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THE 

PUBLICATIONS 


OF    THE 


Xlncoln  IRecorb  Soctet^ 

FOUNDED    IN    THE    YEAR 

1910 


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VOLUME    27        l\^^^^ 

FOR   THE  YEAR    ENDING    50TH    SEPTEMBER,    193O 


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L69L5 
V.27 


THE 

Registrum  Antiquissimum 

OF   THE 

Cathedral  Church  of  Lincoln 


Volume  I 


EDITED    BY 

C.    W.    FOSTER 

CANON    OF    LINCOLN    AND   PREBENDARY    OF    LEICESTER     SAINT    MARGARET 


PRINTED   FOR 

THE    LINCOLN    RECORD    SOCIETY 

BY 

The   Hereford    Times    Limited,   Hereford 
1931 


CATHEDRALIS  ECCLESIE  LINCOLNIENSIS 
FIDELIBVS  VNIVERSIS  lOHANNES  DE 
SCHALBY  CANONICVS  EIVSDEM  ECCLESIE 
VITAM  BONAM  EXITVMQUE  FELICEM. 
Martilogivm  lohannis  de  Schalby. 


(i) 

PREFACE 

The  thanks  of  the  Lincohi  Record  Society  are  due  to  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Lincoln  who  have  granted  unlimited  facilities  of 
access  to  their  archives,  a  privilege  which  may  be  emphasized, 
for,  unhappily,  in  these  days  of  increasing  interest  in  historical 
research,  students  cannot  always  count  on  ready  access  to  docu- 
ments in  ecclesiastical  custody.  Further,  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
have  not  only  made  a  grant  towaj-ds  the  cost  of  the  present  volume, 
but  have  also  expressed  the  hope  that  they  may  be  able  to  contribute 
to  the  expense  of  futiu'e  volumes. 

The  Introduction  explains  the  purpose  and  scope  of  this  series 
of  volumes,  and  makes  acknowledgment  of  the  debt  which  is  owed 
by  the  present  and  fixture  generations  to  those  who  in  the  past 
have  laboured  for  the  pi-eservation  of  the  archives  of  the  church 
of  Lincohi,  amoiigst  whom  the  most  conspicuous  are  John  of  Schalby 
in  the  thirteenth  and  fourteenth,  Bishop  William  Wake  in  the 
eighteenth,  and  Henry  Bradshaw,  Joseph  Frederic  Wickenden, 
and  (Canon)  Christopher  Wordsworth  in  the  nineteenth  centuries. 
Of  the  scholars  who,  in  1925,  when  the  plans  were  being  laid  for 
the  present  edition,  wrote  to  express  their  appreciation  of  the 
importance  of  a  critical  edition  of  the  Cathedral  charters,  five  have 
already  passed  away.  Professor  Felix  Lieberraann,  Sir  Paul  Vino- 
gradoff,  Dr  J.  H.  Round,  Dr  T.  F.  Tout,  and  Mr  J.  P.  Gilson  : 
two  are  still  living,  Sir  Henry  Maxwell  Lyte  and  Sir  George  F. 
Warner. 

The  present  volume  is  the  first-fruits  of  the  work  of  indexing, 
dating,  and  copjang  the  Cathedral  charters  extending  over  the  last 
sixteen  years,  a  task  in  which,  for  a  short  time,  Mrs  D.  M.  Stenton 
gave  me  valuable  help.  The  original  inspiration,  however,  was 
supphed  in  1916  by  her  husband,  Professor  F.  M.  Stenton,  on  the 
occasion  of  an  interview  at  Reading  University  College,  which  was 
the  beginning  of  a  delightful  and  inspiring  friendship.  It  was 
he  who  taught  me  to  appreciate  the  unique  importance  of  the 
Registrum  Antiquissimum  and  kindred  documents  at  Lincoln 
for  the  history  of  the  Danelaw,  the  part  of  England  with  regard 


ii  PREFACE 

to  which  he  is  the  outstanding  authority.     Soon  afterwards  he  paid 
me  a  visit  in  Lincolnshire,  and  it  will  be  long  before  I  shall  forget 
his  wonder  and  delight  as  I  opened  before  his  eyes  box  after  box 
of  the  original  charters.     Each  moment  I  expected  to  hear  from 
his  hps  the  famous  '  Pro-di-gi-ous  '  of  the  enthusiastic  and  simple- 
minded  Dominie.     According  to  the    original    plan,    the   volumes 
were  to  have  been  edited  by  Professor  Stenton  and  myself,  and 
an  important  part  of  his  share  of  the  work  was  to  have  been  the 
writing  of  introductions  to  the  several  volumes.     Soon,  however, 
it  became  evident  that  it  would  be  more  convenient  to  have  a 
comprehensive   introduction   in   one  of   the   later   volumes  :    and, 
further,  that  the  great  bulk  of  the  work  must  necessarily  be  done 
by  one  who  was  living  close  to  Lincoln.     For  these  reasons  Pro- 
fessor Stenton's  name,  at  his  express  request,  does  not  appear  upon 
the  title-page.     He  has,   however,   given   n^e  the   most  extensive 
and  generous  help  in  connection  with  the  twelfth  century  royal 
charters,  and  more  especially  in  regard  to  the  English  summaries 
which  are  printed  at  the  head  of  the  texts,  and  with  the  dating  of 
the  documents  ;    while  he  has  with  unfailing  patience  discussed 
many  questions  relating  to  the  rest  of  the  book.     Moreover,  to  the 
first  four  texts  he  has  contributed  the  important  notes  which  are 
printed  under  his  name.     To  these  notes  his  direct  responsibility 
is    limited,    though    his   scholarship    has   enriched   the    volume   at 
innumerable  points. 

A  distinguished  German  scholar,  Dv  Walther  Holtzmann,  until 
lately  a  lecturer  in  the  University  of  Berlin,  and  now  professor 
of  modem  history  in  the  University  of  Halle,  has  placed  me 
deeply  in  his  debt  by  reading  the  proofs  of  the  papal  bulls  and 
mandates.  Out  of  his  extensive  knowledge  of  the  mediaeval  papal 
chancery  he  has  not  only  made  many  valuable  suggestions,  but 
has  also  supplied  the  notes  which  are  printed  under  his  name  at 
the  end  of  some  of  the  bulls.  Dr  Holtzmaim  is  now  engaged  in 
collecting  the  Enghsh  material  for  a  critical  edition  of  the  papal 
bulls  and  letters  prior  to  the  year  1198,  which  the  Academy  of 
Gottingen  has  had  in  hand  since  the  year  1896. 

Two  classical  scholars  have  read  the  proofs  of  the  texts  of  the 
charters,  and  it  may  safely  be  assumed  that  the  occasional  breaches 


PREFACE  iu 

of  the  rules  of  grammar  that  occur  are  not  due  to  oversight  in 
editing,  but  to  lapses  on  the  part  of  the  original  scribes,  and  not 
least  of  the  scribes  of  the  papal  chancery.  In  this  way  Mr 
William  Gilchrist  Wilson,  late  vice-principal  of  King  Wilham's 
College  in  the  Isle  of  Man,  read  the  first  half  of  the  volume,  and 
after  his  death,  in  1930,  Canon  J.  E.  Standen  read  the  remainder 
of  the  proofs.  Mr  Wilson's  life  was  devoted  to  diligent  and 
self-forgetful  work  for  the  successive  generations  of  boys  who  came 
under  his  charge,  many  of  whom,  now  in  early  or  later  manhood, 
acknowledge  not  only  the  benefit  of  his  fine  scholarship,  but  still 
more  the  permanence  of  his  influence  in  the  training  of  character. 

There  are  others  whose  help  I  wish  to  acknowledge.  Lord 
Monson  has  allowed  access  to  the  important  manuscript  collec- 
tions of  John  Ross  at  Burton  Hall  relating  to  the  history  of  the 
city  and  countj'  of  Lincohi.  Mr  J.  W.  F.  Hill,  of  Lincoln,  has 
supplied  evidence  about  the  topography  of  Lincoln,  and  especially 
aliout  the  long-forgotten  district  of  Thorngate  which  is  dealt  with 
in  Appendix  XL  For  questions  relating  to  ecclesiastical  administra- 
tion I  have  been  able  occasionally  to  tuni  to  Professor  A.  Hamilton 
Thompson.  The  authorities  of  the  British  Museum  kindly  allowed 
a  large  number  of  the  Cathedral  charters  to  be  deposited  there,  in 
order  that  thej'  might  be  photographed  for  reproduction  as  illustra- 
tions by  the  Oxford  University  Press.  The  care  which  the 
"  Hereford  Times  "  Company  and  its  readers  have  bestowed  upon 
the  proofs  has  materially  lightened  my  labours.  Mr  R.  Ingamells, 
of  Timberland,  has  made  the  drawings  for  the  various  line  blocks, 
including  the  facsimiles  of  the  early  Arabic  numerals.  Miss  F.  E. 
Thurlby,  my  secretary,  has  given  me  valuable  assistance  in  innumer- 
able matters  of  detail,  and  especially  in  making  the  index  and 
correcting  the  proofs. 

C.  W.  FOSTER 

Timberland,  Lincoln, 
3rd  June,  1931 


(iv) 


CONTENTS 

Page 

PREFACE            ________  i 

ABBREVIATIONS   AND   NOTES        _        -        _        _  viii 

ADDENDUM       _---__-_  xii 

INTRODUCTION          _______  xiii 

Plan  and  scope  of  the  present  work        _         _         _  xiii 

The  ancient  diocese  of  Lincohi        _         _         _         -  xv 

The  charters  illustrate  the  history  of  the  Danelaw  -  xvi 

Constitution  of  the  Church  of  Lincoln     _         _         _  xvii 

Jurisdiction  of  the  Chapter     -         -         -         -         _  xviii 

Division  of  the  possessions  into  separate  estates          -  xx 

Estabhshment  of  a  separate  episcopal  registry          -  xx 

Importance  of  the  Papal  Bulls        _         _         _         _  xxi 

Magna  Carta  and  the  Forest  Charters     -         _         _  xxii 

Episcopal  houses  of  residence  at  Lincoln          -        -  xxii 

Tlionigate  and  the  Condet  family  _         -        -         _  xxiii 

The  Registrtjm  Antiquissimum  xxiv 

Left  unfinished  by  the  original  scribe        -         -  xxvi 

Additions  circa  1260         _____  xxviii 

The  redaction  by  Q          _         _         _        _         _  xxviii 

Identification  of  Q            _____  xxx 

The  episcopal  Register     -         -         -         -         -  xxxi 

Q's  redaction  described  in  detail       _         _         _  xxxv 

Marginalia        _______  xxxvii 

Make-up  and  binding  and  quires       _        _        _  xxxviii 

The  Registrum  Superantiquissiminn          _         _         _  xxxix 

The  Registrum  Praeantiquissimum  _         -         _         _  xxxix 

The  Ck)tton  Cartulary     ______  xl 

The  Registrum       _______  xli 

The  Carte  Decani            ______  xiii 

The  Liber  de  Ordinationibus  Cantariarum       -         -  xiii 

The  Choristers'  Cartulary        _____  xliii 

The  other  Cartularies                _____  xliii 


CONTENTS  V 

Page 

The  original  Charters      ------  xliv 

Charters  of  Inspeximua            _        _        -        -        -  xlv 
Relation   of   the    Registrum    Antiquissimum   to   the 

other  texts                ------  xlv 

Table  of  contents  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  -  xlix 

Analysis  of  the  quires  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissi- 
mum                 __-_---  hv 

Charters  of  Inspeximus  ------  Ivi 

Lists  of  Charters    -------  Ixiii 

DOCUMENTS 

I.  Royal 

William  I-------  1 

WiUiam  II-------  4 

Henry  I--------  18 

Queen  Maud     -         -         -         -         -         -         -  18,  42 

Stephen    ------j--  48 

Henry  II           _----/_-  64 

Gilbert  earl  of  Lincoln         -         _         -         -  77 

Wilham  de  Roumara  -         -         -         -         -  78 

Young  William  de  Roumara         -         -         -  79 

William  earl  of  Lincoln       _         -         _         -  80 

The  vicarage  of  Castle  By t ham  and  Holywell  81 

Henry  duke  of  the  Normans        _         -         _  96 

Richard  I          -___---  122 

Wothorpe  priory  (1354)        -         -         -         -  125 

John         __----_-  127 

The  Church  of  Scothome    -         -         -        -  143 

Henry  III          _-_-_--  145 

II.  Papal 

Nicholas  II        -------  186 

Honorius  II       -----         -  188,  212 

Innocent  II       -----         -  190,  239 

Eugenius  III    -----        -  193,  211 

Walter  archbishop  of  York           _         _         _  202 

Alexander  III  -------  202 


vi  CONTENTS 

Page 
Innocent  IV     -         -        -        -         -  213,  225,  237 

Alexander  IV   -         -         -         -         -         -219,  229,  238 

Clement  IV       -------  221 

Honorius  IV-------  222 

Robert  abbot  of  Bardney    -         -         -         -  223 

William  archdeacon  of  Lincoln    -         -         -  224 

Innocent  III     ------         -  228 

Adrian  V  -------  230 

Nicholas  IV  (Notification  by  bishop  OHver)         -  230 

Honorius  III  (Canonization  of  Bishop  Hugh)      -  234 

Alexander  III  (in  favour  of  Merton  Priory)  -         -  241 

Gregory   (query  IX)   (in  favour  of  a   hospital  at 

Spoleto)      -------         245 

Eugenius  III  (in  favour  of  Dorchester  Abbey)  -  246 
III.  Episcopal 

Bishop  Robert  II      -         -         -  249,  253,  264,  265 

William  -         _         _  251,  254,  257,  259 

Hugh  I  -         -         -  252,  255,  258,  260,  264 

Archbisliop  Hubert    ------  253 

Bishop  Walter  -------  256 

,,        Richard  Gravesend  -         _         _         _  257 

Alexander      ______  262 

Archbishop  Theobald  -----  263 

ADDENDUM 

Henry  II  --------         266 

APPENDIXES 

I.  Episcopal  Residences  at  Lincoln  -        -         -         -         267 

II.  Thomgate  and  the  Family  of  Condet  -        -         277 

INDEXES 

Persons  and  Places  ______  297 

Counties  and  Countries    ----__  339 

Subjects  ________  345 


(  vii 


ILLUSTRATIONS 

FACSIMILES   OF   DOCUMENTS 

I.    The  Registrum  Antiquissimttm 


II. 

III. 
IV. 
V. 
VI. 
VII. 
VIII. 
IX. 
X. 
XI. 
XII. 
XIII. 
XIV. 
XV. 
XVI. 
XVII. 
XVIII. 
XIX. 
XX. 
XXI. 
XXII. 
XXIII. 


The  Registrum  Superantiquissimum 
The  Registrum  Prseantiquissimum 
The  Cotton  Cartulary 
WilUam  I.     No.      2  - 


Henry  I. 

)»        )» 
Stephen. 

Henry  II. 


Nos. 
No. 

Nos. 


No. 


Nos. 


No. 


42,     52,     73  - 

53  -         - 

76,     77,  86    - 

97,   100 

109,   116,   122 

135 

136 

139 

124,   140 

145,   154 

155,   156,   166 

174,   188,   195 

182 

197 

219 


Richard  I. 

Henry  III. 

Bishop  Hugh  I.  No.  289     - 

Walter.  „  295      - 

Alexander.  Nos.  302,  304 

Archbishop  Theobald.  No.  303     - 

OTHER   ILLUSTRATIONS 

Q's  Arabic  figures  _____ 

Marginalia     ------- 

The  quires  of  the  Registrum  Antiqxjissimum 

The  Subdean  _______ 

Lincoln  Castle,  the  Sallyport    -         -         _         _    facing 
Lincoln,  the  Roman  West  gate         _        _        _    facing 
Plan  of  the  Old  Palace    _--__- 
Plan  of  Thorngate  ------- 


Frontispiece 
Facing  page 

-  xzxix 

-  xxxix 

xl 

3 

36 

37 

49 

60 

68 

84 

86 

88 

89 

92 

100 

110 

114 

122 

145 

252 

256 

262 

263 

Page 

xxxvii 

xxxviii 

Uv 

210 

268 

269 

271 

279 


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ABBREVIATIONS    AND     NOTES 


General 


Abs. 

CI. 

Con. 


Marg. 
O. 


Om. 
Pd. 
Preb. 
Q 


Q2. 

Rubric 

Texts 


Var.  R. 

•  t  t    - 


Witn.    - 

2_  2i  9^         - 

I,   2,   3,    etc. 


Abstract. 

Clerk. 

The  continiiator  of  the  original 
scribe  of  the  Registrum 
Antiquissimum  (see  below, 
p.  xxvi) 

Margin. 

The  original  scribe  of  the  Regis- 
trum Aiatiquissium  (see  below, 
pp.  xxiv  ff.). 

Omit,  omits. 

Printed. 

Prebend,  prebendary. 

Quis,  the  redactor  of  the  Regis- 
trum Antiquissimum  (see 
below,  pp.  xxviii  ff.). 

The  redactor's  scribes  (see  below, 
p.  xxxiv  n). 

A  rubricated  title  in  the  Regis- 
trum Antiquissimum. 

Under  this  head  are  specified  the 
several  MS  texts  used  for  each 
charter  in  this  edition,  the  text 
from  which  a  charter  is 
printed  liaving  the  first  place 
assigned  to  it. 

Various  reading  (or  readings). 

One  or  other  of  these  signs  is  used 
to  indicate  the  begimiing  of  a 
new  page  of  the  Registrum 
Antiquissimum,  when  it  comes 
in  the  middle  of  a  charter. 

Witness. 

For  these  and  other  signs  which 
occur  vmder  marginalia,  see 
below,  p.  xxxviii. 

Indicate  the  numbers  of  the 
charters  in  the  Registrum  Anti- 
quissimum (see  below,  p.  xiv). 


ABBREVIATIONS    AND    NOTES 


iz 


Add.  Chart.  - 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 

Bl.  Bk. 

C.  -        -  - 

Ch.  Roll 

D.  -        -  - 

D.  and  C.      - 

I.  _        _  _ 

Martilogiiim  - 

Orig.     -         -  _ 

P.  -         -  - 

R.         -        -  - 

R.A.,  Reg.  Ant.     - 

S.  -        -  - 


Manuscripts 

-  Registrum     Antiquissimum     (see 

below,  p.  xiii  ff.). 

-  Additional    Charter    (see    below, 

p.  xiv). 

-  Additional    (Extraneous)    Charter 

(see  below,  p.  xiv). 

-  Liber  Niger  or  Black  Book  of  the 

church  of  Lincoln,  ed.  by 
Henry  Bradshaw,  in  Lincoln 
Cathedral  Statutes,  vol.  i. 

-  Cotton  Cartidary  (below,  pp.  xl, 

xh). 

-  Charter   Roll    (in    Public    Record 

Office). 

-  Carte  Decani  (see  below,  p.  xlii). 

-  Muniments     of     the     dean      and 

chapter  of  Lincobi. 

-  Inspeximus.       For     the     several 

charters  of  Inspeximus,  i-x, 
see  below,  pp.  Ivi-lxii. 

-  Liber  Johannis   de   Schalby   sive 

Martilogium  (see  below,  pp. 
xxxi-iii). 

-  Original  charter  in  the  muniment 

room  of  the  dean  and  chapter 
of  Lincoln. 

-  Registrum  Praiantiquissimum  (see 

below,  pp.  xxxix,  xl). 

-  Registrum    (see    below,    pp.    xli, 

xlii). 

-  Registrum  Antiqiiissimum. 

-  Registrum       Superantiquissimum 

(see  below,  p.  xxxix). 


Printed   Books 


Berger  —  — 

C.C.R.  _        -  - 

Cal.  Inq.        -  - 

Cal.  Close  Rolls  - 


Berger,  Ehe,  Les  Registres  d' 
Innocent  IV.     Paris,  1897. 

Calendar  of  the  Charter  Rolls  (Rolls 
Series). 

Calendar  of  Inquisitions  post  mor- 
tem (Rolls  Series). 

Calendar  of  the  Close  Rolls  (Rolls 
Series). 


ABBREVIATIONS    AND    NOTES 


Cal.  Pat.  Rolls 

D.B.      -        -        -  - 

Delisle  -        -  — 

E.H.R.  -        -  - 

Eyton  -         -        -  - 

Farrer,  Itin.  -         -  - 

Oiraldus  Cambrensis  - 

Jaff6-L6wenfeld      -  - 

L.R.S.  -        -        -  - 
lAnc.  Cath.  Statutes         - 

The  Lincolnshire  Domesday 


Mansi    - 

Migne 
Mon .     - 


Potthast 
Red  Book 

Regesta 


Wilkins 


Calendar  of  the  Patent  Rolls  (Rolls 

Series). 
Domesday  Book   (Record  Commis- 
sion). 
L.     Delisle    in    Bibliotheque    de 
L'Ecole  des  Chartres,  vol.  Ixix. 
The  English  Historical  Review. 
Eyton,  R.  W.,  Court,  Household, 
and  Itinerary  of  King  Henry  II. 
London  and  Dorchester,  1878. 
Farrer,  W.,  An  Outline  Itinerary 
of  King  Henry  the  First.    Ox- 
ford. 
Giraldi    Cambrensis    Opera,    vol. 
vii,     ed.    by    J.    F.    Dimock 
(Rolls  Series). 
Jaffe,  Phillip,  Regesta  Pontificum 
Romanorum,  2nd  ed.  corr.  ansp. 
G.      Wattenbach     curav.      S. 
Lowenfeld,  F.   Kalterbr miner, 
P.  Ewald,  1885-8. 
The  Publications  of  the  Lincoln 

Record  Society. 
Statutes  of  Lincoln  Cathedral,  ed. 
H.  Bradshaw  and  Chr.  Words- 
worth.    Cambridge,   1892-7. 
The    Lincolnshire    Domesday    and 
the  Lindsey  Survey,  ed.  C.  W. 
Foster  and  T.  Longley  (Lincoln 
Record  Society,  vol.  xix). 
Mansi,     J.     D.,     Sacrorum     Con- 
ciliarum    nova    et    amplissima 
collectio. 

■  Migne,    J.    P.,    Patrologice   cursus 

computus.     Paris,  1844-64. 

■  Monasticon  Anglicanum,  ed.  Caley, 

Ellis,  and  Bandinel.     London, 
1817-30. 
•     Regesta  pontificum  Romanorum. 
The  Red   Book  of  the  Exchequer 
(Rolls  Series). 

-  Davis,  H.  W.  C,  Regesta  Regum 

Anglo-Normannorum.    Oxford, 
1913. 

-  Wilkins,  David,   Concilia  Magnet 

Britannice  et  Hibernice.     Lon- 
don, 1737. 


ABBREVIATIONS    AND    NOTES  xi 

Notes 

The  text  of  these  volumes  attempts  to  reproduce  the  documents 
letter  for  letter,  with  all  marks  of  accentuation.  Endorsements  of 
original  charters  earlier  than  the  seventeenth  century  have  been 
printed,  and  also  the  marginalia  of  the  cartularies.  The  abbreviated 
Latin  forms  have  been  extended,  and  where  there  might  be  any 
doubt  in  regard  to  the  form  intended  italics  have  been  used.  The 
compendium  which  frequently  occurs  at  the  end  of  a  name  has 
been  retained  unless  it  has  seemed  likely  that  an  extension  was 
contemplated,  and  for  such  extensions  italics  have  been  used. 
Since  the  use  of  capitals  in  medieval  texts  is  arbitrary,  the  modem 
use  has  been  adopted,  a  course  which  may  serve  as  a  guide  to  the 
sense,  and  also  help  the  student  more  readily  to  catch  sight  of 
names.  The  punctuation  of  the  documents,  though  sometimes 
capricious,  has  been  adhered  to.  Since  print  can  never  be  a  perfect 
substitute  for  an  original  document,  facsimiles  of  thirty-four  of 
the  most  important  original  charters  are  provided  ii\  this  volume, 
and  some  facsimiles  will  be  supplied  in  the  volumes  which  are  to 
follow. 

The  historical  year,  beginning  1st  January,  is  used  throughout 
this  edition,  except  that  in  the  texts  of  documents  the  original 
has  been  adhered  to. 


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ADDENDUM 


Page  3,  before  the  second  paragraph  from  the  foot — msert 

The  facsimile  opposite  shews  that  the  strip  at  the  foot 
of  the  charter  has  been  torn  off  while  the  ribband  below  it 
remains.  At  least  as  early  as  the  thirteenth  century,  a 
membrane  of  the  same  shape,  probably  intended  as  a 
protection  to  the  original,  was  attached  to  the  charter. 
Some  of  the  stitches  by  which  it  is  attached  are  reproduced 
very  faintly  at  the  right  hand  end  of  the  facsimile.  The  size 
of  the  document  is  9|  in.    x   2|  in. 


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INTRODUCTION 


The  Registrum  Antiquissimum,  which  has  supphed 
the  title,  as  it  has  also  furnished  the  framework,  of  the 
present  series  of  volumes,  is  the  earliest  complete  cartulary 
of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln.  It 
was  written,  apart  from  later  additions,  in  the  third  decade 
of  the  thirteenth  century,  with  ink  which  in  the  course  of 
seven  centuries  has  lost  scarcely  any  of  its  original  black- 
ness. That  its  writer  worked  with  meticulous  care  is 
proved  by  a  collation  of  his  work  with  the  original  texts, 
many  of  which  are  still  preserved  in  the  muniment  room 
of  the  dean  and  chapter.  He  did  not  modernize  the 
spelling  of  names,  as  the  writer  of  the  fourteenth  century 
Registrum  sometimes  chose  to  do  ;  nor  did  he  omit  the 
witnesses.  He  copied  with  literal  accuracy.  As  a  con- 
sequence, his  texts  may  be  relied  upon  in  the  many  instances 
where  the  original  charters  have  been  injured  or  lost. 

The  present  work  is  intended  to  supply  a  critical  edition 
of  the  texts  of  the  charters,  whether  they  be  original 
documents  or  copies  registered  in  cartularies  in  the  muni- 
ment room  of  the  dean  and  chapter,  with  a  few  texts 
from  extraneous  sources.  The  period  proposed  to  be 
covered  extends  from  the  year  1061,  the  date  of  the  only 
pre-Conquest  document\  to  the  death  of  bishop  Hugh  of 
Wells  in  1235.  It  has,  however,  been  found  convenient, 
and  indeed  necessary,  to  print  many  documents  which 
are  later  in  date  ;  for  this  edition  will  include  the  whole 
of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  which  contains  addi- 
tional matter  of  the  thirteenth  and  three  following  centuries. 
Moreover,  when  dealing  with  documents  which  are  not 
included  in  the  cartulary,  it  has  seemed  desirable  to  avoid 
an  arbitrary  break  at  the  year  1235  in  a  series  of  charters. 
The  statement  that  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  has 
suppUed  the  plan  or  framework  for  these  volumes  means 

1  Below,  no.   247. 


xiv  INTRODUCTION 

that  the  cartulary  is  printed  consecutively,  while  charters 
which  are  not  included  in  it  are  interpolated  in  the  appro- 
priate places.  Each  charter  from  the  Registrum  Anti- 
QUissiMUM  is  distinguished  by  having  its  serial  number 
in  the  cartulary  printed  in  Old  English  type  in  the  middle 
of  the  page.  The  interpolated  charters  are  marked  by 
the  words  Add.  Chart.  (Additional  Charter),  or,  if  they 
come  from  a  source  outside  the  muniment  room  of  the 
dean  and  chapter,  by  the  words  Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 
(Additional  Extraneous  Charter),  printed  in  the  middle  of 
the  page.  The  several  sources  will  be  described  below, 
but  here  it  may  be  explained  that,  if  there  is  an  original 
text,  the  document  is  printed  from  that  text  ;  and  that 
if  there  is  no  original  document,  the  text  of  the  Registrum 
Antiquissimum  is  preferred  to  any  other.  To  the  text 
which  is  printed  in  each  instance  is  assigned  the  first  place 
under  the  head  of  '  Texts  '  ;  and  various  readings  in  the 
other  texts  are  given  under  the  head  of  '  Var.  R.' 

The  order  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  has  been 
varied  in  two  instances  :  (1)  the  charters  of  king  Stephen 
have  been  printed  in  their  proper  place,'  after  those  of 
Henry  I,  instead  of  being  placed,  as  they  are  in  the 
cartulary,  after  the  charters  of  king  John  ;  and  (2)  the 
papal  bulls,  and  the  episcopal  grants  of  jurisdiction  to 
the  chapter,  have  been  printed  immediately  after  the  royal 
charters. °  As  will  appear  below,  when  a  new  edition  of 
the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  was  projected  in  the 
thirteenth  century,  directions  were  given  that  the  bulls 
should  come  at  the  beginning  of  the  new  cartulary. 

In  the  English  note  which  precedes  each  document  it 
has  not  been  found  convenient  to  aim  at  an  over-strict 
uniformity.  While  most  of  the  charters  admit  of  a  short 
summary  of  their  contents,  some,  on  account  of  their 
greater  importance  or  difficulty,  demand  fuller  treatment, 
and  others,  like  the  Forest  Charter  or  the  longer  papal 
bulls,  do  not  admit  of  any  summary  at  all.  In  these 
English  notes  the  names  of  places  are  given  in  their  modern 
form  and,  where  necessary,  persons  bearing  the  same  name 
are  distinguished,  as  for  instance,  bishop  Robert  I  and 

'  Below,  pages  48  64. 
'  Below,   pages   186-265. 


INTRODUCTION  xv 

bishop  Robert  II,  or  the  several  Rannulfs  who  held  the 
earldom  of  Chester.  The  nearest  assignable  date  also  has 
been  added  when  a  document  is  undated  ;  and  the  his- 
torical year,  or  new  style,  has  been  adopted. 

The  documents  include  charters  of  the  possessions  not 
only  of  the  common  of  the  canons,  and  of  the  prebends, 
but  also  of  the  see  of  Lincoln  ;  for  the  earliest  gifts  were 
made  to  the  bishop  or  to  the  bishop  and  church  of  Lincoln, 
and  the  apportionment  of  the  estates  amongst  the  bishop, 
the  dignitaries,  the  prebendaries,  and  the  common  fund 
was  effected  gradually  during  a  considerable  period.  These 
possessions  lay  dispersed  throughout  the  diocese  of  Lincoln 
which,  as  constituted  by  William  the  Conqueror,  stretched, 
until  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  century,  from  the  Humber 
to  the  Thames.  It  comprised  the  counties  of  Lincoln, 
Leicester,  Northampton,  Rutland,  Huntingdon,  part  of 
Hertford,  Bedford,  Buckingham,  and  Oxford.  Cambridge- 
shire also  was  included  until  the  foundation,  in  1108,  of 
the  see  of  Ely,  to  which  allusion  is  made  in  a  bull  of  pope 
Innocent  11.^  The  ancient  diocese  (and  kingdom)  of 
Lindsey,  which  comprised  the  northern  and  eastern  parts 
of  Lincolnshire  was,  in  the  eleventh  century,  claimed  as 
their  right  by  the  archbishops  of  York,  but  the  dispute 
was  settled,  by  William  Rtifus,  about  1093,  in  favour  of 
the  bishop  of  Lincohi.-  Rutland  did  not  become  a  fiscally 
independent  shire  until  the  twelfth  century,  and  the  fact 
that  it  is  mentioned,  seemingly  as  a  county,  in  1123-1133 
is  noteworthy.^  Outside  the  diocese,  the  charters  relate 
to  land  in  London  and  in  the  counties  of  Berks,  Derby, 
Hants,  Kent,  Nottingham,  Surrey,  and  York.  But  it  is 
for  the  history  of  the  Northern  Danelaw  that  the  Lincoln 
charters  are  of  first-rate  importance.  By  far  the  greater 
number  of  them  record  grants  of  land  in  the  county  and 
city  of  Lincoln,  while  a  majority  of  the  rest  relate  to  the 
counties  of  Nottingham,  Derby,  Leicester,  and  Rutland. 
These  five  shires^  lying  between  the  Welland  and  the 
Yorkshire  border,  formed  the  ancient  territory  of  the  Five 
Boroughs.  In  addition  to  the  royal  charters,  the  docu- 
ments record  the  gifts  of  manors  and  churches  by  feudal 

'  Below,   page  191. 
'  Below,  no.  4. 
'Below,   no.   69. 


xvi  INTRODUCTION 

magnates  like  the  earls  of  Chester,  Lincoln,  Northampton, 
and  Leicester  ;  and  by  powerful  mesne  tenants,  like  the 
Condets,  the  Amundavills,  and  the  Kymes.  But  of  even 
greater  interest  is  the  great  stream  of  smaller  gifts  that 
flowed  from  the  free  peasants  of  Lincolnshire — the  grants, 
for  instance,  ranging  from  one  acre  to  nine  acres  of  arable 
land,  by  Basing  son  of  Osgot  of  Somercotes,  Roger  and 
Hugh  the  sons  of  Wigot  son  of  Asger  of  Skidbrooke,  Ketel 
Dumping  of  Saltfieetb}',  and  Godric  son  of  Alnad  of 
Skidbrooke.'  Sometimes  it  is  stated  that  these  gifts  of  land 
were  placed  upon  the  altar  of  Saint  Mary.^  These  men's 
names  proclaim  their  native  descent,  and  in  them  may  be 
seen  the  descendants  of  the  rank  and  file  of  the  Danish 
army  which,  in  the  second  half  of  the  ninth  century, 
apportioned  the  county  of  Lincoln  amongst  its  members. 
The  native  names  persist,  perhaps  more  especially  in  the 
city  of  Lincoln,  until  the  fourteenth  century  ;  but  in  the 
last  quarter  of  the  twelfth  century  it  had  become  the 
fashion  for  a  man  who  himself  bore  a  native  name  to 
bestow  Norman  names  upon  his  children. 

The  charters  illustrate  the  history  of  an  English  secular 
cathedral  church  in  respect  of  its  organization  and  personnel, 
its  endowments  and  its  franchises  ;  and  it  may  be  noted 
that  the  present  work  seems  to  be  the  first  attempt  to 
provide  a  complete  and  critical  edition  of  the  texts  of 
such  a  foundation. 

The  writ  by  which  William  the  Conqueror  transferred 
the  see  from  Dorchester  to  Lincoln  is  still  preserved  in 
the  cathedraP  ;  but  the  solemn  charter  of  1090  of  William 
Rufus  bestowing  upon  bishop  Remigius  authority  to  order 
and  dispose  of  the  churches  and  lands  which  had  been 
given  for  the  endowment  of  the  see  cannot  be  genuine 
in  its  present  form,  though  it  is  probably  founded  on 
authentic  documents.*  The  constitution  which  Remigius 
framed  for  his  church,  which  was  nearly  identical  with 
those  of  the  churches  of  York  and  Salisbury,  was  derived 
from  the  cathedral  of  Bayeux,  and  the  chapters  of  these 
three  churches  were  established  at  about  the  same  time. 

'  Reg.   Ant.,   nos.   477.   5(i5.  548,  549,  553. 
'Ibid.   nos.   242,   477. 
'  Below,   no.   2. 
*  Below,   no.   3. 


INTRODUCTION  xvii 

The  chapter  of  York  is  always  said  to  have  been  estab- 
hshed  in  1090  by  archbishop  Thomas,  who  had  been 
treasurer  of  Bayeux.  SaUsbury  was  certainly  established 
by  its  bishop,  Saint  Osmund,  for  we  have  the  text  of  the 
charter  which  he  granted  and  the  king  confirmed,  at 
Hastings,  in  1091,  and  which  was  attested  by  the  signa 
of,  amongst  others,  archbishop  Thomas  of  York  and 
bishop  Remigius.'  The  above-mentioned  charter  of  William 
Rufus  in  favour  of  Remigius  is  attested  by  the  signum 
Dorobernensis  archiepiscopi  and  the  signum  of  Osmund 
of  Salisbury.  Dorobernensis  should  indicate  Canterbury, 
but  at  that  time  that  see  was  vacant.  Can  it  be 
that  Dorobernensis  is  a  mistake  for  Eboracensis,  due 
to  a  misreading  of  the  document  on  which  the  Lincoln 
text  is  based  ? 

The  constitution  which  Remigius  bestowed  upon  his 
church  consisted  of  a  chapter  of  secular  canons  with  a 
dean  as  their  permanent  head."  A  document  which  came 
to  be  incorporated  in  the  charter  of  William  Rufus  pro- 
vided that  the  canons  should  live  caste  et  catholice,  and 
that  there  should  be  no  traffic  among  them  in  the  buying 
and  selling  of  prebends.'  The  chief  members  of  the 
chapter,  as  at  York  and  Salisbury,  were  the  four  principal 
personages,  that  is,  the  dean,  precentor,  chancellor,  and 
treasurer,  with  the  subdean  and  seven  archdeacons.  Some 
fifty  years  later  an  additional  archdeacon  had  been  pro- 
vided for  Stow.  There  were  originally  twenty-one  canons  ; 
but  their  number  was  increased  to  forty-two  by  bishop 
Bloet,  and  bishop  Alexander  added  some  more  (J>rebendas 
aliquot  adiecit),  either  two  or  four,  as  it  is  supposed.^  Each 
canon  was  under  obligation  to  say  daily  the  psalms 
assigned  to  his  stall,  so  that  the  whole  psalter  might  be 
recited  daily  by  the  chapter  on  behalf  of  benefactors  living 
and  dead.*  This  fundamental  customary  duty  of  reciting 
the  psalter  has  been  observed  from  the  beginning  to  the 
present  day. 

^Regesta,  no.  319;   Mon.viii,   1294-5. 

'  See  Mr  H.  Bradshaw's  account  of  the  chapter  in  Line.  Cath.  Statutes  i,  SOS., 
edited,   after  his  death,  by  Canon  Christopher  Wordsworth. 
'  Below,  no.  3,  the  last  part. 

*  Martilogium,   flf.   Id,  2.     Giraldus  Cambrensis  vii,  32,   195,   197. 

•  For  the  assignment  of   psalms  when  a  new    prebend  was  formed  in   1290. 
see  below,   no.   278. 

b 


xviii  INTRODUCTION 

A  series  of  episcopal  grants  shews  how,  in  the  middle 
of  the  twelfth  century,  the  canons  obtained  almost  com- 
plete immunity  from  episcopal  and,  its  corollary,  archi- 
diaconal,  control,  not  only  in  their  church  and  chapter- 
house, but  also  in  the  lands  and  churches  of  the  common 
and  of  the  prebends.^  The  papal  bulls  tell  the  same  story. 
From  1061  to  1163,  with  one  exception  in  114:6,"-'  the  bulls 
are  addressed  to  the  bishop,  and  are  confirmations  of  gifts 
of  property.^  After  that  date,  they  are  almost  always 
addressed  to  the  canons  or  to  the  dean  and  chapter,  and 
are  mainly  concerned  with  their  rights  and  liberties.*  So 
great,  indeed,  was  the  degree  of  independence  which  the 
canons  obtained  that  in  the  early  part  of  the  thirteenth 
century  the  very  right  of  the  bishop  to  visit  the  chapter 
was  disputed.  By  a  papal  sentence,  however,  it  was 
established  in  1245  that  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  was  to  be 
admitted  to  visit  and,  failing  correction  by  the  chapter, 
to  correct  the  dean  and  chapter,  the  inferior  ministers  of 
the  church,  and  also  the  vicars,  chaplains,  and  parishioners 
of  the  churches  of  the  prebends  and  of  the  common  ;  but 
that  the  canons  should  render  canonical  obedience  to  the 
bishop,  but  should  not  be  bound  by  oath  thereto.^  Thus 
the  bishop  of  Lincoln  had  secured  to  him  a  position  as 
principale  caput  of  the  chapter,  and  a  pre-eminence  that  is 
more  firmly  estabUshed  than  that  of  the  bishop  at  Salisbury 
and  some  other  cathedral  churches.* 

The  grant  of  jurisdiction  was  preceded  by  a  gradual 
apportionment  and  division  of  the  possessions  of  the 
church  between  the  bishop  and  the  canons.  The  portion 
which  fell  to  the  canons,  consisting  of  manors,  churches, 
lands,  and  other  emoluments,  was  gradually  divided  into 
separate  estates,  to  which  new  benefactions  were  some- 
times made.  Part  was  retained  to  be  held  by  the  chapter 
in  common  for  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the  mainten- 
ance of  the  canons  who  resided  and  for  the  other  expenses 
of  the  church.  This  was  known  as  the  '  common,'  com- 
muna,   communia,  or  communio.     Another  part   provided 

'  Below,  nos.  287-305.     See  especially,  pages  250-1. 

'  Below,  no.  252. 

»  Below,  nos.  247-51,  254. 

*  Below,  nos.   255-7,  260-1,   263,  266,   275-6. 
'  Below,  no.   273. 

•  Below,  p.  251. 


INTRODUCTION  xix 

separate  incomes  for  the  deanery  and  other  dignities. 
The  incomes  of  the  archdeacons  were  derived  mainly  from 
the  profits  of  their  jurisdictions.  The  rest  was  divided 
up  into  separate  prebendal  estates,  each  prebend  furnishing 
an  income  for  a  particular  stall  in  the  church.  The  prebend 
{praebenda)  was  the  provender  of  a  canon.  Thus  a  canon 
of  the  church  of  Lincoln  was  also  the  prebendary  of  the 
prebend  which  provided  his  income.  And  it  is  important 
to  remember  that  a  dignity  or  a  canonry  bestowed  no  right 
to  sit  and  vote  in  the  chapter  unless  it  was  accompanied 
by  the  possession  of  a  prebend.^  A  notification  by  the 
dean  and  chapter,  circa  1150,  states  that  bishop  Robert 
Chesney,  with  their  counsel  and  assent,  had  joined  the 
prebend  of  the  church  of  Langford  to  the  archdeaconry  of 
Oxford,  so  that  every  archdeacon  of  Oxford  thenceforth 
might  out  of  {ex)  the  same  prebend  be  a  canon  of  the 
church  of  Lincoln.''  A  bull  of  pope  Eugenius  III, 
addressed  to  the  canons,  in  1146,  omits  the  possessions 
of  the  bishop,  and  distinguishes  between  the  property  of 
the  prebends  and  that  of  the  common.^ 

Many  of  the  canons  never  resided  at  Lincoln.  They 
might  be  king's  clerks  deeply  engaged  in  pubhc  affairs, 
or  foreigners  who  had  been  provided  by  the  pope,  and 
never  perhaps  set  foot  in  England.  Not  only  did  these 
canons  receive  no  share  of  the  common,  but  they  were 
required,  in  default  of  residing  during  a  minimum  period 
of  four  months  in  the  year,  to  contribute  a  seventh  part 
of  the  revenues  of  their  prebends  to  the  common  for  the 
support  of  the  residentiaries.  These  payments  were  known 
as  septisms.^  The  absent  prebendaries  were  also  required 
to  provide  vicars  to  serve  in  their  place  in  the  cathedral. ° 
The  number  of  canons  who  resided  was  small.  About 
1320-1330,  the  average  number,  including  dignitaries,  who 
performed  the  great  residence  {fecerunt  residenciam  magnam) 
was  about  thirteen."^  In  bishop  Sutton's  time  the  daily 
commons  of  the  canons,  which  had  been  eightpence,  was 
increased  to  twelvepence.' 

'  Line.  Cath.  Statutes  i,  32. 

^  D.  andC,  Dij/73/2/14. 

=  Below,  no.  252,  U.  87-9.     Cp.  no.  255,  11.   117-18. 

•  Below,  nos.  263-6. 
'  Below,  no.  300. 

•  Audit  of  Accounts,  D.  and  C,  Bj/2/5,  passim. 
'  Martilogium.  f.  7. 


XX  INTRODUCTION 

These  grants  of  separate  jurisdictions  and  the  division 
and  appropriation  of  estates  loosened  the  constant  and 
intimate  association  of  the  bishop  with  his  cathedral. 
The  movement  seems  to  have  begun  at  Sens  in  822,  whence 
it  spread  to  other  churches.  In  England,  the  practice 
began,  under  Norman  influence,  soon  after  the  Conquest, 
as  at  Salisbury  under  Saint  Osmund.'  At  Lincoln,  it 
was  necessarily  later  ;  for  the  building  of  the  cathedral 
was  not  finished  until  nearly  the  end  of  the  eleventh 
century  ;  endowments  had  to  be  accumulated,  and  the 
organization  of  the  church  completed.  The  reason  given 
for  the  change  is  that  the  bishops,  owing  to  their  position 
of  feudal  magnates,  with  the  obligation  of  giving  counsel 
and  military  service,  and  discharging  other  feudal  inci- 
dents, were  often  left  without  sufficient  resources  for  the 
maintenance  of  their  cathedrals.^  The  remedy  adopted 
was  the  assignment  of  a  large  portion  of  the  possessions 
to  the  chapters.  Moreover,  the  bishop's  frequent  absences 
from  his  cathedral  city  rendered  impossible  the  constant 
supervision  which  the  services  of  a  great  church  demanded. 

This  separation  of  functions  and  properties  involved 
the  establishing  of  separate  registries.  Hitherto,  it  would 
seem,  the  registry  of  the  cathedral  had  served  both  the 
bishop  and  the  canons.  There  is  no  conclusive  evidence 
of  the  institution  of  a  separate  episcopal  registry  in  the 
second  half  of  the  twelfth  century,  but  it  is  inconceivable 
that  no  official  record,  however  incomplete,  was  kept  of 
the  acts  of  such  a  bishop  as  Robert  Chesney,  and  of  the 
numerous  charters  which  he  granted  and  the  frequent 
papal  commissions  which  he  received.  It  is  not  until  the 
second  decade  of  the  thirteenth  century,  early  in  the 
episcopate  of  bishop  Hugh  of  Wells,  that  the  extant 
episcopal  archives  at  Lincoln  begin  with  rolls  which  are 
earlier  than  those  of  any  other  English  diocese.  Perhaps 
no  systematic  record  was  kept  anywhere  in  the  twelfth 
century.  Even  the  extant  papal  registers  are  not  a 
complete  record,  and  some  of  the  documents  printed  here 
are  not  to  be  found  in  them. 

Only  three  of  the  bulls  at  Lincoln  have  hitherto  been 

'  The  Cambridge  Medieval  History  vi,  540-9. 
'Ibid.,  pp.  540,  545,  549. 


INTRODUCTION  xxi 

printed^  and  the  value  of  these  documents  seems  scarcely 
to  have  been  appreciated.  The  earlier  bulls,  being  pre- 
cisely dated,  help  to  determine  the  dates  of  some  of  the 
royal  and  private  charters.  They  sometimes  confirm  a 
statement  which,  but  for  them,  might  rest  on  the  authority 
of  a  single  text.  At  times  they  establish  the  identification 
of  a  place  that  otherwise  might  remain  unknown.  Thus, 
four  of  the  bulls  jointly  prove  that  Willingthorpe,  a  suburb 
of  Lincoln,  which  has  been  only  once  met  with  elsewhere, 
is  to  be  identified  with  the  bishop's  manor  of  Westgate, 
and  with  the  little  manor  which  bishop  Remigius  held  in 
1086.-  Moreover,  the  bulls  record  gifts  which  otherwise 
might  be  unknown,  or  indicate  the  origin  of  grants  of  which 
mention  is  made  only  at  a  later  date.  Now  and  then, 
they  make  a  significant  addition  to  the  evidence  afforded 
by  a  royal  or  private  grant.  For  instance,  while  Henry  I 
grants  to  bishop  iVlexander  licence  to  assign  the  third  part 
of  the  service  of  the  knights  of  the  bishopric  of  Lincoln 
to  the  bishop's  castle  at  Newark,  in  order  that  thenceforth 
they  may  perform  castle-guard  there, ^  a  papal  bull  adds 
that  it  was  at  Lincoln  castle  that  the  bishop's  predecessors 
had  been  wont  to  perform  this  service.'*  The  notes  on  the 
papal  documents  contributed  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann,  of 
whose  kindness  and  learning  acknowledgment  has  been 
made  in  the  Preface,  are  of  special  value.  Amongst  other 
things,  he  establishes  the  genuineness  of  the  pre-Conquest 
bull  of  pope  Nicholas  11,^  which,  as  he  points  out,  supplies 
valuable  evidence  in  regard  to  the  ecclesiastical  politics  of 
Edward  the  Confessor.  Out  of  his  wide  knowledge  of  papal 
history  and  archives,  he  is  able  to  furnish  information 
about  papal  chancellors,  vice-chancellors,  and  cardinals, 
and  with  regard  to  itineraries  of  popes.  Specially  valuable 
are  his  notes  upon  the  mandate  of  pope  Innocent  II,' 
commanding  the  legate,  Henry  bishop  of  Winchester,  and 
archbishop  Theobald  and  his  suffragans  to  confirm  bishop 
Alexander's  sentence  of  excommunication  against  Robert 
earl  of  Leicester,  who  was  withholding  from  the  bishop 
his  castle  of  Newark.     In  the  struggle  between  king  Stephen 

1  Below,  nos.  248,  249,  273 

^  Below,  nos.  248,  249,  250,  254.     See  especially  pages  189-90. 

'  Below,  no.  51. 

^  Below,  no.  249,  11.  62-7,  and  pages  287-8. 

'  Below,  no.  247. 

'  Below,  no,  283, 


xxii  INTRODUCTION 

and  the  bishops,  it  will  be  remembered,  Alexander  had 
been  starved  before  the  gate  of  the  castle  until  it  was 
surrendered  by  his  men.  The  leaf  of  the  cartulary  on 
which  the  mandate  is  written  has  been  very  badly  injured, 
but  just  enough  remains  to  indicate  the  purport  of  the 
document,  and  to  enable  Dr  Holtzmann  with  some  con- 
fidence to  reconstruct  the  injured  text. 

The  church  of  Lincoln  has  the  distinction  of  possessing 
an  original  copy  of  the  Charter  of  Liberties  granted  by 
king  John,  at  Runny mede,  in  1215,  commonly  called  Magna 
Carta. ^  This  copy  was  chosen,  in  1819,  by  the  Public 
Records  Commissioners  for  reproduction  in  facsimile  and 
modern  type  '  because  it  was  the  handsomest  extant  of 
the  four  original  copies.'"  For  this  reason  the  charter 
has  not  been  reprinted  here.  A  registered  copy  of 
Henry  Ill's  reissue  of  Magna  Carta  in  1225,^  of  which 
the  original  is  no  longer  extant  at  Lincoln,  is  however 
printed  since  only  two  copies  remain,  and  the  Lincoln 
text  has  a  fair  number  of  various  readings.  Of  greater 
importance  is  an  original  copy  of  the  first  Forest  Charter, 
in  1217,  which,  although  it  has  not  escaped  injury,  is 
more  complete  than  the  only  other  original  copy  that  is 
known,  namely,  the  one  in  Durham  cathedral.*  A 
facsimile  of  the  Lincoln  text  will  be  found  facing  page  145. 
The  reissue  of  the  Forest  Charter,  in  1225,  is  also  printed* 
since,  of  the  three  existing  original  texts,  the  Lincoln  copy, 
although  it  has  lost  twenty-one  words  through  injury  to 
the  foot,  is  more  complete  than  the  Durham  cathedral  text, 
though  it  is  less  perfect  than  the  copy  in  the  British  Museum. 

Two  matters  of  interest,  which  involved  a  large  amount 
of  research,  grew  beyond  the  limits  of  a  note,  and  have 
been  embodied  in  appendixes.  Appendix  P  is  concerned 
with  the  episcopal  houses  of  residence  at  Lincoln.  The 
wall  of  the  king's  castellum  in  which  bishop  Bloet  obtained 
leave  to  make  a  gate  in  order  that  he  might  have  a  way 
out  towards  his  house,  is  shewn  to  be,  probably,  the  west 
wall  of  the  castle  near  the  Roman  West  gate  of  the  city, 
and  the  new  gate  which  the  bishop  made  to  be  the  still 

'  Below,  no.  210. 
-  Below,  page  137. 
'  Below,  no.  221. 
*  Below,  no.  219. 
'  Below,  no.  220. 
"  Below,  pages  267-76. 


INTRODUCTION  xxiii 

existing  sallyport.  The  documents  relating  to  the  site 
and  building  of  the  Old  Palace  are  then  discussed,  and 
the  boundaries  described  m  the  charters  are  proved  to 
correspond  with  the  lines  of  the  modern  map.  Appendix  IP 
explains  how  Alice  de  Condet's  mysterious  castle  of  Thorn- 
gate,  which  king  Stephen  granted  in  pledge  to  bishop 
Alexander,  proves  to  be  a  private  castle  in  a  forgotten 
suburb  just  outside  the  walls  of  the  later  Roman  city  of 
Lincoln.  To  this  is  added  an  account  of  the  Condets  who, 
though  little  known,  were  people  of  considerable  importance. 

Of  the  texts  which  are  printed  in  the  present  volume 
the  majority  have  previously  appeared  in  print,  though 
sometimes  in  an  incomplete  form — in  Dugdale's  Monasticon, 
the  Calendars  of  Charter  Rolls,  The  English  Historical 
Review,  Lincoln  Cathedral  Statutes,  and  elsewhere  ;  but  it 
will  be  found  convenient  to  have  them  collected  together 
and  indexed  with  a  collation  of  the  different  texts.  The 
documents  however,  which  are  now  printed  for  the  first 
time,  are  neither  few  nor  unimportant.  They  include 
thirteen  charters  of  king  Stephen,  and  many  papal  docu- 
ments. The  remaining  volumes  of  the  series  will  consist 
of  texts  which,  with  comparatively  few  exceptions,  have 
never  been  printed  before. 

Mr  Bradshaw  remarked  that  '  few  Muniment-Rooms 
can  boast  of  such  an  immense  store  of  precious  materials 
as  Lincohi.'-  The  number  of  pre-Reformation  original 
charters  is  about  4,200  ;  in  addition  to  which  it  is  esti- 
mated that  there  are  in  cartularies  3,626  charters  of 
which  the  original  texts  have  disappeared  : 

Original  charters 4,200 

Charters  of  which  the  original  te.xts  are  lost  : 

In  the  Registrum  .•\ntiquissimiun             680 

In  the  Registrum  (excluding  the  charters  in  the 

Reg.  Ant.)          540 

In  Carte  Decani'       250 

In  Liber  de  Ordinationibus  Cantariarum'          ...  960 
In  Chantries  of  John  de   U'elburne  and  Henry 

duke  of  Lancaster'       300 

In  the  Choristers'  Cartularj-'        ...         36 

In  the  Kniveton  Leiger'     520 

In  the  Cartulary  of  the  Vicars  ChoraP 340 

7,826 

'  Below,  pages  277-95.  

'Line.  Cath.   Statutes  i,   85. 

'  Charters  which  are  duplicated  elsewhere  are  not  included.     All  the  numbers 
are  approximate. 


xxiv  INTRODUCTION 

A  majority  of  these  documents  is  not  later  than  the 
fourteenth  century.  In  view  of  this  wealth  of  materials, 
it  has  been  decided  to  dispense  with  an  elaborate  apparatus 
of  historical  notes,  such  as  would  not  only  delay  unduly 
the  completion  of  the  work,  but  would  also  increase  its 
cost  beyond  the  resources  of  the  Lincoln  Record  Society. 
At  the  same  time,  the  rule  has  not  been  adhered  to 
pedantically  where  there  are  obscurities  to  be  explained, 
questions  of  genuineness  to  be  discussed,  or  identifications 
to  be  justified.  Thus  it  has  been  possible  to  add  to  the 
value  of  this  volume  by  including  the  notes  of  Professor 
F.  M.  Stenton  on  the  first  four  charters,  and  of  Dr  W. 
Holtzmann  on  some  of  the  papal  bulls. 

II 

The  Registrum  Antiquissimum 
The  Original  Scribe  and  the  Continuator 
The  Registrum  Antiquissimum^  is  a  volume  of  250 
vellum  leaves,  measuring  12J  inches  in  height,  8J  inches 
in  breadth,  and  2^  inches  in  thickness.  An  inscription 
written  on  a  piece  of  paper  which  is  fastened  by  wafers 
to  the  inside  of  the  front  cover,  in  the  handwriting  of 
Dr  William  Wake,  bishop  of  Lincoln  from  1705  to  1715, 
records  that,  whether  by  accident  or  guile,  the  book  had 
been  taken  away  from  the  church  of  Lincoln,  and  had  been 
found  and  restored  by  the  bishop  himself : 

REGISTRUM  SEDIS  LINCOLNIENSIS, 
OMNIUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM 
FORTE  ET  UTILISSIMUM. 
AB  ECCLESIA  ILLA  SEU  CASU  SEU  FRAUDE  ABREPTUM, 
COMPARAVIT,  RESTITUIT 
GUL  •}  EPISC  :  LINCOLN' 
A.D    :    1712. 

When,  however,  Wake  was  translated  to  Canterbury,  in 
1716,  it  is  evident  that  he  took  the  volume  with  him  ; 
for,  after  his  death  in  1737,  it  was  found  at  Oxford 
amongst  the  manuscripts  which  he  had  bequeathed  to 
Christ  Church.  In  1764,  as  appears  from  another  note, 
similarly  attached  to  the  cover,  the  dean  and  canons  of 

»D.  and  C,  a1/5. 

'  \  modern  hand  has  here  inserted  '  [Wake] '. 


INTRODUCTION 


XXV 


that  college,  following  the  intention  expressed  by  the 
bishop  in  the  '  memorial  note  '  printed  above,  returned  the 
volume  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  : 

HUNG   LIBRUM  INTER  EOS    MSS   REPERTUM, 
QUOS    VIR   REVERENDISS.      EDI   CHRISTI   LEGAVIT, 
LUBENTER    ET   ^QUE, 
QUOD  ET  TESTATOREM   VOLUISSE 
EX   NOTA    IPSIUS    MEMORIAL!   COMPARET, 
ECCLES    :    LINCOLN    : 
REDDIDERUNT   DECANUS    ET  CANONICI 
A.D    1764. 

Since  that  time  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  has 
remained  in  the  muniment  room  as  one  of  the  most 
cherished  possessions  of  the  dean  and  chapter.  To  Wake 
is  probably  to  be  ascribed  the  numbering  of  the  leaves  of 
the  book  from  1  to  250,  and  the  numbering,  though  not 
without  some  mistakes,  of  the  documents  which  it  con- 
tains from  1  to  1,073.  The  latter  series  of  numerals  is 
represented  in  the  present  edition  by  figures  printed  in 
Old  English  type. 

The  Table  of  Contents  which  is  printed  at  the  end  of 
this  Introduction  shews  that  the  Registrum  Antiquissi- 
mum is  a  composite  volume,  and  indicates  the  dates  of  the 
several  hands  that  wrote  it.  The  date  of  the  original 
scribe  may  be  placed  about  1225.  The  late  Mr  Henry 
Bradshaw,  whose  eminence  as  an  authority  on  medieval 
handwriting  it  is  unnecessary  to  emphasise,  was  inclined 
to  place  the  date  about  1216'  ;  but  it  would  seem  that 
some  of  the  documents,  though  it  is  not  possible  to  fix 
their  exact  year,  must  be  dated  about  1220  ;  and  two 
documents  can  be  definitely  assigned  to  the  year  1219, 
and  one  to  the  year  1222.^  As  Mr  Bradshaw  remarks 
more  than  once,  when  giving  his  opinion  about  the  dates 
of  the  Lincoln  manuscripts,  '  of  course  a  closer  examina- 
tion would  settle  the  point  more  accurately.'^  The  scribe 
was  better  at  copjdng  than  at  method,  for  he  places  the 
charters  of  Henry  II  immediately  after  those  of  Henry  I, 
while  those  of  Stephen  have  to  be  brought  in  after  the 
texts  of  Richard  and  John.  Moreover,  after  the  charters 
of    Henry    II    concerning    the    prebend    of    Asgarby,    five 

^  Line.   Cath.  Statutes  i,    III. 
■'  Reg.  Ant.,  nos.  722,  724,  281. 
"  e.g.  Line.   Cath.  Statutes  i,  9,    120. 


xxvi  INTRODUCTION 

charters  of  earls  about  the  same  prebend  are  drawn  in, 
as  it  were,  by  attraction,^  instead  of  being  transcribed 
amongst  the  charters  of  the  magnates  on  a  later  folio. 

There  are  several  indications  that  the  original  scribe 
never  completed  his  work.  Perhaps  death  intervened,  for 
he  seems  to  have  stopped  abruptly,  leaving  pages  in 
several  places  seemingly  unfinished.  The  last  two  charters 
of  Henry  IP  and  the  last  text  of  Stephen^  have  been  supplied 
by  a  continuator  whose  date  is  probably  about  1225-1235. 
The  last  of  the  charters  of  John  also  has  been  added  by 
another  hand.  Had  the  original  scribe  not  been  inter- 
rupted, it  seems  unlikely  that  he  would  have  omitted  the 
copy  of  the  Great  Charter  which  had  been  received  at 
Lincoln  only  a  few  years  before,  and  some  at  least  of  the 
other  texts  of  king  John  which  are  printed  below  ;  nor 
would  he  have  been  likely  to  ignore  the  Forest  Charter 
issued  in  the  second  year  of  Henry  Hi's  reign.  The 
charters  of  the  West  Riding  of  Lincolnshire  and  of  the 
wapentakes  of  Wraggoe,  Calcewath,  and  Candleshoe  are 
left  to  be  completed  by  other  hands,  and  those  of  the 
wapentakes  of  Yarborough  and  Bradley  are  omitted 
altogether.  For  the  Holland  division  of  Lincolnshire 
there  is  but  one  charter,  written  in  the  middle  of  a  page  ; 
and  the  texts  of  the  Kesteven  division  and  of  the  city  of 
Lincoln  have  been  finished  by  the  continuator.  At  folio 
182,  the  papal  bulls  come  to  a  sudden  stop  in  the  middle 
of  the  series'*  ;  and  the  important  series  of  charters 
concerning  the  jurisdiction  of  the  chapter  are  not  included.' 

Something  has  been  said  already  about  the  accuracy 
of  the  original  scribe's  work."  He  followed  a  good 
tradition,  for  the  fragments  of  the  older  cartularies  which 
are  described  below  set  a  very  high  standard  of  accuracy 
and  completeness.  To  enable  the  reader  to  judge  with 
what  confidence  he  may  depend  on  those  of  the  scribe's 
texts  for  which  the  original  charters  no  longer  exist,  a 
table  is  subjoined  shewing  the  differences  between  the 
first  fifteen  original  charters  and  the  corresponding  texts 

»  Below,  nos.   129-133. 
2  Reg.  Ant.,  nos.   153-4. 
>  Ibid.,  no.   195. 

♦  Below,  page  230. 
'Below,  nos.  287-305. 

•  Above,  page  xiii. 


INTRODUCTION 


xxvu 


in  the  cartulary.  It  may  be  added  that  where  the  original 
texts  are  now  lost,  the  several  royal  charters  of  inspeximus 
supply  a  further  proof  of  the  accuracy  of  the  cartulary. 


Original  Charters 

Reg.  Ant. 

No. 

2, 1.  3— 

episcopatus 

episcopatus  Remigii 

I.  10— 

Slaffordam 

Slaffordiam 

1.  15— 

exortatione 

exhortatione 

1.20— 

Lestonienseni 

Lectoniensem 

{altered  from 
Lestoniensem) 

1.21  — 

Buchingehamnensem 
Eilesbiriensem 

Buchingehanmensem ' 
Eilesbiriensem 

1.  2  from  foot — 

pertualiter 

perpetualiter           \ 
Wellingeham 

No. 

42,  U.  5,  6— 

\\'elingeham 

No. 

52— nil 

No. 

53, 1.  2— 

omit 

baronibus 

1.9— 

tol 
infangeneteof 

toll 
linfangetheof 

1.  12— 

obtinend' 

optinend' 

1.  13— 

uniquam 

unquam 

11.  4,  17- 

- 

Alixandro 

Alexandro 

1.  4  from  foot  — 

Buh' 

Buch' 

1.  2  from  foot — 

omit 

Centesimo 

No. 

76,11.  1,2— 

omit 

comitibus 

last  1.— 

O.xen' 

Oxeneford' 

No. 

77, 1.  5— 

Grenesbi 

Greinsbv 

1.7— 

MathiW 

Maltild'' 

No. 

86, 1.  9— 

Angl' 

Anglie 

1.  10— 

WiUelmo  de  Caisn' 

\V.  de  Caisnet' 

last  1.— 

Oxenef 

Oxeneford' 

No. 

97,  last  1.— 

Will'  Mart' 

W.  Mart' 

No. 

100,  1.  3— 

Anglie 

Angl' 

1.8— 

in  perpetimm 

imperpetuuni 

1.  10— 

Yet 

Ver 

No. 

109— nil 

No. 

116— nil 

No. 

119,  1.  5— 

Ansgesbiam 

Asgerbiam 

1.  11  — 

Weletona 

Welletona 

1.12— 

Toma 

Thoma 

No. 

124, 1.  6— 

Asgerbi 

Asgerby 

No. 

135, 1.  1  on  p. 

85- 

Claindona 

Claidona 

1.  3  on  p. 

85— 

Almereio 

Almerio 

No. 

136,1.  1— 

Angl' 

Anglie 

1.  5  on  p. 

86— 

Andree 
Holeburn' 

Andrr66 
Holeburn 

To   these   various   readings   should   be   added   the   name 
Lincoln',  Lincol',  Line',  which  Reg.  Ant.  does  not  always 

'  The  five  minims  of  the  eleventh  and  twelfth  letters  seem  to  be  intended  for 
mn  in  the  one  text  and  nin  in  the  other,  but  these  readings  are  not  beyond  doubt. 


xxviii  INTRODUCTION 

abbreviate  in  the  same  way  as  the  original  texts.  Special 
mention  also  ought  to  be  made  of  no.  137  which  varies 
in  so  many  places  from  the  original  charter  that  it  may 
be  concluded  that  the  scribe  of  the  cartulary  followed 
another  text.  The  charter  has  been  so  badly  injured  by 
damp  as  to  be  almost  illegible  in  parts,  and  the  injury 
may  be  as  old  as  the  twelfth  century.  Photography  has 
now  made  it  possible  to  read  some  words  which  formerly 
were  illegible. 

Additions  about  1260 

A  quire'  containing  charters  of  bishop  Hugh  of  Wells 
and  bishop  Grosseteste  has  been  added  by  a  hand  of  about 
1260,  and  the  same  scribe  has  written  a  quire  of  documents 
of  the  time  of  bishop  Lexington.^  To  the  same  hand  also 
must  be  assigned  the  last  charter  of  king  John.'  About 
the  same  date,  perhaps,  many  of  the  titles  of  charters  in 
red  ink  and  the  marginal  titles  in  black  ink  were  added, 
but  this  work  was  left  unfinished.  Ignoring  the  additions 
made  after  1260,  nos.  41-49,  85-102,  104-108,  161-163, 
168-220,  472-473,  477-509,  514-553,  557-591,  596-599, 
708-729,  739-760,  770-812,  816-832,  837-856,  861-886 
have  been  left  without  rubricated  or  red  ink  titles  ;  but 
the  spaces  between  the  charters  left  by  the  original  scribe 
shew  that  titles  of  some  sort  were  a  part  of  his  plan. 

The  Redaction  by  Q 

Towards  the  close  of  the  thirteenth  century,  the 
manuscript  was  subjected  to  a  careful  and  drastic  redac- 
tion with  a  view  to  the  making  of  a  new  cartulary.  The 
redactor  found  not  only  that  there  was  much  to  be  added, 
but  also  that  much  rearrangement  was  needed.  He 
therefore  directed  that  the  manuscript  should  be  divided 
into  two  parts,  which  he  subdivided  under  titles  {tituli), 
as  is  shewn  in  the  table  of  contents.^  He  also  supplied 
much  new  material,  and  added  many  directions  in  various 
places.  These  directions,  however,  do  not  cover  the  whole 
of  the  ground,  and  it  seems  that  the  redactor,  like  the 
original  scribe,  never  finished  his  work.     When  at  length 

»  Reg.  Ant.,  ff.  39-45. 

*  Ibid.,  ff.  234-238. 
»  Ibid.,  no.   164. 

*  Below,  pages  xlix-liii. 


INTRODUCTION  xxix 

a  new  cartulary,  the  volume  which  is  known  as  the 
Registrum,  was  made  circa  1320-30,  its  compiler  did  not 
follow  the  plan  marked  out  by  the  redactor. 

The  occurrence  of  these  directions  on  page  after  page 
of  the  cartulary  inevitably  raised  the  question  of  their 
author's  identity  :  '  Quis  esset  ?  '  '  Who  was  he  ?  '  and 
thus  was  the  habit  formed  of  calling  him  Q,  a  conveniently 
distinctive  initial,  which  is  used  in  the  present  edition. 
Fortunately,  Q  has,  so  to  speak,  left  his  finger-prints  on 
many  of  the  pages  of  the  manuscript.  He  gives,  in  his 
own  handwriting,  a  summary  of  the  fees  paid  by  Oliver 
Sutton  at  his  consecration  and  enthronement,  in  1280,  as 
bishop  of  Lincoln,  with  the  preface  : 

'  Hec  que  secuntur  vidi  de  facto  fieri  .  [de  domino  Oliuero 
episcopo^]  7  ideo  pro  instructione  futurorum  in  casu  consimili  hie 
ea  annotaui'.^ 

Following  the  summary,  he  adds  : 

'  Et   ad   exemplum    futurorum    quod    vidi    gestum    circa    funera- 
cionem  domini  Oliueri  episcopi  Line'  hie  duxi  inserendum'.^ 

Preceding  the  summary  of  fees,  Q  caused  a  copy  to  be 
made  of  the  '  Tractatus  sive  Summa  de  formis  electionum 
Episcoporum,'  which  was  composed,  circa  1253,  by 
Lawrence  of  Somercotes,  papal  subdeacon,  canon  of 
Chichester,  and  official  of  the  diocese  of  Chichester.*  The 
Tractatus  describes,  in  much  detail,  the  methods  of  election 
by  inspiration,  by  scrutiny,  and  by  compromise. 

In  these  passages  about  the  election  and  burial  of 
bishop  Sutton,  and  in  the  directions  for  copying  referred 
to  above,  Q  has  left  the  evidence  of  his  handwriting,  which 
is  large,  bold,  and  firm.  He  must,  usually,  have  written 
with  a  rather  broad  quill,  and  the  first  glance  at  a  page 
will  generally  shew  whether  it  contains  any  of  his  writing 
or  not.  When,  however,  lack  of  space  demands  com- 
pression, he  can  write  with  quite  small  letters.  For  the 
note  about  Sutton's  funeral,  he   must  have  used  a  very 

'  Interlineated. 

>  Reg.  Aat.,  no.  923. 

'Ibid.     Sutton  died  13  November,  1299.     See  Line.  Cath.  Statutes  ii,  p.  cxxi. 

•  Reg.  Ant.,  no.  922  ;  printed  in  Line.  Cath.  Statutes  ii,  pp.  cxxv-xlii.  Dr 
W.  Holtzmann  furnishes  the  information  that  there  is  an  earher  German  edition 
of  the  same  treatise  :  Der  Traktat  des  Laurentius  de  Somercote  iiber  die  Vornahme 
von  Bischofswahlen  entstanden  im  Yahre  1254,  herausgegeben  und  erlautert  von 
A.  von  Wretschko  (Weimar,   1907). 


XXX  INTRODUCTION 

bad  pen.  Further,  he  used  habitually  a  browner  ink  than 
is  found  elsewhere  in  the  cartulary.  This  evidence  suggests 
that  Q  may  be  identified  with  John  of  Schalby,  who  held 
several  preferments  in  the  diocese.  On  26  February,  1290, 
Schalby  was  instituted  to  the  church  of  Sutton  le  Marsh, 
in  Lincolnshire  (which  he  already  held  by  commendation), 
on  collation  by  the  bishop.^  This  he  vacated  by  institu- 
tion to  the  church  of  Mumby,  in  the  same  county,  on 
4  December,  1294,  on  the  presentation  of  the  prior  and 
convent  of  Markby."  He  was  still  rector  there  in  July, 
1331,'  and,  no  doubt,  until  his  death  in  1333.  That  he 
was  a  priest  in  1298  is  shewn  by  Sutton's  roll  of  the  arch- 
deaconry of  Lincoln.^  On  11  October,  1299,  he  was 
instituted  to  the  prebend  of  Bedford  Major.  This  he 
vacated  for  the  prebend  of  Welton  Beckhall,  22  March, 
1302,°  which  he  exchanged  19  November,  1305,  for  the 
prebend  of  Dunham  and  Newport,'^  which  he  held  till  his 
death  in  1333.  The  bishop  was  patron  in  all  three  instances. 
From  about  1282-1299  he  was  registrar  to  bishop  Sutton, 
and  he  tells  us  that  for  eight  years  he  held  a  not  unimportant 
place  {statu  non  infimo)  in  bishop  Dalderby's  service.' 
It  may  be  concluded  that  the  post  which  he  held  was 
that  of  bishop's  registrar  from  which  he  retired  about  1308.^ 

On  8  November,  1308,  Schalby  protested  in  chapter 
that  he  was  firmly  purposed  to  reside  at  Lincoln  within 
a  short  time,  and  prayed  the  chapter  to  lease  to  him  some 
house  suitable  to  his  condition  ;  and,  if  it  could  be  done 
without  prejudice  to  others  of  his  brethren  who  by  custom 
or  of  right  had  a  preference  in  the  choice  of  houses,  he 
prayed  that  the  house  called  Pollard's  might  be  assigned 
to  him  at  a  reasonable  valuation,  adding  that  if  any  one 
of  his  brethren  wished  to  have  that  house  he  would  at  once 
give  it  up,  even  if  it  had  been   granted  to  him."    The 

'  Sutton's  roll  of  the  archdeaconry  of  Lincoln,  mem.  22. 

■  Sutton's  Register,  f.  227d. 

'  Cal.  Pat.  Rolls,   1330-1334.  p.   149. 

*  Mem.  1. 

'  Episcopal  Register  ii,  f.  216d. 

«  Chapter  Acts,  D.  and  C,  a/2/22. 

'  Below,  page  xxxiii. 

'  Below,  page  xxxiv. 

'  Similarly,  in  1315,  Schalby  in  chapter  prayed  that  other  canons  in  residence 
who  had  no  farms  should  be  altogether  preferred  to  him  in  the  assignment  of  farms, 
and  that  he  himself  should  await  his  turn  of  farms  falling  vacant  (Chapter  Acts, 
D.  and  C,  a/2/22,  f.  37). 


INTRODUCTION  xxxi 

chapter  agreed  to  let  sir  John  have  the  house,  provided 
that  it  were  not  to  the  prejudice  of  any  one  who  had  a 
fuller  right  ;  and  although  it  was  the  custom  for  a  canon, 
on  receiving  that  house,  to  pay  twenty  marks,  yet,  since 
the  house  was  utterly  ruinated,  and  they  ought  to  spend 
thirty  pounds  upon  it,  and  seeing  that  they  had  not  so 
many  dwellings  in  the  close  as  they  used  to  have,  they 
agreed  that  sir  John  should  have  it  without  the  payment 
of  the  usual  sum,  in  return  for  a  yearly  payment  to  the 
common  of  thirty-three  shillings  and  fourpence,  on  con- 
dition that  he  should  repair  and  maintain  the  house. 
Further,  out  of  regard  to  him,  and  at  the  request  and 
instance  of  certain  of  themselves,  the  chapter  agreed  that 
as  an  act  of  courtesy,  three  shillings  and  fourpence  should 
be  returned  to  him  each  year  by  the  chapter-clerk  during 
the  tenancy.^  Schalby  continued  his  residence  until  his 
death.  On  18  September,  1333,  the  chapter,  at  Schalby 's 
request,  on  account  of  the  defect  of  sight  from  which 
he  was  suffering,  appointed  Walter  de  Grenewyk,  the 
chapter-clerk,  to  be  his  coadjutor  and,  for  Schalby 's  solace, 
to  provide  for  his  person  and  the  administration  of  his 
prebend.  He  did  not  live  many  weeks  after  this,  for  on 
30th  October  his  will  with  a  codicil  annexed  was  proved 
in  chapter,  and  administration  of  his  goods  granted  to 
his  executors."  He  must  have  been  nearly  eighty  years 
old,  for  he  can  have  been  scarcely  less  than  twenty-five 
when  in  1282  he  began  to  occupy  the  important  office  of 
bishop's  registrar. 

In  the  muniment  room  of  the  dean  and  chapter  there 
is  preserved  the  '  Liber  Johannis  de  Schalby  ecclesie 
Lincoln'  canonici  de  Episcopis  Lincolniensibus  et  gestis 
eorum.'  A  sixteenth  century  hand  has  added  to  this 
title  '  qui  et  Martilogium  olim  vocitabatur,'  by  which  name 
the  Liber  has  since  been  always  known.'  He  dedicates 
his  work  to  all  the  faithful  of  the  cathedral  church  of 
Lincoln,  adding  : 

'  Quoniam  ob  defectum  scripture  lerum  bene  gestarum  memoiia 

'Ibid.,  f.  14. 

2  D.  and  C,  Chapter  Acts,  1321-39,  a/2/23.  Unfortunately,  the  probate  alone, 
and    not   the  will  itself,   was  registered. 

'  The  book  is  described  in  Line.  Cath.  Statutes  i,  90-5,  241  ;  J.  F.  Dimock  printed 
the  book  from  an  incomplete  copy  in  Matthew  Hutton's  transcripts  in  the  Harleian 
collection  in  the  British  Museum  [Giraldus  Cambrensis  vii,  193-216).  Canon  C. 
Wordsworth  has  printed  the  parts  which  Dimock  omitted  {Line.  Cath.  Statutes  ii, 
pp.  Ixiii-cxx). 


xxxii  INTRODUCTION 

sepe  peril  .•'  ego  Johannes  quedam  contingencia  statum  ecclesie 
Lincoln'  predicte  quorum  aliqua  scripta  reperi  in  archiuis  ecclesie 
memorate  aliqua  a  senioribus  nieis  didici  veritate  fulciri  et  aliqua 
fieri  vidi  censui  redigere  in  scripturam  ad  certitudinem  presencium 
et  memoriam  futurorum.'"^ 

The  Martilogium  (a  shortened  form  of  Martyrologium) 
contains  short  memoirs  of  the  bishops  of  Lincoln  from 
Remigius  to  Burghersh  which,  down  to  the  time  of  Saint 
Hugh,  are  evidently  derived  from  the  same  source  as  the 
lives  in  Giraldus  ;  but  the  greater  part  of  Schalby's  book 
is  chiefly  concerned  with  a  dispute  between  the  dean, 
Roger  de  Martivall,  and  the  chapter  in  1312.  The  dean 
claimed  the  right  of  exercising  an  independent  jurisdic- 
tion :  the  canons,  amongst  whom  Schalby  was  the 
protagonist,  asserted  that  the  jurisdiction  should  be  exer- 
cised jointly  with  the  chapter.  The  controversy  was 
settled  in  favour  of  the  chapter,  in  1314,  by  the  laudum 
or  award  of  bishop  Dalderby.  Schalby  gives  at  fuU  length 
the  Consuetudines  of  1214,  described  in  a  marginal  note 
by  his  own  hand  as  '  Registrum  Vetus  ','  on  which  he 
and  his  fellow-canons  took  their  stand  ;  and  the  Con- 
suetudines of  1267,  on  which  the  dean  relied.  Against 
the  copy  of  the  latter  document,  Schalby  has  added  a 
rubric  :  '  Registrum  quod  dicitur  nouum,  cuius  auctor 
ignoratur.'^  The  original  copies  of  the  two  sets  of  Con- 
suetudines, which  are  no  longer  extant,  are  believed  to  have 
been  contained  in  the  Martyrology  which  was  one  of  the 
service-books  in  daily  use,  and  this  may  account  for  the 
title  of  '  Martilogium  '  being  given  to  Schalby's  Liber. 

The  Martilogium  was  written  towards  the  end  of 
Schalby's  life.  One  entry  is  dated  1330,*  but  most  of  the 
book  was  probably  written  some  years  earlier.  The  text 
is  the  work  of  a  rather  careless  scribe,  but  the  rubricated 
titles  and  marginal  notes  are  evidently  written  by  Schalby's 
own  hand,  and  that  hand  bears  a  close  resemblance  to  Q's 
distinctive  writing  in  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum.' 
In  both  manuscripts  arabic  numerals,  unusual  at  that 
date,  which  are  probably  by  the  same  hand,  are  used  for 

I  Folio  1. 
'Martilogium,   f.   19. 

*  Ibid.,  i.   12  {Line.  Cath.  Statutes  i,  54). 
«  Folio  34. 

*  Canon  Christopher  Wordsworth  also  noticed    the  likeness  of  the  two  hands 
{Line.  Cath.  Statutes  ii,  p.  cxxin.). 


INTRODUCTION  xxxiii 

numbering  the  leaves.  On  folio  30^,  of  the  Martilogium, 
there  is  a  collection  of  customs  to  which  Schalby  gives  the 
title,  '  De  consuetudinibus  non  redactis  in  scripturam,' 
and  prefaces  it  with  the  sentence, 

'  Svbscripta  pro  consuetudinibus  obscruari  vidi  tempore  quo 
resedi  scilicet  per  annos'  amplius  et  ea  nullicubi  reperi  esse  scripta.' 

In  the  course  of  his  memoir  of  bishop  Sutton,  he  says  : 

'  Et  hec  omnia  noui  qui  ea  de  ipso  scripsi  quoniam  in  domo 
ipsius  fui  per  annos  octodecim  registrator. '- 

Again,  when  recording  the  death  of  bishop  Dalderby, 
12  January,  1320,  he  adds : 

'  Huic  \iro  dei  diun  \'itales  carperet  auras  ille  qui  hec  scripsit 
per  octo  annos  in  statu  non  infimo  descruiuit  7  condiciones  eius 
sanctissimas  bene  nouit.'^ 

That  both  the  Martilogium  and  the  cartulary  should 
manifest  this  passion  for  recording  events  for  the  benefit 
of  posterity,  and  furnish  this  sort  of  personal  notes,  is 
worthy  of  remark  :  no  parallel  instance  is  known  at 
Lincoln. 

Another  line  of  evidence  may  be  now  followed.  As 
bishop's  registrar,  it  was  Schalby's  duty  to  keep  an  official 
record  of  his  master's  official  acts.  At  Lincoln  this  was 
at  first  written  on  rolls  made  up  of  membranes  of  vellum 
sewn  end  to  end.  For  the  first  nine  years  of  bishop  Sutton's 
episcopate  there  are  seven  rolls,  one  for  each  archdeaconry 
(except  Buckingham  and  Oxford  which  are  lost),  and  a 
roll  of  commendations  of  churches  to  clerks,  usually  for 
six  months.  Bishop  Gravesend's  roll  for  the  archdeaconry 
of  Lincoln  is  sixty-six  feet  long,  and  much  time,  besides 
undue  wear  and  tear,  is  consumed  in  turning  from  one  part 
of  the  roll  to  another.  In  1290  was  begun  the  practice  of 
making  the  entries  on  a  separate  set  of  quires  of  vellum 
for  the  institutions  in  each  archdeaconry,  for  the  ordina- 
tions, and  for  the  memoranda  of  miscellaneous  business. 
At  the  end  of  an  episcopate,  the  quires  were  arranged  in 
due  order,  and  bound  up  in  one  or  two  volumes  or  registers. 
After  Sutton's  death,  it  is  evident  that  someone  went 
through  the  quires  of  institutions,  writing  at  the  head  of 

1  Uafortunately,   the  scribe  has  omitted  the  number  of  the  years. 
'  Folio  7. 
'  Folio  28. 


xxxiv  INTRODUCTION 

the  recto  of  most  of  the  fohos  the  year  to  which  the  page 
referred,  and  very  often  the  name  of  the  archdeaconry— 
e.g.  '  Buk'  anno  xiiij,' — ^and  numbering  the  leaves  with 
Roman  numerals.  The  same  person,  at  a  later  date, 
supplied  the  years  and  archdeaconries  for  the  first  eight  or 
nine  years  (1299-1308)  of  the  institutions  in  bishop 
Dalderby's  register,  though  the  numbering  of  the  leaves 
could  not  of  course  be  done  until  the  end  of  the  episcopate. 
Now,  an  episcopal  register  is  an  official  record  in  which 
no  one  may  write  except  the  registrar  himself,  or  scribes 
deputed  by  him.  At  Sutton's  death,  a  register  had  to 
be  made  up  for  the  first  time,  and  it  may  be  concluded 
that  Schalby  himself  as  registrar  supplied  the  necessary 
headings  and  numbers.  It  is  significant  in  this  connection 
that  the  notes  by  the  same  hand  in  bishop  Dalderby's 
register  cease  about  the  time  that  Schalby  resigned  the 
registrarship.  This  hand  is  too  large,  bold,  and  uneven 
for  that  of  a  clerk,  and  it  has  a  striking  similarity  to  that 
of  Q  in  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum.  It  is  difficult  to 
say  quite  confidently  that  the  two  hands  are  identical,  for 
there  is  but  Uttle  to  compare.  On  the  one  hand  all  that 
the  registers  provide  is  the  word  '  anno  '  repeated  with 
the  abbreviated  name  of  one  or  other  of  the  archdeaconries  : 
on  the  other  hand  Q  was  much  given  to  forming  his  capital 
letters  in  various  ways  :  for  instance,  he  used  six  different 
forms  of  the  capital  letter  D.  But  the  argument  for 
identity  is  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  the  annotator 
and  Q,  who  did  their  work  at  about  the  same  date,  both 
used  ink  of  the  same  brown  shade. 

Although  no  single  piece  of  the  evidence  may  be 
regarded  as  conclusive,  the  cumulative  effect  is  such  as 
to  leave  no  doubt  that  Q  is  to  be  identiiied  with  Schalby. 
This  involves  no  chronological  difficulty.  Mr  Bradshaw, 
indeed,  thought  that  the  redactor  of  the  Registrum 
Antiquissimum  and  his  scribes  did  their  work  '  early  in 
Edward  I's  reign  '^  ;  but  a  careful  comparison  of  the 
hands  of  Q's  scribes'-  with  bishop  Sutton's  register  which 
belongs  to  the  last  decade  of  the  thirteenth  century,  reveals 
no  appreciable  difference  of  style  between  the  two  records. 
Further,  a  document  of  1289^  has  been  copied  into  the 

^  Line.  Cath.  Statutes  i.   111. 

•  '  Q2 '  is  used  below  to  indicate  these  scribes.  There  were  probably  two  or, 
perhaps,  three  of  them  ;  but  it  is  impossible  to  distinguish  their  hands  with 
certainty. 

=  Reg.  Ant.,  uo.  993. 


INTRODUCTION  xxxv 

cartulary  by  one  of  Q's  scribes,  and  Q  himself  obviously 
could  not  have  written  the  account  of  the  bishop's  funeral 
before  1299.  But,  even  if  Q's  work  were  put  back  to  1280, 
no  chronological  difficulty  would  arise,  because  Schalby 
was  old  enough  in  1282  to  be  appointed  bishop's  registrar. 

Q's    work    of    redaction    must    be    now    described    in 
detail : 

(a)  He  directs  that  the  cartulary  shall  fall  into  two  parts 
{partes)  and  a  number  of  subdivisions  {tituli)  ;  but 
his  directions,  as  wiU  be  shewn,  were  left  incomplete  : 

Pars  Prima 

I.    De  Priuilegiis  [papal  buUs]  (f.  169)  A 
[II.     Not  indicated  :    perhaps  intended  for  Carte  Episco- 

porum]  B 

III.  De  lurisdictione  Capituli  et  Canonicorum  (f.  183)  C 

IV.  De  Compositionibus  (f.   186)  D 
V.     De  Appropriationibus  Ecclesiarum  (f.  195)  E 

VI.     De  Decimis  (f.  203d.)  F 

VII.     De  Pensionibus  (f.  209)  G 

VIII.     De  Patronatibus  (f.  21  Id.)  H 

IX.     De  Vicariis  Ecclesiarum  de  Communa  (f.  205)  J 

[X.     Not  indicated  ;    perhaps  Carte  Abbatum  et  Priorum 

(see  R.A.,  no.  208  marg.)  ]  K 

[XI.     Not    indicated:     perhaps    De    Electionibus    (f.    189)]  M 
[XII.     Not   indicated :    perhaps   De   Altaribus   et  Cantariis 

(see  f.  21  Id.)]  L 

Pars  Secunda 

XIII.    Carte  Regum  (f.  1)  N 

[XIV.     Not  indicated  :   perhaps  Carte  Comitum]  O 

[XV.     Not  indicated  :   perhaps  Carte  Commune   (f.    130)  ]  P 

{b)  Q  supplies  much  additional  matter,  chiefly  by  the 
hands  of  his  scribes.  This  is  written  either  where 
blank  spaces  were  to  be  found  in  the  cartulary  or  on 
fresh  quires.^  Sometimes  he  writes  the  first  few 
words  of  a  charter  with  his  own  hand,  and  leaves  it 
to  be  finished  by  his  scribe."  At  the  end  of  the  work 
of  the  original  scribe  on  folio  176^,  Q  adds  no  less 
than  forty-five  folios  (folios  177-211)  of  new  matter. 
Besides  the  documents  which  he  has  copied,  he  indi- 
cates others  which  are  to  be  copied  :  besides  scripta 
there  are  scribenda.  Folio  211d  supplies  a  clear 
indication  that  Q  did  not  finish  his  task,  for  he  has  a 

le.g.  ff.  67-73,  fi.   130-133. 

'  e.g.  Reg.  Ant.,  nos.  356,  677,  902,  970,  987. 


xxxvi  INTRODUCTION 

note  '  De  altaribus  aliis  intra  ecclesiam  .  .  .  infra 
patet  ad  finem  libri  sub  titulo  de  altaribus  et  cantariis,' 
whereas  this  titulus,  which  would  have  been  of  great 
interest,   is  nowhere  to  be  found. 

(c)  He  makes  many  notes  that  documents  are  (1)  to  be 
cancelled  when  they  have  been,  or  are  to  be,  copied 
elsewhere  in  the  cartulary,  e.g.  : 

'  Vacat  quia  supra  scribitur  in  principio.'    '  Scribitur  alibi   in 
proprio  titulo.' 

(2)  to  be  removed  to  another  position,  e.g.  : 

'  Scribantiir  inter  cartas  coniituni.'     '  Vacat  hie  quia  in  Jorde- 
burg  '  (Reg.  Ant.,  nos.  98,  433  ;   Cp.  nos.  227,  232,  etc.) 

