Identity |
B2 |
|---|---|
Title |
Confirmation to William de Ferrers, earl of Derby, of the third penny of pleas referring to his investiture with the sword |
Beneficiary |
William de Ferrers earl of Derby (People) |
Date of issue |
7 June 1199 |
Place of issue |
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Sources |
B = PRO C 52/2 (Cartae Antiquae Roll B) no.24, s.xiii in. C = Ibid. no.20, s.xiii in. |
Printed |
(from C) Foedera, Conventiones, Litterae etc., or Rymer’s Foedera, 1066-1383, ed. A. Clarke et al., vol. 1, part i (London, 1816), 75; (from BC) The Cartae Antiquae Rolls 1-10, ed. L. Landon, Pipe Rolls Society n.s. xvii (1939), i, 31 no.56, 34-5 no.60. |
Comment |
Iohannes Dei gratia rex Anglie dominus Ybernie etc. Sciatis nos reddidisse et concessisse et presenti carta confirmasse dilecto nostro Willielmo de Ferrariis comiti de Dereby tertium denarium de omnibus placitis per vicecomitatum in toto comitatu de Dereby tam in Dereby quam extra unde ipse comes est sicut unquam aliquis antecessorum suorum illum melius habuit, tenendum sibi et heredibus suis de nobis et heredibus nostris imperpetuum, et ipsum tanquam comitem propria manu gladio cinximus. T(estibus) W(illelmo) London' et H(erberto) Sarum' episcopis, G(alfrido) filio Petri com(ite) Essex, Ranulph(o) com(ite) Cestr', W(illelmo) Maresc(allo) com(ite) de Penbroc', Willelmo de Braiosa, Willelmo filio Alani. Dat' per manum H(uberti) Cant' archiepiscopi cancellarii nostri apud Norhanton vii. die Iunii, regni nostri anno primo.
Notification that the king has granted to William de Ferrers the third penny from all pleas in the whole county of Derby, where he is earl, as the king has girded William with the sword by his own hand.