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Notification of the King’s grant to Hubert Walter archbishop of Canterbury of the right to hold grand assizes

Identity

B120A

Title

Notification of the King’s grant to Hubert Walter archbishop of Canterbury of the right to hold grand assizes

Beneficiary

Hubert Walter (archbishop of Canterbury 1193-1205) (People)

Date of issue

4 May 1202

Place of issue

Roche-d’Orival, France (Places)

Archive

Lambeth Palace Library ms. XI.10 - Reproduced by courtesy of Lambeth Palace Library

Copies

B = Ibid. ms. 1212 (Archbishopric of Canterbury cartulary) fo.26v (13v, p.48) no.15, with contemporary note in margin non de misericordiis tenent' archiepiscopi concess' archiepiscopo, s.xiii ex. C = Ibid. fo.102r (84r, p.196), s.xiii med. D = BL ms. Cotton Vespasian C xiv (???) fo.270.

Seal

Sealed sur double queue, pink cords originally through 3 or 4 holes, foot now damaged, traces of green wax on cords.     

Enrolled

Printed

(from D) Foedera, Conventiones, Litterae etc., or Rymer’s Foedera, 1066-1383, ed. A. Clarke et al., vol. 1, part i (London, 1816), 83.

Scribes

Comment

Endorsed: regis Ioh(annis) de magnis assisis habenda in curia archiepscopi (s.xiii); xviii. (s.xiii); xv. (s.xiii).  Approx. 226 X 247 + 30mm. 

Photos
Photo of charter
Transcription

Ioh(anne)s Dei gratia rex Angl(ie) dominus Hybernie dux Norm(annie) Aquit(anie) com(es) Andeg(auie) archiepiscopis, ep(iscop)is, abb(at)ibus, com(itibus), bar(onibus), iustic(iis), vic(ecomitibus), prepo(s)itis et omnibus ball(iu)is et fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis nos concessisse et presenti carta confirmasse venerab(i)li patri nostro in Cristo Huberto Cant' archiepiscopo et successoribus suis in perpetuum quod h(abe)ant in curia sua magnas assisas de terris que tenentur in gauelikende de feudo ecclesie Cant' in Cantia, ita scilicet quod idem archiep(is)c(opus) rogabit nos vel capitalem iustic(iarium) nostrum et nos vel ille mittemus aliq(uos) de iustic(iis) nostris in curiam ipsius archiepiscopi in cuius visu et presentia assise ille teneantur. Et quicumque de hominibus de feodo ecclesie Cant' inciderint in misericordiam per assisas illas, illorum misericordie erunt archiepiscopi Cant'. Aliorum vero hominum misericordie qui per assisas illas in misericordiam inciderint in curia ipsius archiep(iscop)i nostre erunt. Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus quod predictus archiep(is)c(opus) et successores sui h(abe)ant et teneant assisas illas in curia sua libere et quiete et sine omni inpedimento et contradictione sicut preditum est cum misericordiis hominum de feudo ecclesie Cant' in perpetuum tempore nostro et tempore heredum nostrorum. Et prohibemus districtius ne quis contra hanc concessionem nostram in aliquo venire presumat. Test(ibus): E(ustachio) Elyen', S(auarico) Bathon' episcopis, G(alfrido) fil(i)o Petri com(ite) Essex', Will(elm)o Marescall(o) com(ite) de Penbroc, Roberto de Harecort, Gar(ino) fil(io) Geroldi, Petro de Stok', Ricard(o) de Reueriis, Roberto de Tateshal'. Dat' per manum Simonis archidiaconi Wellensis apud Rupem Auriuall', iiii. die Maii anno regni nostri tertio.

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Notification that the king has granted and in this his present charter confirmed to Hubert archbishop of Canterbury and his successors that they may hold in their courts grand assizes concerning lands which are held in gavelkind of the fee of the church of Canterbury in Kent.

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