{d)  He  has  notes  about  the  original  texts  of  charters, 
e.g.: 

'  Hec  carta  est  in  cista  doniini  decani  cartai-um  '   (Reg.  Ant., 
no.  115;   below,  no.  146).* 

Against  charters  of  land  in  Corringham  : 

'  Credo    quod    in    cophino    prebendarum    sunt    originalia    de 
Coringham  '  (Reg.  Ant.,  nos.  245-7).* 

Again.st  charters  of  land  in  Normanby  : 

'  Originalia  non  patent  adliuc  '  (Reg.  Ant.,  nos.  249-50).* 

Under  Messingham  : 

'  Originale  non  patet  sciatur  .S.  de  Wrth'  '    (Reg.    Ant.,   no. 
251).t 

Under  Glentham  : 

'  .iiij.  carte  plures  sunt  in  cofino  '  (Reg.  Ant.,  no.  256). 

Under  Ingham  : 

'  Originalia  de  Ingham  non  comparent '  (Reg.  Ant.,  nos.  265-8).* 

Under  Bishop  Norton  : 

'  Originale  non  patet  sed  est  inter  cartas  episcopi  vt  creditur 
et  sic  non  ad  comniunani  '   (Reg.  Ant.,  no.   284).* 

Under  pope  Adrian  V  : 

'  [Apud  AJ  Littere  papales  sunt  in  p[rinio  ?]  coftno  longo  sub 
predicto  numero  '     (Below  no.  277).* 

At  the  head  of  the  charters  concerning  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  chapter  and  canons  : 

'  Apud  C.  originalia  sunt  in  vno  cofino  sub  predicto  signo  ' 
(Below,  n(;s.  287-303) .J 


INTRODUCTION  xxxvii 

The  documents  distinguished  by  an  asterisk  are  now 
missing  ;   those  marked  with  a  dagger  are  extant  ; 
of  those  marked  with  a  double  dagger  some  are 
extant. 
{e)  He  specifies  charters  which  are  to  be  copied,  e.g.  : 

'  Scribantur  hie  Cotes  et  Stretton  '  (Reg.  Ant.,  f.  54). 

'Hie    debent  sequi  earte  de  Jordeburg  et  seribi '   (Reg.  Ant., 

f.  55d.). 

Four  papal  bulls  (Reg.  Ant.,  f.  182). 

Under  Compositions,  '  Hie  sunt  continuande  et  scribende  multe 

composiciones  et  diuerse  '   (Reg.  Ant.,  f.   187d.). 

'  De  eeelesia    saneti    Bartholomei   appropriacio  .  Instrumenta 

sunt  penes  pueros.' 

'  De  appropriacio  eeclesie  de  Hashebi  similiter  .  7  Hibaldstowe  ' 

(Reg.  Ant.,  f.  203). 

(/)  He  numbered  the  folios  from  1  to  177  with  his  own 
hand,  using  arable  figures.  Facsimiles  of  these  figures, 
which  are  unusual  at  so  early  a  date,  are  given  below  : 

He  also  numbered  the  papal  bulls  with  Roman 
numerals,  and  it  may  have  been  he  who  supplied  the 
same  kind  of  numerals  to  the  first  fifty-eight  texts  in 
the  cartulary. 

Marginalia 

The  marginal  notes  supplied  by  Q  have  been  mentioned 
already.  A  few  comments  by  several  hands  at  various 
dates  have  been  made  in  the  margin,  but  these,  unlike 
Q's  notes,  generally  have  singularly  little  value.  Most  of 
them  call  attention  to  some  special  provision  in  the  text. 
Sometimes  a  hand  with  a  finger  extended  is  drawn  for  this 
purpose.  Two  more  important  notes  by  a  fourteenth 
century  hand  state  that  the  houses  which  Robert  de 
Stutevill  gave  in  prebendam  belonged  to  the  prebend  of 
Thorngate.^  Another  supplies  an  unflattering  sketch  of 
the  subdean.^  Against  two  charters  a  fourteenth  century 
hand  has  written,  '  Reperitur  originale  '^ ;  and  against  two 

1  Below,  pages  201,  208,  s.v.  Marginalia. 

«  Below,  page  210. 

»  Below,  no3.  274,  275. 


xxxviii  INTRODUCTION 

other  texts  the  same  hand  has  noted,  '  Non  reperitur 
originale,'  and  a  later  hand  has  altered  the  two  notes  in 
1406,  so  that  they  read,  '  Reperitur  originale.'^  AU  four 
charters,  however,  are  missing  now. 

Against  the  first  195  texts,  and  a  few  later  ones,  in  the 
cartulary  many  signs  have  been  made  : 

2_        2j.        0         r        +       R'        pr       N        V 

It  has  been  found  impossible  to  interpret  the  first  six  of 
these  signs.  They  do  not  correspond  with  the  endorse- 
ments of  the  original  charters,  nor  do  they  indicate  any 
intelligible  classification.  '  Pr '  stands  for  '  Prebenda,' 
and  is  placed  against  some  of  the  documents  which  relate 
to  prebendal  estates.  '  N  '  means  '  Nota.'  '  V,'  the  initial 
of  '  Vacat,'  is  written  opposite  many  texts,  but  the  reason 
for  their  being  thus  distinguished  is  not  obvious.  Although 
the  signs  appear  to  be  of  little  value  they  have  been  printed 
under  the  head  of  '  Marginalia,'  in  so  far  as  they  are  legible. 
Some  of  them  are  much  faded,  and  some  have  probably 
become  invisible. 

The  marginal  titles  of  the  texts  in  the  Registrum 
Antiquissimum,  which  are  generally  the  same  as  the 
rubricated  titles  when  such  titles  have  been  supplied,  are 
printed  in  this  edition  at  the  head  of  the  texts  to  which 
they  refer,  followed  by  the  word  '  marg.'  Distinctive 
marginalia  in  parallel  texts  have  been  noted. 

The  Make-up  and  Binding 

In  consequence  of  the  manuscript  having  been  left  in 
so  unfinished  a  condition  by  the  original  scribe  and  his 
continuator,  it  is  probable  that  the  quires  remained  un- 
bound until  Q  arranged  them  in  their  present  order  and 
numbered  the  folios.  Perhaps  the  book  was  not  bound 
even  after  Q's  redaction  for,  as  has  been  said  already,  he 
too  did  not  complete  his  task.  Of  the  last  thirty-eight 
foHos,  five  leaves  (234-238)  were  written  about  1260  ; 
twenty-seven  (212-233,  239-244)  contain  matter  of  the 
fourteenth  and  fifteenth  centuries  ;  and  six  (245-250), 
documents  of  various  dates  written  by  sixteenth  century 
hands.  Therefore  the  volume  did  not  assume  its  present 
form   until  late  in  the   sixteenth   century.     The   present 

'Below,  nos.  256,  257. 


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INTRODUCTION  xxxix 

binding  of  rough  brown  calf  may  belong  to  that  time, 
though  the  style  rather  suggests  a  date  in  the  first  half 
of  the  seventeenth  century.^  The  two  brass  clasps  which 
are  mounted  on  leather  hinges  are  at  least  as  old  as  the 
binding.  It  may  be  added  that  the  Registrum,  the 
Martilogium,  the  Carte  Decani,  the  Liber  de  Ordinationibus 
Cantariarum,  as  well  as  all  the  pre-Reformation  Episcopal 
Registers,  were  bound  in  the  same  style,  with  slight  varia- 
tions of  line  and  ornament,  and  probably  at  about  the 
same  date. 

The   Registrum  Superantiquissimum 

This  is  the  name  which  has  been  given  to  a  fragment^ 
consisting  of  sixteen  leaves  of  vellum  which  formed,  or 
were  intended  to  form,  part  of  a  cartulary.  The  date  of 
the  writing  is  about  the  end  of  the  twelfth  century,  and 
the  pages  measure  lOJ  x  6|  inches.  The  marginal  titles 
of  the  charters  are  written  in  a  very  small  hand  a  little 
later  than  the  text.  A  facsimile  is  given  opposite.  The 
fragment  contains  fifty-nine  charters  or  parts  of  charters, 
all  of  which  are  found  in  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum 
except  the  important  mandate  of  pope  Innocent  II  with 
reference  to  the  excommunication  of  the  earl  of  Leicester 
referred  to  above.''  The  texts  run  in  the  same  order  as 
those  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  except  that  nos. 
32,  137,  138,  and  143  of  that  cartulary  do  not  appear  here. 
The  last  document,  no.  59  (=  no.  259,  below),  is  unfinished. 

The   Registrum   Pr^antiquissimum 

This  manuscript,'*  like  the  Superantiquissimum,  is  a 
fragment,  consisting  of  nine  leaves  of  vellum  which  are 
not  always  consecutive.  There  are  lacunae,  after  folios 
2d,  3d,  and  4d.  Some  of  the  leaves  are  badly  injured  so 
that  only  parts  of  texts  remain  or  are  legible.  The  pages 
measure  9 J  x  6 J  inches.  The  writing,  which  appears  to 
belong  to  the  early  years  of  the  thirteenth  century,  is 
rather  smaller  than  that  of  the  Superantiquissimum.  The 
initial   letters   of   the   first    and   twenty-first   charters   are 

>  Ackaowledgment   is   due  to  Mr  W.  A.   Marsdea,    Keeper   of  Printed    Books 
at  the  British  Museum,  for  advice. 
»D.  and  C,  a1/4/1. 
'  Page  xxi. 
«D.  and  C,  a1/4/2. 


xl  INTRODUCTION 

illuminated  in  green  and  red,  and  that  of  the  second  text 
in  red.  Marginal  titles  have  been  supplied  by  the  person 
who  wrote  those  in  the  Superantiquissimum.  The  charters 
generally  do  not  foUow  the  order  of  the  Registrum  Anti- 
QUissiMUM.  The  differences  between  the  Praeantiquissi- 
mum  and  the  Antiquissimum  are  not  of  much  importance, 
except  that  in  one  charter  the  former  supplies  a  clause  of 
nine  words  which  the  latter,  by  an  unusual  lapse  of  the 
original  scribe,  omits/  The  fragment  supplies  two  inter- 
esting texts  which  are  not  found  elsewhere.^  A  facsimile 
of  the  fragment  faces  page  xxxix.  The  first  four  pages 
were  pasted  into  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum,  after 
folio  8,  until  Canon  J.  F.  Wickenden  removed  them  on 
7  September,  1881,  and  placed  them  with  the  other  five 
pages  of  the  fragment. 

The   Cotton   Cartulary 

The  title,  written  with  red  ink  at  the  top  of  the  first 
page  of  this  cartulary,'  is,  '  Hie  est  liber  Cartarum  ecclesie 
beate  Marie  Lincol '  .  quam  transtulit  Willelmus  Rex 
primus.'  It  consists  of  twenty-five  folios,  measuring 
8|  X  6  inches,  which  are  now  bound  up  in  one  volume 
with  other  manuscripts.  It  may  be  presumed  that  the 
cartulary's  real  home  is  Lincoln,  whence,  like  the  Regis- 
trum Antiquissimum,  it  was  carried  away.  Like  the 
two  earlier  manuscripts,  it  is  a  fragment  but,  unlike  them, 
it  is  in  a  perfect  condition.  It  contains  charters  of 
William  I,  William  II,  Henry  I,  Henry  II,  and  five  papal 
bulls,  but  it  ends  suddenly  in  the  middle  of  the  fifth  bull.' 
The  order  of  the  texts  is  more  or  less  that  of  the 
Registrum  Antiquissimum.  A  charter  of  Henry  II  is 
found  here  only.'''  On  folio  13d  two  texts  are  written  in 
a  hand  of  the  time  of  Henry  III  :  the  one  is  a  copy  of  a 
charter  of  Henry  I  which  also  appears  on  folio  7d  in  the 
same  hand  as  the  rest  of  the  manuscript"  ;  the  other, 
which  is  dated  3  Henry  III,  and  is  concerned  with  the 
liberties  of  the  dean  and  chapter  in  Asgarby  and  Fries- 
thorpe,  will  be  printed  in  volume  II  of  the  present  work. 

'  Below,  page  203.  11.  3,  4. 

»  Below,  nos.  306-7. 

»  Brit.  Mus.,  Cotton  M.SS.,  Ve.sp.  E  xvi. 

'  No.  251,  below. 

■■  Below,   no.   193. 

•  Below,  no.  30. 


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INTRODUCTION  xli 

The  Cotton  cartulary  is  written  in  a  script  of  the  early 
years  of  the  thirteenth  century,  which  is  a  little  smaller 
than  that  of  the  Superantiquissimum  or  the  Prseanti- 
quissimum  ;  and  marginal  titles  have  been  added  by  a 
hand  which  is  a  little  later  than  that  of  the  text.  The 
writing  grows  rather  larger  from  folio  17d  onwards.  Each 
of  the  bulls'  begin  with  a  large  initial  illuminated  in  green 
and  red  like  the  initials  in  the  Praeantiquissimum.  In  the 
earlier  part  of  the  manuscript,  red  initials  or  rubrics  occur 
on  folios  1,  Id,  6,  14,  and  17.  A  facsimile  of  folio  18  is 
given  facing  page  xl. 

The  Registrum 

This  is"  '  an  enormous  register  of  charters  and  privileges, 
compiled  and  written  uniformly  about  1330. '^  The  work 
may  have  been  in  hand  ten  or  fifteen  years  earlier.  The 
volume  contains  272  leaves  of  vellum,  measuring  16  x  9| 
inches.  The  documents  have  been  numbered  lately  in 
pencil  from  1  to  1942,  and  the  folios  from  1  to  272. 
Rubricated  titles  have  been  supplied  to  numbers  1-61. 
The  handwriting  is  good  and  easy  to  read.  The  pages 
have  been  ruled  to  secure  accurate  alignment,  and 
uniformity  in  ruling  has  been  achieved  by  pricking  the 
edges  of  the  leaves.  The  work  of  the  compiler  is  accurate, 
but  the  spelling  of  the  names  of  persons  and  places  has 
sometimes  been  modernized.  Thus  ph  is  often  substituted 
for  /  in  such  a  name  as  Radulfus,  and  y  for  i  or  ia  in  such 
an  instance  as  Asgarbi  or  Asgarbia.  Such  substitutions 
should  be  taken  into  account,  but  they  do  not  detract  from 
the  value  of  the  record  except  for  certain  specialized 
studies.  Present  day  copies  of  the  Authorised  Version  of 
the  Bible  are  a  parallel  instance  :  they  are  accurate,  but 
the  spelling  has  been  modernized.  Further,  the  cartulary 
is  complete,  including  the  names  of  witnesses  and  matters 
of  common  form.  The  Registrum  is  a  valuable  supple- 
ment to  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  supplying  not 
only  documents  of  later  date,  but  also  many  additional 
early  charters  of  unimpeachable  authenticity.  The  manu- 
script is  made  up  of  three  parts  : 

(rt)  ff.    1-76    (originally   numbered   with   Arabic    figures 
which  suggest  O's  hand),  royal  and  other  charters. 

'  ft.   18.   19,  20,  23,  25. 

2D.  and  C,  a1/6. 

^  Mr  H.   Bradshaw's  note. 


xlii  INTRODUCTION 

{b)  ft.  78-152  (originally  numbered  i-lxxvj),  '  Pars 
secunda.  Registrum  Cartarum  contingentium 
Capitulum  Lincoln'  in  Ciuitate  et  Suburbio  Line'  '. 

(c)  ff.  153-272  (formerly  numbered,  at  various  dates, 
1-121),  charters  of  places  in  the  several  wapen- 
takes of  Lincolnshire,  and  in  Nottinghamshire  and 
Oxfordshire,  and  later  documents  (ff.  264d-272). 

There  are  no  papal  bulls  and  none  of  the  charters  with 
reference  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  chapter  that  Q  added 
to  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum. 

Carte  Decani 
At  the  head  of  folio  1  of  this  cartulary'  the  full  title 
is  given  as,  '  Carte  tangentes  Decanatum  beate  Marie 
Lincoln'  '.  The  volume  consists  of  94  folios  of  vellum, 
14|-  X  9  inches.  A  hand,  which  is  probably  Q's,  has 
numbered  folios  7-41,  and  charters  1-114,  with  Arabic 
figures."  Later  hands  have  continued  the  two  series  of 
numbers  to  the  end  of  the  book.  A  fourteenth  century 
hand  also  has  numbered  the  earliest  folios  from  i  to  xxii. 
The  manuscript  may  be  dated  about  1320,  with  various 
later  additions.  It  is  generally  accurate,  but  is  scarcely 
equal  in  that  respect  to  the  earlier  cartularies.  The 
documents,  which  are  copied  in  full,  are  arranged  under 
the  heads  of  Chesterfield  (nos.  1-60),  Ashbourne  (61-100), 
Wirksworth  (101-125),  Darley  (126-164),  Mansfield  (165- 
173),  Leverton  (174-183),  and  ClayA\'orth  (184-275).  The 
first  four  places  are  in  Derbyshire,  and  the  others  in 
Nottinghamshire.  Most  of  the  documents  are  not  found 
elsewhere,  and  a  large  part  of  the  manuscript  will  be 
printed  in  the  second  volume  of  this  series.  The  margins 
have  been  disfigured  with  inaccurate  notes  by  hands  of 
the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  centuries,  many  of  which 
ascribe  documents  to  the  wrong  dean.  There  are  also 
many  elongated  fingers  pointing  to  clauses  which  happen 
to  have  interested  the  person  who  drew  them. 

The  Liber  de  Ordinationibus  Cantariarum 
This  Liber^  is  a  volume  of  385  vellum  leaves,  measuring 
12J  X  8^  inches.     The  folios  have  been  numbered  with 

»D.  and  C.  a1/7. 

'  It  is  significant  that  these  series  of  the  earliest  Arabic  figures  in  the  several 
cartularies  are  always  unfinished,  and  that  they  come  to  an  end  within  the  lifetime 
of  y. 

'D.  and  C,  A 1/8. 


INTRODUCTION  xUii 

several  series  of  figures,  both  Roman  and  Arabic,  and  now 
a  continuous  numbering  in  pencil  has  been  supplied.  The 
writing  is  by  various  hands  of  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth 
centuries.  A  few  of  the  charters  are  early  enough  to 
find  a  place  in  the  present  edition. 

The  Choristers'  Cartulary 

This  manuscript'  consists  of  a  single  quarternion  of 
twelve  leaves  of  vellum,  measuring  11|  x  81  inches,  with 
a  limp  vellum  cover.  It  was  written  in  the  second  half  of 
the  fourteenth  century.  The  rubricated  title  at  the  head 
of  the   first    folio   is :    H[oc]  est  transcri-ptum   cartarum  7 

ceteroruni  scriptarum  ad  pueros Lincoln    [query 

pertinencium].  The  title  on  the  cover  is  :  Liber  ordinationis 
pnerorum  de  Choro.  Two  interesting  charters  (nos.  19  and 
20),  record  that  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Selby,  in  1295, 

'  attendentes  atrium  ecclesie  Lincoln'  tarn  angustum  esse  ( 
quod  propter  frequentem  7  assiduam  multitudinem  moriencium 
illatorum  comode  non  sufficit  ad  sepulcram  (  ob  honorem  dicte 
matrici  ecclesie  I  7  pro  merito  participando  (  de  huiusmodi  pio 
opere  caritatis  .■'  concedimus  I  damus  (  7  assignamus  (  ac  omnino 
quietum  clamamus  (  7  present!  carta  nostra  confirmamus  .  .  . 
decano  7  capitulo  predicte  ecclesie  Line'  7  successoribus  suis 
aduocacionem  <  exiUs  ecclesie  paroclualis  sancti  Bartholomei  retro 
castellum  Line'  cum  gleba  ipsius  ecclesie  (  neenon  7  cum  pertinenciis 
suis  in  puram  (  liberam  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  ad  sepulturam 
mortuorum  specialiter  inibi  faciendam.' 

Other  Cartularies 

It  will  be  sufficient  merely  to  mention  the  two  remaining 
cartularies  of  the  dean  and  chapter  : 

{a)  The  Chantries  of  John  de  Welburne  (treasurer 
1351-1381)  and  Henry  duke  of  Lancaster  (d.  1361)'  ;  and 
{b)  The  Knyveton  Leiger.'  These  manuscripts  are  not 
to  be  drawn  upon  for  this  edition  because  the  material 
in  the  former  is  too  late,  and  the  latter,  since  it  is  a  family 
cartulary,  demands  separate  treatment. 

The  cartulary  of  the  Vicars  Choral  does  not  belong  to 
the  dean  and  chapter,  although  it  is  generally  kept  in 
their  muniment  room,  but  is  the  property  of  the  Vicars, 

»  D.  and  C.  a1/4/3. 
«D.  and  C,  a1/10. 
•  D.  and  C,  a  1/9. 


xliv  INTRODUCTION 

who  are  a  separate  corporation.  The  documents  which 
are  registered  in  it  are  generally  too  late  for  inclusion 
under  the  present  scheme. 

Original  Charters 

In  the  dean  and  chapter's  muniment  room,  the  original 
pre-Reformation  charters,  to  the  number  of  about  4,200,' 
are  in  a  generally  good  state  of  preservation,  with  the 
important  exception  that  there  is  a  woeful  absence  of 
seals.  No  royal  charter  has  a  seal  earlier  than  the  reign 
of  Edward  III,  except  the  first  Forest  Charter  of  Henry  III, 
of  which  the  seal  of  the  legate  Gualo  has  survived  in  an 
imperfect  state. ^  Even  in  the  charters  of  Edward  III  the 
seals  are  few  and  much  injured.  But  few  specimens  of 
the  seals  of  bishops  or  of  the  chapter  remain.  The  seals 
of  humbler  people,  no  doubt  on  account  of  their  smaller 
size,  have  fared  better,  and  there  is  a  large  number  of  seals 
of  free  peasants  and  of  citizens  of  Lincoln.  Often  the  seal 
tag  also  has  disappeared  ;  sometimes  it  has  been  neatly 
cut  off  ;  at  other  times  torn  away  with  consequent  injury 
to  the  foot  of  the  document. 

The  loss  is  not  confined  to  seals.  Many  of  the  docu- 
ments which  were  before  the  original  scribe  of  the  Regis- 
TRUM  Antiquissimum  and  O  are  no  longer  extant.  Of 
the  great  papal  buUs^  confirming  the  possessions  of  the 
church  of  Lincoln,  0  says  that  they  are  to  be  found  '  apud 
[signum]  A  '  ;  but  none  of  them  now  exists.  Against 
other  papal  bulls  Q  wrote,  '  Lift  ere  papales  sunt  in  [primo  ?] 
cofino  longo  sub  predicto  numero  '  [sc.  AY  ;  but  they  are 
not  to  be  found.  Again  out  of  sixteen  texts  about  juris- 
diction no  more  than  five  survive.  The  evidence  of  the 
charters  of  inspeximus  granted  by  Edward  I  and  Edward  III 
points  to  the  same  conclusion,  for  a  large  number  of  the 
documents  that  were  inspected  and  confirmed  in  1281, 
1284,  and  1330,  have  disappeared.  Perhaps  instead  of 
regret  over  these  losses,  there  should  prevail  a  feeling  of 
thankfulness  that  so  much  material  of  first-rate  importance 
remains.  The  losses,  however  serious  they  be,  seem  almost 
negligible  when  compared  with  the  almost  wholesale 
disappearance  of  documents  from  the  diocesan  registry. 

'  Above,   page  xxiii. 
-  Helow,  page   148. 
»  Below,  nos.  247-255. 
«  Below,  page  230, 


INTRODUCTION  xlv 

Since  no  copy,  however  exact  it  be,  can  tell  as  much 
as  an  original  document,  scholars  will  commend  the 
decision  of  the  Lincoln  Record  Society  to  supply  facsimiles 
of  some  of  the  more  important  texts.  In  the  present 
volume  thirty-four  charters  are  thus  reproduced,  and 
further  facsimiles  will  be  furnished  in  subsequent  volumes. 

Charters  of   Inspeximus 

The  charters  of  inspeximus  granted  by  Edward  I  and 
Edward  III,  which  are  described  on  pages  Ivi-lxii,  below, 
have  been  collated  with  the  texts  that  are  printed  here, 
and  differences  are  noted  under  the  head  of  '  Various 
Readings.'  But  the  similar  charters  by  the  later  kings 
have  not  been  used  for  this  edition,  since  each  succeeding 
sovereign  merely  inspected,  recited,  and  confirmed  the 
charter  of  his  predecessor,  without  examining  afresh  the 
charters  of  the  chapter.  A  comparison  of  the  charters  of 
inspeximus  of  Edward  I  and  Edward  III  with  the  original 
charters  indicates  a  very  high  degree  of  accuracy,  and 
they  are  of  great  value  in  confirming  or  correcting  the 
other  secondary  texts. 

The  Relation  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  to 
THE  other  Cartularies 

The  Superantiquissimum  :  The  order,  as  far  as  its 
fifty-eight  charters  extend,  is  generally  the  same  as  the 
order  in  A.  Its  agreement  with  the  seven  existing  original 
texts  is  very  close  : 

S  agrees  with  Orig.  against  A^  . .  . .  8  times 

S  agrees  with  A  against  Orig.    .  .  . .  8  times 

S  differs  from  Orig.  and  A  which  agree .  .  4  times 

S  differs  from  Orig.  and  A  which  differ.  .  3  times 

S  is  more  closely  in  agreement  with  A  than  with  C.  In 
no.  49,  below,  where  S  and  C  agree,  A  seems  to  have  the 
better  text,  and  is  supported  therein  by  an  inspeximus. 
In  no.  55,  below,  A  has  a  clause  which  S  and  C  omit.  In 
no.  94,  below,  S  and  A  read  '  }?ig  de  Sai '  where  the 
inspeximus  has  '  Ing'  de  Sai.' 

'  For  Uie  abbreviations,  see  pages  viii,  ix,  above. 


xlvi  INTRODUCTION 

The  PrcBantiquissimum  :  The  order  of  its  twenty-one 
texts  is  very  different  from  that  of  A.  There  are  five 
original  texts  of  charters  which  are  common  to  A  and  P  : 

P  agrees  with  A  against  Orig.  . .  . .        5  times 

P  agrees  with  Orig.  against  A  . .  . .        twice 

In  no.  252  below,  P  agrees  generally  with  A  against  an 
inspeximus. 

The  Cotton  MS.  :  The  order  of  its  seventy  charters 
is  generally  the  same  as  that  in  A.  A  collation  of  eleven 
of  its  texts  which  occur  also  in  A  and  for  which  there  are 
original  charters  shews  that  : 

C  agrees  with  Orig.  against  A  . .          . .  18  times 

C  agrees  with  A  against  Orig.  . .          . .  15  times 

C  differs  from  A  and  Orig.  which  agree. .  *36  times 

C,  Orig.  and  A  differ       . .         . .         . .  4  times 

*  Twenty  of  these  are  in  one  charter. 

This  table  excludes  no.  137,  below,  which  has  been  dis- 
cussed above  (page  xxviii).  In  the  texts  common  to  C  and 
A,  for  which  there  are  no  original  charters,  the  reading  of 
A  is  perhaps  more  often  to  be  preferred.  In  no.  118,  below, 
line  1,  C  has  '  rex  '  preceded  by  '  dei  gracia  '  which  A 
omits,  the  date  being  before  1159.  In  the  five  bulls  (nos. 
247-251,  below),  the  text  of  C  is  probably  rather  superior 
to  A,  especially  in  that  it  follows  more  closely  the  punctua- 
tion of  the  papal  chancery  ;  and  in  that  it  has  the  form 
'  domni '  (gen.)  when  the  reference  is  to  the  pope,  whereas 
A  has  '  domini '  (no.  249,  line  105,  and  no.  250,  line  78). 
C  also  twice  gives  the  correct  date  where  A  is  a  year  behind 
(no.  249,  line  104,  and  no.  250,  line  77).  In  no.  250,  line 
57,  both  C  and  A  read  '  perturbat  '  which  is  a  mistake 
for  '  perturbare.'  In  no.  251,  line  28,  C  has  '  manerium 
de  Nortuna,'  whereas  A  reads  '  manerium  de  L 
leaving  a  blank  as  if  the  scribe  could  not  read  the  name, 
which,  however,  is  quite  plain  in  C. 

The  weight  of  evidence  is  against  A  having  been  copied 
from  S,  P,  or  C.  C  never  contained  more  than  about  a 
third  of  the  royal  charters  in  A.  The  instances  of  agree- 
ment between  A  on  the  one  hand  and  S  or  P  or  C  on 
the  other  perhaps  point  to  the  probability  that  the  scribe 


INTRODUCTION  xlvii 

of  A  was  sometimes  influenced  by  those  texts.  There  is 
no  evidence  to  shew  that  there  was  any  earlier  cartulary 
behind  the  extant  texts,  which  might  account  in  some 
measure  for  the  differences  of  reading,  though  such  a 
document  might,  perhaps,  be  suggested  by  such  an  example 
as  no.  53,  below,  where  S,  C,  and  A  omit  the  word  '  Cen- 
tesimo  '  in  the  date,  although  the  word  appears  in  the 
original  charter  and  also  in  an  inspeximus  of  1329.  On 
the  whole,  the  evidence  seems  to  indicate  that  the  original 
scribe  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  founded  his  work 
to  a  greater  extent  upon  original  documents  than  upon 
secondary  texts.  The  Registrum  also  appears  to  be 
an  independent  work,  based  upon  the  original  charters, 
which,  in  regard  to  minute  differences,  it  not  infrequently 
follows  with  even  more  fidelity  than  the  Registrum 
Antiquissimum  does. 

No  account,  however  brief,  of  the  archives  would  be 
complete  without  some  mention  of  the  work  of  three 
scholars  in  the  last  quarter  of  the  nineteenth  century. 
Canon  Joseph  Frederic  Wickenden,  prebendary  of  Norton 
Episcopi,  spent  nearly  eight  years  in  cleaning,  arranging, 
and  docketing  the  documents,  which  he  found  to  be  in  a 
state  of  dirt  and  disorder,  though  happily  they  had  suffered 
scarcely  at  all  from  damp.  He  also  placed  the  documents 
in  the  boxes  and  presses  in  which  they  are  now  preserved  ; 
and  he  compiled  a  comprehensive  list  of  the  pre-Reforma- 
tion  charters,  which  has  lately  been  bound  in  three  volumes. 
He  died  on  23  October,  1883,  and  his  work  is  commemorated 
on  a  brass  tablet  which  the  dean  and  chapter  placed  in 
the  muniment-room.^  The  next  name  to  be  remembered 
is  that  of  the  eminent  antiquary  and  scholar,  Mr  Henry 
Bradshaw,  whose  work  has  already  been  alluded  to.' 
During  the  years  1879-1884  he  devoted  much  time  to  a 
study  of  the  contents  of  the  muniment-room,  and  compiled 
a  large  part  of  the  present  manuscript  catalogue  in  order, 
as  he  said,  to  make  the  result  of  Wickenden's  labours 
available  for  others.  Mr  Bradshaw's  chief  work,  how- 
ever, was,  with  immense  labour  and  ingenuity,  to  unravel 
the  tangled  skein  of  evidence  for  the  history  of  the  statutes 
of  the  church  of  Lincoln,  a  literary  and  historical  quest 
which  he  followed  with  deep  interest.     He  also  prepared 

1  Line.  Cath.  Statutes  ii,  pp.  cclxxxiv-vii. 
'  See  Index,  s.v.  Bradshaw. 


xlviii  INTRODUCTION 

for  publication  a  critical  edition  of  the  Liber  Niger  or 
Black  Book  of  the  church  of  Lincoln.  His  work  was 
cut  short  by  his  death  on  10  February,  1886.^  The  third 
name  is  that  of  Canon  Christopher  Wordsworth,  formerly 
prebendary  of  Lyddington,  and  now  chancellor  of  Salisbury 
cathedral,  who  edited  what  Mr  Bradshaw  had  prepared 
for  publication.  More  than  this,  he  gathered  a  great 
body  of  additional  material,  and  edited  the  whole  in 
three  volumes,  under  the  title  of  Lincoln  Cathedral  Statutes 
(1892-1897).  That  monumental  and  learned  work,  a  mine 
in  which  the  student  continually  finds  unexpected  treasure, 
is  indispensable  to  anyone  who  is  concerned  with  the  history 
and  constitution  of  the  church  of  Lincoln.  An  earlier 
benefactor  who  should  not  be  forgotten  is  bishop  Wake, 
who  found  and  restored,  at  what  cost  to  himself  we  are 
not  told,  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  which,  whether 
by  accident  or  by  fraud,  had  been  taken  away  from  the 
church  of  Lincoln." 

The  present  writer  is,  however,  fain  to  confess  that  his 
thoughts  are  drawn  especially  to  the  canon,  old  and  blind, 
who  six  hundred  years  ago  '  closed  his  latest  day '  at 
Lincoln — to  John  of  Schalby,  here  shown  to  be  identical 
with  Q  the  redactor  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum, 
who  classified,  transcribed,  and  helped  to  preserve  the 
archives,  and  shewed  an  eager  desire  to  record  what  he 
had  seen  or  had  been  able  to  discover.  This,  as  Schalby 
himself  tells  us,  he  did  in  order  that  those  who  were  living, 
as  well  as  those  who  were  to  come,  might  have  the  certain 
knowledge  of  the  past  which  is  needed  for  the  wise 
administration  of  the  church  of  Lincoln. 

'  Line.  Catlt.  Statutes,  vol.  i,  passim  ;   vol.  ii,  p.  ccl.\,\.xv. 
*  Above,  pages  xxiv-v. 


(xlix) 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS 
OF    THE    REGISTRUM    ANTIQUISSIMUM 
The  numbered  titles  in  italic  type  have  been  supplied  by  the  editor. 
The  following  abbreviations  have  been  used : 


O 

Con. 

Q 

Q2 


The  Original  scribe,  not  later  than  1225  (above,  pages xxv-vi) , 

The  Continuator,  probably  1225-35    (above,   page   xxvi). 

The  Redactor,  circa  1290-1300  (above,  pages  xxviii  ff). 

The  Redactor's  scribes,    circa    1290-1300   (above,    pages 
xxxiv-v) . 


Hands. 

O 

c.  1200 


O 

O 
O 


16th 

cent 

0 

Con. 

0 

14th 

cent 

0 

c.  1260 

16th 

cent 

1.  Royal  Charters.        II.  pars.  Primus  titulus.     De  cartis 
Regum.     N.     (Q). 

ff.  l-8d,  nos.  1-62  :    Wilham  I,  William  II,  Henry  I. 

fi.  9,  10,  nos.  63-66  :  four  charters  against  each  of 
which  Q  has  written  '  Scribitur  ahbi '  (below,  pp. 
42-3).  These  two  leaves  were  intended  for  another 
cartulary. 

ff.  11,  lid,  nos.  66-72  :    Henry  I. 

f.   12  :    blank. 

ff.   13-16d,  nos.  73-97:    Henry  II. 

ff.  16d-17d,  nos.  98-102  :  charters  of  earls  concerning 
the  prebend  of  Asgarby,  which  have  been  drawn  in 
here  because  the  preceding  twelve  charters  of  Henry  II 
related  to  the  same  prebend.  Q  has  written  against 
nos.  98-102,  '  Scribantur  inter  Cartas  Comitum.' 

ff.  18,  18d,  no.  103  ;  The  vicarage  of  the  churches  of 
Castle  Bytham  and  Holywell,  1280-91. 

ff.  19-26d,  nos.  104-154  :  Henry  II. 

nos.  104-152. 

nos.  153,  154. 

ff.  27,  27d,  nos.  155-158  :   Richard  I. 

ff.  28,  28d,  nos.  159,  160  :  Union  of  the  church  of 
Wothorpe  to  Saint  Michael's  priory,  Stamford,  1354. 

ff.  29-30,  nos.  161-164  :  king  John. 

nos.  161-163. 

no.  164. 
ff.  30,  30d,  nos.  165-167  :   the  church  of  Scothorne. 
ff.  31-34d,  nos.  168-195  :  king  Stephen. 

d 


1  CONTENTS  OF  THE 

O  nos.  168-194. 

Con.  no.  195. 

These  folios  form  a  quire  of  which  the  leaves  are 
half  an  inch  narrower  than  the  rest  of  the  cartulary. 
At  the  foot  of  f.  34d,  there  is  the  note  :  '  Hie  sunt 
.X.  pecie.' 

2.  Charters  of  Magnates — earls,  bishops,  etc. 

O  ff.  35-38d,  nos.  196-220. 

Before  nos.  206  and  207  (Concord  between  bishop 
Robert  and  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Saint  Albans) 
Q  has  written,  '  Vacat  hie  quia  inter  composiciones '. 
Against  no.  208  (Grant  of  the  Old  Temple)  he  has 
noted,  '  Scribatur  inter  cartas  abbatum  priorum  et 
uironim  reUgiosonim '. 

3.  Charters  of  the  times  of  bishop  Hugh  of  Wells  and  bishop 
Grosseteste. 

c.  1260  ff.  39-45d,   nos.  221-241.     This  quire  seems  to  have 

been  intended  to  form  part  of  another  volume.  The 
bottom  margins  of  the  leaves,  and  the  fore  edges  of 
ff.  43  and  44,  have  been  barbarously  cut  off  close  to 
the  text.  The  hand  is  small  and  neat.  FoUos  234- 
238  below  are  written  by  the  same  hand. 

4.  Charters  of  the  Common.        Communa  (Q). 
ff.  46-55d. :  West  Riding 

O  nos.  242-271,  273-275,  277-287. 

Q  2  nos.  272,  276,  288,  289.     Against  the  last  two  numbers 

Q  has  a  note,  '  De  luminari  altaris  sancte  Marie  de 
prima  .  nee  de  communa.' 

At  the  foot  of  f.  55d,  Q  has  written,  '  Jordeburg  '  . 
Hie  debent  sequi  carte  de  Jordeburg'  et  scribi.' 

ff.  56-66d  :  Walshcroft.        Communa  (Q). 
O  nos.  290-354. 

Con.  nos.  355,  357,  358. 

Q  2  no.  356. 

ff.  67-81  :  Wraggoe.        Communa  (Q). 

Q  2  nos.  359-388. 

O  nos.  389-123. 

Con.  nos.  424-426. 

Q  2  has  copied  the  Croxby  charters  (nos.  373-377) 
here  instead  of  under  Walshcroft ;  Q  therefore 
writes,  '  Vacat  .  Debet  scribi  in  Walsecroft  .  sunt 
scripta  et  ideo  vacant  hie' 

ff.  82-105  :  Louthesk.        Communa  (Q). 


REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  U 

O  nos.  427-i73,  477-553. 

Q  2  nos.  474,  476. 

c.  1260  no.  475. 

ff.  106-112:  Calcewath.        Communa  (Q). 

O  nos.  554-591. 

Q  2  nos.  592,  593. 

14th  cent.  nos.  594,  595  (concerning  the  appropriation  of  the 

churches  of  East  Haddon,  Haxey,  and  Owston). 

ff.  113-115d:  Candleshoe.        Communa  (Q). 
O  nos.  596-609. 

Q  2  nos.  610,  611. 

O  ff.  116-118,  nos.  612-625  :  Candleshoe.        Bolingbroke. 

O  ff.  119-125d,  nos.  626-659:  HiU.        Communa  (Q). 

O  ff.  126,  127,  nos.  660-669  :  Horncastle. 

O  ff.  128,  129,  nos.  670-676  :   Gartree. 

ff.  129-133d.     Holland.        Secunda  pars  (Q). 
O  no.  681. 

Q  2  nos.  677-680,  682-704. 

O  ff.  134,  134d,  nos.  705-707  :    Shifford  and  Langford,  co. 

Oxford.     Q  has  written  at  the  top  of  f.   134,  '  Hoy- 
land','  and  '  Norhamtonsc'  '  [sic]. 

ff.  135-144d:   Kesteven. 
O  nos.  708-749,  760. 

Q  2  nos.  750-759. 

O  ff.  145d-147,  nos.  761-769  :   Nottinghamshire. 

ff.  148-168d.    Lincoln.        Communa  (Q). 
O  nos.  770-826. 

Con.  nos.  827-836. 

O  nos.  837-860. 

Con.  nos.  861-875. 

5.    Papal  Bulls,  ff.    169-182.        Prima   pars.     Primus 
TiTULUs.    De  priuilegiis  apud  a  (Q). 

O  nos.  876-886. 

Q  2  nos.  887-904.     After  no.  904,   Q  has  directed  that 

four  more  bulls  shall  be  copied. 

N.B. — Q's  numbering  of  the  folios  with  Arabic 
figures  ends  at  f.  177. 

Q  2  6.    Jurisdiction,    ff.    183-185,    nos.    905-919 :  .III. 

TITULUS.     De    iurisdiccione  capituli   et   canoni- 

CORUM  APUD   C    (Q). 

Against  no.  918  Q  has  written,  '  Scribatur  cum 
dignitatibus  .  .  .' 


lii  CONTENTS   OF    THE 

7.  Compositions,  ff.    186-187d.         Prima    pars       .IIII. 
TITULUS.     De  composicionibus  apud  D  (Q). 

Q  2  no.  920  :  De  iurisdictione  vacante  sede. 

Q  2  no.  921  :    Concordia  .  .  .  pro  iiijor  seruientibus  ecclesie. 

Q  has  added,   '  Hie  sunt  continuande  et   scribende 
multe  composiciones  et  diuerse.' 

8.  Episcopal  Election,  ff.  189-192.        Prima  pars  (Q). 

Q  2  no.  922  :   De  tractatus  electionis. 

Q  no.  923  :   Q's  account  of  what  he  saw  at  the  election 

and  at  the  funeral  of  bishop  Sutton. 

14th  cent.       9.     Ordination   of    Vicarages,    etc.,    ff.     193,     194d,     nos. 
924-927. 

10.     Appropriations   of  Churches,   ff.    195-203.        Prima 

PARS.        QUINTUS     TITULUS.        DE     APPRO  PRIACIONIBUS 
ECCLESIAJiUM    .  APUD   E    (Q). 


Q2 

nos.  928-953,  956,  958-966. 

14th  cent. 

nos.  954,  955,  957. 

16th  cent. 

no.  967. 

11.    Tithes,  ff.  203d-204d.        Prima  pars  .VI.  titi 

De  decimis  F  (Q). 

Q 

no.  968. 

Q  2 

no.  969. 

14th  cent. 

Concessio  decimanim  de  Fulbeck  (sewn  to  f.  203d) 

12.     Vicarages,  ff.  205-208d.        Prima  pars  .IX.  titulus. 
De  vicariis  ecclesiarum  de  Communa  (Q). 

Q  2  nos.  970-972  ;  also  979-986  (sewn  to  f.  206)  ;  also  992, 

993  (part). 

Q  nos.  973-978,  987  (part). 

14th  cent.  nos.  988-991,  994,  994a. 

Q  2  13.     Pensions,  ff.  209-11,  nos.  995-1005.        Prima  pars. 

VII.    titulus.    De    pensionibus.    G    (Q).      Q    has 
supplied  titles  and  notes. 

Q  14.    Advowsons,    f.    21  Id,    nos.    1006,    1007.  .VIII. 

titulus.    De  patron atibus  .  H  (Q). 

N.B. — Here  the  work  of  Q  ends. 

14th  cent.       15.    Pensions,  ff.  212-216,  nos.  1008-1021. 

14th  cent.       16.     The  Tithes  of  Ingham,  ff.  217-218d,  no.  1022. 

late   14th 

cent.     17.    Pensions,  ff.  220-233,  nos.  1023-1052. 


REGISTRITM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  liii 

c    1260  18      Chartersof  the  times  of  bishops  Lexington  and  Gravesend, 

ff.  234-238d,  nos.  1053-1059,  1061,  1062:  pensions. 
This  quire  is  by  the  same  hand  as  ff.  39-45d  above, 
but  the  margins  here  are  intact. 

16th  cent.  no.  1060  :   ordination  of  the  N-icarage  of  the  churches  of 

Castle  Bytham  and  Holywell  (see  f.  18,  above). 

14th  cent.       19.     Summary  of  gifts  to  the  church  of  Lincoln,  arranged 
tinder  wapentakes,  ff.  239-244d,  nos.   1063-1064. 

16th  cent.       20.    Ordinations  of  Vicarages,  ff.  245-250,  nos.  1065-1073. 

21.    A  blank  leaf,  which  may  have  been  intended  to  serve 
as  a  cover. 


(liv) 

ANALYSIS  OF  THE  QUIRES 
OF  THE  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM 


ANALYSIS  OF  THE  QXHRES 


21 


22 


2.4- 


VlU-UXl 
COVER 


(Ivi) 


CHARTERS    OF    INSPEXIMUS 

The  following  charters  are  used  in  this  volume  (see  page  xlv, 
above)  : 

li 

Exemplification  by  Edward  I  of  a  solemn  charter  of  WilUam  II, 
granted  at  the  instance  of  bishop  Oliver  and  the  dean  and  chapter 
on  account  of  injury  to  king  William's  charter.  At  Westminster. 
20  May,  1281. 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex  AngKe  (  dominus  Hibemte  7  dux 
Aquitannie  arcliiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  prioribus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  prepositis  . 
ministris  (  J  omnibus  baUiuis  7  fidelibus  suis  salutem  .  Inspeximus  : 
J!^o.  3,  below,  is  recited.  Nos  autem  cartam  predictam  ad  instantiam 
venerabilis  patris  OUueri  Lincoln'  episcopi  ac  decani  7  capituh 
eiusdem  loci  propter  rupturas  7  concissuras  carte  predicte  duximus 
exemphficandam  sub  sigiUo  nostro  .  Hiis  testibus  venerabihbus 
patribus  .R.  Buthoniensi  .  J  Wellensi  .  7  .W.  Norwycensi  episcopis  . 
Edmundo  comite  Comubte  .  Roger©  le  Bygot  comite  NorffoZcte  7 
marescallo  AngKe  .  Henrico  de  Laci  comite  Lincohiie  .  Johanne  de 
Warenna  comite  SiUTei'e  .  Johaime  de  Vesci  .  Ottone  de  Grandisono  . 
Roberto  de  Tateshal'  .  Roberto  Tybetot  .  Hugone  filio  Ottonis  . 
Roberto  fiUo  Johannis  7  aliis  .  Dat'  per  manum  nostram  apud 
Westmonasterium  vicesimo  die  Mail  .  anno  regni  nostri  nono. 

Endorsed  :  (i)  In  Orig.  no.  4  :  ExempUficacio  domini  regis  E.  de  7  super  funda 
cione  ecclesie  Lincoln'  impetrata  tempore  domini  Oliueri  episcopi  (contemp. ) 
(2)  I.  (3)  Edwardus  (14  cent.).  (4)  X  vis'  (14  cent.).  (5)  Tholstonne.  (ii)  In 
Orig.  no.  5:  (1)  ExempUficacio  carte  de  fundacione  ecclesie  Lincoln'  (14  cent.) 
(2)  Tholstonne. 

No.  4  :  The  seal  has  been  torn  away  with  some  injury  to  the  foot  of  the  charter. 
Size  17i  X  15J  inches.     No.  5:    Tag  for  seal.     Size  13J  x  ISJ  inches. 

Texts:  MS — Orig.  Al/3/4.  Orig.  a1/3/5  (a  duplicate  or  contemporary  copy), 
R61.     Pd— See  C.C.i?.ii,251. 

lii 

Inspeximus  and  exempUfication  by  Edward  I,  confirming  charters 
relating  to  the  manor  of  Nettleham,  co.  Lincoln,  granted  at  the 
instance  of  bishop  Oliver  on  account  of  the  seals  of  those  charters 
having  been  broken.     At  Nettleham.     6  February,  1284. 

[E]dwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anghe  dominus  Hibcmze  7  dux 
Aquitannie  archiepiscopis  (  episcopis  (  abbatibus  prioribus  i  comiti- 
bus (  baronibus  iusticiariis  i  vicecomitibus  (  prepositis  ministris 
7  omnibus  balHuis  7  fidehbus  suis  salutem  .  Inspeximus  :  Nos.  61, 
62,  aiid  63,  below,  are  recited.  Nos  autem  cartas  predictas  ad 
instanciam  venerabilis  patris  .0.  Lincoln'  episcopi  propter  rupturas 
sigillorum  cartarum  illarum  duximus  exempUficandas  sub  sigillo 
nostro   .  Hiis  testibus   .  venerabihbus  patribus   .R.  Bathontewsi  7 


CHARTERS  OF   INSPEXIMUS 


Ivii 


Wellensi  Thoma  Meneuensi  7  .A.  Dunolmensi  episcopis  .  Henrico 
de  Lascy  comite  Lincoln'  .  Thonia  de  Clare  .  Ottone  de  Grandisono  . 
Rogero  Extraneo  .  Roberto  filio  Johannis  .  Eustachio  de  Hacche 
7  aliis  .  Dat'  per  nianum  nostram  apiid  Nettelham  .  sexto  die 
Februarij   .  anno  regni  nostri  duodecimo. 

Endorsed:  (1)  Edwardu*  pro  Netelh'  (14  cent.).  (2)  II.  (3)  Edwardus  (14 
cent. ). 

The  seal  has  been  torn  away  with  some  injury  to  the  foot  of  the  charter.  Size : 
lOf  X  9|  inches. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/3/6.  Pd— C.C.iJ.ii,271,  nos.  1-3  (nos.  2  and  3  are  printed 
in  full). 

liii 

Inspezimiis  and  confinnation  of  charters  by  Edward  III  in  favour 
of  Henry  bishop  of  Lincoln  and  the  dean  and  chapter  ;  and  further 
grant  that  they  shall  not  be  impeded  in  their  enjoyment  of  any  of 
the  liberties  contained  in  the  said  charters  by  reason  of  any  non-user 
in  the  past.     At  Westminster.     15  February,  1329. 

[Ejdwardus  dei  gracia  rex  AngU'e  dominus  Hibemie  7  dux 
Aquita«me  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus  prioribus  comitibus 
baronibus  iusticiariis  vicecomitibus  prepositis  ininistris  7  omnibus 
balhuis  7  fidelibus  suis  .•'  salutem  .  Inspeximus  cartam  Celebris 
memorie  domini  .W.  quondam  regis  Angh'e  progenitoris  nostri  in 
hec  verba  :    Thirty-six  charters  are  recited  : 


Inspex.              Below 

no.  1     no.   2 

„   2 

I 

,,   3 

3 

„   4 

4 

„   5 

,   14 

„   6 

,  53 

„   7 

,   15 

„   8 

,   17 

„   9 

,  54a 

,,  10 

,   54 

„     11 

,  48 

„  12 

,   46 

„  13 

,   21 

„  14 

,   49 

„  15 

,  34 

„  16 

,  41 

„  17 

,   33 

„  18 

.   67 

Iris} 

}ex.              Below 

no. 

19     no.  35 

20 

,  24 

21 

,   22 

22 

,   60 

23 

,   55 

24 

,   62 

25 

,   16 

26 

,   86 

27 

,  102 

28 

,   92 

29 

.   87 

30 

,   94 

31 

,   85 

32 

,  146 

33 

,  140 

34 

,  142 

35 

,  186 

36 

,  179 

Iviii  CHARTERS   OF  INSPEXIMUS 

Nos  autem  donaciones  concessiones  7  confirmaciones  predictas 
necnon  omnia  alia  7  siagula  in  eisdem  cartis  7  litteris  contenta 
rata  habentes  7  grata  ea  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  quantum 
in  nobis  est  venerabili  patri  Henrico  episcopo  Lincoln'  cancellario 
nostra  7  suceessoribus  suis  episcopis  eiusdem  loci  ac  dilectis  nobis 
in  Christo  decano  7  capitulo  loci  predicti  7  eonim  suceessoribus 
concedimus  7  confirmamus  sicut  carte  7  littere  predicte  plenius 
testantur  .  Preterea  ob  specialem  deuocionem  quam  ad  dictam 
gloriosam  Virginem  Mariam  dicte  ecclesie  Lincoln'  patronam 
necnon  ob  affeccionem  quam  erga  dictum  episcopum  suis  exigentibus 
meritis  intime  gerimus  7  habemus  (  volentes  eidem  episcopo  ac 
prefatis  decano  7  capitulo  graciam  facere  specialem  .-'  concessimus 
pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  7  hac  carta  nostra  confirmauimus 
prefato  episcopo  7  predictis  decano  7  capitulo  quod  licet  idem 
episcopus  vel  predecessores  sui  aut  prefati  decanus  7  capitulum 
vel  eorum  predecessores  libertatibus  7  quietanciis  in  eisdem  cartis 
contentis  vel  eanxm  aliqua  casu  aUquo  emergente  hactenus  vsi 
non  fuerint  .•'  idem  tamen  episcopus  7  successores  sui  in  terris  7 
feodis  suis  per  se  ac  predicti  decanus  7  capitulum  7  eorum  suc- 
cessores in  terris  7  feodis  suis  per  se  7  eciam'in'commimi  (  quociens 
opus  fuerit  libertatibus  7  quietanciis  iUis  7  earum  qualibet  tam 
pro  se  qiiam  pro  hominibus  suis  iuxta  formam^cartarum  predictarum 
decetero  sine  occasione  vel  impedimento  nostri  .  vel  heredum 
nostrorum  .  iusticiariorum  escaetorum  vicecomitum  aut  aliorum 
balliuorum  seu  ministrorum  nostrorum  quorumcumque  plene 
gaudeant  7  vtantur  .  Hiis  testibus  venerabilibua  patribus  .S. 
archiepiscopo  Cantuar^e7ls^  tocius  Anglie  primate  .J.  Eliensi  7 
.W.  Norwycensi  episcopis  .  Edmundo  comite  Kancie  auunculo 
nostro  .  Johanne  de  Warenna  comite  Surreie  .  Henrico  de  Percy  . 
Johanne  de  Wysham  senescallo  hospicij  nostri  .  7  aliis  .  Dat'  per 
manum  nostram  apud  Westmonasterium  quinto  decimo  die 
Februarij  .•'  anno  regni  nostre  tercio  .         Lek'  .  dupplicatur. 

Seal  torn  away.     Size  :    26  x  32  inches. 

Texts:   MS— Orig.  a1/3/7.     Charter  Roll,  9  Edward  III,  mem.  24.     Fd—C.C.R. 
iv,  101-5  (some  of  the  texts  are  not  printed  in  full). 

liv 
A  similar  inspeximus  and  confirmation  of  charters  by  Edward  III 
in  favour  of  Henry  bishop  of  Lincoln  and  the  dean  and  chapter  ; 
with  a  similar  further  grant  as  to  non-user  in  the  past.     At  West- 
minster.    15  February,  1329. 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex,  etc.     Thirty-one  charters  are  recited  : 

Inspex.  Below  Inspex.  Below 

no.     1  no.    139  no.     4  no.    160 

„       2  „      119  „       6  „      181 

.,       3  „      164  „       6  „      137 


CHARTERS   OF   INSPEXIMUS 


Ux 


Inspex. 
no.     7 

Below 
no.    180 

„       8 

J) 

184 

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136 

,,     10 

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149 

„     11 

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115 

„     12 

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112 

„     13 

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109 

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308 

„     15 

)» 

172 

„     16 

>» 

183 

»      17 

» 

148 

„      18 

S> 

145 

„      19 

99 

170 

Inspex. 
no.   20 

Below 
no.   161 

>> 

21 

„      197 

9> 

22 

„     213 

JJ 

23 

„      205 

J> 

24 

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>J 

25 

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>J 

27 

„      114 

)> 

28 

„      245 

»9 

29 

„        65 

yy 

30 

[see  Note] 

9S 

31 

..       67 

The  witnesses  and  date  are  the  same  as  in  liii  above. 

(1)  Orig.  no.  8:  Seal  torn  away,  with  injury  to  the  foot  of  the  charter.  Size: 
22J  X  31i  inches.     (2)  Orig.  no.  9 :    Seal  torn  away,  with  injury  to  the  foot  of  the 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/3/8.  Orig.  Al/3/9.  Charter  RoU,  3  Edward  III,  mem. 
22.     Pd — C'.Cfl.iv,  106-1 12  (some  of  the  charters  are  not  printed  in  full). 

Note :  Nos.  14  and  30  in  the  inspeximua  are  not  found  elsewhere  at  Lincoln. 
The  latter  document  is  calendared  in  Cal.  Patent  Rolls,  1317-1321,  p.  267. 


Iv 

A  similar  inspeximus  and  confirmation  of  charters  by  Edward  III 
in  favour  of  Henry  bishop  of  Lincohi  and  the  dean  and  chapter  ; 
with  a  similar  further  grant  as  to  non-user  in  the  past.  At  West- 
minster.    15  February,  1329. 

Forty-nine  charters  are  recited  : 

Below 
no.    100 

,,  78 

„  103 

„  77 

„  95 

„  89 

„  101 

„  84 

„  97 

.,  187 


Edwardus  dei 

gracia 

rex,  etc 

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ex. 

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no. 

1 

no. 

6 

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2 

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68 

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30 

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8 

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16 

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20 

Ix  CHARTERS  OF  INSPEXIMUS 


Inspex. 

Below 

Inspex. 

Below 

no. 

21 

no. 

185 

no. 

36 

no. 

105 

22 

)» 

104 

37 

108 

23 

J> 

175 

38 

107 

24 

»> 

155 

39 

199 

25 

)) 

182 

40 

198 

26 

J5 

159 

41 

203 

27 

S> 

165 

42 

202 

28 

>» 

147 

43 

215 

29 

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154 

44 

)> 

231 

30 

;; 

151 

45 

>> 

235 

31 

)J 

163 

46 

)> 

238 

32 

JJ 

116 

47 

j> 

240 

33 

>J 

113 

48 

)y 

239 

34 
35 

143 
114 

49 

>f 

246 

The  witnesses  and  date  are  the  same  as  in  liii,  above. 

Texts :  MS — Charter  Roll,  3  Edward  III,  mem.  4.  The  original  document  is 
not  to  be  foimd  at  Lincoln ;  but  it  is  recited  in  portions  of  charters  of  inspeximits 
of  (probably)  2  Richard  II  and  2  Henry  IV.  Pd— C.C'.iJ.iv,138-48  (some  of  the 
texts  are  not  printed  in  fuU). 

Note:  Nos.  13,  43,  46  and  48  in  the  inspeximv^  are  not  found  in  any  text  at 
Lincoln. 

Ivi 

A  similar  inspeximus  and  confirmation  of  charters  by  Edward  III 
in  favour  of  Henry  bishop  of  Lincohi  and  the  dean  and  cliapter  ; 
with  a  similar  further  grant  as  to  non-user  in  the  past.  At  West- 
minster.    15  February,  1329. 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex,  etc.     Three  charters  are  recited  : 
Inspex.  Below.  Inspex.  Below. 

no.     1  no.    25  no.    3  no.    110 

„       2  „     95 

The  witnesses  and  date  are  the  same  as  in  liii,  above. 

Texts  :    MS— Charter  RoU,  3  Edward  III,  mem.  23.     Pd— O.O.iJ.iv,105-a. 

Ivii 
Inspeximus  and   confirmation   of   charters   by   Edward    III  in 
favour  of  Henry  bishop  of  Lincoln  and  the  dean  and  chapter.     At 
Westminster.     15  February,   1329. 

(EJdwardus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  dominus  Hibemie  7  dux 
AquitaKme  .  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus  prioribus  comitibun 


CHARTERS   OF   INSPEXIMUS  Ixi 

baronibus  iusticiariis  vicecomitibus  prepositis  ministris  7  omnibus 
balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis  .•'  salutem  .  Inspeximus  :  Five  charters  are 
recited  : 


Inspex. 

Below 

Inspex. 

Below 

no.     1 

vol.  ii. 

no.   4 

vol.  ii,  no. 

341 

„       2 

„       no. 

318 

„     5 

»> 

„       3 

J)                )J 

306 

Nos  autem  donaciones  (  concessiones  (  reddicionem  quietam 
clamanciam  ac  finem  predictos  necnon  omnia  alia  7  singula  in 
eisdem  carta  litteris  7  fine  contenta  rata  habentes  7  grata  ea  pro 
nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  quantum  in  nobis  est  venerabili  patri 
Henrico  episcopo  Lincoln'  cancellario  nostro  7  successoribus  suis 
episcopis  eiusdem  loci  ac  dilectis  nobis  in  Christo  .  decano  7  capitulo 
loci  predict!  7  eorum  successoribus  concedimus  7  confirmamus 
(  sicut  carta  (  littere  7  finis  predicti  (  plenius  testantur  .  Hiis  testibus 
venerabilibus  patribus  .S.  archiepiscopo  Cantu&riensi  tocius  Anglie 
primate  .J.  Eliensi  7  .W.  Norwicensi  episcopis  <  Edmimdo  comite 
Kancie  auunculo  nostro  (  Johanne  de  Warenna  comite  Surreie  ( 
Henrico  de  Percy  (  Johanne  de  Wysham  senescallo  hospicij  nostri 
7  aliis  .  Dat'  per  manum  nostram  apud  Westmonasterium  quinto 
decimo  die  Februarij  anno  regni  nostri  tercio  .  [Per]  breue  de 
priuato  sigillo. 

Endorsed:  (1)  xvvis' (14  cent.).  (2)  Copiatur  (14  cent.).  (3)  Carta  aduocationis 
ecclesie  de  Asshbome  7  pensionis  quadragenta  marcarum  ecclesie  de  Gosberkirk 
(14  cent.).  (4)  Et  de  fine  7  concordia  fact'  in  curia  doraini  regis  de  7  super  diet' 
pensione  7  (sic;    14  cent.). 

The  seal  has  been  torn  away,  with  injury  to  the  foot  of  the  charter.  Size : 
18  X  15i  inches. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/3/10.  Charter  RoU,  3  Edward  III,  mem.  2.  Pd—C.C.B. 
iv,  149-50. 

Iviii 
Inspeximus  and  confirmation  of  charters  by  Edward  [query  I 
or  II]. 

Edwardus  dei  gracia  rex,  etc.    Eight  charters  are  recited  : 

Inspex.  Below  Inspex.  Below 


no. 

1 

no. 

2 

no. 

5 

no. 

41 

)> 

2 

») 

1 

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6 

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67 

S) 

3 

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8 

)> 

49 

The  charter  is  unfinished,  and  lacks  the  usual  clause  confirming  the 
charters  inspected  and  the  witnesses  and  date. 
Text:  MS— D 163. 


Ixii  CHARTERS  OF  INSPEXIMUS 

lix 

Inspeximus  and  confirmation,  with  clause  licet,  in  favour  of 
masLer  Thomas  Southam,  prebendary  of  Leighton  manor,  co. 
Huntingdon,  of  the  following  charters  : 

Inspex.  Below  Inspex.  Below 

no.     1  vol.  ii.  no.    3  vol.  ii. 

2  no.    89 

At   King's   Langley.     14   March,    1384.     By   king's   letter  of   the 
signet. 

Texts  :  MS— Charter  RoU,  7-8  Richard  II,  mem.  13.     Pd— 0.(7.iJ.v,294. 

Ix 

Exemplification  by  W[alter]  archbishop  of  York  of  charters  in 
favour  of  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Lincoln  {circa  1235). 

Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum  peruenerit 
.W.  dei  gracia  Ehoracensis  archiepiscopus  AngKe  primas  etemam 
in  domino  salutem  .  subscripta  priuilegia  Lincohi'  ecclesie  inspexisse 
in  hec  uerba  :    Fit'e  charters  are  recited  : 


Ins'j 

pex. 

Below 

Inspex. 

Below 

no. 

1 

no.    287 

no.   4 

no.    256 

31 

2 
3 

„     289 
„     288 

„     5 

„      257 

Text :   MS — Part  of  a  roll   in   the  Lincoln  Diocesan  Registry,   which  formerly 
contained  other  charters. 


(Ixiii) 


LIST    OF   CHARTERS 

PRINTED  IN  THIS  VOLUME  FROM  ORIGINAL  TEXTS  AND  THE 
SEVERAL  CARTULARIES 


SG.  Ant. 

Oriq. 

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Al/1/1 

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4 

- 

5 

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9 

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12 

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14 

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- 

21 

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22 

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24 

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26 

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26 

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27 

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28 

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29 

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10 

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9 

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50 

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21 

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61 

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22 

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23 

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23 

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24 

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54 

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25 

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lOd 

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26 

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55 

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18 

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66 

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68 

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63  = 

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65  = 

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66= 

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67 

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Orig. 

68 

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Al/1/11 

79 

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Al/1/14 

86=56 

- 

87 

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88 

Al/1/31 

89 

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90 

Al/1/34 

91 

Al/1/33 

92 

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93 

Al/1/32 

94 

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95 

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Dij65/1/16 

101 

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102 

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LIST    OF    CHARTERS  Ixv 

S    P    C    R    D  This  VOL. 

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-----  69 

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-    39     -  105 

-  -  -  -  ^  106 
-----  107 
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Ixvi  LIST    OF   CHARTERS 


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104 

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14, 14d 

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105 

Al/I/26 

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14d 

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136 

106 

Al/1/13 

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15 

38 

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137 

107 

Al/1/16 

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15, 15d 

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138 

108 

Al/I/35 

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139 

109 

Al/1/23 

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140 

110 

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141 

111 

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142 

112 

Al/1/27 

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36 

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143 

113 

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144 

114 

Al/1/20 

- 

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15 

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145 

115 

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16d, 17 

- 

2,  127 

146 

116 

Al/1/28 

- 

- 

- 

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- 

147 

117 

- 

- 

- 

17 

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148 

118 

- 

- 

- 

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164 

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149 

119 

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165 

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151 

120 

— 

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152 

121 

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122 

Al/I/12 

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15 

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154 

123 

Al/I/17 

28 

16 

- 

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155 

124 

Al/1/22 

29 

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46 

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156 

125 

- 

30 

17 

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47 

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157 

126 

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31 

18 

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42 

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32 

19 

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128 

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129 

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33 

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131 

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34 

6 

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132 

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7 

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133 

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11 

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39 

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41 

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137 

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LIST   OF   CHARTERS  Ixvii 

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139=856  -  40           -           -       801              no.   171 

140  -  41  -  -  -  -  172 

141  -  42  -  -  -  -  173 

142  Al/1/24  43  -  -         40  -  174 

143  -  -----  175 

144  -  44  -  -         33  -  176 

145  -  45           -           -         34           -  177 
146=133  -  -----  178 

147  Al/1/36  -----  179 

148  -  -----  180 

149  -  _  _  -         77  -  181 

150  Al/1/18  -----  182 

151  -  -----  183 

152  -  _  -  -  _  _  184 

153  -  -  -  -  -         60  185 

154  Al/1/25  -  -  -  -  3  186 

155  -  _  _  _        48a  -  196 

156  Al/1/41  -     -     -    169    -  197 

157  -  -----  198 

158  -  _     _     _    48     -  199 

159  -  -----  200 

160  -  -----  201 

161  -  -----  202 

162  -  -----  203 

163  -  -----  204 

164  Al/1/44  -----  205 

165  -  _____  216 

166  -  -----  217 

167  -  -----  218 

168  -  -     -     -    29     -     75 

169  Al/1/10  _____     76 

170  Al/1/9  -----     77 

171  -  _____     78 

172  -  -----     79 

173  -  -----     80 

174  -  _     _     _  26,  1093   -     81 


Ixviii                             LIST   OF  CHARTERS 

A  Orig.  S  P  C 

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179  Al/1/8  47  -  - 

180  -  48  -  - 

181  -  49  -  - 

182  -  50  -  _ 

183  -  51  -  - 

184  -  52  -  - 

185  -  53  _  _ 

186  -  54  _  _ 

187  -  55  -  - 

188  -  56  -  - 

189  -  57  -  - 

190  Al/1/6              _  _  _ 

191  -  _  _  _ 

192  -  _  _  _ 

193  Al/1/7              _  _  _ 

194  -  _  _  _ 

195  -                  _  _  _ 

876  _  _  _  18-19 

877  _  _  _  i9_20 

878  _  _  _  20-3 

879  _                  _  _  23-5 

880  -                   -  -  25, 25d 

881  Dij55/2/5           _  20  - 

882  -                  -  21  - 

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OF    ADDITIONAL 

CHARTERS 

PBINTED 

IN   THIS 

1    VOLUME    WHICH    ARE 

NOT    INCLUDED     IN 

THE 

Registrum  Antiqttissimum 

Orig. 

R. 

Other  texts 

Extraneous 

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AT  Lincoln 

TEXTS 

VOL. 

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24 

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Iv(9) 

74 

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103 

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LIST    OF    ADDITIONAL    CHARTERS 


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VOL. 

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283 

Dij/57/1/5 

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306 

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307 

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Iiv(14) 

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308 

[1KC0istriini  antiqulssunum] 

Folio  1. 

Hdl.  VViLLELMi  Regis  Pkimi.  .1. 

Title  by  Q  :  .II.  pars.  Primus  titulus  .ij.  partis.  De  cartis 
Regum  (see  above,  page  .  .  .). 

•N. 

I 

1.  Writ  of  William  I,  announcing  to  the  earls  and  sheriffs,  and 
to  all  tiie  French  and  English  in  the  bishopric  of  Remigius,  that 
he  enjoins  that  no  bishop  nor  archdeacon  shall  henceforth  hold 
pleas  about  ecclesiastical  laws  in  the  court  of  the  hundred,  or  bring 
any  cause  which  pertains  to  the  government  of  souls  to  the  judge- 
ment of  secular  men  ;  forbidding  that  any  layman  shall  intermeddle 
in  the  matters  which  belong  to  the  bishop  ;  and  enjoining  that 
judgement  shall  be  done  only  in  the  bishop's  seat,  or  in  such  place 
as  the  bishop  shall  appoint  for  the  purpose.  (1070-1076;  query 
April,   1072.) 

I.     De  libertatibus  ecclesiarum  tocius  Anglic  (A  marg.)i. 

.W.^  gracia  dei  re.K  Anglorww^.  comitibus.  vicecomitibus  .  7 
omnibus  Francigenis  '/  Anglis  qui  in  episcopatu  Remegii^  episcopi 
terras  habent  salutem  .  Sciatis  uos  omnes  7  ceteri  mei  fideles 
qui  in  Anglia  manent  quod  episcopales  leges  que  non  bene  nee 
secundum  sanctorum  canonum  precepta  usque  ad  niea  tempora 
in  regno  Anglorum  fuerunt  .  communi  concilio  7  consilio 
archiepiscoporum  meorum  7  ceterorum  episcoporum  7  abbatum 
7  omnium  principum  regni  mei  emendandas*  iudicaui  .  Propterea 
mando  7  regia  auctoritate^  precipio  ut  nullus  episcopus  uel 
archidiaconus  de  legibus  episcopalibus  amplius  in  hundret 
placita  teneant'  nee  causam  que  ad  regimen  animarum  pertinct 
ad  iudicium  secularium  hominum  adducant  .  Sed  quicunque 
secundum  episcopales  leges  de  quacuwque*  causa  uel  culpa  inter- 
pellatus  fuerit  ^  ad  locum  quem  ad  hoc  episcopus  elegerit  .•'  7 
nominauerit  f  uoniat  .  ibique  de  causa  sua  respondeat  .  7  non 
secundum  hundret  sed  secundum  canones  7  episcopales  leges 
rectum  Deo  7  episcopo  sue  faciat  .  Si  uero  aliquis  per  superbiam 


2  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  1 

elatus  ad  iusticiam'  episcopalem  uenire  noluerit  .■'  uocetur  semel 
7  secundo  7  tercio  .  quod  si  nee  sic  ad  emendationem  uenerit  .- 
exeommunicetur  .  7  si  opus  fuerit  ad  hoc  uindicandum  fortitudo 
7  iustieia  regis  uel  uicecomitis  adhibeatur  .  Ille  autem  qui  uocatus 
ad  iusticiani  episcopi  uenire  noluit  .  pro  unaquaque  uocatione 
legem  episcopalem  emendabit  .  Hoc  etiam  defendo  7  mea  auctoritate 
interdico  .  ne  ullus  uicecomes  .  aut  prepositus  .  aut  minister  regis  . 
nee  aliquis  laicus  homo  ^"de  legibus  que  ad  episcopiun  pertinent 
se  intromittat  .  nee  aliquis  laicus  homo^"  alium  homineni  sine 
iustieia  episcopi  ad  iuditium  adducat  .  luditium  uero  in  nullo  loco 
portetur  nisi  in  episcopali  sede  aut  in  illo  loco  quem  ad  hoc  episcopus 
constituent. 

Marginalia  :  Item  alia  carta  anglice  scripta  .'  continetur  in  eadem  (contemporary). 
Inferius  folio  i-x  sequente  ad  hoc  signum  o — o  inferius  tie  castitate  (Q). 

Texts:  MS— Al.  A63.  C,f.l.  Rl.  Iiii(2).  Iviii(2).  Pd—il/on.viii, 1270(3). 
CCiJ.  iv,101(2).  Liebermaim,  Oesetie  der  Angelsachsen  i,  485  (a  critical  edition 
of  the  writ  derived  from  the  Liber  Filosus  of  Saint  Paul's  Cathedral  and  tl>e  present 
text).  Stubbs,  Select  Charters  illustrative  of  English  Constitutional  History  {0th 
edition),  p.  99  (from  the  London  version).     See  Regesta,  no.  94  (abs.). 

Var.  R.  :  '  The  rubricated  title  is  illegible.  ^  Uuillelmus  C.  '  Anglie  .4^63. 
'  Remigii  C  Iviii.  '  emendendas  C  R.  '  posteste  R.  '  om.  teneant  C.  In  A 
'  teneant '  is  written  on  an  erasure  at  the  end  of  a  line,  and  '  nee  '  is  pushed  out  into 
the  margin.  '  om.  quacunque  C.  '  instanciam  R.  '"-i°  om.  de  legibus  ....  laicus 
homo  A63. 

Note  by  Professor  F.  M.  Stenton :  This  famous  document,  generally  known  as 
the  Ordinance  of  William  I  separating  the  Spiritual  and  Temporal  Courts,  is  pre- 
served in  two  independent  texts.  In  the  present  example  the  king  addresses  all 
the  sheriffs  and  all  the  Frenchmen  and  Englislunen  holding  land  within  Remigius' 
bishopric.  The  second  example,  entered  in  the  Liber  Filostw  of  Saint  Paul's 
Cathedral,  is  addressed  to  Ralf  Bainard,  Geoffrey  de  Mandeville,  Peter  de  Valoignes, 
and  all  the  king's  lieges  of  Essex,  Hertfordshire,  and  Middlesex.  These  variant 
addresses  suggest  that  copies  of  the  writ  were  sent  in  the  first  place  to  the  principal 
local  agents  of  the  Anglo-Norman  administration,  the  sheriffs,  and  that  an  example 
was  kept  in  each  cathedral  church. 

(T/ie  charter  De  castitate  will  be  found  at  the  end  of  no.  3,  and  at  no.  64  below.) 


2.  Notification  by  William  I,  addressed  to  T.  the  sheriff  and 
all  the  sheriffs  in  the  bishopric  of  Remigius.  By  the  authority  and 
advice  of  pope  Alexander  [II]  and  his  legates,  and  of  archbishop 
Lanfranc  and  the  other  bishops  of  his  kingdom,  the  king  has  trans- 
ferred the  see  of  Dorchester  [co.  Oxford],  to  the  city  of  Lincoln. 
He  has  also  given  land  there,  free  of  aU  customary  payments,  for 
the  building  of  the  mother  church  of  the  whole  bisliopric  ;  and  to 
this  church  he  has  given  tlie  two  manors  of  Welton  by  Lincoln 
and  Sleaford  ;  and  also  the  churches  of  his  three  manors  of  Kirton 
[in  Lindsey],  Cai.stor,  and  WeUingore  [co.  Lincoln],  with  their 
lands  and  tithes  ;  and  to  this  he  has  added  the  tithe  of  the  renders 
of  those  manors  ;  and  also  the  churches  of  Saint  Laurence  and 
Saint   Martin   in   Lincoln.     Further,   he   has   granted   to   the  said 


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church,  at  the  request  of  bishop  Remigius,  the  manor  of  Leighton 
[Bromswold,  co.  Huntingdon],  formerly  given  to  the  bishop  by 
earl  VValtheof  ;  and  the  manor  of  VVooburn  [co.  Buckingham], 
which  the  king  himself  gave  to  Remigius  with  his  episcopal  staff. 
He  also  confirms  the  four  churches  of  [Saint  Mary]  Bedford  and 
Leighton  [Buzzard,  co.  Bedford]  and  Buckingham  and  Aylesbury 
[co.  Buckingham],  which  the  bishop's  predecessors  had  held,  and 
which  the  king  had  already  granted  to  him.     (1070-1087.) 

II.  De  translatione  sedis  episcopatus  in  Lincolniam  J  de 
munificentiis  illustris  regis  .W.  primi  (A  marg.). 

.W.  rex   Anglorum    .T.    uicecomiti   [omnibusi]que    uicecomitibus 
[epis']copatus  Remigii  episcopi^  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  transtulisse 
sedem    episcopatus^   Dorchacestrensis    in   Linconiam*   ciuitatem 
auctoritate  [7  consiho^]  Alexandri  pap[ei]  <S.'  legatorum  eius  .  necnon 
ca,'  .L.  archicpiscopi  .  <&'  ahorum  episcoporum  ^  regni  mei  .  ac 

ibidem  terram  ab  omnibus  consuetudinibus  solutam  &'  quietam 
sutficionter  ded[isse  ai]d  con.struendam  matrem  ^cclesiam  totius 
episcopatus  csf  eiusdem  ofificinas  .  Huic  autem  §cclesi§  pro  salute 
auime  me§  aUquid  beneficii  dare  uolens  .  primum  duo  maneria 
concedo  [VVeli]letonam  uidelice\i'  '/  Slaffordam"  cum  apenditiis  .  ac 
deinde  §cclesias  trium  maneriorum  meorum  cum  terris  oi"  decimis  . 
scilicoc:'  Chirchetone'  Castrf  .  atque"*  WaUingourf  .  Addo  etiam 
omnem  decimam  totius  redditus  eorundem  maneriorum  .-  atque 
duas  f  cclesias  in  Linconia' .  scilicet'  sancti  Laurentii .  7  sancti  Martini  . 
Preterea  .•  deprecatione  oif  exortatione'"  Remigii  episcopi  .  concedo 
eidem  ecclesie  manerium  quoddam^'  quod  uocatur  Lestona'^  . 
quodque  Waldeouus  comes  dudum  per  manum  meam  predicto 
episcopo  dederat  .  o£'  quoddam  alterum  quod  dicitur  Waburna^^  . 
uidehcot'  quod  sibi  olim  cum  episcopal!  baculo  concesseram  .  Quattuor 
quoque  ^cclesias  .  Bedefortensem^*  scihccC'  atque  Lestoniensem'^  . 
nee  non  [7']  Buchingehamnensemi^  .  ac  Eilesbiriensem^'  .  quas 
predecessores  sui  tenuerant  .  quasque  sibi  de*deram  perhenniter 
possidendas  .^  ipsi[us  ci]onsensu  ac  concessione  .  predict?  fcclesi? 
cum  omnibus  apenditiis  pertualiter^*  concedo  .  atque  avictoritate 
regali  confirmo  .  Testibus  .  [L.^]  archiepiscopo  .  7  E-  uicecomite. 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:  (1)  Willelmi  regis.  (2)  .W.  r'.  (3)  Weltona.  (4)  Willelmi  regis  de 
translatione  sedis  episcopatus  7  donis.  (5)  IIII.  (6)  V.  (7)  IIP.  (8)  prima  (all 
13  cent.).  Written  on  the  attached  membrane:  (1)  Translacio  sedis  Line'  a 
Dorkacestrja  tempore  Willelmi  conquestoris  {13  cent.).  (2)  xvij  carta  visa 
(13  cent.).    (3)  A  copy  of  the  charter  of  Will'm  Conq'  for  translating  the  see  (modern). 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/1.  A2.  Cf.ld.  RU.  liii(l).  Iviii(l).  Pd—Mon. 
viii,1269-70(3).     Regesta,  no.  283  (abs.). 

Var.  R.  :  '  The  charter  has  been  injured.  The  bracketed  words  are  supplied 
from  A.  The  rubricated  title  in  A  is  illegible.  ^  om.  episcopi  C.  ;  episcopi  iiUer- 
lineated  A.  '  insert  Remigii  A  R.  *  Lincolniam  A  R. ;  Lincoliam  C.  *  A  word 
has  been  erased  in  this  space  :  no  erasure  in  A  C  R.  '  Slafiordiam  A  C  liii. 
'  Chrchetone  .\  C  R.  »  ac  R.  '  Lincolia  A  R.  ;  LincoUia  C.  '»  exhortatione  A  R 
liii  Iviii.     ^^  the  first  d  is  superscript.     "I^ectonaCR.     "WoburnaC.     "  Bedeford- 


4  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  2 

ensem  liii.  '' Lectoniensem  A  (altered  from  Lestoniensem)  C  R.  '^  Buchiuge- 
hanmsem  A  C;  Bucliingehamensem  R.  "  Eliesbiriensem  A  R.  '*  perpetualiter 
A  C  R  liii. 

Note  by  Professor  F.  M.  Stenton :  Original  charters  of  William  I  are  extre:nel.\- 
rare,  and  while  their  rarity  increases  the  value  of  any  undoubted  example,  it  means 
that  no  definite  rules  exist  by  which  the  autiienticity  of  individual  documents  can 
be  tested.  We  possess  hardly  any  examples  of  the  chancery  script  of  William's 
later  years,  unless  Domesday  Book  may  bo  so  regarded,  and  the  formulas  used 
by  the  royal  clerks  can  only  bo  reconstructed  by  a  comparison  of  cliarters  preserved 
in  later  copies.  It  follows  that  the  authenticity  of  the  present  charter  must  be 
determined  by  historical  rather  than  by  palaeographical  or  diplomatic  considera- 
tions. Unfortunately,  little  help  towards  determining  either  the  date  of  the  charter 
or  its  authenticity  can  be  gathered  from  the  names  of  addressees  or  witnesses. 
T.  the  sheriff  is  presmnably  the  obsciu'e  Thorald  who  is  Icnown  to  have  been  sheriff 
of  Lincolnshire  between  the  years  107(5-9  (Round,  Fewlal  Englaiul,  p.  329).  E.  the 
sheriff  wlio  attests  in  association  with  archbishop  Lanfrauc  camiot  be  identified 
with  any  assurance,  but  it  is  at  least  jjossible  that  tlie  initial  represents  Erneis  de 
Burim,  an  important  Lincohishire  baron,  who  is  known  to  have  acted  as  sheriff 
of  Yorkshire,  and  whose  presence  at  court  would  be  natural.  The  abbreviation 
of  the  few  personal  names  which  occur  in  the  charter  is  really  an  argument  in  its 
favour,  for  most  forgers  of  the  twelfth  century  bring  personal  names  in  considerable 
number  into  their  fabrications. 

The  strongest  reason  for  belio\ing  that  the  charter  come.s  from  the  time  of 
William  I  is  the  statement  that  the  king  had  given  the  manor  of  Wooburn  to  bishoj) 
Remigius  cum  cpiscopali  baculu.  During  the  primacy  of  archbishop  Anselni  the 
king's  right  to  invest  bisliops  with  the  sjnnbols  of  their  spiritual  office  was  vehemently 
contested  by  a  strong,  and  ultimately  successful,  partj'  in  the  church,  and  in  1107 
Hem'y  I  was  brought  to  agree  that  bishops  should  receive  tlie  ring  and  staff  from 
ecclesiastical  hands.  It  is  really  inconceivable  that  a  clerk  forging  a  charter  at 
any  later  time  in  the  interest  of  Lincoln  cathedral  should  have  invented  this  explicit 
admission  that  the  founder  of  the  chiu'ch  had  received  his  staff  froni  the  king.  On 
the  other  hand,  WiUiam  I,  who  claimed  to  fill  in  regard  to  the  cliurch  the  position 
Iield  by  his  English  predecessors,  might  most  naturally  state  that  he  had  given  a 
manor  to  a  bishop  when  he  gave  him  his  pastoral  staff.  It  is  hard  to  believe  that 
so  apposite  a  phrase  can  be  an  invention.  Medieval  forgers  were  not  subtle  persons, 
and  none  of  them  would  have  thrown  himself  back  into  the  atmosphere  of  the 
Conqueror's  time  in  order  to  produce  an  incidental  statement  of  this  kind.  If 
the  charter  is  a  forgery  at  all  it  nmst  be  earlier  than  1 107,  and  the  improbability  of 
a  fabrication  of  this  kind  at  this  time  is  so  great  (hat  the  charter  can  hardly  be 
regarded  as  other  than  a  genuine  jiroduct  of  William  I's  cliancery.  The  argument 
against  the  authenticity  of  the  charter  which  might  be  based  on  the  narrowness 
of  the  lost  seal-strip  is  at  most  inconclusive.  The  breadth  of  the  strip  at  its  base 
must  liave  been  about  seven -thirtieths  of  an  inch.  Narrow  as  this  is,  the 
striji  on  a  grant  by  William  I  to  Westminster  abbey  (Weslmbister  charter  no.  xxiv) 
of  eight  hides  in  the  forest  of  Wintlsor  bears  the  great  seal,  three  inches  in  diameter, 
on  a  strip  which  is  no  more  than  tliree-tenths  of  an  inch  wide  ;  and  the  strip  on 
an  original  charter  of  William  II,  recently  facsimilied  by  the  Northamptonshire 
Record  Society  (vol.  iv,  plate  la),  which  still  bears  a  portion  of  the  great  seal,  is 
but  little  stronger  than  the  striji  of  William  I's  charter  at  Line  oln.  It  is  possible 
that  further  investigation  would  shew  a  tendency  to  cut  wider  strips  for  the  great 
seal  as  the  twelfth  century  went  on.  However  this  may  have  been,  it  seems  certain 
that  the  narrowness  of  the  strip  in  the  present  example  is  not  abnormal  for  the 
date  of  the  charter. 

*Folio  Id. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Willelmi  Secundi. 

3 

3.     Solemn  charter  of  William  II.     The  king  confirms  his  father'.s 
gifts  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  ■which  his  father  had  ordered  Remigius 


No.   3  WILLIAM   If  5 

to  build,  namely  Welton  [by  Lincohi]  ;  the  churches  of  Saint 
Laurence  and  Saint  Martin  in  Lincoln  ;  the  churches  of  the  king's 
three  manors  of  WeUingore,  Kirton  [in  Lindsey],  and  Caistor,  [co. 
Lincoln]  ;  the  cliurch  of  Aylesbury  with  lands  and  tithes,  namely. 
Stoke  Mandeville,  Walton  [in  Aylesbury],  and  Buckland,  and 
the  church  of  Buckingham  with  lands  and  tithes  and  one  carucate 
in  Gawcott,  [co.  Buckingham]  ;  the  cliurch  of  Leighton  [Buzzard, 
CO.  Bedford]  ;  the  church  of  Saint  Mary,  Bedford,  and  one  hide  and 
a  mill  ;  and  another  hide  in  Ford  [see  Note,  page  10]  ;  Sleaford  with 
its  apjjendages  ;  Leighton  [Bromswold,  co.  Huntingdon]  with  five 
carucates  in  Hougham,  and  one  carucate  in  Redbourne  [co. 
Lincoln] :  which  village  (Leighton)  earl  Waltheof ,  at  the  request  of 
Remigius.  gave  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  ;  Wooburn  [co.  Bucking- 
ham], which  the  king's  father  gave  to  Remigius  with  his  pastoral 
staff.  The  king  also  confirms  the  right  of  Remigius  to  appoint  the 
abbot  of  Saint  Mary  of  Stow,  since  it  is  in  his  episcopal  manor. 
He  also  grants  to  the  use  of  the  monks  the  alms  which  earl  Leofric 
and  Godiva  his  wife  gave  to  the  church  of  Stow,  namely  Newark 
and  Fledborough  [co.  Nottingham],  and  the  wapentake  of  W^ell 
excepting  the  third  penny  of  the  shire.  He  also  confirms  his  father's 
gift  of  Eynsliam  with  its  appendages,  namely  Milton  [near  Thame], 
RoUright,  Yarnton,  and  Shifford  [co.  Oxford],  and  the  church  of 
Saint  Ebbe  with  two  mills  in  Oxford.  In  conclusion,  provision  is 
made  that  the  canons  of  the  church  which  Remigius  has  begun  to 
found  shall  lead  honest  and  chaste  fives.     (A.D.   1090.) 

.III.     De  libertatibus  7    beneficiis  .  collatis    Line'  ecclesie    per 
.W.  regem  secundum  (rubric). 

In   nomine   Domini   nostri   Ihesu   Christi   anno   ab   incamatione 
eiusdem  Domini  .M^xc"!  .  indictione  .xiii. 

