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Request to the abbot of Cirencester to ensure William Noel custody of the land of William of Cirencester, deputing enforcement to the justiciar

Identity

B130

Title

Request to the abbot of Cirencester to ensure William Noel custody of the land of William of Cirencester, deputing enforcement to the justiciar

Beneficiary

William Noel (People)

Date of issue

7 August 1202

Place of issue

Le Mans (Places)

Sources

B = Cirencester Cartulary A fo.17r

Printed

(from B) The cartulary of Cirencester Abbey, Gloucestershire. Vol.1, ed. C. D. Ross (Oxford, 1964), 33 no.37

Comment

Transcription

I(ohannes) Dei gratia rex Anglie etc abbati et conuentui C’ salutem.  Rogamus vos attentius quatinus committatis caro seruienti nostro W(illelmo) Noel custodiam terre que fuit Willelmi de C’ reddendo nobis firmam quam terra illa nobis debet, et tantum inde faciatis ut vobis inde grates sciamus, et sciatis quod nisi hoc feceritis, mandauimus iusticiario nostro quod terram illam sine dilatione ei habere faciat.  Test me ipso apud Cinoman’ vii. die Augusti per magistrum Willelmum de Bodeham.

Calendar

Request, directed to the abbot of Cirencester, to ensure that William Noel has custody of the land of William of Cirencester, rendering the farm owed to the king for that land, and notification that if the abbot fails to execute the order the justiciar will do so.

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