The Magna Carta Project

Notification of the King’s grant to Lillechurch Priory of a three day fair

Identity

B114A

Title

Notification of the King’s grant to Lillechurch Priory of a three day fair

Beneficiary

Lillechurch Priory (Institutions)

Date of issue

18 April 1202

Place of issue

Moulins (Places)

Archive

Cambridge, St John’s College Archives 46.36 - By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge

Copies

Seal

Sealed sur double queue, parchment tag through a single slit, central portions of seal impression in natural wax varnished light brown.

Enrolled

Printed

Scribes

Comment

Endorsed: carta de feria apud Lillecherche (s.xiv/xv).  Approx. 206 X 198 + 28mm. Clear pencil lining.

Photos
Photo of charter
Transcription

Iohannes Dei gratia rex Angl(ie) dominus Hybernie dux Norm(annie) Aquit(anie) com(es) Andeg(auie) archiep(iscop)is, ep(iscop)is, abbatibus, com(itibus), bar(onibus), iustic(iis), vic(ecomitibus), prepo(s)itis et omnibus ball(iu)is et fidelibus suis salutem.  Sciatis nos concessisse et hac carta nostra confirmasse priorisse et monialibus de Lillecherche feriam q(uam)dam apud Lillecherch' per tres dies duraturam singul(is) annis, scilicet die sancti Michaelis et duabus diebus sequentibus.  Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus quod predicte moniales predictam feriam habeant et teneant bene et in pace, libere et quiete, integre, plenarie et honorifice in perpetuum cum omnibus libertatibus et liberis consuetudinibus ad huiusmodi ferias pertinentibus, ita t(ame)n quod non sit ad nocumentum vicinarum feriarum.  Test(ibus): Steph(an)o de Pertico, Rad(ulfo) Taxon' sen(escallo) Norm(annie), Ric(ardo) de Fontin, Petro de Stok', Gaufr(id)o de Lucy.  Dat' per manum Sim(onis) archidiaconi Wellen' apud Mulinell', xviii. die Aprilis anno regni nostri tertio.

Calendar

Notification that the king has granted and in this charter confirmed to the prioress and nuns of Lillechurch a fair at Lillechurch lasting three days every year, to be held on the day of Michaelmas and the two following days.

Original Charters of King John