Ego  -.W.  rex  Anglorum^  .iii".  regni  mei  relabente  anno  .•'  quod  gratuito 
dono  suo  michi  contulit  qui  sine  penitentia  munera  largitur  futurorum 
presciu.s  deus  .  genitore  meo  Willelmo  consenciente  7  me  sui  heredem 
faciente  .  qui  muneris  superni  auxilio  regnum  idem  succincte 
adquirendo  habuit  .  7  habitum  celesti  illustracione  instructus 
prospere  ac  prudenter  dum  uixit  exemplo  cessante  tractauit  .  Pro 
eiusdem  inquam  anime  atque  genitricis  mee  salute  7  ob  meam 
temporalem  maximeque  protectionem  perhennem^  7  ob  meorum 
tam  precessorum*  quam  successorum^  remissionem  peccatorinn  . 
necnon  ad  tocius  regni  mei  salutem  .•'  ecclesiam  sancte  dei  genitricis  . 
quam  predictus  gesiitor  mens  Remigium  pontificem  uirum 
uenerabilem  sacris  uirtutibus  pollentem  .  eiusdem  antistitis* 
interuentu  in  Lincofia'  ciuitate  construere  iussit  tocius  episcopatus 


6  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  3 

sedem  consensu  7  auctoritate  domini"  Alexandri  qui  sancte  Romane 
ecclesie  tunc  uigili  presidebat  cura  7  legatorum  eius  quos  ob  hoc 
stabiliendum  hue  precipue  misit  .  necnon  consilio  Lanfrici"  archi- 
episcopi  uiri  preclari  .  qui  omnium  ecclesiarum  primatum  tunc 
citra  mare^"  tenebat  .  aliorumque  fidelium  eius  que  uidelicet  sedes 
incomijetenter  ac  satis  obscure  in  Dorchacestra  antiquitus  posita 
fuerat  .  idcoque  antecessor  mens  prefatam  ut  supra  docuinius 
edificari  precipiens  ecclesiam  ad  eandem  sufficienti  spatio  con- 
struendam  necnon  ad  domus  eidem  seruientium  officiis  aptas  . 
prouiso  quoque  ac  large  ibi  dis^josito  mortuorum  corporuin  einiiterio 
terram  in  supradicte  urbis  sinu  quietam  .  7  ab  oinni  garrulitatis 
cuiuslibet  strepitu  liberam  contulit  Z  insuper  ad  usura  eidem  ecclesie 
sub  canonica  institucione  Deo  militantium  hec  stabiliter  dedit  . 
dandoque  permultis  representationibus  confirmauit  Welletone  cum 
appendiciis  suis  .  Et  duas  ecclesias  in  Lincolia'  .  sancti  Laureiicii 
unam  .  sanctique  Martini  aliam  .  Et  ecclesias  trium  manerionimi^ 
suorum  cum  terris  7  decimis  que  ad  eas  pertinent  .  7  insuper  omnem 
decimam  tocius  I'edditus  eorundem  maneriorum"  Walingoure  . 
Chirchetune^^  .  7  Castra  .  ecclesiam  de  Heilesberia"  cum  terris  7 
decimis  videlicet  Stochas^*  .  Waltona  .  Buchelant'^  .  ecclesiam  de 
Buchingeham'*  cum  terris  7  decimis  7  wna  karrucata*'  terre  in 
Gauecota^'^  .  ecclesiam  de  Lestuna^"  cum  terris  7  decimis  .  ecclesiam 
sancte  Marie  in  Bedefort^" .  7  unam  hidam  terre  7  unura  molendinum 
cum  appendiciis  suis  .  7  alteram  hidam  terre  in  Fort  cum  una 
uirgata  .  Eslafort^^  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  Lestunam^^  cum  quinque 
karrucatis^^  de  terra  in  Acham^*  .  et  vna-^  in  Ratburno  quam 
uillam  comes  Wallef  intercessione  7  obsequio  Remigii  venerabilis 
episcopi  prefate  ecclesie  dedit  .  Watburno  quam  eidem  episcopo 
dedit  cum  pastorali  baculo  Willelmus  pater  meus  rex  egregius  . 
Ad  supradictam  inquam  ecclesiam  edificandam  hec  dona  concedo 

7  do  post  patrem  moum*  ac  regali  auctoritate  confirmo  quieta  ab 
omnibus  consuetudinibus  .  Ad  hec  matri  ecclesie  Lincoliensi^^^  post 
genitorem  meinn  hunc  honoris  cumiilum  exaggero  .  uidelicet  uolo 
7  concedo  sicut  pater  meus  concessit .  vt  episcopus  mittat  Remigius^^ 
7  constituat  abbatem  in  ecclesiam  sancte  Marie  de  Stou-'  .  tam 
ijiso  quam  succcssores  sui  .  utpote  in  suo  episcopal!  manerio  .  Quem 
uidelicet  abbatem  ipse  catholice  elegerit  cum  consilio  regis  abba- 
tumque  sue  dioceseos  .  7  monachorum  ac  clericorum  suorum  necnon 
7  laicorum^*  deum  timentium  .  Mortuo  auteni  abbate  si  in  abbatia 
idoneus  aliquis  reperiri-"  ualeat  .  consiHo  supradicto  ab  episcopo 
eligatur  .  constituatur  7  ordinetur  .  Sin  autem  .•'  per  abbatias  sui 
episcopatus  uel  per  aliquas  alias  quesitum  alium  dignum  in  loco 
dcfuncti  episcopus^"  subroget  .  Ad  usum  uero  monachorum  concedo 
elemosinas  quas  comes  Leuricus  7  uxor  eius  Godeua  ded(>runt 
ecclesie  de  Stov^""  .  videlicet  Newereliam^'  .  Flatburch'-  .  Welle- 
wapentacttm  .  excepto  denario  tei\;io  comitatus  .  Insuper  concedo 
sicut  pater  meus  concessit  Eglesham^^  cura  appendiciis  suis  videHcet 


No.  3 


WILLTAI\T   IT 


Milcctuna^^  .  Rollendriz  .  Erdentuiia^*  .  Sifort  .  Et  ecclesia  sancte 
Abbe  cum  adiaceute^*  ei  terriila  .  7  duobus  molendinis  in  Oxinefort 
cum  omnibus  consuetudinibus  .  Hiis"  aliisque  elemosinis  abbatia 
in  episcopali  manerio  constructa  in  dominio  episcoporum  perhenniter 
maneat  .  Has  autem  elemosinas  omnes  concedo  regali  dono  .  tam 
ecclesianuu  quam  terranun  sub  ordinatione  7  dispositione  Remigii 
episcopi  cuius  interuentu  predicta  mater  ecclesia  cepit  fundari  .  ut 
ipse  disponat  7  diuidat  sicut  sibi  uisum  fuerit  inter  matrem  ecclesiam 
suamque  abbatiara^*  .  In  qua  uidelicct  matre  ecclesia  canonici  deo 
seruientes  caste  7  catholice  uiuant  .  nullaque  inter  eos  prebenda 
ematur  uel  uendatur  depulsa  omni  heresi  symoniaca  .  Si  quis  autem 
quod  absit  alitor  uoluerit  uiuere  .  7  canonicis  preceptis  obedire 
noluerit  fraterno  amore  prima  7  secunda  nice  usque  ad  terciam  a 
decano  7  fratribus  ceteris ^^  corrigatur*"  .  Si  autem  adhuc  rebellis 
permanserit  i  ad  noticiam  episcopi  perueniat  .  Qui  episcopus  ima 
cum  decano  7  fratribus  ceteris  .  adiunctis  etiam  orationum  medi- 
caminibus  fratrem  infirmum  sanare  7  corrigere  studeat  .  Si  uero 
ipse  taliter  castigari  noluerit  i  J  proprio  reatui  pertinaciter  indulgere 
uoluerit  omnibus  rebus  ecclesie  uacuus  ut  accessit  foras*i  mittatur  . 
7  alter  morum  7  scientie  merito  dignus  absque  omni  munere  ut 
dictum  est  locum  eius  terram  occupantis  optineat*'"  .  Hiis  omnibus 
incommutabiliter  ita  dispositis  ueto  7  regali  auctoritate  prohibeo  . 
ne*^  quislibet  cuiusque  ordinis  sacratissimis  locis  suj^radictis 
uiolentiam  aliquam  faciat  .  uel  de  rebus  eorumdem  aliquid  minuat  . 
Quod  si  episcopus  uel  aliquis  alius  in  futuro  suadente  diabolo  hoc 
uetitum  facere  temptauerit  i  deprimat  7  compescat  eius  nequitiam  . 
rex  qui  tunc  temporis  in  hac  patria  regnauerit*'  ut  regnvim  7 
gloriam  optinere*^"  ualeat  in  secula  seculonim  Amen.^* 


[A  C  R«5] 
•^  Signum  regis  Willelmi. 
■^  Signum  Dorobernensis 

archiepiscopi. 
.►J^  Signum  Walchelini  episcopi 

Wintoni'ewsis. 
.►J<  Signum  Mauricii  episcopi 

Lundonie. 
•^  Signum  Gundulfi  episcopi 

Rofensis. 
•^  Signum  Osmundi  episcopi 

Sarisberie.** 
•^  Signum  Roberti  episcopi 

Cestrensis. 
•^  Signum  WHstani  episcopi 

WigrecestrC*' 
.►J<  Signum  Herberti  episcopi 

Tedfordensis.''* 


[li  liii] 
Signum  regis  Willelmi  .►Jc. 
Signum  Dorobeniensis 

archiepiscopi  .►J«. 
Signum    Mauricii    Londoniensis 

episcopi   .►i^. 
Signum  Gundulfi  Rofensis 

episcopi  .^. 
Signum    Radulfi    Cicestrensis 

episcopi  .►J^. 
Signum  Alani  comitis   .^. 

Signum    Walchelini    episcopi 

Wintoniensis  .►J<. 
Signum  Gilberti   abbatis 

Westmowas^eni  .^. 
Signum    Herberti    episcopi    de 

Tetfort  .>^. 


REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMITM 


No.  3 


[li  liii] 
Signiim  Osmundi  Sarisberiensis 

episcopi  .►J*. 
Signum    Rotberdi    Cestreiisis 

episcopi  .►J<. 
Signum  Willelmi  de  Albeigni.^-pt. 


[A  C  R*'] 
>^  Signum  Radulfi  episcopi 

Cicestrensis. 
►J^  Signum  Roberti  eiDiscopi 

Herefordensis.t 
^  Signum  Gilleberti  abbatis 

WestmonasterJi. 
►J<  Signum  Baldewdni  alibatis      Signum  Balduini  abbatis  Sancti 

Sancti  Eadmundi.^^  Eadmundi   .>^. 

^  Signum  Pauli  abbatis  .  Signum  Stephani  de 

Sancti  Albani.  Albamarl'  .►J*. 

►Ji  Signum  Roberti  cancellarii      Signum  Goisfridi  de 

ecclesie  canonici.  Stoteuilla  .t^*. 

^  Signum  Willelmi  capellani      Signum  Roberti  cancellarii  >J<. 

7  eiusdem. 
^  Signum  Roberti  comitis  de     Signum   Roberti   episcopi   de 

Moritonio.*""  Heriort  .►J.. 

►Ji  Signum  Rogeri  comitis  de      Signum    Willelmi    capellani    7 

Monte  gumeri.  eiusdem  ecclesie  canonici.  ►J*. 

►J<  Signum  Hugonis'^"  comitis       Signum    Roberti    comitis    de 

Cestrensis.  Moritania    .^. 

^  Signum  Stephani  comitis        Signum  Rogeri  comitis  de     >-}i 

de  Albemarle.  Monte  gomerico  .^. 

^  Signum  Alani  comitis.  Signum    Hugonis   comitis 

Cestrensis    .kJ<. 
^  Signum  Roberti  comitis  de     Signinn   Heudonis   dapiferi  .^. 

Mellent. 
^  Signum  Symonis  comitis.        Signum  luonis  Talibo/s  .fj^. 
►J<  Sigmmi  Roberti  comitis  de     Signum  Huberti  de  Ria  .y^i. 

Nordanhumbre. 
^  Signum  Eudonis^^  dapiferi.     Signum  Hugoni  de  Port  .^ 
►J<  Signum  Hugonis  de 

Munfoi-t. 
►J^  Signum  Roberti  filii 

Hamonis. 


Signum  Hugoni  de  Munfort  .y^. 
Signum  Brother fi  de  Olei^-  .►J-*. 


^  Signum  Hamonis  fratris 

eius. 
►J«  Signum  Roberti  de  Curci. 


Signum   Kotherti   filii   Hcr- 

nioni  .►J-«. 
Signum   Hereinonis   vicecomitis 


de  Cantuarta  .►J). 
^  Signum  luonis  Tailgebosc''-".   Signum  Rotberdi  de  Curcei  .►J< 
►J<  Signum  Roberti  de  Oili.  Signum  Widowis  de  Olei  .t^. 


^  Signum  Widonis  fratris 

eius. 
^  Signum  Huberti  de  Rie.^' 

^  Signum  Hugonis  de  Port. 
►J<  Signum   Roberti  de 
Grentemaisnil. 


Signum   Kotherli  de 

Grentemaisnil '  .►[-<. 
Signum  luonis  de 

GrentomaisvU'    .►Jf. 
Signum  Willelmi  de  Pe/ci  .y^. 
Signinu  Aluredi  de  Warhaw  .►J^. 


No.  3  WILLIAM  II  9 

[A  C  R"]  [li  liii] 

.^  Signnm  luonis  fratris  eius.     Signum    Goisfridi    de    la 

Wirce  .^^* 
•^  Signum  Willelmi  de  Perci. 
•*h  Signum  Alueredi  de 

Warham. 
■*i*  Signum  Goisfridi  de  Wirce. 
.>^  Signum  Goisfridi  de 

Stoteuill'. 
.^  Signum  Willelmi  de 

Albagni. 
■*h  Signum  Roger!. 

Marginalia  :    See  below,  Var.  R  :    38,  40,  44. 

Texts:  MS— A3.  Afi4  (for  last  part).  C,ff.ld-3.  R2.  li  (registered  in  R, 
no.  61).  Iiii(3).  Iviii(3).  Pd — il/o/i.viii,  1270(4).  Lmic.  Cath.  Statutes  ii,  1-6. 
See  C'.C.iJ.iv,101(3). 

There  were  seemingly  two  editions  of  this  charter  at  Lincoln  (1)  represented 
by  the  texts  A,  C,  and  R,  and  (2)  repre.sented  by  li  and  liii.  Of  these,  C,  which 
dates  from  tlie  beginning  of  the  thirteenth  century,  is  the  oldest  surviving  text. 
li,  whirli  is  an  msjieximus  dated  20  May,  1281,  states  that  the  king  has  exemplified 
the  cliarter  propter  rupturas  et  concissuras  carte  predicte.  Fire  and  earthquake  and 
the  fall  of  the  central  tower,  unliappy  incidents  in  the  history  of  the  cathedral, 
were  not  calculated  to  secure  the  j^resorvation  of  muniments.  It  is  evident  that 
the  document  exemplified  in  li  was  considered  the  better  text  of  the  two,  if  indeed 
it  was  not  the  only  surviving  original  text,  in  1281,  about  which  time  Q  was  sub- 
jecting the  cathedral  charters  to  a  critical  inspection.  liii  is  an  inspexinius  of 
nnu.erous  charters,  dated   15  February,   1329-30. 

The  latter  jiart  of  the  present  charter  (see  Var.  R :  '*  below),  as  it  appears  in 
all  the  texts,  seems  to  have  been  known  by  the  title  De  castitate,  and  there  was 
some  degree  of  uncertainty  with  respect  to  its  context.  At  the  end  of  no.  1  above 
Q  has  written  in  the  margin  :  Inferius  folio  ix  sequente  ad  hoc  sigmim  o — o  inferius 
de  castitate.  The  place  to  which  Q  refers  is  part  of  an  insertion  into  the  body  of 
the  Regiitrum  Antiquissimum  consisting  of  two  folios,  written  by  a  late  twelfth 
century  hand,  which  contain  : 

no.  03,  a  duplicate  of  no.  1,  against  which  Q  has  written  :    Vacat  /lie  quia  supra 

scribitur  in  principio  sed  ibi  non  est  adicio  de  castitate. 
no.  64,  De  honestate  et  castitate  dictorum  canonicorum,  a  duplicate  of  the  latter 

part  of  the  present  charter  (no.  3),  and  against  it  is  placed  the  sign  o — o 

which  corresponds  with  the  same  sign  in  the  margin  of  no.   1  above, 
no.   65,  a  charter  of  bishop  Robert  II :    De  iurisdiccione  capituli  et  scribitur 

alibi  in  propria  titulo  (Q),  a  duplicate  of  no.  287  below, 
no.  66,  a  bull  of  pope  Alexander  III :    Confirmacio  hirisdiccione  scribitur  alibi 

(Q),  a  duplicate  of  no.  256  below. 
It  is  to  be  noted  that  Q's  notes  either  state  or  imply  that  nos.  63,  65,  and  66  are 
to  be  cancelled,  whereas  it  seems  to  be  indicated  that  no.  64,  De  castitate,  is  to  follow 
no.  1.  Yet  Q  passes  by  without  comment  the  incorporation  of  De  castitate  in  the 
present  text  (no.  3).  If  he  intended  De  castitate  to  be  regarded  as  a  separate  docu- 
ment, he  was  embarrassed  by  the  fact  that,  according  to  the  be.st  or,  as  is  suggested 
above,  the  only  existing  original  text  it  was  incorporated  in  William  II's  charter 
(no.  3)  which  had  been  but  lately  confirmed  bj'  Edward  I.  It  should,  however, 
he  borne  in  mind  that,  since  Q  never  finished  his  revision  of  the  Registrum  Anti- 
quissimum, his  ultimate  decision  nuist  remain  uncertain. 

Var.  R  :  '  M''.L°xxxx°.  C  li  liii.  In  C  a  new  folio  is  begun  at  this  point 
with  the  word  '  Ego,'  and  the  preceding  words  are  repeated  in  its  margin.  '-'  Wil- 
lelmus  Anglonun  rex  li.  '  perheuuem  added  in  A  inarg.  *  altered  to  predecessorum 
by  interlineation  C.  ^  for  successorum  read  suorum  R.  °  antistis  C  R.  '  n 
interlineated  to  read  Lincolnia  C.  *  domni  C.  '  Lanfranoi  C  liii  Iviij.  '°  matre  R. 
ii„ii  repeated  A  R.  In  A  the  repetition  is  cancelled  by  a  line  drawn  through  the 
words,  probably  by  Q.  '-Chirtetune  li.  '^  Helesberia  li  liii.  "  Stokas  R. 
"  Bochelant  R.      "  Buchingheham  li.      "  karucata  li ;  carrucata  liii  ;  carucata  R. 


10  REGTSTRIBI  ANTIQUISSBrUlVI  No.  3 

'^GauecoteC.  "LectunaC.  *"  Bedeford' R.  "Eslatfort  C  li.  "Lectuj^^m  C. 
-'  karucatis  li ;  carucatis  R.  ^*  Hacliam  C  liii.  "^  vna  is  added  in  marg.  by  a  later 
hand  ;  o»;.  una  C  R.  -*' Lincolniensi  R  liii.  -^  Remigius  mittat  li  liii.  =' Stowe  R. 
^^laicliorum  li  liii.  -°  repperiri  C.  ^'' oto.  episcopusR.  ^'''>  Stou  C  ;  Stowe  R.  '^New- 
erkam  liii.  '^  Flatburth  R.  ;  Fladburgh  liii.  ^'  the  1  has  been  eraseil,  and  n  written 
above  the  g,  to  read  Engesham  C.  '''  Miltuna  li  liii.  ''  Erdentona  C  ;  Erdenduna  R. 
**  the  first  syllable  has  been  interlineated  A.     "  His  C.     ^'  A  marg.  haa  a  note, 

hie fundac'  (14  cent.).      The  rest  of  the  charter  is  repeated,  as  a  separate 

document,  in  no.  64  below.  '^  ceteris  fratribus  liii.  *°  A  marg.  haa  a  note.  Nota. 
Contra  eos  qui  nolunt  obedire  preceptis  decani  et  capituli  post  suam  monicionem 
amovendi  sunt  (14  cent.).  ^'  foris  R.  ■"  '  obtineat  C.  ■*-  ne  is  substituted  for  ut  by 
a  marginal  correction  A  ;  ut  Afi4  C  li  liii  ;  ne  R.  "  regnauerit  interlineated  A. 
''■' obtinere  C.  ''■' R  marg.  has  a  note,  Omnes  excommunicati  sunt  ipso  facto 
cuiusque  ordinis  status  vel  condicionis  sacratissimis  locis  supradictis  qui  violenciam 
aliciuam  faciat  [sic']  vel  de  rebus  eorundem  aliquid  minuat  .  7  hec  sub  buUi?  phim- 
beis  Aloxandri  pape  (14  cent.).  *'  The  witnesses  as  given  in  li  and  liii  are  printed 
above  iu  the  second  column  since  they  appear  in  a  different  order  from  that  of 
A  C  R.  li  liii  omit  the  bishoji  of  Worcester,  the  abbot  of  Saint  Paul's,  the  count 
of  Mellent,  earl  Simon,  the  earl  of  Northimiberland,  and  Roger.  ■"  Sarisbirie  C  R. 
*'  Wigrescestrie  R.  ■■*  Tedfortensis  C.  "  Edmundi  R.  " '  Moritonia  C.  '»  om. 
HugonisR.  "HugonisR.  '^QUIiii.  "„  XaiHgebosc  C.  "  Rye  R.  "  om.  >^  liii. 
Note  :  Ford  was  a  district  on  the  north  side  of  the  Ouse,  in  the  western  part 
of  the  town  of  Bedford  and  the  eastern  part  of  the  parish  of  Biddenham.  Ford 
end  Road  in  Bedford,  which  is  a  continuation  of  the  present  Midland  Road  (for- 
merly Forthe  Street),  rvms  towards  what  was  a  furtl  of  the  river.  Dr  G.  H.  Fowler, 
who  has  supplied  this  information,  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  one  hide  in  Fort  in  the 
present  text  is  to  be  identified  with  the  land  of  Saint  Paul's  church,  Bedford,  which, 
in   1(IS6,  consisted  of 

( 1 )  three  virgates  in  Biddenham,  which  Osmund  the  canon  of  Saint  Paul's, 
Bedford,  holds  of  the  king.  Leuiet  the  priest  held  this  land  of  king  Edward 
in  alms,  and  afterwards  of  king  William,  which  priest,  when  he  was  dying, 
granted  one  virgate  of  this  land  to  Saint  Paul's  church  ;  and  Ralf  Tallgebosc 
added  the  other  two  virgates  to  the  same  church  in  alms. 

(2)  one  \-irgate  in  Biddcnliam  which  Ansfrid  the  canon  holds  [of  the  king]. 
Maruuen  held  it  [T.R. !•:.],  and  could  sell  it  to  whom  he  willed.  Ralf  Tallel)osc 
bestowed  it  in  alms  on  the  church  of  Saint  Paul  {Domesday  Book  (Record 
Commission)  i,  f.  ilia). 

This  hide  was  jirobably  the  land  of  the  jirebends  of  Bedford  major  and  Bedford 
minor  in  Lincoln  catherlral,  with  which  was  associated  the  chapel  of  the  Heme. 

Note  by  Professor  F.  M.  Stenton  :  H  it  could  be  accepted  as  a  genuine  document, 
this  charter  would  be  an  imjjortant  piece  of  evidence  as  to  the  composition  of  the 
court  of  William  II.  The  long  list  of  witnesses  is  remarkable,  and  may  well  be 
derived  from  authentic  documents  of  this  time  which  have  now  disappeared.  The 
attestations  of  Robert  de  Curci.  head  of  the  French  line  of  that  house,  of  Robert 
and  Ivo  de  (irontcmaisnil,  anti  of  Alfrctl  of  Wareham,  cannot  be  mere  inventions. 
On  the  other  hand,  tlie  objections  to  the  charter  in  its  present  form  are  conclusive. 

In  the  first  place  it  is  precisely  dated  lOiM).  This  date  is  disproved  by  the 
attestation  of  lialf  Luffa  bishop  of  C'hichester,  who  accortiing  to  the  annals  of  his 
own  church  was  consecrated  at  Epiijliany,  lO'Jl  (Annales  Cicestrenses,  ed.  Lieber- 
inann,  Vngedruckte  Anglo-Norniantiische  Oeschichtsqucllen,  j)age  93).  Herbert 
Losinga  bishop  of  Thetford  was  consecrated  in  the  same  year  and  probably  at  the 
same  time.  As  the  charter  is  also  dated  in  the  third  year  of  William  II,  which 
ran  from  September,  1080,  to  September,  lOUU,  the  attestation  of  the  bishop  of 
Cliichcster  is  fatal  to  its  authenticity.  Moreover,  it  cannot  be  saved  by  assuming 
that  the  date  is  wrong  and  that  the  charter  really  belongs  to  1001  or  some  later 
year.  Robert  count  of  Mortain,  who  heads  the  witnesses  o{  comital  rank,  had 
rebelled  against  William  [I  in  lOSft.  lOvcn  if  he  were  subsequently  reconciled  to 
the  king,  as  a  historian  of  the  next  generation  assorts,  he  disappears  from  English 
history  in  that  year  an<l  the  necrology  of  Grestain,  his  own  foundation,  states  that 
he  dieil  in  1(I!(0  (see  l''arrer.  Early  I'orkshire  Charters  ii,  3-0,  for  a  discu-ssion  of 
these  events).  There  is  no  mistaking  the  significance  of  those  inconsistencies,  and 
on  chronological  grounds  alono  the  authenticity  of  the  charter  must  be  abandoned. 

In  the  second  place,  it  \\ould  be  hard  to  find  any  genuine  document  of  the  same 
form.     Its  inflated  style  would  not  alono  condeimi  it,  for  allowance  should  be  made 


No.  4  WILLIAM  II  11 

for  abnormal  phraseology  in  a  solenin  cliarter  issued  on  a  special  occasion.  The 
conclusive  argument  against  its  authenticity  rests  on  its  combination  of  secular 
and  ecclesiastical  matter.  For  the  greater  part  of  its  length  it  is  a  confirma- 
tion of  possessions  to  the  church  of  Lincoln,  but  in  the  last  twenty  lines  the 
character  of  the  language  changes,  and  a  royal  charter  of  confirmation  passes 
into  a  series  of  ecclesiastical  regulations  relating  to  the  discipline  of  the 
canons.  Regulations  like  these  n\ight  be  issueil  by  an  ecclesiastical  authority — 
a  bishop  for  example,  or  a  papal  legate.  But  they  are  highly  incongruous  in  a 
document  which  if  genuine  must  come  from  a  session  of  the  king's  court.  It  need 
not  be  ussiuned,  however,  that  this  charter  is  a  mere  fabrication.  Its  writer,  who- 
ever he  may  have  been,  must  have  had  access  to  documents  mentioning  a  con- 
siderable niunber  of  the  Anglo-Norman  barons  of  William  II's  time.  He  gives 
bishop  Herbert  of  Thetford  his  correct  style,  and,  to  judge  from  the  texts  in  A, 
C,  and  R,  he  knew  how  to  arrange  a  long  list  of  Anglo-Norman  witnesses  in  a  proper 
order  of  precedence.  Probably  the  best  explanation  that  can  be  given  of  this 
anomalous  charter  is  to  suggest  that  a  genuine  charter  of  confirmation  issued  by 
William  II  has  been  conflated  with  a  set  of  precepts  relating  to  canonical  discipline 
issued  bj-  some  ecclesiastical  authority,  and  that  witnesses  derived  from  these 
and,  perhaps,  other  docimients  now  lost,  have  been  run  together.  The  separate 
existence  of  the  final  part  of  the  charter  is  suggested  by  the  history  of  the  text  as 
given  above. 

A  good  example  of  a  similar  combination  of  secular  and  ecclesiastical  matter 
in  a  spurious  docimient  is  given  by  the  foundation  charter  of  Reading  abbey, 
printed  from  a  poor  copy  in  the  Monasticon  iv,  40  (1).  Althougli  this  charter 
cannot  be  accepted  as  authentic,  like  the  present  Lincoln  text  it  was  composed 
before  the  end  of  the  twelfth  century. 

*  Folio  2. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Willelmi  Secttndi  .2. 

^Folio  2d. 

Hdl.  Willelmi  Regis  Secundi. 

4 

4.  Solemn  charter  of  William  II,  son  of  king  William,  who  by 
hereditary  right  succeeded  king  Edward.  He  has  from  his  own 
possessions  bought  out  the  claim  which  the  church  of  York  and 
Thomas  its  archbishop  had  upon  Lincohi  and  Lindsey,  and  upon 
the  manors  of  Stow  and  Louth  ;  and,  instead  of  them,  has  given 
to  the  church  of  Saint  Peter  of  York  the  abbey  of  Saint  German, 
Selby,  and  the  church  of  Saint  Oswald,  Gloucester,  in  such  wise 
that  archbishop  Thomas  and  his  successors  shall  hold  the  abbey 
as  the  archbishop  of  Canterbury  has  the  bishopric  of  Rochester. 
In  return  for  these  gifts,  archbishop  Thomas  has,  with  the  consent 
of  his  clergy,  in  the  presence  of  the  king  and  the  bishops  and 
magnates,  abandoned  the  aforesaid  claim  to  the  king  and  to  Robert 
bishop  of  Lincoln  and  his  successors.  The  king  has  done  this  in 
favour  of  bishop  Robert  because  he  was  his  chancellor.  (Probably 
1093.) 

.IIII.i  De  liberacione  calumpnie  super  Line'.  Lindes'.  Stowe  .  7 
Luda  (rubric).^ 


12  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  4 

In  nomine  Patris  7  Filii  7'  Spiritus  Sancti  Amen. 
Sumrai  Patri.s  fnit  con.silimn  ut  sanctam  ciuibatem  suam  celestom 
scilicet  lerosolym  quo  superbia  diaboli  diiiisa  erat  .  niorte  dilectissirai 
filii  sui  interoedente  redintegraret  .  7  per  redemptionem  generis 
humani  angelica  dampna  repararet  .  Hac  consideratione  ego 
Willelmus  Dei  gratia  rex  Anglorum  Willclmi  regis  filius  qui  Edwardo 
regi  hereditario  iure  successit^  uidens  ecclcsiain  x\ngloniin  ex  parte 
diuisam  7  discordantem  .•'  resarcire  concupiui  quod  male  scissum 
fuerat  7  ad  unitatem  uere  caritatis  reuocare  .•'  quod  diu  indiscussum 
sub  discordia  manserat  .  Uedemi  igitur  de  meis  propriis  posses- 
sionibus  calumpniam  quam  habebat  Eburacensis  ecclesia  .  J  Thomas 
eiusdem  ecclesie  arcliiepiscopus  super  Lincoliam^  7  super  Lindis.sim  . 
7  super  mansiones  Stov*  7  Ludara  .  7  dedi  pro  eis  ecclesie  sancti 
Petri  Eburacensis  iure  perpetuo  possidendas  abbatiam  sancti 
Garmani  de  Saleby  .  7  ecclesiam  .sancti  Oswaldi  de  Gloecestra  cum 
omnibus  ad  eas  iure  pertinentibus  .  7  itadedi  archiepiscopo  .  Thome  . 
7  successoribus  eius  abbatiam  sancti  Germani  sicut  archiepiscopus 
Cantuariensis  habet  episcopatum  Rofeiiscm  .  Et  propter  hec  predicta 
beneficia  benigne  diraisit  7  gratanter  .  Thomas  .  archiepiscopus 
in  eternum  consencieate  clero  eius  predietam  calumpniam  in  presenti.a 
mea  7  episcoporum  7  procerum  meorum  michi  7  Roberto'  episcopo 
Lincoliensi^  7  successoribus  eius  .  Huius  aiitera  calumpnie  redemp- 
tionem feci'  gralia  eiusdem  .  Roberti'  episcopi  .  quia  cancellarius 
meus  extiterat. 

.>i<  Signum  Willclmi  regis.  .^  Signum  GunduLfi  Rofensis 

episcopi. 
•*h  Signum  Anselmi  Cantuari-  .v^i  Signum   Willelmi   Dunel- 

ensis  archicpiscopi'".  mensis  episcopi. 

•  *h  'Signum  Thome  Eboracensis 

archiepiscopi. 
■*i*  Signum     Walchelini     Wen- 

toniensis^i  episcopi. 

Marginalia  :  2. . 

Texts:  MS— A.  R3.  Iiii(4).  Iviii(4).  Fd—Mon.  viii,  1271(5).  Baine,  His- 
toriann  of  the  Church  of  York  iii,  21  (a  poor  text).  Farrer,  Early  Yorkshire  Charters 
i,  no.  126.     iSee  Davis,  no.  341  ■=lxi. 

Var.  R  :     '  written  on  an  erasure.      -  Carta  Willelmi  regis  secundi  de 

inter  eeclesias  Ebor'  7  Lincoln'  super  Limlissim  7  nianeriis  Stowo  7  Ludi  R  rubric. 
^  insert  sancti  R.  ''  the  filial  t  is  nearly  illegible  in  A.  *  Lincoln'  R.  '  Stowe  K  ; 
Stou  Tiii  Iviii.  '  Rotberto  liii.  '  insert  ego  liii  Iviii.  '  Rotberti  liii.  '°  liii 
and  Iviii  place  the  bishops  as  follows  :  York,  Winchester,  Durham,  Canterbury, 
Rochester.      "  Winton'  R  liii. 

Note  by  Professor  K.  M.  Stenton :  Apart  from  tlie  .slight  uncertaiaty  which 
always  hangs  over  solemn  charters  of  the  Anglo-Norman  kings,  in  view  of  the  rarity 
of  examples  preserved  in  a  contemporary  form,  this  charter  presents  no  grounds 
for  suBi)iciou.  A  settlement  such  as  is  here  recorded  might  naturally  bo  ex]iressed 
in  a  solemn  manner,  and  its  ecclesiastical  character  may  accoimt  for  the  absence 
of  any  1  aroaial  witnesses.  That  an  agreement  was  actually  made  between  bishop 
Robert  of  Lincoln  and  archbishop  Thomas  of  York  by  the  mediation  of  king 
William  II  is  certain.  Hugh  the  Chanter,  the  historian  of  the  first  Norman  arch- 
bishops of  'I'ork,  definitely  states  that  the  king  made  a  Concordia  between  these 


No.  6  WILLIAM   II  13 

prelates  {Historian.^  of  the  Church  oj  York  ami  its  Archbishops  (Rolls  Series)  ii,  106), 
although  the  arclibishop  was  \ery  unwilling  to  lose  his  autliority  over  Liiidsey 
and  his  possession  of  Stow,  Louth,  and  Newark.  Hugh  adds  that  all  England 
knew  that  bisho))  Robert  gave  the  king  three  thousand  pounds  for  this  Concordia. 
]{eference  to  such  a  payment  would  be  unseemly  in  a  solemn  instrument,  and  the 
statement  in  the  charter  that  the  king  has  made  this  calumpniae  redemplin  out  of 
regard  for  bishop  Robert,  liis  chancellor,  is  a  decent  evasion  of  a  somewhat  un- 
becoming fact.  As  the  dispute  which  was  ended  by  the  agreement  broke  out  over 
archbishop  Ansclm's  intention  of  consecrating  bishoii  Robert,  the  present  charter 
probably  belongs  to  the  year  1093. 

Folio  3. 

Hdl.  Willelmi  Regis  8ecundi.  .3. 

5 

5.  Writ  of  William  II,  notifjning  to  0[sbert]  the  sheriff  and 
the  barons  of  Lincolnshire  that  he  has  given  to  Robert  I  bishop  of 
Lincoln,  as  long  as  he  hves,  the  third  penny  of  the  wapentake  of 
Stow  adfirmam  for  ten  pounds  a  year  by  tale.     (1093-1097.) 

.V.     De  tercio  denario  de  wapentach'  Stowe  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.W.  rex  Anglorum  .0.  vicecomiti  .  7  baronibus  Lincolie  .  Franci- 
geiais  .  7  Anghcis  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  Roberto  Lincoliensi 
episcopo  tercium  denarium  del  wapentac  del  Estou  .  ad  firmam 
per  .X.  libras  .  numero  quoque  anno  quamdiu  uixerit  ita  ilium 
habebit  .  Testibus  .  episcopo  Dunelmensi  .  7  Wa,chelino  episcopo  . 
7  Rannulfo  capellano. 

Text :   MS— A. 

Note  :    The  usual  name  of  the  waoentasa  is  Well. 


6.  Writ  of  Wilham  II,  notifying  to  P[eter]  of  Oxford  [the  sheriff] 
and  his  heges  of  Oxfordshire,  that  bishop  Robert  I  has,  at  his  request, 
given  back  to  Nigel  brother  of  Guy  de  OiU  the  land  which  Guy  held 
of  the  bishop  and,  during  his  life,  gave  back  to  God  and  Saint 
Mary.  The  bishop  has  done  this  on  condition  that  Nigel  shall 
hold  the  land  for  life  and  do  service  to  him  according  to  its  value  ; 
and  that,  after  Nigel's  death,  the  land,  namely,  six  hides  in  Ascott 
[under  Wychwood,  co.  Oxford],  in  the  demesne  of  the  church, 
shall  revert  [to  the  bishop]  free  from  all  claim  on  the  part  of  any 
heir  or  any  man  who  may  have  Nigel's  land.     (1093-1100.) 

.VI.     De  terra  de  Escote  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.W.i  rex  Anglorum  .P.  de  Oxineford^  y  ffdehbus  suis  Francis  J 
Anghs  de  Oxineford^  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  terram  quam  Wido 
de  Oileio  tenuit  de  Lincohensi^  episcoi^o  .  Roberto  .  7  quam  ipse 
Wido  deo  7  sancte  Marie  /  episcopo  in  uita  sua  reddidit  .  depreca- 


14  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  6 

tione  mea  predictum  episcopum  reddidisse  Nigello  fratri  suo  eo 
tenore  quod  Nigellus  earn  in  uita  sua  habeat  .  7  deseruiat  uersus 
episcopum  secundum  valentiam*  terre  .  Post  uero  decessum  eius  .-' 
redeat  ipsa  terra  .  scilicet  .vj.  liidas^  in  Escota  in  dominie  ecclesie 
soluta  7  quieta  sine  clamora  7  querela  alicuius  heredis  uel  hominis  . 
qui  predicti  NigeUi  terram  habeat  .  Testibus  .  episcopo  Uunelmensi  . 
7  Roberto  Bigoto  .  7  .W.  [blank]  ~J  .G.  til'  Rogeri"  .  7  Gerarrfo  C'aluo  . 
7  H.  de  BochZa?ido  .7  .N.'  de  Oili. 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,f.3d.  R5.  Iv(l).  Pd—3fore.viii,  1272(1 1).  Regesta, 
no.  466  (abs.).  Deputy  Keeper's  Report  xxix,  app.  p.  41  (abs.).  See  C.C.R.iv, 
138(1). 

Var.  R  :  '  Will'  C,  Iv.  -  Oxeneford'  Iv.  ^  Lincoln'  R.  *  ualentium  C.  *  sic. 
'  for  .W.  .  .  .  Rogeri  read  W.  7  G.  fih'is  Rogeri  C  ;  and  read  W.  Bakun  7  G.  filio 
Rogeri  Iv.     '  Nig'  R. 


7.  ^Vrit  of  William  II,  granting  that  Osbert  of  Lincoln  may 
give  those  eleven  bovates  which  he  holds  of  the  king  in  Binbrook 
[co.  Lincoln]  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  i)i  prebenda  ;  so  that  the 
bishop  may  hold  the  land  of  the  king,  and  keep  the  covenant  which 
he  promised  to  Osbert.  At  Pont  do  I'Arche.  (12  November, 
1099.) 

.VII.     De  .xi.  bouatis  terre   in   Bynnebroc  (rubric  and  marg.)  . 

.W.  rex  Angloruin  Roberto  Lincohiicnsi^  episcopo  7  omnibu.s 
Francis  7  Anglis  Lincolie  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  quod 
Osbertus  de  LincoUa  det  illas  .xi.  bouatas  terre  quas  tenet^  in 
Bimiebroc  de  me  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Lincolie  in  prebenda  pro 
amore  dei  .  7  pro  patris  7  matris  mee  animabus  ita  quidem  quod 
ipse  episcopus  predictam  terram  de  me  teneat  .  7  conuentionem 
quam  promisit  Osberto  teneat  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  filio  Giroldi  .  7 
Geroldo^  de  Calz  .  apud  Pontem  Arcars  .  pridie  post  festum  sancti 
Martini. 

Marginalia  :    preb'.     Est  in  cofino  cum  ceteris  cartis  de  prebenda  (Q2). 
Texts:   MS— A.     C,f.4.     R6.     Pd—il/o».  viii,  1272(12).     Regesta,  no.  41 S  {aha.). 
Var.  R  :    '  Lincoliensi  C.      -  quas  tenet  written  in  marg.     '  Giroldo  C. 
Note  :    For  the  date,   see    Facsimiles  of  Early  Charters  from  Northamptonshire 
Collections  (Northamptonshire  Record  Society  iv,  9). 

8 

8.  Writ  of  William  II,  commanding  N.  the  sheriff  to  cause 
bishop  Remigius  and  his  canons  to  have  their  church  of  Kirton 
[in  Lindsey]  and  that  of  Hibaldstow  [co.  Lincoln],  witii  the  tithes 
belonging  to  them,  as  in  the  time  of  the  king's  father.     (1087-1088.) 

.VIII.  De  ecclesiis^  de  Kirketona  7  de  Hibaldestowa  (rubric 
and  marg.). 


No.   10  WILLIAM   II  15 

.W.  i"ex  Anglorum  .N.  vicecomiti  sahitera  Mando  tibi  ut  facias 
episcopo  Rcniigio  7  canoiicis  suis  habere  ecclesiam  suam  de 
Cliirchetona  cum  decimis  que  ad  earn  pertinent  .  7  de  Huboldestou^ 
similiter  .  sicuti  melius  habuerunt  tempore  patris  mei  .  Et  uide  no 
pro  penuria  recti  amplius  inde  clamorem  audiam  .  Teste  .  episcopo 
Dunelmensi  .  per  .W.  de  Werelwas^. 

Texts  :    MS— A.     R7.     Pd—Regesta,  no.  305  (abs.). 
Var.  R  :    '  eccleaia  A  marg.      '  Huboldestow  R. 


9.  Writ  of  William  II,  addressed  to  Osbert  the  sheriff  and  the 
lieges  of  Lincolnshire,  forbidding  that  bishop  Robert  I  shall  plead 
concerning  any  of  the  lands  and  churclies  of  which  bishop  Remigius 
was  seised  on  the  day  that  he  was  alive  and  dead.     (1093-1100.) 

.IX.  Quod  episcopus  Robertas  non  placitet  de  terris  7  ecclesiis 
(rubric  and  marg.). 

.W.  rex  Anglorum  .  Osberto  .  vicecomiti  .  7  tidelibus  suis  de 
Lincoha  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  nolo  ut  Robertus  episcopus 
placitet  de  omnibus  terris  7  ecclesiis  de  quibus  Remigius  episcopus 
saisitus  fuit  die  qua  uiuus  7  mortuus  fuit  .  Teste  .  Vrsowe  de 
Ahetot. 

Texts  :    MS— A.     R8.     Pd—Eegesta,  nos.  467,  Ixxxvi. 


10 

10.  Writ  of  William  [query  II],  giving  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  bishop  R[obert]  I  tlie  church  of  Saint  Martin  [in  Lincoln] ; 
and  commanding  that  if  Norman  shall  justly  claim  any  compensa- 
tion the  bishop  shall  supply  it.     (Query  1087-1100.) 

.X.     De  ecclesia  sancti  Martini  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.W.  I'ex  Anglorum  .T.  vicecomiti  .  omnibusque  fidelibus  suis 
salutem  .  Sciatis  me*  dedisse  sancte  Marie  ecclesie  Lincolniensi'  . 
7  .R.  episcopo  ecclesiam  sancti  Martini  cum  omnibus  appendiciis  . 
Normando  autem  si  iuste  clamat  de  ecclesia  aliquam  misericordiam 
episcopus  sibi  faciat  .  Teste  .E.-  vicecomite. 

Texts:    MS— A.     C,f.4.     R9.     Pd— Mon.viii,1272(13). 

Var.  R  :    '  Lincoliensi  C.      -  om.  E  C. 

Note  :  The  document  is  placed  amongst  tlie  charters  of  William  II  in  all  the  texts  ; 
if,  however,  the  sheriff  to  whom  it  is  addressed  is  Thorold,  an  earlier  date  ia 
indicated. 


16  REGI8TRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  11 

*Folio  3d. 

Hdl.  WiLLELMi  Regis  Sectjndi. 

1 1 .  Writ  of  William  [query  II],  granting  that  the  land  of  the 
canons  of  Lincoln  shall  be  quit  of  all  customary  dues.  (Query 
1087-1100.) 

.XI.     De  quietancia  custumarum  (rubric). 

.W.  rex  .T.  vicecomiti  .  salutem  .  Mando  tibi  quod  ego  terram 
canoniconim  sancte  Marie  de  Line'  de  omnibus  costumis^  quietam 
esse  concedo. 

Marginalia  :    -j-    +  *  (A),     nota  (C). 

Texts:    MS— A.     C,f.4.     RIO.     Pd— .If oii.viii,  1272(14). 

Var.  R  :    '  custuiniR  R. 

Note  :    For  the  date  see  note  to  the  preceding  charter. 

12.  Writ  of  AVilliam  TI,  addressed  to  Ivo  Tailbois  and  Osbert 
the  clerk,  commanding  that  the  canons  of  Saint  Mar}'  of  Lincoln 
shall  have  their  tithes  and  customary  dues  as  they  best  had  them 
in  the  time  of  the  king's  father.     (1087-1100.) 

.XII.  De  decimis  7  consuetudinibus  bene  habendis  (rubric  and 
marg.). 

.W.  rex  Anglorum  .1.  Tailebois  .  7  Osberto  clerico  salutem  . 
Mando  nobis  7  precipio  ut  canonici  sancte  Marie  de  LincoUa  ita 
bene  habeant  decimas  suas  7  consuetudines  .•'  sicut  eas  melius 
habebant  tempore  patris  mei  .  Teste  R.  episcopo. 

Marginaha  :    -j-    +   $   .   .  .      In  C  :  Nota. 

Texts:   MS— A.     C,f.4.     RU.     Pd—Afon.viii,  1272(15).     fle^esta,  no.  406  (ab3.) 

13 

13.  Writ  of  Wihiam  II,  commanding  0[sbert]  the  sheriff  to 
reseise  the  canons  of  Lincoln  in  the  lands  of  which  they  were  dis- 
seised after  the  king  fell  sick,  and  to  put  by  good  pledges  those 
who  did  the  disseisin  ;  and  especially  is  he  to  cause  the  canons 
to  be  reseised  in  the  land  of  the  church  of  Caistor  [co.  Lincoln]. 
(1093-1100.) 

.XIII.  Quod  canonici  resaisiantur  .  7  ablata  rcddantur  eisdem* 
(rubric  and  marg.). 

W.  rex  Anglorum  .().  vicecomiti  Lincolie  salutem  .  Precipio  tibi 
vt  canonicos  sancte  Mai'ie  Lincohensis  resaisias  de  terris  suis  unde 
dissaisiti  sunt  postquam  ego  in  infirmitate  cecidi  .  7  fac  iUis  reddi 


No.   14  WILLIAM  II  17 

quicquid  inde  postea  ablatum  eat  .  Et  illos  qui  eos  dissaisierunt  7 
sua  post  predictuni  terminum  ceperunt  .-'  pone  per  bonos  plegios  . 
Tesbibus  .  Roberto  filio  Hamonis  .J.I.  Taileb'*'  .  Maxime  resaisi 
eos  de  terra  ecclesie  de  Castra  .  T'.  predictorum. 

Texts:    MS — A.     R12.     Vd~Regesta,  uos.   407,   Ixvii. 

Var.  R  :  ^for  Quod  .  .  .  eisdem  read  Carta  quod  canonici  reseisiantur  do  terrie 
Buis  R  rubric.     '  Tailleb'  R. 

14 

14-  Writ  of  William  II,  addressed  to  archbishop  Thomas  [of 
York],  earl  Roger,  E.  the  sheriff,  H[enry]  de  Ferrers,  WiUiam 
Peverel,  and  all  his  Ueges  of  Nottinghamshire,  notifying  them  that 
he  has  given  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and  bishop  Robert  I  and  his 
successors  the  church  of  Orston  [co.  Nottingham],  and  all  that 
belonged  to  it  in  king  Edward's  time  ;  and  the  churches  of  Chesterfield 
and  Ashbourne  [co.  Derby],  and  Mansfield  [co.  Nottingham],  with 
the  chapels  in  the  berewicks  belonging  to  the  four  manors.  This 
gift  was  made  on  the  morrow  of  the  day  on  which  archbishop 
Anselm  became  the  king's  hege  man.     (1093,  before  25  September.) 

.XIIII.  De  ecclesiis  de  Oskinton''  .  Cestrefeud''  .  Esseburn'  . 
Mamesfeld^  7  de  capellis  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.W.  rex  Anglorum  Thome  archiepiscopo  7  .R.  episcopo  de  Cestra*  . 
7  Rogero  comiti  .  7  .E.  uicecomiti .  7  .H.  de  Ferrariis  .  7  .W.  Peuerel  . 
7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francigenis  /  Anghcis  de  Esnotingeham 
scire*  7  de  Derbi  scire*  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  ecclesie  sancte 
Marie  de  Lincoha  .  7  Roberto'  episcopo  eiusdem  ecclesie  7  omnibus 
successoribus  suis  in  perpetuam  possessionem  pro  anima  patris 
mei  7  matris  mee  7  mea  ecclesiam  de  Oschintona'  .  7  quicquid  ad 
earn'  pertinebat  tempore  regis  Edwardi  .  7  ecclesiam  de  Cestrefelt"  . 
7  ecclesiam  de  Eseborna^i  .  7  ecclesiam  de  ^iammesfelt'^  .  7  capellas 
que  sunt  in  berewicis  que  adiaeent  predictis  .  iiii"'*'  .  maneriis  . 
Et  nolo  ut  firmiter  habeat  eas  cum  terris  7  decimis  7  omnibus  que 
ad  predictas  ecclesias  pertinebant  tempore  regis  Edwardi  .  Hoc 
donum  factum  est  die  crastina  qua  Anselmus  archiepiscopus  mens 
ligius  homo  f actus  est  .  i*Testibus  .  Walche^moi*  .  episcopo  Wen- 
toniensi**  .  7  .  W.^'  episcopo  Dunelmensi**  .  7  Ranulfo  capellano  . 
7  Eudone  dapifero  .  7  WiUelmo  Peuerello  .  7  Hamone^'  dapifero  . 
7  Vrsone  de  Abetot^*"  .  7  Rannulfo  fratre  Ilgeri. 

Marginalia  :  an  illegible  note.     In   C  :  Nota. 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,f.4.  R13,196.  Dl.  Iui(5).  Pd— Mo».viii,1271(6).  Regesta, 
no.   337  (abs.).     See   C.C.ie.iv,101(5). 

Var.  R  :  '  Orskington'  A  marg. ;  Oschintu  .  .  C  marg.  ;  Oskington'  nunc 
vocata  Orston'  R13  marg.  '  Cesterfeld  A  marg.  '  Mammefeld  A  marg.; 
Mamesfeld  C  marg.;  Mannesfeld  R13  marg.  *  Cestria  R196  marg.  '  Noting- 
hamsehir'  R196  D.  '  Derbyscire  R13 ;  Derebyschir'  R196;  Derbyscira 
D.      '  Rotberto    liii.      *  Hoskingtona  R196  ;  Oskyngtona   D.       'ad  earn  written 


18  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  14 

on  an  erasure  A.  '"  Cestrefeld  R13  and  196  D.  "  Esseburna  R196  ;  Esborna  D  ; 
Esebuma  liii.  '^  Mammesfeld  C  R13  D  liii  ;  Maiinnesfeld  R196.  '^  quatuor 
R196  D  liii.  ^' insert  Hus  R196.  '' Walkelino  R1U6.  i=  Wynton'  R196. 
"Will'  D.  "Dunolnolm'  R196;  Dunolmens' D.  "  Haymone  D.  Hairnone 
liii.     '"  Habetot  C. 

Folio  4. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  i^ENRici  Peimi.  .4. 

15 

15.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  giving  his  manor  of  Nettleham  [co.  Lincoln], 
with  the  consent  of  his  wife  Maud,  whose  it  was,  to  Saint  Mary 
of  Lincoln  and  bishop  Robert  I,  who  was  the  chancellor  of  his  brother, 
king  Wilham.     (Circa  1101.) 

.XV.     De  manerio  de  Netelham'  (rubric  and  niarg.). 

Henricus  .  rex  Anglorum  .  Osberto  vicecomiti  Lincolie  7  Picoto 
fiho  Colsueni  .  et  omnibus  baronibus  suis  et  hdehbus  7  Francis  7 
Anglis  de  Lincole^  scira  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  deo  7  sancte 
Marie  de  LincoUa  7  Roberto^  episcopo  qui  fuit  canceUarius  .W. 
regis  fratris  mei  manerium  meum  de  Nethelham^  .  cum  omnibus 
iUis  rebus  que  ad  eum  pertinent  .  Et  uolo  et  precipio  ut  ipse  eimi 
ita  teneat  sicuti  ego  ipse  in  manu  mea  tenebam  .  Et  concessu 
regine  Matildis  uxoris  mee  cuius  erat  .  Testibus  .  Henrico  comite 
de  Warewic^  .  7  Eudone  dapifero  .  7  Rogero  .  Bigoto  .  7  Hamone^  . 
dapifero  .  7  Wvsone  de  Abetot*  .  apud'. 

Marginalia  :    :]■    +.  M"  (beginning  a  series  of  numerals,  op.  nos.  17-26). 
Texts:    MS— A.     C,f.6.     Iiii(7).     Pd— More.viii,1271(8).     See  C.C.if.iv,101(7). 
Var.  R  :    '  Lincolia  C.      •  Rotberto  liii.     '  Netelliam  C  ;    Netilliain  liii.    *  Warwic 
liii.     '  Honnoni  liii.     '  Habetot  C.     '  The  place  is  omitted  in  all  the  texts. 

16 

16.  Writ  of  queen  Maud,  granting  the  manor  of  Tixover 
[co.  Rutland]  to  bishop  Robert  I.     At  Rockingham.     (1104-0.) 

.XVI.     De  Tychesouere  7  libertatibus  (rubric  and  inarg.). 

.M.  Anglorww  regina  abbati  de  Burcli  7  comiti  .S.  7  Roberto 
de  Pauilh  vicecomiti  .  7  Michaeh  de  Hamesclape  7  omnibus  baronibus 
Francis  7  Anghs  de  Norhamtone  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse 
concessu  regis  domini  mei  Roberto  episcopo  Lincolie  Tichesoure' 
7  quicquid  ad  illud  manerium  pertinet  cum  soca  .  7  saca  .  7  tol  .  7 
theam^  .  7  omnibus  consuedinibus  .  Et  uolo  atque  precipio  ut  ita 
bene  7  honorifice  teneat  de  me  sicuti  ego'  tenebam  .  Testibus  . 
Waldrico  cancellario  .  7  Bernardo  capellano  .  7  Eudone  dapifero  . 
7  WiUelmo  Peurello  de  Notmgham  .  7  JMichaele  de  Hamescla^je  . 
apud  Rochingeham*. 

Marginalia:    +. 

Texts:   MS— A.     Iiii(25).     Pd— C.C.ii.iv,102(25).     Farrer /<tn.,  no.  147  (abs.). 
Var.  R  :   '  Ticesoure  liii.      '  team  liii.     '  ego  follows  tenebam,  but  is  tnarked  to 
precede  it  A.     •  Roohingham  liii. 


No.  19  HENRY  I  19 

17 

17.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting,  at  the  queen's  request,  to 
bishop  Robert  I  the  manor  of  Tixover.  At  Rockingham.  (1104- 
1106.) 

X\^I.     De  Tychouere^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglonun  abbati  de  Borc.^  comiti  .S.  Michaeli  de 
Hames?rtj)e  .  7  Roberto  de  Pauilli  .  7  hdeUbus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis 
de  Norhamte^  scira  ^  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  Roberto 
episcopo  Line'  terram  de  Tichesoura  quam  regina  uxor  mea  ei 
dedit  mea  precatione  .  Et  uolo  ut  bene  7  honorifice  teneat  cum 
soca  .  7  saca  .  7  toll  .  7  team  .  7  omnibus  consuetudinibus  .  Testibus  . 
Walerico  cemceUario  .  7  .  Eudone  .  dapLfero  .  7  W.  Peuerel*  .  de 
Notingham  .  apud  Rochingeham^. 

Marginalia:    .ij.    +    .ij.     la  C  :  Istud  non  habe^ur. 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,f.6.  Iiii(8).  Pd— .'tfoH.viii,1271(9).  Farrer,  /<in.,  no.  148 
(abs.). 

Var.  R:  '  Tikesour' A  marg. ;  Tikesou.  .  C  marg.  "Burc  C.  'Norhantona  C. 
*Peurello   liii.      'Rochinham  C;     Rochingham  liii. 

18 

18.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  R[obert]  bishop  of  Chester, 
Robert  de  Ferrers,  and  Richard  son  of  Gotse  to  reseise  Robert  I 
bishop  of  Lincoln  and  his  churches  of  the  Peak  in  lands,  tithes, 
customs,  etc.,  as  they  were  seised  on  the  day  on  which  the  king 
gave  his  lordship  of  the  Peak  to  WiUiam  Peverel.  At  Chute  [co. 
Wiltshire].     (110&-1114.) 

.XVIII.     De  ecclesiis  de  Pecco  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  R.  episcopo  de  Cestra  .  7  Roberto  de  Ferrams  . 
7  Ricardo  fiho  Gotse  salutem  .  Precipio  uobis  ut  resaisiatis  Robertum^ 
episcopum  7  ecclesias  suas  de  Pecco^  de  omnibus  rebus  in  terris 
7  decimis  7  consuetudinibus  7  pratis  7  siluis  .  sicut  ipse  7  ecclesie 
saisiti  erant  ea  die  qua  WiUielmo  Peurell'^  dominium  meum  de 
Pecco  dedi  .  Quia  sibi  non  dedi  nichil  de  hiis  de  quibus  predicte 
ecclesie  saisite  erant  .  Teste  comite  de  Melle«.<  .  apud  Ceat. 

Marginalia:   .iij.  +    Decani  (Q). 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,f.6.  Iv(lO).  Pd— i»foH.viii,1272(16).  C.C.R.  iv,139(10). 
Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  255  (abs.). 

Var.  R  :       '  add  Lincol'  Iv.     ^  C  inserts  et  superfluously.     ^  Peuerell'  C. 

Note  :  The  north  and  south  medieties  of  the  church  of  Darley,  in  the  wapentake 
and  deanery  of  High  Peak,  were  appropriated  to  the  dean  of  Lincoln. 

19 

19.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  giving  to  bishop  Robert  I  the  churches  of 
three  of  the  king's  own  manors,  namely,  Coxwold,  ELirkby  Moorside, 
and  Hovingham  [co.  York].     At  Woodstock.     (1108-1115.) 


20  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  19 

.XIX.  De  ecclesiis  de  Ciicwaldi  .  Kirkeby^  .  7  de  Houingham' 
(rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  Thome  archiepiscopo  .  7  Nigello  de  Albiiii  . 
7  Osberto  vicecomiti  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  .  7  fidelibus  Francis 
7  Anglicis  de  Euewicscira  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  Roberto 
Lincoliensi  episcopo  ecclesias  scilicet  de  tribus  maneriis  meis  . 
uidelicet  de  Cucuald  .  7  de  Chirchebi  .  7  de  Houingeliam  .  7  quicquid 
ad  predictas  ecclesias  pertinet  .  Et  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  ut  bene 
7  honorifice  teneat  .  Teste  .  Nigello  de  Albini  apud  Weodestocam. 

Marginalia  :   iiij .    + . 

Texts:    MS— A.      C,f.6.      Pd— Afort.viii,1272(17).      Farrer,  /tin.,  no.  245  (aba.). 
Var.  R  :    '  Cucuwald  C  marg.      '  Chirkebi  A  marg.  ;   Kirkebi  C. 
Note  :    These  three  churches  are  not  found  again  in  the  possession  of  the  bishop 
of  Lincoln. 

20 

20.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Thurstan  the  archbishop 
[of  York]  and  Thurstan  the  archdeacon  to  cause  the  bishop  of 
Lincoln  and  the  church  of  Clayworth  [co.  Nottingham]  to  have  the 
tithes,  rights,  and  customs  which  belong  to  that  cliurch,  especially 
from  the  king's  men  and  from  all  other  the  parishioners.  At 
Winchester.     (1123-1133.) 

.XX.     De  decimis  de  Claworth'*  (rubric  and  marg.). 

H^.  rex  Anglormn^  Turstino  archiepiscopo*  7  Turstino^  archi- 
diacono  salutem  .  Precipio  nobis  quod  faciatis  iuste  habere'  episcopo 
Lincoln'  7  ecclesie  de  Claworth''  decimas  7  omnes  rectitudines  J 
consuetudines  ipsi  ecclesie  pertinentes  .  7  nominatim  de  hominibus 
meis  7  de  omnibus  parochianis  ahis  predicte  ecclesie  pertinentibus  . 
Teste  .  C&ncellario  apud  Wintoniam*. 

Marginalia  :    +.     Eboracen'  (Q).     Decani  (Q). 

Texts  :  MS — A.  The  charter  is  written  by  a  contemporary  hand,  with  paler 
ink,  in  the  bottom  margin.     D201.     Pd — Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  5'J8a  (abs.). 

Var.  R  :  '  Claworth'  A  marg.  '  insert  dei  gracia  D.  ^  add  etc.  1).  *om.  Turstino 
archiepiscopo  D.  '  Turstano  Eboraci  D.  '  habere  iuste  A,  but  markad  to  be  trans- 
posed.     '  Clawrth'   D.     '  VVynton'  D. 

Note  :    The  church  of  Clayworth  was  appropriated  to  the  deanery  of  Lincoln. 

Folio  4d. 

Hdl.  Cabtb  Regis  Henrici  Primi. 

21 

21.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  i  licence  to 
make  a  door  in  the  wall  of  the  king's  castle  [of  Lincoln],  for  the 
convenience  of  the  bishop's  house  ;  provided  that  the  wall  be  not 
thereby  weakened.     At  London.     (1101-1115.) 

.XXI.  De  faciendo  exitu^  in  muro  castelli*  regis  (rubric  and 
marg.). 


No.  23  HENRY  I  21 

.H.^  rex  Anglie  .  Raimulfo  Meschino  .  Osberto  vicecomiti  .  7 
Picoto*  filio  Colsueni  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  suis  de  Lincolia  y 
salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  Roberto  episcopo  Lincolie  ut  faciat 
exitus  in  muro  castelli  mei  ad  sua  necessaria  facienda  ad  domum 
suam  .  ita  tamen  ne  murum  propter  hoc  debilitetur  .  Testibus  . 
Alano  de  Line'  .  7  Osberto  vicecomite  .  apud  hwidonias^. 

Marginalia  :    .v. 

Texts:  MS — A21.  A,{.l  I  (struck  oiU,  ami  va,  cat  written  in  marg.).  C,f.6.  Iiii{13) 
Pd— JV/o/i.viii.l272(lS).     Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  308  (abs.).     See  C.C.iJ.iv,101(13). 

Var.  R:  '  exitu/n  C.  *  caatellis  C.  '  Henr'  A.f.ll.  *  Piccoto  C.  '  Lond' 
A.f.U   liii. 

22 

22.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  addressed  to  W[illiam]  d'Aubigny  the 
Breton,  R.  Basset,  Aubrey  de  Vere,  the  sheriff,  and  all  the  king's 
barons  and  officers  of  Nottinghamshire.  If  the  bishop  [Alexander] 
of  Lincoln's  wapentake  of  Newark  is  assessed  to  the  king's  geld 
as  half  a  wapentake,  they  shall  summon  therefrom  to  the  king's 
pleas  and  the  shire  no  more  than  two  men,  as  in  the  time  of  Robert, 
the  bishop's  predecessor.  The  bishop  shall  have  in  the  wapentake 
all  the  franchises,  customs,  and  rights  which  his  predecessors  had. 
At  Fareham  [co.  Southampton].     (1123-1135.) 

.XXII.     De  wapent«c/«o  de  Newerk^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglomm  W.  de  Alhini  Britoni  .  7  .  R.  Basset  .  7  .A. 
de  Ver  .  7  vicecomif  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  7  ministris  de  Notinghe- 
ham''  scira  salutem  .  Si  wapentac  episcopi  Line'  de  Niwercha* 
defendit  se  uersus  me  pro  dimidio  wapentac  .  tunc  precipio  quod 
non  summoneatis  inde  ad  placita  mea  .  7  comitatus  .  nisi  tantummodo 
duos  homines  7  illi  ibi  summoneantur  .  ubi  summonebantur  tempore 
Roberti  aiitecessoris  sui  .  7  ubi  iuste  debent  summoneri  .  Et  nolo 
7  precipio  quod  episcopus  habeat  in  wapentac  iUo  omnes  Ubertates 
7  consuetudines  suas  7  rectitudines  suas  .  sicut  antecessores  sui 
mehus  habuerunt  .  7  sicut  iuste  habere  debet  .  Testibus  episcopo 
Sa,iisbinensis  .  7  cancellario  .  apud  Fereham. 

Marginalia:   vi.  + in  S  :  De  wapentac  de  Niwerc. 

Texts  :  MS— A.  SI.  C,f.6d.  Im(21).  Pd— Mo«.\'iii,1272(20).  See  O.O.R. 
iv,  102(21).  „      ^^     . 

Var.  R.  '  Newerch'  A  marg. ;  Niwewer.  C  marg.  ^  Notiugeham  S ;  Notin- 
ham  C  ;  Notingeh'  liii.     ^  Niwerca  liii. 

23 

23.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  Saint  Mary  and  bishop  Robert  I 
and  the  canons  his  vineyard  in  Lincoln  ;  and  commanding  that 
John  the  reeve  shall  seise  them  therein.  At  Stamford.  (1103- 
1106.) 


22  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSEVrUM  No.  23 

.XXIII.     De  vinea  Line'  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  Osberto^  vicecomiti  7  omnibus  baronibus  suis 
et  burgensibus  Line'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  deo  7  sanete 
Marie  Line'  .  7  episcopo  RobertjO  7  canonicis  vineam  meam  Line' 
7  quod  ei  pertinet  .  Et  lohauis-  prepositus  eos  inde  saisiat  .  Teste  . 
Waklrico  eancellario  .  apud  Stanfordiam  .  7  .  Tiestibus  E[udone] 
dapifero  .  7  .  Vrsone  de  Ahetot. 

Marginalia  :   vij .   + 

Texts:  MS— A.  S2.  C,f.6d.  R800.  Pd— Mon.viii,1272(21).  Farrer,  /<m.,  no. 
151   (abs.). 

Var.  R.  :  '  om.  Osberto  R.  'Johannes  R.  In  A  S  C  u  is  clearly  distinguishable 
from  n  ire  this  name. 

24 

24.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  the 
churches  of  Saint  Margaret  [in  Lincoln]  and  Haceby  [co.  Lincoln], 
which  Osbert  the  sheriff  gave.     At  Portsmouth.     (1115.) 

.XXIIII.  De  ecclesiis  sanete  Margarete  7  de  Hathseby  (rubric). 
De  ecclesia  sanete  Margarete  7  ecclesia  de  Hathsebi^  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglor?(m  .  M.  regine  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  de  Lincolia^ 
scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  deo  7  sanete  Marie  Linc'^ 
ecclesie  7  Roberto*  episcopo  ecclesiani^  sanete  Margarete  .  7 
ecclesiam  de  Hatsebi*  quas  Osbertus  vicecomes  dedit  7  concessit 
eidem  ecclesie  .  Teste  episcopo  Saresberie'  apud  Portesmundam. 

Marginalia  :     viij .    + . 

Texts:  MS— A.  S3.  C,f.7.  Iiii(20).  Pd—Mon.viii,  1275(46).  Farrer,  Itin., 
no.  339  (abs.).     See  C.C.if.iv,  102(20). 

Var.  R.  :  '  Harsebi  S  C,  th^  s  in  C  being  seemingly  a  correction.  -  Lincola  S  liii. 
'  Lincoliensis  S  C  liii.  *  Rotberto  liii.  '  om.  ecclesiam  C.  °  Harsebi  C.  The 
charter  roll  has  Halsebi  (C.C.fl. iv,102(20)).  iV/o)t.viii,1275(-46),  by  misreading  C,  has 
Barsebi.     '  Saresbirie  C. 

25 

25.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  giving  to  bishop  Robert  I  the  lung's  warren 
of  Lincoln  in  so  far  as  it  lies  in  the  soke  of  Newark  [co.  Nottingham] 
and  Stow  [co.  Lincohi]  ;  and  confirming  the  right  of  warren  in  the 
whole  soke.     At  WaUingford  [co.  Berks].     (1101-1115.) 

XXV.  De  waremia  Lhic'  quantum  in  soca  de  Newerk*  .  7 
Stowa^  .  erat  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  An%\orum  .  Rannulfo  Mischino  .  7  Osberto  vicecomiti  .  7 
fidelibus  suis  de  Lincolia^  scira  .•'  Francis  7  AngUs  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  dedisse  Roberto  Lincoliensi  episcopo  warennam  meam  de 
Lincolia*  quantum  in  soca  de  Niwerca^  .  7  Stou*  erat  .  Et  concedo 
ei  totam  socam  de  Niwerca^  7  Stou"  in  warennam  .  Et  si  quis  in 


No.  27  HENRY  I  23 

ea  forifecerit  .•'  precipio  ut  ipse  episcopus  habeat  talem'  forisfacturam 
de  ea  qualein  pater  mens  7  frater  habuisset  .  Teste  .  Hugone  de 
Euermw  .  apud  .  Warengeford'  *. 

Marginalia:   ix.    +. 

Texts:  MS— A.    S4.    C,f.7.    Ivi(l).    Pd—iVfon.viii,  1273(23).    See  O.C.fi.iv.l05(l). 

Var.  R. :  '  Newerc  A  marg. ;  Niwer.  .  S  marg.  C  raarg.  »  Stowe  A  marg.  ;  Stou 
S.  luarg. ;  Stow  C  marg.  '  Lincola  S  C  Ivi.  ♦  Lincola  Ivi.  '  Newerca  Ivi. 
"  Stoue  Ivi.     '  om.  talem  S  C.     '  Warengefort  C. 


26 

26.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  licence 
to  divert  the  king's  highway  through  the  bishop's  town  of  Newark  ; 
and  to  make  a  causey  for  his  vivary.  At  Woodstock  [co.  Oxford]. 
(1129-1133.)     Cp.  no.   46  below. 

.XXVI.     De  strata  de  Newerk^  diuertenda  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglormn  .  Ricardo  Basset  .  7  A.  de  Ver  .  7  vicecomif  .  7 
baronibus  de  No*tinge2  scira  .■'  salutem  .  Concedo  quod  episcopus 
Line'  diucrtat  regiam  stratam  que  transibat  per  uillam  suam  de 
Niwerca^  per  eandem  uillam  suam  quacunque  uoluerit  .  Et  concedo 
ipsi  ut  faciat  calcetam  uiuarii  sui  .  Testibus  G.*  cancellario  .  7 
Willelmo  de  Alhini  Britone  .  apud  Wdestoc^ 

Marginalia  :    x.  + . 

Texts:  MS— A26.  A7lA.  S5.  C,f.7.  Iv(6).  Pd— Afon.viii,1273(24).  Farrer, 
Itin.,  no.  665  (abs.).     See  C.C.B,iv,138(6). 

Var.  B. :  ^  Newerc  A26  marg.  ;  Newerch'  A71a  marg. ;  Niwerc  S  marg.  C  marg. 
■^  Notingeham  A7lA,  Iv.  ^  Niwercha  A71a,  Iv.  *  Gaufrido  Iv.  '  y^ggtoc' A71a  ; 
Wodestoc  Iv. 


*Folio  5. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Primi.  .5. 

27 

27.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Osbert  the  sheriff  of  Lincoln 
to  cause  bishop  Robert  1  to  have  the  churches  of  Caistor  and  Kirton 
[in  Lindsey],  which  the  king's  father  gave  in  alms  to  Saint  Mary 
of  Lincoln,  according  to  the  charter  of  the  king's  father,  and  as 
bishop  Remigius  had  them.     At  London.     (1100-1115.) 

XXVII.     De  ecclesiis   de  Castra   .  7   Chirchetonai   (rubric  and 

marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglarum  Osberto  .  vicecomiti  Line'  salutem  .  Fac 
habere  Roberto  episcopo  Linc'^  ecclesias  de  Castra^ .  7  Chirchetoua'*  . 
7  decimas  quas  pater  mens  decUt  in  elemosinam  deo  7  sancte  Marie 
LincoUensi  sicut  carta  quam  fecit  pater  meus  fieri  .•'  dicit  .  7  sicut 


24  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  27 

Remigius  episcopus  7  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  Lincolie  eas  unquam 
melius  habuenint  .  Et  uide  ne  ei  super  hoc  aliqua  iniuria  fiat  . 
Teste  NigreZZo  de  Oili  .  apud  Lundon?"a,s. 

Marginalia:   Bcribatur  {query  Q2).      + 

Texts:     MS— A.     S6.     C,f.7.     R17.     Pd— Mon.viii,1273(25). 

Var.  R. :  '  Kirketon'  S  R.  ;  add  cum  decimis  A  marg.  "Lincolie  SCR. 
'  Castre  C.     *  Cherchetona  R. 

28 

28.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Rannulf  Meschin,  Osbert 
the  sheriff,  Picot  son  of  Colsuen,  and  Wigot  of  Lincohi  to  go  and 
view  the  boimdary  between  the  king's  manor  of  Torksey  and  the 
bishop's  manor  of  Stow  ;  and  to  cause  the  boundary  to  be  defined 
by  good  men  of  the  county,  who  may  be  required  to  confirm  their 
testimony  by  oath.     At  Winchester.     (1110-1114.) 

.XXVIII.  De  diuisis  faciendis  inter  Torkesi*  7  Stowe  (rubric 
and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  RannuKo  Mischino^  .  7  Osberto  vicecomiti  . 
7  Picoto  fiho  Colsueni  .  7  Wigoto  de  Line'  .■'  salutem  .  Ite  7  uidete 
diuisas  inter  manerium  meum  de  Torchesi  .  7  manerium  de  Estou  . 
7  facite  recognoscere  per  probos  homines  de  comitatu  7  diuidere 
predictas  diuisas  .  Et  si  bene  eis  non  credideritis  sacramento  coii- 
firment  quod  dixerint  .  Quia  nolo  ut  episcopus  bene  7  honorifice 
ibi  habeat  quod  antecessores  sui  ibi  habuerunt  .  Teste  Wigoto 
Line'  .  apud  Wincestrm/n. 

Marginalia :    + . 

Texts:   MS— A.     S7.     C,ff.7,7d.     Pd— Mon.vui,1273(26).     Farrer,  Wn.,  no.  333 

bs.). 

Var.  R. :    '  Thorohesi  S  marg.  C  marg.     '  Mesohino  C. 

29 

29.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Osbert  the  sheriff  of 
Lincoln[shire]  and  RannuK  Meschin  to  cause  bishop  Robert  I  to 
hold  aU  his  lands,  men,  and  possessions  honourably.  The  king  is 
unwilhng  that  the  bishop  shall  plead  concerning  the  lands  of  which 
his  predecessor  was  seised  on  tiie  day  that  he  was  aHve  and  dead, 
or  concerning  the  churches  which  the  bishop  himself  has  held  until 
now.     At  Lacock  [co.  WQts].     (1100-1110.) 

.XXIX.  De  terris  7  hominibus  cum  honore  tenendis  .  7  ne 
placitet  de  terris  neque  de  ecclesiis  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglontw  Osberto  .  vicecomiti  Lincol'  .  7  Rannulfo 
Mischino  .•'  salwtem  .  Precipio  ut  faciatis  Robertum  Lincohensem 
episcopum  terras  suas  omnes  7  homines  7  omnia  sua  cum  magno 


No.  31  HENRY  I  26 

honore  tenere  .  Et  nolo  ut  ullo  modo  placitet  de  terris  de  quibus 
antecessor  eius  saisitus  erat  die  qua  uiuus  7  mortuus  fuit  .  neque 
de  ecclesiis  7  quas  ipse  episcopus  tenuit  usque  nunc  .  Teste  .  Yvsone  . 
de  Abetot  .  apud  La  coc^. 

Marginalia :    + . 

Texts:    MS— A.     S8.     C,f.7d.     Iv(4).     Pd— Mon.viii,1273(27).     Farrer,  /<tn.,  no. 
30  (aba.).     See  C.C.iJ.iv,  138(4). 
Var.  R. :    >  Lacoo  S  C. 

30 

30.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  addressed  to  Osbert  the  sheriff  of  Lincoln- 
[shire],  Picot  [son  of  Colsuen],  and  Alan  [of  Lincoln],  commanding 
that  Welton  [by  Lincoln]  shall  be  free  from  all  gelds  and  customary 
payments  as  in  the  time  of  the  Idng's  father  and  brother  ;  and  free 
especially  from  the  aid  that  is  now  being  collected  ;  because  Welton 
was  given  by  the  king's  father  and  mother  as  alms  [to  the  church 
of  Lincoln].     At  Perry  [Court,  co.  Huntingdon].     (1107-1115.) 

.XXX.  Quod  Welleton'  quieta  sit  de  geldis  .  7  consuetudinibus^ 
(rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  AnglorMWi  Osberto  .  vicecomiti  de  Line'  7  Picoto  .  7  Alano 
salwtem  .  Precipio  quod  Welletona  cum  apendiciis  suis  sit  quieta 
de  omnibus  gelcUs  .  7  consuetudinibus  sicut  fuit  tempore  patris  7 
fratris  mei  .  Et  nominatim  de  hoc  auxiUo  .  Quia  elemosina  patris 
mei  7  matris  fuit  .  Teste  .  Rannulfo  cancellario  .  apud  Peri. 

Marginalia:   scribatur  (query  Q2).      +.     WF" 

Teste:     MS— A.      S9.      C.f.Td.      C,f.l3d    (a    13th   century   copy).       R15.      Iv(7). 
Pd—Mon.viu,  1273(28).     e.C'.i?.iv,138(7) ;    Farrer,  IHn.,  no.  259  (abs.). 
Var.  R. :    '  de  libertatibus  de  Welleton'  S  marg. 


31 

31.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  that  the  church  of  Lincoln, 
bishop  Robert  I,  and  the  canons  shall  hold  freely  the  manor  of  Welton 
[by  Lincoln],  which  the  king's  father  gave  in  prebenda  to  Saint  Mary. 
At  Newbury  [co.  Berks].     (Circa  1103-1107.) 

.XXXI.  Item  de  Welleton'  quod  quieta  sit'  (rubric).  Item  de 
Welleton  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglontm  Raimulfo  Meschino  .  7  Osberto  .  vicecomiti 
Line'  .  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  Anghs  de  Linc'^  scira  .■' 
salutem  .  Volo  7  precipio  ut  sancta  Maria  de  Lincoha  .  7  Robertus 
episcopus  .  7  canonici  sancte  I\Iarie  ita  bene  7  ho*norifice  habeant 
7  quiete  teneant  manerium  de  WeUetona  quod  pater  meus  dedit 


26  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  31 

sancte  Marie  in  prebenda  .  7  quicquid  ibi  pertinet  sicut  breuis 
patris  raei  7  fratris  regis  Willelmi  precipiunt  .  Testibus  Waldrico 
cancellario  .  7  .  Vrsone  de  Ahetot  .  apud  Niweberiam^. 

Marginalia  in   A :    Scribatur  (query  Q2).     In  C :    Nota. 

Texts:  MS— A.  SIO.  C,f.7d.  R16.  Pd— Mon.viii,1273(29).  Farrer,  Itin., 
no.   95  (abs.)- 

Var.  R.  ;  '  De  libertatibus  manerii  de  VVelleton'  S  raarg.  "  Linoole  R.  '  add 
post  Epiphaniam  domini  R. 

*  Folio  5d. 

Hdl.  Cakte  Regis  Henrici  Primi. 

32 

32.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  addressed  to  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer, 
commanding  that  the  land  of  Saint  Mary  of  Lincohi  shall  be  quit 
of  the  aid  which  he  has  received  therefrom  for  his  daughter's 
business.     At  Westminster.     (1110.) 

.XXXII.  Item  quod  tota  terra  beate  Marie  Line'  quieta  sit 
de  omni  consuetudine  (rubric). 

H.  rex  Anglor«m  .•'  baronibus  de  scaccario^  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod 
nolo  ut  terra  sancte  Marie  Linc'^  sit  in  consuetudine  propter 
auxilium  quod  inde  habui  ad  opus  fihe  mee  .  sed  sit  ita  quieta 
sicut  pater  meus  precepit  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  ej)iscopo  Sarisbirie'  . 
7  Ranulfo  cancellario  .  apud  Westvuonasterium. 

Marginalia :   acr'ibatur  (query  Q2). 

Texts ;  MS — A  ;  written  in  the  margin  at  the  foot  of  f .  5,  by  a  contemporary 
hand  with  ink  of  a  paler  colour,  like  A20.     R18. 

Var.  R. :    '  escecario  R.     ^  de  Lincolia  R.     '  Salesbcrie  R. 

33 

33.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  the 
churches  of  [King's]  Sutton  [co.  Northampton],  and  the  land  in 
Horley  [co.  Oxford],  which  Ranulf  bishop  of  Durham  held  of  him 
to  increase  the  prebend  which  he  and  Ehas  his  son  had  in  the  church 
of  Lincoln.  The  king  wills  that  Ehas  shall  have  the  prebend  as 
long  as  he  lives  ;  and  if  he  die  before  his  father,  the  prebend  shall 
remain  to  his  father.  But  after  they  are  both  dead,  the  prebend 
shall  remain  to  the  church  of  Lincoln.     At  Hertford.     (1110-1122.) 

.XXXIII.     De  ecclesiis  de  Suttona'  (rubric)''. 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  Roberto  episcopo  Line'  .  7  canonicis  sancte 
Marie  Line'  7  omnibus  baronibus  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Lincolia 
scira^  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  totius  episcopatus  Line'  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  dedi.sse  7  concessissc  deo  7  sancte  Marie  7  ecclesie  Line' 
ecclesias  de  Sutona  '/  terras  7  consuetudines  7  decimas  .  7  quicquid 


No.  35  HENRY  I  27 

ad  eas  pertinet  .  7  terram  de  Homeleia  .  quam  Rannulfus  episcopus 
Dunelmensis  de  me  tenebat  ad  acrescens  uidelicet  prebende  quam 
ipse  episcopus  Rannulfus  .  7  Elyas*  filius  suus  in  ecclesia  sancte 
Marie  Line'  habebant  .  7  uolo  7  concedo  ut  ipse  Elyas^  filius  episcopi 
Rannulfi  prebendam  illam  totam  cum  acrescentibus"  istis  bene  7 
honorifice  quamdiu  ipse  uixerit  .•'  teneat  .  Quod  si  ille  Etyas*  prius 
moriatur  quam  pater  suus  Rannulfus  episcopus  uolo  7  precipio  ut 
prebenda  ilia  tota  Ramiulfo  episcopo  remaneat  libera  7  quieta  .  Post 
obitura  uero  utrorumque  eorum  prebenda  ilia  tota  deo  7  sancte 
Marie  7  ecclesie  Line'  7  episcopo  libera  7  qiiieta  remaneat  .  Et  hoc 
idem  Robertus"  coram  me  Rannulfo  episcopo  7  Elye'  filio  suo 
concessit.  Testibus  C4aufrido  archiepiscopo  Rotomagi' .  7  Rannulfo 
cancellario  .  apud  Hertfort^". 

Marginalia  in  A  :    2. .     Va  cat.     In  C  :  Nota. 

Texts:  MS— A.  Sll.  C.f.lld.  Iiii(17).  Pd— Mon.viii,1273(30).  Farrer,  Itin., 
no.  432  (abs.).     See  C.C.R.iv, 102(11). 

Var.  B  :  '  Sutona  S.  ^  De  Sutton  ecclesiis  marg.  '  aM  7  de  Oxineford  scira 
S  liii ;  add  /  de  Oxineford  scire  C.  Q  has  added  in  marg.  7  Oxenefordscir'.  *  Ellas 
liii.  '  Helyas  C.  '  accrescentibus  liii.  '  Rotbertua  liii.  *  Elie  liii.  »  Rotho- 
magi   S  C  liii.      "  Hertford  liii. 

34 

34.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  and 
bishop  Robert  I  and  his  successors  the  church  of  Saint  Benedict  in 
Wigford,  at  the  request  of  Roger  Bigod  who  gave  it  in  alms  to 
Saint  Mary.     At  Winchester.     (Before  1107.) 

.XXXIIII.  De  ecclesia  sancti  Benedicti  in  Wikefordia^  (rubric 
and  ma.rg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  Rannulfo  Mischino  .  7  Osberto  vicecomiti  .  7 
omnibus  baronibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Lincoha^  scira  .  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  concessisse  deo  7  sancte  Marie  de  LincoUa  7  Roberto 
episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum'  habendam  ecclesiam 
sancti  Benedicti  de  Wicheford*  cum  oraiiibua  rebus  ad  ipsam 
ecclesiam  pertinentibus  .  7  hoc  precatu  7  voluntate  Rogeri  Bigot  . 
qui  illam  ecclesiam  in  elemosinam  deo  7  sancte  Marie  dedit  . 
Testibus  .  Rogero  episcopo  .  7  Waldrico  cancellario  .  7  .  Roberto 
comite  de  Mellent .  J  .  'Henrico  de  Warewic  .  et  ipso  Rogero  .  7  Hamone 
dapifero  .  apud  Wintoniam. 

Texts:     MS— A.     S12.     C,f.8.     Iiu(15).     Pd— Mon.vui,1273(31). 
Var.  R.:    >  Wicford  marg.     =  Lincola  S  liii.      '  inperpetuum  S  C.      *  Wiehefotl  S  ; 
Wichefort  C  ;    Wycheford  liii. 

35 

35.  Writ  of  Hem-y  I,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  the  church 
of  Brand  the  priest  of  Corringham,  and  its  land,  namely  two-and-a- 
half  carucates,  in  prebenda,  provided  that  Brand,  and  his  son  after 


28  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  35 

him,  shall  hold  of  Saint  Mary  the  said  chxirch  and  land  in  prebenda 
as  long  as  they  shall  live.     At  Worcester.     (1100-1115.) 

.XXXV.  De  ecclesia  de  Coringham  .  7  .  ij  .  carucatis  terre  .  7 
dimidiam  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  AngUe  .  Roberto  Line'  episcopo  .  7  Rannulfo  Miscliino  .  7 
Osberto  vicecomiti  .  7  baronibus  suis  7  fidehbus  Francis  7  Anglis 
de  Lincolia^  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  sancte  Marie 
de  Linc'^  ecclesiam  Brand  presbiteri  de  Coringeham  .  7  terram  suam 
scilicet  .  ij  .  carrucatas  7  dimidiam  in  prebenda  .  ita  tamen  ut  ipse 
Brand  7  fiUus  eius  post  obitum  patris  ecclesiam  predictam  7  terram 
in  prebenda  de  sancta  Maria  teneant  dum  uixerint  .  Teste  .  Rannulfo 
Mischino  .  apud  Wirecestra?tt^  .  7  .  Testibus  Osberto  vicecomite  .  7 
Romfara. 

Marginalia  :    Va  cat.   • 

Texts:  MS~A.  S13  (damaged).  C,f.8.  Iiii(19).  Pd—Mon.viii,1273(32).  Fairer, 
IHn.,  no.   189  (aba.).     See  C.C.iJ.iv,102(19). 

Var.  R. :    '  Lincola  S  C  liii.     '  Linoola  liii ;    Lincol'  C.     '  Wireceatram  liii. 

36 

36.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and 
bishop  Robert  I  the  church  of  Empingham  [co.  Rutland],  and  those 
three  bovates  of  land  which  Gilbert  of  Ghent  added  in  abns.  [Henry] 
count  of  Eu  has  disseised  the  bishop.  Aubrey  [de  Vere]  the  chamber- 
lain is  to  reseise  him  therein.  At  Brampton  [co.  Huntingdon]. 
(1106-1110.) 

.XXXVI.  De  ecclesia  de  Empingeham  .  7  .  iij  .  bouatis  terre 
(rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglie  .  S.  comiti  .  7  Hugoni  vicecomiti  .  7  omnibus 
baronibus  suis  de  Norhamtona^  scira  .■'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  con- 
cessisse ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Lincol'  .  7  Roberto  episcopo*  Line' 
ecclesiam  de  Empingeham^  .  7  iUas  .  iij  .  bovatas  terre  quas  Gisle- 
bertus  de  Gant  creuit  in  elemosina  .  Et  nolo  7  precipio  ut  honorifice 
teneat  cum  omnibus  consuetudinibus  suis  .  Et  si  comes  de  Auco 
dissaisiuit  eum  .•'  tunc  precipio  .  ut  Alhericus^  camerarius  eum*  cito 
resaisiat  .  Teste  .  Osberto  vicecomite  .  apud  Brantonam. 

Marginalia :    Va  cat.     Alie  carte  sunt  in  pixide  (Q). 

Texts:  MS— A.  S14.  C,f.8.  Pd—Mon.viii,  1273(33).  Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  219 
(abs.). 

Var.  R.:    '  Norhantona  C.     '  Hempingeham  C.     'Abb'  C.     *  om.  eum  S  C. 

*  Folio  6. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Primi.  .6. 

37 

37.  Writ  of  Heiu'y  I,  granting  to  Saint  Mary  and  bishop  Robert  I 
and  his  successors  the  toll  of  the  fairs  of  Stow ;  to  wit,  on  the  feasta 


No.  39  HENRY  I  29 

of  Saint  Mary  in  August  [the  Assumption,  15  August]  and  Septem- 
ber [the  Nativity,  8  September],  and  at  Michaelmas  and  Pentecost. 
At  Winchester.     (1103-4,  or  1107.) 

.XXXVII.     De  theloneo  in  feriis  de  Stowe^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

H  rex  Anghe  .  A.  archiepiscopo  Cantuariensi  .  7  Gerardo 
archiepiscopo  Eboracensi  .  7  episcopis  suis  J  abbatibus  .  7  omnibu.s 
baronibus  suis  7  fidelibus  Francis  7  Anghs  tocius  Anglie  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  concessisse  deo  7  sancte  Marie  7  Roberto  Line'  episcopo  . 
7  omnibus^  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum  habendum  theloneura 
in  feriis  del  Estou  scilicet  in  festo  sancte  Marie  Augusti  .  7  in  Sep- 
tembris^  .  7  ilia  feria  que  est  in  festiuitate  sancti  Michaehs  .  7  in 
Pentecosten  .  Testibus  .  R.  episcopo  Salesberie* .  7  comite  de  Mellent  . 
7  cancellario  .  7  .  R.  Bigot  .  7  Hamone  dapifero  .  apud  Winton iam. 

Texts:  MS— A.  S15  (incomplete).  C,ff.8,8d.  Pd—Mo?t.viii,  1274(34).  Farrer, 
Itin.,  no.   71   (abs.). 

Var.  R. :    '■  del  Estou  S.     "  The  rest  is  missing  in  S.     '  sic.     •  Saleberie  C. 

38 

33.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  the 
churches  of  Derby  and  Wirksworth  [co.  Derby]  in  prebendam. 
(1100-1109.) 

.XXXVIII.  De  ecclesiis  de  Derby  ^  7  de  Wirkeswrthe^  (rubric 
and  marg.). 

.H.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglorum  .  Roberto  Couentreensi^  episcopo  .  7 
Ricardo  vicecomiti  .  7  Rogero  comiti  .  7  Willelmo  Peuerel  .  7  Roberto 
de  Ferariis  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  de  Notingeham^  scira^  7  de 
Derbere  escira*  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  deo  7  sancte  Marie 
Lincoliensis'  ecclesie  pro  anima  patris  7  matris  mee  7  pro 
anima  WiUelmi  regis  fratris  mei  7  mea  .  7  Matildis  regine  vxoris 
mee  ecclesias  de  Derbeia  .  7  de  Werchesorda  in  prebendam  perpetuo 
iure  possidendas  .^  cum  omnibus  eis  iure  adiacentibus  .  Volo  autem 
7  precipio  ut  ita  honorifice  7  quiete  eas  possideat  .^  sicut  melius 
fuerunt  tempore  regis  Edwardi  .  7  patris  mei  .  Testibus  .  Matilde 
regina  .  7  Roberto  Haimonis  filio  .  7  HaimoHe  dapifero  .  7  Vrsome  de 
Abetot*  .  7  Osherto  vicecomite  Lincolie. 

