archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, baronibus et iusticiariis, vicecomitibus et omnibus balliuis et fidelibus suis salutem.  Sciatis nos pro salute anime nostre et anime regis Henrici patris nostri et animarum omnium antecessorum et successorum nostrorum concessisse et presenti carta confirmasse Deo et ecclesie sancte Marie de Prato iuxta villam sancti Albani et dominabus leprosis ibidem Deo seruientibus duas acras terre cum pertinentiis suis in Estebrok' quas habent de dono venerabilis matris nostre domine A(lienore) regine Anglie, et preterea ea que dono aliorum rationabiliter adepte sunt vel in posterum adipiscentur sicut carta eiusdem domine A(lienore) regine matris nostre et carte aliorum donatorum suorum rationabiliter testantur.  His testibus: W(illelmo) Londoniensi et G(ilberto) Roffensi episcopis, G(alfrido) filio P(etri) comite Essex', xiiii. die Iunii regni nostri anno primo.

Calendar

Notification that the king has confirmed to the church of St Mary de Pré two acres of land in Eastbrook, which was given by the king’s mother, Queen Eleanor.

Charters not found in surviving rolls