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Mandate to the justices of Ireland commanding the restoration of fugitive serfs of St Mary’s Abbey Dublin

Identity

B176

Title

Mandate to the justices of Ireland commanding the restoration of fugitive serfs of St Mary’s Abbey Dublin

Beneficiary

St Mary's Abbey Dublin (Institutions)

Date of issue

12 May 1204

Place of issue

Southwick (Hampshire) (Places)

Sources

B = Oxford, Bodleian Library ms. Rawlinson B.495 (Cartulary of St Mary’s, Dublin) fo. 35r, s.xiv.

Printed

(from B) Chartularies of St. Mary’s Abbey, Dublin, ed. J. T. Gilbert, 2 vols. (London, 1884), 90, no. 65a

Comment

Transcription

Iohannes Dei gratia rex Angl(ie) dominus Hybern(ie) dux Norm(annie) Aquitan(ie) comes Andeg(auie) iustic(iario) Hybern(ie) salutem.  Mandamus vob(is) quod sine dilatione faciatis habere abbati sancte Mar(ie) Dublin' natiuos et fugitiuos suos cum omnibus catallis suis et cum tota sequela sua ubicumque inuenti fuerint in bailliua vestra nisi sint in dominico meo qui fugerunt de terra sua post captionem Dublin', et prohibemus ne quis eos iniuste detineat super forisfacturam nostram.  T(este) me ipso apud Suwic' xii. die Maii.

Calendar

Order to the justices of Ireland that they deliver to the abbot of St Mary’s Dublin his fugitive serfs, who fled from his land after Dublin was taken, with all their chattels, wherever they are found in his bailiwick, unless they are in the king’s demesne.

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