Marginalia :    Va  cat.      +     Derb' In  C  :  Nota. 

Texts:    MS— A.     C,f.8d.     D126.     Pd— Afore.viii,1274(35). 

Var.  R. :  ^  Derbi  A  marg. ;  Derebi  C  marg.  '  Wirkesworth'  A  marg. ;  om.  J  de 
Wirkeswrthe  C  marg.  ^  Couentrensi  D.  *  Notinham  C.  '  esscira  D.  '  esscira 
C  D.     '  LineoUiensis  C.     '  Habetot  C. 

Note  :  The  reason  for  marking  this  charter  '  vacat  '  is  not  evident,  seeing  that 
charters  of  other  churches  appropriated  to  the  dean  are  not  so  marked,  e.g.  nos. 
18  and  20. 

39 

39.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Ralf  de  Rehart  and  his 
fellows  to  place  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  in  seisin  of  [the  churches  of] 


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Barkstone  [co.  Leicester]  and  Uffington  [co.  Lincoln].    At  Southamp- 
ton.    (1114-1116.)     (See  no.  68  below.) 

XXXIX.  'De  ecclesiis  de  Barkeston'  7  Offington'^  (rubric  and 
marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglie^  .  Radulfo  de  Reliart  7  sociis  suis  salutem  .  Saisite 
episcopum  de  Lincolia  de  Barchestona  .  7  de  Offintona  .  7  de  omnibus 
rebus  que  ad  eam  pertinent  .  7  bene  7  honorifice  teneat  .  Teste  . 
Willelmo  de  AlbiTini  .  apud  Hamtonam. 

Marginalia:    +.     Va  cat. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Cf.Sd.     Pd— Mon.viii,274(36). 

Var.  R. :   '-'De  Barcheston'  7  Offijiton'  C  marg.     "  Angl'  C. 

40 

40.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  addressed  to  the  sheriffs  and  officers  in 
whose  jurisdiction  the  canons  of  Lincoln  have  their  prebends. 
The  king  commands  that  the  canons  shall  hold  those  prebends 
as  they  held  them  best  in  the  time  of  bishop  Robert  I.  If  any  one 
shall  do  them  any  injury,  the  king's  justice  shall  do  them  full  right. 
At  Portsmouth.     (Probably  1123.) 

.XL.  Quod  canonici  Line'  honorifice  7  bene  teneant  prebendas 
7  aha  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwrn  omnibus  vicecomitibus  .  7  ministris  .  in  quorum 
ministeriis  canonici  Linc'^  ecclesie^  habent  prebendas  suas  .■'  salutem  . 
Precipio  quod  omnes  canonici  Line'  ita  bene  7  honorifice  teneant 
prebendas  suas  .  7  in  ecclesiis  7  decimis  7  domibus  7  terris  7  hominibus 
7  denariis  7  consuetudinibus  eisdem  ubicumque  ahquid  inde  habent 
sicut  mehus  7  honorificentius  tenuerunt  tempore  Robert!  episcopi 
Line'  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  aliquis  faciat  eis  inde  aliquam  iniuriam  .  Et 
si  ahquis  eis  iniuriam  fecerit  .^  iusticia  mea  faciat  eis  habere  plenum 
rectum  .  Teste  episcopo  Sa,iisbirie  .  apud  Portesmundam.^ 

Marginalia:    scribatiir  (query  Q2).  iiij°     +. 

Texts:    MS— .-V.     R19. 

Var.  R. :    '  Lineolie  R.     "  om.  ecclesie  R.     '  Portesmudam  R. 

Folio  6d. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Primi. 

41 

41.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  and 
bishop  Robert  I  the  churches  of  Nassington,  Wood  Newton,  Tansor, 
and  Southwick  [co.  Northampton],  in  prebendam.  And  the  church 
and  bishop  shall  hold  them  as  at  any  time  Leving,  the  king's  scribe, 
best  held  them.     At  Westminster.     (1110-1123.) 


No.  42  HENRY  I  31 

.XLI.  De  ecclesiis  de  Nessingtow'  Newenton'  .  Tanesour'  .  7 
Suthwic'i  (raarg.)- 

.H.  rex  Aiiglorum  .  Symoni  decano  7  toti  capitulo  sancte  Marie 
Line'  .  7  Hugoiii  de  Lerecestra  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  Francis  7  Anglis 
de  Noriiamtescira^  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  /  concessisse  deo 
7  sancte  Marie  Lincol'.  7  Roberto  episcopo  pro  anima  patris  7 
matris  7  fratris  mei .  7  salute  anime  mee  .  7  uxoris  mee  in  prebendam  . 
ecclesiam  de  Nessintona  .  7  ecclesiam  de  Niwentona  .  7  ecclesiam  de 
Tanesoura  .  7  ecclesiam  de  Sutwica^  .  cum  terns  7  decimis  7  con- 
suetudinibus  que  ad  eas  pertinent  .  Et  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  7 
concedo  ut  bene  7  honorifice  teneant  cum*  quietudinibus  7  con- 
suetudinibus  .  sicut  Leuiugus  scriptor  regis  unquam  melius  7  honora- 
bilius  tenuit  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  episcopo  Saresbwie^  .  7  Rannulfo 
cancellario  .  7  Johanne  de  Baicw'^  .  apud  W estmonaster ium' . 

Marginalia  :  Ista  carta  est  penes  W.  de  Aualun  (contemporary  hand).  A  head 
with  a  fool's  cap  is  drawn  in  marg.      2_.     In  C  :  De  eoclesia  de  Nessiton".     Nota. 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,f.8d.  Iiii(16).  Iviii(5).  Pd~Mo«.viii,1274(37).  SeeC.C.R.iv, 
101(16). 

Var.  R. :  '  om.  Newenton'  .  .  .  Suthwic'  C  marg.  '  Norhantona  scira  C. 
'  Sutwyca  liii.  *  insert  omnibus  liii.  ^  Sarebirie  C.  "  Baioci*  liii.  '  West- 
monest'  C. 

Note  :  William  of  Avalmi  was  prebendary  of  Nassington  in  1222,  when  as  pre- 
bendary he  had  10s.  a  year  in  the  name  of  a  perpetual  benefice  from  tlie  rectory 
of  Southwick  (L.R.S.ii,112).  In  1224  and  1232  he  had  an  annual  payment  of  two- 
and-a-half  marks  Irom  either  mediety  of  the  churcli  of  Tansor  (ibi'd., 123,165, 216). 
In  1236  liis  name  is  placed  first  amongst  the  canons  in  two  lists  of  witnesses 
(i6Ki.,xi,163,391). 

42 

42.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  cliurch  and  bishop  Robert  I 
of  Lincoln  twelve  bovates  which  Ralf  Basset  proved  by  legal  pro- 
cess to  be  in  the  king's  demesne ;  namely,  six  bovates  in  Burgh 
[on  Bain]  and  six  bovates  in  [South]  Wilhnghani  [co.  Lincoln]. 
At  Guildford  [co.  Surrey].     (1121— January,  1122-3.) 

.XLII.  'De  .xij.  bouatis  terre  in  Burgo  .  7  Wollingham'i  (A 
marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anghe  .  comiti  Ranulfo  de  Cestra^  .  7  Hugoni  de  Legre- 
cestra  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  .  de  Linc'scira^  .-  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  reddicUsse  deo  7  §cclesi§  .  7  Roberto  episcopo  Lincol'  .xij. 
bouatas  terre  quas  Radulfus  Basset  disrationauit  esse  in  dominio 
meo  .  videUcet  .  vj.  bouatas  in  Burgo  .  7  .  vi.  bouatas  in  Wehnge- 
ham*  .  Et  uolo  7  precipio  quod  bene  .  7  honorihce  .  7  libere  teneat  . 
cum  saca  .  7  soca  .  7  toll  .  7  theam  .  7  infangen  theof  .  7  cum  omnibus 
ahis  consuetudinibus  suis  .  sicut  mehus  7  lionorificentius  tenet 
aUas  terras  suas  .  Testibus  .  Ranulfo  cancellario  .  7  Nigello  de 
Albini  .  7  WiUelmo  de  Tancaruilla  .  7  Gaufrido  de  Glintona  .  apud 
Geldefordam. 

Facsimile  facing  p.  36. 

Endorsed.:  (1)  de  xij  bouatis  terre  (12  cent.).  (2)  H.  regis  (13  cent.).  (3)  I.^I. 
H  i.  (13  cent.). 


32  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  42 

Part  of  the  strip  for  the  seal  has  been  torn  off,  leaving  only  IJ  inches,  and  the 
ribband  below  it  is  missing.     Size  :    8J  x  3  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :    +2...     In  C  :    Nota  pro  Welingeh'. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/4.  A.  C,f.8d.  Pd—ilfon.viii,  1274(38).  £.H.JJ.xxxiii,725. 
Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  464  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :  '-'sex  bouat'  terre  in  Burgo  [7  sejx  in  Welingeham  C  marg.  '  de 
Cestre  C.       '  LincoU'  scira  C.       *  vi  in  Wellingeham  A. 

Note  :  Blore  {The  History  and  Antiquities  of  the  County  of  Rutland,  p.  136)  wrongly 
identifies  the  places  in  the  charter  as  Gainsborough  and  Willingham  by  Stow. 

43 

43.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  restoring  Ivilsby  [co.  Northampton],  with 
soke  and  sake,  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  and  bishop  Robert  I,  as  in 
the  time  of  king  Edward  and  the  king's  father.  At  Westminster. 
(1100-1107.) 

.XLIII.     De  Kildesbi  cum  soca  7  sacha  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  AngUe  .  Symoni  .  comiti  .  7  WilJehno  de  Caliaines  .  7 
omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  Anghcis  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
reddidisse  deo  7  sancte  Marie  Lincoliensi  7  Roberto  episcopo 
Chilesbi  cum  soca  7  saca  7  omnibus  consuetudinibus  sicut  unquam 
melius  fuit  tempore  regis  Edwardi  7  patris  mei  .  Testibus  .  Rogero 
Bigot  .  7  Haimone  dapifero  apud  Westmonasteriwn,. 

Text:   MS— A. 

Note :   William  de  Cahaines  was  sheriff  of  Northamptonshire  in  1  lOS. 

44 

44.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  aU 
the  houses  which  Robert  de  Stotvill  gave  to  the  said  church  in 
prebenda,  to  hold  as  Hugh  son  of  Baldric  best  held  them  in  the 
time  of  the  king's  father.     At  Windsor.     (Circa  1107.) 

.XLIIII.     De  domibus  que  fuerunt  Roberti  de  Stotetiilla  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Angloritm  .  Roberto  Legrecestrensi  comiti  .  7  Rannuipho 
le  Mischtre  .  7  Osberto  vicecomiti  .  7  omnibus  tidelibus  suis  Francis 
7  Anglis  de  Lincol'  scira  .  salutem.  Volo  ut  sciatis  me  concessisse 
deo  7  sancte  Marie  de  Lincoha  pro  aiiima  patris  mei  7  matris  mee 
7  fratris  nioi '  7  mea  7  vxoris  me6  Matildis  .  parentumque  meorum 
omnes  domos  in  prebenda  quas  Robertus  de  Stoteuilla  dedit  sancte 
Marie  predicte  ecclesie  .  Et  uolo  ut-  ita  bene  7  honorifice  ipsa  pre- 
dicta  ecclesia  teneat  domos  illas  sicut  mehus  7  quietius  tenuit  eas 
Hugo  fiUus  Baldrici  tempore  patris  mei  .  Testibus  .  Matilde  regina  . 
7  Roberto  comite  .  de  LegrecesU'ia  .  7  Henrico  comite  .  7  Rogero 
Bigot  .  7  Willelmo  de  Albini  .  apud  Windesora?ft. 

Marginalia:    +    2.  preb'.      In  C  :  De  domibus  que  dedit  .R.  de  .  .  .  .  uill'  (C 
marg. ). 
Texts:    MS— A.     C,f.9.     Pd— ilfon.viu,1274(39). 
VftT.  R.  :  *  om.  mei  C.     '  om.  ut  C. 


No.  46  HENRY   I  33 

45 

45.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  giving  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  and  bishop 
Robert  all  the  churches  in  the  borough  of  Lincohi,  within  and 
without,  which  tlieir  priests  held  of  the  king.  The  king,  however, 
retains  any  customary  payments  from  these  churches,  which  may 
belong  to  him.     At  Cirencester  [co.  Gloucester].     (1100-1107.) 

.XLV.     De  omnibus  ecclesiis  Line'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglornm  Rannulfo  Meschino  .  7  Osherto  viceeomiti 
Lincol'  .  7  omnibus  baro*nibus  suis  7  Francis  7  Anglis  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  dedisse  deo  7  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Lincoiiensi  .  7  Roberto 
episcopo  Line'  pro  anima  patris  matrisque'  mee  .  7  .  W.  regis 
fratris  mei  .  7  antecessorum  meorum  .  necnon  7  pro  salute  anime 
mee  .  7  Matildis  uxoris  mee  7  omnium  liberorum  meorum  .  onines 
ecclesias  de  burgo  Lincolie  intus  7  extra  quas  presbiteri  earumdem 
ecclesiarum  de  me  tenebant^  .  Et  quicquid  ipsis  ecclesiis  pertinet  . 
Si  quid  uero  consuetudinis  michi  de  ipsis  ecclesiis  pertinet^  .•'  hoc  in 
manu  mea  retineo  .  Testibus  .  Eudone  dapifero  .  7  Rogero  Bigot*  . 
7  Haimone^  dapifero  .  7  Vrsone  de  Ahetot  .  7  Osherto  viceeomiti 
apud  Cirescestram*. 

Marginalia:  ^■icle  plus  in  folio  23  (by  a  I6th  century  hand,  directing  attention 
to  no.   158  below).     Scribalur. 

Texts:  MS— A.  S16  (defective).  C,f.9.  R22.  Iv(8).  Pd— Mon.viii,1274(40). 
See  C'.C.iJ.iv,  138(8). 

Var.  R. :  '^for  raatrisque  read  J  matris  R.  ^  teneant  R.  '  up  to  this  point  the 
text  of  S  is  missing.     *  Big'  R.     '  Haim'  C ;  Ham'  R.     '  Cirecestram  C  R. 

*  Folio  7. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  .  Henrici  .  Primi.  .7. 

46 

46.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Alexander  Ucence  to 
make  a  dike  and  causey  for  his  vivary  at  Newark  above  the  Foss 
Way ;  and  to  divert  the  Foss  Way,  as  it  passes  through  the  town. 
At  Woodstock  [co.  Oxford].     (1129-1135.) 

.XL VI.     De  calceda  de  Newerch'   (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  omnibus  baronibus  7  vicecomif  y  ministris 
suis  7  fideUbus  de  ^Notingeham  scira^  .■'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  conces- 
sisse  Alexandro  episcopo  Line'  quod  faciat  fossatum  7  calcedam^ 
uiuarii  sui  de  Niwerca^  supra  chiminum  Fosse  .  7  chiminum  ipsum 
per  eandem  villam  sicut  uoluerit  diuertat  .  Teste  .  W.  de*  Albini 
Britone  .  apud  Wdestoc^. 

Marginalia:    +.     In  C  :  De  fossato  7  ■  ■  ■  uiuarii  de  Ni  .  .  .  . 
Texts:    MS— A.     S17  (injured).     C,f.9.     Iiii(12).     Pd— Afon.viii,1274(41).      See 
C.C.iJ.iv,101(12). 

Var.  R. :    ■— '  Notinghamsc'Iiii.      'corrected  from   calcetam   C.      '  Newerca   liii. 

*  om.  de  C.       '  Wdestock  lui. 

O 


34  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  47 

47 

47.  A  duplicate  of  no.  55  below.  It  is  marked  '  va  cat'  in  marg., 
seemingly  by  Q. 

48 

48.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  a  fair 
lasting  five  days  at  the  bishop's  castle  of  Newark  ;  namely,  on  the 
feast  of  Saint  Mary  Magdalene  [22  Juh']  and  the  four  preceding 
days.  The  king  directs  that  all  who  come  thither  to  buy  or  to 
sell  shall  have  the  king's  peace  in  coming  and  returning.  At 
Fareham  [co.  Southampton].     (Query  circa  1133.) 

.XLVIII.     De  feria  de  Newerch'^  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  . 
7  omnibus  baronibus  .  7  fidehbus  suis  tocius  Anghe  .•'  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  concessisse  episcopo  Line'  feriam  unam  de  .  v.  diebus 
ad  castellum  suum  de  Niwerca  .  scihcet  die  festi  sancte  Marie 
Magdalene  .  7  .  iiii.  primis  precedentibus  diebus  .  Et  omnes  illi 
undecumque  .sint  qui  illuc  uenerint  causa  emendi  uel  uendendi 
habeant  meam  firniam  pacem  illuc  eundo  7  inde  redcundo  ne  super 
hoc  iniuste  disturbentur  .  uel  mercatura  eoi'um  unde  in  feria  suas 
rectas  dederint  consuetudines  super  .  x.  libris  .  forisfacture  .  Teste  . 
.E.  fiUo  Johannis  apud  Fereham. 

Marginalia  :    illegible.      +    R. 

Texts:  MS— A.  S19  (injured).  C,f.9d.  liii(ll).  Pd— AfoH.viii,1272(10).  See 
C.C.i?.iv.l01(ll). 

Var.  R. :    '  Niwerc'  C  marg. 

49 

49.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  giving  to  bishop  Alexander  the  gate  of 
Eastgate  with  the  tower  which  is  over  it,  in  order  that  he  maj- 
use  it  as  a  lodging.     At  Westbourne  [co.  Sussex].     (1130-1133.) 

.XLIX.     De  porta  de  Estgate'   (marg.). 

.H.  rex  AngloTMwi .  Willelmo  de  Albiruii^ .  7  ^^'illelmo  filio  Haconis  . 
vicecomiti  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  7  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  Anghs' 
de  Lincole  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse  Alexandre 
episcopo  Line'  portam  de  Estegata"*  cum  turri'^  que  supra  ipsam  est  . 
ad  se  hospitandum  .  Et  precipio  quod  illam  honorifice  teneat .  Testibus  . 
Rogero  episcopo  Sarisbirie  .  y  Nigello  episcopo  de  Ely  .  7  Ricardo 
Basset  .  7  A  de'  Ver  de'  Buneham*. 

Marginalia  in  Iviii :  De  carta  de  porta  7  terra  de  Estgate  vbi  quondam  mora- 
batur  dominus  Line'  episcopus. 

Texts:  MS— A.  S20.  C,f.9d.  Iiii(14).  lviii(8).  Pd— Mon.viii,1274(43). 
Farrer,  Itin.,  no.   708  (abs.).     See  (7.C'.fl.iv.l01(14). 

Var.  R. :  '  Eatgata  C  marg.,  which  adds  cum  terris.  and  Istud  non  habetur. 
'  Albini  S  C.  "  Anglicis  Iiii.  *  Estgata  C.  ^  for  cum  turri  read  cum  terris  S  C. 
•  A  and  de  are  joined  in  A.       '  apud  S  C  Iiii.      "  Burnham  Iiii. 


No.  52  HENRY  I  35 

Folio  7d. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Primi. 

50 

50.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Osbert  the  sheriff  of  Lincoln- 
[shire]  to  cause  Hugh  the  canon  to  have  the  land  of  Hundon  [in 
the  parish  of  Caistor,  co.  Lincoln],  which  the  men  of  Roger  of 
Poitou  hold,  if  it  belongs  to  the  alms  of  the  king's  father,  namely 
to  the  church  of  Caistor.  At  Perry  [Court,  co.  Huntingdon]. 
(1100-1115,  probably  1110.) 

.L.     De  terra  de  Hauedonn   (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglwnm  .  Osberto  vicecomiti  de  Line'  .  salutem  .  Pre- 
cipio  tibi  ut  iuste  facias  habere  Hugoncm  canonicum  terram  de 
Hauendona  quam  homines  Rogeri  Pictauensis  tenent  .  si  pertinet 
ad  elemosinam  patris  mei  videlicet  ad  ecclesiam  de  Castra  .  7  ita 
ne  pro  pcnuria  recti  amplius  inde  clamorem  audiam  .  Teste  . 
Rannulfo  cancellario  .  apud  Peri. 

Texts:    MS— A.     S21  (injured).     Pd— Farrer,  Itin.,  p.   154,  no.  259a  (abs.). 

51 

51.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Alexander  Ucence  to 
assign  the  third  part  of  the  service  of  his  knights  of  the  bishopric 
of  Lincoln  to  his  castle  of  Newark,  in  order  that  they  may  hence- 
forth perform  castle-guard  there,  and  their  other  services  as  the 
bishop  shall  dispose.  At  Blackmoor  [co.  Southampton].  (1123- 
1133.) 

.LI.  De  tercia  parte  seruicii  miUtum  episcopi  ponenda  ad 
castellum  de  Newerk'^  (rubric  and  marg.)^. 

.H.  rex  Anglor?t/«-  .  omnibus  histiciariis  .  7  baronibus  .  7  vice- 
comitibus  .  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  tocius  Anglic  .  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  concessisse  Alexandre  episcopo  Line'  totam  terciam  partem 
de  seruitio  militum  suorum  de  episcopatu  Line'  ad  ponendwm 
cam  ad  castellum  suum  de  Niwerca^  ut  ibi  amodo  faciant  wardas  . 
7  alia  seruitia  sua  que  debent  episcopo  .  sicut  ipse  episcopus  hoc 
disposuerit  .  Testibus  .  ^  episcopo  8a,visbiric  .  7  .G.  cancellario  . 
7   .W.  de  Pontearch'   .  apud  Blachemoram. 

Marginalia  in  C  :  De  seruitio  militum  episcopi. 

Texts:  MS— A.  S22.  C,f.9d.  Pd— Mort.viii,1274(44).  Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  696 
(abs.). 

Var.  R. :  '  Newerch'  A  marg.  -  De  seruicio  militum  episcopi  S  marg.  C  marg. 
"  Werca  C.     '  insert  R,  S  C. 

52 

52-  Writ  of  Henry  I,  recording  that  he  has  brought  the  abbot 
of  Peterborough  and  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  into  agreement  in  the 


36  REGISTUUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  52 

plea  that  was  between  them  touching  the  parish  church  of  Peter- 
borough. The  abbot,  in  the  presence  of  the  king  and  his  court, 
has  admitted  the  customs  which  the  bishop  claimed  in  that  parish 
church  ;  in  such  wise  that  the  bishop  may  hold  therein  his  pleas, 
synod,  and  chapters,  as  in  the  other  parish  churches  of  the  bishopric. 
The  king  also  grants  that  the  bishop  may  set  the  abbot  a  day  to 
come  into  the  chapter  of  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln,  and  do  right  to  the 
bishop  by  the  judgement  of  the  chapter  and  of  the  abbot's  peers. 
At  Rouen.     (1133-1135.) 

.LII.  De  Concordia  facta  inter  episcopum  Line"  7  abbatem 
de  Burgo  (A  rubric  and  marg.). 

H.  rex  Anglonwi  .  omnibus  clericis  .  7  laicis  .  in  episcopatu  Line' 
constitutis  .-  salutem.  Sciatis  quia  concordaui  abbatem  de  Burgo 
cum  episcopo  Line'  .  de  placito  controuersie  que  inter  eos  erat 
pro  parrochiali^  ecclesia  de  Burgo  ita  quod  abbas  ipse  in  presentia 
mea  .  7  episcoporum  .  7  baronum  meorum  /  tocius  curie  mee  pleniter 
recognouit  consuetudines  illas  quas  episcopus  in  ecclesia  ilia  clama- 
bat  .  7  eas  ei  in  manu  sua  reddere  uadiauit  .  ita  quod  .  ecclesia  ilia 
consuetudinaria  remansit  episcopo  Line  ad  tenendum  in  ea 
placita  7  sinodum  7  capitula  sua  .  sicut  alie  parrochiales  "  ecclesie 
episcopatus  Line'  .  in  quibus  hec  fieri  solita^  sunt.  Concede 
quoque  7  volo  quod  episcopus  diem  conuenient^m  ponat  abbati 
in  capitulo  sancte  Marie  Line"  .  V  uolo  quod  abbas  illuo  tunc 
ueniat  .  7  rectum  faciat  episcopo  Linc'^  .  per  indicium  capituli 
sancte  Marie  7  parium  suorum  abbatum  .  desicut  res  inter  eos 
hucusque  tractata  est  .  Testibus  .  A.  episcopo  Ca.Tleolensi  .  7  R.  de 
Sigillo  .  7  R.  coniite  Gloecestrie  .  7  Willclmo  comite  Warenne  .  7 
Brientio  fiho  comitis  .  apud  Rothomagu7)i. 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Marginalia :    ecribatur  (Q). 

Endorsed:  (1)  xxv  carta  visa  {13  cent.).  (2)  H.  regis  de  eontrouersia  contra 
abbatem  Burgi  (13  cent.).  (3)  II  .H.  j.  (?  13  cent.).  (4)  ista  carta  po«(ta  inter  cartas 
H.j.  de  priuilegiis  (13-14  cent.).     (5)  H'.  prim'  (Q). 

There  is  a  wide  strip  at  the  foot  for  the  seal :  the  ribband  below  it  has  been  torn 
off.     Size :    8|  x  5J  inches. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  .41/1/3.  A.  S23.  C.ff.'Jd.lO.  R23.  lv(5).  Pd— iWoii.viii, 
1275(50).     E.H.R.xxiu,126.     Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  721  (abs.).     See  C.C.i?.iv,  138(5). 

Var.  R. :  '  parochial!  C.  '»  parochiales  C.  ^  eolita  is  interlined  above  an 
erasure  C.     ^-'  added  in  marg.  C. 

53 

53.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and 
bishop  Alexander  and  his  successors  the  manor  of  Biggleswade 
[co.  Bedford],  to  hold  as  the  king  best  held  it  when  it  was  in  his 
hand.     At  GiUingham  [co.  Kent].     (1132.) 

.LIII.  De  manerio  de  Bicleswath^  cum  soca  .  7  saca^  (A  rubric 
and  marg.). 


fueru^iiM;',  fitti"-  fi<  "^<i*  t TWiwuiiairn  mitt  3bart?«f;p.is.r.  HjS  C<inc<ft'-  Wi^  i,,  jH^m' . 


-^ 


42 


Hi  m.  ■  3  in. 


52 


Si  in.  X  5J  in. 


5s  in.  X  2  in. 


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No.  54  HENRY   I  37 

.H.  rex  Anglor«m^  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  coiniti- 
bus  .  iusticiariis  .  baroiiibus^  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus 
suis  Francis  7  Anglis  totius  Anglif  .  salutem  .  Sciatis^ '  me  reddidisse 
7  concessisse  .  deo  7  ecelesif^  beate  Marif  Line'  .  7  Alixandro*^ 
episcopo  .  7  omnibus  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum  .  manerium 
de  Bicheleswada  .  cum  terris  .  7  hominibus  .  7  omnibus  ipsi  manerio 
pertinentibus  .  in  bosco  .  7  piano  .  in  aquis  .  7  extra  .  in  pratis  .  7 
pasturis  .  in  molendinis  .  7  ecclesia  .  in  via  7  semitis  .  in  piscariis  . 
cum  soca  .  7  saca  .  7  tol'  .  7  team  .  7  infangeneteof*  .  cum  omnibus 
libertatibus  7  quietationibus  7  consuetudinibus  .  7  omnibus  rebus 
eidem  manerio  pertinentibus  .  ita  bene  .  7  in  pace  7  honorifice  7 
quiete  obtinendwrn^  ecclesie  Line'  .  7  pretaxato  episcopo  .  7  omnibus 
successoribus  eius  .  sicut  ego  illiid  manerium  umquami°  melius  7 
liberius  tenui  dum  fuit  in  manii  mea  .  uel  aliqiiis  qui  illud  liberius 
ante  me  tenuisset  .  Hanc  itaque  redditionem  7  concessionem  meam  . 
sicut  superius  deterrai*natum  est  .  factam  .■'  collaudo  .  coUaudatam 
confirmo  .  7  iUam  prefate  ecclesie  7  episcopo  Alixandro^'^  .  7  suc- 
cessoribus eius  .  integre  illibateque  permansuram  .■'  regia  aiictoritate  . 
7  a  deo  miclii  concessa  potestate  .'  eorroboro  .  Testibus  .  Rogero^^ 
episcopo  SuTisbiriensi  .  7  G.  cancellario  .  /  Nigello  nepote  episcopi  .  7 
Roberto  de  Sigillo  .  7  Roberto  de  Ver  .  conestabulario  .  7  Vmfrido 
de  BuliMw"  dapifero  .  7  Willelmo  de  Pontearcli'^*  ca.merano  .  apwd 
Gillingeliam.'s 

ANNO  AB  INCARNATIONE  DOMINI  .  Millesimo  .  Centesimo^^  . 
Tricesimo  Secundo  ; 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:  (1)  de  Bicleswada  .H.  regis  (12cent.).  (2)  H.  regis  (12  cent.).  (3)1. H.j, 
(13  cent.).     (4)  H'.  Regis  Anglorum  primi  de  Bikleswad'  (13  cent.). 

The  parchment  is  prolonged  at  the  loft  hand  end  to  form  a  tag  (4J  inches  long 
by  2J  inches  wide)  for  a  seal ;  and  there  is  a  ribband  at  the  foot.  Size  :  12^  x  6^ 
inches. 

Marginalia:    +   (A).     In  C  :  De  manerio  Bicleswad'  (C). 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/2.  A.  S24.  C.f.lO.  Iiii(6).  Pd— 3fort.viii,1271(7). 
E.H.R.xxniJ-Ze.     Farrer,   Itin.,   no.   678   (abs.).     See   C.C.R.iv,\0\{6). 

Var.  R.  :  '  Bickeleswath'  A  niarg.  '  sacha  A  marg. ;  om.  cum  soca  7  saca  S  C. 
"  Anglormn  S.  *  om.  baronibus  A  S  C  liii.  ''i'  Scia  C.  ''for  ecclesie  read  sancte  C. 
"  Alexandre  A  S  C  liii.  '  toll  A  S  C.  '  linfangetheof  A  ;  linfangeteof  S  ;  infangeteof 
C.  °  optiuendum  A  liii.  '"  unquam  A  C  liii.  "  Alexandre  A  S  C  liii.  '-  read 
Rfor  Rogero  C.  "  Buch'  A  S  C.  "  Ponthearch'  C.  "  Gillingham  liii.  »"  om. 
Centesimo  A  S  C. 

*Folio  8. 

Hell.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Primi.  .8. 

54 

54.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Alexander  licence  to 
have  warren  in  all  his  land  in  Lincolnshire.  At  Arganch3\  (1123- 
1133.) 

.LIIII.     De  warenna*  in  Lincohi'  syra"  (rubric  and  marg.). 
.H.  rex  AngUe^  vicecomt'/'  .  7  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  ministris  suis 


38  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  54 

de  Lincol'  scira*  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  quia  concedo  quod  Alexander 
episcopus  Linc'^  habeat  warennam  in  tota  terra  sua  de  Line'  scira^  . 
Et  prohibeo  ne  aliquis  fuget  in  ea  sine  licentia  ipsius  episcopi  .  uel 
ministrorum  suorum  super  .x.  libris  forifacture  .  Teste  .  Gaufrido* 
filio  Pagani  .  apud  Arclienc'.' 

Marginalia  :    2J.    + . 

Texts:  MS— A.  S25.  C.f.lOd.  Iii!{10).  Pd— Afon.viii,!275(51),  Fairer,  Itin., 
no.  717  (abs.).     See  C.C.iJ.iv,  101(10). 

Var.  R. :  i  add  episcopi  S  marg.  ^  scira  S  marg.  ;  De  warenna  Lincoln"  C  marg. 
'  Angl'  S  C  liii.  '  Lincolscire  liii.  ^  om.  Line'  C.  'for  Gaufrido  read  G.  C. 
'Identified   as  Argentan   in  C.C.i?.iv,101(10). 


54a 

54a.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Alexander  licence  to 
have  warren  in  all  his  land  in  Nottinghamshire.  At  Arganchy. 
(1123-113.">.) 

De   warenna  in  Notingham*   sira^   (rubric   and   marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwrtt  .  vicecomif  .  7  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
suis  de  Notingeham^  scira  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  quia  concedo  quod 
Alexander  episcopus  Line'  habeat  warennam  in  tota  terra  sua  de 
Notingeham*  scira  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  aliquis  fuget  in  ea  sine  licentia 
ipsius  episcopi  .  uel  ministrorum  eius  .  super  .x.  libris  forifacture  . 
■Teste  .  G.^  fUio  Pagani  .  apud  Archenc'.* 

Marginalia  in  C  :   De  warena  Nothi/igeham  scira. 

Texts:  MS— A54a.  A80.  S26.  C.f.lOd.  Iiii(9).  Pd— Mon.viii,1275(52). 
Farrer.  Itin.,  no.    717   (abs.).     See   C.C.i?.iv,101(U). 

Var.  R. :  '  Nothingeham  C  marg.  =  syra  A  marg.  ;  3cira  S.  '  Nothingeham  liii. 
*  Notinham  C. ;  Nothingham  liii.  <>  om.  G.  A80.  'Identified  as  Argentan  in 
C.C.fl.iv,101(9). 


55 

55.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Alexander  licence  to 
cause  a  bridge  to  be  made  over  the  water  of  Trent  to  his  castle 
of  Newark,  provided  that  it  be  of  no  harm  to  the  king's  city  of 
Lincoln  or  to  his  borough  of  Nottingham.  At  Fareham  [co. 
Southampton].     (1129-1133.)     See  no.  47. 

.LV.     De  ponte  de  Newerck'^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglontw  .  iusticiar'  .  7  omnibus  baronibus  .  7  vice- 
comit'^  .  7  fideUbus  suis  de  Linc'^  scira  .  7  Nolingeham  scira*  .' 
salutem  .  Sciatis  quod'*  concessi  Alexandroepiscopo  Line'  .  ut  faciat 
fieri  unum  pontem  super  aquam  Trente  ad  castellum  suum  de 
Niwerca  ita  quod  non  noceat  ciuitati  mee  Line'  .  neque  burgo  meo 
Je  Notingeham*  .  quod  firma  mea  propter  hoc  non  decidat'  .  Et  si 


No.  57  HENRY   I  39 

nocuerit  ita'  talem  eum  faciat  qui  non  noceat  .  Testibus  .  episcopo 
Siiri.sbiriensi  .  7  cancellario  .  7  Eustacio  filio  Johannis  apud 
Ferham.' 

Marginalia:    2|    +. 

Texts:  MS— A55.  A47.  S18.  S27.  C,f.9d.  Iiii(23).  Pd— -Mon.viii,1274(42). 
Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  701  (abs.).     See  C.C.fl.iv,102(23). 

Var  R. :  •  Newerch'  A55  raarg.  A47  marg. ;  Niwerc'  C  marg. ;  Newerca  S27. 
-om.  7  vicec'  A47  S18  C.  =  Lincol'  S18  S27  A47 ;  Lincole  liii.  *  om.  J 
Notiiigohara  scira  A47.  °  quia  S27.  '  Notinghara  A47.  '  quod  .  .  .  decidat 
inserted  by  A47  in  marg.;  omitted  by  SiS  C  liii.  '  ita  interlined  A47  ;  om.  ita  C. 
»  Ferrham  S18  C  liii. 

Note  :  For  the  rebuilding  of  the  bridge  by  John  Russell,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  in 
1486,  after  it  had  been  destroyed  '  bi  gret  rage  [of]  water  flodes,'  see  Lincoln  Diocese 
Documents,  ed.  .\ndrew  Clark  for  the  Early  English  Text  Soc,  pp.  256-9. 

56 

56.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  and 
Robert  de  Grainvill,  the  canon,  the  village  of  Asgarby  [by  Spilsby], 
which  Roger  son  of  Gerald  gave  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  and  the 
said  Robert,  in  prebendam.  At  Westminster.  (1121-1135.)  See 
no.   117. 

.LVI.     De  villai  de  Asgerby^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  iustic'  .  vicecom«7'  .  baronibus  .  7 
ministris  .  omnibusque  fideUbus  suis  Francis  7  Anghs  .  Lincol'  schira^ . 
salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  confirmasse  deo  7  sancte  Marie 
Line'  .  7  Roberto  de  Grainuilla  canonico  uillam  Asgerbie*  cum 
omnibus  appendiciis  suis  .  quam  scihcet  Rogerus  filius  Geroldi 
dedit  deo  7  sancte  Marie  Line'  7  predicto  Roberto  in  prebendam 
7  elemosinam  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quatinus  eandem 
villam  in  perpetuam  possessionem  bene  7  in  pace  7  honorifice 
liberam  7  quietam  de  schira^  7  hundredo  J  wa,^entcichio  teneant 
cum  socca«  7  toll  .  7  theam  .  7  infangenetheo/'  .  7  cum  omnibus  con- 
suetudinibus  7  libertatibus  .  sicut  aUqua  prebenda  Line''  ecclesie 
liberius  7  quietius  tenet  .  Testibus  .  R.  Sarisbiriensi^  episcopo  .  7 
Roberto  comite  .  Gleocestrie^"  .  apud  Westmonasterium.^^ 

Texts:    MS— A56.     A86.     Cf.lOd.     Pd-A/oii.viii,  1275(53). 

Var.  R. :  V<""  villa  read  prebenda  C  marg.  ^  Asgerbi  C  marg.  '  scir'  A86. 
*  Asgherbie  C.  ^  scira  A86  C.  '  cum  sacoa  7  socca  A86.  '  infangheneth'  A  86. 
'  Lincol'   A86.     '  S.  ar'   C.     i"  Gloec'   A86.     "  apud  Wem'   C. 

Note  :  Robert  the  canon  de  Greinvilla  was  assessed  at  three  carucates,  which 
Wigot  held  under  him,  in  the  wapentake  of  Bolingbroke,  a.d.  1115-1118  {The 
Lincolnshire  Domesday,  p.   252). 

57 

57.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Osbert  the  sheriff  to  allow 
Robert  de  Grainvill  to  have  his  prebend  of  Lincoln  as  the  king 
granted  it  to  him  by  his  writ.     Before  Arques.     (1104-1  lOG.) 


40  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  57 

.LVn.     Item'  de  Asgerby^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  AngloTMm  .  Osberto  vicecomiti  .  salutem  .  Precipio  tibi 
ut  pennittas  ita  habere  huio*  Roberto  de  Grainuilla  prebendam 
suam  de  Line'  sicut  concessi  ei  per  breue  meum  .  Et  amplius  pro 
nulla  iioua  consuetudine  clamorem  audiain  .  Teste  .  Hugone  .  de 
Euremov  .  ante  Archas. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Pd— Farrer,  Itin.,  p.   154,  no.   I05a  (ab3.). 
Var.  R.  :    '  om.  Item  A  inarg.     '  Asgerbi  A  marg. 


*Folio  8d. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Primi. 

58 

58-  Writ  of  Henry  I,  notifying  to  bishop  Robert  I  that  he  grants 
the  alms  of  Roger  son  of  Gerald,  namely,  the  land  of  Asgarby,  as 
he  gave  it  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln,  to  the  behoof  of  Robert  de 
GrainviU,  canon  of  Lincoln,  with  the  bishop's  consent ;  and 
commanding  the  bishop  to  reseise  him  therein  as  he  was  seised  in 
the  time  of  the  king's  brother.     At  Winchester.     (1100-1107.) 

.LVIII.     Item*  de  terra^  de  Asgerby^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglie*  .  R.  episcopo  lAwcolniensi  salutem  .  Scias^  quod 
concedo  elemosinam  Rogeri  filii  Geroldi  scilicet  terram  de  Asgerbi" 
sicut  ipse  illam  dedit  sancte  Marie  Line'  .  7  sicut  ipse  posuit  iUam 
in  prebendam  ad  opus  Roberti  de  Grainuilla  canonici  Line'  tuo 
concessu  .  Quia  nolo  ut  illam  iiiiuste  super  hoc  perdat  .  Et  resaisi 
euni  inde  .  sicut  erat  in  tempore  fratris  mei  .  7  die  qua  uiuus  7 
mortuus  f  uit .  Et  quod  inde  postea  captum  est  i  f ac  ei  reddi .  Testibus  . 
Roberto  .  filio  Hamowis  .  7  .  G.  filio  .  Ricardi  .  apud  Wintoniam. 

Texts:   MS— A.     C.f.lOd. 

Var.   R.  :     '  om.  Item  de   terra   A    marg.  'for    terra    read    iiianerio  C    marg. 

'  Asgerb'   A  marg.     *  Aiigl'  C.      '  Sciatis  C.     "  Aggherbi  C. 

59 

59.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  addressed  to  earl  Rannulf  [of  Chester], 
granting  to  Robert  de  GrainviU  the  land  of  Asgarby  which  the 
earl  has  proved  against  Walter  of  Ghent  by  legal  process  to  be  his 
possession,  and  has  given  to  Robert  in  alms.  At  Woodstock  [co. 
Oxford].     (1127-1130.) 

Item  de  terra*  de  Asgerby  (rubric  and  mai-g.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  comiti  .  Rannulf o  .  salutem  .  Scias  quod  con- 
cedo Roberto  de  Grainuilla^  terram  .  '/  omnes  res  de  Asgerbi^  quas 
dirrationasti  contra  Walterum  de  Gant  .  7  quas  ipsi   Roberto  in 


No.  61  HENRY  I  41 

elemosinam  dedisti  7  concessisti  .  sicut  tu  ipse  ei  eas  concessisti  . 
Et  uolo  ut  ipse  eas  bene  7  in  pace  7  honorifice  teneat  .  Testibus  . 
Galfrido  cancellario  .  7  Nigello  nepote  episcopi  .  7  Willehno  de 
Teincaruilla  .  apud  Odestocan. 

Marginalia :    The  Roman  numerals  in  the  margin  are  discontinued  after  LVIII. 

Texts:    MS~A.     C.f.ll.     Pd— Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  537  (aba.). 

Var.  R.  :    ^om.  Item  de  terra  A  marg.     '  GlanuiU'  C.     *  Asgherbi  C. 


60 

60.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  the  barons,  vavasours,  and 
all  the  lords  who  hold  lands  within  Well  wapentake  to  come  to 
the  pleas  and  wapentake  of  [Alexander]  bishop  of  Lincoln,  and  to 
do  all  that  they  owe  to  him  at  that  wapentake  in  respect  of  their 
lands,  as  they  did  to  bishop  Robert  or  any  predecessor  of  the  bishop's. 
At  Fareham  [co.  Southampton].     (1123-1133.) 

Quod  omnes  ueniant  ad  Welle  wapentachum'  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglor;f?H  .  omnibus  baronibus  7  vauasoribus  7  omnibus 
dominis  qui  terras  tenent  intra  Welle  wapentao  .■'  salutem  .  Precipio 
quod  omnes  ueniatis  ad  placito  .  7  wapentao  .  episcopi  Line'  .  quod 
de  me  tenet  .  per  summonitionem^  .  ministrorum  suorum  .  7  faciatia 
ei  omnes  rectitudines  .  7  consuetudines  in  omnibus  rebus  quas  ei 
debetis  de  terris  uestris  ad  iUud  wapentac  .  ita  bene  7  plenarie 
sicut  unquam  plenius  fecistis  Roberto  episcopo  .  uel  ahcui  ante- 
cessori  suo  .  /  quas  iuste  facere  debetis  .  Et  nisi  feceritis  ipse  uos 
iusticiet  per  pecuniam  uestram  .  donee  faciatis  ne  perdam  pecuniam 
meam  quam  episcopus  miclii  inde  reddere  debet .  Testibus  .  episcopo  . 
Savisbirie  .  7  .  G.  cancellario  .  apud  Fereham. 

Texts:  MS— A.  C.f.Od.  Iiii(22).  Pd— MoH.viii,1272(19).  Farrer,  /<m.,  no.  702 
(abs.). 

Var.  R.  :  '  De  forisfaoturis  uonuenientium  ad  wapentach»m  episcopi  C.  'corrected 
from  soununonitionem  C. 


61 

6 1 .  Writ  of  Henry  I,  giving  to  bishop  Robert  I  the  manor  of 
Nettleham,  in  accordance  with  the  grant  of  the  queen,  whose  land 
it  was.  Dated  at  Winchester,  on  the  feast  of  Saint  German  the 
bishop,  in  the  first  year  of  the  king's  reign  [31  Jidy,  1101]. 

De  manerio  de  Netelham^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

Henricus  rex  Anglorum  .  Osberto  vicecomiti  LincoUe  .  7  Rannulfo 
Meschino  y  omnibus  baronibus  de  Lincole  scira  Francis  7  Anghs 
salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  deo  7  sancte  Marie  J  Roberto^  episcopo 
LincoUensi    manerium    de    Netheneham^   concessione    regine   cuius 


42  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  61 

erat  .  7  volo  7  precipio  ut  ita  bene  7  honorifice  habeat  sicuti  illud 
honorabilius  7  melius  7  quietius  habebam  in  mea  manu  .  Testibus  . 
M'.  regina  .  7  Rogero  Bigot .  apud  Wincestram  in  die  sancti  Germani 
episcopi  in  primo  anno  regni  mei.* 

Marginalia:    2j.. 

Texts:  MS— A.  lii(l).  Pd— In  C'.C. i?.ii,271,  it  is  stated  that  this  charter  is 
printed  in  Mo».viii,1271  ;  but  the  document  printed  there  is  no.  15  above.  This 
mistake  has  misled  Farrer,  and  his  abstract  (Itin..  no.  100)  is  a  conflation  of  no.  15 
and  no.  61  derived  from  the  particulars  given  in  C.C.iJ.ii,271,  and  Afo«.viii. 1271(8). 

Var.  R. :  '  Netelham'  A  marg.  -  Rotberto  lii.  ^  Neteneham  lii.  *  mei  extetida 
into  marg. 

62 

62<  Notification  by  queen  Maud  that  king  Henry,  her  lord, 
at  her  grant  and  request,  has  given  to  bishop  Robert  I  the  manor 
called  Nettleham  which  is  of  her  fee.  At  Winchester.  (Probably 
circa  1101.) 

Item^  de  manerio  de  Netelham^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.M.  Angloru7n  regina  .  O.  vicecomiti  Lincolie'  7  Ranulfo  Meschino* 
7  omnibus  baronibus  7  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Lincole 
scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  rex  Henriciis  dominus  mens  concessu 
meo  7  precibus  meis  dedit  Roberto^  episcopo  LincoUe  manerium 
quod  uocatur  Netelham  quod  de  feudo  meo  est  cum  omnibus  rebus 
7  consuetudinibus  que  ad  ipsum  manerium  pertinent  .  Testibus  . 
Hamone  dapifero  .  7  Vrsone  de  Abetot  apud  Vntoniam'^. 

MarginaUa :    2]. . 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iii(2).     Iiii(24).     Pd— C.O.fl.ii,271{2).     See  C.C.fl.iv,  102(24). 
Var.  R.  :     '  om.  Item  A  marg.      '  Netelham'   A  marg.     '  Lincol'   liii.     *  Mescino 
liii.      '  Rotberto  lii  liii.     °  Wintoniam  lii ;    Wynton'  liii. 

Folio  9. 

Hdl.  9. 

63 

63.  Carta  domini  .W.  dei  gracia  regis  Anghe  .  ut  predictum 
est  (rubric). 

This  charter  is  registered  again  at  no.  1  above.  Q  has  written  in  the 
left  hand  margin  Va  cat,  and  in  the  right  hand  margin  Vacat  hie  quia 
supra  scribitur  in  principio  set  ibi  non  est  adicio  do  castitate  (see 
no.  64  below). 

64 

64-     De  honostate  7  castitate  dictorum  canonicorum  (rubric). 

This  document  forms  the  last  part  of  no.  3  above,  beginning  with  the 
words  :  In  qua  uidelicet  matre  ecclesia  canonici  dec  semientes  caste 
7  catholice  uiuant. 

Marginalia  :  o — o  {the  reference  being  to  the  corresponding  sign  in 
no.  1  above). 


No.  67  HENRY   I  43 

Folio  9d. 

65 

65.  Carta  Roberti  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopi  (rubric). 

This  charter  is  registered  again  at  no.  2S7  below.  Q  has  written  in 
the  left  han'J  margin  :  De  iurisdiccione  capituli  .  7  scribitur  alibi  in 
proprio  titulo. 

Folio  10. 

Hdl.  10. 

66.  Carta  venerabilis  Alexandri  summi  pontificis  (rubric). 

This  charter  is  registered  again  at  no.  256  below.  Q  has  written  in 
the  right  hand  margin  :  Confirmacio  iurisdiccionis  scribitur  alibi. 

Folio  lOd.,  blank. 

Folio  11. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Primi.  11. 

66a 

66a.     De  exitu  in  muro  castelli  faciendo  (rubric  and  marg.). 

This  charter,  which  is  registered  again  at  no.  21  above,  has  been 
crossed  out,  and  Q  has  loritten  in  the  left  hand  margin  Va  cat  in  pale 
ink,  on  the  top  of  which  another  early  hand  has  written  the  same  two 
syllables  in  blacker  ink. 

67 

67.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  committing  to  bishop  Robert  I  the  church 
of  All  Saints  [in  Hangate,  LincoLn],  and  the  churches  of  [Great] 
Grimsby,  as  Osbert  the  sheriff  had  them  on  the  day  that  he  was 
aUve  and  dead.  At  Headington  [co.  Oxford].  The  king  commands 
Wigot  to  put  the  bishop  in  seisin  thereof.     (1114-1116.) 

De  ecclesia  Omnium  Sanctorum  .  7  ecclesiis  de  Grimesby^  (rubric 
and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglo/MWi  .  Rannulfo  Meschino  .  7  Wigoto  vicecomiti  .  7 
Roberto  de  la  Haia  .  7  Radulfo  de  Haiencurt-  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus 
suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  LinooUa  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  com- 
mendasse  Roberto  episcopo  Lincohe  ecclesiam  Omnium  Sanctorum  . 
7  quicquid  ad  earn  pertinet  infra  burgum  7  ?xtra  .  7  ecclesias  de 
Grimesbia  .  7  quicquid  ad  eas  pertinet  .  sicut  Osbertus  vicecomes 


44  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  67 

eas  melius  habuit  die  qua  uiuus  7  mortuus  fuit  .  Teste  .  Rannulfo 
cancellario  .  apiid  Heddeiidouam  .  Et  tu  Wigote  eum  inde  saisias  . 
Teste  eodem. 

Marginalia :    i    +.     An  illegible  note. 

Texts:    MS— A.      liii(lS).      Iviii{6).      Pd—A/on.viii,  1275(45).      Farrer,  Itin.,  no. 
357  (rtbs.).     See  C'.C'.ff.iv,102(18). 

Var.  R.  :    '  Orimesbi  A  ruarg.     ^  Bencurt  liii  Iviii. 


68.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  I  the  churches 
of  Utfington  [co.  Lincohi]  and  Barkstone  [co.  Leicester],  as  Tlieodoric 
best  held  them.  At  Southampton,  when  the  king  crossed  the  sea 
[into  Normandy].     (1114-1 11 G.) 

De  ecclcsiis  de  Offinton'^  .  7  Barkeston'  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglonw/t-  .  Radulfo  de  Watneuilla  .  7  Radulfo  de  Bosco 
Rohari  .  7  Hugoni  de  Hottot  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  Roberto 
Linc'^  episcopo  ecclesiam  de  Offintona  .  7  quicquid  ad  earn  pertinet  . 
in  deciniis  .  7  in  pratis  7  in  terris  .  7  in  omnibus  redditibus  que 
ad  illam  ecclesiam  iuste  pertinent  .  7  ecclesiam  de  Barchestona 
cum  omnibus  rebus  7  ecclesiis  que  ad  earn  pertinent  .  sicut  unquam 
TeodericMs  melius  7  quietius  eas  habuit  .  Tt^stibiis  .  Mat«7Zif/e^  regina  . 
7  .W.  de  lawcaruilla  .  7  Willelmo  de  Albini  .  apud  Hamtonam  in 
transitu  regis. 

Marginalia  :    +  Oflfington'  7  Barkeston'   ...    +    ..  (quorv  Q). 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(2).     Pd  -C\C.ft.iv,138(2).     Farrer,  /(^m.,  no.  375  (abs.). 

Var.  11. :  '  Oifington'  A  niarg.  '  Anglorum  Iv.  '  Lineolniensi  Iv.  *  Mat- 
hillide  Iv. 

Note  :  In  1080  Kobert  de  Todeiii  held  land  both  in  Barkstone  and  in  Uftingtou 
(D.B.  i,  p.  233b,  col.  2;  The  Lincolnshire  Domesdaii.  18/11);  and  later  the  church 
of  Barkstone  was  appropriated  to  Belvoir  priory,  which  also  hatl  a  pension  from 
the  church  of  Uffingtou  (Valor  Ecclen.  iv,   116). 


69 

60 •  Writ  of  Henry  I,  pardoning  bishop  Alexander  and  quit- 
claiming him  in  respect  of  three  hundred  marks  of  silver  which 
the  king  claimed  that  the  bishop  owed  him  as  the  pledge  of  Holme. 
At  Blackmoor  [co.  Southampton].     (1123-1133.) 

De  .ccc.  marcis  .  condonatis'  .  Alexandro  episcopo  Linco/te«st 
(rubric  and  marg.). 

.11.  rex  AnglorM?7i  .  omnibus  baronibus  7  fidelibus  suis  Francis 
7  Anglis  de  Lincole  scira  7  Rotelanda  7  Norhamtone  scira  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  perdonasse  Alexandro  episcopo  L\ncolie7i3i   .  J  me  eum 


No.  70  HENRY  I  46 

quietuni  clamasse  de  .ccc.  raarcis  argenti  .  quas  clamabam  me 
debere  habere  pro  vadio  de  Holma  .  Et  uolo  quod  iude  quietus 
sit  .  Testibus  .  episcopo  fiarisbirie  .  7  -G.  canccllario  .  apud 
Blachemoram. 

Marginalia:     +    +    2i.     An  illegihle  note,  query  by  Q. 

Text:    MS— A.     Pd— Karrar,   Itin.,  no.  696a  "(abs.). 

Var  R.  :    '  perdonatis  A  marg. 

Note  :  The  nature  of  the  transaction  to  wliicli  the  present  te.\t  relates  must 
remain  conjectural.  Professor  F.  M.  Stenton  suggests  that  (1)  X  owes  300  marks 
to  the  king  ;  (2)  X  gives  Holma  to  the  bishop  on  the  understanding  that  the  bishop 
pays  the  debt  to  the  king  ;  (3)  the  king  pardons  the  debt  to  the  bishop  out  of  favour 
to  him  ;  (4)  tlie  bishop  will  go  on  holding  the  land  till  X  has  paid  300  marks  to 
him,  the  Icing's  '  pardon  '  being  personal  to  the  bishop,  and  not  affecting  the  original 
understanding  between  the  bishop  and  X  ;  (5)  X  pays  the  bishop  300  marks,  and 
gets  Holma  back  again. 

Therefore  Holma  may  have  been  anybody's  land  in  the  three  named  coimties. 
From  the  size  of  the  siun  it  must  have  been  a  considerable  estate,  and  yet  no  place 
of  the  name  is  known  in  Northamptonshire  and  Rutland.  Of  the  places  of  the 
name  in  Lincolnshire  the  most  probable  is  Holme  Spinney,  an  important  manor 
which  included  the  adjoining  villages  of  Beckingham,  Sutton,  Fenton,  and  Straggle- 
thorpe.  The  place  has  long  been  extinct,  though  its  site  may  plainly  be  seen 
near  Sutton.  In  1086  this  manor,  which  was  assessed  at  twenty-four  carucates, 
was  held  in  chief  by  Gilbert  tie  Gant,  who  had  been  succeeded  by  his  son  Walter 
de  Gant,  at  the  date  of  the  present  charter  (The  lAncolnshire  Domesday,  24/78  ; 
Final  Concords  (Lincoln  Record  Society  xix),  pp.  Ix,  Ixi).  Moreover,  the  de  Gants 
were  tenants  in  chief  in  the  other  two  named  counties.  In  Domesday  Book,  imder 
Northamptonshire,  Gilbert  do  Gant  is  entered  not  only  as  the  tenant  of  land  in 
that  county,  but  also  as  holding  eleven  and  a  half  hides  and  one  bovate  in  Emping- 
ham  [in  Rutland],  of  which  all  but  four  hides  were  of  the  king's  soke  of  '  Roteland  ' 
[Domesday  Book  i,  p.  227b,  col.  1).  This  manor  passed  in  the  twelfth  century, 
through  his  marriage  with  Alice  de  Gant,  to  Roger  de  Mowbray  (Blore,  Rutland, 
p.  113),  who  granted  the  church  of  Empingham,  with  the  lands  and  tithes  and  all 
the  other  things  and  customs  which  belonged  to  it,  to  Lincoln  cathedral,  to  hold 
it  as  it  was  best  held  by  his  predecessors,  namely,  Gilbert  de  Gant  and  Walter  his 
son  and  Gilbert  de  Gant  the  son  of  Walter  (see  Registrum  Antiquissimum,  no.  203, 
printed  below  in  volume  ii  of  the  present  series).  Gilbert  de  Gant  also  held  two 
carucates  m  Bm-ley  on  the  Hill,  in  Rutland,  in  1086  (The  Lincolnshire  Domesday, 
24/80).  The  mention  of  Rutland  as  a  county  at  the  date  of  the  text  is  noteworthy. 
For  another  instance  of  a  uadium  see  no.  99  below. 

70 

70-  Writ  of  Henry  I,  granting  to  bishop  Alexander  licence  to 
give  to  Richard  de  Vernon  an  exchange  to  the  value  of  the  land 
of  Richard's  which  the  bishop  requires  for  tlie  enlargement  of  his 
park  at  Thame.     At  Rouen.     {Circa  1130.) 

De  escambio  terre  dato  Ricardo  de  Vernon'  pro  parco  de  Thame 
augmentando  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  episcopo  Sa.rishirie  .  7  vicecomit'  .  7  omnibus 
baronibus  7  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Oxenefort  sira  salutem  . 
Sciatis  quod  concede  ut  episcopus  Alexander  Line'  det  Ricardo  de 
Vernon  escambium  ad  ualens  terre  Ricardi  quam  episcopus  requirit 
de  eo  ad  augmentum  parci  sui  de  Tama  .  Testibus  .  Nigello  nepote 
episcopi  .  7  •  G.  filio  Pagani  .  apud  Rothomo^Mm. 

Marginalia:    +.     An  illegible  note,  query  by  Q. 
Text:    MS— A.     Pd — Farrer,   Itin.,  no.   621a   (abs.). 


46  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  71 

71 

71.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Geoffrey  the  steward  of 
Stephen  the  count  of  [Brittany]  to  reseise  bishop  Robert  I  in  the 
church  of  Hough  on  the  Hill,  as  the  coimt  gave  it  to  him,  and 
to  allow  him  to  hold  it  till  the  count  returns.  At  Windsor. 
(1100-1115.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Hag  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  Goisfrido  dapifero  comitis  Stephani  .  7 
ministris  suis  salutem  .  Mando  nobis  7  precipio  ut  resaisiatis 
Robertum  ejiiscopum  Line'  de  ecclesia  de  Hac  sicut  Stephanus 
comes  ei  dedit  .  7  in  pace  teneat  quousque  comes  redeat .  Et  si  quid 
inde  captum  est  .-'  cito  reddatur  .  Quod  nisi  feceritis  .■'  Osbertus  vice- 
comes  Line'  hec  cito  faciat  .  Teste  Nige??o  de  Oili  apud  Windresores. 

Marginalia:    2J..     A71  illegible  note,  query  by  Q. 
Texts  :    MS— A.     Pd— Farrer,  Itin.,  no.  322a  (aba.). 

Folio  lid. 

Hdl.  Henrici  Primi. 

7la 

71a.     De  strata  de  Newerk  diuertenda  (rubric  and  marg.). 

Marginalia:    2].. 

This  charter,  ivhich  is  registered  again  at  no.  26  above,  has  been 
crossed  out,  and  Va  cat  hie  has  been  written  in  the  right  hand  margin, 
query  by  Q,2. 

72 

72.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  giving  to  bishop  Robert  I  all  the  land  which 
Gladwin  held  of  the  king,  and  all  his  service,  jKr  fres  parmenos 
which  the  king  gave  to  the  bishop.  At  Trumpington  [co.  Cambridge]. 
(Circa  1109.) 

De  terra  Gladcwini  .  quam  de  rege  tenebat  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglo?'?«>!  .  Thome  archiepiscopo  .  7  Osberto  \icccomiti  . 
7  Roberto  de  Lacei  .  7  Nigello  de  Albinneio  .  7  omnibus  baronibus 
suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Euerwic  scira  7  de  Notingeham  scira  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  dedisse  Roberto  Line'  episcopo  totam  terram  Gladwini 
quam  de  me  tenebat  7  totum  seruitium  suum  .  Et  uolo  ut  bene  7 
honorifice  teneat  cum  'saca  7  soca'  7  toll  .  7  team  .  7  infangentheof- . 
7  omnibus  consuetudinibus  .  Testibns  .  Rannulfo  Dunelmensi 
episcopo  .  7  cancellario  .  7  Gisleberto  de  Aqiiila  .  per  tres  parmenos 
quos  ego  ei  dedi  apud  Tromplintonawi.'. 

Marginalia;    2-. 

Texts:    MS— .\.     Iv(3).     Pd—C'.C.iJ.iv,  138(3).     Farrer,  Ilin.,  no.   244  (aba.). 

Var  R. :     '-■  soca  7  saca  I.     "  infangenteof  I.     '  Tromphintonam  1. 


No.  73  HENRY  I  47 

Folio  12,  blank. 

Hdl.  12 

Folio  12d,  blank. 

Add.  Chart. 

73.  Writ  of  Henry  I,  addressed  to  bishop  Robert  I,  Ranulf 
Meschin,  Osbert  the  sheriff,  Picot  son  of  Colswain,  and  the  men 
of  Lincolnshire,  confirming  the  laws,  rights,  and  customs  that  he 
granted  to  them  when  he  first  received  the  crown  ;  and  desiring 
tliem  to  assure  him  by  oath  that  they  will  defend  his  realm  against 
all  men,  and  especially  against  Robert  count  of  Normandy,  his 
brother,  mitil  Cliristmas ;  and  commanding  them  to  take  this 
security  from  the  men  of  his  demesnes,  both  French  and  English  ; 
and  the  idng's  barons  are  to  cause  their  men  to  give  the  same 
security  to  them  [i.e.  in  the  shire-moot]  as  the  barons  themselves 
have  granted  to  the  king.     At  Winchester.     (June-July,  1101.) 

De  legibus  rectitudiuibus  7  consuetudinibus  concessis  (R.  rubric). 

Henricii^  .  rex  Anglori/m  .  Roberto  .  Lincol'  .  cpiscopo  .  7  Ranulf o  . 
Mischino  .  7  Osberto  .  uicecomiti  .  7  Picot'  fiho  Colsuen  .  o^:'  omnibus 
hominibus  Francis  7  Aiiglis  .  de  Lincole  scira  i  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod 
ego  uobis  concede  tales  lagas^ .  7  rectitudines  .  7  consuetudines  . 
quales  ego  uobis  dedi  7  concessi  .  quando  imj)rimis  coronam  recepi  . 
ce^  uolo  .  ut  assecuretis  michi  Sacramento  terram  meam  Anglie  .  ad 
tenendum  7  ad  defendendum  contra  omnes  homines  .  7  nominatim 
contra  ^othertum^  comitem  Normamiie  .  fratrem  meum  usque  ad 
natalem*  Domini  .  7  vobis  predictis  precipio  .  ut  banc  securitatem 
recipiatis  de  meis  dominicis  hominibus  Francigenis  .  7  Anglis  .  7 
barones  mei  faciant  uobis  habere  banc  eandem  securitatem  de 
omnibus  suis  hominibus  sicut  michi  concesserunt .  Testibus  .  Ansello  ^ 
[archiepiscop^]o  .  7  Rotberto'  comite  .  de  Mellend  .  7  .  R.  filio 
Haimonis  .  7  Eudone  .  dapifero  .  apud  [Wicestram®]. 

Facsimile  facing  p.  36. 

Endorsed:  (1)  H.  j.  ( 13  cent.).  (2)  Carta  H.  regis  priinide  libertatibus  (16  cent.). 
(3)  xxvij  carta  visa  (?  13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal  torn  off.     Size  :    5f  x  2  inches. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/5.  R24.  Pd— £.H.iJ.xxi,505.  Delisle,  p.  573.  Farrer, 
Itin.,  no.  24  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :  '  Picoto  R.  ^  leges  R.  '  Robertum  R.  '  natale  R.  *  Anselm'  R. 
'  supplied  from  R,  the  left  hand  corner  of  the  charter  having  been  torn  off.     ~  Roberto  R. 

Note  :  Mr  W.  H.  Stevenson  has  a  valuable  note  on  this  charter  in  E.H.B.xxi, 
505-9,  in  which  he  shews  that  it  must  be  dated  June-Julj',  1101.  The  ink  of  the 
charter  is  faded,  and  the  text  is  in  parts  difKcult  to  read.  A  close  inspection  shews 
that  a  few  corrections  should  be  made  in  the  text  which  Mr  Stevenson  printetl 
(op.  cit.,  p.  506):  1.  3  (above)  for  Picoto  read  Picot;  1.  3 for  ac  omnibus  read  oj' 
omnibus;  1.  "for  Quare  uolo  read  (Sf  uolo;  1.  10  for  natale  read  nataleni.  The 
place  from  which  the  charter  was  issued  has  now  been  supplied  from  the  copy  in 
R,  which  Mr  Stevenson  did  not  notice  on  his  visit  to  Lincoln.  A  facsimile  of  the 
charter,  from  a  photograph  by  the  Reverend  H.  E.  Salter,  is  given  in  £.i/.i?.xxvi,488. 


48  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  74 

Add.  Chart. 

74-  Writ  of  Henry  I,  commanding  Robert  bishop  of  Chester 
and  Godfrey  archdeacon  of  Chester  to  cause  the  king's  church  of 
Darley  [co.  Derby]  to  have  the  tithes  and  customs  of  Winster 
[co.  Derby],  as  it  best  had  them  in  the  time  of  kings  Edward  and 
WilUam  I.     At  Nottingham.     (1121-1126.) 

H  rex  Anglorum  Roberto  episcopo  de  Cestra  7  Godfrido^  archi- 
diacono  salutem  Precipio  nobis  .  vt  faciatis  habere  ecclesie  mee  de 
Derleia  decimas  7  consuetudines  de  Winestema^  ita  sicut^  meUus 
habuit  tempore  regis  Edwardi  regis  7  patris  mei  Et  si  homines  in 
predicta  villa  manentes  decimas  reddere  noluerint  .^  facite  idem* 
quod  vestro  ministerio  pertinet  7  vicecomites  de  Notingham  inde 
forisfacturam  meam  accipiant  Teste  Rogero  episcopo  Salesbirie)isi 
apud  Notingham. 

Marginalia  :    Confirm'  de  nouo  per  Edwardum. 
Texts:    MS— D131.      Iv(9).      Pd— C.C.i?.iv,138-9(9). 

Var.  R.  :  •  Godefrido  Iv.  '  Vineaterna  Iv.  '  sieuti  Iv.  *for  idem  read 
inde  Iv. 

Folio  31. 

Hdl.  Carte  Stephani  Regis.  .3.1. 

168 

76.  Writ  of  Stephen,  confirming  the  gift  which  his  uncle,  king 
Henry,  made  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and  to  bishop  Robert  Bloet 
of  all  the  churches  in  the  borough  of  Lincoln  which  their  priests 
held  of  the  said  king  Henry.  At  Oxford.  (1135-1154,  probably 
late  in  the  period.) 

De  ecclesiis  Line'*  (marg.). 

StephawMS  rex  Anglorum  .  archiepiscopis  7  episcopis  J  iusticiariis  . 
7  vicecomitibus  .  7  baronibus  7  ministris  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis 
tocius  AngUe  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  donationem  illam 
quam  rex  Henricus  auunculus  mens  fecit  ecclesie  sancte  IMarie  de 
Line'  .  7  episcopo  eiusdem  ecclesie  Roberto  Blouet^  de  ecclesiis 
omnibus  de  burgo  Line'  quas  presbiteri  earundem  ecclesiarum  de 
eodem  rege  .H.  tenebant  infra  burgum  7  extra  .  Quare  precipio 
quod  predicta  ecclesia  Line'  .  7  episcopus  ccclesias  iUas  bene  7  '" 
pace  7  quiete  teneant  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  earum  7  libertatibus 
sicut  rex  Henricus  eas  ilUs  decUt .  7  concessit  7  carta  sua  confirraauit . 
Testibus  .  W.  Ma,rtello  .  J  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Willelmo  de  Caisneto' . 
apud  Oxenefordiam. 

Marginalia;    .i.   2.. 

Texts:   MS— A.     K29. 

Var.  R.   '  De  ecclesiis  infra  burguui  Lincoln'  R  rubric.     -  liluot  H.     '  Caisnet  R. 


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No.  77  STEPHEN  4fi 

169 

76-  Writ  of  Stephen,  granting  the  cliurch  of  Langford  [co. 
Oxford]  in  prebendam  to  the  church  of  Lincoln.  At  Oxford.  (1 135- 
1146.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Langeford'  (A  marg.). 

S'.  rex  Anglormn  .  archiepiscopis  .  cpiscopis  .  abbatibus  .  comiti- 
bus^  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  baronibus  .  ministris  7  omnibus 
fidelibus  suis  totius  Anghe  .•  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse 
deo  7  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Lincol'  ecclesiam  de  Langeford'  in 
prebendam  .^  cum  omnibus  terris  7  decimis  7  aliis  rebus  ad  ecclesiam 
predictam  pertinentibus  .  Quare  volo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod 
ecclesia  sancte  Jlarie  Lincol'  teneat  hec  omnia  predicta  in  per- 
petuam  elemosinam  J  in  prebendam  bene  J  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete 
ab  omni  seculari  exactione  .  Testibus  .  Willelmo  de  Ipra  .  J  Willelmo 
Marteito  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  apud  Oxenefordiam.^ 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Marginalia  in  A  :   .ii. 

Endorsed:    Langeford  ecclesia  (13-14  cent.). 

A  strip  at  the  foot  for  seal,  and  below  it  a  ribband.     Size  :    5|  x  3^  inches. 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  Al/1/10.     A.     Pd— iB;.H.i;.xxiii,727. 

Var.  R. :    •  om.  comitibus  A.     ^  Oxeneford'  A. 

170 

77-  Writ  of  Stephen,  commanding  that  bishop  Alexander  shall 
have  the  knights  whom  the  king  gave  to  him  from  the  fee  of  Roger 
of  Poitou ;  namely,  Ralf  son  of  Hacon  and  Eudo  of  Grainsby,  as 
he  had  them  on  the  day  on  which  the  king  first  came  to  the  siege 
of  Lincoln.     At  Lincoln.     (1140-1147  :   probably  Christmas,  1146.) 

De  seruitio  Radulfi  tilii  Haconis  7  Eudonis  de  Ureinesbi  (A 
marg.). 

S'.  rex  Anglorum  .  iustic'  .  7  vicecomif^  .  7  ministris  suis  7 
omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  AngU's  de  Line'  scira  salutem  . 
Precipio  quod  Alexander  episcopus  Line'  teneat  7  habeat  miUtes 
suos  quos  ei  dedi  de  feodo  Rogeri  Pictauensi.s  .  scilicet  Radulfum 
lihum  Haconis  .  7  Eudone?»  de  Grenesbi-  .  ita  bene  7  in  pace  7 
Ubere  7  quiete  sicut  illos  tenuit  die  qua  primum  ueni  ad  obsidionem 
Line'  .  ne  super  hoc  inde  ab  ahquo  infestetur  .  Teste  .  Mathilde' 
regina  .  apud  Lincol'. 

Facsimile  opposite. 
Marginalia  in  A  :    iii.      2.. 

Endorsed:   (1)  S' regis  de  feodo  Radulfi/ Eudonis  (12  cent.).     (2)   III.  S.  (12  cent.). 
The  strip  at  the  foot  for  the  seal,  and  the  ribband,  have  been  torn  oS.  Size  :  64  x  IJ 
inches. 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  Al/1/9.    A.     Iv(14).    Pd— £.H.iJ.xxiii,727.     C'.C.iJ.iv,  139(14). 
Var.  R. :     1  vicecomitibus  Iv.     ^  Greinsby  A  ;    Grenesby  Iv.     '  Maltild'  A. 


60  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  78 

171 

78.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  bishop  Alexander  the  service 
which  Kalf  son  of  Hacon  and  Eudo  of  Grainsby  were  wont  to  do 
to  Geoffrey  son  of  Payn.     At  Oxford.     (1135-1147.) 

De  seruicio  eorundem  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglorwm  .  omnibus  baronibus  suis  7  fideHbus  suis  Line' 
scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse  Aiexandro'  episcopo 
Lino'  seruicium  Radulfi  tilii  Haconis  .  7  seruicium  Eudoiiis-  de 
Greinesby  quod  faciebant  Galfrido  filio  Pagani  .  Testibus  .  episcopo 
Sshvisbiriensi  .  J  episcopo  Wintoniensi  .  episcopo  Cicestretisi  .  can- 
cellario  apud  Oxenefordiam. 

Marginalia :    2. . 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(12).     Pd— C.C.fl.iv,139(12). 

Var.  R.  :    '  Alixandro  Iv.     '  Eidonis  Iv. 

172 

79.  Writ  of  Stephen,  commanding  that  Ralf  the  canon  of  Asgarby 
[by  Spilsby]  shall  hold  the  land,  which  the  men  of  Lusby  used  to 
hold  in  the  prebend  of  Asgarby,  as  Robert  de  Grain viU  best  held  it, 
and  as  Ralf  has  proved  his  claim  to  it  before  the  king's  justiciar. 
At  Rockingham  [co.  Northampton].     (1140-1144.) 

De  prebenda  de  Asgerbia  (marg.).    • 

.S.  rex  Anglorwm  episcopo  Line'  .  7  y'lcecomit'  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
suis  de  Lincol'  scira  .•'  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  Radulfus  canonicus 
de  Ansgerbi  teneat  terram  suam  quam  homines  de  Lucebi  tenebant 
in  prebenda  de  Angerby  cum  omnibus  appenditiis  suis  .  ita  bene 
7  in  pace  7  iuste  7  libere  7  lionorifice  sicut  Robertus  de  GrainuiUa 
unquam  melius  uel  liberius  eam  tenuit  .  /  sicut  eam  disrationauit 
coram  iusticia  mea  .  ne  super  hoc  ponatur  inde  in  placitum  nisi 
nominatim  precepero  .  neque  clamorem*  inde  audiam  .  Teste  . 
Rogero  canceUario  apud  Rochingeham. 

Text:    MS— A. 

*Folio  31d. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Siephani. 

173 

80.  Writ  of  Stephen,  commanding  that  the  prebend  of  Asgarby, 
belongixig  to  Ralf  the  canon,  shall  have  soke  and  sake  and  toll  and 
team  and  infangenethef  as  any  prebend  of  Lincoln  best  has  tiiom  ; 
and  that  Ralf  shall  hold  the  prebend  as  Robert  de  Grainvill,  his 
predecessor,  best  held  it.  At  Stamford  [co.  Lincoln].  (1135- 
1147.) 


No.  82  STEPHEN  61 

De  libertatibus  de  Asgerbi  (marg.)- 

.S.  rex  Anglorum  .  episcopo  Line'  .  7  iustic"  .  7  vicecomit'  . 
7  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  siiis  de  Line'  scira  salutem  .  Pre- 
cipio  quod  prebenda  Radulfi  canonici  sanete  Marie  Line'  de  Ansgerby 
habeat  socliam  7  sacham  7  tol  7  theam  7  infangenetheof  .  7  omnes 
alias  libertates  7  cousuetudines  suas  ita  bene  7  plene  sicut  aliqua 
prebenda  Lineol'  melius  7  liberius  habet  .  Et  sit  quieta  de  plaeitis 
7  querelis  7  scira  7  hundre<Zo  7  wapentaco  .  7  omnibus  rebus  excepto 
murdro  .  7  latrocinio  .  Et  Radulfus  sic  libere  7  honorifice  teneat 
earn  sicut  Robertus  de  Grainuilla  canonicus  predecessor  suus  unquam 
melius  tenuit  7  quietius  .  Teste  .  A.  episcopo  Line'  .  7  cancellario  . 
apud  Stanfordia7«. 

Text:    MS— A. 

174 

81.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  the  church  of  Lincoln,  in  per- 
petual alms  and  in  prebendmn,  half  a  carucate  which  Wilham  nepos 
of  Martell  de  Tanea  held  of  him  in  chief  in  Canwick,  for  a  yearly 
render  to  the  king  of  fourteen  pence.     At  London.     (1147-11.52.) 

De  chmidia  carucata  terre  in  Kanewich'  (marg.). 

.S.'  rex  Anglorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comiti- 
bus  .  iustic'  .  vicecomW  .  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
7  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anghs  de  Lineol"  scira-  .  7  tocius  AngKe 
salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse  cleo  7  ecclesie  beate  Marie 
Line'  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  7  prebendam  .  dimidiam  carrucatam 
terre  quam  Willelmus  nepos'  MarteWi  de  Tanea^  tenebat  in  Canewic* 
de  me  in  capite  per  .  xiiii.  denarii  .'S  reddendos  inde  michi  per  annum 
de  seruitio  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ecclesia  beate 
Marie  prefata  habeat  7  teneat  illam  dimidiam  carrucatam  terre 
in  prebendam  cum  prefato  seruitio  pertinenti  .  bene  .  7  in  pace  . 
7  hbere*  .  7  honorifice  .  7  ab  omni  seculari  exactione  quiete  sicut 
mefius  uel  liberius  tenet  aUas  tenuras'  7  prebendas  .  Testibus  . 
Matilde  regina  .  7  comite  Gisleberto*  .  7  Gwillelmo'  de  Ipra  .  7 
WiUelmo  i\IarteZZo  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Ricardo  de  Canuillai"  . 
apud  Lmidoniam.ii 

Marginalia :    2-  • 

Texts:    MS— A.     R26.     R1093. 

Var.  R. :  »  [SJtephanus  R1093.  =  Lincolsc'  R26  ;  Lincolneschir'  R1093.  'nepos 
interlitieated  in  paler  ink,  probably  by  Q  A.  *  Taner  R26  ;  Tane  R1093.  ^  Canewyk 
R10U3.  s  om.  7  libere  R26.  '  insert  suas  R26.  «  Gilberto  R26.  '  Will'  R26 
R1093.     "Cauilla   R26   R1093.      "  Lend'   R26   R1093. 

175 

82.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  the  tithe 
of  his  firma  of  the  city  of  Lincoln  in  perpetual  alms  and  in  pre- 
bendam. And  the  king  gives  similarly  to  the  same  church  the 
church  of  North  Kelsey  in  prebendam.     At  London.     (1136-1147.) 


52  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSOIUM  No.  82 

De  decima  firme  ciuitatis  Line'  .  De  ecclesia  de  North  Keleseia 
(marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglorw.m .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibiis  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecornitihus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus 
siiis  Francis  7  Anglis^  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse 
deo  7  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Line'  ^decimam  firme  mee  ciuitatis  Linc'^ 
in  perpetuam  elemosinam  7  in  prebendam  .  Quare  nolo  7  iirmiter 
precipio  quod  predicta  ecclesia  beate  Marie  habeat  prefatam 
decimam  meam  .  7  in  perpetuum  possideat  iUam  bene  7  in  pace  . 
7  libere  .  7  quiete  sicut  elemosinam  meam  .  Preterea  concede  7 
do  ecclesie  beate  Marie  predicte  ecclesiam  de  Nordchelesi^  in  per- 
petuam elemosinam  7  prebendam  possidendam  cum  omnibus  eidem 
ecclesie  adiacentibus  .  Testibus  .  M.  regina  .  7  comite  Willelmo 
de  Warena  .  7  Willelmo  de  Ipra  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  WiUelmo 
MarteWo  .  apud  hondoniarn. 

Marginalia :    2_ . 
Texts:   MS— A.     R31. 

Var.  R. :  '  insert  tocius  Anglie  R.  '-'  decimam  .  .  .  ciuitatis  Line'  written  in 
marg.,  and  marked  for  inclusion  in  text  A.     '  Nortchelesi  R. 

176 

83.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  the  cliurch  of  Lincobi  and  the 
canons  thereof  the  eighteen  pounds  in  land,  and  the  sokemen, 
formerly  given  by  him  iji  prebendas,  in  exchange  for  the  tithe  of 
Kirton  [in  Lindsey]  and  Caistor.  The  king  commands  that  those 
sokemen  shall  in  all  things  obey  the  said  church  and  canons.  At 
Nottingham.     (1135-1154.) 

De  .xviii.  Ubris  7  sochemannis  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglorum  .  episcopo  Line'  .  7  iustic"  .  7  vicecomi<'  . 
7  ministris  suis  omnibus  de  Lincol'  scira  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
dedisse  7  concessisse  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Line'  7  canonicis*  eiusdem 
ecclesie  illas  .xviii.  libras  terre  7  sochemannos  quas  eis  in  prebendas 
dedi  in  escambium  decime  sue  de  Cherchetona  7  de  C'astra  cum 
omnibus  consuetudinibus  7  rectitudinibus  .  7  libertatibus  quas  in 
iUis  habebam  .  7  quas  rex  Henricus  inde  habebat  .  Et  ideo  precipio 
quod  illi  sochemanni  plenarie  eis  in  omnibus  intendant  .  Teste  . 
Willelmo  de  Albiwi  pincerna  .  apud  Notuigham'. 

Marginalia:    2.. 
Text:   MS— A. 

*Folio  32. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Stephani.  .3.2. 

177 

84.  Writ  of  Stephen,  releasing  bishop  Alexander  from  the 
payment  of  ten  pounds  which  he  and  bishop  Robert  I  his  predecessor 


No.  86  STEPHEN  53 

were  wont  to  render  yearly  by  way  of  firma  for  the  wapentake  of 
WeU.     At  Oxford.     (1135-1139.) 

De  .X.  libris  perdonatis  episcopo  Alexandro  de  Welle  wapentac 
(naarg.). 

.S.  rex  AngXorum  .  iustic'  .  vicecomit'  .  baronibus  .  7  omnibus 
tidelibus  suis  Francis  /  Anglis  de  Lincol'  scir«i  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
dedisse  7  finaliter  perdonasse  Alexandro'^  episcopo  Lino'  .  illas  .x.^ 
libras  .  quas  ipse  7  Robertus  episcopus  antecessor  suus  reddere 
solebant  de  firma  per  amuim  pro  Welle  wapentac  .  Quare  nolo  7 
lirmiter  precipio  quod  idem  episcopus  Alexander^  teneat  illud 
wapentac  bene  7  in  jjace  libere  7  quiete  cum  omnibus  illis  libertatibus 
7  quietationibus  cum  quibus  ipse  7  Robertus  episcopus  melius 
tenuerunt  quando  illas  .x.-'  libras  reddebant  .  Testibus  .  Willelmo^ 
Martello  .  7  .  A.  de  Ver  .  7  Hugone  .  Bigoto  .  7  Willelmo^  de  Alhini  . 
pincerna  .  apud  Oxeneiordiam.^ 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(18).     Pd—C'.6'.i?.iv,  140(18). 

Var.  R. :  i  Lincolesciia  Iv.  ^  Alixandro  Iv.  »  decern  Iv.  '  Alixander  Iv.  ^for 
W'illelmo  read  W.  in  R.     '  0.xen'  Iv. 

178 

85.  Writ  of  Stephen,  confirming  the  gift  of  half  a  hide  in 
Quarrendon  [co.  Buckingham]  which  Robert  de  Tinchebrai  made 
to  the  church  of  Saint  Mary  of  Aylesbury  in  return  for  leave  to 
make  a  burial  ground  at  Quarrendon.  At  Nottingham.  (1135- 
1147.) 

De  dimidia  hida  terre  in  Querendona^  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglo/-M/«  episcopo  Lincol'  7  iustic"  7  vicecomit'  J  baronibus 
7  ministris  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  AiigUs  de  Buchingeham^ 
scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  quia  concedo  7  confirmo  iUam  donationem 
quam  Robertus  de  Tenarcliebrai  fecit  deo  7  ecclesie  beate  Jlarie 
Ailesberie  de  dimidia  hida  terre  de  Querendona  pro  concessu 
cimiterii  de  Querendona  habendum  7  construendum  in  eadem 
uilla  .  Quare  nolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ecclesia  predicta  banc 
dimidiam  hidam  terre  teneat  .  7  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  possideat 
bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete  sicut  tenet  aham  possessionem 
suam  .  Testibus  .  comite  Symone  .  7  Ricardo  de  Canuilla  .  7  Ricardo 
de  Walberi^  apud  Notingeham.* 

Marginalia :    2- . 

Texts:   MS— A.     S46.     Iiii(31).     Pd— C.C.R.iv,103{31). 

Var.  R. :  '  De  ecclesia  de  Aillesberia  (13  cent.).  Eylisbury  (15  cent.)  S  marg. 
'  Buechingeham  liii.     *  Wall'i  liii.     *  North't'  liii. 

179 

86.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  the  church  of  Brampton  [co. 
Huntingdon]  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  in  prebendam.  At  Oxford. 
(114&-1149.) 


54  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  86 

De  ecclesia  de  Bramton'  (A  marg.). 

.S'.    rex  Anglorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  7  episcopis  .  7  iustician'is  .  7 

vicecomitibus  .  7  baronibus  .  7  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis 

totius  Anglie  .  salutem  .  Sciatis   me   dedisse  7  concessisse   deo  J 

ecclesia  sancte  Marie  Line'  in  prebendam  ecclesiam  de  Bramtona 

cum  terris  7  decimis  7  omnibus  aliis  pertinentiis  eiiis  .  Quare  uolo 

7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  ecclesiam  illam  de 

Bramtona  bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  teneat  7 

habeat  in  perpetuum  .■'  sicut  melius  tenet  alias  ecclesias  quas  .W. 

auus    mens   7    auunculi    mei    reges   Anglo)'U7n^   eidem   ecclesie   in 

prebendas  dederunt  .  Testibus  .  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  WiUelmo  de 

Caisneto^  .  7  Ricardo  de  Canuilla  .  apud  Oxeneiordiam.^ 

Facsimile  facing  page  49. 
Marginalia  :    2- . 

Endorsed:  (1)  S  (12cent.).     (2)  de  ecclesia  Brantone  (12  cent.).    (3)  xxx  (13  cent.). 
Strip  at  the  foot  for  seal,  with  a  ribband  below  it.     Size:    6J  x  4^  inches. 
Texts:    MS— Orig.  aI/1/8.     A.     S47.     Iiii(20).     Pd—Mon.viii,  1275(48)  in  part. 
E.H.R.xKm,12S. 

Var.  R. :  '  Anglie  A.     ^  W.  de  Caisnet'  A  S.     '  Oxeneford'  A ;  Oxenefor'  S. 

180 

87.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  bishop  Alexander  the  land  which 
is  between  Saint  Michael's  church  [in  Lincoln]  and  the  ditch,  as 
the  ditch  reaches  to  the  city  wall,  and  twenty  shillings  in  land  of 
the  king's  demesne  adjacent  to  the  church.  If  the  bishop  shall 
build  a  house  upon  it  for  his  own  dwelling,  the  king  grants  the  land 
as  a  perpetual  possession  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and  to  the  bishop, 
quit  of  all  customary  payments.  He  also  grants  to  the  bishop 
the  actual  ditch  and  city  wall  at  that  place  that  the  bishop  may 
make  a  way  of  ingress,  and  do  what  is  coiiveuient  for  his  building. 
At  Rouen.     (Probably  1137.) 

Ue  terra  inter  ecclesiam  sancti  Michaelis  7  fossatura  .A.  episcopo 
data  .  7  .xx.  solidatas  terre*  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglorum  iustic'  .  7  baronibus  .  7  vicecomif  .  7 
ministris  .  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Lincol' 
scira  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  /  concessisse  Alexandi-o  episcopo 
Line'  terram  que  est  inter  ecclesiam  sancti  Michaelis  7  fossatum  . 
desicut  fossatum*  se  extendat^  in  murum  ciuitatis  .  Et  in  proximo 
loco  circa  ecclesiam  predictam  .xx.  solidatas  teiTe  de  dominio  meo  . 
Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  in  pace  eam^  teneat  .  7  libere  . 
7  honorifice  7  quiete  cum  soca  /  sacha  7  toll  .  7  theam  .  7  infangene- 
theof*  .  7  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  quietacionibus  .  cum  quibus 
erat  dum  in  dominio  meo  erat  .  Et  si  idem  episcopus  in  ea  donium 
sibi  edificauerit  ad  propriam  sui  mansionem  .■'  tunc  concedo  ecclesie 
Line'  7  sibi  7  successoribus  suis  episcopis  in  eternam  possessionem 
predictam  terram  quietam  de  omni  consuetudine  .  Et  eodem  loco 


No.  88  STEPHEN  66 

concedo  eidem  episcopo  ipsum  fossatum  7  murum  ciuitatis  ad 
introitus  suos  faciendum  .  7  utilia  sui  edificii  faciendum  .  Testibus  . 
^cancellario  .  Rogero^  .  7  Hugone  Big'  .  apud  'Rothomagum. 

Marginalia  in  Iviii  :  Nota  pro  manerio  episcopi  Line'. 
Texts:    MS -A.     S4S.     Iiii(2'J).     Iviii(7).     Pd—C.C.ft.iv,  103(29). 
Var.  R. :    '  De  terra  iuxta  sanctum  Michaelem  S  marg.      '  extendit  liii.     '  earn 
in  pace  S  liii.      '  infangenoteof  liii.      '-^  cancellario  regis  liii. 

*Folio  32d. 

181 

38.  Letter  of  Stephen,  addressed  to  bishop  Alexander.  At  the 
request  of  Baldric  de  Sigillo,  his  clerk,  the  king  has  given  to  the 
churcil  of  Lincoln,  in  perpetual  alms,  fourteen  pounds  a  year  by 
way  of  tithe  of  the  firma  of  the  city  of  Lincohi  in  prebendam  for 
the  use  of  the  said  Baldric.  He  commands  and  earnestly  requests 
that  the  bishop  should  add  the  same  amount  to  the  prebend  from 
his  own  property,  for  the  honour  and  profit  of  the  church,  that 
honour  may  arise  therefrom  to  the  king  and  the  bishop  and  to 
Baldric  who  has  served  the  king  well.  For  this  the  king  will  give 
the  bishop  many  thanks  ;  and  he  bids  him  send  one  of  his  canons 
to  receive  investiture  in  the  prebend  at  his  hand,  and  to  bring 
back  seisin  to  the  church  by  the  Idng's  ring,  together  with  his 
Qharter,  and  to  invest  Baldric  in  the  prebend  on  behalf  of  the 
bishop  and  chapter  ;  and  the  canon  is  to  come  to  the  king  at  Oxford, 
because  lie  will  find  him  there.     At  Oxford.     (1140-1147.) 

