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Notification of the King's grant to Hubert Walter of a weekly market at Northfleet

Identity

B91

Title

Notification of the King's grant to Hubert Walter of a weekly market at Northfleet

Beneficiary

Hubert Walter (archbishop of Canterbury 1193-1205) (People)

Date of issue

20 November 1201

Place of issue

Argentan (Places)

Sources

B = Lambeth Palace Library ms. 1212 (Archbishopric of Canterbury cartulary) fo. 25v (10v, p.46) no.12, with note ista est duplicata, s.xiii ex. C = Ibid. fo.103v (90v, p.199), s.xiii med. D = Ibid., in a slight variant of BC, s.xiii med.

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Ioh(anne)s Dei gratia rex Angl(ie) dominus Hibernie dux Norm(annie) et Aquit(anie) et com(es) Andeg(auie) archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, com(itibus), baron(ibus), iustic(iis), vic(ecomitibus) et omnibus ball(iuis) et fidelibus suis salutem.  Sciatis nos dedisse, concessisse et presenti carta confirmasse venerabili patri nostro Huberto Cant' archiepiscopo et successoribus suis quod habeant singul(is) ebdomadis unum mercatum apud Northflete una die septimane ita quod non sit ad nocumentum vicinorum mercatorum.  Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus quod idem archiepiscopus et successores sui predictum mercatum habeant et teneant in perpetuum cum omnibus libertatibus et liberis consuetudinibus ad huiusmodi mercata pertinentibus.  T(estibus) Roberto com(ite) Leicestr', Rad(ulfo) Tesson' senescal(lo) Norm(annie), Rob(erto) de Harecurt', Petro de Pratell', Hug(one) de Neuill', Petro de Stok', Huberto de Burg' camerar(io) nostro, Ric(ardo) de Riueriis.  Dat' per man(um) Simon(is) archid(iaconi) Well' apud Argentom xxº. die Nouembr(is) regni nostri anno tertio.

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Notification that the king has granted to Hubert archbishop of Canterbury that he may hold a weekly market at Northfleet.

Charters not found in surviving rolls