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Notification of the King’s grant of an annual rent of 10 marks at the Exchequer to Wroxall Priory, as granted by King Henry II

Identity

B11

Title

Notification of the King’s grant of an annual rent of 10 marks at the Exchequer to Wroxall Priory, as granted by King Henry II

Beneficiary

Wroxall Priory (Institutions)

Date of issue

11 June 1199

Place of issue

Westminster, London, England (Places)

Sources

B = PRO C 53/114 (Charter Roll 1 Edward III) m.1, in an inspeximus, 27 January 1327

Printed

(from B) Cal.Chart.R. 1327-41, 64 no.7

Comment

Transcription

Johannes Dei gratia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie, dux Normannie, Aquitanie et comes Andegavie, archiepiscopis, episcopis, comitibus, baronibus, justitiis, vicecomitibus, prepositis et omnibus baillivis et fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis nos concessisse et presenti carta nostra confirmasse Deo et Sancto Leonardo et monialibus apud Wrochesala(m) Deo servientibus pro anima nostra et pro anima patris nostri et antecessorum nostrorum in puram et perpetuam elemosinam decem marcas argenti annuatim percipiendas ad scaccarium nostrum apud Westmonasterium per manum thesaurarii nostri, donec eis predictam pecuniam in aliquo ... c certo assignaverimus beneficio; quas dominus Henricus pater noster rex Anglorum eis dedit et carta sua confirmavit, sicut carta ejusdem patris nostri, quam inde habent, testatur. Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus quod predicte moniales predictas decem marcas singulis annis ad scaccarium nostrum de termino Sancti Michaelis sine difficultate et molestia habeant et percipiant. Testibus: Gaufrido filio Petri comite Essexie, comite Willelmo Marescallo, Willelmo Brieguerre, Hugone Bardolf, Hugone de Nevill, Willelmo de Warenna, Simone de Pateshell, Gaufrido de Boclanda, Simone archidiacono Wellensi, Johanne de Gray. Data per manum H. Cantuariensis archiepiscopi cancellarii nostri apud Westmonasterium xi. die Junii anno regni nostri primo.

Calendar

Notification that the king has granted to the nuns of Wroxall 10 marks per annum, as Henry II granted to them.

Charters not found in surviving rolls