De  .xiiii.  libris  .  datis  Baldrico  de  Sigillo  de  firma  ciuitatis  Line' 
in  prebendam^  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglo/7(m  .A.  episcopo  Linc'^  salutem  .  Scias  quia  per 
requisitionem  Baldrici  de  Sigillo  clerici  mei  dedi  7  concessi  deo 
7  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Line'  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  .xiiii.  libras  . 
singuUs  annis  de  decima  de  firma  mea  ciuitatis  Line'  in  prebendam 
ad  opus  ipsius  Baldrici  .  Ego  autem  ex  mea  parte  tibi  mando  7 
obnixe  te  requiro  quatinus  tantum  ex  tuo  addas  eidem  prebende 
prefate  ad  lionorem  7  utihtatem  ecclesie  quod  honor  etiam'  inde 
sit  michi  7  tibi  7  iHi  q"i  multum  michi  seruiuit  .  7  grates  multiphces 
inde  tibi  sciam*  .  Et  mittas  michi  unum  ex  canonicis  tuis  de  eadem^ 
ecclesia  qui  de  manu  mea  inuestituram  eiusdem  prebende  recipiat  . 
7  saisinam  per  anulum  meum  ecclesie  deferat  .  simul  cum  carta 
mea  .  7  qui  ex  tua  parte  7  capituli  tui  ipsum  Baldricum  de  predictis 
inuestiat  .  Et  canonicus  ueniat  ad  me  circa  Oxenefordiam  quia* 
ibidem  me  inueniet  .  Testibus  .  M'.  regina  .  7  Willelmo  de  Ipra  . 
7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  apud  Oxenefordtam.' 

Marginalia:    2.. 
Texts:   MS— A.     S49.     R30. 

Var.  R. :    '■  De  xiiij  libris  in  ciuitate  Li'c'l'  S  marg.     '  om.  Line'  R.     ^7  R-   *  query 
for  faciarn,     '°  eacle  S.    ^Jor  Oxenefordi'a/^  quia  reiu.1  mensem  R.    '  Oxenef  S  ;  Oxen'  R. 


56  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  89 

182 

89.  Writ  of  Stephen,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  the 
manors  and  churches  which  were  given  by  William  I  (see  no.  2 
above).     At  Lincohi.     (1135-1153.) 

^De  maneriis  de  Welleton'  Slaford  .  Lecton'  .  Woborna  7  ecclesiis 
pluribus  (marg.).' 

.S.  rex  Anglorwm  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
msticiariis  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7 
omnibu.s  fidelibus  suis  tocius  Anglie^  sahitem  .  Sciatis  quod  concedo 
ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  Linc'^  manerium  Welletone  .  7  manerium 
de  Slafordia*  cum  appendiciis  suis^  .  7  tres  ecclesias  de  tribus 
maneriis  meis  sciUcet  de  Cherchetona*  .  7  de  Castra  .  7  de  Wel- 
lingoura  cum  terris  7  decimis  eanim  .  J  jjreter  hoc  onuiem  decimam 
eorundem  maneriorum  de  redditibus  meis  .  7  concedo  eidem  ecclesie 
duas  ecclesias  in  Line''  .  sciUcet  ecclesiam  sancti  Laurentii  .  7 
ecclesiam  sancti  Martini  .  7  manerium  de  Lectona'  .  7  manerium 
de  Woburna  .  7  .iiiior®  .  ecclesias  scihcet  de  Bedefordia'"  .  7  de  Lech- 
tona^i  .  7  de  Buchingham^^  .  7  de  Ailesberia  in  perpetuam  ele- 
mosinam  .  Quare  precipio  quod  ipsa  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  Line'' 
bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  teneat  7  habeat  omnes 
supradictas  tenuras^'  in  maneriis  .  7  ecclesiis  .  7  decimis  in  Ubera 
7  quieta  elemosina  .  sicut  rex  .W."  auus  meus  iUas  ei  dedit  7  con- 
cessit .  7  carta  sua  confirmauit  .  quani  testificor  me  uidisse  coram 
baronibus  meis  in  Linc'^^  .  Testibus  .  comite  Eustacio  .  7  RaduLfo 
de  Haia  .  7  Ricardo  de  Canuilla  .  7  Waltero  de  Aiencurt  .  7  RainaWo 
de  Creuequer^^  .  apud  Line'. 

Marginalia:    2_  Hie  Buckyugli'  (queiy  Q). 

Texts:  MS~A.  S50.  R25.  Iv(16).  lix{2).  Pd—C.C'./?.iv,  140(16).  C.C.B. 
v,294(2). 

Var.  R. :  '-'  Leghton  manerium  R  marg.  ^  Anglie  R.  ^  Lincoln"  lix.  '  Slaford 
S  lix  ;  Slatford'  R.  '  eius  R  Iv.  «  Chircheton'  K .  •  Lincoln"  lix.  *  Lechtona  S  ; 
Lehtona  R  Iv  ;  Leghtona  lix.  '  quatuor  Iv  lix.  "'  Itedeford  S  Iv.  "  Lehton' 
R;  Leghton'  Iv  lix.  "  Buchingeh'  K  Iv  lix.  "  teneuras  R  Iv  lix.  '•' WilU^iHiis 
R  lix.      "  Lined'  R.      "  Creuecur  R  Iv  lix. 

Folio  33. 

Hdl.  .3.3. 

183 

90.  Writ  of  Stephen,  gi'v^ng  to  bishop  Alexander  the  church 
of  the  king's  manor  of  Torksey  [co.  Lincoln].  At  Woodstock. 
(1135-1147.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Torkeseia  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglorwm  .  episcopo  Line'  .  J  baronibus  .  7  iustic'  .  7 
yiceccmiit'  .  J  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  de  Line''  scira  .-  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse  Alexandro  episcopo  Line'  in  ele- 
mosinam  ecclesiam  manerii  mei  de  Torcheseia  cum  ten-is  7  decimis 


No.  92  STEPHEN  67 

7  elemosinis  7  omnibus  rebus  eidem  ecclesie  pertinentibus  .  Quare 
uolo  7  precipio  quod  bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete  teneat .  Testibus  . 
episcopo  de  Ely  .  7  cancel  lario  .  7  Rogero  de  Fiscanno^  .  7  R.  de 
Ver  .  apud  Wdestoch.^ 

Marginalia  :    Hie    + . 
Texts:    MS— A.     S51. 

Var.  R. :  '  Lincol'  S.  -  The  initial  letter  should  be  f,  tlioiigh  it  is  indistinguishable 
from  s  in  A  and  S.     ^  Wdeatoc'  S. 

184 

91.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  bishop  Alexander  his  manor 
of  Eagle  [co.  Lincoln].     At  Oxford.     (1135-1147.) 

De  manerio  de  Eicla  :'  cum  soca  7  saca  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglon/m  .  iustic  .  7  baronibus  .  7  vicecomti'  . 
7  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Line'  scira 
salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse  Alexandro  episcopo  Line' 
manerium  meum  de  Eicla'  cum  omnibus  adiacentiis  suis  in  bosco 
7  piano  7  in  aliis  rebus  sicut  erat  dum  esset  in  manu  Henrici  regis 
7  mea  .  Et  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  illud  bene  7  in  pace  J 
honorifice  7  libere  7  quiete  teneat  de  me  in  capite  cum  toll  7  theam 
7  infangenetheof  .  7  cum  saca  7  soca  .  7  cum  omnibus  aliis  liber- 
tatibus  cum  quibus  rex  Henricus  iUud  melius  7  liberius  tenuit  . 
7  ego  post  ilium  in  bosco  7  piano  7  pratis  7  pasturis  7  aquis  J 
molendinis  .  7  in  uia  .  7  in'^  semitis  .  7  in  omnibus  aliis  locis  .  Testibus  . 
episcopo  VS'intoniensi  .  7  episcopo  Sa,risbiriensi  .  y  cancellario  .  apud 
Oxenefordiawi. 

Marginalia  :    2-   Hie. 

Texts:    MS— A.     S52. 

Var.  R. :    '  Eiccla  S.     *  om.  in  S. 

185 

92.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  bishop  Alexander  licence  to  have 
a  fair  in  the  bishop's  manor  of  Sleaford,  beginning  on  the  day 
before  the  feast  of  Saint  Denis  [9  October],  and  continuing  on  the 
morrow  and  the  day  after  the  feast.  At  Odiham  [co.  Southampton]. 
(1135-1148.) 

De  feria  in  LafEordia'  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglofur/i  .  iufiticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  baronibus  .  7 
omnibus  fidelibus  suis  tocius  Anglie  .^  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse 
7  concessisse  .  A."  episcopo  Line'  7  successoribus  suis  post  eum 
quod  habeat  unam  feriam  in  manerio  suo  de  Eslaford^  .  que  incipiat 
die  proxima  ante  festiun  sancti  Dionisii  .  7  duret  in  crastino  .  7 
die  sequente  post  festum  .  Quare  uolo  7  precipio  quod  omnes  illuc 
euntes  J  ibi  morantes  '/  inde  redeuntes  habeant  meam  firmam  pacem 
cum  omnibus  suis  .  dando  ibi  suas  rectas  consuetudines  .  ne  super 


58  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  92 

hoc  ab  aliquo  iiiiuste  disturbentur  alicubi  super  .x.  libras  forifacture  . 
Testibus  .  R.  cancellario  .  7  .  W.  Msivtello  .  7  .  A.  de  Ver  .  7  R.  de 
Ver  .  7  Radulfo  filio  Walteri  apud  Odiham. 

Marginalia  :     2.   Hie    + . 

Texts:    MS— A.     S53.     Iiii(28).     Pd—C'.C'.ie.iv,  102-3(28). 

Var.  R.  :     >  EBlaford  S.     -  Alex'  liii.     »  Esladford  liii. 

186 

93.  Writ  of  Stephen,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincohi  and 
Robert  Chesney,  bishop  thereof,  one  die  for  coining  money  in 
the  bishop's  town  of  Newark.     At  Lincohi.     (1148-1154.) 

'De  uno  cunco  in  Newerch"'  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  abbatibus  .  iusticianis  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Angh'e  . 
sahitem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  Line'  .  7 
Roberto  de  Caisneto  eiusdem  ecclesie  episcopo  habere  in  perpetuum 
unum  cuncum^  ad  operandam  monetam  in  uilla  sua  de  Newerca  . 
Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ecclesia  Lincohensis  7  predictus 
Robertus  episcopus  cuncum^  ilium  bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete 
7  honorifice  liabeant  7  successores  eiusdem  Roberti  Lincohensis 
ecclesie  episcopi  inperpetuum  possideant  .  Testibus  .  Hugone 
episcopo  Dunelme/isi  .  7  Roberto  de  Gant  cancellario  .  7  Baldrico 
de  Sigillo  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Ricardo  de  Canuilla  apud  Linc'.^ 

Marginalia :    R'. 
Texts:   MS— A.     S54. 

Var.  R. :  '-'  De  prato  iuxta  Lined'  S  (this  title  properly  belongs  to  no.  96  below). 
*  sic  for  cuneuin.     '  Liiicol'  S. 

187 

94-  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and  the 
canons  eighteen  pounds  in  land  in  prebendam  in  the  wapentake  of 
Corringham  [co.  Lincoln]  in  exchange  for  eighteen  pounds  which 
they  were  wont  to  have  in  Kirton  [in  Lindsey]  and  Caistor  [co. 
Lincoln]  for  tithes,  namely,  three  carucates  and  three  bovates  in 
Northorpe,  five  carucates  and  seven  bovates  in  Blj^tonand  Wharton, 
two  carucates  and  five  bovates  and  two-thirds  of  a  bovate  in  Pil- 
ham,  seven  bovates  in  Gilby  and  Wharton,  and  nine  and  a  half 
bovates  by  the  Trent.     At  Oxford.     (1138-1139.) 

De  .xviii.  libratis  terra  in  C^oringham  wapentac  in  escambium 
.xviii.  libris  de  Castre  7  Kirketona  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglo/MWi  .  iustic'  .  7  baronibus  .  7  vicecomif  .  J 
ministris  .  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis*  7  Anglis  de  Lincol'' 
scira  .■"  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dcdisse  7  concessisse  ecclesie  sancte 
Marie    Lincol'   7   canonicis    .xviii.    hbratos    terre    in    Coringeliam 


No.  95  STEPHEN  59 

wapentac  in  escambium  .xviii.  libratorwm  quas  solebant  habere 
in  Cherchetona  7  Castre-  pro  decimis  in  prebenda  scilicet  .  in  Torp 
.iii.  carrucatas  terre  .  7  .iii.  bouatas  in  Blitona  .  7  Wartona  .v. 
carrucatas  terre  .  7  .vii.  bouatas  in  Phileham^  .ii.  carrucatas  .  7 
.V.  bouatas  .  7  .ii.  partes  unius  bouate  in  Gillebi  .  7  Wartona  . 
vii.  bouatas  .  ad  Trentam  .ix.  bouatas  .  7  dimidiam  .  Quare  uolo 
7  firmiter  prccipio  quod  bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice 
teneant  in  bosco  7  piano  7  pratis  7  pasturis  7  in  omnibus 
locis  7  rebus  omnibus  cum  socha  7  sacha  7  toll  7  theam  7 
infangenethef*  7  cum  omnibus  illis  libertatibus  7  rectitudinibus  7 
consuetudinibus  quas  ego  ipse  in  terris  predictis  habui  dum  in 
manu  mea  essent  .  7  cum  illis  consuetudinibus  quas  rex  Henricus 
inde  habebat  .  Testibus  .  R.  episcopo  ^avisbiriensi  .  7  R.  episcopo 
Excestrensi^  .  7  Symone  episcopo  Wigrecestrensi^  .  7  .  A.  episcopo 
Lincol''  .  7  R.  cancellario  .  7  R.  comitc  Legrecestrie*  .  7  Symone 
comite  .  7  .  R.  comite  Warewic'  .  7  Mlone  Gloecestne"  .  7  R. 
de  Oilli  .7  .  W.  MarteZ^o  .  7  ]?ig'ii  de  Sai  .  7  H.  de  Traci  .  apud 
Oxenefordiam. 

Marginalia :    2. . 

Texts:     MS— A.     S55.     Iiii(30).     Pd— C.C.if.iv,103(30). 

Var.  R. :  »  Lincole  liii.  -  Caatra  liii.  '  Pileh'  S  :  Piriham  liii.  *  infangenetef 
liii.  =  Exou'  Jiii.  « Wygom'  liii.  'Line'  liii.  »  Legr'  liii.  »  Warwic'  liii. 
'"  Gloec'  liii.      "  Ingc/ra7rto  liii. 


*Folio  33d. 

188 

95.  Writ  of  Stephen,  addressed  to  the  barons  and  lieges  of 
the  honour  of  Dover  and  of  Kent,  giving  to  bishop  Alexander  the 
fee  of  Adam  de  Hedfelda ;  and  enjoining  that  the  castle-guard 
which  Adam  used  to  do  at  Dover,  he  may  do  where  it  pleases  the 
bishop,  either  at  the  bishop's  castle  of  Newark  or  elsewhere.  At 
Durham.     (1136-1138.) 

'De  feoda  Ade  de  Hedfeld  7  warda  facienda  apud  Newerch'i 
(marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglort«w  .  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis 
7  Anglis  de  honore  Doure  7  de  comitatu  de  Ghent  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  dedisse  7  concessisse  .A.  episcojjo  Lincol'^  feodum  Ade  de 
Hedfelda  .  Et  uolo  7  precipio  quod  wardam  quam  faciebat  apud 
Douram  .•'  faciat  ubi  episcopo  placuerit  .  aut  ad  castellum  suum  de 
Niwerca^  aut  ahbi  .  Testibus  .  cancellario  .  7  Hugone  Bigo<*  .  apud 
Dunelmwm. 

Marginalia :    2- . 

Texts:    MS— A.     S56.     Iv(15).     I\a(2).     Pd— C.C.B.iv,105-6(2),140(15). 
Var.  R. :   '-'  De  warda  de  Niwerca    S  marg.        '  Line.    S  Iv.        '  Newercha    Iv  ; 
Newerca  Ivi.     *  Byg'  Ivi. 


60  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUTSSIMUM  No.  96 

189 

96.  Writ  of  Stephen,  commanding  that  the  church  of  Lincohi 
shall  be  seised  of  its  meadow  near  Lincoln  as  it  was  seised  on  the 
day  on  which  king  Henry  was  ahve  and  dead  [1  December,  1135], 
and  afterwards  in  the  king's  own  time  ;  and  that  if  any  part  thereof 
has  been  taken,  it  is  to  be  restored  ;  otherwise,  the  king's  justice, 
earl  WiUiam,  will  do  it.     At  Oxford.     (1141-1154.) 

De  prato  iuxta  Linc'^  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  AnglwMwi  .  prepositis  .  7  burgensibus  Lincol'-  salutem  . 
Precipio  quod  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  LincoF-  sit  saisita  7  tenens  de 
prato  suo  iuxta  Lincol'^  .  ita  bene  7  plene  7  libere  7  quiete  .sicut 
melius  uel  plenius  saisita  fuit  die  qua  rex  Henricus  fuit  uiuus  7 
mortuus  7  meo  tempore  postea  .  Et  si  quid  super  hoc  inde  captum 
est  .•'  reddatur  .  Et  nisi  feceris  .■'  iusticia  mea  comes  Willelmus  faciat 
ne  super  hoc  ampUus  audiam  inde  clamorem  pro  penuria  pleni 
recti  .  uel  iusticie  .  Teste  .  R.^  cancellario  .  apud  Oxenefordiam^. 

Marginalia:    i.     Nota  (Q). 

Texts:    MS — A.     S57  {the  text  ends  with  the  words  inde  clamorem).     R28. 

Var.  R.  :    ^  Lincolniara  R.     '  Line'  S.     '  Rob'  R.     •■  Oxen'  R. 

190 

97-  Writ  of  Stephen,  commanding  that  bishop  Robert  II  shall 
hold  his  lands  and  tenements  within  the  city  of  Lincohi  and  with- 
out as  his  predecessors  best  held  them  in  the  time  of  king  Henry. 
At  Saint  Albans.     (1148-1154.) 

De  terris  episcopi  infra  Line'  7  extra  (A  marg.). 

.S'.  rex  Aiiglorum  .  iustic"  .  7  vicecomif  .  7  prepositis  .  7  ciuibus 
suis  Line'  .■'  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  Robertus  episcopus  Line'' 
teneat  omnes  terras  7  teneuras  suas  infra  ciuitatem  Line'  7  extra  . 
ita  [bene  7^]  quiete  7  in  pace  7  honorifice  sicut  predecessores  sui 
episcopi  Linc'i  eas  melius  7  Uberius  tenuerunt  tempore  Heurici 
regis  auunculi  mei  .  ne  super  hoc  aliquis  eas  infestet  ullo  niodo  . 
Et  idem  episcopus  omnes  libertates  7  liberas  consuetudines  suas 
ita  bene  7  plenarie  habeat  ^  sicut  predecessores  sui  eas  melius 
habuerimt  .  Teste  .  WiUelmo^  Marte^Zo  .  apud  Sanctum  Albanu>«. 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:  (1)  S.  regis  de  teneuris  infra  Line'  7  extra  (12  cent.).  (2)  VI  .8.  (13 
cent.). 

The  strip  at  foot  for  seal  and  a  ribband  below  it  have  both  been  torn  off.  Size : 
6x4  inches. 

Marginalia:    2J..     Nota  (Q). 
Texts:   MS— Orig.  Al/1/6.      A.       Iv(19).        Pd— £.H.i?.xxiii,728.        C.C.R.iv, 
140-1(19). 

Var.  R. :  '  Liiifol'  A.  '  supplied  from  A,  the  original  charter  havitig  been  injured. 
»  W.  in  A. 


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100 


No.  99  STEPHEN  61 

Folio  34. 

Hdl.  .3.4. 

191 

98.  Writ  of  Stephen,  commanding  the  justice,  reeves,  and 
citizens  of  Lincoln  to  cause  Baldric,  the  king's  chaplain,  to  have 
the  tithe  of  the  firma  of  the  city  of  Lincoln,  which  the  king  gave 
to  the  church  of  Saint  Mary  and  to  Baldric  in  prebendam.  At 
Lincohi.     (1140-1154.)     (See  no.  88  above.) 

De  eadem  decima  firme  ciuitatis  Lincoln'   (Rrubric). 

.S.  rex  AnglorM7n  .  iustic'  .  7  prepositis  7  ciuibus  suis  Line' 
salutem  .  Precipio  uobis  quod  faciatis  habere  Baldrico  capellano 
meo  decimam  firme  mee  ciuitatis  Lincol'  quam  dedi  ecclesie  beate 
Marie  7  ei  in  prebendam  .  7  ita  ne  inde  fallat  quin  iUam  ei  reddatis 
ad  iUos  terminos  statutes  quibus  reddi  solet  7  debet  firma  ciuitatis  . 
Teste  .  Willelmo  de  Ipra  apud  Lincol'.^ 

Marginalia:    i   'p. 
Texts:    MS— A.     R32. 
Var.   R, :    '  Line*  R. 


102 

99.  Writ  of  Stephen,  granting  to  bishop  Alexander  the  pledge 
which  Adelidis  de  Condet  gave  him  of  her  castle  of  Thorngate, 
and  of  her  lands,  namely,  Wickliamt)reux  in  Kent,  Grimston 
in  Nottinghamshire,  and  [South]  Carlton,  Thurlby  [near 
Lincoln],  Eagle,  and  Skelhngthorpe  in  Lincolnshire.  The  king  has 
also  granted  to  the  bishop  the  wardship  of  Adelidis'  son.  And 
the  king  commands  that  the  bishop  shall  hold  the  premises  until 
her  son  is  of  such  an  age  that  he  can  hold  the  land  and  be 
made  a  knight.     At  Lincoln.     (Probably  1141.) 

.S.  rex  Angloruwi  .  iusticia/-M5  .  7  vicecomitibus  .  J  baronibus  . 
7  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  Lincohe  scira 
7  de  Ghent  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  quia  concedo  Alexandre  episcopo 
Line'  vadium  quod  AdeUdis  de  Condet  fecit  ei  de  castello  suo  de 
Tornegat  7  de  terris  suis  .  sciHcet  de  Wicham  in  Client  cum  appen- 
diciis  suis  .  7  in  Notingeham  scira  de  Grimeston  cum  appenditiis 
suis  .  7  in  Lincol'  scira  de  Carletona  .  7  de  Torlebi  .  7  de  Eicla  cum 
appenditiis  suis  .  7  de  Scheldinghop  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  / 
custodiam  filii  sui  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  idem  .A. 
episcopus  teneat  omnia  hec  supradicta  bene  7  in  pace  7  hbere  7 
quiete  7  honorifice  .  nee  ponatur  inde  in  placitum  donee  filius  ipsius 
Adelidis  de  Condet  tahs  etatis  sit  quod  possit  terram  tenere  7  miles 


62  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  99 

fieri    .   Testibus   .   comite   Symone   .  7  Roberto   de   Stuteuilla  .  7 
Radulfo  de  Haia  apud  Lincol'. 

Marginalia:    2.   Hie  (p. 

Text:   MS— A. 

Note  :    For  Thorngate  see  pages  277  ff. 

The  identification  above  of  Wickliambreux  is  proved  by  the  fact  that  the  manor 
of  that  place  was  held  by  Walter  de  Clifford  who  married  Agnes  daughter  and  heir 
of  Roger  de  Cimdy.  The  manor  afterwards  passed  to  the  Braose  family  from  whom 
the  second  element  of  its  name  was  derived  (Hasted,  The  History  of  Kent  iii,  658). 
For  another  instance  of  a  uadium  see  no.  69  above  and  page  284  below. 

193 

100.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  in.  ^re- 
bendam  the  chapelry  of  Blyth  [co.  Nottingham]  with  its  churches, 
chapels,  tithes,  lands,  etc.     At  Oxford.     (1145.) 

De  capellaria  de  Blida  (A  marg.). 

S'.  rex  Anglorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  . 
msticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  baronibus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fideUbus 
suis  totius  Anghei  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse  deo 
7  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Lincol'^  in  prebendam  capellariam  de  Bhda  . 
cum  ecclesiis  7  capellis  7  decimis  7  terris  7  omnibus  aliis  rebus 
eidem  capellarie  pertinentibus  .  Quare  volo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod 
ecclesia  beate  Marie  Line'  hec  omnia  predicta  bene  7  in  pace  7 
honorifice  7  libere  7  quiete  in  perpetuum^  teneat  ab  omni  seculari 
exactione  .  sicut  melius  7  liberius  tenet  abas  prebendas  suas  . 
Testibus  .  Roberto  de  Ver^  .  7  Willelmo  de  Ipra  .  7  Ricardo  de 
Luci^  .  7  Henrico  de  Essexa  .  7  Adam'^  de  Belun'  .  apud  Oxene- 
fordiam. 

Facsimile  facing  page  60. 

Endorsed:  (1)  .S.  po<-  inter  cartas  de  pre6em/is  (13  cent.).  (2)  X  carta  visa 
(13  cent.).     (3)  Carta  S  regis  de  capellaria  de  Blida  (?   15  cent.). 

Strip  at  foot  for  seal,  ribband  below  it.     Size :    dj  x  4i  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :     2-. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/7.  A.  R27.  Iv(ll).  Pd— £.H.i?.xxui,727.  C.C.RAv, 
139(11). 

Var.  R.  :  '  Angl'  A.  ^  Line'  A  R.  '  imperpetuum  A.  *  Ver  A.  '  Lucy  Iv. 
'Ad'  R.      '  Bel'n  Iv. 

194 

101.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  to  bishop  Alexander  the  house 
which  was  William  Turniant's  at  Lincoln,  with  the  whole  messuage, 
and  commanding  that  the  tenant  of  the  house  shall  hold  it  of  the 
bishop  as  he  was  wont  to  hold  it  of  the  king.  At  Rouen.  (1135- 
1147.     Query  circa  1139.) 

De  domo  que  fuit  WiUelmi  Torniant  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  AnglorwHi  .  iustic'  .  7  baronibus  .  7  xicecomit'  .  y  ministris 
suis  .  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  Lincol'  scira^  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse  Alexandro^  episcopo  Line'  domum 


No.  103  STEPHEN  63 

que  fuit  Willelrai  T»rniant'  in  Line'  .  cum  tota  mansura  .  Et 
uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  qui  earn  tenuerit  .•'  earn  de  predicto 
episcopo  teneat  sicut  de  me  ipso  eam  tenere  solebat  .  Et  idem 
episcopus  eam  teneat  cum  omnibus  consuetudinibus  7  libertatibus 
cum  quibus  tenet  aliam  terram  suam  quam  quietius  tenet  . 
Teste  .  cancellario  Rogero  apud  Rothomagum.* 

Marginalia :    2.    Hie     V. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Tv(I7).     Pd—a.C.fl.iv,  140(17). 

Var.  R.  :  '  Linoolescir"  Iv.  -  Alixandro  Iv.  '  Turniantd  Iv.  *  The  initial  R 
seems  to  be  a  correction  from  P. 

Folio  34d. 

195 

102.  Writ  of  Stephen,  giving  the  church  of  North  Kelsey  in 
prebendam  to  the  church  of  Lincohi.     At  London.     (Circa  1141.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Northkelesia  (marg.). 

.S.  rex  Anglo«/m  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  . 
iusticiariis  .  \dcecomitibus  .  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  ministris  .  7 
fidelibus  suis  Francis  .  7  Anglis  tocius  Anglie  .■'  sahiteni  .  Sciatis 
me  dedisse  .  7  concessisse  inperpetuam  elemosinam  pro  anima 
regis  .  Henrici  .  7  pro  sahite  aninie  mee  deo  7  ecclesie  beate  Marie 
Line'  .  in  prebendam  ecclesiam  de  Norhtchelesia^  .  cum  omnibus 
appendiciis  suis  .  Quare  uolo  .  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ip.sa  ecclesia 
Line'  .  earn  teneat  .  7  habeat  bene  7  in  pace  .  7  hbere  .  7  quiete  . 
7  honorifice  .  7  absolute  ab  omni  seculari  exactione  inperpetuam 
elemosinam  .  Et  ut  hec  donacio  mea  rata  ilhbataque-  teneatur  . 
7  conseruotur  :'  presentis  sigilli  mei  impressione  confirmo  .  7  sub- 
scriptorum  attestacione  corroboro  .  Matill'  .  regina  .  comite  Gille- 
berto^  .  7  comite  Herueyo*  .  7  .  Willelrao  de  Ipra  .  7  Roberto  de 
Ver  .  7  WiUelmo  Marte/to  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Rogero  de  Fraxino  . 
apud  Londowmm. 

Marginalia  :    2- . 

Texts:  MS— A  {probably  written  by  Q2).  Iiii(27).  Pd—Mon.viii,  1276(49)  in 
part.     C.C.iJ.iv,  102(27). 

Var.  R. :  '  Northcheleseia  liii.  -  insert  imperpetuum  liii.  ^  Gisl'  liii.  •  Herueio 
liii. 

At  the  foot  of  the  page  :  Hec  sunt  x   pecie. 

Add.   (Extran.)   Chart. 

103.  Writ  of  Stephen,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  [Chesney] 
the  king's  justice  of  Lincoln  and  Lincohishire,  as  bishop  Robert 
Bloet  and  bishop  Alexander  best  had  it.  At  Drax  [co.  York]. 
(1153-1154.) 

S.  rex  Anglorum  comitibus  baronibus  abbatibus  vicecomitibus 
ministris  et  civiljus  Line'  et  omnibus  fideUbus  suis  Line'  et  Line' 
scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  Roberto  episcopo  Line' 
iustitiam  meam  de  Line'  et  de  Line'  scira  .  Quare  volo  et  firmiter 


64  REGISTRIBI   ANTIQUISSIMIBI  No.   103 

precipio  quod  idem  Robertus  episcopus  iustitiam  meam  ita  bene 
et  in  pace  et  lionorifice  et  plenarie  habeat  sicut  Robertns  Bloet 
vel  Alexander  episcopi  Line'  predecessores  eius  illam  melius 
habuerunt  .  Et  precipio  vobis  quod  per  summonicionem  ministrorum 
suorum  veniatis  ad  placita  mea  tenenda  et  indicia  mea  facienda 
sicut  melius  et  plenius  faciebatis  tempore  regis  Henrici  avunculi 
mei  .  Et  nisi  feceritis  ipse  iustitiet  vos  per  catalla  vestra  quod 
faciatis  .  Testibus  Hugone  episcopo  Dunelmensi  et  Ricardo  de 
Luci  et  Ricardo  de  Canvill'  apud  Dracas. 

Text:    MS— Iv(13).     Pd—C.C.R.iv,  139(13). 

Folio  13. 

Hdl.  Carte  .H.  Regis  Secundi.  .1.3. 

73 

104.  Notification  bj'  Henry  II  that  the  suit  which  has  been 
long  carried  on  between  Robert  II  bishop  of  Lmcoln  and  Robert  abbot 
of  Saint  Albans  and  their  churches  touching  the  subjection  of  the 
abbot  and  monastery  of  iSaint  Albans  and  the  fifteen  churches 
formerly  privileged,  has  been  ended  before  the  king  and  the  mag- 
nates of  his  kingdom  in  this  manner :  The  bishop,  with  the  assent 
of  his  chapter,  has  renounced  the  claim  which  he  had  preferred 
against  the  abbot  and  his  brethren  that  the  monastery  itself  and 
the  fifteen  privileged  churches  which  they  have  in  their  territory 
should  be  subject  to  the  church  of  Lincoln,  and  to  himself  as  bishop  ; 
and  that,  with  the  consent  of  the  Icing  and  by  the  advice  of  the 
bishops,  and  with  the  assent  of  the  cJiapter  of  Lincoln,  the  bishop 
has  received  from  the  abbot  and  his  brethren  the  viUage  called 
Fingest  [co.  Buckingham]  with  its  church  for  ten  pounds'  worth 
of  land.  Wherefore  it  is  the  king's  pleasure  that  henceforth  the 
monastery  and  the  fifteen  churches  shall  be  free  to  receive  ciirism 
for  themselves  and  oil  and  benediction  for  their  abbot  and  the 
rest  of  the  sacr;iments  of  the  church  from  what  bishop  they  please  ; 
and  that  the  abbey  shall  remain  free  as  the  king's  demesne  church 
in  his  hand  for  ever  ;  and  that  the  tithe  of  Wakerley  [co  Northamp- 
ton], which  the  abbot  and  brethren  had  given  to  the  church  of 
Lincoln,  shall  remain  in  their  own  possession  for  ever ;  but  that 
the  rest  of  the  monastery's  churches  estabfished  throughout  the 
bishopric  of  Lincoln  shall  render  the  obedience  and  subjection  that 
other  churches  are  wont  to  render  to  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  and 
his  archdeacons.     At  Westminster.     (8  March,  1163.) 


No.  104  HENRY   II  65 

De  Concordia  .  inter  abbatem  sancti  Albani  .  7  Robertum  .  Line' 
episcopumi  (rubric  and  marg.)- 

.H.2  rex  Anglorum.  7  dux  NoTmannorum  7  Aquitanorum  .  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus 
7  omnibus  baronibus  7  fidelibus  suis  tocius  Anglie  Francis  7  Anglis 
salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  controuersia  que  diu  fuerat  agitata  inter 
Robertum  episcopum  Linc'^  .  7  Robertum  abbatem  sancti  Albani 
7  eorum  ecclesias  de  subiectione  abbatis  7  monasterii  sancti  Albani  . 
7  .XV.''  ecclesiarum  iamdudum  priuilegiatarum  coram  me  7  Thoma 
archiepiscopo  Ca,ntuariensi  .  J  Rogero  archiepiscopo  Ehoracensi  .  7  ^ 
aUis  episcopis  7  baronibus  regni  mei  hoc  modo  terminata  est .  Robertus 
episcopus  Line'  assensu  capituli  sui  imperpetuum  renunciauit  illi 
controuersie  quam  aduersus  Robertum  abbatem  sancti  Albani  7 
fratres  eius  mouerat  .  quia  monasterium  ipsum  Sancti  Albani  . 
7  .XV.*  illas  ecclesias  quas  in  territorio  suo  priuilogiatas  habent 
Lincon'3  ecclesie  7  sibi  ut  ipsius  episcopo  in  subiectionem  petebat  . 
Et  ut  ab  ea  imperpetuum  conquiesceret  de  manu  ipsius  abbatis 
7  fratrum  eius  villam  que  dicitur  Tingeherst  cum  ecclesia  7  omnibus 
pertinenciis  eiusdem  pro  .x.^  libratis  terre  libere  7  quiete  ecclesie 
Linc'^  imperpetuum  decetero  possidendam  assensu  meo  7  episco- 
porum  consUio  capitulo  Linc'^  ^assensum  prebente  recepit  .  7  ius 
quod  in  iamdicta  abbatia  sancti  Albani  7  in  persona  Robert!  abbatis 
7  successonim  suorum  .  7  iamdictis  .xv.*  ecclesiis  ecclesie  sue  7 
sibi  7  successoribus  suis  uendicabat  .•'  in  manu  mea  pro  se  7  suis 
successoribus  assensu  capituli  sui  imperpetuum  refutauit  .  Quare 
nolo  quod  decetero  liberum  sit  monasterio  beati'  Albani  .  7  .xv.* 
iamdictis  ecclesiis  crisma  sibi  7  oleum  7  benedictionem  abbati  suo  7 
cetera  omnia  sacramenta  ecclesie  absque  reclamatione  Line'*  ecclesie 
a  quo  uoluerint  episcopo  accipere  .  7  abbatia  sicut  mea  dominica 
ecclesia  in  manu  mea  in  perpetuum  libera  remanebit'  .  decima  de 
Wacherleia  quam  primo  Linc'^  ecclesie  dederant  penes  earn  imper- 
petuum remanente  .  Relique  uero  eiusdem  monasterii  ecclesie 
passim  per  episcopatum  Line''  constitute  obedientiam  7  subiec- 
tionem quam  cetere  ecclesie  debent  episcopo  Line''  7  archidiaconis 
suis  exhibebunt  .  Et  si  quid  conceptima  est  in  priuilegiis  monachorum 
super  illis  ecclesiis  uel  ceUis  uel  personis  in  eis  commorantibus 
tarn  clericis  .  monachis  .  quam  laicis  nuUiun  robur  aduersus  banc 
conuentionem  obtinebit'"  .  Quare  nolo  7  tirmiter  precipio  quod 
ista  compositio  firma  sit  .  7  stabilis  imperpetuum  .  7  eam  hac  mea 
carta  1^  confirmo  .  Testibus  .  Thoma  archiepiscopo  C&ntuariensi  . 
Rogero  archiepiscopo  Eborocewsi  .  Henrico  Wintoniensi  .  Nigello 
Eliensi  .  VVillelmo  Norwicewsi  .  Hilario  Cicestrene?isi  .  Jocelino 
S&risbiriensi  .  Waltero  Roiensi  .  Hugone  Bunelmensi  .  Gileberto 
Reielordeyisi  .  Bartholomeo  Exoniensi  .  Ricardo  Couentrensi  . 
episcopis  .  Laure/icio  \Yestmo7iasterii  .  WilleLmo  Ram&sie  .  Gregorio 
Malmesbirie  .  Reginaldo^^  Perscon'"  .  Clemente  Eboroci  .  Ailrico 
Riuallis   abbatibus    .   Roberto   comite   Legrec&sihei*  .  comite   .H. 


66  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.   104 

'Bigot  .  comite  Willelmo  de  ArundeZ'  .  Ricardo  de  Luci^^  .  Ricardo 
de  Humez  conestable"  .  Henrico  filio  Geraldi  apud  Westmonas- 
terium. 

Marginalia:    2J..     De  concordia  o — | — o  Wakerley  (Q). 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,g.l7,17d.  Iv(22).  Pd— Mo?t.viii,1276(63)  in  part. 
C.C.iJ.iv,  141-2(22). 

Var.  R. :  '■  add  7  ecclesiam  Line'  A  marg.  ^  Henr'  C.  '  Lined'  C.  *  quindecim 
Iv.  *  decern  Iv.  *  insert  in  hoc  C  Iv.  '  sancti  C.  '  Lincol'  C  ;  Lincon'  Iv.  '  cor- 
rected, from  permanebit  C.  "  optinebit  Iv.  ^' om.  carta  C.  '=  Rog'  C.  ^^repre- 
senting some  form  of  Pershore  {In  A206  below,  the  form  is  Pcrsoreusi).  ^*  Legrec'  C. 
"  Luci  C.      '*  sic  in  A  Iv  ;    conest'  C. 

74 

105.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  the  bishop  of  Lincohi 
shall  hold  his  tenements  within  the  borough  and  without  as  freely 
as  any  of  his  predecessors  lield  them  in  the  time  of  king  Henry, 
the  king's  grandfather ;  and  that  the  clerks  and  servants  of  Saint 
Mary  of  Lincohi  sliall  have  the  lands,  customs,  and  franchises 
which  they  were  wont  to  have  at  that  time ;  and  that  no  new 
customs  shall  be  demanded  from  the  bishop  or  his  men.  At 
Woodstock.     (Before  1156.) 

De  Ubertatibus  episcopi  .  clericorum  .  7  seruientum  ecclesie  Line' 
(rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  7  dux  NormanworMm  7  Aquitajioriim  7  comes 
Andega?iorM//i  .  prei30sitis  7  ciuibus  Line'  salutem  .  Precipio  quod 
episcopus  Line'  habeat  7  teneat  omnia  tenementa  sua  infra  burgum 
7  extra  ita  bene  7  in  pace  7  hbere  7  integre  7  honorifice  sicut  ahquis 
predecessorum  episcoporum  Line'  melius  tenuit  7  liberius  tempore 
regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  Et  clerici  Line'  7  seruientes  sancte  Marie  Line' 
habeant  omnes  illas  rectas  consuetudines  7  libertates  quas  habere 
solebant  tempore  regis  .H.'  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  nobis  ne  super 
hoc  de  terris  predicti  episcopi  uel  hominibus  eius  ahquas  nouas 
exigatis  consuetudines  quas  facere  non  debeant  .  quia  ipse  episcopus 
7  omnes*  homines  sui  7  tenure  7  possessiones  eius  sunt  in  mea 
manu  7  custodia  7  protectione  .  Teste  .  magistro  Johanne  de  Oxen- 
fordia   .  apud  WodestocAam. 

Marginalia:  2|-  'j'  <p  .N.  V  Nota  (Q).  In  R  :  De  libertatibus  concessis  episcopo 
clericis  7  seruientibus  ecclesie  Line'   (R  rubric). 

Texts:    MS— A.     R39.     Iv(36).     Pd— C.O.ie.iv,145(36). 
Var.  R. :    '  om.  .H.  R. 

*Folio  13d. 

75 

106.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  notifying  that  his  chaplain  Geoffrey 
Dominicus  and  his  men  and  possessions  are  in  the  king's  hand  and 
protection ;   and  commanding  that  Geoffrey  shall  hold  the  prebend 


No.   108  HENRY   II  67 

which  he  has  within  the  city  of  Lincohi,  which  bishop  Robert  gave 
him,  namely,  the  church  of  Saint  Martin  -with  its  cemetery  and 
men  and  stalls  as  freely  as  any  canon  held  that  prebend  in  the 
time  of  the  king's  grandfather.     At  Caen.     (1154-1165.) 

De  prebenda  domini  Galfridi  capellani  domini  regis  (rubric). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  7  dux  Norman/iorum  7  Aqnitanorum  .  7 
comes  Andegamrum  .  vicecomif  .  7  prepositis  7  ministris  suis 
Line'  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  Gaufridus  dominicus  capellanus  mens 
7  homines  7  omnes  res  sue  sunt  in  mea  manu  7  custodia  7  protectione  . 
Et  ideo  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  teneat  prebendam  suam 
quam  habet  infra  ciuitatem  Line'  .  quam  Robertus  Line'  episcopus 
ei  dedit  .  videUcet  ecclesiam  Sancti  Martini  cum  cimiterio  7  homini- 
bus  7  staUis  J  aliis  pertinentiis  suis  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  Hbere  .  quiete  . 
integre  .  7  plenarie  .  7  honorifice  .  sicut  unquam  aliquis  canonicus 
illam  prebendam  mehus  7  liberius  7  integrius  tenuit  tempore  regis 
.H.  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  quod  nvdlus  ei  uel  hominibus  uel  rebus 
suis  ahquam  iniuriam  uel  contumeham  faciat  .  Et  si  quis  ei  uel 
hominibus  uel  rebus  suis  forisfecerit  .•'  uos  eis  sine  dilatione  plenariam 
iusticiam  faciatis  .  Testibus  .  Roirodo  episcopo  Ehoioicensi^  . 
PhiUppo  episcopo  Baioce?(St  .  Eiaulfo  episcopo  Lexonensi  .  Ricardo 
de  Hiivaet  constabulario  apud  Cadomwrn. 

Marginalia:    +  (p  va  cat  V.     De  prebenda  sancti  Martini  (Q). 

Text:   MS— A. 

Var.  B. :    '  written  Ebo^,  as  if  Eboracenai  were  intended. 

76 

107.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  his  land  in  Torksey 
[co.  Lincoln]  shall  henceforth  be  m  warren,  and  remain  in  the 
custody  of  bishop  Robert  II.     At  Woodstock.     (1155-1158.) 

De  waremia  de  Torkoseya^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  7  dux  Normaiino/Mm  7  Aquitanorwm  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  comitibus  .  iustic  .  baronibus  .  vice- 
comit'  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fideUbus  suis  de  Lincol'  sira"  .•' 
salutem  .  '.  olo  7  precipio  quod  tota  terra  mea  de  Torcheseia  amodo 
sit  in  wareima  .  7  remaneat  in  custodia  Roberti  Line'  episcopi  . 
Et  nuUus  in  ea  fuget  super  .x.  libras  forisfacture  .  Teste  .  Thoma* 
cancellario  .  apud  Wodestocam. 

Marginalia :    1\.  <p. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(38).     Pd— C.C.iJ.iv,U6(38). 

Var.  R. :    '  Torkeseia  marg.     '  Lincolscir'  Iv.     •  Toma  Iv. 

77 

108.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  the  justices  and  sheriffs 
of  Lincolnshire  and  Nottinghamshire  to  cause  a  recognition  to  be 
made  by  the  oath  of  lawful  men  as  to  what  rights  of  justice  the 


68  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  108 

predecessors  of  bishop  Robert  II  had  in  the  time  of  Henry  I  over 
those  who  without  their  Hcence  chased  or  took  hares  in  their  warren  ; 
and  to  cause  the  bishop  to  have  such  rights  as  shall  be  recognized. 
At  Rouen.     (1155-1164.) 

De  iusticia  inquirenda  de  warenna  (rubric). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  J  dux  Noriaajinorum  .  7  Aquitanorum  .  7 
comes  Andegaitoru7n  .  msticiariis  J  vicecomitibus  Line'  sire  7 
Notingeham  sire^  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  faciatis  recognosci  per 
sacramentum  legahum  hominum  quam  iusticiam  habuerunt  episcopi 
predecessores  Roberti  Lincol'  episcopi  tempore  .H.  regis  aui  mei  . 
super  illos  qui  sine  eorum  Hcentia  fugabant  uel  leporem  capiebant 
in  warenna  sua  .  7  sicut  recognita  fuerit  faciatis  habere  integre 
7  plenarie  eidem  .R.  Line'  episcopo  .  Teste  Kotrodo  Ehroicensi 
episcopo  apud  Rothomag^wm. 

Marginalia  :    De  warenna.     R' . 

Texts:    MS— A.     lv(37).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,146-6(37). 

Var.  R. :    '  Notinquehanscir'  Iv. 

78 

109-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  II  warren  in 
his  towns  of  Newark,  Stow,  and  Louth  as  his  predecessors  had  in 
the  time  of  Henry  I ;  and  forbidding  that  any  one  shall  chase  or 
take  hares  without  his  hcence,  imder  forfeiture  of  ten  pounds. 
At  Dover.     (1154-1166.) 

De  warenna  de  Newerck'^  de  Stowa  7  Luda  (A  rubric  and  marg.). 

.H'  rex  Anglorwm  dux  NormannorMm  7  Aqmtanoru7n  7  comes 
Andegaworwrn  .  iustic'  .  vicecomi^'  .  /  omnibus  ministris  suis 
de  Notinghamsira  .  7  de  Line'  sira  .•'  salutem  .  Concedo  quod 
Robertus  episcopus  Line'  habeat  warennam  in  uilla  sua  de  Newerca  . 
7  de  Stowa  7  de  Luda  .  sicut  ahquis  predecessorum  suorum  eas 
mehus  hberius  7  honorificencius  habuit  .  tempore  regis  Heinrici 
aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  quod  nuUus  sine  hcencia  ipsius  fugat^  in  eis 
uei  capiat  leporem  .•'  super  .x.  hbras  forisfacture  .  Teste  .  Ricardo  de 
Humet'  constabulario  apud  Doueram. 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:    (1)  De  warenna  episcopi  (12  cent.).     (2)  XIII   H.  ij.   (13  ueat.). 
Strip  for  seal :    the  ribband  below  it  has  been  torn  ofi.     Size  6  x  3i  inches. 
Marginalia  in  A  :    2j.   N  f . 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  A 1/1/ 11.  A.  Iiv(13).  Pd— £.H.ii.xxiv,305.  C.C'.ie.iv,109(13). 
Delisle,  p.  160  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :    '  Newerch'  A  marg.     '  fuget  liv. 

Folio  14. 

Hdl.  14 

79 

110.  A  similar  grant  to  bishop  Robert  11  of  warren  between 
Newark  and  Stow,  to  whomsoever  the  land  may  belong.  At  Rouen 
(1158-1163.) 


IX 


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109 

6  in.  X  3J  in. 


116 

5*  in.  X  3  in. 


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7  in.  X  2I  in. 


No.  113  HENRY   II  69 

De  warenna  inter  Newerk''  7  Stowa  cuiuscumque  sit  terra  (rubric 
and  inarg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  7  dux  'NoTm.annorum  .  7  Aquitanorum  .  7 
comes  Andegauorujn  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus  miiiistris 
suis  Lincolie  sire  .  7  Notingueham  sire^  salutem  .  Precipio  quod 
episcopus  Line'  .R.  habeat  warennam  suam  inter  Newerc'  7  Stowam 
cuiuscumque  sit  terra  .  sicut  predecessores  sui  melius  7  liberius 
habuerunt  temiiore  .H.  regis  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis  in  ea 
fuget  uel  leporem  capiat  super  .x.  libras*  forifacture  .  Teste  .  Rotrodo 
Ehroicensi^  episcopo  Rothomagum. 

Marginalia  :   ^  R'. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Ivi(3).     Pd— C.C.K.iv,106(3). 

Var.  R. :  '  Nesverch'  marg.  -  Not'  scir'  Ivi.  '  Newerc'  Ivi.  *  libris  Ivi. 
'  Roberto  Ebor'  Ivi  (see  no.  106  above). 

80 

111.  De  warenna  in  Notingham   (rubric  and  marg.). 
A  duplicate  of  no.  54a  above. 

Marginalia :    ^  R'   .   .   . 

81 

112.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  II  warren  in 
his  land  of  Thame  [co.  Oxford]  as  his  predecessors  had  it  in  the 
time  of  Henry  I.     At  BriU  [co.  Buckingham].     (Probably  1157.) 

De  warenna  de  Thama  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  AnglorMm  .  dux  Normawnorwm  .  7  Aquitanonmi  .  7  comes 
Andegaworiim  .  iustic'  .  viobcomW  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
suis  de  Oxeneford'  sira'  salutem  .  Concedo  quod  Robertus  episcopus 
Line'  habeat  waremiam  in  terra  sua  de  Thama  sicut  antecessores 
sui  eam  mehus  7  honorabilius  habuerimt  tempore  Henrici  regis 
aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis  in  ea  fuget  uel  capiat  leporem  sine 
Uceutia  eius  .  super  .x.  hbras  forisfacture  .  Teste  .  Thoma  cancellario 
apud  Bruhullam. 

Marginalia :   <l>  R'. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iiv(12).     Pd—C.C.iJ.iv,  109(12). 

Var.  R.  :    '  Oxenfordsir'  liv. 

82 

113.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  II  warren 
between  Lincoln  and  Newark,  as  bishops  Robert  I  and  Alexander 
had  it  in  the  time  of  Henry  I.     At  Rouen.     (1154-1167.) 

De  waremia  inter  hmeohniam  .  7  Newerck'^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorw.m  .  dux  Normannorum  .  7  Aquitanorwrn  .  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
suis  tocius  Anghe  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  confirmasse 
Roberto  episcopo  Line'  quod  habeat  warenam  inter  Lincol'^  7 
Newerc^  .  sicut  Robertus  episcopus  uel  Alexander  episcopus  eam 
mehus  7  hberius    tenuerunt    tempore    regis  Henrici  aui  mei  .  Et 


70  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  113 

prohibeo  ne  quis  in  ea  fuget  uel  capiat  leporem  super  .x/  libraa 
forisfacture  sine  eius  licentia  .  Testibus  .  episcopo  Cicestrensi  .  7 
Jocelino  de  BailoZ  apud  Rotomagwm. 

Marginalia :    2.   <p. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(33).     Pd—C.C'.i?.iv,  145(33). 

Var.  R. :    '  Newerch'  marg.     -  Lincoll'  Iv.     '  Newerc'  Iv.     *  decern  Iv. 

83 

114.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  the  bishop  of  Lincoln 
shall  have  warren  in  all  his  land  in  Lincolnshire.  At  Woodstock. 
(1154-1180.) 

De  warenna  in  Line'  syra  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  7  dux  Norma wworMJw  7  Aqmtanorum  .  7 
comes  Andegaiiorum  .  iustic''  .  vicecomif  .  barouibus  .  7 
omnibus  ministris  suis  de  Line'  scira  salutem  .  Precipio  quod 
episcopus  Line'  habeat  warennam  in  tota  terra  sua  de  Line'  scira  . 
Et  prohibeo  ne  quis  in  ea  fuget  uel  leporem  capiat  sine  licentia  eius 
super  .x.^  librae  forisfacture  .  Teste  Ricardo  de  Hume^  constabulario 
apud  Wdestocha?/!.^ 

Marginalia  :    ip    +. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(35).     Pd—C.C.K.iv,  145(35). 

Var.  R. :    '■  iustitiis  Iv.     '  decern  Iv.     '  Wudestoch'  Iv. 

84 

115.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  II  warren  in 
his  land  of  Banbury  as  his  predecessors  had  it  in  the  time  of  Henry  I. 
At  Brill  [co.  Buckingham].     (Probably  1157.) 

De  warenna  de  Banneburia^  (rubric  and  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  dux  NoTma7inorum  .  7  Aqnitanoru7n  .  7  comes 
Andegauormn  .  iustic'  .  vicecomif  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
suis  Oxeneford'  sire^  salutem  .  Concede  quod  Robertus  episcopus 
Line'  habeat  warennam  in  terra  sua  de  liannebirja^  .  sicut  ante- 
cessores  sui  eam  melius  7  honorabilius  habuerunt  tempore  Henrici 
regis  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis*  in  ea  fuget  .  uel  capiat  leporem 
sine  hcentia  eius  super  .x.  Ubras  forisfacture  .  Testibus  .  Thonia 
cancellario  apud  Bnihullam. 

Marginalia :    2^   <p    -\-  ■ 

Texts:    MS— A.     liv(U).      Pd— C.C.iJ.iv,109(  11). 

Var.  R. :    '  Bannebir'  marg.     '  Oxeneforsira  liv.     "  Bannebury  liv. 

*Folio  14d. 

Hdl.  H.  Regis  SEOtrNDi. 

116.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commending  to  bishop  Robert  II  the 
king's  warren  between  Lincoln  and  Newark.  At  York.  (1154- 
1160.) 


No.  118  HENRY   II  71 

De  warenna  inter  Line'  7  Newerch'  (A  marg.)- 

H'.  rex  Aiighrum.  .  y  dux  Normannontm  7  Aquitanomm  .  J  comes 
Andegauorum  .  omnibus^  baronibus  suis  de  Lineoll'sira  .•'  salutem 
Sciatis  me  commendasse  Roberto  episcopo  Line'  waremiam  meam 
inter  Lineoll'  .■'  7  Newerca/n  .  Quare  prfecipio]  quod  nuUus  in  ea 
fuget  uel  capiat  leporem  .^  super  forisfacturam  meam  .  set  in  ea 
pace  sit  .•'  qua  fuit  tempore  Henrici  regis  aui  mei  .  Testibus  .  Theo- 
baldo  arcliiepiscopo  Ca-ntuarierisi  .  7  comite  Reginald©  Cornubie  . 
apud  Eboracwm  ; 

Facsimile  facing  page   68. 

Endorsed:   XXII  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.). 

A  wide  strip  for  seal,  and  probably  a  ribband  also,  have  been  torn  off.  Size : 
5J  X  3  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :    2|.   R'. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/I/14.  A.  Iv(32).  Pd— C.C.i?.iv.U4(32).  B.H.iJ.xxiv,  306. 
See  Delisle,  p.   550. 

Var.   R.  :    '  om.  omnibus  Iv. 

Folio  15. 

Hdl.  Carte  .H.    Regis  .  Seoundi.      .1.5. 

S6 

117.  De  villa  de  Asgerb'  (marg.). 
A  duplicate  of  no.  56  above. 

Marginalia :   lib'    +   D'. 

87 

118.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  addressed  generally,  confirming  Asgarby 
[by  Spilsby]  in  j^rebendam,  to  master  Ralf  of  Caen,  the  canon,  and 
his  successors,  to  hold  as  freely  as  Welton  or  any  other  prebend  is 
held.     At  Westminster.     (1155-1158.) 

De  Asgarbi  .  7  libertatibus  eiusdem  (marg.). 

.H.i  rex^  Anglontm  .  7  dux  l^ionnannorum  .  7  Aquitaworwrn  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum^  .  arcliiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiarns  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus 
ministris  suis  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  tocius 
Anglie  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  hac  mea  presenti  carta 
confirmasse  deo  7  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Line'  7  magistro  Radulfo 
de  Cadomo  canonico  7  successoribus  suis  Ansgerbiam  cum  omnibus 
pertinenciis  suis  in  liberam  7  perpetuam  prebendam  7  elemosinam  . 
Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  predictus  Radulfus  7  successores 
sui  eandem  prebendam  habeant  7  teneant  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  Ubere  . 
quiete  .  integre  .  plenarie  .  7  honorifice  .  in  bosco  .  7  piano  .  in  pratis  . 
7  paschuis*  .  in  uiis  .  7  semitis  .  in  aquis  .  7  molendinis  .  in  stagnis  . 
7  uiuariis  .  7  in  omnibus  aliis  locis  .  cum  soca  .  7  saca  .  7  theol  .  7 
teham  J  infangenetheph'  .  Et  concedo  quod  sit  quieta  de  sciris  .  7 
hundreirs  .  placitis  .  7   querehs  .  7  wapentacis   .  7  omnibus  aliis 


72  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  118 

occasionibus  .  asisis  .  Danegeld'  .  7  miirdris  .  sicut  prebende  de 
Welletona  uel  alique  alie  quietiores  sunt  .  Testibus  .  Roberto  Line' 
episcopo  .  7  Thoma  cancellario  .  Ricardo  de  Humes  constabulario  . 
Wan'no  filio  Geraldi  camerario  .  apud  Westmonasterium. 

Marginalia :   lib'    +   N. 
Texts:    MS— A.     C,f.l2. 

Var.  R.  :  ^  insert  dei  gracia  C.  '  eecundus  interlineated  by  Q  in  A.  '  Andegauie  C. 
•  pascuis  C. 

88 

119.  A  similar  writ  of  confirmation,  addressed  to  the  king's 
justices,  barons,  sheriff,  and  officers  of  Lincolnshire.  At  West- 
minster.    (1155-1158.) 

De  Asgarbi  .  7  libertatibus  (A  marg.). 

H.  rex  Anglorwm  7  dux  Normannorwm  J  Aquitanorum  .  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  episcopo  Line'  .  7  justic'  .  7  baronibus  .  7 
v\ceco7nit'  .  7  omnibus  ministris  s[uis  de^]  Line'  scj'ra  .■'  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  eonfirmasse  deo  7  sanete  Marie  de^  Line' 
[71]  Radulfo  canonico  7  successoribus  suis  Ansgesbiam^  cum  omnibus 
pertinentiis  suis  in  Uberam  7  perpetuam  [preben*]  dam  7  elemosinam  . 
Quare  volo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  eandem  prebendam  teneant 
bene  7  in  pace  7*  Ubere  7  [quiete  cum']  soca  7  saca  7  toU  7  team^ 
7  infangenetheof  .  et  sit  quieta  de  seyris'  7  hundredis  .  7 
wa[pentacs*  .  7']  comitatibus  .  7  omnibus  assisis  7  Danegeldis  .  7 
murdris'  sicut  prebendf  de  Weletona'"  uel  ahqua  aUa  quietiores 
sunt  .  Testibus  .  R.  episcopo  Line'  .  7  •  Toma'^  cancellario  .  7 
Ricardo  de  Humez  constabulario  .  7  Warino  fifio  Geraldi  camerario  . 
apud   WestmonasteriMm. 

Endorsed:    (1)  de  Askerbi  (13  cent.).     (2)  H.ij.  bona  .  murdr'  (14  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal,  and  written  on  it  is  '  Confirinacio  Asgerbi  ut  est  Welleton"  libera.' 

Marginalia :  De  prebenda  de  Asgwbi  P. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.Al/1/31.  A.  P8.  Iiv(2).  Pd— £.H.J?.xxiv,311.  C.C.R.iv, 
106(2).     See  Delislo,  pp.  152-3. 

Var.  R.  :  ^  supplied  from  A,  the  charter  having  been  injured,  'oni.de  in  P.  '  Asger- 
biam  A  P.  '  om.  7  P.  '  them  P.  '  infangenth'  P.  '  siris  P.  *  sic  in  A  ;  wap"  P  ; 
wapentac'  liv.     »  murdr'  P.     '»  Welletona  A  P.     >»Thom'AIiv;   T' P. 

Folio  15d. 

Hdl.  Henmci  Regis  Secundi. 

89 

1 20.  Notification  that,  in  8  Henry  II,  Asgarby,  the  prebend  of 
Ralf  the  subdean  of  Lincoln,  was  quit  of  Danegeld,  namely  six  shiUings 
and  three  pence  in  respect  of  three  carucates,  in  Lent,  at  the 
Treasury,  at  London ;  and  the  quittance  is  wTitten  on  the  roll. 
(Lent,  1162.) 


No.  122  HENRY   II  73 

De  quietancia  de  Danegeld  (marg.). 

Sciant  presentes  7  futuri  quod  in  octauo  anno  Henrici  secundi 
regis  Anglie  fuit  quieta  prebenda  Radulfi  subdecani  sancte  Marie 
Line'  .  scilicet  Asgerbi  de  Danegeldo  .  scilicet  de  .vi.  solidis  .  7 
.iii.  denariis  .  pro  .iii.  carrucatis  in  quadragesima  ad  scacarium 
apud  Lundoniaw  .  7  scripta  fuit  quitantia  in  roUo  .  Testibus  . 
domino  Nigello  Elyensi  episcopo  .  Roberto  comite  Lecestrte  .  Henrico 
filio  Giroldi  .  7  aliis  baronibus  .  7  Hugone  canonico  clerico  Walteri 
de  AmundeuiUa  dapiferi  .  7  Rannulfi  [sic]  de  Ghent. 

Text:   MS— A. 

Note:  On  the  pipe  roll  of  8  Henry  II,  a.d.  1161-2,  '  In  perdona  per  breue  regia 
Radulfo  de  Cadomo  .vi.  a.'  (Pipe  Roll  Soc.  v,   19). 

90 

121.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  master  Ralf  of  Caen, 
the  king's  clerk,  shall  have  his  prebend  of  Asgarby  with  all  its 
franchises,  as  the  charters  of  the  lords  of  the  fee  witness,  and  as  the 
king  has  confirmed  it  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  by  his  charter ; 
and  forbidding  that  any  one  shall  do  him  damage,  since  he  and 
his  possessions  are  in  the  king's  protection.  At  Le  Mans.  (1154- 
1172.) 

De  prebenda  de  Asgerbi  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anghrum  J  dux  Norma?inorw)n  7  Aquitanorwm  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  yicecomit  .  Line'  sire  .  7  ministris  suis  .■'  salutem  ; 
Precipio  quod  magister  Radulfus  de  Cadomo  clericus  mens  .  habeat 
7  teneat  bene  7  in  pace  Hbere  quiete  integre  plenarie  honorifice 
prebendam  suam  de  Asgerbi  ^  cum  pertinentiis  suis  7  cum  omnibus 
libertatibus  suis  .  sicut  carte  dominorum  feodi  testantur  .  et  sicut 
iUam  confirmaui  ecclesie  Line'  .  per  cartam  meam  .  Et  prohibeo 
quod  nuUus  ei  inde  ahquam  iniuriam  uel  contumeliam  faciat  .  quia 
ipse  7  omnes  res  sue  sunt  in  [mea^]  manu  7  custodia  7  protectione  . 
Teste  .  cancellario  apud  CenomMwi. 

Endorsed:  (1)  de  Askerbi  (13  cent.).  (2)  de  libertate  Asgerbi  (13  cent.).  (3)  .H.ij. 
(13  cent.). 

There  is  a  wide  strip  at  the  foot  for  a  seal,  and  a  ribband  below  it. 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  aI/1/34.     A.     Pd— £.i:/.i?.xxiv,312.     Delisle,  p.   556  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :    '  Asgerby  A.     -  supplied  from  A,  the  cliarter  having  been  injured. 

91 
122.    Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  to  Ralf  of  Caen,  canon  of  Lincoln,  and  his  successors,  the  village 
of  Asgarby  in  prebendam.     At  London.     (1154-1163.) 

De  viUa  de  Asgerbi  (A  marg.). 

.H'.  rex  Anglortmi  7  dux  ^ovmannarum  7  Aqui taworMm  7  comes 
Andegaworwrn     .     iustic"     .     vicecomit'    .     baronibus     7     omnibus 


74  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  122 

fidelibus  suis  cle  Line'  scira  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7 
confirmasse  deo  7  sancte  Marie  Line'  7  RaduKo  de  Cadomo  canonico 
Line'  .  7  sueeessoribus  eius  canoniois  villam  Asgerbi  cum  omnibus 
pertinentiis  suis  in  prebendam  7  liberam  elemosinam  .  Quare  uolo 
7  iirmiter  precipio  .  quod  eandem  uillani  in  perpetuam  possessionem 
bene  7  in  pace  7  honorifiee  liberam  7  quietam  de  comitatibus  7 
sciris  7  hundre/ts  .  7  wsupentacis  teiaeant  .  cum  socca  7  sacca^  7 
thol  7  them^  7  infangetheo/^  .  7  cum  omnibus  consuetudinibus  7 
libertatibus  sicut  aliqua  prebenda  Line'  ecelesie  quietiiis  7  liberius 
tenet  .  Teste  Roberto  episeopo  Line'  7  Philippo  Baiocewsi  episcopo 
apud  Lundoniam. 

Facsimile  facing  page   68. 

Endorsed:    (1)  H.  secundi  de  Askerbi  (13  cent.).     (2)  bona  (14  cent.).     (3)   .  .  . 
libertat'  sine   ...  (13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal :  the  ribband  below  it  has  been  torn  off.  Size  :  7x2}  inches. 
Texts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/33.  A.  Pd — £.H.i?.xxiv,311.  Delisle,  p.  558  (abs). 
Var.  R. :    '  soca  7  saca  A.     '  toll  7  team  A.     '  infangenetheof  A. 

92 

123.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  bishop  R[obert]  II  to  cause 
Ralf  of  Caen  to  hold  his  prebend  of  Asgarby  with  its  appurtenances 
as  in  the  time  of  Henry  I ;  and  to  suffer  no  one  to  do  him  damage, 
because  the  king  does  not  wish  the  church  of  Lincoln  to  lose  any 
of  its  rights  anywhere  in  his  time.     At  Rouen.     (1155-1166.) 

De  prebenda  .  de  Asgerbi  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglormn  7  dux  Norma7)MorMm  .  7  AquitaworMm  .  J 
comes  Andega«ontm  .R.  Line'  episcopo  salutem  .  Precipio  tibi 
quod  facias  Radulfum  de  Cadomo  tenere  bene  7  in  pace  7  iuste 
prebendam  suam  de  Asgerbi  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  in  boscho 
7  in  piano  7  in  pastiu-is  sicut  ea  prebenda  solet  eas  habere  tempore 
.H.  regis  aui  mei  .  7  non  patiaris  quod  aUquis  ei  faciat  iniuriam  aut 
contumeham  .  Nolo  enim  quod  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  aUquid  de 
iure  suo  perdat  alieubi  temjjore  meo  .  Teste  .  cancellario  .  apud 
Rothomagum. 

Text:   MS— A. 

93 

124.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  to  Robert  of  Caen,  canon  of  Lincoln,  and  his  successors,  the 
village  of  Asgarby,  with  the  same  franchises  as  any  other  prebend 
of  Lincoln  holds,  and  as  Henry  I  granted  by  his  charter.  At 
Lincoln.     (1154-1163.)  | 

De  villa  de  Asgarbi  (A  marg.). 

.H'.  re[x  AnglorM?«.  7  dux  Nonaannorum  7']  Aquitanorwrn  . 
7  comes  Andegauorum  .  iustic"  .  viceco?«if  .  7  baronibus  . 
7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  [de  Lincolnesira^]  .'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 


No.  126  HENRY   II  76 

concessisse  7  confirmasse  deo  7  sancte  Marif  Lincoln'  7  Radulfo 
de  Kadamo  canonico*  Linc'^  7  successoribus  eiiis  canonicis  .  villam 
Asgerbi'  .  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  .  in  prebendam  7  liburam 
elemosinam  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  .  quatenus  eandem 
uillam  .  in  perj^etuam  possessionem  .  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  7  honorifice 
teneant  .  liberam  7  quietam  .  de  siris  7  hundretis  7  wsipenfaciis  . 
cum  socca  7  sacca^  7  tol  7  tem^  .  7  infangenethef  .  7  cum  omnibus 
consuetudinibus  .  7  libertatibus  .  sicut  aliqua  prebenda  Lincoln'' 
ecclesie  quietius  7  liberius  tenet  .  7  sicut  .  Henricus  rex  auus  meus 
concessit  per  cartam  suam  .  Testibus  .  Roberto  .  episcopo  Lin- 
colniensi  .  7  Philippo  B&ioceiisi  episcopo  .  apud  Lincolniam. 

Facsimile  facing  page   89. 

Endorsed  :  (1)  villa  de  Askerbi  (13  cent.).  (2)  bona  .  (14  cent.).  (3)  T.  Harrys, 
and  notary's  mark  (?  1(3  cent.).  (4)  Henry  2i"i.  Grant  of  the  Town  of  Asgarby 
(modern). 

A  wide  strip  at  the  foot  for  the  seal  and  the  ribband  below  it  have  been  torn  off. 
Size  ;    6f  x  4|  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :   quod  .  teneant. 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  aI/I/32.     A.     Pd— S.i?.if.xxiv,311.     Delisle,  p.   557  (abs.). 

Var.  R.  :  ^  supplied  from  A,  the  charier  having  been  injured.  ^  Lincol' A.  '  Asgerby 
A.     '  soca  7  saca  A.     '  tlieam  A.     *  infangenetheof  A.      '  Line'  A. 

*  Folio  16. 

Hdl.  Henrici  Regis  Secundi.  .1  6. 

94 

125.  AVrit  of  Henry  II,  addressed  to  Richard  de  Camvill,  and 
his  officers  of  the  wapentake  of  BoUngbroke,  and  to  all  lords  and 
neighbours  of  the  prebend  of  Asgarby,  commanding  that  the 
prebend  shall  have  its  revenue  and  common  as  it  best  had  them 
in  the  time  of  Henry  I.     At  Westminster.     (Query  circa  1164.) 

De  prebenda  de  Asgerbi  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglwwm  .  7  diix  'Normanyioruw  .  7  Aquitaworw.m  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  Ricardo  de  Camuilla  7  ministri.s  suis  de 
Buhmbroc  wapentac  7  omnibus  dominis  7  vicinis  prebende  Asgerbi 
salutem  .  Precipio  quod  prebenda  sancte  Marie  Line'  de  Asgerbi 
habeat  libere  7  plenarie  7  iuste  exitum  suum  in  boschum  .  J  planum  . 
7  mariscum  .  7  mercatum  .  7  communem  pasturam  sicut  meUus 
7  liberius  liabuit  tempore  regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  ahquis 
super  hoc  ei  iniuriam  faciat  .  Quod  nisi  feceritis  .-'  vicecomes  Line' 
sire  fieri  faciat  .  Teste  .  Petro  de  Mara  apud  Westmonasterium. 


Marginalia :    +      

Text:   MS— A. 

95 

126.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  addressed  to  William  de  Roumara, 
earl  of  Lincoln,  and  the  neiglibours,  both  clerks  and  laymen,  of 
the  prebend  of  Asgarby,  commanding  that  Ralf  of  Caen  the  canon, 
and  his  men  of  Asgarby  and   their  possessions  shall  have   their 


76  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSBIUM  No.  126 

revenue  and  common  as  they  best  had  them  in  the  time  of  Henry  I. 
At  London.     (1154-1162.) 

De  Asgerbi  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  7  dux  Normawworwrn  .  7  Aquitanorum  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  Willelmo  de  Roumara  comiti  Line'  .  7  clericis 
7  laicis  uicinis  prebende  Asgerby  .  omnibus  que  fidelibus  suis  de 
Lincoliescir'  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  Radulfus  de  Cadomo  canonicus 
7  homines  illius  de  Asgerby  .  7  omnes  res  eorum  bene  7  in  pace  7 
iuste  7  libere  7  quiete  J  honorifice  habeant  exitum  suum  7  com- 
munam  suam  in  paschuis  7  mariscis  in  uiis  7  semitis  7  in  boscho 
7  in  piano  J  in  mercatis  J  in  omnibus  locis  sicut  melius  7  honora- 
bilius  ipsi  uel  predecessores  eorum  liabere  solebant  tempore  .H. 
regis  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  aUquis  super  hoc  eos  iniuste  disturbet  . 
Quod  si  quis  fecerit  justicm  mea  de  Lincol'  scira  plenariam  iusticiam 
inde  faciat  .  ne  pro  penuria  recti  uel  plenarie  iusticie  clamorem  inde 
amphus  audiam  .  Teste  Ricardo  episcopo  hnndoniensi  .  J  Roberto 
comite  Legrecesirie  .  apud  Lundoniam. 

Marginalia:  ecelesie  Line'  7  prebend'  Asgerbi  (16  cent.  A  cross  in  the  text 
indicates  that  these  words  are  to  be  inserted  after  canonicus,  or  are  a  note  upon 
canonicus,  in  line  4  of  the  text ;  but  their  late  dale  does  not  justify  their  inclusion  in 
the  text).      +      ... 

Text:   MS— A. 

96 

127.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  that  Ralf  of  Caen  shall  have 
his  warren  in  his  prebend  of  Asgarby,  as  WiUiam  de  Roumara  best 
had  it,  and  confirmed  it  by  his  charter.  At  Bridgnorth  [co.  Salop]. 
(Query  1155.) 

De  warenna  de  Asgerbi  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Ang\oruin  .  7  dux  Norma?inorMm  .  7  Aqaitanorum  .  J 
comes  .  AndegaMorwrn  .  iustic"  .  7  vicocomi7"  .  7  ministris  . 
7  omnibus  lideUbus  suis  de  Line'  sira  saUitem  .  Concedo  quod 
Radulfus  de  Cadomo  habeat  warennam  suam  in  prebenda  sua  de 
Asgerbi  .  sicut  vViUelmus  de  Rumara  illam  plenius  7  mehus  habuit 
7  ei  concessit  7  per  cartam  suam  confirmauit  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis 
in  ea  fuget  uel  leporem  capiat  sine  eius  licentia'  super  .x.  libras 
forisfacture  .  Teste  .  Ricardo  de  Humez  constabulario  apud 
Brugiam. 

Texts:    MS— A.     P9. 

Var.  R. :  '  sine  eius  licentia  written  in  marg.  by  a  cotUemporary  hand,  and  marked 
for  insertion  in  the  te.ct. 

Folio  16d. 

Hdl.  Carta  .H.  Regis  Secundi. 

97 

128.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  master  Ralf,  canon 
of  Lincoln,  shall  hold  all  the  lands  and  tenements  which  the  men 


No.  129  ASGARBY  77 

of  Hareby  and  of  Bolingbroke,  who  were  his  tenants  in  the  prebend 
of  Asgarby,  sold  or  quitclaimed  or  abjured  in  his  court.  At 
Westminster.     (1154-1160.) 

De  terris  quas  homines  de  Harebi  7  de  Bolingbroc  i  uendiderunt 
Radulfo  de  Cadomo  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anghe  .  7  dux  Normannie  .  7  Aquitawte  .  7  comes 
Andegawie  .  R.  episcopo  Line'  .  7  iustic'  .  7  vicecomii'  .  7 
ministris  .  7  fidelibus  suis  de  Line'  scira  .  salutem  .  Precipio  quod 
magister  Radulfus  canonicus  sancte  Marie  Line'  teneat  in  pace 
7  libere  7  iuste  7  honorifice  omnes  terras  7  7  [sic]  teneuras  quas 
homines  de  Harebi  7  de  Bulincbroc  qui  de  prebenda  de  Asgerbi 
de  ipso  tenebant  ei  uendiderunt  uel  quietas  clamauerunt  uel  in 
curia  sua  abiurauerunt  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis  ei  inde  iniuriam  uel 
contumeliam  faciat  .  Teste  .H.  de  Essexia  constabulario  .  apud 
Westmonaster  ium . 

Text:    MS— A. 

98 

129.  Charter  of  Gilbert  [of  Ghent]  earl  of  Lincoln,  confirming 
to  bishop  Robert  II,  A[delmus]  the  dean,  and  the  chapter  of  Lincoln 
half  a  carucate  which  Saier  de  Arcellis  claimed  that  he  had  in  the 
territory  of  Asgarby,  but,  at  the  end  of  his  days,  quitclaimed  to 
Saint  Mary  and  RaH  the  canon  of  Lincoln  and  his  successors. 
(1154-1156.) 

De  dimidia  carucata  terre  in  Asgerbi  (marg.). 

Roberto  Dei  gratia  Line'  episcopo  .A.  decano  totique  capitulo 
sancte  Marie  Line'  .  omnibus  amicis  7  fideUbus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis 
Gislebertus  comes  Line'  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  Saherus  de  Arcellis 
in  fine  dierum  suorum  pro  salute  anime  sue  7  predecessorum  suorum 
remisit  deo  7  sancte  Marie  7  Radulfo  canonico  7  successoribus 
suis  canonicis  Line'  .  7  quietam  clamauit  in  presencia  mea  7  assensu 
meo  totam  calumpniam  quam  dicebat  se  habere  in  dimitUa  carrucata 
terre  infra  territorium  Asgerbi  .  7  eandem  terram  cum  omnibus 
appendiciis  suis  bene  7  in  pace  7  hbere  .  7  quietam  ab  omni  exactione 
7  terreno  seruitio  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  possidendam  eis  con- 
cessit .  7  carta  sua  confirmauit  .  Ego  uero  Gislebertus  comes  ex 
parte  mea  illud  idem  concedo  7  conflrmo  .  7  hanc  donationem  pro 
salute  anime  illius  firmam  7  stabilem  inperpetuum  esse  uolo  7 
concedo  .  7  inpressione  sigiUi  mei  commumo  .  Testibus  .  abbate 
Croilandie  .  Waltero  abbate  Bardeneia  [sic]  .  Hereberto  priore 
Spalhng'  .  RaginaWo  de  Wincebi  .  Alueredo  presbiteris  .  vVillelmo 
clerico  Lucebi  .  Lamberto  de  Moltona  .  Leone  de  Arcellis  .  Raginaldo 
de  Cornubia  .  Baldewino  de  Gant  .  Imero  de  Lucebi  .  Willelmo 
capellano  .  Waltero  Flandrense. 

Marginalia:    +    +    scrt6a?i<ur  inter  cartas  coraitum.    Q'a  notereferstonos.  lliy-133. 
Text:   MS— A. 


78  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  130 

99 

130.  Charter  of  William  of  Roumare,  confinning  to  bishop 
A[lexander]  and  the  chapter  of  Lincoln  the  gift  which,  as  he  had 
ascertained  from  his  barons  and  ancient  men  of  the  wapentake  of 
Bohngbroke,  was  made  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  by  Roger  son  of 
Gerold,  his  father,  and  Lucy  his  mother,  namely,  Asgarby  and  all 
that  is  contained  within  the  boundaries  of  that  village,  in  prebendam. 
(1123-1147.) 

De  prebenda  de  Asgerbt  (marg.). 

.A.  Lincoln'  episcopo  totique  capitulo  sancte  Marie  Line'  .  omnibus 
que  amicis  suis  7  hominibus  suis  7  ministris  suis  Francis  7  Anglis 
WiUelmus  de  Roumara  salutem  .  Inquisiui  a  baronibus  7  antiquis 
hominibus  meis  de  Bulincbroc  wapentac  7  aperte  cognoui  7  scio 
quod  Rogerus  fihus  Geroldi  pater  meus  7  Lucia  mater  mea  dederunt 
deo  7  sancte  Marie  Line'  pro  salute  animarum  suarum  7  ante- 
cessorum  suorum  Asgerbiam  in  prebendam  7  in  elemosinam  liberam 
7  quietam  J  in  perpetuam  possessionem  .  Et  ego  Willehnus  pro 
salute  mea  7  eorum  7  omnium  amicorum  meorum  ex  parte  mea 
illud  idem  nolo  7  concede  7  confirmo  carta  mea  ad  opus  Dei  7  sancte 
Marie  Line'  in  prebendam  7  elemosinam  videlicet  Asgerbiam  7 
quicquid  infra  terminos  7  diuisas  eiusdem  uUle  continetur  .  cum 
omnibus  hbertatibus  7  consuetucUnibus  quas  habet  aliqua  aha 
prebenda  de  hberioribus  prebendis  sancte  Marie  Line'  .  Volo  itaque 
7  concedo  illam  omnino  esse  hberam  J  quietam  ab  onini  exactione 
7  laico  domino  7  seculari  seruici  [sic]  in  quantum  ego  7  heredes 
mei  eam  possumus  facere  hberam  7  nichU  in  ea  requirimus  preter 
ecclesiasticum  benehcium  quod  pro  nobis  fit  ob  hanc  donationem 
in  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  7  parrochia  Line'  episcopatus  .  Testes  inde 
sunt  huius  donationis  .  Robertus  de  Cantelu  .  Ricardus  de  Bolonia  . 
Herbertus  de  Calz  .  Rogerus  le  Calceis  .  Wido  de  Ver  .  Hamo  pre- 
positus  .  Henricus*  frater  eius  .  Hugo  de  Turs  .  WiUelmus  de  Broi  . 
7  alii  multi  mUites  .  7  homines  de  wa.'pentacio  Bolingbroc  .  Et  clerici  . 
G.  Mai'  .  Haco  .  Berenger  .  WiUelmus  de  Raebi  .  WiUelmus  Bochart  . 
Stephanus  capeUanus  .  7  Robertus  .  7  plures  ahi  clerici  7  laici  de 
soca  7  viUate  Asgerbi  magna  pars  .  valete. 

Text:   MS— A. 

*Folio  17, 

Hdl.  .1 7. 

100 

131.  A  simUar  charter  of  confirmation,  in  which  it  is  stated 
that  the  original  gift  was  made  to  the  church  of  Lincohi  and  Robert 
de  GrainviU,  the  canon.     (1123-1147.) 

De  eadem  prebenda  (A  marg.). 


No.  132  ASGARBY  79 

.A.  Linc'i  episcopo  7  decano  totique  capitnlo  sancte  Marie  Linc'^  . 
omnibus  que  dei  fidelibus  7  arnicis  7  hominibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis 
Willelmus  de  Roinara  .•'  salutem  .  Sciant  qui  modo  sunt  7  qui  futuri 
sunt   quod  ego   Willelmus-    de    Roumara    nolens    scire    ueritatem 
de  prebenda  Asgerbi^  inquisiui   earn  a  melioribus  7  antiquioribus 
hominibus  meis  de   honore  meo  7  aperte  cognoui   7   didici   ab  eis 
quod  Rogerus  Alius  Geroldi  pater  mens  7  Lucia  mater  niea  dederunt 
deo  7  sancte  Marie   Lino'  7  Roberto  de  Grainuilla*  canonico  pro 
salute  animarum  suarum  7  antecessorum  suorum  Asgerbiam^  cum 
omnibus   appendiciis   suis   in   prebendam   7    puram   elemosinam    . 
liberam  .  quietam  .  7  in  perpetuam  possessionem  .  Et  ego  Willebnus 
pro  salute  mea  7  eorum  7  omnium  amicorum  meorum  ex  parte 
mea  illud  concedo  7  contirmo  per  cartam  meam  ad  opus  dei  7  sancte 
Marie    Line''    in    prel)endam    7    elemosinam    scilicet    Asgerbiam' 
predictam  7  quicquid  iirfra  terminos  7  diiiisas  eiusdem  uiUe  cou- 
tinetur  .  volo  itaque  7  firmiter  concedo  iUam  omnino  esse  liberam 
7  quietam  ab  omni  exactione  7  terrene  seruitio  .  7  perpetuam  posses- 
sionem esse  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Line''  "^  cum  omnibus  libertatibus 
7  consuetudinibus  sicut  aliqua  alia  i^rebenda  Liuc'^  ecclesie  liberius 
tenet  .  Et  sciatis  quod  nichil  terreni  seruitii  uel  consuetudinis  in 
ea  retinui  .  neque  tempore  meo  uel  heredum  meorum  .  uel  in  aUquo 
tempore   .   preter  participationem    beneficiorum   7   orationum   que 
pro    nobis    7    antecessoribus    nostris    fiunt'    propter    banc    dona- 
tionem  in  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  7  in  parrochia  Line''  episcopatus  . 
Testibus  .  Roberto  de  Cantelupo  .  Ricardo  de  Bolouia  .  Hercberto* 
de  Salz  .  Rogero  le  Calceis  .  Widone  de  Ver"  .  Hamone  preposito  . 
Henrico  fratre  eius  .  Hugo"  de  Turs  .  WiUebno  de  Broe  .  R&dulfo 
de  sancto  Albino  .  7  multis  aliis  militibus  .  7  Waltero  de  Bening- 
word'  .  Baldrico  de   Calls  .  7  multis   de  wa.Tpentacio^'^  Bolimbroc  . 
Et  clericis  .  Gaufrido  Malebissa  .  Hacone  .  Berengero   .  Willelmo 
de  Raebi"  .  Willelmo  de  Andreby^^  .  Baldrico  .  Stepiiano  capeUano  . 
7  Roberto   7  Ricardo   de   Calls    .   Dauid  .  Waltero  de  Asgerbi"  . 
Dauid  .  VLfo  .  Osmundo  .  Achi  .  Louone  .  7  multis  aliis  de  Asgherbi  . 
7  de  patria  iUa  .  valete. 

Marginalia :    + 

Texts:    MS — A.     Dij, 65/1/16  (a  14  cent.  copy). 

Var.  R. :  i  Lincoln'  Dij.  =  .VV.  Dij.  ^  de  Asgerby  Dij.  '  Graumuill'  Dij. 
'  Asgerbyam  Dij.  '  inaeri  superfluously  ecclesie  Dij.  '  fiuiit  A  marg.,  marked 
for  inclusion  in  text.  *  Herberto  Dij.  » Wydone  de  Veer  Dij.  "  Hugone  Dij. 
"wapentag'   Dij.     "  Raeby  Dij.     "  Andrebi.     "Asgerby  Dij. 

lOl 

132-  Charter  of  young  WiUiam  of  Roumare,  son  of  earl  William 
[of  Roumare],  confirming  the  same  gift  to  bishop  Alexander  and 
the  chapter  of  Lincobi  and  RaLf  the  canon  of  Asgarby ;  and  giving 
to  the  said  Ralf  his  warren  and  his  pursuit  of  hares  within  the 
boimdaries  of  the  village  of  Asgarby.     (1140-1147.) 


80  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  132 

De  eadem  prebenda  7  warenna  (marg.)- 

.A.  episcopo  Line'  7  capitixlo  sancte  Marie  .  7  dapifero  .  7  con- 
stabiilario  .  7  ministris  suis  de  Bulinbroc  wapentacio  .  omnibus  que 
fidelibus  sancte  dei  ecclesie  Willelmus  iuuenis  de  Rumara  filius 
Willelmi  comitis  salutem  .  Notum  sit  uobis  me  concessisse  7  con- 
firmasse  elemosinam  Rogeri  filii  Geroldi  aui  mei  7  Willelmi  patris 
mei  .  7  earn  finaliter  7  imperpetuum  dedisse  ecclesie  sancte  Marie 
Line'  7  Radulfo  canonico  scilicet  Asgerby  cum  omnibus  appenditiis 
suis  .  7  hiis  omnibus  que  infra  metas  eiusdem  uiUe  continentur  . 
Volo  itaque  7  concedo  ut  eandem  uUlam  teneant  bene  7  in  pace 
7  honorifice  in  prebendam  7  elemosinam  cum*  omnibus  con- 
suetudinibus  7  libertatibus  suis  solutam  7  liberam  7  quietam  ab 
omni  seculari  seruitio  7  exactione  .  7  concedo  7  douo  eidem  Radulfo 
canonico  warennam  suam  7  deductum  suima  plenarie  de  leporibus 
capiendis  infra  diuisas  Asgerby  uille  prenominate  absque  repulsa 
7  causatione  .  Omnibus  que  amicis  meis  mando  7  hominibus  meis 
omnibus  precipio  ut  eum  7  omnia  sua  manuteneant  ne  fiat  illi  injuria 
uel  contumelia  .  Teste  Johaime  abbate  de  Bardenai  .  7  Waltero 
monacho  .  7  WiUebno  archidiacono  .  7  Sampsone  canonico  .  7 
Waltero  de  Bardenai  .  7  Hacone  decano  .  7  Ricardo  de  Calls  .  7 
Rainaldo  de  Wincebi  .  7  Alueredo  .  7  Herberto  de  Calz  .  7  Roberto 
de  Bolonia  .  7  Widone  .  7  Alexandro  de  Otteby  .  7  Henrico  de 
Maletot  .  7  Adam  de  Bulimbroo. 

Text:    MS— A. 

*Folio  17d. 

102 

133.  Charter  of  WiUiam  [of  Roumare]  earl  of  Lincoln,  giving 
to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincobi  and  Ralf  the  canon  of  Asgarby  and  his 
successors  warren  in  the  prebend  of  Asgarby,  within  the  whole 
territory  of  that  village ;  with  the  right  of  pursuing  game  into  the 
earl's  warren.     (1152-1155.) 

De  waremia  de  Asgerbi  (marg.). 

Willelmus  comes  Line'  omnibus  ministris  7  hominibus  suis  Francis 
Anglis  salutem  .  Notum  sit  uobis  7  omnibus  presentibus  7  futuris 
me  dedisse  7  concessisse  7  carta  mea  confirmasse  deo  7  sancte 
Marie  Line'  waremiam  in  prebenda  Asgerby  infra  totum  territorium 
eiusdem  uille  .  Quare  uolo  J  firmiter  concedo  quod  predicta  ecclesia 
Line'  .  7  Radulfus  canonic  us  Asgerbi  '/  successores  eius  canonici 
eiusdem  prebende  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  habeant  7  possideant 
inperpetuum  eandem  waremiam  cum  omnibus  aliis  libertatibus 
quas  eis  concessi  7  carta  mea  confirmaui  .  Prohibeo  autem  ne 
aliquis  de  ministris  uel  hominibus  meis  iniuriam  uel  contumeham 
faciat  ecclesie  Line'  .  de  wareima  prenominata  .  nee  super  ecelesiam 
Lineol'  uel  canonicum  Asgerbi  se  inde  intromittat  .  Preterea  concedo 


No.  134       CASTLE    BYTHAM   AND   HOLYWELL  81 

7  dono  prebende  Asgerbi  percursum  suum  in  warennam  meam  . 
scilicet  si  canoniciis  illius  prebende  uel  aliquis  per  eum  exmouerit 
leporem  uel  aliam  feram  ad  fugandum  infra  territorium  Asgerbi  . 
7  introierit  in  warennam  meam  .•'  potest  eum  persequi  7  capere  sine 
omni  calumpnia  7  querela  .  Testes  huius  donationis  sunt  .  G.  abbas 
Reuesbi  .  P.  abbas  Torrenton'  .  Herbertus  prior  Espalling' .  Willelmus 
archidiaconus  .  Alexander  Malabissa  .  Ricardus  Lotheringus  .  Haco 
decanus  .  Odo  Bucheri  .  Rogerus  de  Teliolo  .  Herbertus  7  Osbertus 
de  Calz  .  Robertus  Carbonellus  .  Achi. 

