Identity |
B55 |
|---|---|
Title |
Mandate to ensure Cirencester Abbey has possession of lands and liberties |
Beneficiary |
Cirencester Abbey (Institutions) |
Date of issue |
14 April 1200 |
Place of issue |
Abingdon (Places) |
Sources |
B = Cirencester Cartulary A fo.22v. |
Printed |
(from B) The cartulary of Cirencester Abbey, Gloucestershire. Vol.1, ed. C. D. Ross (Oxford, 1964), 63 no.84. |
Comment |
Iohannes rex etc iusticiariis etc salutem. Precipimus vobis quod abbas et conuentus C. teneant omnes terras et tenuras suas bene et in pace, libere et quiete et honorifice sicut carta domini H(enrici) regis patris nostri rationabiliter testatur, nec inde ponantur in placitum nisi coram nobis sicut littere patentes eiusdem regis patris nostri rationabiliter testantur , vel coram capitali iustic(iario) nostro. T(este) H(uberto) Cant’ archiepiscopo apud Abindon’ xiiii. die Aprilis.
Mandate to the king’s justices etc. ordering them to ensure that the abbot and convent of Cirencester Abbey hold their lands in peace etc., as granted in a charter of Henry II, and they are not to be impleaded except before the king or his justiciar, as granted in a letter patent of Henry II.