Marginalia :    +     <p. 
Text:    MS— A. 

Folio   18. 

Hdl.  .1.8. 

The  following  document  has  been  entered  by  a  late  sixteenth  century 
hand  on  folio  1 8  and  the  dorse. 

103 

134.     Listitution    of    Gerard    de    Wenge,    chaplain,    on    the 
presentation  of  the   dean  and   chapter  of    Lincoln,  to  the  newly- 
ordained    vicarage    of    the    churches    of    [Castle]    Bj^tham    and 
Holywell    [co.    Lincoln].      The    endowment    of    the    vicarage    is 
described,  and  the   duties   incumbent  upon  the  rector  and  vicar 
respectively  are  defined.     At  Louth  [co.  Lincoln],  13  June,  1291. 
'Tempore   domini   Oliveri   Sutton   ohm   episcopi   Lincoln   qui 
cepit  preesse  ecclesie  Lincoln  xiiij'"  kalendas  Junii  anno  Domini 
millesimo  ducentesimo  octogesimo^     [19  May,     1280.] 

Gerard^  de  Wenge  capellanus  presentatus  per  decanum  et 
capitulum  ecclesie  Lincoln'  ad  vicariam  in  ecclesiis  de  Bitham  et 
de  Helewell  de  nouo  ordinanda'  factaque  inquisicione  per  decanum 
de  Beltisloue''  super  omnibus  porcionibus  niaioribus  et  minoribus 
ad  dictas  ecclesias  pertinentibus  ipsarumque  porcionum  vero  valore 
ac  oneribus  tarn  in  ministris  iuxta  raorem  preteriti  temporis  quam 
aliis  eisdem  ecclesiis  incumbentibus  necnon  in  quibus  portionibus 
vnacum  manso  competente  vicariae  ibidem  possit^  convenientius 
ordinari  per  quam  quidem  inquisicionem  est  acceptum  quod  tres 
bouate  terre  et  tresdecem  acre  7  dimidia  spectant  ad  ecclesiam  de 
Biyham^  et  valet  bouata  terre  sexdecem  sohdos,  quodque  decime 
garbarum  de  Biyliam'  Cunthoi-p'  et  Creton  valent  viginti  libras  et 
decime'  feni  xxix  solidos  Item  decime'  feni  de  la  Lawnde'"  valet 
ix  solidos  decime'  vero  lane  7  agnorum  de  Bitham*  Cunthorp'^  7 
Creton  valet  sexaginta  solidos  vnacum  principale  cum  omnibus 
aliis  minutis  decimis  oblacionibus  7  galhnis  valet  sex  marcis  .  Item 
est  ibi  pastura  ad  viginti  quatuor  boves  in  parco  per  annum  et 
valet    viginti    sohdos      Item    quod   rector   potest  habere  in  parco 


Sli  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  134 

quadraginta  porcos  7  vnum  per  sex  septimanas,  7  valet  duos  solidos, 
et  percipit  ecclesia  de  Biyham'  pro  capella  de  castro  ac  decima 
molendini  tres  solidos  redditus  etiam  assisus  spectant  ad  ecclesiam 
de  Bihara'  xij  solidos  vj  denarios  .  Item  rectores  habent  in  bosco 
tresdeeim  carectatas  bosci  7  valent  iiij  solidos  et  iiij  denarios  Item 
rector  habebit  de  vendicione  domini  tres  feras  Item  decime  garbarum 
de  Hellewell  et  Ownby^-  valent  vndecem  marcas  et  alteragium 
cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  valet  quinque  marcas  .  Est  etiam  in  villa 
de  Byham^^  locus  quidam  qui  consueuit  spectare  ad  ecclesiam  de 
Hellewell  qui  est  mansws  competens  ad  opus  vicarii  sed^*  sunt  ibi 
quedam  domus  constructe  vt  aula  et  camera  tantum  Item  apud 
Biyham'  solet  esse  vnus  capeUanus  7  clericus  eius  et  ille*^  sacerdos 
invenit  aliuni  sacerdotem  loco  suo  qui  celebrauit  apud  Cunthorp^' 
sex  principalibus  festis  7  idem  sacerdos  singulis  diebus  dominicis 
venit  apud  Cunthorj^^^  7  ministrauit  parochianis  aquam  bene- 
dictam  7  panem  benedictum  7  dixit  eis  memoriam  de  die  7  preces* 
Rector  etiam  inveniet  lumen  sufficiens  circa  magnum  altare  et 
vnam  lampadem  Item  dictus  rector  inveniet  capellanum  idoneum" 
celebrantem  in  ecclesia  de  Helewell  et  ille  capelle  deserviet  paro- 
chianis de  Helewell  et  Ounby^^  et  inveniet  lumen  sufficiens  circa 
magnum  altare  7  vnam  lampadem  Inveniet  etiam  omnia  ornamenta 
ecclesie  preter  calicem  7  missale  et  vas  ad  aquam  benedictam  in 
tribus  locis  videlicet  apud  Biham'  Helewell  7  Cunthorp  Sustinebit 
insuper  tria  cancella  scilicet  vnum  apud  Bihara'  ahud  apud  Hele- 
well 7  tertium  apud  Cunthorp  Soluet  etiam  procurationem 
archidiaconi  pro  tribus  partibus  7  soluet  pro^'  sinodaUbus  vj  solidos 
Episcopus  habita  dehberacione  cum  capitido  suo  predicto  ordinavit 
quod  vicaria  predicta  consistat  in  manso  competente  per  capitulum 
Lincoln'  sufficienter  ecUficando  7  in  vtroque  alteragio  de  Biham' 
7  de  Helewell  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  nuUo  excepto  vnacum 
decima  feni  de  La  Laundi"  et  ea  que  redditur  dicte  ecclesie  de 
Biham'  pro  capella  de  castro,  ac  decima  molendini,  saluo  quod 
pastura  bouum'^  et  porcorum  in  parco  ac  decima  ferarum  7  bosci 
que  ad  capitulum  predictum  spectare  debebunt,  sub  generalitate 
verborum  predicta  nullatenus  contineantur  Ita  quod  vicarius  preter 
seipsum  duos  habet'"  capellanos  vnum  apud  Biham'  7  ahum  apud 
Helewell  et  ferat  omnia  onera  ordinaria  invenietque  libros  7  orna- 
menta, dum  tamen  defectus  in  eisdem  si  quis  in  presentiarum 
existat  per  dictum  capitulum  plenius  suppleatur^"  sed  capitulum 
ipsum  cancellos  quotiens  opus  fuerit  reficiet  7  reparabit  hoc  addito 
quod  memoratum  capitulum  pro  decima  agnorum  et  lane  iam 
collecta  vicario  dicte  ecclesie  ad  ipsius  sustentacionem  pro  anno 
futuro  sexaginta  solidos  solvere  teneatur  .  Si  quid  in  huiusmodi 
ordinacione  obscurum  vel  ambiguum  aut  eidem  detrahendum  seu 
adiciendum  videatur  in  futuro  interpretandi  7  declarandi  seu 
dictam  ordinacionem  minuendi  et  augendi  provt  episcopo  aut 
successoribus  suis  videbitur  expedire  potestate  speciale^'  reservata 


No.   135  HENRY   II  83 

Delude  idem  doniinus  episcopus  prefatum  Gerardum  ad  dictam 
vicarium  adniisit  idus  Junii  anno  xij"  apud  Ludam  .  Et  vicarius 
perpetuus  cum  onere  personaliter  ministrandi  et  continue  residendi 
canonice  instituit  in  eadem  iuratusque  episcopo  canonicam 
obedientiam  in  forma  consueta  prestitoque  a  dicto  Gerardo 
iuramento  de  continue  residendo  in  vicaria  predicta  Scriptum 
fuit  officiali  arckidiaconi  Lincoln'  quod  ipsum  Gerrardum  cor- 
poralem  possessionem  de  vicaria^^  iaabere  faceret  in  forma  predicta. 

Marginalia:     Bitham.     Ordinacio   vicarie  (contemp.). 

Texts :  .\  (a  poor  text,  with  many  erasures,  interlineations,  and  corrections 
which,  since  the  document  is  a  late  one,  have  not  been  noted,  except  in  the  matter 
of  proper  names).     Lincoln  Episcopal  Registers  i,  fi.  bd.,  6. 

Var.  R.  :  '-'  om.  Reg.  *  Gerardo  Reg.  '  ordinandani  Reg.  *  Betteslawe  Reg. 
'  posset  Reg.  "  corrected /rom  Bitham  A  ;  Bitham  Reg.  '  correcW/rom  Bitham  A  ; 
Byham  Reg.  '  Cuinthorp'  Reg.  '  deciraa  Reg.  "  Launde  Reg.  "  Cunthorp'  Reg. 
"  Ouneby  Reg.  "  Byham  has  been  corrected  from  Bytham  A.  "  set  Reg. 
^'' corrected  from  ibi  A.  "  ydoneum  Reg.  "/<"■  pro  read  in  Reg.  "bourn  Reg. 
"  habeat  Reg.  ^^  supleatiir  Reg.  *' specialiter  Reg.  '^'^  for  de  vicaria  read  dicto 
vicario  Reg. 

Note  :  Bishop  Gravesend  had,  in  1273,  appropriated  tlie  church  of  Castle  Bytham 
and,  in  1277,  the  church  of  Holywell,  to  the  dean  and  chapter  (A  nos.  952,  953, 
which  will  be  printed  in  a  later  volume).  C'ouutliorpe  was  a  hamlet  in  the  parish 
of  Castle  Bytham  until  1860,  when  it  was  armesed  to  the  parish  of  C'reeton.  Holy- 
well with  Aunby  was,  until  modern  times,  a  chapelry  in  the  parish  of  Castle  Bytham. 
They  are  now  in  the  parish  of  Careby.  The  castle  was,  in  1291,  in  the  possession 
of  the  Colville  family. 

*FoUo  18d. 
Folio  19. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henbioi  Sbcundi.  .1.9. 

104 

135.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  Eynesham  abbey  what- 
ever has  been  reasonably  given  to  it,  namely,  the  villages  of  Eynes- 
ham and  Rollright  and  Shifford  ;  and,  in  Gloucestershire,  Mickle- 
ton ;  and,  in  Oxford,  the  church  of  Saint  Ebbe,  two  mills  near 
Oxford,  and  meadows  ;  and  whatever  bishop  Robert  gave  in  ex- 
change for  Newark  and  Stow,  namely,  Charlbury,  South  Stoke, 
and  Woodcote ;  in  Cambridgeshire,  fifteen  hides  and  three  virgates 
in  Histon  ;  the  tithe,  etc.,  of  Thame,  Banbury,  Cropredy ;  Milton 
[near  Thame] ;  the  tithe  of  the  wax  of  the  altar  of  Stow  [co.  Lincoln] ; 
and  of  the  gift  of  Nigel  de  Oilli  one  hide  which  he  held  of  the  church 
of  Eynesham,  and  quitclaimed  with  the  consent  of  bishop  Robert, 
and  three  and  a  half  hides  in  Milcombe  ;  of  the  gift  of  Robert  de 
Graio  the  tithe  of  Domford,  Woodlays,  and  Comwell ;  of  the  gift 
of  Roger  de  Kesneto  the  tithe  of  his  land  of  ilinster  [Lovell],  and 
of  all  his  wool  in  Oxfordshire  ;  of  the  gift  of  Gilbert  Basset  the 
tithe  of  Stratton  [Audley] ;    of  the  gift  of  Ralf  Basset  his  tithe  of 


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one  hide  in  Ashley   [probably  co.  Northampton],   and  of  all  his 
wool ;    of  the  gift  of  Robert  son  of  Walkelin  his  tithe  of  Wickham  ; 
of  the  gift  of  Geoffrey  of  Cropredy  two  thirds  of  his  tithe ;    of  the 
gift  of  Richard  of  Newark  two  thirds  of  his  tithe  of  Claydon ;    of 
the  gift  of  William  son  of  Nigel  one  messuage  in  Oxford ;    of  the 
gift  of  Hardinc  of  Oxford  two  messuages,  the  one  within  the  borough 
and  the  other  without ;    of  the  gift  of  Gilbert  de  Almereio  one 
messuage  outside  the  borough,  except  the  king's  custom  ;    of  the 
gift  of  WiUiam  son  of  Bernard  his  tithe.     Further,  the  king  has 
confirmed  to  the  bishop  the  power  of  appointing  the  abbot  with 
the  king's  advice  and  consent.     At  Rouen.     (1157-1163.) 
De  beneficiis  coUatis  abbacie  de  Eigneshamia^  (A  marg.). 
.H.^  rex  Anglorwm  7  dux  Norma?i«oriim  7  Aquitaiiorum  .  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis   .  abbatibus   .  comitibus. 
baronibus  .  iusticianis  .  Yicecotnitibus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus  liomini- 
bus  7  fideUbus  suis  totius  Anglif '  Francis  7  Anglis  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  concessisse  .  7  carta  mea  presenti  confirmasse  abbatif  de  Einegs- 
ham   quicquid  datum  est  ei*  rationabiliter   .   videhcet   villam   de 
Einegsham  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius^  .  7  Rolindricd"^  .  cum 
omnibus  pertinentiis  eius^  .  et  Schiford'  similiter  .  et  in  Gloecestria- 
sira  IVIicheletunam  cum  pertinentiis  suis  .  et  in  Oxenefordia  fcclesiam 
sanctf  Ebbf  .  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius^  .  7  duo  molendina 
iuxta  Oxinefordiawi  .  7  prata  .  7  quicquid  Robertus  Line'  episcopus 
dedit  pro  commutatione  Newerce  .  7  Stowie  .  videhcet  Cerlebiriam  . 
ita  sohdam  7  quietam  ut  episcopus  Robertus  tenuit   .  in  bosco' 
7  piano   .  7  in  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius   .  simihter  Stoches  cum 
omnibus  pertinentiis  .  simihter  Wdecotam  cum  silua  quf  ad  eam 
pertinet  .  et  in  Cantebrugesira  .  in  Histona  .xv.  liidas  7  tres  uirgatas 
terr§  .  c^'  decimam  de  Thama*  .  in  annona  .  in  pecudibus  7  lana  . 
7  caseis  .  7  vnum  bordarium  cum  duabus  acris  .  7  decimam  de 
Banneberia   .  7  de  Croperia  cum  bordariis   .  similiter  Mildeltonf" 
decimam  .  7  decimam  cerf  altaris   de  Stowa  .  et  ex  dono  Nigelli 
de  OiUi  unam  liidam  terrf  quam  tenebat  de  ^cclesia  de  Einegsham^"  . 
7  clamauit  quietam  concessu  Roberti   predicti  Line'   episcopi   .  7 
ex  dono  eiusdem  tres  hidas  7  dimidiam  in  Midelcumba^^  .  ex  dono 
Ricardi  de  Graio  decimam  de  Darneford"  .  7  de  \\'idel'  .  7  de  Corne- 
well'^^  videhcet  omnivmi  illorum  quf  ad  easdem  uillas  pertinent  . 
tam  de  amiona  quam  de  lana  7  caseis  7  ceteris  peciniiis  .  ex  dono 
Rogeri  de  Kesneto"  decimam  terrf  suf"  de  Ministr'  .  7  de  tota 
lana  sua  de  Oxineford'  sira^^  .  ex  dono  Gisleberti  Basset  decimam 
de  Stratona  videlicet  duas  partes  7  de  tota  lana  sua  7  caseis  de  tota 
terra  sua  .  ex  dono  Radulfi  Basset  decimam  suam  de  una  liida  de 
Estlaia  .  7  de  tota  lana  sua  .  ex  dono  Roberti  filii  WalqueUni  totam 
decimam  suam  de  Wicheham"  .  ex  dono  Gaufridi  de  Croper'  duas 
partes  decimf  suf  .  ^'ex  dono  .  Ricardi  de  Newerca  duas  partes  decimf 


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No.  136  HENRY   II  85 

8Uf"  de  Claindona^'  .  ex  dono  Willelmi  filii  NigeUi  unam  domum 
in  Oxenefordia  .  ex  dono  Hardinc  de  Oxenefordta  duas  domos  . 
nnam  intra  burgura  7  aliam  extra  .  ex  dono  Gisleberti  de  Almereio^" 
vnam  domum  .  extra  burgum  .  excepta  consuetudine  regia  .  ex 
dono  WiUelmi  filii  Bemardi  decimam  suara  .  Hec  autem  abbatia  . 
tota  est  in  manu  7  potestate  Line'  episcopi  constituendi  abbatem 
canonice  .  consilio  7  assensu  regis  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio 
quod  abbatia  pretlicta  habeat  7  teneat  hec  predicta  bene  7  in  pace  . 
7  honorifice  7  integre  .  7  libere  7  quiete  .  7  episcopus  Line'  habeat 
eandem  hbertatem  7  dignitatem  constituendi  abbatem  in  eadem^i 
abbatia  .  consilio  7  assensu  regio  .  sicut  carta  .H.^^  regis  aui  mei 
testatur  quam  uidi  oculis  meis*  .  Testibus  .  TtXotrodo  Ebroicensi  . 
Ainulfo  h^xouiensi  .  Phihpo^'  Baiocensji  .  Hilario^*  Cicestrensi  . 
Frogerio  Sagiensi  episcopis  .  Thoma  cancellario  .  WiUelmo  filio 
Hamonis  .  Willelmo  de  Kesneto-^  .  Manassero  Biset^^  dapifero  . 
Ricardo  de  Humet^'  constabulario  .  Joscelino  de  Baillol  Stephano 
de  Belcampo^  .  Roberto  de  Donstanuilla  .  apvd  Rotomagvm  ; 

Facsimile  facing  page  84. 

Endorsed:    (1)  Eynesham  pro  doniino  (15  cent.).     (2)  De  Ejoisam  (13  cent.). 

Tile  tag  or  strip  to  which  the  seal  was  attached  has  been  torn  away  and  the  foot 
of  the  charter  damaged.     Size  :    lOJ  x  14  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :    2j.    +  ^  Eignesham  .       va  cat. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/15.  A.  C.ff.l4,14d.  Pd—£.i?.iJ.xxiv,306  (incomplete). 
See  Delisle,  p.  556. 

Var.  R. :  i  De  abbatia  Egnesliam  C.  '  Henr'  C.  '  Anglie  repeated  C.  *  ei 
corrected  from  est  C.  =  suis  C.  «  Rolindrid'  C.  '  boacho  A.  '  Tama  C.  »  Milde- 
tone  C.  "Einesham  C.  "  Midelconba  C.  '^  Comewel  C.  "  Keneto  C.  ^^  oni. 
sue,  C.  '^  Oxinefordsir'  C.  "  Wicheam  C.  ^''-^^  om.  ex  dono  .  Ricardi  de 
Newerca  duas  partes  decime  sue  C.  "  Claidona  A.  ""  Almerio  A  C.  '^  for 
eadem  rearf  ed' C.  -Henr'C.'  "  phiUip' C.  "  Hylario  C.  ^5  gg^gj.,,  g  ^e  giggg^ 
C.     "  Humet'  C.     '-^  Belcambo  C. 

Note  :  For  a  similar  charter  of  confirmation  granted  by  Henry  I,  25  December, 
1109,  see  Eynesham  Cartulary,  ed.  H.  E.  Salter,  i,  36-7.  For  the  identification  of 
some  of  the  places,  see  Salter's  notes.  All  the  places  are  in  Oxfordshire  unless 
otherwise  described  above. 

Folio  19d. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrioi  Sboundi. 

105 

136.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln 
and  bishop  Robert  II  the  houses  which  belong  to  the  brethren 
of  the  Temple  in  London,  in  the  parish  of  Saint  Andrew  in  Holbom, 
with  the  chapel  and  gardens,  which  the  bishop  bought  from  the 
brethren  for  one  hundred  marks  and  a  yearly  render  of  three  gold 
pieces  for  all  service.     At  Rouen.     (Probably  1162.) 

De  domibus  Lundon'*  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  AngloTMm^  .  7  dux  NormawrwwMm  .  7  Aquitaworwm  .  7 
comes  Andegauwu7n  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  comitibus  baroni- 
bus  .  iusticianis  .  vicecomitibus  ministris  .  7  onuiibus  hominibus  7 


86  REGISTRmi   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  136 

fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  .  totius  Anglif  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
concessisse  .  7  carta  mea  present!  confirmasse  fcclesi^  beatf  Marif 
Line'  .  7  Roberto  eiusdem  ^cclesi^  episcopo  .  7  successoribus  suis 
episcopis  eiusdem  fcclesif  demos  quf  fuerunt  fratrum  Templi  in 
London'  .  in  parrochia  sancti  Andree^  de  Holeburn'^  .  cum  capella 
7  gardinis  .  7  omnibus  earum  pertinentiis  quas  idem  Robertas  de 
Kaisneto^  Line'  episcopus  .0.  marcis  emit  de  fratribus  Templi 
reddendo  inde  eisdem*  fratribus  Templi  annuatim  tres  aureos  pro 
omni  seruicio  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  f^cclesia  Line'  .  7 
predictus  Robertus  episcopus  .  J  successores  eius  episcopi  .  habeant 
7  teneant  predictas  domos  .  cum  capeUa  7  gardinis  .  7  omnibus 
earum  pertinentiis  .  sicut  fratres  Templi  eidem  Roberto  episcopo  7 
eius  successoribus  in  perpetuum  concesserunt  .  7  carta  sua  con- 
firmauerunt  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  Eboracewsi  archiepiscopo  .  Hylario 
Cicestrensj'  .  Hugone  Dunelme/(si  episcopis  .  Thoma  cancellario 
apvd  Rotomagvm  f 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:  (1)  de  domibus  Lundoniariis  (query  12  cent.).  (2)  pro  tribus  aureis 
aunuis  (13  cent.). 

The  foot  of  the  charter,  with  the  tag  for  tlie  seal,  has  been  torn  awav.  Size  : 
6J  X   1\  inches. 

Marginalia  in   A  :     2J.   R'  0       De   domibus  Lund'. 

Texts:  Orig.Al/1/26.  A.  C.f.Ud.  Iiv(9).  Pd—A/on.viii,  1275(54).  E.H.R. 
xxiv.309-10.     C.C.i?.iv,  108(9).     Delisle,  p.  557  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :  ^  De  teniplo  London'  C  marg.  ^  Anglie  A.  ^  .•indrr^e  A.  *  Holeburn  A. 
'  Kaineto  C.     "  eiusdem  C.     '  Cistr'  C.     *  Rotiiom'  C  ;  Rothomagu»i  liv. 

106 

137.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  II  and  his 
successors  for  their  buildings  and  messuages  all  the  land  with  the 
ditch  from  the  wall  of  the  king's  bailey  at  Lincoln  on  the  east  side 
round  the  church  of  Saint  Michael  to  the  burial  ground  of  Saint 
Andrew,  and  thence  to  the  city  wall  towards  the  east ;  and  granting 
that  this  gift  shall  be  quit  of  land  gable  and  parcagium ;  and  that 
the  bishop  may  pierce  the  wall  of  the  king's  bailey  for  the  purpose 
of  making  a  gate  towards  the  church,  and  extend  his  buildings  to 
either  wall.     At  Lincoln.     (1155-1158.) 

De  terra  cum  fossato  de  muro  ballii  ad  edificia  facienda  Line' 
(A  marg.).' 

.H.  rex  Anglorwni  .  7  dux  Norman?(orMm  .  7  kc^xntanarum  .  7  comes 
Andegauorum  iusticiarm  vicecomitibus  ministris^  7  omnibus 
hominibus  .  7^  fidehbus  suis  totius  Angli^^  Francis  7  Anghs  7 
nominatim^  de  Lincolia*  7'  Lincolif  siria*  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
dedisse  7  .  concessisse  .  7"  carta  mea*"  confirmasse  §cclesi?  Line'  . 
7  Roberto  Line'  episcopo"  7  successoribus  eius>2  ad  edificia  sua 
7  domos  suas  totam  terram  cum  fossato  de  rauro  ballii  mei  Line' 
in  orientali   parte    per  circuitum"   ^cclesif   beati    Michaehs   usque 


XI 


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No.  138  HENRY   II  87 

ad  cimiterium  sancti  Andree  7  a  cimiterio  sancti  Andree  usque 
ad  miirum  ciuitatis  uersus  orientem  .  Et  banc  terram  concessi  7 
dedi  fcclesif  Line'  .  7  eidem  Roberto  episcopo  7  successoribus 
eius^^  solutam  7  quietam  de  langabulo  .  7  parcagio  7  omnibus 
aliis  rebus  .  Et  libere  poterit  perforare  murum^^  ballii  mei^^  ad 
portara"  faciendam  ad  introitum  7  exitum  suum  habendum  uersus 
fcclesiam  7  ita  edificare  quod  edificia  sua  extendantur  in  utrunque^' 
murum  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ecclesia  L[inc'  7"] 
Robertus  episcopus  7  omnes  successores  eius^*-^  teneant  predictam 
terram  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  7  honorifice  .  7  quiete  .  7'°  cum  socca  . 
7  sacca^"  .  7  thol^^  .  7  them^^  .  7  infanguenethef^^  .  Testibus  .  Rogero 
Eboracewsi  archiepiscopo  .  ^^Thoma^*  cancellario  .  ^^Ricardo  de^* 
Luci .  '*Warino  filio  Giroldi-'  camerario  .  ^*Willelmo^  filio  Hamonis  . 
^^Roberto  de  Donstanuilla^* .  ^*Joscelino'''  de  BailloP^  apvd  Lincol'.^" 

Endorsed  :  (1)  XVIII  .H.ij.  (13  cent.).  (2)de  domibua  episcopi  Lincolie(13  cent.). 
(3)  Henrici  secundi  de  domibus  episcopi  (13  cent.). 

The  vellum  is  folded  over  2 J  inches  deep  at  the  foot,  and  there  is  a  tag  for  the  seal. 
Size :    6J  X   8f  inches. 

MarginaUa  in  A  :    2j.    +  ^     De  domibus  Line'. 

Texts:  MS— Orig..\l/T/13.  A.  C,f.l5.  R38.  Iiv(6).  Pd—iVon.vi,  1275-6(55). 
£.H.if.xxiv,305-6.     C.C.iJ.iv,  107(6).     See  Delisle,  p.   551. 

Var.  R. :  '  De  muro  ballii  ad  faciendam  portam  episcopi  C  ;  De  palacio  episcopi 
R  rubric  ;  De  palacio  episcopi  et  de  .  .  .  .  eiusdem  R  marg.  '  om.  ministris  A  C  R. 
^  om.  liominibus  .  7  A  C  R.  *  om.  totius  Anglig  A  C  R.  '  om.  J  nominatim  A  C  R. 
°  Line' A  C  ;  Lincol' R.  '  insert  de  A  C  R.  '  Line' scir' A  ;  Lincol' sir' C  ;  Lincolscir' 
R.  °  insert  presenti  A  C  R.  '"  o?n.  raea  A  C  R.  "  episcopo  Line'  A  C  R.  "  suis 
A  C  R.  '^  cimiterium  A  C  R.  "  murum  perforare  A  C  R.  "  insert  Line'  A  C  R. 
'"  insert  suam  A  C  R.  "  utrumque  A  C  R.  "  supplied  from  A  C ;  Lincoln'  7  R- 
'»^'  sui  A  C  R.  i»  am.  J  A  C  R.  s"  soca  7  saca  A  C  R.  ^i  joH  .^  . 
tol  C  R.  2-  team  A  C  R.  °'  infangenetheof  A  ;  infange  net«of  C  ;  infangenethef  R. 
^^  insert  7  A  C  R.  "  x.  A  C  R.  ^^  om.  de  A.  "  Ger'  A  C  R.  ^^  W.  A  R. 
^Dunest'ACR.     »»  Jocel'  C.     ^i  Baill' A  C  R.     '2  Line'  A  ;    Lincoliam  C  R. 

Note  :  The  ink  of  the  original  charter  is  very  much  faded,  and  some  of  the  words 
cannot  be  read  witliout  difficulty  ;  but,  with  the  exception  of  two  words  (see  Var. 
R  :  18),  and  a  few  of  the  stops,  tlie  text  as  printed  liere  may  be  accepted  as  certain. 
In  vievv'  of  the  general  accuracy  of  tlie  Registrum  Antiquissimum,  the  differences 
of  reading  here  are  remarkable  The  fact  that  A  is  alrnost  always  supported  by 
C  and  R  suggests  that  they  all  liave  their  source  in  another  version  of  the  charter, 
liv  agrees  with  Orig.  throughout. 

107 

138.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincohi 
and  bishop  Robert  Chesney  and  his  successors  the  right  to  have 
a  market  in  the  town  of  Banbury  every  Thursday  in  the  year. 
At  Rouen.     (1155-1162.) 

De  foro  de  Bannebir'  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  AngloTMHi.  .  7  dux  NormawworMm  .  7  Aquitawwwm  .  7 
comes  Kw&egauarum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis^  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  .  iusticia?M.s  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus 
hominibus  .  7  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  AngUs*  totius  Anglie  salutem 
Sciatis  me  concess[isse  7  carta  me-]a  presenti  confirmasse  ^cclesif 
beatf  Marif  Line'  .  7  Roberto  de  Kaisneto  Line'  episcopo  .  7  [suc- 
cessoribus eius  episcopis^]  Line'   .  quod  habeant  forum  ,  in  uiUa 


88  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  138 

de  Bannebiria^  vnaquaque*  die  louis  totius  anni  .  Quare  uolo 
7  finniter  precipio  quod  fcclesia  Line'  7  Robertus  episcopus  7 
successores  sui  episcopi  Line'  habeant  7  teneant  predictum  forum 
de  Bannebt'na"  bene  7  in  pace  honorifiee  .  7  quiete  .  Testibus  . 
Hilario'  Cieestrewsi'  .  Hugone  Dunelniensi  episcopis  .  Thoma 
cancellario  .apvd   Rothomagvm;* 

The  last  two  words  are  spread  out  to  form  the  last  line. 

Endorsed:  (1)  XXXVIII  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.).  (2)  H.  secundi  de  foro  de  Banebiri 
(13  cent.).     (3)  de  foro  apud  Banburye  (16  cent.). 

There  is  a  tag  for  the  seal.     Size  :    6|  x  5^  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :       2j.    +  preb'     ^     De  foro  Bannebir'. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/16.  A.  C,ff.l5,15d.  Pd—jWon.vi,  1276(56).  E.H.R. 
xxiv,306.     Delisle,    p.    556    (abs.). 

Var.  R. :  '  om.  episcopis  C.  ^  supplied  from  A  and  C,  there  being  a  hole  in  the 
charter.  '  Baneb'r'  C.  *  umaquaque  A.  '  Banneb'r'  A  C.  •  Hylario  A  C. 
'  Ciscestr"  C.     *  Rotoraagum  A  C. 

*Folio  20. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Henrici  Secundi.  2.0 

108 

139.  Writ  of  Henrj'  II,  giving  to  the  ehurch  of  Lincoln,  at  the 
request  and  for  love  of  bishop  Robert  II,  the  church  of  Langford 
[co.  Oxford],  and  all  the  land  which  Roger  bishop  of  Salisbury 
held  in  the  same  village,  to  hold  as  bishop  Roger  or  Ailric  his  pre- 
decessor best  held  them  in  the  time  of  Henry  I.  At  Brill  in  the 
Forest  [of  Bemwood,  co.  Buckingham].     (1155-1158.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Langeford'  7  terra  in  eadem  villa^  (A  marg.). 

H.  rex  Anglorum  .  7  dux  l^ommnuoruvi  /  Aquitanormn  .  y  comes 
Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis^  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus 
fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  totius  Anglie  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
dedisse  7  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  concessisse  ecclesie  sancte 
Marie  Line'  pro  amore  dei  7  anima  regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  7  aliorum 
antecessorum  meorum  .  7  peticione  7  amore  Roberti  episcopi  Line' 
ecclesiam  de  Langeford'^  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  .  7  totam 
terram  quam  Rogerus  episcopus  Surisbirien.sis  in  eadem  villa  tie 
Lang^ford'^  tenuit  .  Quare  volo'*  7  firmiter  precipio  cjuod  j^redicta 
ecclesia  sancte  Marie  Line'  habeat  /  teneat  predictam  ecclesiam 
de  Langeford'^  .  et  totam  terram  prenominatam  .  ita  bene  /  in  pace 
7  libere  7  lionorifice  7  quiete  .  in  bosco  7  piano  .  in  pratis  7  pascuis'  . 
in  aquis7  molendinis  .  7  in  omnibus  loois  .  cum  omnibus  libeiiatibus 
7  consuetudinibus  7  quietanciis'^  7  aliis  pertinentiis  suis  in  omnibus 
rebus  sicut  predictus  Rogerus  episcopus  iia^risbiriensis  uel  Ailricus 
predecessor  suus  umquam'  mehus  Jiberius  honoriiicentius  7  quietius 
tenuenmt  tempore  .H.  regis  aui  mei  .  Testibus  Toma"  tancellario  . 
H.  de   Essexa'  constabulario   .   Warino    filio   (Jrerokli  camerario   . 


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No.  141  HENRY   II  89 

Willelmo   filio   Hamonis   .    H.   filio   Geroldi    .   apud   Bruhellam   in 
foresta  ; 

Facsimile  facing  page  89. 

Endorsed  :    Henrici  secuiidi  Je  eccleaia  de  Langeford'  (13  cent.). 

Part  of  tho  tag  for  the  seal  remains.     Size  :    8^  x  5J  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :    2-    +       0       De  ecclesia  de  Langford'.       va  cat. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/35.  A.  C.f.lSd.  liv(l).  Pd— 3/oH.vi,1276(57). 
E.H.R.xxvi.SU.     C.C.i?.iv,106(l). 

Var.  R. :  '  De  ecclesia  de  Langeford"  C  liv.  '  om.  episcopis  C.  '  Tho  e  of  Lange- 
ford' in  the  original  cliarter  is  marked  with  two  strokes  like  acute  accents.  H.  Salter 
(£./f.J?.xxiv,312n.)  suggests  that  the  intention  is  to  indicate  a  short  e  which  is  to 
be  soimded,  the  preceding  g  being  hard.  In  no.  179  below,  which  is  written  by 
another  hand,  the  name  appears  a.s  £an<7»c/or(/'.  *  corr«c/ed /rom  uoluit  C  'paschuis 
A.     "  quitanc'  C.     '  unquam  A  C.     *  Tliom'  A  C  liv.     '  Essexia  A  ;    Exceasia  C. 

109 

140.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  giving  to  the  church  of  Lincohi  the  church 
of  Brampton  [co.  Huntingdon].  At  lirill  [co.  Buckingham]. 
(1155-1158.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Bramton'  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum^  .  J  dux  NormawnorMm  .  7  Aquitaworwrn  .  J 
comes  Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
iusticiarm  .  comitibus  vicecomitil)us  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus 
ho%ninibus  .  7  fideUbus  suis  totius  AngH§  sahitem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse 
7  concessisse  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  fcclesif  beatf  Marif  de 
Lincol'^  .  fcclesiam  de  Braiitona  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  . 
Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  §cclesia  iila  de  Line'  teneat 
predictam  fcclesiam  de  Brantona  .  libere  .  quiete  .  bene  .  7  in  pace  . 
honorifice  .  integre  .  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  in  bosco''  7  in 
piano  .  in  pratis  7  pascuis"  .  in  aquis  7  molendims  .  cum  omnibus 
hbertatibus  7  hberis  consuetudinibus  suis  .  Testibus  Thoma 
cancellario  .  Manassero  Biset'  dapifero  .  Garino'  filio  Giroldi*  , 
apvd    Breiiellam;" 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:  (1)  H.  ij.  de  Brantuua  (13  cent.).  .L.  (13  cent.).  (2)  de  ecclesia  do 
Brantuiia  (13  cent.). 

There  is  a  tag  for  the  seal.     Size  :    5f  x  5|  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :     2.   fi         De  Bramton'       va       [cat  (at  end  of  tuj.   141)  1. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/23.  A.  C,ff.l5d,16.  liii(33).  Pd—iVion.vi,  1276(58). 
C.C.if.iv,  104(33).     £.H.i?.xxiv,30S-9.     See  Delisle,   p.   549. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Anglie  A.  -  From  the  beginning  to  omnibus  ho  is  repeated  in  C.  '  Lino' 
A.  *  boscho  A.  *  paschiiis  A.  *  Bisset  C.  '  Wariiio  liii.  *  Ceroid'  A  C. 
'  BrehgUara  liii. 

IIO 

141.  Writ  of  Henry  IJ,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
Albert  GreUei's  gift  of  the  church  of  Bracebridge  with  one  bovate 
of  land.     At  Rouen.     (1156-1169;  probably  1156-1162.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Bracebrig'   (marg.). 

.H.  rex  AnglorM/«  .  dux  ^oTmaimorum  .  7  Aquita/iwMm  .  7  comes 
AndegaMwwm  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  . 


90  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUIM  No.  141 

baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis 
tocius  Anglie  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  presenti  carta 
mea  confirmasse  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Line'  .  ecclesiam  omnium 
sanctorum  de  Bracebrig'  cum  una  bouata  terre  .  7  omnibus  aliis 
pertinenciis  suis  .*  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  .  Quare  nolo  7  firmiter 
precipio  quod  ecclesia  beate  Marie  Line"  .  7  episcopi  Lino'  prefatam 
ecclesiam  de  Bracebrig'  cum  suis  pertinenciis  bene  7  in  pace 
honorifice  7  quiete  teneant  .  sicut  Albertus  Grel/ei  earn  eis 
donauit  .  7  carta  sua  confirmauit  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  Eboracensi  . 
arcliiepiscopo  .  7  -H.  Cicestiensi  episcopo  .  apud  Rotomagum. 

Marginalia:  N(Q).  De  Bracebrig'.  [Va  {at  beginning  of  no.  140)]  cat.  {On  a 
label  cut  out  of  the  side  of  the  leaf  except  the  lower  end  by  which  it  is  attached)  De 
ecclesia  de  Bracebrig'. 

Text:    MS— A. 

*Folio  20d. 

in 

142.  Writ  of  Henr}'  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincohi 
Henry  I's  gift  of  the  manor  of  Kilsby  [co.  Northampton].  At 
Rouen.     (1165-1162.) 

De  Kildeb"  manerio^  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Aitgloriim  .  J  dux  l>ioiinannorum  .  J  Aquitanorwrn  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  .  vicecomitibus  .  iusticiariis  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus 
hominibus  7  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anghs  tocius  Anglie  .  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  carta  mea  confirmasse  ecclesie  beate  Marie 
Line'  .  manerium  de  Kildesbi  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  Quare 
uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta  ecclesia  Line'  habeat  7  teneat 
predictum  manerium  bene  .  7  hi  pace  .  honorifice  .  libei'e  .  7  quiets  . 
7  integre  .  in  bosco  .  7  in  piano  .  in  pratis  7  paschuis^  .  7  in  omnibus 
locis  7  rebus  eidem  manerio  pertinentibus  .  sicut  .  H.  rex  auus 
mens  illud  manerium  ei  dedit  .  7  carta  sua  confirmauit  .  Testibus  . 
Rogero  .  Eboracewsi^  arcliiepiscopo  .  Hilario  Cicestre;i5i  .  Hugone 
Dunelmensi  episcopis  Tlioma  cancellario  .  apud  Rotomagum. 

Marginalia:   N(Q).     2i       H'  .  ^      preb'      De  Kildebi. 

Texts:    MS— A.     C.lT.lClCd.     liii(34).     Pd-Mon.vi,1276(UO).     C.C.«.iv,104(34). 

Var.  R. :    '  De  manerio  de  Kildesbi  C.     ■  pascuis  C  I.     '  Eborr'  C. 

112 

143-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
the  franchises  and  gifts  granted  by  king  William,  his  great-grand- 
father (see  no.  2  above).     At  Lincoln.     (1155-1161.) 

Confirmatio  hbertatum  7  beneficiorum  per  Willelmum  regem 
ecclesie  Line'  collatorum'  (A  marg.). 

H"  rex  Anglormn  .  dux  Norma«7lorw»>^  .  7  Mquit&norum^  .  7 
comes   Andegauorww    .    iusticiams    .    vicecomitibus    .    baronibus    . 


No.  144  HENRY   II  91 

Francis  .  7  Anglis  .  tocius  episcopatus  Line''  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
concessisse  [7  confir*]masfie  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Line''  e[and^]em 
libertatem  quam  rex  Willclmus  atauus^  mous  coneessit  edificationi 
predicte  eeclesie  7  mansionibus  cimiterii  eiusdem  ecclesie  .  Similiter 
concedo  7  eonfirmo  donationem  quam  predictus  rex  Willelmus 
fecit  de  terris  .  7  eeelesiis  .  7  decimis  .  quas  eidem  eeclesie  donauit  . 
7  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  carta  sua  confirmauit  .  videlicet 
Welletonam  .  7  Slafordam^  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  7  ecclesias  de 
Chirchetona'  .  7  de  Castra  .  7  de  Wellingoura  .  necnon  7  decimas 
tocius  redditus  eorundem  maneriorum  .  7  duas  ecclesias  in  Lineolnia* 
scilicet  ecclesiam  sancti  Laurentii  .  7  ecclesiam  sancti  Martini  . 
7  Lectonam  quam  Waldeouus  comes  per  manum  predicti  regis 
WUlelmi  ecclesie  Line''  donauit  .  7  Wabumam'  quam  rex  eeclesie 
Line'  7  Remigio  episcopo  cum  pastorali  baeiilo  donauit  .  7  ecclesiam 
sancte  Marie  de  Bedef ord'  *"  .  7  ecclesiam  [de  Lec*]ton'  in  Bedeford' 
scire^^  .  7  ecclesiam  de  Buchingham^^  .  7  ecclesiam  de  Aeilesbiria^' 
cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  earundem  ecclesiarum  .  Testibus  . 
Theod[baldo^^  C*]antuariensi  arckiepiscopo  .  7  Romane  ecclesie 
legato  .  7  Philippo  Baiocensi  episcopo  .  7  Emulfo^^  Luxouiensi 
episcopo  .  apud  linc'.^" 

Endorsed  :  ( 1 )  de  libertate  quam  rex  Willelmus  concessit  beate  Marie  7  cimiterio 
(13  cent.).  7  quibusdam  prebendis  eidem  collatis  ...  7  Welletone  .  J  .  .  .  .  {li 
cent.).     (2)  LIII  (13  cent.).     (3)  Asgerby  (15  cent.). 

There  is  a  fragment  of  the  seal  on  a  tag.     Size  :    9  x  4J  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :  2.  •]■  +  -y  ip  N  va  [cat  {at  the  end  of  no.  144)  ].  V  De 
libert'  [ecclesie]. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/27.  A.  C,f.l6d.  R36.  Iv(34).  Delisle,  pp.  550-1.  Pd— 
E.H. R.xxi\-,310.     C.C'.i?.iv,  145(34). 

\'ar.  R. :  '  Carta  confirmatoria  de  libertatibus  terris  eeelesiis  7  decimis  concessis 
per  W.  regem  R  rubric  ;  De  libertatibus  clausi  7  Welton'  Chercheton'  7  Leghton' 
R  marg.  ^  Aquit'  A  C  R  Iv.  '  Lincol'  C.  *  supplied  front  A,  the  charter  having 
jive  holes.  '  attauus  A  R.  '  Salfordam  A  ;  Slaftordam  Iv.  '  Chirketona  C.  '  Lin- 
colia  A  ;  Lincol'  C  R.  °  Woburnam,  corrected  from  Wabm'nam  C.  '"  Bedeford  C. 
"  Bedeford  scira  A ;  Bedefordsir'  C.  "  Buchingeham  A ;  Buchinham  C ; 
Buckingham  Iv.  ''  Eilesbiria  A  ;  Elesbcria  C.  "  Theobaldo  A  C  R  Iv.  "  Arnulfo 
A  R  Iv.     i«  Lincoliara  A  C  R. 

Note:  For  the  date,  see  Round,  Ancient  Charters,  p.  58. 

113 

144-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  the  gift  made  to  the  church 
of  Lincoln  by  William  son  of  Clarembald  of  Searby  of  the  church 
of  Searby  with  the  chapel  of  Owmby  [co.  Lincoln].  At  Salisbury. 
(1155-1158.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Seuerbi  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Auglorurn  .  y  dux  Norman?!orMm  .  7  Aquitaw orwrn.  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  episcopo  Line'  .  7  iustie'  .  baronibus  . 
vicecomii'  .  7  omnibus  ministris  .  7  fidehbus  suis  de  Lincol' 
scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  coniirmasse  ecclesie  beate 
Marie  Lincol'  .  ecclesiam  de  Sauerbi  cum  terris  7  capeilis  7  decimis 
7  omnibus  aliis  rebus  eidem  ecclesie*  pertinentibus  ita  bene  7  in 


92  REGISTRUIVI   ANTIQUISSIMXJM  No.  144 

pace  libere  quiete  7  honorifice  tenendam  .^  sicut  Willelmus  filius 
Clarembaldi  de  Sauerbi  eandem  ecclesiam  de  Seuerbi^  cum  decimis 
7  terris  7  oblationibus  .  7  toftis  .  7  cum  capella  Oudenbi  .  7  cum 
omnibus  rectitudiiiibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  in  perpetuam  elemosinam 
predicte  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Linc'^  dedit  7  concessit  7  carta  sua 
confirmauit  .  Testibus  .  Thoma  cancellario  .  Willelmo  fratre  Regis  . 
Reginaldo  comite  Cornubie  .  Ricardo  de  Humez  .  constabulario  . 
Warino  filio  Gerokli  camerario  .  Manassero  Biset'  dapifero  . 
apud  SsiTisbiriam. 

Marginalia  :    2-  p      [va  {at  the  beginning  of  no.  143)  ]  cat.     De  Seuereb'. 

Text:    MS~A. 

Var.  R. :  ^  eandein  ecclesiam  de  Seuerbi  written  in  marg.  by  a  similar  hand,  and 
marked  for  inclusion  in  the  text.  -  There  ia  a  blank  here  one  and  a  half  inchea  long 
where  words  have  been  completely  erased,  probably  due  to  an  error  in  copying. 

*  Folio  21. 

Hdl.  2 1 

114 

145.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  giving  licence  to  bishop  Robert  II,  at  his 
request,  to  have  his  market  in  his  town  of  Banbury  [co.  Oxford] 
every  Thursday.     At  Lincoln.     (Probably  January,  1154-1155.) 

De  mercato  de  Bannebirm*  (A  marg.). 

H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  7  dux  'i^ormannorum  7  Aquitanorum  .  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  iustic'  .  7  baronibus  .  7  vicecomif  .  7  omnibus 
fidehbus  7  ministris  suis  de  Oxenef"  scira  .■'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
dedisse  7  concessisse  pro  dei  amore  7  petitione  Roberti  Linc'^ 
episcopi  :'  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Lincohe''  in  perpetuum  quod  habeat 
mercatum  suum  in  villa  sua  de  Banneberia^  unaquaque  septimana 
in  die  louis  hbere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  ad  tales  consuetudines 
quales  habent  alia  mercata  per  Angham  .  Testibus  .  PhiUppo" 
Ba,\ocensi  .  7  Ainuljo''  Lexouiewsi  episcopis  .  7  Toma*  cancellario  . 
apud  Lincoham. 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed  :  (1)  XXXVIII  .H.  ij  (13  cent.).  (2)  de  mercatu  in  uilla  de  Bannebiri 
(12  cent.).     (3)  Henrici  secundi  de  mercatu  de  Banneb'  (12  cent.). 

The  strip  at  the  foot  for  the  seal,  and  perhaps  a  ribband,  have  been  torn  off. 
Size  :    6  X  3J  inches  (without  the  strip). 

Marginaha  in  A  :     4     R'  .     preb'      +     0  .  .  .   .   Bannebir'. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/20.  A.  C,f.l5.  Iiv(18).  Pd— Mon.iv,1276(56).  E.H.R. 
xxiv,308.     Delisle,  pp.  551-2  (abs.).     See  C'.C'.fl.iv,  110(18). 

Var.  R. :  '  Bannobiria  C.  -  Oxenoford'  A  ;  Oxeneford  C.  '  Linool'  A.  '  Line' 
A  ;  Lincol'  C.  '  Bannebiria  A  ;  Banneberia  C.  «  Phill'  C.  '  Arnulf  A  C.  «  Thom' 
A  C. 

115 

146-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
Henry  I's  gift  of  the  churches  of  Derby  and  Wirksworbh  in  pre- 
bendam.     At  York.     (Probably  1158.) 


6  in.  X  3J  in. 


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-^W^-;)-  UU-^-  C,,.^W..^.F  ^^(^ir 


6i  m.  '  6|  in. 


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No.   147  HENRY   II  93 

De  ecclesiis  de  Derby  7  de  Wirkesworth'^  (raarg.)- 
.H.  rex  Anglorurn  .  7  dux  Normannorum  .  7  Aquitanorurn  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  arcliiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibiis  .  insticlariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus 
fidelibus^  tocius  Anglic  z  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  concessisse 
7  present!  carta  mea  confirmasse  deo  7  sancte  Marie^  eoclesie  Line'  . 
ecclesias  de^  Derebia  7  de*  Wercesworda^  in  prebendam  perpetuo  lure 
possidendas  cum  omnibus^  pertinenciis  suis  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter 
precipio  quod  ecclesia  beate  Marie  Line'  predictas  ecclesias  in 
perpetuam  elemosinam  bene  7  in  pace  honorifice  7  quiete  teneat  . 
cum  omnibus  libertatibus  .  7  liberis  consuetudinbus  .•'  que  ad  easdem 
pertinent  .  Has  autem  ecclesias  cum  suis  pertinenciis  ecclesie  Line' 
concede  7  confirmo  .  sicut  carta  Henrici'  regis  aui  mei  testatur  . 
Testibus  .  Ricardo  de  Luci*  .  Nieholao  de  Sigiilo  .  Willelmo  filio 
Joha»i«is  .  apud  Eboracwm." 

Marginalia:     +      Hec  carta  est  in  cista  domini  decani  cartarum  (Q). 

Texts:  MS- A.  C,ff.l6d,17.  D2.  D127.  Iiii(32).  Pd— Afon.viii,1276(62). 
C.C.i?.iv,  104(32). 

Var.  R. :  '  De  ecclesis  de  Derebia  C  niarg.  'insert  suis  D2  D127.  'insert  J 
C  D2  D127.  'am.  de  C.  '  Weresworda  C;  Werceswrda  liii ;  Wirceworda 
D127.  'insert  iuris  [sic\  J  D127.  '  Henrica*  C.  «  Luci  C.  '  Ehoiacum 
D127. 

U6 

147-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  bishop  Robert  II  Henry  I's  grant  of  toll  in  their  fairs  of  Stow. 
At  Westminster.     (1155-1158.) 

De  theloneo  in  feriis  de  Stowe  (A  marg.). 

[.H.  rex  A^]nglorM»n  .  7  dux  'NoTmannorum  7  Aquitaworwrn  . 
7  comes  Andegauorum  .  T.  Canthuariewsi^  archiepiscopo  .  7  R. 
Eboracensi  [archiepiscopo  .7']  omnibus  episcopis  7  abbatibus  7 
comitibus  7  baronibus  7  iusticiartis  7  vicecomitibus  7  ministris 
7  fidelibus  [suis^]  tocius  Anglie  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  . 
deo  7  sancte  Marie  Line'  y  Roberto  Line'  [episcopo^]  7  omnibus 
[success 'Joribus  suis  in  perpetuum  habendum  thelonewm  in  feriis 
de  [Stowa^]  scihcet  in  festo  sancte  Marie  in  Augusto  .  7  in  festo 
sancte  Marie  in  Septembri  .  7  in  ilia  feria  in  festo  sancti  Michaelis  . 
7  in  Pentecosten  .  sicut  rex  H.  auus  mens  illud  dedit  7  concessit 
predicte  Line'  ecclesie  7  carta  sua  confirmauit  .  Testibus  .  Toma 
cancellario  .  7  Ricardo  de  Humez  .  conestabulario  .  7  Mannassero 
Biset  dapifero  .  7  Warino  filio  Geroldi  camerario  .  apud  W^est- 
monasterium. 

Endorsed:  (1)  de  telonio  de  Stowa  (12  cent.).  (2)  II  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.).  (3)  episcopo 
Line'  (13  cent.). 

There  is  a  strip  at  the  foot  for  the  seal.     Size  :    6  x   3i  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A :     2J.    +■ 

Texts:  MS— Orig.Al/1/28.  A.  Iv(28).  Pd—E.H.R.xxiv,ZOi.  C.C.R.iv,  143-i 
(28).     Delisle,  p.  553  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :    '  supplied  from  A,  the  original  charter  iiaving  been  injured.     •  Cantuar'  A. 


94  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMmi  No.  148 

Folio  21d. 

Hdl.  .H.  Regis  Secundi. 

U7 

148-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  bishop  of  Lincoln 
licence  to  have  a  fair  at  Louth  [co.  Lincoln]  on  the  octave  of 
Saint  Peter  and  Saint  Paul  [6  July],  which  fair  shall  last  for 
eight  days.     At  Woodstock.     (1155-1158.) 

De  feria  in^  Luda  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  AngKe  .  7  dux  Nornia«?iie  .  7  Aquitanie  .  7 
comes  Andegauie  .  iustici'e  .  vicecomiti  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
suis  de  Lincol.  scira^  .■"  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse 
7  confirmasse  episcopo  Line'  feriam  habere  in  Luda  in  octabis 
apostolorum  Petri  7  Pauh  que  duret  octo  diebus  .  Et  uolo  7  precipio 
quod  earn  habeat  .  7  teneat  libere  .  7  honorifice  .  7  plenarie  .  cum 
libertatibus  .  7  aliis  Uberis  consuetudinibus  ferie  pertinentibus  . 
Testibus  .  Thoma  canceUario  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Warino  filio 
Geroldi  .  apud  Wdestoch^ 

Marginalia :    Z   R'  «     de  ferto  Lude. 

Texts:    MS-A.  C,f.l7.     Iiv(17).     Pd— C.C.i{.iv,110(17). 

Var.  R.  :    •  de  C.     '  Lino'  sir"  C.     '  Wodestooh'  Iiv. 

118 

149.  Writ  of  Henry  II.  Whereas  Rannulf  earl  of  Chester,  in 
the  king's  presence  and  with  his  assent,  gave  to  Saint  Mary  of 
Lincobi  and  bishop  Robert  II  in  compensation  for  the  damages  which 
he  did  to  the  said  church,  l\Iarston  and  Warkworth  [co.  Northamp- 
ton], to  be  held  as  thirty  pounds'  worth  of  land  in  perpetual  ahns ; 
with  the  proviso  that  if  those  villages  were  not  worth  thirty 
pounds  a  year,  the  earl  would  make  up  the  amount  out  of  his  own 
inheritance  ;  and  whereas  Walter  of  Wahull,  in  the  king's  presence, 
renounced  his  claim  to  any  right  in  the  said  manors,  and  rendered 
them  to  the  earl ;  and  also  whereas  the  earl  covenanted  to  cause 
the  heir  of  Norman  de  Verdun  to  quitclaim  the  manors,  and 
covenanted  Ukewise  that  if  the  heirs  of  WilUam  Meschin,  or  any 
one  else,  should  claim  anything  in  the  said  lands,  he,  the  earl,  and 
his  heirs  would  warrant  them  to  the  said  bishop  and  church,  either 
by  making  good  the  said  thirty  pounds'  wortli  of  land  out  of  their 
own  inheritance,  or  by  giving  an  exchange  to  those  who  claimed 
the  premises.  Now  the  king,  wiUing  that  the  agreement  stand 
iirm,  has  come  in  as  surety  on  these  terms,  that  if  the  earl  does 


No.   149  HENRY   II  95 

not  keep  his  covenant,  he,  the  king,  will,  out  of  his  own  demesne, 
make  good  the  thirty  pounds'  worth  of  land  to  the  said  church 
and  bishop,  quit  of  all  secular  service  and  custom.  At  Evesham 
[co.  Worcester].     (1155-1158.) 

De  Merston'  7  Wauencurt*  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  7  dux  Nomuinnorurn  .  7  Aquitanorum  .  y 
comes  Andeganorimi  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iustician'is  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7 
omnibus  fidelibus  suis  tocius  Anglic  .  7  Normawnic  .•'  salutem  . 
Sciatis  quod  Rannulfus  comes  Cestrie  in  presentia  mea  7  assensu 
meo  dedit  deo  J  sancte  Marie  Line'  .  7  Roberto  episcopo  eiusdem 
loci  pro  salute  animarum  patris  7  matris  sue  .  7  aliorum  predeces- 
sorum  suoruiu  .  /  pro  salute  ajiime  sue  .  7  iu  reconipeiisatione 
dampnorum  que  fecerat  ecelesie  sancte  Marie  Line'  .  Mestonam  . 
7  Wauencurt-  .  cum  appenditiis  suis  pro  .xxx.  Ubratis  terre  tenendas 
hbere  7  quiete  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  .  tali  tenore  quod  si  uille  ille 
cum  appenditiis  suis  .xxx.  hbi'as  annuatim  non  ualerent  .•"  quando 
episcopus  eas  reciperet  .■'  predictus  comes  Rannulfus  de  propria 
hereditate  sua  perimpleret  sine  dUatione  .  Ibidem  remisit  calump- 
niam  suam  Walterus  de  Wahella  in  presentia  mea  .  7  quicquid 
iuris  habebat  in  maneriis  predictis  .■'  ulterius  in  eis  nichil  reclama- 
turus  .  7  Rannulfo  comiti  eadem  maneria  reddidit  .  7  ipse  comes 
ecelesie  7  episcopo  ilia  donauit  .  Conuencionauit  etiam  comes 
Cestrie  quod  infra  termuium  proximi  festi  sancti  Michaehs  heredi 
Normanni  de  Verdmio^  eadem  maneria  quieta  clamare  faceret  . 
7  quicquid  ad  ea  pertinet  .  nee  ahquo  tempore  aduersus  ecclesiam 
Line'  .  uel  episcopum  calumpniam  inde  moueret  .  Simihter  con- 
uencionauit legittime  comes  Rannulfus  .  quod  si  heredes  WiUelmi 
Meschin  uel  alius  ahquid  in  predictis  terris^  calumpniarentur  .•'  ipse 
7  heredes  sui  adquietarent  eas  7  warentizarent^  episcopo  Line'  . 
7  ecelesie  sancte  Marie  Line'  .  Quod  si  non  faceret  .^  comes  Ramiulfus 
uel  heres  suus  si  post  decessum  comitis  calumpnia  fieret  .■'  de  propria 
hereditate  sua  omni  occasione  remota  illas  .xxx.  hbratas  terre 
ecelesie  Line'  .  7  episcopo  restitueret  .  de  Ubera  elemosina  imper- 
petuum  ab  ipsis  tenenda  7  possidenda  .  uel  ipsis  calumpniatoribus 
inde  escambimn  daret  .  Ego  autem  banc  conuentionem  firmam 
esse  nolens  interposui  me  plegium  hac  couditione  .  quod  si  comes 
Rannulfus  earn  non  teneret  .•'  uel  de  ea  exiref  .•'  de  predictis  .xxx. 
Ubratis  terre  in  hberam  elemosinam  date  grantum  episcopi  7 
Lincol'  ecelesie  non  faciens  .■'  restituerem  eas  ecelesie  Lino'  y  episcopo 
de  domhiio  meo  in  perpetuam  /  liberam  elemosinam  possidendas  . 
7  ab  omni  seculari  seruitio  7  consuetudine  quietas  .  Concedo  etiam 
quod  ille  .xxx.  Hbrate  quas  comes  Ramiulfus  dedit  ecelesie  Line' 
sint  quiete  ab  omni  exactione  7  secularibus  consuetudinibus  . 
Testibus  .  H.  episcopo  Abrinciejisi  .  Thoma*  cancellario  .  Reginaldo 
comite  Cornubie  .  Ricardo  de  Humez  constabulario  .  H.  de  Essexa 


96  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  149 

constabulario  .  Warino  filio  Geroldi  .  camarario  .  Manassero'  Biset 
dapifero  .  Joeelino  de  Baillol'  .  apud  Euesham. 

Marginalia;    f  Nescitur  de  Buk\Tig'   (query  Q.). 

Texts:    MS— A.     RI64.     Iiv(  10).     Pd— C.C.if.iv,108-9(10). 

Var.  R.  :  '  Carta  regis  pro  Merston  R marg.  '  Wauercurt  liv.  •  Verduino  liv. 
'  aliquid  in  predictis  terris  repeated  in  A  ayid  struck  out.  ^  om.  warentizarent  R. 
'  om.  uel  de  ea  exiret  R.       '  Manet  R. 

*Folio    22. 

Hdl.  Henrici  Regis  Sbcundi  2.2. 

Add.  Chart. 

150-     An   earlier  form   of   the   preceding  charter  issued  before 

Henry  became  king.     At  Stamford  during  the  siege.     31  August, 

1153. 

Merston'   (R  marg.). 

[.H.  dux  Normaniior?<m  7  Aqaitanonnn  J  comes  Andegauorum 
omnibus  archiepiscopis  episcopis  comi]tibus  baronibus  .  vice- 
comitibus  .  |  iusticianis  7  omnibus  amicis  7  fidehbus  suis  Normannie 
7  Angh'e  salutem  '  Sciatis  quod  Ratuilphus  comes  Cestrie  in  presencia 
mea  7  assensu  meo  dedit  deo  7  sancte  Marie  Lincohi'l  .  7  Roberto 
episcopo  eiusdem  loci  pro  salute  animarum  (patris  7  matris  sue 
7  aliorum  predecessorum  suoriun  7  pro  salute  anime  sue  7  in 
recompensacione  dampnorum  que  fecerat  ecclesie  sancte  Marie 
Line'  Merstonam  /'  Wauerc]uurt  .•'  cxim  appenditijs  suis  pro  .  xxx. 
liVjratis  [terre  tenendas  libere  7  quiete  in  perpetuam  elemosinam 
tali  tenore  .'  quod  si  ville  illc  cum  appendicijs  suis  .xxx.  libras 
annuatim  non  valuerint  '  quando  episcopus  eas  recijpiet  .'  predictus 
comes  Rannulphus  de  propria  hereditate  sua  [perimplebit  sine 
frustratoria  dilatione  '  Ibidem  remisit  calumpniam  suam  Walterus 
de  WaheUa  .•'  in  presencia  mea  7  quicquid  iui'is  habebat  in  manerijs 
predictis  .■'  vlterius  in  eis]  nichil  reclamaturus  .  7  Rannidpho  c[omiti| 
eadem  maneria  re[ddidit '  J  ipse  comes  ecclesie  7  episcopo  ilia  donauit . 
Conuencionauit  eciam  comes  Cestrie  quatinus  infra  terminum 
proxinii  festi  sancti  Michaelis  heredi  Normanni  de|  Verdumo'  eadem 
maneria  quieta  |clama]re  faceret  7  quicquid  [7  quicquid-  ad  ea 
pertinet  I  ncc  aliquo  tempore  aduersus  ecclesiam  Line"  vel  episcopum 
calumpniam  inde  mouebit  .  Similiter  conuencionauit  legitime  comes 
Ranulphus  '  quod  si  heredes  W'illelmi  Mescjhini  uel  aUus  aliquid 
in  predictis  |  terris  ca]lumpniarentur  .•'  ipse  adq|uietaret  eas^  7 
warantizarct  episcopo  Lincohi'  7  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Line'  ( 
Quod  si  non  faceret  .-'  comes  Ranulphus  vel  heres  suus  si  post  deces- 
sum  comitis  calumpnia  ista  fieret  .  d|e  propria  herechtate  sua  omni 
occasione  remota  .  illas  .  x|xx.  libra tas  terre  Line'  ecclesie  7  episcopo 
restitueret  de  hbera  elemosina  inperpetuum  ab  ipsis  tenenda  ."  7 
possidenda  '  vel  ipsis  calumpniatoribus  in  esc|ambium  daret  .  Ego 
autem  hanc  conuentionem  firmam  [esse  volens  interposui  me  fide- 
iussorem  hac  condicione  '  quod  si  comes  Ranulphus  cam  non  teneret 


No.  151    HENRY  DUKE  OF  THE  NORMANS        97 

vel  de  ea  exiret  .■'  de  predictis  libratis  terre  sic*  in  liberam  ele  |mosinam 
date  guarantum  episcopi  7  Line'  ecclesie  non  facien[s  .•'  restituerem 
eas  ecclesie  Line'  7  episcopo  de  dominio  meo  in  perpetuam  7  liberam 
elemosinam  possidendas  '  7  ab  onani  secular!  consuetudine  quictas  . 
Conceldo  etiam  quod  ille  .xxx.  librate  quas  Rannulphus  com[es 
dabit  ecclesie  Line'  sint  quiete  ab  omiii  exactione  7  secularibus 
consuetudinibus  (  Facta  fuit  hec  conuencio  quadam  die  Lune  in 
vigilia  sancti  Egidii  in  oblsidione  Stanfordie  .  Testibus  .  Ricardo 
de  Hulmez  .  W[al)tero  [Hcrefordie  (  Waltero  Wahelle  .■'  con- 
stabulariis  '  Hugone  Waac  i  Geruasio  Paganell'  I  Walchelino 
Maminot'  '  Roberto  DunesUnuilla  (  VVarino  7  Henrlico  .-'  filiis 
Geroldi  .  Willelmo  de  Coleuilla  .  Simone  filio  Wil[lelmi  Jocelino 
de  Bailoir  '  Gossumo  castellano  de  Fines'^  i  Roberto  filio  Walteri  ( 
Pagano  de  Cheuerci  (  Ricardo  pincema  (  Osberto  Malebissa  ( 
Hugone"  H]ameslap'  clerico  .  apud  Stanfordiam  .■'  in  obsidione. 

Kndorsed :    .   .   .  rstona. 

Slit  for  seal  tag.     Size  :    i\  inches  from  top  to  bottom. 

Texts:  MS — Orig.  aI/1/40  (a  mere  fragment,  consisting  of  the  left  hand  end). 
R166. 

Var.  R.  :  Tfie  words  enclosed  in  brackets  are  supplied  from  R.  ^  sic.  ^7  quicquid 
repeated  R.  '  eas  cancelled  R.  *  sic  has  been  inserted  bij  a  rather  later  hand. 
*  perhaps  to  be  identified  with  Fiennes,  near  Calais.     "  de  has  been  omitted  here. 

119 
151.  Writ  of  Henry  duke  of  the  Norman.s,  confirming  the  gift 
which  Rannulf  earl  of  Chester  made  to  the  church  of  Lincoln,  in 
recompense  for  the  damages  which  he  did  to  it,  namely,  thirty 
poimds'  worth  of  land  from  his  own  inheritance.  The  duke  himself 
is  surety  of  this  covenant  insomuch  that,  should  the  earl  fail  to 
keep  it,  he  will  give  to  the  said  church  thirty  pounds'  worth  of 
land  out  of  his  demesne.  At  Crowmarsh  Giffard  [co.  Oxford], 
during  the  siege.     (1153.) 

Item  de  Merston'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  7'  dux  NormauTiorMm  .  7  AqniUmoTum  .  7 
comes  Axidiegauorum  .  omnibus  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus  amicis  7  fidehbus 
suis  Normawnie  .  7  Anglie  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  con- 
firmasse  donationem  quam  Rannulfus  comes  Cestrie  fecit  ecclesie 
Line'  pro  dampnis  que  iUi  fecerat  .xxx.-  videhcet  libratas  terre 
de  propria  sua  hereditate  .  Quare  nolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quatinus 
predicta  Lincol'  ecclesia  illas  .xxx.^  hbratas  terre  in  bono  .  7  in  pace  . 
quiete  .  7  hbere  .  ab  omnibus  exactionibus  7  consuetudinibus 
secularibus  imperpetuum  possideat  .  Ego  ipse  enim  huius 
conuentionis  tenende  fideiussor  existo  .■"  in  tantum  quod  nisi 
Ramiulfus  comes  illam  firmiter  7  uiconcusse  tenuerit  i  ego  de 
dominio  meo  proprio  illas  .xxx.-  hbratas  terre  predicte  Lincol' 
ecclesie  dabo  .  Testibus  .  Theobaldo^  Q,a,ntiiariensi  archiepiscopo  . 

G 


98  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.   151 

Rogero   Cantuarie    archidiacono*   .  Willelmo   comite    Gleocestrie^   . 
Rogero  comite  Kereiordie  .  apud  Craumersam'  in  obsidione.' 

Marginalia :     +     R'.     preb'     De  Merstono. 
Texts:    MS— A.     R165.     Iv(30).     Pd— C.G.i?.iv,144(30). 

Var.  R.  :    '  om.  rex  Angl' 7  R  Iv.     ^  triginta  Iv.     'TeobaldoR.     *  archidmcono  R. 
'  SI'o  R  Iv,  due  to  a  misreading  of  the  initial  letter.     '  Crasam  R.      '  obsudione  R. 

120 

152-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  the  canons  of  Lincoln 
shall  hold  their  tenements,  possessions,  and  lands  within  the  city, 
and  within  and  without  the  borough,  as  they  best  held  them  when 
the  king  last  crossed  the  sea  ;  and  that  they  shall  not  be  put  in  plea 
until  he  returns  to  England,  unless  he  otherwise  direct.  At 
Tinchebrai.     (1155-1166.) 

De  libertatibus  canonicorum  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  7  dux  Nonnannorum  .  7  Aquitanmum  .  J 

comes   KwAegauorum   .  vicecomi^i  .  Line'   scire  salutem    .  Precipio 

quod  canonici  Lincol'  teneant  omnia  tenementa  sua  7  omnes  res 

suas  7  terras  7  possessiones  suas  infra  ciuitatem  7  infra  burgum  7 

extra  .  7  iii  omnibus  locis  ita  bene  7  in  pace  libere  quiete  integre 

honorifice  7  iuste  sicut  melius  7  liberius  tenuerunt  quando  nouissime 

transfretaui  .  Et  non  ponantur  inde  in  placitum  donee  in  Anglia 

redeam  nisi  precepero  .  Et  nisi  feceris  .•'  iusticia  mea  faciat  .  Teste  . 

M'.  Bisset  dapifero  .  apud  Tenerchebra. 

Marginalia:    N(Q)     V    Nota  (Q).     Carta  Aehbye.   preb' (13  cent.),    i^lt  is  improb- 
able that  this  marginal  note  refers  to  this  charter.) 
Text:   MS— A. 

121 

153.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  H.  de  Pontn'  and  the 
sheriff  of  Huntingdonshire  to  cause  bishop  Robert  II  to  have  in  peace 
all  his  corn  from  the  assarts  which  were  in  the  time  of  Henry  I ; 
and  that  all  the  corn  from  the  assarts  which  were  made  after  that 
king's  death  siiall  be  gathered  and  remain  upon  the  land  until  the 
king  otherwise  directs.     At  Nottingham.     (1154-1168.) 

De  essartis  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  AnglorMwi  .  7  dux  Norma?i?iorww  .  7  kqmtiuinorum  .  7 
comes  AndcgaworMm  .  H.  de  Pontn'  .  7  vicecomite  suo  de  Huntedon- 
scira  .  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  faciatis  habere  in  pace  Roberto 
episcopo  Line'  omnia  bladia  sua  de  essartis  que  fuerunt  tempore 
•H.  regis  aui  mei  .  Et  de  assartis  que  fuerunt  facta  post  mortem 
regis  .  H.  predicti  bladia  omnia  coUigantur  7  remaneant  super 
eandem  terram  donee  inde  aUud  precipiaui  .  Teste  .  Ricardo  de 
Humez  constabulario  .  apud  Notingeham. 

Marginalia :   T.     [Va]cat. 
Text:   MS— A. 

Note :  H.  de  Pontn'  is  unknown.  Perhaps  the  name  should  be  extended 
'  Pontiniaco '. 


No.  155  HENRY   II  99 

122 

154.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  declaring  that  he  has  restored  and  con- 
firmed to  the  church  of  Lincohi  and  bishop  Robert  II  and  his  suc- 
cessors the  manor  of  Wickham  [co.  Oxford],  to  hold  as  any  of  the 
bishop's  predecessors  best  held  it  in  the  time  of  king  Henry  I.  At 
Oxford.     (1154-1158.) 

De  manerio  de  Wicham  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwrn  .  7  dux  Nonnannorum  y  Aquitanorum  .  y 
comes  Andvgauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis^  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  iusticiariis  .  baronibus  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7 
omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Anglie  .■'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  reddidisse  7  in 
perpetuam  elemosinam  concessisse  7  confirmasse  ecclesie  beate 
Marie  Line'  .  7  Roberto  episcopo  .  7  omnibus  successoribus  suis  . 
manerium  de  Wicham  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  .  Quare  volo 
7  firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta  ecclesia*  beate  Marie  Line'  .  7 
prenominatus  Robertus-  episcopus  .  7  omnes  successores  sui  . 
predictum  manerium  de  Wicham  habeant  7  teneant  in  perpetuam 
elemosinam  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  7  libertatibus  .  7  liberis 
consuetudinibus  suis  .  in  bosco  7  piano  .  in  pratis  7  pascuis^  .  in 
aquis  7  molencUnis  .  in  viis  7  semitis  .  7  in  omnibus  locis  7  in  omnibus 
rebus  ita  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  y^  hbere  .  7  quiete  .  7  honorifice  .•'  sicut 
aliquis  predecessorum  predict!  Roberti  episcopi  iUud  umquam^ 
mehus  .  liberius  .  quietius  .  7  honorificentius  tenuit  tempore  Henrici 
regis  aui  uiei  .  Testibus  .  Ricardo  de  Humez  conestabulario**  .  7 
Mamiasse/o  Biset  dapifero  .  7  Warino  filio  Gewldi  camerario  .  7* 
Roberto  de  Dunestanuilla  .  apud  Oxenef  or  dam.' 

Facsimile  facing  page  92. 

Endorsed:  (1)  H'ij.  de  Wicham  (12  cent.).  (2)  de  manerio  Wicham  (12  cent.). 
(3)  XVII  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.). 

Tag  for  the  seal.     Size  :    6^x6^  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A :     2|.     <p     De  Wicham'. 

Te.xts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/12.  A.  PI5.  Iv(29).  Pd— £.H.if.xxiv,305.  C.C.B. 
iv,  144(29).     See  Delisle,  p.   562. 

Var.  R. :  •  The  part  of  P  which  contained  the  preceding  words  is  missing.  ^  Rob' 
interlineated  A  ;  om.  Robertus  P.  ^  paschuis  A.  *  om.  7  P.  ^  imquam  A.  «  con- 
stab'  A  P.     '  Oxenfordam  P. 

Note:  'Wicham'  may  safely  be  identified  as  Wickham,  in  Bodicote.  In  1166 
Richard  de  Stokes,  one  of  the  knights  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln,  held  three  fees  (Red 
Book  of  the  Exchequer  i,  375) ;  and  in  1208-9  Robert  de  Stokes,  a  knight  of  the 
bishop's,  held  three  fees  m  Wickham,  Swalcliffe,  Fawler  (in  Charlbury),  and  Epweli 
(in  Swalcliffe)  (Book  of  Fees  i,  39). 

*Folio  22d. 

Hdl.  Henrici  Regis  Secundi. 

123 

155.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincohi 
and  bishop  Robert  II  Henry  I's  grant  of  the  wapentake  of  Well ; 
and  confirming  the  same  king's  precept  to  the  barons,  vavasours, 


100  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  155 

and  lords  within  the  wapentake  (see  no.  60  above).  At  York. 
(1155-1166.) 

De  Welle  wapentacho  (A  marg.). 

.H'.  rex  Anglorum  7  dux  Normannorwm  7  Aqnitanorum  y  comes 
Andegauormii  .  omnibus  baronibus  7  vauasoribus  7  omnibus  dominis 
qui  terras  tenent  infra  Wellewapentac?/m  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  con- 
cessisse  7  presenti  carta  mea  confirmasse  fcclesie  Line'*  7  Roberto 
episcopo  Line'  Wellewapentoc  de  me  tenendu7n  .  Quare  nolo  7 
firmiter  precipio  quod  omnes  ueniatis  ad  placita  7  wapentac«»i  episcopi 
Line'  per  summonitionem  ministrorum  suorum  .  ^  faciatLs  ei  omnes 
rectitudines  7  rectas  consuetudines  in  omnibus  rebus  quas  ei  debetis 
de  terris  uestris  ad  illud  wapentacwm  .  ita  plenarie  .  sicut  umquam* 
melius  7  plenius  alicui  antecessorum  suorum  .■'  fecistis  .  Et  nisi 
feceritis  .•'  ipse  uos  iusticiet  per  pecuniam  uestram  donee  faciatis 
ei  quicquid  iuste  7  ex  consuetudine  wapentaci  .•'  facere  debetis  . 
Istud^  wapentocwm  f  cclesie  Line' *  7  Roberto  episcopo  de  me  tenendum 
concede  7  confirmo  .-'  sicut  carta  Henrici  regis  aui  mei  .■'  testatur  . 
Testibus  .  Rogero  Eboracensi  archiepiscopo  .  Hugone  Dunolmensi* 
episcopo  .  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Manassero  Bissei^  dapifero  apud 
EboracMTO.* 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:  (1)  XXVII  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.).  (2)  de  Welle  wapentac  (13  cent.). 
(3)  Henrici  ij.  de  Welle  wapentac'  (12  cent.). 

The  strip  at  the  foot  for  the  seal,  and  perhaps  a  ribband,  have  been  torn  ol^. 
Size  :     6f  x   3^  inches  (without  the  strip). 

Marginalia  in   A :     2i-     +    R'   N    0    Welle  waj^entac. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/17.  A.  S2K  (only  the  last  eight  words  remain).  1'16. 
Iv(24).     Pd— £.H.ie.xxiv,307.     C'.C'.iJ.iv,  142-3(24).     Delisle,  p.  560  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :  »  Lincol'  P.  -  unquam  A  Iv.  '  Illud  P.  »  Dunelm'  A  P  Iv.  '  Biset 
A  S  P.     «  Eboracvm  P. 

124 

156.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  the  sheriff  of  Lincolnshire 
to  cause  a  recognition  to  be  made  by  the  oath  of  lawfid  citizens  of 
Lincoln  to  show  whether  the  canons  of  Lincoln  were  seised,  on 
the  day  on  which  king  Henry  I  was  aUve  and  dead  [1  December, 
1135],  of  the  land  near  the  water  of  the  city,  which  Marbell  gave 
them.     At  Tinchebrai.     (1155-1166.) 

De  terra  MarteUi'  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  J  dux  KoTnian)ioru7n  7  Aquitanorum  7  comes 
Andegauoru7n  .  viceco7niti  Line'-  sire^  .^  salutem  ;  Precipio  tibi 
quod  sine  dilatione  facias  recognosci  per  sacramentum  legalium 
ciuium  Line'*  .^  si  canonici  Line'-  fuerunt  saisiti  de  terra  quam 
Martellws  eis  dedit  iuxta  aquam  ciuitatis  .■'  anno  7  die  quo  rex  .H. 
auus  mens  fuit  uiuus  7  mortuus  .  '/  postea  iniustc  7  sine  iudicio 
dissaisiti  .•'  tunc  precipio  quod  sine  dilatione  7  iustc  inde  resaisiantur  . 
et  teneant  bene  7  in  pace  7  iuste  .  libere  /  quicte  7  honorifice  .  Et 


XV 


Zlu^  .  5^Hk^  ^^;-«w  w^/(u  ^  JjU  *^.^^U 


6iin.X3iin.  Ijj 


.5^ 


6  in.xjl  ill.  j^^  ■     -       '^'^^^i-^' 


6f  in.  :<  2;  in. 


No.   158  HENRY    II  101 

non  ponantur  indo  in  placitnm  donee  in  Angliam  redeam  nisi  pre- 
cepero  .  Kt  nisi  foceris  :  iusticia  inea  faciat .  Teste  .  M.  Bise<^  dapifero 
apud  Tenechebrai.'' 

Facsimile  opposite  page  100. 

Endorsed:  (1)  XLUI  .H.  ij.  (13  i;ent.).  {2)  de  terra  canonicoruia  iuxta  aquain 
(13  cent.). 

Strip  at  the  foot  for  seal,  and  ribband.     Size  :    6  x  3^  inches. 

Marginalia :    R'  De  terra  Martelli. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/22.  A.  S29.  R46.  Pd— if.//.i?.xxiv,308.  Delisle, 
p.  565. 

Var.  R. :  '■  De  terra  quani  Martellus  dedit  S  inarg. ;  De  terra  pertinente  ad 
prebendarn  de  Thorngate  R  rubric.  ^Lincol'AS.  'scire  S  A.  *  Lincol' S.  'Mann' 
Biset  A  S.     '  Tencchebrai  R. 

125 

157.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and 
its  canons  the  tithes  of  all  moneys  from  all  his  forests  in  the  counties 
of  Northampton,  Huntingdon,  Buckingham,  and  Oxford,  as  they 
best  had  them  in  the  time  of  Henry  I.     At  Lincoln.      (1155-1158.) 

De  decimis  forestarwrM/re^  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglor«;«  7  dux  Norma?mor?<»n  7  AquitanorM??i  7  comes 
Andegauoru7n  .  iusticiarws  .  7  vicecomitibus  .  7-  baronibus  7 
forestariis  .  7^  ministris  .  7  omnibus  fideUbus  suis  de  Norhamte 
scira  .  7  Hunted'  scira^  .  7  Buchingeham  scira  .  7  Oxenef  scira  . 
salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Line'*  .  7 
canonicis  eiusdem  ecclesie  decimas  omnium  denariormn  de  omnibus 
forestis  meis  de  quatuor  predictis  comitatibus  ita  bene  7  in  pace 
7^  Ubere  7  quiete  7^  *plenarie  7  integre  habendas  sicut  eas  mehus 
7  plenius'  7  integrius  habuerunt  tempore  regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  Testibus  . 
Thoma  canceUario  .  7  Wariiio  filio  Geroldi  camerario  .  7  Mamiassero 
Biset  dapifero  .  apud  Lincoham. 

Marginalia  :    2.  ■]•     De  deciinis  forestariorMm  .  [Va]cat     V.     ^ 
Texts:    MS— A.     S30.     P17.     R47. 

Var.  R. :  '  Carta  de  deciruis  omnium  denariorura  de  forestis  quatuor  comitatuum 
subscriptorum  R  rubric.     =om.  7P.     =  scliir' R.      *Lincol'SP.     '  oni.  7  plenius  H. 

*Folio  23. 

Hdl.  Henrici  Regis  Secundi.  .2.3. 

126 

158-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
his  grandfather's  gift  of  the  churches  in  Lincoln  which  their  priests 
held  of  the  king  (see  no.  45  above).  At  Lincohi.  (Probably 
January,   1154^1155.) 

De  omnibus  ecclesiis  Line'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglor«//i  .  dux  'Nomiaiinorum  .  J  Aquitwnorwjn  .  7  comes 
Andegaworwm  .  iustic'  .  vicccomii'  .  baronibus  .  Francis 
7  Anglis  de  Lincol'  scira'  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  con- 
firmasse    ecclesie    beate    Marie    Line'-    in    perpetuam    elemosinam 


102  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  158 

donationem  illam  quam  Henricus'  rex  auus  meus  fecit  eidem  ecclesie 
de  omnibus  ecclesiis  Lincol'  que  sunt  intra  murum  7  extra  murum 
quas  presbiteri  eanimdem  ecclesiarum  de  ipso  rege  tenebant  cum 
omnibus  ad  easdem  ecclesias  pertinentibus  .  Testibus  .  Theobaldo^  . 
Cantuariensi  archiepiscopo  .  7  Romane  ecclesie  legato  .  7  Philippo 
Baiocensi  episcopo  .  7  Ernulfo^  Luxouiensi  episcopo  .  apud 
Lincoliam. 

Marginalia :    +     preb'     De  ecclesiis  Line'     va  cat     V     N     f     ■^i^'e  plus  in  folio 
7  et  folio  27  (the  reference  being  to  no.  45  above  and  no.  196  below). 
Texts:    MS— A.     S31.     P18.     R42. 
Var.  R. :    »  Line'  scir'  R.     '  Lincol'  S.     »  .H.  P.     ♦  Teobald'  S.     »  Arnulpho  R. 

127 

159.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  bishop  Robert  II  and  his  successors  Henry  I's  grant  of  the  manor 
of  Kilsby  [co.  Northampton]  (see  no.  43  above).  At  Nottingham. 
(1155-1158.) 

De  Kildesbyi  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorttm  .  7  d[ux  Nonuannorum  .  J  Aquita?(or!/«i^]  . 
7  comes  KwAegauorum  .  i[usticia?'M'5  .  baronibus  .  vicecomitibus  . 
7"]  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anghs  i  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
c[oncessisse  deo  7  sancte  Marie^]  7  ecclesie  Lincoliensi^  .  7  Roberto 
episcopo  .  7  omnibus  success[oribus  suis  episcopis  Line'-]  manerium 
de  Kylesbya*  cum  soca  7  saca  7  omiaibus  [aliis  consuetudinibus 
suis  sicut^]  unquam^  melius  fuit  tempore  regis  Eduardi*  .  7  reg[is 
WiUelmi  .  7  regis  Henrici  aui"]  mei  .  7  sicut  carta  predicti  regis  . 
H.  aui  [mei  testatur  quod  iUud  manerium^]  predicte  ecclesie  Lincol'' 
reddidit  cum  omnib[us  predictis  libertatibus  7  consuetudinibus^] 
suis  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  archiepiscopo  Eboracensi  .  7  [Thoma* 
cancellario  .  7  comite  Reginaldo^  .]  apud  Notingeham. 

Endorsed:      (1) (2)     de      manerio      Kvlesbi      (13      cent.). 

(3)  XXXIII  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal,  and  narrow  ribband  below  it.  The  right  hand  end  of  the  charter 
has  perished.     Size  :    5^  x  3J  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :    1\.     R. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/19.  A.  S32  (e»Ki«  u-'ir/t  </ie  ii'orda  Kylosbia  ciun).  ri9 
(ends  with  the  words  regis  VVillelmi).  Iv(26).  Pd— £.H.i?.xxiv,307.  C.C'.«.iv,143 
(26).      Delisle,   p.   560  (aba.). 

Var.  R.  :  '  De  manerio  de  Kildesbi  S.  '  supplied  from  A.  '  Linrol' P.  »  Kj'loKbia 
A  S  P  Iv.      '  umquam  P.     '  Edwardi  A  ;    Eadwardi  P.      '  Lincolie  A.     '  Tonia  Iv. 

128 

160-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  cluncli  of  Lincoln 
Henry  I's  grant  of  twelve  bovates  in  Burgh  [on  BainJ  and  six  bovates 
in  [Soutlij  Willingham  [co.  Lincoln]  (see  no.  42  above).  At 
Argentaii.     (1155-1162.) 

De  .xii.  bouatis  terre  .vj.  in  Burgo  .vi.  in  \Vollingha;/(  (niarg.). 

.H.   rex  Anglo/«//t  7   dux   Normannorw/w    .   7   Aquitawo/-«//t   .  7 


No.  162  HENRY   II  103 

comes  Andegauorum  .  arcliiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiams  .  vicecomitibus  .  miiiistris  .  7 
omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Anglie  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7 
confirmasse  deo  7  ecclesie  Lincol'  .xii.  bouatas  terre  .  quas  Radulfua 
Basset  disrationauit  esse  in  dominie  meo  .  videlicet  .vi.  bouatas 
in  Burgo  .  7  .vi.  bouatas  in  Wellingeham '  .  Quare  uolo  7  firraiter 
precipio  quod  eas  teneat  bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice 
cum  soca  7  saca  7  tol  7  team  7  infangenthef  cum  omnibus  libertatibus 
7  liberis  consuetudinibus  cum  quibus  tenet  alias  teiTas  suas  sicut 
carta  .H.  regis^  aui  mei  testatur  .  Testibus  .  Philippo  episcopo 
BaioccTisi  .  Emulfo  episcopo  Lexouiensi  .  Thoma  cancellario  . 
Roberto  de  Nouo  Burgo  .  Willelmo  filio  Hamonis  .  apud  Argen- 
tomimi'. 

Marginalia :    2-    i^     +      De  xii  bouatis 

Texts:   MS— A.     Iiv(4).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,107(4). 

Var.  R.  :    '  Welingeham  liv.      ^  regis  H.  liv.       '  Argentonium  liv. 

129 
161.     Writ  of  Henrj'  II,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  II  and  his 
successors  licence  to  have  a  yearly  fair  in  their  town  of  Louth; 
beginning  on  the  third  Sunday  after  Easter,  and  lasting  for  eight 
days.     At  Woodstock.     (1155-1158.) 

De  feria  in  Luda  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Angloruyn  .  J  dux  Normanworwm  .  7  Aquitamorwm  .  7 
comes  Andeg,auoruni  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  iusticiarus  .^  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus 
fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis-  tocius  Anghe  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
concessisse  Roberto  episcopo  Line'  7  omnibus  successoribus  suis 
ut  habeant  singulis  annis  unam  feriam  in  Luda  uilla  sua^ .  7  incipiat 
feria  ilia  dominica  die  tercia  post  diem  Pasche  .  7  duret  .viii.  cUes  . 
Et  uolo*  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ecclesia  Lincol'  7  Robertus  episcopus 
7  successores  sui  habeant  7  teneant  in  perpetuam  elemosinam 
feriam  illam  cum  omnibus  iUis  hbertatibus  7  consuetudinibus  quas 
ferie  mee''  habent  in  regno  meo  Anglie  .  Testibus  .  Thoma*  cancellario . 
7  Warino  lilio  Geroldi  camerario  .  7  Maiuiassero'^  Biset  dapifero  .  7 
Ricardo  de  CampiuUla  .  apud  Wodestocam'. 

Marginalia :    2|.   R'     De  feria  Lude. 
Texts:    MS— A.     Iiv(20).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,110-ll(20). 

Var.  R.  in  liv  :  '  insert  baronibus.  ^  Anglicia.  ^  villa  sua  de  Luda.  '  mee  ferie. 
»  T.     «  M.     '  Wudestocam. 

*Folio  23d. 

Hdl.  Carte  .  Regis   .H.  Secundi. 

130 

162-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  the  barons  of  the  Ex- 
chequer to  allow  to  the  sheriff  of  Lincolnshire  and  the  reeves  of 
Lincoln  in  the  king's  firrna  of  Lincoln  thirteen  pence  every  year 


104  REGISTRIBI   ANTIQUISSDJUIVI  No.  162 

in  respect  of  landgable  for  the  land  whicli  the  king  gave  to  the 
church  of  Lincoki  and  bishop  Robert  II  and  his  successors  for  their 
buildings  :  and,  further,  in  the  year  in  which  parcagium  shall  go 
by  way  of  Lincoln,  to  allow  them  seven  shiUings  and  seven  pence 
because  the  king  gave  the  land  quit  of  all  secular  service  and  custom. 
At  Lincoln.     (1155-1158,  probably  1157.) 

De  .xiii.  denariis  computandis  ad  scaccarium  pro  terra  domini 
episcopi  in  Line'*  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  AnglorwjK  .  7  dux  Normanworum  .  7  Aqmianorum  .  7 
comes  An&egauorum  .  baronibus  .  de  scacario^  ^  salutem  .  Computate 
Yicecomiti  de  Lincol'  scira  .  J  prepositis^  .  Line'  .  singulis  annis  in 
firma  mea  Lincol'*  .xiii.  denarios  .  do  langabuJo  pro  terra  ijuam 
dedi  ecclesie  Lincol''  7  Roberto  episcopo  Lincol'*  7  successoribus 
in  perpetuam  elemosinam  ad  edificia  sua  .  Et  preter  hoc  anno 
quo  pa?-cagium  ibit  per  uiam^  Lincol'*  .'  computate  eis  .  vii.  solidos  . 
7  .vii.  denarios  .  quia  ego  decU  terram  illam  deo  7  sancte  Marie 
7  episcopis  Lincol'*  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  ad  edificia  sua 
solutam*  .  quietam  ab  omni  seculari  seruitio  7  consuetudine  . 
Testibus  .  Thoma  cancellario  .  7  R".  comite  Legrecestrie  .  7  Ricardo  . 
de  Humez  constabulario  .  7  Warino  filio  Geroldi  camerario  .  apud 
Lincol'.' 

Marginalia:    A    •]•  preb'     uillam     De  terra  Line'. 

Texts:    MS — A.     S33  (the  part  preceding  ego  dedi  terram  is  missing).     R21. 

Var.  R. :  ^  Carta  de  allocacione  xiij  denariorum  de  langabulo  pro  palacio  episcopi 
R  rubric.  -  scaccario  R.  '  prepositis  R.  *  Line'  R.  *  villain  R  ;  i?i  A  uillain  is 
written  opposite  in  marg.     "  insert  J    S  R.      '  Lincoliam  S  R. 

131 

163-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
Henry  I's  gift  of  the  manor  of  Nettleham  (see  no.  61  above).  At 
Winchester.     (1155-1158.) 

De  manerio  de  Netelham  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwm  .  7  dux  Normajiworwm  .  7  Aquita?iorM»i  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus 
fidehbus  suis  tocius  Anglie  Francis  7  Anglis  salutem  .  Sciatis  me 
concessisse  7  confinnasse  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  Line''  in  per- 
petuam elemosinam  manerium  de  Netelham  cum  omnibus  per- 
tinenciis  suis  .  quod  rex  .H.  auus  mens  concessu  Matildis  regine 
aue  mee  cuius^  tunc  erat  eidem  ecclesie  dedit  7  per  cartam  suam 
confimiauit  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  prcdicta  ecclesia 
teueat  manerium  iilud  bene  7  in  pace  7  libore  /  quiete  7  integre 
7  honorifice  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  in  boscho^  .  7  piano  . 
in  pratis  .  7  paschuis*  .  in  viis  .  7  semitis  .  in  aquis  .  7  molendiiiis  . 
7  in  omnibus  rebus  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  liberis  consuetudini- 
bus  cum  ([uibus  rex  .H.  auus  meus  7  Matildi*'  regiua  aua  mea  illml 


No.   165  HENRY   II  105 

tenebant  die  qua  illud  predicte  ecclesie  concesserunt  .  sicut  carta 
eiusdem  regis  Henrici  .  aui  mei  testatur  .  Testibus  .  Thoma  can- 
cellario  .  7  Ricardo  de^  Humez  constabiilario  .  7  Mannai'sero  Biset 
dapifero  .  7  Wariiio  filio  Geroldi  camerario  .  Wiilelmo  filio  Hamonis  . 
Joscelino  de  Baillol'*  .  apud  Wintoniam. 

Marginalia :    2.      f      De  Net  .... 

Texts :  MS — A.  S34  (some  words  are  illegible  through  decay).  P6  {the  text  is 
m!««s»i3  fee/ore  eiusdem  regis  aui  raei  testatur).  Iii(3).  Iv(31).  Pd — CC.fi.ii,271(3). 
See  C.t'.i?.iv,144(31). 

Var.  R. :  '  Lincol'  S.  -  cuius  is  written  on  an  erasure  A.  '  bosco  S  lii  Iv.  *  pascuis 
S  lii  Iv.     <■  om.  de  P.     «  BaioU'  P. 

132 

164-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
the  grant  of  tlie  church  of  Corringham  with  two  and  a  half  carucates 
which  were  Brand  the  priest's  (see  no.  35  above).  At  Oxford. 
(1155-1158.) 

De  ecclesia  de  C'oringham'  7  .ii.  carucatis  terre  7  dimidia  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglo;M/H  .  7  dux  Norma?inor«wi  .  7  Aqnitanorum  .  J 
comes  Andegauorum  .  arcliiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  comitibus  . 
vicecomitibus  .  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  ministris  7  fidehbus  suis 
Francis  7  Anghs  sahitem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  in  pei-petuam 
elemosinam  confirmasse  pro  anima  patris  mei  7  antecessonmi 
meoruni  deo  7  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  Linc'^  ecclesiam  de  Coringe- 
liam  .  7  omnia  i^ertinentia  ecclesie  cum  duabus  carrucatis  terre 
7  dimidia  que  fuerunt  Brand  presbiteri  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter 
precipio  quod  predicta  ecclesia  Linc'^  teneat  7  habeat  jjredictam 
ecclesiam  de  Coringeham^  7  duas  carrucatas  terre  7  dimidiam  in 
prebendam  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  7  plenarie  in  bosco  7  piano 
in  pratis  *7  pasturis^  in  uiis  7  seniitis  7  hi  omnibus  aliis  rebus  cum 
socha  .  7  sacha  .  7  tol .  7  theam  .  7  infangenthef *  7  omnibus  libertatibus 
7  hberis  consuetudinibus  .  Testibus  .  Thoma  canceliario  .  7  Ricardo 
de  Luci  .  7  Wiilelmo  filio  Hamonis  .  7  Manossero  Biset  dapifero  . 
apud  Oxnefordiam.^ 

Marginalia :    2L    0      va     eat     De  Cor 

Texts:   MS-— A.     S35.     P7.     Iiv(3).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,106(3). 

Var.  R.  :  ^  Lincol'  S  P  ;  Lincoln'  liv.  ^  C'oringeh'  S  P.  '  pascuis  P.  *  team 
7  infangeneyef  liv.     *  Oxene S  ;   Oxeneford'   P. 

*Folio  24. 

Hdl.  Carte  .  Regis  .  Henrici  .  Secundi.  .2.4. 

133 

165-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  bishop  Robert  II,  for  his 
life,  Henry  I's  grant  of  the  third  pemiy  of  the  wapentake  of  Stow 
to  the  bishop's  predecessor.  At  Winchester.  (1155-1158.)  No. 
178  below  is  another  copy  of  this  writ. 


106  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  165 

De  firma  de  wapentac  Stow'^  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglornm  .  J  dux  NormawworMm  .  7  Aquitaworwrn^  .  7 
comes  AndegaMor?tm  .  vicecomi^i  suo  de  Lincol'  scira'  .  7  omnibus 
baronibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis^  de  Lincol'  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  concessisse  Roberto  Lincol'^  episcopo  tercium  denarium  de 
wapentac  deP  Stowa'  ad  firmam  pro  .x.  libris*  .  numero  uno  quoque 
anno  quam  diu  uixerit  .  sicut  rex  .H.  auus  meus  ilium  dederat  7 
concesserat  predecessor!  suo  Roberto  Lincol'  episcopo  .  Testibus  . 
Thoma*  cancellario  .  7  Warino  filio  GerokH  camerario  .  apud 
Wintoniam. 

Marginalia ;  2J.  f  preb'  .  .  .  De  tereio  denario  De  iii  denario  .  .  Well' 
wap'.       + 

Texts:   MS— A133.    A146.     S36.    PIO.     Iv(27).    Pd— C.C.if.iv,143(27). 

Var  R. :  '  De  decern  libris  pro  wapentac  de  Estou  S  marg. ;  De  decern  libris  pro 
wapentac  de  Stow  P  marg.  '  C.C.R.  (but  not  Iv)  omits  J  Aquit'.  '  Line'  3cira  A146  ; 
Line'  sir'  P.  »  Aiigl'  Iv.  'Line'  A146  P.  »  de  P.  '  Estowa  A146  Iv  ;  Stouwa 
S   P.     »  per  .X.  libras  S  P.     »  Tom'  Iv. 

134 

166.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  the  canons  thereof  William  II 's  gift  of  the  manor  of  Welton 
[by  Lincoln]  (see  no.  3  above).     At  Lincoln.     (1154-1158.) 

De  manerio  de  WeUeton'^  (A  marg.). 

H.  rex  AnglorMTO  7  dux  ^ovmannorum  J  Aquitanorwwi  7  comes 
AndegatiorMm    .    iustic'    .     vicecomit'    ■    baronibus  7    omnibus 

ministris  7  fideUbus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  de  Line-  scira  .  salutem  . 
Volo  7  precipio  quod  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  de  Linc'^  7  canonici 
eiusdem  ecclesie  .  teneant  7  liabeant  in  prebendam  .-'  manerium  de 
Welletona  .  bene  .  7  in  pace  7  libere  .  7  quiete  .  7  honorifice  .  7 
plenarie  .  cum  omnibus  pertinentibus  manerii  .  sicut .  rex  Willehuus  . 
7  rex  .H.3  auus  meus  eis  dederunt  .  7  carta  sua  confirmauerunt  . 
Testibus  .  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Willelmo  filio  Hamonis  .  7  Manassero 
Jiiset*  dapifero  .  7  Henrico  de  Essexa^  .  apud  Line'.* 

Facsimile  facing  page  100. 

Endorsed:  (1)  Confirmatio  H.  ij.  de  Welletima  (13  cent.).  (2)  de  maneria  de 
Welletun'  (13  cent.).     (3)  xij  visa  (query  Q). 

Strip  for  seal,  and  a  ribband  below  it.     Size  :    (iJ  x  2|  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A :    2_     ...     <p     preb'     va     cat     +     De 

Texts:  MS — Orig.  aI/1/38.  A.  S37.  Fl\  (the  text  ends  with  the  words  manetium 
de    Welletona).      R35.      Pd— fi.//.i^.xxiv,311.      See   Delisle,    pp.  549-50. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Welletona  S  ;  Welletim  P.  ^  Lineol'  A  S.  »  Henr'  S.  *  Biset  A  S. 
'  Essex  A  S.     '  Lincol'  A  ;   Lincoliam  S. 

135 

167.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  the  canons  of  Lincoln 
shall  hold  their  prebends  as  they  best  had  them  in  the  time  of 
Henry  I.     At  Oxford.     (1155-1162.) 

De  hbertatibus  canonicorum'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwjft  .  7  dux  Normanriorum  J  Aqmtanorum  .  7 
comes   Anda^auorum   .    iusticiuriis    .    vicecomitibus    .    7    omnibus 


No.  168  HENRY   II  107 

ministris  suis  in  quorum  ballica  canonici  Lincol'  terras  uel  prebendas 
habent  .  salntera  .  Precipio  quod  canonici  Linc'^  teneant  7  babeant 
prebendas  suas  in  ecclesiis  7  decimis  .  in  domibus  .  7  terris  .  in 
hominibus  .  7  denariis  .  7  in  omnibus  aliis  rebus  ita  libere  .  7  quiete  . 
7  honorifice  .  7  plenarie  sicut  unquain  habuerunt  tempore  regis 
.H.  aui  mei  .  cum^  soch  7  sach*  7  tol  aut  tiiiam^  7  infangenjsef*  . 
'Testibus  .  Thoraa  cancellario  .  7  Ricardo  de  Humez  constabulario  . 
7  Willelmo  de  Lanualaf>on'  .  7  Hugone  de  Piran'is  .  apud  Oxene- 
fordjaw.'-' 

Marginalia :     2-     preb'     +     va     cat     V     iij"      +     'i'    De    lib'   ....     Nota  (Q). 

Texts:    MS— A.     S38.     R37. 

Var.  R.  :  '  De  libertatibus  concessia  eanonicia  Lincoln'  7  de  socca  7  sacca  thol 
7  team  7  infangenethef  R  rubric  ;  Libertates  terre  in  ballio  R  marg. ;  De  hhertaiibus 
prebendarum  S  inarg.  ^  Line'  intcrlineated  A;  Lincol'  S.  'cum  soch  .  .  .  in- 
fangen)'ef  written  in  ?nnrg.  and  marked  for  insertion  in  text  S.  *  socca  7  sacca  R. 
'thol  7  them  R.  'infangenethef  R.  'S  inserts  an  extra  clause  which,  however, 
is  marked  va  cat — Et  "'  prohibeo  nequis  eis  super  hoc  imuriam  uel  contumeliam 
faciat  '".     '  Lanualayo  R.     '  Oxeneford  R. 

136 
168-     Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincohi 
Robert  de  Stotvill's  gift  as  testified  by  the  charter  of  Henry  I  (see 
no.  44  above).     At  Westminster.     (1154-1171.) 

De  domibus  Roberti  de  Stoteuill'i  (A  marg.). 

H.  rex  Anglorum  7  dux  l^omiannorum  7  Aquitaworwrn  .  7  comes 
Andegauoruin  .  ar[chiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  comitibus  .  vicecomiti- 
bus  .^]  baronibus  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Francis  7  Anglis  . 
sakitem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  confirmass[e  in  perpetuam 
elemosinam^J  7  prebendam  .■'  deo  7  ecclesie  saucte  Marie  de  Linc'^  . 
pro  anima  patris  mei  7  antecessorum  meorum  .  omnes  domos  quas 
R[obertus  de-]  Htoteuilla*  dedit  7  concessit  deo  7  predicte  ucclesie  . 
Quare  uolo  .  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ecclesia  sancte  Marie  Linc'^ 
teneat  7  habeat  domos  illas  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  7  hbere  .  7  quiete  .  7 
honorifice  .  7  plenarie  .  cum  omnibus  hbertatibus  .  7  liberis  con- 
suetudinibus  .  et  sicut  caita  regis  .H.^  aui  mei  testatur  .  Testibus  . 
Roberto  comite  hegrecestrie^  .  ~J  Ricardo  de  Humez  constabulario  . 
7  Manassero*  Bise<'  dapifero  .  7  Willelmo  fiho  Hamonis  .  7  Nigello 
de  Broch'  .  apud  Westmonas^eriMw. 

Endorsed:  (1)  XXX\'III  (13  cent.).  (2)  xvij  visa  (13  cent.).  (3)  de  prebenda 
PhUippi  (12  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal,  and  ribband  below  it.     Size  :    7^x3^  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A :    2.     f     va     cat     V. 

Texts:  MS — Orig.  aI/1/21.  A.  S39  [the  text  ends  with  the  words  libere  7  quiete). 
R41.     Pd— JE.i/.iJ.xxiv,308.     Delisle,  pp.563-4   (abs.). 

Var.  R. :  '  Scotr'  R  marg.  -  supplied  from  .4.,  the  text  of  the  original  charter 
having  been  injured.  '  Lincol'  AS.  ♦  Scot'  R.  '  Henr'  A.  °  Legrecest'  A. 
'  Biset  A. 

Note :  This  land  seemingly  formed  part  of  the  endowment  of  the  prebend  of 
Thomgate  (see  page  277,  below). 

■^FoUo  2ld. 

Hdl.  Henbici  Regis  Secundi 


108  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSTMUM  No.  169 

137 

169.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  in  almost  the  same  words  aa  no.  160 
above.     At  Nottingham.     (1154-1162.) 

De  .xii.  bouatis  terre  in  Burgo  7  WoUingham'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  y  dux  ^ovmannoruni  .  y  Aquitanorum  .  y 
comes  Andegauarum  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  v'lcecomit'  . 
ministris  7  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  de  Lincol'  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  concessisse  7  confirmasse^  deo  7  sancte  Marie  de  Lincol'  .xii. 
bouatas  terre  quas  Radulfus  Basset  disrationauit  esse  in  dominio 
meo  .  scilicet  .vi.  bouatas  in  Burgo  .  7  .vi.  bouatas  in  Wellingehawi'  . 
Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta  ecclesia  eas  teneat 
bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  7  plenarie  cum  socha  . 
7  sacha  7  tol  y  theam  7  infangenf)ef  y  cum  omnibus  libertatibus 
7  Uberis  consuetudinibus  sicut  carta  regis  Henrici  aui  mei  testatur  . 
Testibus  .  Thoma  cancellario  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Manossero 
Biset  dapifero  .  7  Roberto  de  Wateuill'  .  apud  Notingeham. 

Marginalia :     2.      +      +     ^     De  .  xii  .  bouatis 

Text  :    MS— A. 

Var.  R.  :    '/  confirmasse  inserted  in  marg.,  and  marked  for  insertion  in  text. 

138 

170.  Writ  of  Hemy  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  bishop  Robert  II  Henry  I's  grant  of  a  fair  at  the  bishop's  castle 
of  Newark  (see  no.  48  above).     At  York.     (1154-1156.) 

De  feria  de  Newerc  (A  marg.). 

.H'.  rex  Anglorwm  7  dux  ^oTraannorum  7  AquitaworMm  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  7  omnibus  fi deli  bus  suis  tocius  Angh'e  .■'  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  concessisse  7  presenti  carta  mea  confirmasse  ecclesie  Line'  7 
Roberto  ejaiscopo  Line'  .  7  successoribus  suis  vmam  feriam  de  .v. 
diebus  ad  castellum  suum  de  Niwerca  .  scilicet  die  festi  beate  Marie 
Magdalene  7  .iiij.^  primis  precedentibus  diebus  .  Quare  uolo  7 
firmiter  precipio  quod  omnes  illi  undecumque  sint  qui  illuc  uenerint 
causa  eniendi  uel  uendendi  meam  firmam  pacem  habeant  in  eundo 
7  redeundo  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis  eos  iniuste  disturbet .  uel  mercatMwj' 
eorum  unde  in  feria  suas  rectas  dederint  consuetudines  .  super  .x. 
libras  forisfacture  .  Et  banc  predictam  feriam  cum  hbertatibus 
suis  concede  7  confirmo  episcopo  Linc'^  .-  sicut  carta  Henrici  regis 
aui  mei  testatur  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  archiepiscopo  Eboracensi  . 
H.  Dunolmensi*  episcopo  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci^  .•'  apud  Eboracwm. 

Endorsed:  (1)  VH  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.).  (2)  De  feria  de  Newerca  (13  cent.).  (3)  De 
feria  quinque  diebus  ad  castellum  de  Newerc  (13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal,  and  a  ribband  below  it.     Size  :    6J  x  6J  inches. 

Margijialia  in  A  :    '4-     f 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al,  1/29.  A.  Iiv(19).  Pd— £.H./f.xxiv,304-5.  C.CB.iv, 
110(19).     Delisle,  p.  561  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :    'uii"'  A,     "  inercatuin  A.     '  Lincol' A.     *  Hug' Dunelni'  A.     '  Luzi  A, 


No.   173  HENRY    II  109 

139 

171.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincobi 
and  the  canons  thereof  Henry  I's  grant  of  a  vineyard  in  Lincoln 
(see  no.  23  above).     At  Woodstock  [co.  Oxford].     (1155-1162.) 

De  vinea  Line"  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwn  .  J  dux  l^otvmnnorum  7  Aquitanor?f7re  .  7 
comes  Anda/aworwrn  .  iustic'  .  vicecomi^'  .  baronibus  .  V 
omnibus'  ministris  suis  7  fidelibus  de  Lincol'^  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  concessisse  7  confirmasse  deo  7  sancte  Marie  Lincol'^  7  canonicis 
eiusdem  ecclesie  .-  uineam  meam  Line'  cum  omnibus  uinee  per- 
tinentibus  .  Quare  nolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta  ecclesia 
7  canonici  uineam  illam  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  teneant  7  habeant 
bene  7  in  pace  7^  libera  7  quiete  7  honorifice  7  plenarie  sicut  carta 
regis  .H.  aui  mei''  testatur  .  Testibus  .  Tlioma  canccUario  .  7  Ricardo 
de  Luci*  .  7  Manosi^ero  Bise<  dapifero  .  apud  Wdestocham.^ 

Marginalia:    2i     7  postea  folio  164  {the  reference  being  to  A856)  (Q). 

Texts :  MS — A139.  A856.  S40  {the  text  preceding  the  words  precipio  quod  is 
wanting).     R80I. 

Var.  E .  :  ^ '  am.  /  omnibus  A856  where  a  blank  space  is  left  for  these  words.  *  Line' 
A856  R.     '  om.  7  R.     '■  nostri  R.     °  Luzi  A856.     «  Wudestok'  R. 

140 

172-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  bishop  Robert  II  shall 
hold  his  ferry  of  Newton  [on  Trent,  co.  Lincohi]  as  his  predecessors 
best  held  it  in  the  time  of  Henry  I,  and  as  it  was  acknowledged 
in  the  shire  [court].     At  Angers.     (1155-1162.) 

De  passagio  de  Newento?(ai  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  7  dux  Norman/ior«/«  .  7  Aquitanoruin  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  iustic'  .  7  vicecomif  .  7  ministris 
suis  de  Lincol'  scira-  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  Robertus  episcopus 
Linc'^  teneat  bene  7  in  pace  7  quiete  7  iuste  passagium  suum  de 
Newentona  sicut  antecessores  sui*  melius  tenuerunt  tempore  regis 
Henrici  aui  mei  .  7  sicut  recognitum  est  in  comitatu  .  Teste  .  Thoma 
cancellario  .  apud  Angeriacum. 

Marginalia  :    $. 

Texts:    MS— A.     S41.     Iiv(15).     Pd—C.C'.iJ.iv,  110(15). 

Var.  R. :    '  Newentona  S  marg.     ■  Linc'scyra  liv.     '  Lincol'  S  liv. 

*Folio  25. 

Hdl.  Henrici  Regis  Sectjndi.  .2.5. 

141 

173-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  those  who  serve  the 
church  of  Lincoln  shall  have  their  liberties  and  customs  as  they 
best  had  them  in  the  time  of  Henry  I.  At  '  Wigoan.'  (1155- 
1162.) 


110  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  173 

De  libertatibus  seruientum  [sic]  ecclesie  Line'*  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Axiglorum  .  7  dux  Normannorum  7  Aquitanorum  .  J 
comes  Andegauorum  .  vicecomit'  .  7  prepositis  suis  Lincol'  salutem  . 
Precipio  quod  proprii  seruientes  sancte  Marie  Line'  habeant  omnes 
libertates  suas  7  eonsuetudines  in  omnibus  rebus  sicut  unquam 
melius  habuerunt  tempore  regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis 
eis  super  hoc  iniuriam  faciat  .  nee  in  nouas  eonsuetudines  ponat  . 
Teste  .  Thoma  cancellario  .  apud  Wigoan'. 

Marginalia :     va   cat   V   d'  Nota(Q). 

Texts:    MS— A.     S42. 

Var.  R.  :    '■Jor  ecclesie  Line'  read  aancte  Marie  S  marg. 

142 

174.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  those  who  serve  the 
church  of  Lincohi  shall  be  free  of  all  things,  as  they  were  in  the 
time  of  Henry  I.     At  Woodstock.     (1154-1171.) 

De  eodem*  (A  marg.). 

.H'.  rex  AnglorMm  7  dux  'Normannorum  7  Aqmtanorum  7  comes 
Andegauorum  .  iustie'  .  7  viceco77iif  7  prepositis  7  burgensibus 
Line'  .  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  seruientes  ecclesie  sanete  Marie  de 
Line'  sint  ita  liberi  de  omnibus  rebus  sicut  fuerunt  tempore  regis 
.H.  aui  mei  .  Teste  .  Manassero  Biset  dapifero  7  Nigello  de  Broc 
apud  Wudestocawi.'' 

Facsimile  opposite.  ,  ,  -, 

Endorsed:    (1)  Lll  (13  cent.).     (2)  de  libertate  seruienciiuu  ecclesie  (12  cent.). 

The  strip  for  the  seal  has  been  torn  off  :  the  ribband  below  it  remains.  Size  : 
5J  X  2J  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A :     2.  preb'    +  ^    +   -j-     va     eat   v-  . 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  aI/1/24.     A.     S43.     R40.     Pd— £.H.i?.xxiv,309. 

Var  R. :  '  De  libertatibus  seruientium  sancte  Mane  S  marg. ;  De  libertatibus 
concessis  eeruientibus  ecclesie  Line'  R  marg.     "  VVdestoch'  A  S  ;    Wodestok'  R. 

143 

175.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  the  reeves  of  Lincoln  to 
cause  an  acknowledgment  to  be  made  by  the  oaths  of  the  most 
ancient  and  lawful  men  of  that  city,  before  the  sheriff  of  Lincohi- 
shire,  of  the  franchises  which  tlie  bishops  of  Lincoln  had  in  their 
land  at  Lincoln  and  in  burgage  in  the  time  of  Henry  I,  and  of  what 
franchises  the  clerks  of  the  city  had  at  the  same  time  ;  and,  in 
accordance  with  the  acknowledgement,  to  cause  bishop  Robert  Hand 
his  men  of  Lincoln  and  the  clerks  of  the  city  to  have  those  fran- 
chises, and  to  demand  no  new  customs  from  them.  The  king 
also  commands  the  reeves  to  cause  the  bishop  to  hold  his  tenements 
in  the  city  as  any  one  of  his  predecessors  best  held  them  in  the 
time  of  Henry  1.     At  Woodstock.     (1155-1165.) 


XVI 


J 


5i  in.  -•.  2J  in. 


r»r  ^  ftv^"*"   ">'"  ^AaTdiT-  *j  fipiT  •4«  lujW  till  *tnf4ri|*.  ^^"[^ 


■ivf  - 


nij' 


6  in.  X  3i  in. 

188 


195 

6f  in.  X  2  in. 


No.  177  HENRY   II  111 

De  inquisitione  facienda  super  libertatibus  episcopi  in  burgagio 
Line'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  .  Anglorwm  .  7  dux  Normannorum  .  J  AquitanorMwi  .  7 
conies  Kx\Aegaiiorum  .  prepositis  Line'  .-'  salutem  .  Precipio  nobis 
quod  sine  dilatione  faciatis  recognosci  per  sacramenta  antiqiioruin 
7  legalium  iiominum  ciuitatis  Lino'  coram  vicecomiie  de  Lincol' 
scira  .  in  summonitionem  vicecomi^is  .  libertates  quas  episcopi 
Linc'i  habuerunt  in  terra  sua  Line"  .  7  in  burgagio  suo  tempore 
regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  7  quas  libertates  clerici  ciuitatis  Line'  habuerunt 
eodem  tempore  .  Et  sicut  recognitum  f uerit  ita  sine  dilatione  faciatis 
habere  Roberto  Line'  episcopo  7  hominibus  suis  Line'  7  clericis 
ciuitatis  Line'  omnes  illas  hbertatcs  .  7  nullas  nouas  consuetudines 
ab  eis  exigatis  .  Et  faciatis  eundem  episcopum  tenere  omnia  tene- 
menta  sua  de  ciuitate  Line'  bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  honorifice 
cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  liberis  consuctudinibus  suis  sicut 
unquam  aliquis  antecessorum  suorum  melius  7  liberius  tenuit 
tempore  regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  Teste  .  Johanne  de  Oxenefordia  .  apud 
Wdestoc'.2 

Marginalia:    (p    R'    •]•    d'    N     Nota    (Q). 
Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(23).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,142(23). 
Var.  R. :    '  Lincol'  Iv.     "  Wodestoc'  Iv. 

144 

176.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  his  reeves  of  Lincoln  to 
render  to  the  canons  of  Lincoln  eighteen  pounds  yearly  from  the 
king's  firma  of  Lincoln  instead  of  those  eighteen  pounds  which 
the  canons  were  wont  to  have  from  the  king's  manor  of  Kirton 
[in  Lindsey].     At  Westminster.     (1155-1175.) 

De  .xviii.  libris  de  firma  Line'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglarum  .  J  dux  ^oxxaannormn  .  J  Aquitanorwm  .  7 
comes  AndegaworMJ/i  .  prepositis  suis  Line'  .  salutem  .  Precipio 
nobis  quod  reddatis  canonicis  Linc'^  .  xviii.  libras  .  de  firma  mea 
Line''  annuatim  pro  illis  .xviii.  hbris  .  quas  solebant  habere  de 
manerio  meo  de  Kerketona  .  7  reddatis  eis  ad  terminos  quibus 
miclii  redditis  firmam  meam  .  Teste  .  comite  Reginaldo  .  apud 
Westmonfwter  i  urn . 

Marginalia :  2»  ^  va  oat. 
Texts:  MS— A.  S44.  R33. 
Var.  K. :    '  Lincol'  S. 

145 

177.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  gi'ving  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  eighteen 
pounds  of  the  Jirma  of  his  city  of  Lincohi,  in  exchange  for  those 
eighteen  pounds  which  the  said  church  had  from  the  king's  manor 
of  Kirton  [in  Lindsey].     At  Westminster.     (1154-1160.) 


112  REGISTRIJM   ANTIQUISSIMUIVI  No.  177 

De  eadem  firma  .xviii.  libr'^  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  J  dux  l^onnannorum  7  AquitanorMwi  .  7 
comes  Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  baroni- 
bus  .  iusticia/MS  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  Francis 
7  Anglis  tocius  Anglic  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  ecclesie  sancte 
Marie  Linc'^  .xviii.  libras  de  redditu  ciui*tatis  mee  Lincol'  in 
escambio  pro  illis  .xviii.  libris  .  quas  habebat  in  manerio  meo 
de  Kerchetona^  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta 
ecclesia  illas  .xviii.  libras  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  libere  7  quiete 
7  honorifice  habeat  ad  terminos  statutos  quibus  ministri  nici  Lincol' 
michi  reddunt  redditus  meos  .  Testibus  .  Tlieobaldo  archiepiscopo 
Cantuaneiisi*  .  N.  episcopo  de  Eiy^  .  Ricardo  episcopo  Lundo??iensi*  . 
H.  episcopo  Abrincensi  .  R.  comite  Cornubie  .  R.  comite  Legrec&s<rie  . 
R.  de  Huniez  constabulario  apud  Westmonastermm. 

Marginalia :       2_     ^    va    cat. 

Texts  :  MS — A.    Sio  {the  text  ends  with  the  words  quas  liabebat  in  manerio).    R34. 

Var.  R. :  '  Carta  de  octodecim  libris  firme  in  Line'  datis  ecclesie  in  excambio 
pro  xviii  libris  in  Kirketon'  R  rubric.  -  Lincol'  S.  '  Kirketona  R.  ^  Canlh'  R. 
^Eli  R.     «Lond'   R. 

Note  :  The  pipe  roll  of  31  Henry  I  (p.  109)  records  a  payment  to  the  canons  of 
Lincoln  in  alms  of  £18  by  tale.  King  Steplien  gave  to  the  canons  £18  pounds  in 
land  in  the  wapentake  of  Corringham  in  exchange  for  £18  which  they  were  wont 
to  have  in  Kirton  and  Caistor  for  tithes  in  prebenda  (nos.  83  and  89  above).  This 
arrangement  seemingly  did  not  persist ;  for  Henry  II  in  the  present  text  charges 
the  pajraient  upon  the  firma  of  the  city  of  Lincoln,  and  the  pipe  roll  of  his  second 
year  has  an  entry,  the  equivalent  of  which  appears  upon  the  succeeding  rolls  :  In 
decimis  constitutis  canonicis  Lincol'  .xviii.  li.  pro  ..vviii.  li.  quas  fiabebanl  in  Chirche- 
tun  {The  Oreat  Rolls  of  the  Pipe  for  2,  3  and  l  Henry  II,  p.  28).  It  would  seem, 
therefore,  that  the  present  charter  and  no.  176  should  be  placed  very  early  in 
Henry's  reign.     For  the  original  grant  of  these  tithes  see  no.  2  above. 

*Folio  25d. 

Hdl.  Henbici  .  Regi.s  .  Secundi. 

146 

178-  Writ  of  Henry  II.  This  writ  is  marked  va^ceit  in  the  margin 
of  A  because  it  is  identical  with  no.  133  above. 

Marginalia :      2i     +    va    cat. 

147 

179-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln 
his  gifts  of  the  church  of  Langford  [co.  Oxford]  and  of  land  there, 
and  also  of  the  church  of  Brampton  [co.  Huntingdon]  (see  no.  139 
and  no.  140  above).  At  Brill  in  the  Forest  [of  Bernwood,  co. 
Buckingham].     (1155-1158.) 

De  ecclesiis  de  Langeford'  7  Bramton'  .  7  terris  in  Langeford' 
(A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  AnglorMwi  .  7  dux  'Normannorum.  .  '/  Aquitanorum  .  y 
comes  Andegauorum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  msticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7 
omnibus  hominibus  7  fidelibus  suis  totius  Anghf  Francis  7  Anghs 


No.   181  HENRY   II  113 

salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  7  carta  mea  present!  confirmasse  . 
fcclesif  beatf  Marif  Line'  .  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  pro  amore 
dei  7  anima  regis  .H.  aiii  mei  .  7  aliorum  antecessorum  raeorum  . 
7  petitione  7  amore  Robert!  Line'  episcopi  .  §cclesiam  de  Langeford' 
in  Oxineford'  sira  .  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  eius  .  7  totam  terram 
quam  Rogerus  episcopus  SeiTisbiriensis  tenuit  in  eadem  uilla  de 
Langueford'i  .  Et  ecclesiam  de  Brantona  in  Huntend'  sira^  cum 
omnibus  pertinentiis  eius  .  Quare  nolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod 
predicta  Line'  ecclesia  habeat  7  teneat  predictas  §cclesias  7  totam 
terram  prenominatam  .  ita  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  libere  .  honoritice  . 
quiete  .  in  bosco  7  piano  in  pratis  7  pascuis  in  aquis  7  molendinis  . 
7  in  omnibus  locis  .  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  .  7  consuetudinibus 
7  quietantiis  .  sicut  aliqui  prefatas  §cclesias  .  7  terram  prenominatam 
unquam  melius  .  liberius  .  honorificentius  7  quietius  tenuerunt 
tempore  .H.  regis  aui  mei  .  Testibus  .  Thoma  cancellario  .  Henrico 
de  Exesia  constabulario  .  Warino  filio  Giroldi  camerario  .  Willelmo 
filio  Hamonis  .  Henrico  filio  Giroldi  .apvd  Brvhellam^ 
in    forest  a. 

Endorsed;  (1)  H'.ij.  de  Laughefordia  7  Brantiina  (13  cent.).  (2)  de  eccleaia 
Ltingheford  7  Brantona  (13  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal.     Size  :    85  x  8|  inches. 

On  a  narrow  slip  of  parchment  attached  to  the  charter — De  ecclesia  7  raanerio 
de  Langeford'   (14  cent.). 

Marginalia  in  A  :     2.    +    +   preb'   <p  va  cat. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Al/1/36.  A.  Iiii(36).  Pd— £.H.i?.xxiv,312-13.  C.C.R.iv, 
105(36).     Delisle,  p.  549   (abs). 

Var.  R. :  '  Langeford'  A  liii.  -  Huntendsir"  A.  ^  BruhgUain  in  forgsta  A  ; 
Bruhgllam  in  foresta  liii.  (This  reading  of  g  for  e  is  due  to  the  fact  that  in  the 
original  charter  the  name  is  spread  out  in  order  to  fill  up  the  last  line,  the  top  of 
the  e  in  BrvhcUam  and  foresta  being  extended,  with  the  result  that  it  somewhat 
resembles  g.) 

148 

ISO-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  licence  to  bishop  Robert  II  to 
till  and  have  twenty  acres  of  land  newly  brought  into  cultivation 
at  Lyddington  [co.  Rutland].     At  London.     (1154-1159.) 

De  essartis  apud  Lidingt'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  J  dux  NormawnorM/n,  7  Aquita7io?'Mm  .  7 
comes  AndegaMWitm  .  baUiuis  suis  de  Rotelanda  salutem  .  Concedo 
quod  Robertus  episcopus  Line'  excolat  7  habeat  bene  7  in  pace 
7  quiete  viginti  acras  de  essartis  apud  Lidentonam  .  Teste  .  Ricardo 
de  Humes  constabulario  apud  Londowiam  .  per  magistrum 
Aluredum. 

Marginalia :   preb'     0. 

Texts:   MS— A.     Iiv(7).     Pd— C.C.R.iv,107(7). 

Folio  26. 

Hdl.  Henrici  .  Regis  .  Secundi.  .2.6. 

149 

181  •     Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  the  canons  of  Lincoln 

H 


114  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  181 

shall  have  the  manor  of  Friesthorpe  [co.  Lincoln]  as  they  best  had 
it  on  the  day  on  which  Henry  I  was  alive  and  dead  [1  December, 
1135].     At  Northampton.     (Query  circa  1155.) 

De  manerio  de  Fristorp  (marg.). 

.H.i  rex  Anglorwm  .  7  dux  Norman worwrn  .  7  Aquitanorum  .  J 
comes  Andeiiauorum  .  iustic'  .  7  vicecowtf  suis  de  Lincol'  scyra^  .•' 
salutem  .  Precipio  quod  canonici  Line'  teneant  ita  bene  7  in  pace 
7  iuste  7  hbere  7  quiete  manerium  de  Fri.storp^  sicut  illud  tenuerunt 
die  qua  rex  .H.  auus  meus  fuit  uiuus  7  mortuus  .  Et  prohibeo  ne 
quis  eos  inde  iniuste  ponat  in  placitum  .  ne  inde  audiam  clamorem 
pro  i^enuria  recti  .  Teste  .  comite  Reg'*  .  apud  Norhantonam. 

Marginalia :    2. 

Texts:    MS— A.     R77.     Iiv(5).     Pd—C.C.fl.iv,  107(5). 

Var.  R. :  ^  R  leaves  a  blank  space  for  H.  ^  Lincolscir'  R.  '  Festorp'  R.  *  Rogero 
R  ;    Rog'   liv. 

Note  :  The  evidence  is  probably  slightly  in  favour  of  the  witness  being  earl  Roger 
(of  Hereford)  rather  than  earl  Reginald  (of  Cornwall),  and  the  date  has  been  suggested 
in  accordance  with  that  opinion. 

150 

1 82-  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  licence  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  bishop  Robert  II  to  have  in  their  manor  of  Banbury  [co.  Oxford] 
one  yearly  fair  lasting  throughout  the  week  of  Pentecost.  At 
Rouen.     (1155-1163.) 

De  feria  in  Bannebiria  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  7  dux  ^ormannorum  .  J  AquitanorMwi  .  7 
comes  Ande^aworwm  .  iustici'arMS  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  7 
omnibus  fidehbus  suis  Francis  7  Anglicis  totius  Anglic  i  salutem  . 
Sciatis  me  concessisse  7  confirmasse^  deo  7  ecciesie  sancte  .  Marie 
Line'  .  7  Roberto  Line'  .  episcopo  7  succcssoribus  suis  vnam  feriam 
per  annum  in  manerio  suo  de  Bannebiria  .  Et  concede  quod  feria 
predicta  duret  per  totam  septimanam  .  PentecosteM  .  Quare  volo 
7  firmiter  precipio  quod  ilia  feria  predicta  habcat  omnes  illas  liber- 
tates  7  Uberas  consuetudines  7  quietantias  quas  habent  alie  ferie 
mee  per  Angliam  .  Et  prohibeo  quod  nullus  disturbet  euntes  ad 
feriam  iUam  uel  redeuntes  de  feria  .-■  super  .x.  Ubras  forisfacture  . 
Testibus  .  ArnwZ/o  .  Lexouie/(«i  .  Fhilippo  .  Baioceusi  .  Rotroldo 
'Ehroicensi^  episcopis  .  Mana^sero  Biset  dapifero  .  Wiilehiio  iilio 
Hamonis  apud  Rothomagu/^i. 

Facsimile  opposite. 

Endorsed:  (1)  XXXII  .H.  ij.  (13  cent.).  (2)  de  feria  Bannebiri  (12  cent.).  (3)  de 
feria  de  Bamiebiri  (13  cent.).     (4)  H  ij.  (13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal,  half  of  it  being  torn  off;  and  ribband  below  it.  Size:  Hi  x  4i 
inches. 

Marginalia   in   A :    2j.    R'   preb'. 

Texts:  MS~Orig.  Al/1/18.  A.  Iv(26).  Pd— i!;.i/.if.xxiv,307.  C.C.fl.iv,  143(26). 
Delisle,  p.  568  (abs.). 

Var.  R. :    '  om.  7  confirmasse  Iv.     '  Eboric'  A. 


XVll 


f 


,sf 


No.   185  HENRY   II  115 

151 

183.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  licence  to  the  church  and 
bishop  of  Lincoln  to  have  their  market  in  their  town  of  Sleaford 
on  one  day  in  the  week,  provided  that  it  do  not  injure  the  neighbour- 
ing markets.     At  Woodstock.     (1154-1189.) 

De  mercato  in  Slaford'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorum  .  /  dux  'Normannoruni  .  7  Aquii-Miorum  y  . 
comes  Andegauorum  .  iustic'  .  vicecomit'  .  J  omnibus  ministris 
7  fidelibus  suis  de  Lincolnesira^  sahitem  .  Concede  quod  ecclesia 
Line'  .  7  episcopus  Line'  ecclesie  habeat  mercatum  suum  in  villa 
sua  de  Slafordia-  per  unum  diem  in  ebdomada  .  si  non  nocuerit 
uicinis  mercatis  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta 
ecclesia  7  episcopi  eiusdem  ecclesie  ilium  mercatum  habeant  7 
teneant  bene  7  in  pace  7  libere  7  honorifice  .  7  omnes  qui  ad  mer- 
catum ilium  uenerint  habeant  meam  firmam  pacem  in  eundo  .  7 
morando  7  redeinido  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  aUquis  super  hoc  eis  inde 
aliquam  iniimam  uel  contumeliam  faciat  .  Testibus  .  Roberto 
Legrecesin'e  comite  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci'  .  7  Johanne  de  Oxenefordia  . 
apud  VVdestocam*. 

Marginalia:    IX    preb'    R'. 

Texts:   MS— A.     Iiv(16).     Pd— C'.C.ie.iv,lI0{16). 

Var.  R.  in  liv  :   '  Lincolnisir'.     ^  Slaffordia.     ^  Lucy.     *  Wodeatoc'. 

152 

1 84.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  giving  to  bishop  Robert  1 1  and  the  church 
of  Lincoln,  in  perpetual  alms,  fifty -three  acres  of  their  assarts  of  Bug- 
den  and  Spaldwick  [co.  Huntingdon].     At  Canterbury.     (1 155-1158.) 

De  essartis  apud  Buggenden'  7  Spaldewich'  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglorwjn  .  7  dux  l^ovvaannorum  .  7  Kqn\ta)iorum  .  7 
comes  AxiAegauormn  .  iustic'  .  YicecomW  .  7  omnibus  ministris 
suis  de  Huntedon'  scira  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  dedisse  .  7  in  per- 
petuam  elemo.sinam  concessisse  Roberto  episcopo  7  ecclesie  beate 
Marie  Lincol'^  .Uii.  acras  de  essartis  suis  de  Bugdena^  .  7  de  Spalde- 
wica  .  Et  uolo  7  firmiter  precipio  quod  episcopus  7  ecclesia  beate 
Marie  Line'  illas  teneant  ita  bene  7  in  pace  7  honorifice  sicut  tenent 
aham  suam^  terram  .  Et  sint  ita  hbere  7  quiete  in  omnibus  rebus  . 
sicut  sua  aha  terra  est  .  Testibus  .  T.  cancellario  .  7  .  R.  comite 
hegTecestrie  .  7  Ricardo  de  Luci  .  7  Warino  filio  Gevoldi  camerario  . 
apud  Canthuariam. 

Marginalia :    2|.    0    preb'. 

Texts:   MS— A.     Iiv(8).     Pd— C'.C.ie.iv,107-8(8). 

Var.  R.  in  liv  :  '■  Line'.     '  Bugendena.     '  suam  sJiam. 

Folio  26(1. 

The  next  two  charters  seem  to  be  written  by  another  early  hand. 

153 

185.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  the  church  of  Chester- 


116  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.   185 

field  [co.  Derby]  shall  have  all  its  liberties,  customs,  and  tenements, 
as  it  best  had  them  in  the  time  of  Henry  I,  and  as  it  has  been 
acknowledged  by  the  lawful  men  of  the  hahmote  and  of  the  wapen- 
take ;  and  that  it  shall  hold  all  the  lands  and  renders  which  the 
parishioners  gave  it  after  the  death  of  Henry  I,  as  the  charter  of 
Roger  bishop  of  Chester  witnesses.     At  Nottingham.     (1157-1158.) 

De  ecclesia  de  Cesterfelda  (marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anghe'  .  dux  Norma?i7iie^  .  7  Aquitannie'  .  *comes 
Andegauie^  .  histiciariis  .  7  vicecomiti  suis  de  Nothingham  syra' 
7  de  Derbi  syra'  salutem  .  Precipio  quod  ecclesia  de  C'estresfelda* 
teneat  7  habeat  omnes  libertates  7  omnes  consuetudines  J  omnia 
tenementa  sua  in  pratis  7  pascuis  7  nemoribus  7  in  omnibus  rebus 
.  ita  bene  7  in  pace  .  ^libere  7  quiete  .  7  iuste  7  honorifice  .  7  integre 
sicut  mehus  7  Uberius  tenuit  tempore  regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  et  sicut 
recognitum  est  per  legales  homines  de  hahmato  7  de  wapintac  . 
Et  preter  hec^"  teneat  omnes  terras  7  redditus  quos  parrochiani 
post  mortem ^1  regis  .H.  aui  mei  eidem  ecclesie  dederunt  .  sicut 
carta  Rogeri  episcopi  Cestrensis  .  testatur  .  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis 
eidem  ecclesie  vel  rebus  ad  eandem  pertinentibus  in  ahquo  forisfaciat . 
Teste  .  NigeUo  de  Broch^^  apud  Nothingham.'^ 

Texts:  MS — A.  D60  (an  inspeximus,  which  may  be  identified  with  Iv(21), 
beginning  with  the  words  Inspeximus  eciam  quamdain  aliaiii  cartam  eiusdem  pro- 
genitoris  nostri  in  hec  verba  .H.  rex).     Iv{21).     Pd — CC'.i?.iv, 141(21). 

Var.  R. :  '  Angl'  D.  '  Normannie  D.  '  Aquitan'  D.  »  insert  J  D  Iv.  '  Ande- 
gauie  D.  *  Notyngehomsira  D  ;  Notinghamsira  Iv.  '  Derbisira  D  Iv.  '  Cestrefelda 
D  Iv.  ^insert  7  D  Iv.  '"post  hoc  D  Iv.  "pre  morte  D  Iv.  '^  Broc  D  Iv. 
1'  Notinghom    D  ;     Nottingehara    Iv. 

154 

186.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  the  gift  of  William  II  of  the 
churches  of  Orston,  Chesterfield,  Ashbourne,  and  Mansfield  to  the 
church  and  bishop  of  Lincoln  (see  no.  14  above).  At  Windsor. 
(1162-1165.) 

De  ecclesiis  de  Oskington'  Cesterfeld'  .  Esseburn'  .  Mammesfeld'  . 
7  capellis  (A  marg.). 

.H.  rex  Anglormn^  .  oi'  dux  'Normannorum  .  <&'  kqnitanorum  .  J 
comes  kxvAegaumum  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  comitibus  baroni- 
bus  .  iusticiams  .  vicecomitibus  .  ministris  .  df  omnibus  hominibus  . 
7  fidehbus  suis  totius  AngUf  Francis  7  Anghs-  salutem  .  Sciatis 
me  concessisse  .  ot'  carta  mea  confirmasse  .  fcclesie  beatf  Marif 
Line'  .  7  episcopo  donationem  quam  Willelmus  rex  AngUf  antecessor 
meus  dedit  eis  in  perpetuam  elemosinam  .  videlicet  fcclesiam  de 
Oschintona^  .  ot"  quicquid  ad  earn  pertinebat  tempore  regis  Edwardi  . 
ce'  fcclesiam  de  Cestrefelt*  .  ce:'  eclesiani*  de  Esseburna  .  cif  fcclesiam 
de  Mamesfelt"  .  cif  capellas  quf  sunt  in  berwitis'  quf  adiacent 
predictis  maneriis  Quare  uolo  <Sf  firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta 
§cclesia  Line'   .  predictas  fcclesias   .  (Sif  capeUas  habeat  ot'  teneat 


No.   188  HENRY   II  117 

bene  .  7  in  pace  .  libere  .  quiete  .  honorifice  .  integre  <S^  plenarie 
cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  .  in  terris  ce"  decimis  .  7  in  omnibus 
rebus  .  sicut  carta  Willelmi  regis  Anglif  antecessoris  mei  quam  uidi 
testatur  .  Testibus  .  Thoma  CantuaneMsi  archiepiscopo  .  Henrico 
Wintonienst^  Hilario  Cicesfrensi  episcopis  .  Roberto  comite  Legre- 
cestrie  .  Ricardo  de  Luci^  .  RaginaWo*"  de  sancto  Walerico  .  Ricardo 
de  Humeto  constabulario  .  apvd  Windesores ' '  ; 

Written   at   the   foot:     Coufirmatur   (13   cent.)- 

Endorsed  :  (1)  H.  secundi  De  Oskentoa  (12  cent.).  (2)  Carta  Hennci  regis  super 
ecclesiis  de  Oskigton  .  Cesterfeld'  .  Esseburne  .  7  Manesfeld*  (13  cent.). 

The  tag  for  the  seal,  with  part  of  the  charter  below  the  text,  has  been  torn  away. 
Size  :    8  X  9f  inches.  ^  „  „  . 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/25.  A.  D3.  Iiii(35).  Pd— £.H.i?.xxiv,309.  C.C.R.iv, 
104-5(35).     Delisle,  p.  559  (abs.). 

Var.  R.:  '  Anglie  A.  "  Anglids  liii.  '  Osehinthona  A.  *  Cestrefeld  A  ;  Cestra- 
felt'  D.  *  ecclesiam  A  liii.  « Mamesfeld  A ;  Mamesfelt'  D.  '  berewicis  liii. 
Wynton'   D.     »  Lucia   A.     '"Reginald'   A.      "  Wyndesores    D;    Windesore  liii. 

Add.  Chart. 

187.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  W[alter]  bishop  of  Chester 
and  Froger  the  archdeacon  to  cause  the  lying's  churcli  of  Darley 
[co.  Derby]  to  have  the  titlies  and  customary  dues  of  Winster 
[CO.  Derby]  as  it  best  had  them  in  the  time  of  Henry  I  and  king 
Edward.     At  Bridgnorth.    (1155-1158  ;  probably  May-July,  1155.) 

H.  rex  Angloruwi  7  dux  Normaw?(.orwm  7  Aqnitanonim  7  comes 
Andegauoru7n  .W.  episcopo  Cestrewsi  7  Frogero  archidiacono 
salutem  Precipio  nobis  quod  faciatis  habere  ecclesie  mee  de  Derlega 
decimas  7  consuetudines  de  Winestema  ita  sicut  eas  mehus  habuit 
tempore  regis  .H.  aui  mei  7  tempore  regis  Edwardi  Et  si  omnes 
in  predicta  villa  manentes  decimas  reddere  noluerint  (  facite  inde 
quod  ad  vestrum  pertinet  ministerium  et  vicecomites  Notingham  . 
forisfacturam  meam  inde  accipiant  Testibiis  .  Willelmo  fratre  regis 
Ricardo  de  Humez  constabulario  apud  Bnigiam. 

Marginalia  :    2.   Froiero. 

Texts:    MS~D130.     Iv(20).     Pd— C.C.iJ.iv,141(20). 

Add.  Chart. 

188.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  addressed  to  the  reeves  and  citizens  of 
Lincohi,  commanding  that  Ivo  the  lung's  falconer,  and  his  wife, 
and  his  sons  and  daughter  shall  be  quit  of  royal  pleas  and  suits 
and  gelds  and  assizes  and  customary  dues,  on  account  of  the  service 
of  procuring  sparrow-hawks  and  falcons  wliich  he  owes ;  and 
desiring  them  to  maintain  and  help  Ivo  to  do  the  king's  service. 
At  Westminster.     (1154-1158.) 

H'.  rex  AngloTMWi  7  dux  Nonnannorum  J  Aquitanorum  .  J  comes 
Axxdecjauorum  .  prepositis  7  ciuibus  Line'  salutem  .  Precipio  quod 


118  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  188 

luo  falconarins  meus  7  vxor  sua  .  7  filii  sui  J  filia  sua  sint  in  pace 

7  quieti  de  placitis  7  querelis  7  geldis  .  7  assisis  .  7  omnibus  con- 

suetudinibus  que  ad  me  pertinent  .  propter  seruicium  .  suuni  quod 

raichi  debent  de  accipitribus  7  falconibus  perquirendis  .  Quare  uolo 

quod  manuteneatis  7  honoretis  eum  7  iuuetis  ad  seruicimn  meum 

faciendum  .  7  firmam  pacem  iuste^  illi  teneatis  .  Testibus  .  Toma 

cancellario  .  7  Manassero  Biset  .  apud  Westmonastenwrn. 

Facsimile  facing  page  110. 

No  endor.seiaeut. 

Strip  at  foot  for  seal,  with  ribband  below  it.     Size  :    6  x  SJ  inches. 

Texts:     MS— Orig.   Al/1/37.      R637. 

Var.  R. :     '  om.  iuste  R. 

Ann.  Chart. 

189.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  Matthew  de  Curcy  to 
warrant  to  Philip  son  of  WiUiam  son  of  Osbert,  canon  of  Lincohi, 
twelve  shillings  of  rent  which  Matthew  gave  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
in  augmentation  of  Phihp's  prebend,  or  to  give  him  an  exchange 
of  equal  value.     At  Woodstock.     (115G-1106.) 

Carta  de  .xij.  solidis  annul  redditus  ad  augmentum  (rubric). 

.H.  rex  AngIor«???  7  dux  Normaw  norwm  7  Aquitaworwm  7  comes 
Andegauorum  Matheo  de  Curcy  .■'  salutem  .  Precipio  tibi  quod 
iuste  warantizes  Philippo  filio  WiUelmi  filii  Osberti  canonico  Lino' 
.xij.  solidos  redditus  quas  [sic]  dedisti  in  elemosinam  ecclesie  Line' 
in  augmentum  prebende  ipsiiis  Philippi  sicut  carta  tua  testatur  ( 
vel  iuste  dones  ei  escambium  ad  vaillanciam  .  Et  nisi  feceris  vice- 
comes  Line'  faciat  fieri  ne  amplius  inde  clamorem  audiam  .■'  pro 
penuria  recti  .  Teste  .  comite  Gaufrido  apud  Wudestoca/n. 

Text:   MS— R20. 

Note:  The  prebend  referred  to  in  the  text  may  be  Thorngate  (see  no.  168 
above,  endorsement). 

Ann.  Chart. 

190.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  the  reeve  and  citizens  of 
Lincoln  that  Siward  the  canon  shall  hold  his  lands  in  the  city  of 
Lincoln,  and  especially  that  which  was  Gurrct  the  moneyer's  and 
Ailred  his  son's,  as  his  predecessors  best  held  them  in  the  time  of 
Henry  I ;  and  forbidding  that  he  be  put  in  plea  unless  the  king 
enjoins  it  with  his  own  mouth.     At  London.     (1155-1175.) 

De  terris  Siwardi  in  Line'  7  precipue  de  illis  que  fuerunt  Gurreti 
monetarii  (rubric). 

.H.  rex  Anglorutn  7  dux  Normmniorunt  7  Aqmia7iorum  y  comes 
Andegauorum  preposito  7  ciuibus  Line'  .•'  salutem  .  Precipio  quod 
Siwardus  canonicus  teneat  bene  7  in  pace  7  iuste  omnes  terras  suas 
in  vrbe  Line'  7  nominatim  illam  que  fuit  Gurreti  monetarii  7  Ailredi 
filii  sui  7  ita  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  7  iuste  teneat  .■'  sicut  ante- 
cessores  sui  melius  vel  liberius  tenuerunt  tempore  Regis  .H.  aui 


No.  193  HENRY   II  119 

mei  .  Et  prohibeo  quod  inde  non  ponatur  in  placitum  .•'  nisi  hoc 
prius  ore  meo  precipiam  .  Teste  .  comite  Reginaldo  .  apud 
Londo7iiam. 

Marginalia  :    Gurret'. 
Text:    MS— R43. 

Ann.  Chart. 

191.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  addressed  to  the  reeve  and  citizens  of 
Lincoki,  commanding  that  Siward  the  canon  shall  hold  his  lands 
in  the  city  of  Lincoln,  and  especially  the  land  which  was  Guthred 
his  kinsman's  near  Bailgate,  as  his  predecessor  best  held  it  in  the 
time  of  Henry  1  ;  and  forbidding  that  he  be  put  in  plea  without 
the  king's  express  command.     (1155-1175.) 

De  eisdem  terris  (rubric). 

.H.  Anglormn  7  dux  Normannorum  J  Aqnitanorum  7  comes 
Andegauorum  vicecomiti  y  preposito  7  ciuibus  Line'  salutem  ( 
Precipio  quod  Siwardus  canonicus  teneat  bene  7  in  pace  I  libere  7 
iuste  omnes  terras  suas  in  vrbe  Line'  7  nominatim  terram  que  fuit 
Guthtredi  cognati  sui  iuxta  portam  BaUii  '  sicut  antecessores  sui 
mehus  7  liberius  tenuenint  tempore  Regis  .H.  aui  mei  .  Et  prohibeo 
ne  inde  ponatur  in  placitum  ^  nisi  nominatim  precepero  .  Et  nisi 
feceritis  iusticia  mea  faciat  .  Teste  .W.  filio  Johannis  apud  [blank]. 

Text:    MS— R44. 

Ann.  Ch.\rt. 

192.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  commanding  that  Geoffrey,  his  chap- 
lain, shall  hold  his  prebend  of  Lincoln  as  any  one  of  his  predecessors 
best  held  it  in  the  time  of  Henry  I.  At  Caen.  (1156-1176; 
probably  circa  1160.) 

De  quietacione  prebende  Gaufridi  capellani  in  Lincoln'  (rubric). 

.H.  rex  Anglormn  7  dux  Normaftworwm  7  Aquitanort<m  7  comes 
Andegauorum  vicecomiti  Linc'scire  7  prepositis  7  ciuibus  Line' 
salutem  .  Precipio  quod  dominus  Gaufridus  capeUanus  mens  teneat 
prebendam  suam  de  Line'  bene  7  in  pace  7  honorifice  7  integre  sicut 
ahquis  antecessorum  suorum  eam  mehus  vel  liberius  tenuit  tempore 
regis  aui  mei  i  quia  non  paterer  quod  aUquis  ei  vel  rebus  eius 
iniuriam  faceret  vel  contumeliam  .  Teste  .  episcopo  Ehroicensi  . 
apud  CadomM?ft. 

Text:   MS— R45. 

Add.  (ExTRAN.)  Chart. 

193.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  and  canons 
of  Lincoln  one  carucate  in  Keal  of  the  gift  of  William  de  Romara  I ! . 
At  Rouen.     (Probably  September,   1177.) 


120  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  193 

De  terra  de  Kales  (marg.). 

H'.  rex  Angloru7n  7  dux  NoTmannormn  7  Aqnitanorum  .  7  comes  . 
Andegauorurn  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  abbatibus  .  comitibus  . 
baronibus  .  iusticianis  .  vicecomitibus  7  omnibus  ministris  7  fidelibus 
hominibus  suis  tocius  Angh'e  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  concessisse  7 
pi'esenti  carta  confirmasse  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Line'  7  canonicis 
eiusdem  ecclesie  unam  carrucatam  terre  .  in  Kales  cum  omnibus 
pertinentiis  suis  .  ex  dono  Willelmi  de  Romara  .  Quare  uolo  7  firmiter 
precipio  quod  ecclesia  Line"  7  canonici  eiusdem  ecclesie  teneant 
predictam  cari'ucatam  terre  bene  .  7  in  pace  honorifice  7  quiete  . 
sicut  carta  Willelmi  testatur  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  archiepiscopo  . 
Eboracewsi  .  7  .J.  episcopo  Cistrerensi  [sic]  .  apud  RotomagAm. 

Text:    MS— C,f.l6. 

Ann.  (ExTR.\x.)  C'tiart. 

194.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  confirming  to  the  church  of  the  canons 
of  the  order  of  Sempringliam  [i.e.  Saint  Katherine's  priory]  which 
bishop  Robert  II,  with  the  assent  of  his  chapter,  founded  near  the 
city  of  Lincoln,  the  prebend  of  Canwick  [co.  Lincoln],  and  five 
bovates  in  Wigsley  [co.  Nottingham],  and  the  churches  of  Newark 
[co.  Nottingham],  Norton  Disney,  Marton,  and  Newton  [on  Trent], 
[co.  Lincoln],  and  two  messuages,  houses,  and  land  in  the  borough 
and  fields  of  Newark,  and  the  chapel  of  Saint  Phihp  and  Saint 
James  founded  in  Newark  castle  and  in  olden  time  given  to  the 
mother  church  with  the  tenth  penny  of  the  whole  toll  of  the  borough 
except  in  the  time  of  fairs,  and  three  bovates  in  Balderton  [co. 
Nottingham]  witli  messuages  and  four  shilhngs'  worth  of  land 
which  master  Malger  held  in  Newark.  Also  confirming  the  grant 
by  bishop  Robert  and  the  chapter  to  the  said  canons  of  the  church 
of  Bracebridge  [co.  Lincoln],  and  of  the  cure  and  custody  of  the 
hospital  of  Saint  Sepulchre,  Lincoln,  and  the  possessions  of  its 
poor  men  and  brethren.     At  Westminster.     (1154-1166.) 

H.  rex  Ang\oru7n  7  dux  'Normannorum  7  Aquitanm-mn  7  comes 
Andegauorurn  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus  comitibus  baronibus 
iusticiariis  vicecomitibus  ministris  7  omnibus  fidelibus  suis  tocius 
Angke  salutem  .  Sciatis  me  ad  peticionem  Roberti  secundi  Lincoln' 
episcopi  7  capituli  Lincoln'  concessisse  7  presenti  carta  mea  con- 
firmasse ecclesie  canonicorum  ordinis  de  Sempingliain  (|nani  ])r('fatus 
Robertus  episcopus  Lincol'  assensu  capituli  sui  fundauit  iuxta 
ciuitatem  Lincoln'  7  canonicis  ibidem  deo  seruientibus  prebendam 
de  Canewich  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  7  quinque  bouatas 
terre  in  Wiggesle  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  7  ecclesias  de 
Newerc  7  de  Norton'  7  de  Martun'  7  de  Newetun    cum  omnibus 


No.   195  HENRY   II  121 

pertinenciis  suis  7  duas  mansuras  in  burgo  de  Newerc  7  domos 
cum  terra  ab  aquiloiiali  parte  7  orientali  matris  ecclesie  de  Newerc 
7  quatuor  bouatas  terre  in  carapis  de  Newerc  cum  mansuris  7  .xx. 
acras  in  bruera  7  mansurani  quam  prius  habuerat  ipsa  ecclesia  de 
Newerc  cum  duabus  bouatis  terris  in  canipis  eiusdem  ville  7  capellam 
apostolorum  Philippi  7  Jacobi  in  castello  eiusdem  ville  .  fundatam 
7  antiquitus  matri  ecclesie  datam  cum  decimo  denario  tocius  telonei 
de  burgo  de  Newerc  exceptis  nundinis  7  tres  bouatas  terre  in  Balder- 
tun  cum  mansuris  7  quatuor  solidatas  terre  quas  magister  Malgerus 
tenuit  in  Newerc  .  Concessi  etiam  eis  ecclesiam  de  Bracebrigge  cum 
una  bouata  terre  7  mansura  7  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  in 
Bracebrigge  (  Predictorum  uero  canonicorum  cure  7  custodie 
hospitale  sancti  Sepulchri  Line'  7  possessiones  omnes  pauperum  7 
fratrum  ilUus  concessi  7  presenti  carta  confirmaui  .  Quare  nolo  7 
firmiter  precipio  quod  predicta  ecclesia  canonicorum  7  prenominati 
canonici  omnia  supradicta  in  purani  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  habeant 
7  teneant  7  possideant  libere  7  quiete  7  honorifice  sicut  carte  pre- 
nominati Roberti  episcopi  7  capituli  Lincol'  testantur  .  Hec  omnia 
concessi  predicte  ecclesie  pro  anima  regis  .H.  aui  mei  /  pro  anima 
.M.  imperatricis  matris  mee  7  pro  salute  mea  7  A.  regine  /  heredum 
meorum  7  pro  statu  regni  mei  .  Testibus  Rogero  Eboracewsi  archie- 
piscopo  Hugone  Dunolmewsi  Hylario  Cistrenst  episcopis  Reginaldo 
comite  Corn«6ie  Rogero  de  Mubrai  Reginaldo  de  C'urtenai  apud 
Westmonasterium. 

Texts:  MS — Charter  Roll,  1  Edward  III,  mem.  13  (an  inspeximua,  dated  at 
York,  2  Julj',  1327).  Pd—C'.C.fl.iv, 52(28).  Associated  Architectural  Societies' 
Reports  and  Papers  xxvii,   323-4. 

Add.  Chart. 
195.  Writ  of  Henry  II,  ratifying  the  election  of  Thomas  abbot 
elect  of  Grimsby,  and  commanding  the  chapter  of  Lincohi  to  cause 
him  to  receive  benediction  and  consecration  as  abbot,  and  to 
maintain  him  and  his  abbey.  At  Brill  [co.  Buckingham].  (1175- 
1189;   probably   1179.) 

.H.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglon/m  .  7  dux  'Normamiorum  .  J  Aquita^ionwn 
.  7  comes  kn^egauorum  .  capitulo  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Li?icoln'  .•' 
salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  ratam  habeo  electionem  que  facta  est  de 
Thoma  abbate  electo  de  Grimesbi  .  Et  ideo  mando  nobis  7  precor 
quod  faciatis  ei  iinponi  manum  benedictionis  7  faciatis  eum  consecrari 
in  abbatem  ecclesie  sancti  Augustini  de  Grimesbi  .  7  manuteneatis 
eum  7  abbatiam  suam  7  non  permittatis  quod  aliquis  ei  forisfaciat  . 
Teste  .  WiUelmo  filio  AldeZmi  dapifero  apud  Brohillam. 

Facsimile  facing  page  110. 
No  endorsement. 

Strip  for  seal,  on  which  is  written  by  the  scribe  of  the  charter,  '  Capitulo  Lincoln' 
pro  abbate  de  Grimesbi.'     Size  :  6|  x  2  inches. 
Text:    MS— Orig.  Al/1/39. 


122  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  196 

Folio  27. 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Ricardi  .  7  Johannis.  .2.7. 

155 

196.  Writ  of  Richard  I,  commanding  the  reeves  of  Lincoln  to 
cause  the  churches  of  the  precentor  and  canons  of  Lincohi,  within 
the  walls  and  without,  to  be  in  the  same  condition  as  when  Henry  II 
was  aUve  and  dead  [6  July,  1189],  and  as  they  were  on  the  day  of 
his  own  coronation  [3  September,  1189].  At  Westminster. 
20  February  (1190). 

De  ecclesiis  cantoris  7  canonicorum  Lincoln'  (marg.). 

.R.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglorwm  .  dux  Norman?iorj<?«  .  K(\\\itanorum  . 
comes  Andegauorum  .  prepositis  de  Lincol''  salutem  .  Precipimus 
uobis  quod  ecclesias  cantoris  7  canonicorum  Lincol''  intra  muros  7 
extra  faciatis  esse  in  eodem  statu  7  eadem  pace  qua  erant  quando 
pater  noster  rex  .  H.  fuit  uiuus  7  mortuus  .  7  in  qua  erant  die 
coronationis  nostre  .  Nee  patiamini  quod  inde  molestentur  nisi 
per  nos  uel  capitalem  iusticiam  nostram  .  Teste  .  episcopo  Dunelm- 
ensi^  apud  We?,tva.onasterium  .xx.  die  Februarii. 

Marginalia:    +  .1.     'j'    Vide  folio  huius  libri  7  et  23  ad  hoc  signum  +  (the  reference 
being  to  no.  45  and  no.   158  above). 
Texta:    MS— A.  R48a. 
Var.  R.  :    '  Line'  R.     '  Dimelmens'  R. 

156 

197-  Writ  of  Richard  I,  rendering  to  the  church  of  Lincoln 
and  bishop  Hugh  I  the  manor  of  Marston  [Saint  Lawrence,  co. 
Northampton],  which  the  bishop  had  claimed  in  the  king's  court 
as  the  right  of  his  church  ;  and  commanding  that  the  bishop  shall 
hold  the  manor  as  the  church  of  Lincoln  ever  best  held  it.  At 
Winchester.     20  April,  (1194). 

De  manerio  de  Merstona  (A  marg.). 

Ricardus  dei  gratia  rex  Angloritm  .  dux  Normanworwm  .  Aquit- 
anorum  .  comes  Axidegauorum  .•'  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iustictams  .  vicecomitibus  .  7  omnibus 
ministris  7  fidelibus  suis  .•'  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  reddidisse  ecclesie 
Lincohensi  .  7  Hugoni  eiusdem  ecclesie  episcopo  .  maiicrium  de 
Merstona  cum  pertinentiis  suis  .  quod  idem  episcopus  tanquam  ius 
ecclesie  sue  in  [curia  nostra^]  petierat  .  Quare  uolumus  7  firmiter 
precipimus  quod  ecclesia  Lincol'^  7  predictus  .H.  Lincol'  episcopus 
7  successores  sui  predictum  mauerium  de  Merstona  cum  pertinentiis 
suis  .  habeant  7  teneant  bene  7  in  pace  .  libere  7  quiete  .  plenarie 
in[tei]gre  7  honorifice  .  in  bosco  7  piano  .  in  pratis  7  pascuis  .  in 
viis  7  semitis  .  in  aquis  7  molendinis  .  7  in  omnibus  ahis  pertinentiis  . 
7  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  liberis  consuetudinibus  suis  .  sicut 
unquam  ecclesia  Lincol'  idem  mauerium  mehus  7  liberius  tenuit  . 
et  sicut  carta  regis  .H.  patris  nostri  testatur  ."  quod  tenere  debeat  . 


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Testibus    .    H.    C&ntuariensi    archiepiscopo    .R.    hondoniensi    .G. 

Roffensi  .W.  Herefordensi  .H.  Exoniensi  .S.  Cicestrett.si  .  episcopis  . 

coniite  Rogero  le  Bigot  .  Willelmo  de  Breosa  .  Rogero  de  ilortuo 

mari'    .   WlUelmus*  MarescaHo^    .    Hugone  Bardw//  .   Willelmo   de 

Wareniift  .  Simone  de  Pateshull'  .xx.  die  Aprilis  .^  apvd  Wintoniam. 

Facsimile  facing  page  122. 

Endorsed  :  ( 1 )  R'.  regis  de  Merstona  (conteinp.).     (2)  Carte  de  Marstona  (contemp.). 
There  is  a  tag  for  the  seal.     Size  :    S}  x  5  inches. 
-MarginaUa  in  A  :   .ij.     Norhantscir'  (query  Q). 

Texts:    MS  -Orig.  A 1/1/41.     A.     R169.     Iiv(2I).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,llI(21). 
Var.  R  :    '  mi^jplieii  from  A,  there  being  a  hole  in  the  original  charter.      ^  T^inc'  A  ; 
Lincoln'   R.     '  mari  R.     '  Will'o  A  liv ;    Will'  R.     »  Marescall'   R. 

157 

198.  Writ  of  Richard  I,  releasing  the  demand  for  a  mantle 
which  he  had  made  upon  the  bishop,  and  which  Henry  II  and  his 
predecessors  had  made  upon  the  church  of  Lincoln.  At  Le  Mans. 
(22  June,  1195.) 

De  exigentia  mantelli  (marg.). 

Ricardus  doi  gratia  rex  AnglorM»n  dux  Normannorum  .  Aquit- 
anorum  .  comes  Andegauor urn  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  i\x&t\ciariis .  vicecomitibus  .  baUiuis  .  7  omnibus 
fidehbus'  tocius  terre  sue  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  pro  amore  dei  7 
beate  Marie  semper  uirginis  matris  eius  .  7  pro  salute  nostra  7 
antecessorum  7  successorum  nostrorum  remisisse  in  puram  7  per- 
petuam  elemosinam  deo  7  beate  Marie  7  ecclesie  Lincol'^  imper- 
petuum  exigentiam  mantelli  quam  feceramus  de  episcopo  Line'  . 
7  quam  dominus  rex  Henricus  pater  noster  7  predecessores  sui  de 
predicta  ecclesia  Line'  fecerant  .  eandemque  ecclesiam  imperpetuum 
de  predicta  exigentia  mantelh  de  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  presenti 
carta  nostra  quietam  clamamus  .  Quare  uolumus  7  hrmiter  pre- 
cipimus  quod  predicta  ecclesia  Line'  imperpetuum  sit  quieta  de 
predicto  mantello  de  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  .  Si  quis  autem 
successorum  nostrorum  banc  nostram  elemosinam  7  quietantiam 
infringere  presumpserit  .•'  indignationem  7  maledictionem  omni- 
potentis  dei  7  gloriose  uirginis  Marie  matris  eius  incurrat  .  donee 
resipiscat  .  7  a  sua  temeritate  desistat  .  Testibus  hiis  .  Johamie 
comite  Moritowie  .  fratre  nostro  .  WiUelmo  MarescaUo  .  comite 
Willelmo  *  Saresbirie  .  Ricardo  comite  de  Clara  .  magistro  Philippo 
archidiacono  Cantuariewsi  .  Radulfo  Foliot  archidiacono  Herefor- 
densi  .  Bochardo  thesaurario  Eboracensi  .  7  aliis  multis  .  Datum  per 
manum  magistri  Eustachii  decani  Saresbirie  uicem  agentis  cancellarii 
nostri  apud  Cenomann?<m  .xxiii.  die  Junii  .  anno  .v^.  regni  nostri. 

Marginalia:    2j.   .iii.     (p. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(40).     Pd—C.C.i?.iv,  146-7(40). 

\^ar.  R.  :  '  insert  suia  Iv.  -  Line'  Iv.  '  sexto  Iv.  (The  reading  sexto  is  probably 
correct,  for  the  paymeitt  appears  in  the  Pipe  Roll  of  7  Richard  for  the  first  time.) 

*Folio  27d. 

Hdl.  .  Regis  .  Ricardi  . 


124  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.   199 

158 

199.  Writ  of  Ricliard  I.  The  king  has  granted  to  the  church 
of  Lincohi  and  bishop  Hugh  I  and  his  successors  that  all  their  lands 
and  their  men  shall  be  quit  of  fines  for  murder  and  of  payments 
pertaining  to  murder.  Further,  the  king  has  granted  to  the  church 
and  bishop  one  hundred  acres  of  ancient  assart,  quit  of  regard  of 
the  forest,  namely,  fifty  acres  at  Buckden  in  the  hundred  of  Tose- 
land,  and  twenty-five  acres  at  Spaldwick  in  the  hundred  of 
Leightonstone  [co.  Huntingdon],  and  twenty-five  acres  at  Lydding- 
ton,  CO.  Rutland  ;  likewise  fift}^  acres  of  new  assart  at  Buckden. 
Moreover  the  king  has  confirmed  to  them  the  adgistment  of  their 
woods,  and  licence  to  take  wood,  whether  green  or  dry,  for  their 
needs  without  view  of  the  foresters,  saving  to  the  king  his  hunting 
and  the  regard  inspection  every  third  year.  At  Westminster. 
25  January,  1189-1190. 

De  murdro  .  De  .  c.  acris  de  ueteri  essarto  .  scilicet  apud  Buggcn- 
den'  .•'  L.  apud  Spaldewich'  .xxv.  apud  Lidington'  .xxv.'  (marg.). 

Ricardus  dei  gratia  rex  Anglorum  .  dux  NormaiMiorwm  .  Aquit- 
anorum  .  comes  Andegaworwm  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  decanis  . 
archidiaconis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiariis  . 
vicecomitibus  .  bailliuis  .  prepositis  .  forestariis  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus 
fidelibus  suis  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  pro  salute  nostra  7  pro  anima 
patris  nostri  regis  .H.  7  pro  animabus  omnium  antecessorum 
nostrorum  concessisse  7  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse  deo  7 
ecclesie  beate  Marie  Line'  .  7  .H.  episcopo  Line'  .  y  omnibus  suc- 
cessoribus  suis  in  liberam  7  puram  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  quod 
omnes  terre  sue  7  homines  sui  sint  quieti  de  murdro  .  7  de  denariis 
ad  murdrum  pertinentibus  .  Concessimus  etiam  eis  centum  acras 
de  ueteri  essarto  cum  pwrpresturis  infi'a  easdem  factis  quietas  de" 
reguardo^  in  perpetuum  .  quinquaginta  scilicet  apud  Buggeden' 
in  TolleslundliundrecZ  .  7  .xxv.  apud  Spaldewic^  in  Lectonestan- 
hundred  .  et  .xxv.  apud  Lidinton'^  in  Roteland'  .  Similiter  de  nouo 
essarto  quinquaginta  acras  cum  presturis^  infra  eadem'  factis  ajiud 
Buggeden'  quietas  imperpetuum  de  reguardo  7  de  omni  exactione  . 
Preterea  concessimus  7  confirmauimus  eis  adgistamentum  boscoruin 
suorum  quandocumque  7  ubicumque  uoluerint  in  propriis  boscis" . 
7  ut  cajjiant  in  boscis  suis  omnia  sua  necessaria  in  uiridi  /  sicco 
sine  uisu  7  liberatione  forestariorum  salua  ueneratione '"  nostra 
quam  nobis  retinuimus  .  7  saluo  nobis  reguardo  in  tercio  anno  . 
Quare  uolumus  7  finniter  prccipimus  quod  predicta  ecclesia  beate 
Marie  Line'  .  7  .H.  episcopus  eiusdem  loci  7  omnes  successores 
sui  7  liomines  eorum  onuies  has  predictas  quietantias  habeant  7 
toneant  imperpetuum  bene  /  in  pace  .  libere  .  pacifice  .  7  honorifice  . 
cuai    omnibus    aliis    libertatibus    7    liberis    consuetudinibus    quas 


No.  200  WOTHORPE  PRIORY  125 

habuerunt  tempore  paths  nostri  regis  .H.  7  omnium  alionim 
antecessorum''  nostrorum  .  Et  prohibemus  ne  quis'^  aliquod 
grauaraen  aiit  raolestiam  .  aut  iniuriam  dc  predictis  quietanciis '^ 
7  libertatibus  faciat  .  Testibus  .  H.  Dunelmerisi  .R.  Londoniensi 
.G.  VVintoiite?i.s(' .  ej)iscopis  .  comitc  Willchno  Sarcsbiriensi .  Willelmo 
Maroscallo  .  Galfrido  tilio  Petri  .  Hugone  Bardulf  .  Dat'  apud 
Westmonastermm  .  per  manum  Willelmi  de  Longo  Campo  Elyensis'* 
episcopi  cancellarii  nostri  .xxv.  die  Januarii  regni  nostri  anno 
primo. 

Marginalia  :    .iiii. 

Texts:    MS— A.     R48.     Iv(39).     Pd—C'.C.fl.iv,  146(39). 

Var.  R.  :  '  Carta  de  quietacione  murdn  /  de  denariis  pertinentibus  ad  murdrum 
ac  de  bosci.'!  raaneriorum  episcopi  R  rubric.  '  de  repeated  R.  '  corrected  from 
regauardo  -A.  '  Spladewic  R.  ^  Lidington  K.  « purpresturis  R  Iv.  '  easdem 
R  Iv.  '  Buggeden'  R.  ^  for  boscis  read  suis  R.  ''  sic;  uenatione  R  Iv.  "  insert 
suorum  R.  '*  insert  eis  R  Iv.  "  quietanciis  written  in  marg.  of  A,  and  marked 
for  insertion  in  the  text.      '*  Eliens'  R. 

Folio  28. 

Hdl.  .2.8. 

159 

200.  Decree  of  Jotin  [Gynwell],  bishop  of  Lincoln,  uniting  ttie 
priory  of  Wothorpe  [co.  Northampton],  to  which  the  parish  church 
of  Wothorpe  is  of  old  annexed,  to  the  priory  of  Saint  Michael, 
Stamford,  which  has  become  impoverished  after  the  last  general 
pestilence.     At  Kibworth  [co.  Leicester].     11  June,   1354. 

Vniuersis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  ad  quos  presentes  littere 
peruenerint  Johannes  permissione  diuina  Lincoln'  episcopus  salutem 
in  omnium  saluatore  Sua  nobis  dilecte  in  Christo  filie  priorissa 
7  conuentus  prioratus  sancti  IVIichaelis  iuxta  Staunford'  ordinis 
sancti  Benedicti  nostra  diocesis  peticione  monstrauenint  quod  ipse 
tanto  debitorum  onere  sunt  depresse  ac  redditus  7  prouentus  dicti 
prioratus  ad  tam  irrecuperabilem  sterilitatem  post  vltimam 
generalem  hominum  pestilenciam  moderno  tempore  sunt  redacti  . 
quod  ad  earumdem  priorisse  7  conuentus  sustentacionem  hospital- 
itatemque  .  tenendam  7  aha  eis  incumbencia  onera  supportanda  i 
non  sufficiunt  hiis  diebus  nee  sperantur  verisiniiliter  sufiicere  in 
futuro  nisi  de  eis  de  aliquo  aUo  subuencionis  rcmedio  succuratur  . 
Vnde  nobis  humiliter  supphcabant  vt  prioratum  de  Wirthorp' 
nostre  diocesis  eis  7  domui  earundem  vicinum  ad  tantam  inopiam 
iam  redactum  quod  ad  vnani  monialem  necessaria  ministranda  non 
sufficiunt  prouentus  eiusdem  vna  cum  ecclesia  parochiali  eiusdem 
loci  ad  dictum  prioratum  de  Wirthorp'  ab  antiquo  notorie  pertinente 
in  quo  prioratu  post  dictam  pestilenciam  vnica  durataxat  monialis 
remansit  superstes  ex  causis  premissis  eis  7  earum  successoribus 
ac  prioratui  sancti  Michaelis  predicti  modo  quo  odor  sacre  rehgionis 
solebat  7  nunc  inuenitur  in  omnibus  pululare  viuere  7  amiectere 


126  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  200 

dignaremur  in  earum  vsus  proprios  cum  suis  iuribus  et  pertinenciis 
vniuersis  perpetuo  possidendum  .  Nos  igitur  super  hiis  premissa 
inquisicione  diligenti  per  quam  inuenimus  predicta  omnia  veritatem 
continere  )  habitoque  cum  capitulo  nostra  super  hiis  tractatu 
debito  7  solempni  ostensaque  nobis  domini  uestri  Rogcri  super 
hoc  eis  concessa  licencia  speciah  ac  consensu  nobiUs  viri  domini 
Thome  de  Holand  militis  qui  heredtm  7  fiUain  comitis  Cancie  quondam 
dicti  prioratus  de  Wirthorp"  patroni  duxit  in  vxorem  ad  hoc  per 
suas  Utteras  expresse  accedento  eundum  prioratum  de  Wirthorp' 
cum  ecclesia  parochiah  eiusdem  loci  dicto  prioratui  de  Wirthorp' 
ab  antique  annexa  vna  cum  ahis  suis  iuribus  7  pertinenciis  vniuersis 
prefatis  priorisse  7  conuentui  sancti  MichaeUs  7  earum  successoribus 
ac  ipsarum  prioratui  supradicto  ex  causis  premissis  de  quarum 
veritate  est  nobis  in  forma  iuris  sufficiens  facta  fides  obseruatis 
quoque  ahis  iuris  solempniis  quibuseunque  in  hac  parte  requisitis 
saluo  iure  cuiuscunque  .  vnimus  annectimus  7  incorporamus  7  in 
vsus  proprios  concedimus  perpetuo  possidendum  volentes  7  expresse 
concedentes  quod  quando  dictum  prioratum  de  Wirthorp'  per 
mortem  cessionem  seu  amocionem  priorisse  eiusdem  vel  alio 
quouismodo  vacare  .  contigerit  extunc  liceat  dicte  priorisse  7 
conuentui  sancti  IMichaeJis  per  se  vel  per  procuratorem  suum 
corporalem  possessionem  dicte  prioratus  de  Wirthorp'  iurium  7 
pertinenciarum  ipsius  omnium  7  singulorum  libere  ingredi  7 
apprehendere  .  nostra  aut  alterius  licencia  super  hoc  minime  requisite 
Saluis  tamen  nobis  7  successoribus  nostris  in  omnibus  iuribus  .  7 
consuetudinibus  episcopalibus  7  nostra  ecclesie  Line'  dignitate 
Volumus  insuper  7  ordinanius  quod  omnes  fructus  redditus  7 
prouentus  dictorum  prioratus  de  Wirthorp'  /  ecclesie  parochialis 
eiusdem  .  in  vsus  commune  infirmarie  ac  necessariorum  coquine 
monalium  prioratus  sancti  Michaelis  predict!  7  non  in  vsus  alios 
conuertantur  .  Et  inueniant  dicti  priorissa  7  conuentus  sancti 
Michaelis  vnum  capellanum  in  ecclesia  parochiali  de  Wirthorp' 
diuina  officia  cotidie  celebrantem  7  parochianis  eiusdem  die  7 
nocte  cum  indiguerint  sacramenta  ecclesiastica  debite  ministrantem 
7  omnia  alia  onera  eiusdem  ecclesie  consueta  7  debita  supportabunt 
In  quorum  omnium  testimonium  atque  fidem  presentem 
processum  fieri  mandamus  ac  sigilli  nostri  aj^pensione  fecimus 
communiri  .  Actum  7  datum  apud  Kybbeworth'  .  iij  idus  Junii 
anno  Domini  mo  cccmo  quinquagesimo  quarto  et  consecracionis 
nostre  septimo. 

Text:    MS — A   (written   by   a  fourteenth  century   hand). 

Folio  28d. 

160 

201-     Letters  of  the  subdean  and  chapter  of  Lincoln,  confirming 
the  foregoing  union.     At  Lincohi.     19  June,   1354. 


No.  202  JOHN  127 

Vniuersis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  ad  ([uos  presentes 
littere  peruenerint  subdecanus  7  capitulum  ecclesie  beate  Marie 
Line'  decano  eiusdem  absente  salutem  in  omnium  saluatore.  Nouerit 
vniuersitas  vestra  quod  cum  venerabilis  in  Christo  pater  /'  dominus 
domiuus  Johannes  (lei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  prioratum  de  Worthorp' 
Line'  diocesis  cum  suis  iuribus  7  pertinenciis  vniuersis  vna  cum 
ecclesia  parochiali  eiusdem  loci  dicto  prioratui  de  Worthorp'  ab 
antique  annexa  habito  primitus  nobiscum  tractatu  diligent! 
concurrentibus  .  quoque  aUis  iuris  solempniis  in  hac  parte  nec- 
essariis  priorisse  7  conuentui  domus  monialium  sancti  Michaelis 
extra  Staunford'  .  eiusdem  Line"  diocesis  et  earum  successoribus  . 
ac  ipsum  prioratui  supradicto  sub  certa  forma  vnierit  annexerit 
7  incorporauerit  ac  in  vsus  proprios  perpetuo  possidendum  con- 
cesserit  Nos  subdecanus  et  capitulum  prefati  vnioncm  annexionem 
et  apropriacionem  predictas  sic  de  consensu  nostro  factas  quantum 
in  nobis  est  approbamus  ratificamus  et  confirmamus  per  presentes 
In  cuius  rei  testimonium  sigillum  commune  capituh  nostri  presenti- 
bus  est  appensum  Hiis  testibus  magistro  Aiitonio  de  Goldesburgh' 
precentore  ecclesie  Line'  domino  Johanne  de  Welburn'  thesaurario 
ecclesie  predicte  magistris  Hamone  Belers  tunc  subdecano  Radulfo 
de  Ergiiom'  domino  Ada  de  Lymberg'  canonicis  Line'  7  aliis  Dat' 
in  capitulo  nostro  Line'  xiijo  kalendas  Julij  anno  Domini  millesimo 
ccc'""  liiij*°. 

Text:    MS— A. 

Folio  29.  2.9 

Hdl.  Carte  Regis  Johannis. 

161 

202.  Writ  of  John,  notifying  the  knights,  free  tenants, 
and  men  of  the  abbey  of  Eynsham  [co.  Oxford]  that  he  has  rendered 
to  bishop  Hugh  II  the  bishop's  abbey  of  Eynsham,  and  commanding 
them  to  be  obedient  to  the  bishop.  At  Porchester  [co.  Southamp- 
ton].    17  July,  1213. 

De  Egnesham'  (marg.). 

.J.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hibernie  .  dux  Norma;? ?u"e  . 
7  Aquita?iie  .  comes  Andegowie  .  militibus  .  libere  tenentibus  7 
omnibus  hominibus  abbatie  de  Einesham  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod 
reddidimus  venerabili  patri  nostro  domino  .H.  Line'  .  episcopo  . 
abbatiam  suam  de  Einesham  ^  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  .  hbertatibus  . 
7  liberis  consuetudinibus  suis  .  Et  ideo  uobis  mandamus  quatinus 
ei  decetero  inde  sitis  intendentes  7  respondentes  .  Teste  .  me  ipso 
apud  Porecestriam  .xvii.  die  Julii  anno  regni  nostri  .xv. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv{42).     Pd—C.C.iJ.iv,  147(42). 
Var.   R.  :    '  Eynesham  Iv. 


128  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  203 

162 

203 .  Writ  of  John,  notifying  to  the  prior  and  convent  of  Eynsham 
that  he  has  rendered  to  bishop  Hugh  II  the  bishop's  abbey  of 
Eynsham,  and  commanding  them  henceforth  to  be  obedient  to 
the  bishop.     At  Portsmouth.     14  July,   1213. 

De  Egnesham'  (marg.). 

.J.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hibemie  .  dux  NormaMwie  . 
7  Aquitanie  .  comes  Andegawie  .  priori  7  conuentui  de  Einesham^  .•' 
salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  redcUdimus  venerabili  patri  nostro  domino 
.H.  Line'  episcopo  abbatiam  suam  de  Einesham*  cum  pertinenciis 
suis  .  Et  ideo  uobis  mandamus  quod  ei  decetero  sitis  intendentes  . 
Et  in  huius  rei  testimonium  has  litteras  nostras  j^atentes  uobis 
inde  mittimus  .  Teste  .  me  ipso  apud  Portesmwtom  .xiiii.  die  Juhi 
anno  regni  nostri  .xv". 

Texts:    MS— A.     Iv(41).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,147(41). 
Var.  R.  :    '  Eyneshara  Iv. 

163 

204.  Charter  of  John,  granting  hcence  to  WiUiam  [of  Ely], 
his  treasurer,  canon  of  Lincoln,  to  have  every  year  at  his  prebend 
of  Leighton[-Buzzard,  co.  Bedford]  one  fair  lasting  three  days, 
namely,  on  the  vigil  of  the  Invention  of  the  Cross  [3  May]  and 
the  two  following  days,  and  to  have  a  weekly  market  every  Wednes- 
day. Dated  by  the  hand  of  Hugh  of  Wells,  archdeacon  of  Wells. 
At  Christchurch  [co.  Southampton].     12  November,  1208. 

De  feria  apud  Lecton'  (marg.). 

Johannes'  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hibemie  .  dux 
Normanwie  .  7  Aquitanie  .  comes  Andegauie  .  archiepiscopis  . 
episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiarm  .  vice- 
comitibus  .  prepositis  .  7  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis^  salutem  . 
Sciatis  nos  concessisse  7  hac  carta  nostra  confirmasse  Willelmo 
thesaurario  nostro^  ecclesie  Line'  canonico  quod  habeat  unam 
feriam  apud  prebendam^  de  Lectona^  singulis  annis  per  tres  dies 
duraturam  .  Scilicet*  vigilia  inuentionis  sancte  Crucis  7  duobus 
diebus  subsequentibus'  .  7  quod  habeat  ibidem  unum  mercatum 
singulis  septimanis  per  diem  Mercurii  .  Ita  tamen  quod  feria  ilia 
7  mercatum  illud  non  sint  ad  nocumentum  uicinarum  feriarum  7 
uicinorum  mercatorum  .  Quare  uolumus  7  firmiter  precipimus  quod 
predictus  Willelmus*  7  successores  sui  predicte  prebende  canonici 
habeant  predictam  feriam  7  predictum  mercatum  apud  Lectonam^ 
imperpetuum  .  bene  7  in  pace  libere  7°  quiete'"  7  honorifice  cum 
omnibus  libertatibus  7  liberis  consuetudinibus  ad  huiusmodi 
feriam  /  mercatum  pcrtinentibus  sicut  supradictum  est  .  Testibus  . 
domino  .P.'^   Wintoniensi  episcopo  .  Willelmo   comite    Deuome  . 


No.  205  JOHN  129 

Willelmo  Briwerr''^  .  Petro  filio  Hereberti''  .Willelmo  de  Cantilupo  . 
Willelmo  Malet  .  Roberto  de  Vallibus  .  Galfrido  Luterel"  .  Johaime 
filio  Hugonis  .  Data  per  manum  Hugonis^^  de  Wellis  archidiaconi 
Wellensisi*  apud  Christi  Ecclesiam  .xii.  die  Nouembris  anno  regni 
nostri  decimo. 

Marginalia  :    2_      H'. 

Texts:  MS — A.  Charter  roll,  10  John,  mem.  2.  Pd — Rotuli  Charterum  i,  183. 
See  C.C.R.v,  294(3). 

Var.  R.  :  '  For  Johamies  reail  J.  Ch.  roll.  '  The  salutation  is  shorteyied  in  Ch. 
roll.  '  nostro  irUerline■ate^l .  *  iiisert  suam  Ch.  roll.  '  Lecton'  Ch.  roll.  '  insert 
in  Ch.  roll.  '  sequeutibus  Ch.  roll.  «  W.  Ch.  roll.  »  o)H.  7  Ch.  roll.  '»  a<id  7  integre 
Ch.  roll.  "  om.  P.  Cli.  roll.  '=  VV.  Briw'  Ch.  roll.  "  Herb'  Ch.  roll.  '♦  Gaufr' 
Luterello  Ch.  roll.      "/<"■  Hugonis  rcwl  H.  Ch.  roll.      "  Well'  Ch.  roll. 

Folio  29d.     No.  205  is  written  by  a  later  hand,  about  1260. 

164 

205.  Charter  of  John,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and 
bishop  Hugh  II,  in  compensation  for  damages  in  the  time  of  the 
general  interdict,  the  manor  of  Winthorpe  near  Newark  [co.  Notting- 
ham], which  is  of  the  bishop's  fee,  and  was  pledged  to  Aaron  the 
Jew,  and  came,  after  Aaron's  death,  into  the  hand  of  Henry,  the 
king's  father,  as  his  escheat ;  also  granting  and  quitclaiming  ten 
pounds  sterling  which  the  bishop  and  his  predecessors  were  wont 
to  render  yearly  to  the  king  and  his  predecessors  in  respect  of  the 
wapentake  of  Stow ;  granting  also  to  the  bishop  and  his  successors 
Ucence  to  enclose,  impark,  or  assart  their  woods  of  Lyddington 
[co.  Rutland],  and  Buckden  and  Spaldwick,  and  the  grove  of 
Stow  [in  Long  Stow]  [co.  Huntingdon],  and  the  spinney  of 
Crouch,  near  Banbury  [co.  Oxford],  quit  of  view  of  foresters  and 
pleas  of  the  forest,  saving  however  to  the  king  his  hunting  ;  granting 
also  that  they  may  divert  the  way  which  leads  from  Kimbolton 
[co.  Huntingdon]  towards  Huntingdon,  through  part  of  Buckden 
wood,  so  that  that  way  may  be  the  boundary  between  their  said 
wood  and  the  adjoining  wood  of  Brampton  [co.  Huntingdon] ; 
granting  also  that  they  may  have  their  fairs  for  three  or  four  days 
every  year,  and  their  markets  one  day  a  week,  in  aU  their  manors. 
Dated  at  the  New  Temple,  London.     21  January,  1214-1215. 

De  manerio  de  Wiwi.pthorp  (A  marg.,  query  by  Q). 

Johamies  dei  gratia  rex  AngKe  dominus  Hybemie  dux  Norma?i?n'e 
7  Aquitdttie  comes  Aiidegauie  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  . 
comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  forestariis  .  vicecomitibus  . 
prepositis  .  7  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis  .-'  salutem'  .  Sciatis 
nos  pro  amore  dei  7  pro  salute  anime  nostre  7  omnium  antecessorum 
7  heredum  nostrorum  in  recompensationem  quoque  ablatorum  . 
iniuriarum  7  dampnorum  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Luic'^ .  7  venerabili 

I 


130  REGISTRUM  AKTIQUISSIMIJM  No.  205 

patri  Hugoni  Linc'^  episcopo  secundo  illatorum  tempore  generalis 
interdict!  .■'  dedisse  .  concessisse  .  7  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse 
deo  7  ipsi  ecclesie  Lino'  7  predicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  snis 
in  perpetuum  .  in  puram  .  liberam  .  7  perpetuam  elemosinam 
maneriuni  de  Wimeltorije'  iuxta  Neowercha*  cum  omnibus  per- 
tinenciis  suis  quod  est  de  feodo  ipsius  episcopi  Line'  .  7  forisuadiatum 
fuit  uersus  Aaron*^  iudeum  .  7  deuenit  in  manum  domini  regis  .H. 
patris  nostri  post  mortem  eiusdem  Aaron*-'  tanquam  exscaeta*  sua  .•' 
habendum  eidem  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  7  ecclesie  Line'* 
in  perpetuum  .  quietum  ab  omni  seculari  seruitio  7  exactione  cum 
omnibus  libertatibus  7  liberis  consuetudinibus  quas  habet  aliquod 
liberiorum  maneriorum  ipsius  episcopi  .  Dedimus  etiam  7  con- 
oessimus  7  omuino  quietas  clamauimus  in  perpetuum  eidem  ecclesie 
Line'*  7  predicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  decem  libras 
sterlingorum  quas  ipse  episcopus  7  predecessores  sui  nobis  7  ante- 
cessoribus  nostris  annuatim  redderc  consueuermit  de  wapentacco 
de  Stowa' .  Concessimus  etiam  quod  idem  episcopus  7  successores 
sui  possint  claudere  7  parcos  facere  si  uoluerint  .  uel  essartare  . 
quantum  .  quando  .  7  ubi  uoluerint  boscos  suos  de  Lidintona'  . 
7  Buggedena  .  7  Spaldewich'  .  7  grauam  de  Stowa' .  7  spinet um  de 
Cruch'  iuxta  Bannebiria  .  7  pro  uoluntate  sua  de  boscis  illis  facere  . 
dare  .  uendere  .  7  capere  .  J  capi  facere  sine  uisu  7  omni  contra- 
diccione  forestariorum  .  7  regardatorum  .  7  omnium  ministrorum 
suorum  .  7  inde  quicquid  ceperint  .  uel  capi  fecerint  .  dederint  uel 
uendiderint  .  attrahere  possint  7  attralii  facere  libere  7  pacifice 
cum  libertate  chemini  absque  reclamatione  .  contradiccione  .  7 
impedimento  forestariorum  quacumque  .  occasione  .  Et  quod  bosci 
illi  7  essarta  inde  facta  7  facienda  .■'  sint  quieta  de  uasto  .  7  regardo  . 
7  uisu  forestariorum  .  viridariorum  .  7  regardatorum  .  Et  quod 
ipsi  7  omnia  dominica  sua  7  omnes  homines  dominicorum  suorum 
sint  quieti  de  sectis  swanimotorum  7  omnium  aliorum  placitorum 
foreste  .  7  de  espaltamentis  canum  .  7  de  omnibus  summonitionibus  . 
placitis  .  querelis  .  7  occasionibus  ad  forestam  7  forestarios  per- 
tinentibus  .•'  salua  nobis  tantum  uenatione  nostra  .  saluis  nichilominus 
predicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  in  perpetuum  omnibus 
predictis  hbertatibus  7  quietantiis' .  Et  quandocumque  de  predictis 
boscis  parcos  fecerint  .•'  extunc  omnino  sint  deafforestati  tam  de 
uenatione  quam  de  omnibus  aUis  ad  forestam  7  forestarios  per- 
tinentibus  .  Concessimus  itaque  quod  tresturnare  possint  uiani'" 
que  se  extendit  a  Kenebautona"  uersus  Huntendo?H'a?w  per  quandam 
partem  bosci  de  Buggedena  .•'  ut  decetero  sit  uia  ilia  inter  boscum 
suum  predictum  .  7  boscum  contiguum  de  Brantona**  in^^  diuisa 
eorundem  boscorum  .  Preterea  concessimus  quod  predictus  episcopus 
7  successores  sui  habeant  ferias  singulis  annis  per  tres  uel'*  quattuor 
dies  duraturas  .  7  mercata  singuhs  septimanis  per  unum  diem  per 
omnia  maneria  sua  ubi  .  7  quando  .  ea'^  habere  uoluerint  7  habere 
possint  absque  nocumento  uicinarum  feriarum  7  uicmorum  merca- 


No.  206  JOHN  131 

torura  .•'  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  iiberis  consuetudiiiibus  ad 
huiusinodi  ferias  7  mercata  pertinentibus  .  Nos  uero  7  heredes 
nostri  predictum  maneriura  de  Wimclthorpe"  cum  omnibus  pertin- 
entiis  suis  .  omnes  quoque  donationes  .  concessiones  .  libertates  . 
quietas  clamantias  predictas  .  prcdicto  cpiscopo  7  successoribus  suis 
tanquam  puram  .  liberam  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  nostram  .•' 
contra  omnes  homines"  warantizabimus  in  perpetuum  .  Quare 
uolumus  7  lirmiter  precipimus  quod  predicta  ecclesia  Linc'^  7 
predictus  Hugo  Line'-  episcopus  7  successores  sui  in  perpetuum 
habeant  7  teneant  omnia  predicta  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  libere  .  quiete  . 
7  integre  .  in  omnibus  locis  7  rebus  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  .  7 
Iiberis  consuetudinibus  7  quietantiis  supradictis  sicut  predictum 
est  .•■  tamquam  puram  .  liberam  .  7  perpe*tuam  elemosinam  nostram  . 
quietam  penitus  ab  omni  seculari  seruitio  7  exactione  in  perpetuum  . 
Testibus  domino  .  S.  Cantuariensi  archiepiscopo  .  W.  Londoniensi  . 
P.  Wmtoniensi  .  E.  Elyensii^ .  E.  Herefordiensi  .  J.  Ba^thotiiensi 
7  Glustoniensi  episcopis  .  W.  Marescallo  comite  PenbrocMe  .  i»W. 
comite  Warenne  .  S.  comite  Winto«ie  .  Willelmo^"  Briwerr'  .  Roberto 
filio  Walteri  .  J.  Marescallo"  .  7  Thoma"  de  Erdintona"  .  Data 
per  manum  magistri  Ricardi  de  Marisco  canccUarii  nostri  apud 
Nouum  Templum  London'  vicesimo  primo  die  Januarii"  .•'  anno 
regni  nostri  sextodecimo. 

Endorsed:  (1)  III  (13  cent.).  (2)  .j.  (13  cent.).  (3)  Carta  Johannis  regis  de 
Vimelthorp  et  aliis  (15  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal  torn  away.     Size  :    7}  x  12. 

Marginalia  in  A  :    2i . 

Texts  :  MS — Orig.  aI/1/44.  A.  Orig.  aI/1/50  (inspeximus,  no.  228  below). 
Orig.  aI/1/60  (inspeximus,  no.  228  below).  liv(23).  Charter  roll,  16  Jolui,  mera.  5. 
Pd—Rotuli  Chartarum  u   -M'S-i.     See  C.C.R. i,5  ;    iv,lll(23). 

\'ar.  R.  :  '  Rot.  ch.  shortens  the  salutatioyi.  -  Lincoln'  Orig. 50  liv.  '  Wymoltorp' 
A  ;  Wimelthorp'  Orig. 50.  ■■  Newerc'  A  ;  Neuwerch'  Orig. 50.  *^  the  first  two  letters 
of  .\aron  have  each  an  acute  accent.  ''  excaeta  Orig.50.  ^  Stouwa  A  Orig. 60  ;  Stow' 
Orig. 60.  '  Lidington'  Orig.50  ;  Lidintun'  Oris. 60  ;  Lydinton'  liv.  «  Stomva  Orig.50. 
'  quitanciis  Orig.50  liv.  i»  uiam  possint  A.  "  Kenebautun'  Orig.60.  '^Brantun' 
Orig. 60.  1'  cum  A.  "  insert  per  Orig.50  Orig. 60.  "  earn  A.  '"  Wymeltorp'  A  liv  ; 
Wimeltorp  Orig.60.  "  om.  homines  A.  "  Helyens'  A.  '"-"om.  W.  comite 
Warenne  ...  J.  .Marescallo  A.  -»  W.  Orig.60.  "  Tom'  Orig.60.  '"  Erdington 
Orig.50  ;  Erdintun'  Orig.60.  "  Nouembris  liv  (which  is  the  date  of  the  variant 
charter,  no.   206  below). 

Note  :  Crouch  spinney  was  in  the  parish  of  Banbury,  and  Crouch  Hill  still  appears 
on  the  map,  two  miles  to  the  south-west  of  that  place. 

'*Folio  30. 

Hdl.  -3.0. 

Add.  Chart. 

206.  Charter  of  John,  similar  in  part  to  the  preceding  charter, 
21  November,  1214. 

Johamies  dei  gratia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hibernie  .  dux  Nor- 
mannie  et  Aquita/ne  .  comes  Andegawie  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  . 
abbatibus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticmnis  .  forestariis  .  vice- 
comitibus  .  prepositis  .  et  omnibus  balUuis  et  fideUbus  suis  .•'  salutem  . 


132  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  206 

Sciatis  nos  pro  amore  dei  [/']  pro  salute  anime  nostre  7  omnium 
antecessorum  7   heredum   nostrorum   dedisse    .   concessisse   7   liac 
carta  nostra  conflrmasse   deo  7  ecclesie    beate   Marie   Lincoln'   1 
venerabili    patri    Hugoni    Lincoln'    episcopo    7    successoribus    suis 
inperpetuum  in  liberam  puram  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  manerium 
de  Wimeltliorpe  iuxta  Neowercha  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis 
quod  est  defeodo  episcopi  Line'  .  7  f orisuadiatum  f uit  uersus  Aaron^ 
iudeum  .  7  deuenit  in  manum  domini  regis  .H.  patris  nostri  post 
mortem  eiusdem  Aaron^  tanquam  excaeta  sua  .  Habendum  eidem 
episcopo   7   successoribus   suis   7    ecclesie    Lincoln'    in   perpetuum 
quietum    ab    omni    seculari    seruicio    7    exactione    cum    omnibus 
libertatibus  7  liberis  consuetudinibus  quas  ipsum  manerium  habet 
uel   quas   aliquod   maneriorum    ipsius   episcopi   habet    .    Dedimus 
etiam  et  concessimus  7  omnino  quietas  clamauimus  in  perpetuum 
eidem  ecclesie  Line'  7  predicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  decern 
libras    argenti    quas   ipse   episcopus   7    predecessores    sui    nobis   7 
antecessoribus  nostris  annuatim  reddere  consueuerunt  de  wapentacco 
de  Stowa  .  Concessimus  etiam  quod  idem  episcopus  uel  successores 
sui  possint  claudere  7  parcos  facere  si  uoluerint  uel  essartare  boscos 
suos  de  Lidintona  7  Bugendena  7  Spaldewic  cum  graua  de  Stowa  . 
7  pro  uoluntate  sua  de  boscis  illis  facere  7  capere  sine  contradictione 
7  uisu  forestariorum  .  Et  quod  bosci  illi  7  essarta  inde  facta  7 
facienda  sint  quieta  de  uasto  7  regardo  7   uisu  forestariorum  7 
regardatorum  .  Et  quod  ipsi  7  dominica  sua  7  homines  dominicorum 
suorum   sint   quieti   de   sectis   swanimotorum   7   omnium   aliorum 
placitorum  foreste  .  7  de  espeltamentis  canum  .  7  de  omnibus  querelis 
7  occasionibus  ad  forestarios  pertinentibus  .  Salua  nobis  tantum 
uenatione  nostra  .  7  saluis  predicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis 
in    perpetuum    omnibus    predictis    hbertatibus    7    quitanciis    .    Et 
quandocunque  de  predictis  boscis  [par^Jcos  fecerint  .-  extunc  omnino 
sint   deafEorestati   tam   de   uenatione   quam   de   omnibus   aliis   ad 
forestam  7  forestarios  pertinentibus   .  Preterea  concessimus  quod 
predictus  episcopus  7  successores  sui  habeant  ferias  singulis  annis 
per  tres  uel  quattuor  dies  duraturas  7  mercata  singuhs  s[eptimana']s 
per  unum  diem  per  omnia  maneria  sua  ubi  7  quando  ea  habere 
uoluerint  7  habere  possint  absque  nocumento  uicinarum  fer[iarum 
71]    uicinorum    mercatorum    cum  omnibus  [h'Jbertatibus  7  liberis 
consuetudinibus   ad   huiusmodi    ferias   7    mercata    pertinentibus    . 
Nos  uero  7  heredes  nostri  predictum  manerium  [de^]  Wimelthorpe 
cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  predicto  episcopo  7   successoribus 
suis   tanquam    puram   7    perpetuam   elemosinam    nostram    contra 
[omnes    h^Jomines    warantizabimus    .    Quare    uolumus    7    firmiter 
precipimus  .  quod  predicta  ecclesia  Line'  7  predictus  .H.  episcopus 
[7  succeijssores  sui  in  perpetuum  habeant  7   teneant   predictum 
manerium  de  Wimelthorpe  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  7  hbertatibus 

suis   ^^x:Qdiciis d   habeant   in   perpetuum   quitanciam   pre- 

dictarum  decern  hbrarum  argenti  .  7  predictas  Ubertates  de  predictis 


No.  207  JOHN  133 

boscis  suis  .  7  quod dominica  sua  7  omnes  homines 

dominicornm  suonira  quicti  sint  do  omnibus  que  ad  forestam  7 

forestarios  pertinent  sicut  pTediclu7n  est predictus  episco- 

pus   7   successores   sui   habeant   predictas  ferias  7   mercata   sicut 

supradictinn  est  .  Et  quod  omnia  predicta pace  .  libere 

7  quiete  .  integre  7  honorifice  in  omnibus  locis  7  rebus  cmn  omnibus 

libertatibus  et ciis  supradictis  .  Testibus  . 

domino  .S.  Ca,ntuariensi  archiepiscopo  .  W.  hondoniensi  .  P.  Win- 

toniensi  .  E.  Eliensi episcopis  .  W. 

Marescallo    comite    PenbrocAie    .W.    comite    Warenne    .S.    comite 

Wintonie    .    Willelmo 

3  7  Thoma  de  Erdintona  .  Data  per  manum  magistri 

Ricardi     de     Marisco     cancellario vicesimo 

primo  die  Nouembris  .  anno  regni  nostri  sexto  decimo. 

Endorsed:  (1)  III.  (2)  Carta  Johannis  regis  de  Wymelthorp  remissione  x  li. 
pro  Stow  et  de  aliis  (14  cent.).     (3) 

Text  :  MS — Orig.  Al/l/44a  (the  charter  has  several  holes,  and  the  bottom  left 
hand  corner  has  been  torn  off). 

Var.  R.  :  '■supplied  from  Orig.  Al/1/45  (no.  205  above).  'The  first  two  letters 
of  Aaron  have  each  an  acute  accent.  '  The  witnesses  are  probably  the  same  as  in 
Orig.   .4  1/1/45. 

Add.  Chart. 
207.     Letters   patent   of  John,  addressed   to  bishop   Hugh  II, 
promising  peace  and  safety,  and  asking  him  to  come  to  England. 
At  Temple  Ewell  [co.  Kent].     24  May,  1213. 

De  pace  promissa  . .  episcopo  Lincoln'  (R  rubric). 

.J.  dei  gratia  rex  Angh'e  (  dominus  Hibemie  .•'  dux  Aquitanie  . 
Norma«w»e  comes  Andegawie  .-'  venerabili  patri  in  Christo  .H.  eadem 
gratia  Line'  episcopo  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  secundum  formam 
mandati  domini  7  venerabilis  patris  nostri  .1.  dei  gratia  summi 
pontificis  veram  pacem  ac  plenam  securitatem  vobis  prestamus 
necnon  ceteris  tam  clericis  quam  laicis  hoc  negocium  quod  inter 
nos  7  ecclesiam  Anglicanam  versatum  est  contingentibus  (  Nee 
vos  nee  vestros  ledemus  vel  ledi  faciemus  aut  permittemus  in 
personis  vel  rebus  .  vobisque  dimittimus  omnem  indignacionem 
7  in  gratiam  nostram  vos  recipimus  7  tenebimus  bona  fide  (  Et 
quod  vos  non  impediemus  nee  faciemus  aut  permittemus  aliquatenus 
impediri  quo  minus  libere  vestrum  exequamini  oificium  7  plena 
iurisdiccionis  vestre  auctoritate  prout  debetis  vtamini  .  Et  super 
hiis  vobis  iuramenta  7  litteras  patentes  fidelium  nostrorum  venera- 
bilium  patrum  domini  .H.  Dublinensw  archiepiscopi  .P.  Wintomensis 
7  -J.  Norwicens^,s  episcoporum  C  7  preterea  .xii.  baronum  nostrorum 
scilicet  .G.  iilii  Petri  comitis  Essexie  iusticiam  nostri  .R.  comitis 
Bolome  .R.  comitis  Cestrie  .W.  Marescalk"  comitis  Pembroc  .W. 
comitis  Warenne  .W.  comitis  Anindell'  .W.  comitis  de  Ferrarw's  ( 
Willelmi  Briwerr'  i  Roberti  de  Ros  '  Gilberti  filii  Reinfridi  I  Rogeri 
de  Mortuo  Mari  7  Petri  filii  Herberti  fecimus  exhiberi  .-'  quod  ipsi 


134  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  207 

bona  fide  studebunt  vt  hec  pax  7  securitas  firmiter  obseruetur  . 
Et  si  forte  quod  deus  auertat  per  nos  ipsos  vel  alios  contrauenerimus  i 
ipsi  pro  ecclesia  contra  violatores  securitatis  7  pacis  mandatis 
apostolicis  inherebunt  i  Nos  que  perpetuo  ecclesiarum  vacancium 
custodiam  amittamus  .  Et  ideo  vos  rogamus  quatinus  ad  nos  secure 
7  sine  dilacione  in  Angliam  venire  festinetis  .  8i  quid  autem  in  hoc 
scripto  oniissum  vel  minus  plene  factum  fuerit  .•'  cum  in  Angliam 
veneritis  secundum  formam  mandati  apostolici  perficietur  .  Et  in 
huius  rei  testimonium  has  litteras  nostras  patentes  vobis  mittimus 
Testibus  dominis  .H.  Dublinensi  archiepiscopo  .P.  Wintonie?isi 
episcopo  .G.  fiho  Petri  comite  Essexie  .W.  Marescallo  comite  Pembroc 
apud  Templum  de  Ewell'  .xxiiijt".  die  Maij  .  anno  regni  nostri 
quintodecimo. 

Marginalia :  Nota. 

Text:    MS— R49. 

Note  :  A  similar  letter,  addressed  to  the  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  of  the 
same  date,  is  enrolled  on  the  patent  roll,  %vith  a  note  that  letters  were  sent  to  each 
bishop  who  was  with  the  archbishop  beyond  tlie  sea,  namely,  the  bishops  of  London, 
Hereford,  Ely,  Bath,  and  Lincoln,  and  to  the  prior  and  monks  of  Canterbury  {Rotuii 
Litt.  Pat.  i,  98b,  99). 

Add.  Chart. 

208.  Letters  patent  of  John,  informing  bishop  Hugh  II  that 
he  has  granted  peace  and  security  to  the  Church  of  England, 
according  to  the  form  of  peace  sent  by  the  pope  through  Pandulf 
the  legate,  whereby  the  king,  in  return  for  his  submission  to  the 
pope,  and  absolution  from  excommunication,  has  made  oath  to 
give  security  to  the  bishops  and  others,  and  to  make  restitution 
for  damages.     At  Beer  [Regis,  co.  Donset].     28  June,  1213. 

De  pace  refonnata  inter  regem  7  .  .  episcopum  Lincoln"  (R 
rubric). 

Johannes  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  doniinus  Hihernie  .  dux  Norma»wwe 
7  Aquita/iie  .  comes  Andega((ie  .  venerabili  patri  in  Christo  .H. 
eadem  gracia  Lincoln'  episcopo  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  ueram 
pacem  7  plenam  securitatem  nobis  7  ucstris  prestamus  necnon 
ceteris  tarn  clericis  quam  laicis  negocium  quod  inter  nos  7  ecclesiam 
Anglicanam  diutius  uersatum  est  contingentibus  .  secundum  formam 
pacis  nobis  a  domino  papa  per  Pandulfum  clericum  suum  trans- 
missam  .  que  talis  est  .  In  primis  itaque  solempniter  7  absolute 
iurabimus  .  stare  mandatis  domini  pape  coram  eius  legato  uel 
delegate^  super  omnibus  pro  quibus  excommunicati  sumus  ab  ipso  . 
7  ueram  pacem  ac  plenam  securitatem  prestabimus  venerabilibus 
viris  .8.  Ca.i\Xjuaneiisi  .  archiepiscopo  .W.  Londoniensi  .E.  Elien*-? 
.E.  HeTeiordiensi  .J.  Bathon»>«si  .  7  .H.  Lmcolnie tidi'^  episcopis  . 
priori  quoque  ac  monachis  Cant«ane  .  7  .R.  Hlio  Walter!  ac  Eustacio 
de  Vescy  .  necnon  ceteris  clericis  ac  laicis  lioc  negocium  contin- 
gentibus .  Prestando  simul  coram  eodem  legato  uel  delegato  pubhce 


No.  208  JOHN  136 

iuramentum  .  quod  ipsos  cum  suis  nee  ledemus  nee  ledi  faciemus 
uel  permittemus  in  personis  uel  rebus  .  Eisque  climittemus  omnem 
indignacionem  .  7  in  graciam  nostram  recipiemus  eosdem  .  ac 
tenebimus  bona  fide  .  Quodque  prefatos  arehiepiscopum  7  episcopos 
non  impediemus  .  nee  faciemus  aut  permittemus  aliquatenus 
impediri  .  quominus  ipsi  libere  suum  exequantur  officium  .  7  plena 
sue  iuridictionis  auctoritate  prout  debent  utantur  .  Et  super  hiis 
tam  domino  pape  quam  archiepiscopo  7  singulis  episcopis  nostras 
patentes  litteras  exliibebimus  .  facientes  ab  episcopis  7  comitibus 
ac  baronibus  nostris  quot  7  quos  prefati  archiepiscopi  7  episcopi 
postidauerint  iuramenta  7  eorum  patentes  lit[teras  ex'Jhiberi  . 
quod  ipsi  bona  fide  studebunt  .  ut  hec  pax  7  securitas  firmiter 
obseruetur  .  Et  si  forte  quod  [deus-']  auertat  per  nos  ipsos  uel  alios 
contrauenerimus*  (  ipsi  pro  ecclesia  contra  uiolatores  securitatis 
7  pacis  mandatis  apostoMcis  inherebunt .  nosque  perpetuo  uacantium 
ecclesiarum  custodiam  amittamus  .  Quod  si  forte  nequiuerimus 
eos  ad  banc  ultimam  iuramenti  partem  inducere  .  \ddelicet  quod 
si  per  nos  ipsos  uel  alios  contrauenerimus  .  ipsi  pro  ecclesia  contra 
uiolatores  securitatis  J  pacis  mandatis  apostoUcis  inherebunt  .■'  nos 
propter  hoc  domino  pape  ac  ecclesie  Roma?te  per  nostras  patentes 
litteras  obhgabimus  omne  ius  patronatus  quod  habemus  in  ecclesiis 
Anglicanis  .  Et  omnes  litteras  que  pro  securitate  predictorum  sunt 
exhibende  .■'  prefatis  archiepiscopo  7  episcopis  ante  suum  ingressum 
in  Angliam  transmittemus  .  Si  uero  nobis  placuerit  .  sepefati  archie- 
piscopus  7  episcopi  prestabunt  saluo  honore  dei  7  ecclesie  iuratoriam" 
7  litteratoriam  cautionem  .  quod  ipsi  nee  per  se  nee  per  alios  contra 
personam  uel  coronam  nostram  ahquid  attemptabunt  .  nobis  pre- 
dictam  eis  securitatem  7  pacem  seruantibus  iUibatam  .  De  ablatis 
autem  plenam  restitutionem  .  7  de  dampnis  recompensationem 
sufficientem  omnibus  impendemus  .  tam  clericis  omnibus  quam 
etiam  laicis  miiuersis  ad  hoc  negocium  pertinentibus  .  non  solum 
rerum  .  set  etiam  libertatum  .  7  restitutas  conseruabimus  libertates  . 
archiei^iscopo  quidem  7  episcopo  Line'  a  tempore  sue  confirmationis  . 
ahis  a  tempore  discordie  inchoate  .  Nee  obstabit  aliqua  jiactio  uel 
promissio  uel  concessio  .  quominus  7  dampna  recompensentur  .■' 
7  restituantur  ablata  .  tam  uiuorum  quam  etiam  defunctorum  . 
Nee  de  hiis  aUquid  retinebimus  pretextu  seruicii  quod  debuerat 
nobis  imjiencU  .  set  postea  debita  nobis  pro  seruicio  reeompensatio 
tribuetur  .  statimque  omnes  quos  detinemus  clericos  faciemus 
absolute  dimitti  .  ac  restitui  proprie  libertati  .  7  etiam  laicos  qui 
occasione  huius  negocii  detinentur  .  incontinenti  quoque  post 
aduentum  illius  qui  nos  debebit  absoluere  faciemus  [de  p'Jarte 
restitutionis  ablatorum  octo  milia  librarum  legahum  sterUngorum 
pro  persoluendis  debitis  7  faciendis  expensis  in  nun[cii^]s  pre- 
dictorum archiepiscopi  7  episcoporum  ac  monachorum  C&ntuarie 
assignari  .  sine  impedimento  quolibet  per  potestatem  nostram  ad 
eos  libere  deferenda  .  ut  expediti  reuertantur  in  Angliam  .  honorifice 


136  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  208 

reuocati  .  videlicet  .S.  Cemtuariensi  archiepiscopo  duo  millia  7 
quingentas  libras  .W.  hondoniensi^  y  septingentas  7  quinqiiaginta 
libras  .E.  Eliensi  .•'  mille  7  quingentas  libras  .E.  ileTeiordiensi''  i 
septingentas  7  quinquaginta  libras  .J.  Bathon^ews^  septingentas  7 
quinquaginta  libras  .H.  Lino'  septingentas  7  quinquaginta  libras  . 
priori  7  monachis  Cantwarie  .■'  mille  libras  .  Set  protinus  absque 
mora  postquam  pacem  istam  duxerimus  acceptandani  z  resignari 
faciemus  archiepiscopo  7  episcopis  7  clerieis  ac  ecclesiis  uniuersis 
in  manibus  nunciorum  uel  procuratorum  ipsorum  .■'  omnia  inmobilia 
cum  administratione  libera  eorundem  .  7  in  pace  dimitti  .  Inter- 
dictiim  etiam  uulgariter  utlagatio  nuncupatum  quod  proponi 
fecimus  contra  personas  ecclesiastieas  .  publice  reuocabimus  . 
protestando  per  nostras  litteras'  patentes  archiepiscopo  tribuendas  / 
id  ad  nos  de  personis  ecclesiasticis  nullatenus  pertinere  .  quodque 
illud  decetero  contra  personas  ecclesiastieas  nullatenus  faciemus 
proponi  .  Reuocantes  preterea  utlagationeni  laicorum  ad  hoc 
negocium  pertinentium  .  7  remittentes  hominia  quod  post  inter- 
dictum  recepimus  ab  ecclesiarum  hominibus  preter  regni  con- 
suetudinem  7  ecclesiasticam  libertatem  .  Si  uero  super  dampnis 
uel  ablatis  aut  eorum  quantitate  uel  estimatione  questio  fuorit  de 
facto  suborta  .-'  per  legatum  aut  delegatum  doniini  pape  receptis 
probacionibus  publice  terminetur  .  Et  hiis  omnibus  rite  peractis  .•' 
relaxabitur  sentencia  interdicti  .  Su[per  ceteris^]  autem  capitulis 
sique  fuerint  dubitationes  suborte  de  quibus  merito  ualeat  dvibitari 
nis[i']  per  legatum  uel  delegatum  domini  pape  de  partium  fuerint 
uoluntate  sopite  ^  ad  ipsius  referantur  arbitrium  .  ut  super  hiis 
quod  ipse  decreuerit  .-'  obseruetur  .  Et  super  hiis  uobis^  iuramenta 
7  litteras  patentes  fidelium  nostrorum  .  venerabilium  patrum  .H. 
Dubline??,sis  archiepiscopi  .  7  .J.  Norwicewsis  7  .P.  V^'mtoviensis 
episcoporum  .  7  duodecim  baronum  nostrorum  scilicet  .G.  filii 
Petri i^comitis  Essexic  .R.  comitis  Bolon/c  .W.  comitis  de  Ferr«ms^^ 
.R.  comitis  Cestrie  .W.  Marescallr  comitis  Penbroc^ie^^  .W.  comitis 
Warenne  .W.  comitis  Arundell'  (  WiIlelmo[<3ic]  Briwcrr'  .  Robert!  de 
Ros  .  Gileberti"  filii  Reinfrrc??'  .  Rogeri**  de  Mortuo  Mari^-^  .  Petri 
filii  Herfteriii"  fecimus  exhiberi  .  quod  ipsi  bona  fide  studebunt  .  ut 
hec  pax  7  securitas  firmiter  obseruetur  .  Et  in  huius  rei  testimonium 
has  litteras  patentes  sigillo  nostro  signatas  nobis  transmittinius  . 
Teste  .  me  ipso  apud  Beram  .xxviij.  die  Junii  .  amio  regni  ziostri 
quintodecimo  ; 

Endorsed:  (l)Pacis  prouisio  inter  .  J.  regem  7  prelatos  post  gwerram  (13  cent.)- 
(2)  Domino  Lincoln'   (contemp.).     (3)   I   'j' 

Tag  for  seal,  with  the  remains  of  a  black  leather  cover  which  covered  it .  Size  : 
C|   X   llj  inches. 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  aI/1/42.     RRl. 

Var.  R.  :  '  om.  uel  delegato  R.  -  Line'  R.  ^  svppUed  from  R,  the  charter  hainng 
been  injured.  *  contrauenimus  R.  '  iuramentum  R.  "London'  R.  'Hereford' 
R.  'litteras  nostras  R.  'nobis  interlineated  Orig.  '"/oc  G.  filii  Petri  read  fjl' 
Gilberti  R.  "  Ferrar'  R.  '^  Penbroe  R.  '' Gilberti  R.  "  Rogero  R.  ^^  insert 
7  R.     '"Heui-ici  R. 


No.  210  JOHN  137 

Add.  Chart. 

209.  Notification  by  John  that  he  has  made  oath  that,  by 
Easter,  1214,  he  will  make  full  restitution  and  compensation  for 
losses  and  damages  inflicted  upon  clerks  and  laymen.  At  Port- 
chester.     13  July,  1213. 

De  restitucione  dampnorum  illatorum  per  regem  (rubric). 

.J.  dei  gracia  rex  Anghe  1  dominus  Hibemie  ^  dux  'Sormayinie  \ 
Aquitawie  7  comes  Andegauie  omnibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum 
peruenerit  .■'  salutem  .  Nouerit  vniuersitas  vestra  nos  tactis  sacro- 
sanctis  ewangeliis  iurasse  .^  quod  iixfra  pascha  proximum  anni  regni 
nostri  quintidecimi '  de  ablatis  plenam  restitucionem  7  de  dampnis 
recompensacionem  sufficientem  impendemus  tam  clericis  omnibus 
quam  eciam  laicis  vniuersis  ad  negocium  quod  inter  nos  7  Anghcanam 
ecclesiam  diutius  versatum  est  pertinentibus  ^  Et  quod  non  obstabit 
ahqua  pactio  vel  promissio  sen  concessio  .■•  quo  minus  7  dampna 
recompensentur  7  restituantur  ablata  tam  viuorum  quam  eciam 
defunctorum  .  Et  quod  de  oblatis  nichil  retinebimus  pretextu 
seruicii  quod  nobis  debuerit  impend!  )  Set  postea  debita  nobis  pro 
seruicio  ^  recompensacio  tribuetur  ^  7  quod  infra  Natale  proximum 
de  parte  restitucionis  ablatorum  archiepiscopo  C&ntuariensi  7 
Londoniensz  ^  Eliensi  ^  7  .M.  bone  memorie  Wigormewst  )  Here- 
forden.si  ^  Buthoniensi  7  Lincolniensi  episcopis  .  .  priori  C&ntuarie  1 
Roberto  filio  Walteri  ^  Eustachio  de  Vescy  7  magistro  Simoni  de 
Langeton'  quindeeim  miUa  marcarum  legaUum  sterUngorum  per- 
soluemus  7  totum  residuum  de  restitucione  7  recompensacione 
facienda  omnibus  .■'  soluemus  infra  predictum  Pascha  \  nisi  de 
gracia  predictorum  archiepiscopi  7  episcoporum  terminus  vltime 
solucionis  scilicet  Pasche  predicti  vlteiius  prorogetur  .  Teste  me 
ipso  apud  Portcestra?^  .xiij.  die  JuHi  anno  regni  nostri  quinto 
decimo. 

Marginalia :  Nota. 

Text  :    MS— R50. 

Var.  R.  :   '  sic. 

Add.  Chart. 

210.  The  Charter  of  Liberties,  commonly  called  Magna  Carta, 
dated  at  Runnymede  [co.  Surrey],  between  Windsor  and  Staines. 
15  June,  1215. 

The  charter  is  not  printed  here  because  it  appears  in  type  and  engraved  facsimile  in 
The  Statutes  of  the  Realm  i,  9-13.  and  in  Appendix  to  Reports  of  the  Public  Records 
Commissioners  (1819),  no.  3.  Tlie  Lincoln  copy  of  the  Great  Charter  was  also jiclected 
for  reproduction  in  type  and  engraved  facsimile  in  Facsimilies  of  National 
Manuscripts  (Ordnance  Sur\ey  Office),  part  i,  no.  xvi,  am/  Table  of  the  Charters 
because  it  was  the  handsomest  extant  of  the  four  original  copies.  The  charter  has  also 
been  printed  by  Stubbs,  Select  Charters,  pp.  296-306,  and  by  others.  The  charter 
at  Lincoln,  like  the  original  at  Salisbury,  shews  no  trace  of  any  seal,  and  Dr  B.  L. 
Foole  conjectures  that  the  great  seal  was  attached  to  the  orighial  kept  in  the  Exchequer 
{E.  H.  R.  xxviii,  449). 

Texts  at  LincoUi  :    MS — Orig.  .\  1/1/45.     Ro2.     Pd — as  above. 

Size  :     18J  x   17|  inches. 


138  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  211 

Add.  Chart. 

211.  Charter  of  John,  granting  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and 
bishop  Hugh  II,  in  compensation  for  waste  made  by  the  king  and 
his  men  in  respect  of  Stow  Park,  in  the  time  of  the  general  interdict 
in  England,  the  royal  wood  of  Harthay  [co.  Huntingdon],  with 
licence  to  enclose,  impark,  or  assart  it,  quit  of  pleas  of  the  forest, 
saving  the  king's  hunting,  until  the  wood  is  disafforested.  At 
Oxford.     18  July,  1215. 

Johannes  dei  gratia  rex  Anglje  dominus  Hybemre  dux  Normawnie 
71  Aquitanie^  comes  Andegauie  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbati- 
bus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  forestariis  .  vicecomitibus  . 
prepositis  .  7  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis  .•'  salutem^  .  Sciatis 
nos  pro  amore  dei  7  pro  salute  anime  nostre  7  omnium  antecessorum 
7  heredum  nostrorum  .  in  recompensationem  quoque  uasti  7  exilii 
facti  per  nos  7  nostros  de  parco  de  Stowa*  tempore  generaUs  inter- 
dicti  in  Anglia  .  dedisse  7  concessisse  .  7  presenti  carta  nostra 
confirmasse  deo  7  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Linc'^  7  venerabili  patri 
Hugoni  Linc'^  episcopo  secundo  7  successoribus  suis  in  perpetuum  . 
in  puram  .  liberam  .  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  boscum  nostrum  de 
Herteia'  in  Huntedunesyra*  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  .  Ubertatibus  . 
7  liberis  consuetudinibus  suis  .  in  piano  .  pratis  .  pascuis  .  7  pasturis  . 
habendum  7  tenendum  eidem  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  7  Linc'^ 
ecclesie  in  perpetuum  .  adeo  libere  .  quiete  .  integre  .  7  pacifice  . 
sicut  nos  7  antecessores  nostri  ipsum  boscum  unquam  melius  . 
liberius  .  7  integrius  tenuimus  .  quietum  etiam  ab  omni  seculari 
seruitio  7  exactione  .  Concessimus  etiam  quod  idem  episcopus  7 
successores  sui  possint  claudere  7  parcum  facere  si  uoluerint  uel 
essartare'  quantum  .  quando  .  7  ubi  uoluerint  boscum  ilium  cum 
pertinentiis  suis  .  7  pro  uoluntate  sua  de  bosco  illo  facere  .  dare  . 
uendere  .  7  capere  .  7  capi  facere  sine  uisu  7  omni  contradictione  . 
forestariorum  .  viridariorum'" .  7  regardatorum  .  7  omnium  minis- 
trorum  .  suorum  .  7  inde  quicquid''  ceperint  .  uel  capi  fecerint  . 
dederint  uel  uendiderint  .  attrahere  possint  7  attrahi  facere  .  libere  . 
7  pacifice  cum  libertate  chemini  absque  reclamatione  7  contradic- 
tione 7  impedimento  forestariorum  .■'  quacumque  occasione  .  Et 
quod  boscus  ille  cum  perbinentiis  7  essarta  inde  facta  7  facienda 
sint  quieta  de  uasto  7  regard©  7  uisu  forestariorum  .  viridariorum  . 
7  regardatorum  .  Et  quod  omnes  homines  in  bosco  illo  /  essartis 
inde  factis  7  faciendis  7  pertinentiis  eorum  manentes  .•'  sint  quieti 
de  sectis  swammottorum  7  omnium  placitorum  foreste  .  7  de  espelta- 
mentis  canum  .  7  de  omnibus  suminonitionibus  .  placitis  .  quereUs  . 
7  occasionibus  ad  forestam  7  forestarios  pertinentibus  .-  salua 
tantum  nobis  uenatione  nostra  .  Saluis  nichilominus  predicto 
episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  in  perpetuum  omnibus  predictis 
Ubertatibus  7  ({uitantiis""  .  Et  quandocumque  de   predicto  bosco 


No.  212  JOHN  139 

parcum  fecerint  I  extunc  omnino  sit  deafforestatus  tarn  de  uenatione 
quam  de  omnibus  aliis  ad  forestam  7  forestarios  pertinentibus  . 
Quare  uolumus  7  firmiter  precipimus  quod  predicta  ecclesia  Lincoln' 
7  predictus  Hugo  Line'  episeopus''''  7  suecessores  sui  in  perpetuum 
ha'jeant  7  teneant  predietum  boscum  de  Herteia'  cum  omnibus 
pertinentiis  suis  in  piano  .  pratis  .  pascuis  .  7  pasturis  .  bene  .  7  in 
pace  .  libere  .  quiete  .  7  integre  .  in  omnibus  locis  7  rebus  cum  omnibus 
libertatibus  7  liberis  consuetudinibus  7  quietantiis  supradictis  < 
sicut  predietum  est  .  tanquam  puram  .  liberam  .  7  perpetuam 
elemosinam  nostram  .  quietam  penitus  ab  omni  seculari  seruitio 
7  exactione  in  perpetuum  .  Quam  nos  7  heredes  nostri  eis*^  contra 
omnes  homines  warantizabimus  in  perpetuum  .  Hiis  testibus  . 
Henrico  Dublinensi"  archiepiscopo  .  Petro  Wintoniensi  .  Joscelino 
Beithoniensi^*  7  Gla,stoniensi  .  Waltero  Wigorne«si  y  episcopis  . 
Willelmo  Marescallo  comite  Penbrocte^^  .  Willelmo  comite 
Saresbyrie^*  .  R&ndulfo  comite  Cestrie  .  Willelmo  comite  de 
Ferrariis^'  .  Willelmo  Briwerr'^'  .  Petro  filio  Hereberti^*  .  Philippo 
de  Albiniaco^"  .  Willelmo  de  Harecurt'  .  7  Briano  de  Insula  . 
Data  per  manum  magistri  Ricardi  de  Marisco  cancellarii  nostri 
apud  Oxoniam^'  octauodecimo  die  Julij  .^  anno  regni  nostri  septimo 
decimo. 

Endorsed  :  (1)  II  .j.  (13  cent.).  (2)  Carta  regis  Johamiis  de  Herteia  (15  cent.). 
(3)  Joharmis  regis  (14  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal  torn  awaj'.     Size  :    8J  x  9f  inches. 

Texts:  MS — Orig.  a  1/1/43.  Orig.  aI/1/53  (inspeximus,  no.  237  below).  Charter 
rolls,  17  John,  mem.  7  ;  also  ibid.  II  Henry  III,  mem.  28  ;  and  ibid.  13  Henrv  III, 
schedule,  mem.  2.  Iiv(24).  Pd—Rotuli  Chartarum  i,  214.  See  C.C.R.iS,\()6  ; 
iv,lll(24). 

Var.  R.  ;  '  om.  ~J  Orig. 53.  '^  insert  7  Orig. 53.  '  The  salutation  is  shortened  in 
Ch.  Roll.  *  Stouwa  Orig.53.  '  Lincoln'  Orig.53.  «  Lincohi'  Orig.53  Ch.  roll. 
'  Herteya  Ch.  roll.  *  Huntingdon'  sira  Orig.53  ;  Huntedonesir'  Ch.  roll.  '  assartare 
Ch.  roll.  "  om.  viridariorum  Ch.  roll.  "  quicquit  Ch.  roll.  ""  quietanciis  Orig.53. 
»ib  insert  secundus  Orig.53.  '-  oni.  eis  Ch.  roll.  "  Dupplin'  Ch.  roll.  '*  Baton' 
Ch.  roll.  '*  Penbroc  Ch.  roll.  "  Sarr'  Orig.53  ;  Sar"  Ch.  roll.  "  Ferrariis  Ch. 
roll.  ''  Briwer'  Ch.  roll.  "  Herberti  Orig.53.  -"  de  Albimiiae'  Orig.53  ;  Dealban' 
Ch.  roll.     "  Oxoniam  Ch.  roll. 

Note :  Harthay  wood  was  in  the  parish  of  Brampton,  co.  Huntingdon  anil 
originally,  it  may  be  presmned,  it  formed  part  of  the  forest  of  Weybridge  (The 
Place-Names  of  Bedfordshire  and  Huntingdonshire,  English  Place-Name  .Society'  iii, 
232-4).     High  Hartliay  still  appears  on  the  ordnance  map. 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 
212.  Charter  of  John,  confirming  the  settlement  made  between 
Robert  [Fitz  Parnell],  earl  of  Leicester,  and  bishop  WilUam  and 
the  chapter  of  Lincoln  toucliing  the  manor  of  Knighton  [co. 
Leicester]  and  the  bishop's  land  at  Leicester.  The  bishop  and 
chapter  have  quitclaimed  the  manor  of  Knighton  and  the  land 
at  Leicester  to  the  earl  for  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee,  saving 
to  the  bishop  and  church  of  Lincohi  the  church  of  Saint  Margaret 
with  the  chapel  of  Knighton,  which  church  is  a  prebend  of  Lincoln. 
For  this  settlement,  the  earl,  with  assent  of  P[aul]  the  abbot  and 


140  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.   212 

the  convent  of  Leicester,  has  given  to  the  bishop  and  church  of 
Lincoln  the  village  of  Asfordby  with  the  advowson  of  its  church 
and  six  carucates  and  three  bovates  in  Seagrave  [co.  Leicester], 
and  whatever  the  abbot  and  convent  held  there ;  and  the  king, 
with  the  assent  of  the  bishop  and  church  of  Lincoln,  has  rendered 
to  the  earl  Farthinghoe  and  Syresham  [co.  Northampton],  which 
were  given  by  the  earl's  grandfather  to  bishop  Robert  Chesney 
and  the  church  of  Lincohi.    At  Westminster.    24  March,  1203-1204. 

Conuentio  facta  inter  episcopum  Line'  7  comitem  Leices^n'e. 

Johannes  dei  gracia  7c.  Sciatis  quod  de  assensu  venerabiUs 
patris  nostri  domini  H.  Cantuariensis  archiepiscopi  7  nostro  est 
hec  linalis  concordia  facta  in  vigilia  Annunciationis  beate  Marie 
anno  regni  nostri  v**.  apud  Westmonasterium  coram  predicto 
domino  C&ntuariensi  J  coram  nobis  \  7  coram  dominis  Londowiewsi 
Roifew.si  Sarrisbiriensi  Elyensi  Norwice?is«  Wigorniensi  Bathoniensi 
episcopis  de  eorum  consiho  7  assensu  7  coram  G.  filio  Petri  comite 
Essexte  7c.  iusticia  coram  W.  comite  Ma,vescallo  ">  W.  comite 
Arundellt  ^  W.  comite  SuTrisbirie  .W.  comite  Warenne  .  comite 
R.  Bigot  .A.  comite  Ebroicensi  .W.  de  Braosa  .W.  Briwerra  .  7 
aliis  baronibus  7  fidelibus  nostris  ibidem  7c.  presentibus  Inter 
Robertum  filium  Roberti  comitem  heircestrie  petentem  7  Willelmum 
e^jiscopum  Line'  7  capitulum  Lincol'  tenentes  de  Knicteton'  cum 
pertinenciis  7  de  tota  terra  quam  idem  episcopus  7  antecessores 
sui  habuerunt  infra  murum  Leircestrie  7  in  suburbio  .  unde  placitum 
fuit  inter  eos  videlicet  )  quod  predictus  episcopus  7  capitulum 
Line'  reddiderunt  7  quietum  clamauerunt  7  concesserunt  predicto 
comiti  7  heredibus  suis  in  perpetuum  sicut  ius  7  hereditatem  suam 
Knicteton'  cum  pertinenciis  suis  7  totam  predictam  terram  quam 
ipsi  habuerunt  infra  murum  heircestrie  y  in  suburbio  .  habenda  7 
tenenda  sibi  7  heredibus  suis  iure  hereditario  de  predicto  episcopo 
7  successoribus  .  suis  )  J  ecclesia  Line'  )  in  perpetuum  )  per  seruicium 
.j.  militis  pro  omni  seruicio  salua  predicto  episcopo  Line'  7  ecclesie 
Line'  ecclesia  sancte  Margarete  cum  capella  de  Knicteton'  7  aliis 
pertinenciis  suis  )  que  scilicet  ecclesia  cum  pertinenciis  suis  est 
prebenda  ecclesie  Line'  .  Pi-edictus  uero  episcopus  in  presencia 
nostra  7  omnium  predictorum  recepit  inde  horaagium  predict! 
comitis  .  Pro  hac  concordia  reddicione  quieto  clamio  7  concessione 
dedit  predictus  comes  coram  domino  CeinUiariensi  7  nobis  7  aliis 
tam  episcopis  quam  baronibus  supradictis  predicto  episcopo  7 
successoribus  suis  7  ecclesie  Line'  de  assensu  7  voluntate  P.  tunc 
abbatis  Leicesine  7  conventus  eiusdem  loci  totam  villam  de  Esse- 
fordebi  cum  advocatione  ecclesie  eiusdem  viUe  \  7  molendinis  )  7 
omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  7  sex  carrucatas  7  tres  bovatas  terre  in 
Segrave  cum  pertinenciis  suis  7  quicquid  idem  abbas  7  conuentus 
ibidem  tunc  tenuerunt  sicut  predictus  abbas  7  conuentus  ea 
tenuerunt  .  habenda  7  tenenda  in  liberam  7  perpetuam  7  puram 


No.  213  JOHN  141 

elemosinam  libera  7  quieta  ab  omni  seculari  seruicio  7  exactione  . 
Per  hanc  autem  coneordiam  reddiclimus  de  assensu  prefati  episcopi 
Line'  7  capituli  predicto  comiti  7  heredibus  suis  Ferlingho  7  Sigeresh' 
)  que  date  fuerunt  per  coneordiam  episcopo  Line'  7  ecclesie  Line' 
tempore  Robert!  de  Chedney  tunc  episcopi  Line'  inter  quern  7 
antecessores  predicti  comitis  erat  controversia  de  predictis  terris 
)  scilicet  )  de  Knicteton'  cum  i)ertincnciis  7  predictis  terris  infra 
murum  heircestrie  7  in  suburbio  )  habenda  7  tenenda  predicto 
comiti  7  heredibus  suis  sicut  ius  7  hereditatem  suam  quieta  de 
predicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  y  ecclesia  Line'  inperpetuum  . 
C'oncessum  est  autem  a  predictis  episcopo  7  capitulo  Line'  7  comite 
7  abbate  7  conventu  Leirces^rie  quod  si  aliqua  instrunienta  penes 
aliquam  partium  remanserint  )  que  de  ijredictis  terris  ^  uel  ecclesiis 
uel  aliqua  earum  uel  de  pertinenciis  alicuius  earum  fecerint  men- 
tionem  )  eis  nullo  tempore  utantur  contra  f ormam  predicte  concordie  . 
Predictam  uero  uillam  de  Essefordeby  cum  advocatione  ecclesie 
eiusdem  ville  7  aliis  pertinenciis  suis  predictis  .  7  predictas  sex 
carrucatas  terre  7  tres  bovatas  in  Sagrave  cum  pertinenciis  suis  )  J 
quicquid  idem  abbas  7  conventus  tunc  ibidem  habuerunt  warantiza- 
bunt  sicut  tenentur  7  debent  predictus  comes  7  heredes  sui  predicto 
episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  7  ecclesie  Line'  in  perpetuum  .  7  idem 
episcopus  7  successores  sui  7  ecclesia  Lincol'  warantizabunt  sic 
tenentur  7  debent  predicto  comiti  7  heredibus  suis  inperpetuum 
Knicteton'  cum  pertinenciis  suis  7  totam  predictam  terram  quam 
predictus  episcoiJus  7  antecessores  sui  7  capitidum  Line'  habuerunt 
infra  murum  Leirces^n'e  7  in  suburbio  .  Nos  igitur  predictam  con- 
eordiam ratam  habentes  eam  present!  scripto  7  sigill!  nostri  muni- 
mine  confirmauimus  7  ad  peticionem  nostram  dominus  Ca,ntuariensis 
7  alii  coepiscopi  sui  sujirascripti  sigiUa  sua  liuic  scripto  apposuerunt 
7  subscripserunt  .  7  ad  maiorem  securitatem  presens  scriptum  in 
modum  cyrographi  confectum  est  7  utrique  partium  sua  pars 
tradita  est. 

Text :    MS — Charter  roll.  5  John,  mem.  8.     Pd — Eotuli  Chartarum  i,  125. 

Add.  Chart. 
213.  Charter  of  John,  confirming  a  grant  made  by  the  abbot 
and  convent  of  Leicester  to  William  bishop  of  Lincohi  of  the  village 
of  Asfordby  [co.  Leicester],  with  the  advowson  of  its  church,  and 
of  six  carucates  and  three  bovates  in  Seagrave  [co.  Leicester].  At 
Walliugford  [co.  Berks].     20  April,  1204. 

Johannes  dei  gracia  rex  Angh'e  dominus  Hybernie  dux  Normannie 
7  Aquitannie  comes  Andegaw'e  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus 
comitibus  baronibus  iusticiariis  vicecomitibus  prepositis  7  omnibus 
balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis  ^  salutem^  .  Sciatis  Robertum  comitem 
Leyrcestrie^  de  consensu  7  voluntate  Pauli^  abbatis  7  conuentus 
Leircestn'e^    coram     nobis    7    coram     domino     .H.     L'a,ntuarieiisi 


142  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  213 

archiepiscopo  7  aliis  multis  tarn  episcopis  quam  baronibus 
nostris  dedisse  7  concessisse  7  carta  sua  confirmasse  Willelmo 
episcopo  Lincoln'''  7  successoribus  suis  7  ecclesie  Lincoln'*  im- 
perpetuum  totam  villain  de  Esefordeby^  cum  aduocacione  ecclesie 
eiusdem  viUc  7  cum  molendinis  7  omnibus  aliis  pertinenciis  suis 
et  sex  carucatas  7  tres  bouatas  terre  in  Segraua'  cum  pertinenciis 
suis  7  quicquid  idem  abbas  7  conuentus  Leyrcestrie^  tunc  ibidem 
tenuerunt  )  habenda  7  tenenda  eidem  episcopo  7  successoribus 
suis  7  ecclesie  Lincoln'*  in  liberam  puram  7  perpetuam  elemosinam 
quieta  ab  omni  seculari  seruicio  .  Quare  volumus  7  firmiter 
precipimus'  quod  predictus  episcopus  Line'  7  successores  sui 
7  ecclesia  Line'  habeant  7  teneant  omnia  predicta  tenementa 
cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  suis  imperpetuum  bene  7  in  pace  libere 
7  quiete  7  integre  in  liberam  puram  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  sicut 
predictum  est  .  Testibus  .  G.  filio  Petri  comite  Essexie  1  R.  comite 
Cestn'e  1  Warino  filio  Geroldi  ^  Roberto  de  Veteri  ponte  ^  Petro  de 
Stok'  .  Dat'  per  manum  domini  .S.  CicestreJisis  electi  )  apud 
Wallingefordam  .xx.  die  Aprilis  anno  regni  nostri  quinto. 

Texts:  MS — -1^(22).  Charter  roll,  5  John,  mem.  7.  Pd — Rotuli  Chartarum  i, 
126.     C.C.JB.iv,lll(22). 

Var.  R.  in  Charter  roll:  ^  The  salutation  is  shortened.  -  Leirc'.  'read  P.  for 
Pauli.  *  Line'.  '  Essefordby.  '  Segrave.  ^  for  volumus  7  firmiter  precipimus 
read  Jc. 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 

214.  Charter  of  John,  confirming  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  the 
prebend  of  Carlton  [Kyme]  [North  Carlton,  co.  Lincoln],  which 
Philip  of  Kyme  constituted  a  prebend  of  the  church  of  Lincohi, 
saving  to  Philip's  son,  Simon,  the  advowson  of  that  prebend.  At 
Woodstock  [co.  Oxford].     17  January,  1208. 

Carta  de  prebenda  de  Karleton'. 

J.  dei  gracia  7c.  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  7  presenti  carta  nostra 
confirmasse  deo  7  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Lincoln'  .  prebendam  de 
Karleton'  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  )  quam  PhiUppus  de  Kima 
concessit  7  constituit  prebendam  Line'  ecclesie  hoc  retento  Simoni 
de  Kyma  7  heredibus  suis  qui  heres  ipsius  PliilijJiii  est  ut  liceat 
sibi  7  heredibus  suis  quociens  eadem  prebenda  uacauerit  clericum 
idoneum  presentare  qui  auctoritate  7  consilio  domini  episcopi 
Line'  eiusdem  prebende  canonicus  instituatur  sicut  carte  Walteri 
7  Hugonis  Lincoln'  episcoporum  quas  inde  habet  rationabiliter 
testantur  .  Hiis  testibus  )  Roberto  filio  Walteri  .  Hugone  le  Bigod  . 
Ricardo  de  Perci  .  Willelmo  de  Kantilw^o  .  Radulfo  Gernun  .  Luca 
de  TrubeviU'  .  Galfrido  Luterel  .  Dat'  per  manum  H.  de  WelKs  . 
archidiaconi  de  WelHs  .  apud  Wdestok'  ^  xvij.  die  Januarii  )  anno 
regni  nostri  nono. 

Texts  :   MS — -Charter  roll,  9  Jolm,  inem.  4.     Pd—RotuH  Cliartarum  i,  174. 


No.  216  JOHN  143 

Add.  (Extrax.)  Chart. 

215.  Letters  patent  of  John,  pardoning  to  bishop  Hugh  II 
all  the  debts  which  he  owed  to  the  king  before  Saint  Ceciha's 
day  [22  November],  1214,  to  the  approximate  sum  of  six  hundred 
marks.     At  the  New  Temple,  London.     22  November,   1214. 

J.  del  gracia  rex  AngKe  dominus  Hibernie  dux  Normannie  7 
Aquitawze  7  comes  Andegauie  omnibus  fidehbus  suis  has  htteras 
inspecturis  saluteni  .  Sciatis  quod  perdonauinius  venerabih  patri 
Hugoni  Lincohi'  episcopo  omnia  debita  que  nobis  debuit  ante 
diem  sancte  Cecihe  ainio  regni  nostri  sextodecimo  vsque  ad  summam 
circiter  sexcentarum  marcarum  .  Et  in  huius  rei  testimonium  has 
litteras  nostras  patentes  ei  inde  fieri  fecimus  .  Teste  me  ipso  apud 
Nouum  Temphim  London'  xxij  die  Nouembris  anno  regni  nostri 
sextodecimo. 

Text:    MS— Iv(43).     Pd.— See  C.C  .R  iv,147(43) 
Nos.  216-217  are  an  insertion  by  a  sixteenth  century  hand. 

165 

216-  Composition  by  which  Roger  the  dean  and  the  chapter 
of  Lincoln  demise  the  church  of  Scothome  [co.  Lincohi]  to  the 
abbot  and  canons  of  Barhngs  for  a  yearly  render  of  ten  shillings, 
saving  the  portion  which  belongs  to  the  prebend  of  Richard  of 
Linwood,  canon  of  Lincohi.  The  dean  and  chapter  also  grant  all 
their  right  in  two  bovates  in  Scothorne  to  the  abbot  and  canons 
for  a  yearly  render  of  four  shilhngs.     (1203-1206.) 

Composicio  facta  inter  capitulum  Lincoln'  et  abbatem  et  conuen- 
tum  de  Barlynges  de  ecclesia  de  Scosthonie. 

Hec  est  amicabilis  composicio  facta  inter  Rogerum  decanum  et 
capitulum  Lincoln'  ecclesie  ex  parte  vna  .  et  abbatem  et  canonicos 
de  Barlinges  ex  alia  super  ecclesia  de  Scosthorne  de  qua  controuersia 
agebatur  inter  eos  .  videHcet  quod  predicti  decanus  et  capitulum 
dimiserunt  eijsdem  abbati  et  canonicis  ecclesiam  de  Scosthorne 
perpetuo  et  pacifice  possidendam  Reddendo  annuatim  commune 
Lincoln'  ecclesie  decem  solidos  ad  duos  terminos  .  Scilicet  in  pascha  . 
quinque  solidos  .  et  in  festo  sancti  IVIichaehs  .  quinque  sohdos  . 
Salua  porcione  pertinentc  ad  prebendam  que  est  Ricardi  de  Lindwd' 
canonici  Lincohi'  ecclesie  scihcet  duabus  partibus  decimarum  de 
dominio  .  Preterea  concesserunt  prenominati  decanus  et  capitulum 
prefatis  abbati  et  canonicis  totum  ius  quod  habebant  in  duabus 
bouatis  terre  in  Scosthorne  Habendiwt  inperpetuum  .  Soluendo 
ex  inde  singulis  annis  eidem  commune  quatuor  sohdos  pro  omni 
seruicio  ad  eosdem  terminos  .  Et  ut  hec  dicta  composicio  rata  et 
inconcussa  pennaneat  .  vtraque  pars  presenti  scripto  sigilla  sua 
apposuit   .   Testibus   RadulpAo   .   abbate   de   Bartheneia   .  Thoma 


144  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  216 

abbate  de  Kirkested'  .  Hugone  abbate  de  Reucsby  Galfrido  abbate 

de  Tupholm   .  Jordano  abbate  de  Thorneh'^  .  Waltero  priore  de 

Thornholm   .   Roberto   Bard?(//  .  Hugone  de   8ancto  Edwardo  et 

canonicis  ecclesie  Lincoba'  .  Eudone  preposito. 

Text:   MS— A. 

Note :  '  Evidently  a  mistake  for  '  Tliornton.'  Jordan  de  Villa  was  elected 
abbot  of  Thornton  in   1203. 

217.  Agreement  made  between  R[oger]  dean  of  Lincobi  and 
Robert  abbot  of  Barlings  with  respect  to  certain  tithes  in  Scothorne, 
which  from  of  old  have  belonged  to  the  prebend  of  AH  Saints  in 
Hungate.     (1203-1206.) 

Finahs  concordia  facta  inter  decanum  et  capitulum  Lincoln'  et 
abbatem  et  conuentum  de  ecclesia  de  Scosthorne. 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  facta  inter  .R.  decanum  Lincoln'  ecclesie 
ex  vna  parte  .  et  Robertum  abbatem  et  conuentum*  de  Barling'  ex 
altera  procurante  et  consenciente  .R.  BardwZ/  fratre  7  herede  . 
Hugonis  Bardw?/  super  duabus  partibus  decimarum  de  dominico 
quondam  Hugonis  Bardw//  .  et  dominico  Radulfi  Trehampton  in 
Scosthorn  tam  in  garbis  quam  minutis  decimis  .  ab  antiquo  ad 
prebendam  Line'  .  scihcet  Omnium  Sanctorum  in  Hundegate  spec- 
tantibus  videlicet  quod  .R.  de  Linwud  tunc  temporis  eiusdem 
prebende  canonicus  et  singuli  eius  successores  duas  partes  deci- 
marum garbarum  de  cUctis  dominicis  bene  7  in  pace  cum  onini 
integritate  .  participent  .  Ita  quod  collectores  decimarum  tam  ex 
parte  dictorum  abbatis  et  conuentus  quam  pro  tempore  canonici  .•' 
iuramento  astringantur  de  collectione  fideUter  pro  debita  porcione 
facienda  pro  duabus  vero  partibus  decimarum  minutarum 
vtriusque  dominici  Predicti  abbas  7  conuentus  soluent  annuatim 
inperpetuum  predicto  R.  canonico  et  successoribus  suis  viginti 
sohdos  in  ecclesia  Lincoln'  .  scihcet  .  decern  solidos  ad  natale  sancti 
Johannis  Baptiste  .  et  decem  soUdos  ad  festum  Omnium  Sanctorum  . 
In  hac  etiam  conuencione  adiectum  est  quod  abbas  et  conuentus 
de  Barlinges  quo  minus  hec  concordia  fideliter  obseruetur  nuUo 
vmquam  vteretur  priuihgeo  [sic\  set  vtrimque  in  perpetuum  stabihs 
et  iUibata  permanebit  In  huius  autem  rei  robur  et  testimonium 
sigiUa  capituli  Lincoln'  et  abbatis  et  conuentus  de  Barlinges  presenti 
cirographo  dictam  concordiam  continenti  appensa  sunt. 

Text :    MS— A. 

*Folio  30d. 

167 

218.  Confirmation  of  the  foregoing  agreement  by  Wilham 
bishop  of  Lincohi.     (1203-1206.) 

Confirmacio  episcopi  Line'  de  ecclesia  de  Scosthorue  data 
abbati  et  conuentui. 


No.  219  HENRY   III  145 

Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum  peruenerit 
Willelmus  Dei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  salutem  eternam  in  Domino  . 
Noueritis  quod  nos  ratam  at  gratam  habemus  composicionem 
faetam  inter  dilectos  filios  R.  decanum  et  capitulum  Lincoln'  ex 
vna  parte  .  et  abbatem  et  canonicos  de  Barlinges  ex  altera  super 
ecclesiam  de  >Scosthome  de  qua  inter  eos  agebatur  controuersia  prout 
in  autentico  inter  eos  super  hoc  confecto  continetur  Eam  que 
auctoritate  nostra  prout  rite  facta  est  confirmamus  et  presenti 
scripto  cum  sigilli  nostri  patrocinio  coramunimus  (  Saluis  in  omnibus 
episcopalibus  consuetudinibus  et  Lincoln'  ecclesie  dignitate  . 
Testibus  magistris  .G.  de  Rowelle  .  A.  de  8ancto  Edraundo  T.  de 
Fiskerton  .  canonicis  Line'  magistro  .W.  tilio  FuIcohis  R.  de  Calc- 
welle  .  R.  de  Stowe  .  R.  de  Rowell'  clericis  et  multis  aliis. 

Text :   MS — A. 

Add.  Chart. 
219.     Henry  HI :  Charter  of  the  Forest,  dated  at  Saint  Paul's, 
London.     6  November,   1217. 

Enricus^  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hybernie  .  dux 
'Normannie  .  Aquita«ie  .  ^comes  Andegauie  .  archiepiscopis  . 
episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  . 
iusticiariis  .  forestariis  .  vicecomitibus  .  prepositis  .  ministris  . 
5  %alHuis  .  7  omnibus  fideUbus  suis^  .^  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod 
intuitu  dei  .  7  pro  salute  anime  nostre  .  7  animarum  ante- 
cessorum  .  7  successorum  nostrorum  .  ad  exaltationem  sancte 
ecclesie  .  7  emendationem  regni  nostri  .  concessimus  7  hac 
presenti  carta  confirmauimus  .  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris 

10  in  perpetuum  .  de  consilio  venerabilis  patris  nostri  domini 
Gusilonis  .  tituli  sancti  Martini  presbiteri  cardinalis  .  7  apos- 
tolice  sedis  legati  .  domini  Walteri  Ehoracensis  .  archiepiscopi  . 
WiUelmi  Londoniensis  ei^iscopi  .  7  aliorum  .  episcoporum  . 
Anglie  .  et  Willelmi  Marescalli  comitis  Penbrocie   .  rectoris 

15  nostri  .  7  regni  nostri  .  7  aliorum  fideliuni  .  comitum  .  7 
baronum  nostrorum  .  Anglie  .  has  libertates  subscriptas 
tenendas  in  regno  nostro  AngKe  .  in  perpetuum  .  In  primis  . 
Omnes  foreste  quas  Henricus  rex  auus  noster  aliorestauit  .•' 
uideantur  per  probos*  7  legales  homines  .  Et  si  boscum  aliquem 

20  alium  quam  suum  doniinicum  afforestauerit  .■'  ad  dampnum 
illius  cuius  boscus  fuerit  .•"  deafforestetur^ .  Et  si  boscum  suum 
proprium  afforestauerit  .■'  remaneat  foresta  .  salua  communa 
de  herbagio  .  7  aliis  in  eadem  foresta  .  illis  qui  eam  prius 
habere  consueuerunt  .  Homines  qui  manent  extra  forestam  .•' 

25  non  ueniant  de  cetero  coram  iusticiariis  nostris  de  foresta 
per  communes  summonitiones  .^  nisi  sint  in  placito  .  uel  plegii 
aUeuius  uel  aUquorum  .  qui  attachiati  sunt  propter  forestam  . 
Omnes  autem  bosci  qui  fuerunt  afforestati  per  regem  Ricardum 
auunculum  nostrum  .  uel  per  regem  Johaimem  patrem  nostrum  . 

K 


146  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.   219 

30  usque  ad  primam  coronationem  nostram  .-'  statim  deafforesten- 
tur  .  nisi  fuerit  dominicus  lioscus  noster  .  archiepiscopi  . 
episcopi  .  abbates  .  priores  .  comites  .  7  barones  .  7  milites  . 
7  libere  tenentes  .  qui  boscos  suos  habent  in  forestis  .■'  habeant 
boscos  suos  sicut  eos  habuerunt  tempore  prime  coronationis 

35  predicti  regis  Henrici  .  aui  nostri  .  ita  quod  quieti  sint  in 
perpetuum  de  omnibus  purpresturis  .  vastis  .  7  essartis' 
factis  in  illis  boscis  post  illud  tenipus  .  usque  ad  principium 
secundi  anni  coronationis  nostre  .  Et  qui  de  cetero  vastum  . 
purpresturam   .   uel    essartum'  .   sine   Ucentia   nostra  in  iUis 

40  fecerint  .^  de  vastis  .  purpresturis^ .  7  essartis"  respondeant  . 
Reguardores  nostri  eant  per  forestas  ad  faciendum  reguardum 
sicut  fieri  consueuit  tempore  prime  coronationis  predicti 
regis  Henrici  .  aui  nostri  .  7  non  aliter  .  Inquisitio  uel  visus 
do    expeditatione    canum    existentium    in   foresta    de    cetero 

45  fiat  quando  debet  fieri  reguardum  .  scilicet  de  tercio  anno 
in  tercium  annum  .  7  tunc  fiat  per  visum  7  testimonium 
legalium  hominum  .  7  non  aliter  .  Et  iUe  cuius  canis  inuentus 
fuerit  tunc  non  expeditatus  .•'  det  pro  misericordia  tres  solidos  . 
Et  de  cetero  nuUus  bos  capiatur  pro  expeditatione   .  Talis 

50  autem  sit  expeditatio  pex  assisam  communiter  .  quod  tres 
ortiUi  abscidantur  sine  pelota  de  pede  anteriori  .  Nee  expedi- 
tentur  canes  de  cetero  .■'  nisi  in  locis  ubi  consueuermit  expe- 
ditari  tempore  prime  coronationis  regis  Henrici  .  aui  nostri  . 
NuUus  forestarius  uel  bedeUus  de  cetero  faciat  scotale  .  uel 

55  coUigat  garbas  .  uel  auenam  .  uel  bladum  [aliud]  uel  agnos  . 
uel  porcellos  .  uel  aliquam  collectam  faciat'  .  Et  per  visum 
7  sacramentum  duodecim  reguardorum  .  quando  facient 
reguardum  .■'  tot  forestarii  ponantur  ad  forestas  custodiendas  / 
quot^"  [ad  illas  cusjtodiendas  rationabiliter  uiderint  sufficere  . 

60  Nullum  suanimotum  de  cetero  teneatur  in  regno  nostro  nisi 
ter  in  anno  .  videficet  in  principio  quindecim  dieruni  ante 
festum  sancti  MichaeUs  .  rpiando  [agistatores  conuenijunt 
ad  agistandum  dominicos  boscos  nostros  .  Et  circa  festum 
sancti   Martini    .    quando   agistatores   nostri   debent   recipere 

65  pamiagium  nostrum  .  Et  ad  ista  duo  suanimota  conueniant 
forestarii  .  [viridarii  7  agistatores]  .  7  nuUus  alius  per  distric- 
tionem  .  Et  tercium  suanimotum  teneatur  in  initio  quindecim 
dierum  ante  festum  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  .  pro  feonatione 
bestiarum  nostrarum  .  Et  ad  istud  [suanimotum  tenendum] 

70  conueniant  forestarii  .  7  viridai'ii  .  7  non''  alii  per  distric- 
tionem  .  Et  preterea  singulis  quadraginta  diebus  per  totum 
annum  .•'  conueniant  'forestarii  .  7  viridarii'''  .  ad  uidendum 
attachiamenta  de  fores[ta]  tarn  de  viridi  .  quam  de  venatione  . 
per  presentationem  ipsorum  .  forestariorum   .  /   coram  ipsis 

75  attachiatis  .  Predicta  autem  suanimota  non  tcneantur  nisi 
in  comitatibus  in  quibus  teneri  consueuerunt  .  Vnusquisque 


No.  219  HENRY   III  H7 

liber  homo  agistet  boscuni  suum  in  foresta  .'  pro  uolunlate 
sua  7  habeat  pannagium  suum  .  Conceclimus  etiam  quorl 
unusquiaque  liber  homo  possit  clucere  porcos  siios  per 
80  dominicum  boscum  nostrum  libere  .  7  sine  imjiedimento  . 
ad  agistandum  eos  in  boscis  suis  propriis  .  uel  alibi  ubi 
uoluerit  .  Et  si  porci  alicuius  liberi  hominis  una  nocte  per- 
noctauerint  in  foresta  nostra  .■'  non  inde  occasionetur  .  ita 
quod  aliquid  de  suo  perdat  .  Nullus  de  cetero  amittat  uitam 
85  uel  menbra  /  pro  venatione  nostra  .  Set  si  aliquis  cai)tus 
f  uerit  7  conuictus  de  captione  venationis  .■'  grauiter  redimatur  . 
si  habeat  undo  redinii  [possit]  .  Et  si  non  habeat  unde  redimi 
possit  .•  iaceat  in  prisona  nostra  per  unum  annum  .  7  unum 
diem  .  Et  si  post  unum  annum  7  unum  diem  plegios  inuenire 
90  possit  .■'  exeat  a  prisona  .  Sinautem  .•■  abiuret  regnum  nostrum'* 
[Angh'e  .  Quicunque  .  archiejpiscopus  .  episcopus  .  comes  . 
uel  baro  .  transierit  per  forestam  nostram  .•'  liceat  ei  capere 
unana  uel  duas  bestias  .  per  visum  forestarii  si  presens  fuerit  . 
sinautem  .■'  faciat  cornari  ne  uideatur  furtiue  [hoc  facere  . 
95  Vnusquisque  li]ber  homo  de  cetero  sine  occasione  faciat  in 
bosco  suo  .  uel  in  terra  sua  quam  habeat  in  foresta  .^  molen- 
dinum  .  viuarium  .  stagnum  .  marleram  .  fossatum  .  uel 
terram  araljilem  extra  [cooperatum  in  terra  arabili]  .  ita 
quod  non  sit  ad  nocumentum  alicuius  vicini   .  \'nusquisque 

100  liber  homo  habeat  in  boscis  suis  aerias  ancipitrum'* .  7  spar- 
uariorum^" .  falconum  .  aquilarum  .  7  de  heyruns'^ .  Et  habeat" 
simihter  [mel  quod  inuentum  fuerit  in]  boscis  suis  .  Nullus 
f orestarius  de  cetero  qxii  non  sit  f orestarius  de  feodo  ^^ .  eddens 
nobis  lirmam  pro   ballia  sua  .•'  capiat  chiminagium  aliquod 

105  in  ballia  sua  .  f orestarius  autem  [de  feudo  tirmam  nobis 
reddjens  pro  ballia  sua  .•'  capiat  chiminagium  .  videlicet 
pro  careta  per  dimidium  annum  .  duos  denarios  .  7  per  alium 
dimidium  annum  .■  duos  denarios  .  et  pro  equo  qui  portat 
summagium   .•'  per  dimi[dium  amium  vnum  obolum]  7  per 

110  ahum  tUmidium  annum  .'  unum  obolum  .  Et  non  nisi  de  illis  .•' 
qui  de  extra  baUiam  suam  tanquam  mercatores  ueniunt 
per  licentiam  suam  in  balliam  suam  .  ad  buscam  .  meyre- 
nium"*  .  [corticem  .  uel  carbonem  em]endum  .  7  aUas 
ducendum  ad   uendendum  ubi   uoluerint   .  et  de  nulla  alia 

115  careta  uel  summagio  .•'  aliquod  chiminagium  capiatur  .  Et 
non  capiatur  chiminagium  .•'  nisi  in  locis  iUis  .•'  ubi  [antiquitus 
capi  solebat]  7  debuit  .  lUi  autem  qui  portant  super  dorsum 
suimi  buscam  .  corticem  .  uel  carbonem  ad  uendendum  . 
quamuis  inde  uiuant  .•'  nullum  de  cetero  dent  chiminagium  . 

120  De  boscis  autem  aUorum  .-'  [nullum  detur  c/iim]inagium 
forestariis  nostris  .  preterquam  de  dominicis  boscis  nostris  . 
Omnes  vtlagati  pro  foresta  tantum  .■'  a  tempore  regis  Henrici  . 
aui  nostri  usque  ad  primam  coronationem  nostram  .•  ueniaut 


148  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  2l9 

ad    [pacem    nostram   si]ne    impedimento    .    7    saluos    plegios 

125  inueniant  quod  de  cetero  non  forisfacient^"  nobis  de  foresta 
nostra  .  NuUus  casteUanus  uel  alius  teneat  placitum  de  foresta  . 
siue  de  viridi  .  siue  de  venatione  .  set^^  quilibet  forestarius 
de  feodo^^  .  attachiet  placita  de  foresta  .  tani  de  viridi  quam 
de   venatione    .   7   ea   presentet   viridariis   prouinciarum    .   7 

130  cum  inrotulata  fuerint  .  7  sub  sigillis  viridariorum  inclusa  .•' 
presententur  capitali  forestario  .  cum  in  partes  illas  uenerit 
ad  tenendum  placita  foreste  .  7  coram  eo  terminentur  .  Has 
autem  libertates  de  forestis  .■'  concessimus  omnibus  .  Saluis 
archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  . 

135  baronibus  .  militibus  .  7  aliis  .  tam  personis  ecclesiasticis  . 
quam  secularibus  .  Teniplariis  .  7  Hospitalariis  .  libertatibus  . 
7  liberis  consuetudinibus  .  in  forestis  .  7  extra  .  in  waremaiis  . 
7  aliis  .•'  quas  prius  habuerunt  .  Omnes  autem  istas  consue- 
tudines  predictas  7  libertates  quas  concessimus  in  regno  nostro 

140  tenendas  quantum  ad  nos  pertinet  erga  nostros  .^  omnes  de 
regno  nostro  tam  clerici  quam  laici  obseruent  .  quantum 
ad  se  pertinet  .•'  erga  .  suos  .  Quia  uero  -'nondum  sigillum^' 
habuimus  .•'  presentem  cartam  sigillis  venerabilis  patris  nostri  . 
domini  Gualonis"^  .  tituli  .  sancti  Martini  presbiteri  cardinalis  . 

145  7'^^  apostolice  sedis  legati  .  et  VVillelmi  Marescalli  comitis 
Penbrocie-'' .  rectoris  nostri  .  7  regni  nostri  .  fecimus  sigillari  . 
Testibus  prenominatis  .  7  aliis  multis.^' 

Facsimile  opposite  page  145. 

Endorsed:    Carta  de  foresta  sub  sigillo  episcopi  (13  cent.). 

Seal  on  tag  :  Pointed  oval,  IJ  .x  IJ  inches,  green  wax  ;  ecclesiastical  figure  vested 
in  alb  and  chasuble  with  maniple,  hands  uplifted  ;  the  head  missing  :  [siglll' 
g]vai,[e.  t'  sc'i  martini  pke  ....].  The  seal  of  William  Marshall  is  missing.  Size  : 
14 J  X   llf  inches. 

Texts  :  MS — Orig.  Al/1/46.  The  charter  has  been  injured  on  the  lower  part 
of  the  left  hand  margin,  and  the  missing  words  have  been  supplied  in  square  braekets 
from  the  only  other  original  copy  that  is  known  to  exist,  namely,  the  copy  in  Durham 
cathedral,  which  is  printed  both  in  type  and  engraved  facsimile  in  Statutci  of  the. 
Realm  i,  20-1,  and  AppeivHx  to  Reports  of  the  Public  Records  Commis.sion  (IHli)), 
no.  IV.  The  legate's  seal  is  in  a  more  perfect  condition  than  that  of  the  Lincoln 
charter.  The  Lincoln  charter,  however,  has  suffered  less  injury  than  the  Durham 
copy,  and  is  the  best  existing  te.xt.  For  secondary  copies  of  the  charter  see  iStatutrs 
of  the  Realm  i.  Table  of  the  Charters.  Where  both  the  Lincoln  and  the  Durham 
copies  are  defective  the  missing  words  have  been  supplied  conjecturally  in  italic 
type,  enclosed  within  square  brackets,  from  these  secondary  copies.  Pd — (In 
addition  to  the  works  already  mentioned)  Stubbs,  Select  Charters,  pp.  34S-51. 
G.  J.  Turner,  Select  Pleas  of  the  Forest,  Selden  Soc.  xiii,  ])p.  cxxxv-vii.  See 
R.  L.  Poole's  note  in  E.H.R.  xxviii.  448-51. 

Var.  R.  in  the  Durham  Cathedral  charter  :  '  for  Enricus  read  Henricus.  (/»  the 
Lincoln  copy  space  is  left  for  the  initial  H.)  -  insert  J.  '-'  omnibus  balliuis  /  fidelibus 
Buis.  ♦  bonos.  '  deafforestentur.  "  assartis.  '  assartum.  '  otn.  purjiresturis. 
'  faciant.  "quod.  "/<"'  "o"  "'<"'  'mil'-  '*-'"  viridarii  7  forestarii.  "  om. 
nostrum.  "  [aujciptum.  '^  insert  J.  '«  heyrinis.  "  hnbeant.  "  feudo.  '•  raero- 
mum.  ™  forisfaciant.  ^' sed.  -^  feudo.  ='-2=  Bigillwm  non  dum.  -' G.  -^om.'/. 
-'  Penbrok'.     "  add  Dat'  p[er  manus predictonim  domini  leyati  7  Wilklnii  Marcs]ca\\i 

apud  sanctum  Paulum   Londonie  Q [die   A'o]uembris   anno  regni  nostri 

.  secundo. 

Note  :  The  Forest  charter  was  published  at  a  grand  council  held  at  Saint  Paul's, 
on  6  November,  1217,  when  also  a  re-issue  of  Magna  Carta  was  published.  This 


No.  220  HENRY   III  149 

date  is  given  in  the  transcript  of  tlie  Durham  copy  of  the  Forest  charter  printed 
from  t^ije  in  Statute.'i  of  tin'  Realm  (p.  21)  ;  but  in  the  engraved  facsimile  in  the  same 
work  the  day  of  the  month  hecins  with  Q,  while  the  rest  of  the  word  has  perished. 
Since  the  date  cannot  be  earlier  than  November  the  6th,  Q  indicates  Quartodecimo 
or  QuintuUi'cimo.  1'he  word  .S'ejrto  in  the  printed  text  was  probably  takep  by 
the  Record  Commission  editors  from  the  lost  Exchequer  original. 

Add.  Chart. 

220;     Henry  III :  Cliarter  of  the  Forest,  dated  at  Westminster. 
11  February,  1225. 

De  libertatibus  regni  AngHe  de  foresta  (R.  rubric). 
Henricus  tlei  gracia  rex  Aiiglie  .  dominus  Hiberniei  .  dux 
Nonncuniie  .  Aqiiitrtwie  .  /  comes  AndegaMte  .  archiepiscopis  . 
episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  . 
iusticiarijs  forestariis  .  vicecoraitibus  prepositis  ministris 
5  Et  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis-  .  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod* 
intuitu  (Ici^  7  pro  salute  anime  nostra  7  animarum^  ante- 
cessorum"  y  successorum  nostrorum  ad  exaltacionem  sancte 
ecclesie  7  emendacionem  regni  nostri  spontanea  7  bona  uolun- 
tate  nostra  dedimus  7  concessimus  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  . 

10  comitibus  .  baronibus  7  omnibus  de  regno  nostro  .  has  hber- 
tates  siibscriptas  tenendas  in  regno  nostro  Anglie  in  per- 
petuum  .  In  primis  omnes  foreste  quas  Henricus  rex'  auus 
noster  afforestauit  uideantur  per  bonos  7  legales  homines  ^ 
7  si  boscum  aliquem  alium'  quam  suum  dominicum  afforest- 

15  auerit  ad  dampnum  illius  cuius  boscus^"  fuerit  .•'  deafforestetur  ) 
Et  si  boscum  suum  iDroprium  afforestauerit .-'  remaneat  foresta  ) 
salua  communa  de  herbagio  7  aUis  in  eadem  foresta  ilhs  qui 
prius  ea*'  habere  consueuerunt  )  Homines^^  qui  manent 
extra    forestam    non    ueniant    decetero    coram    iusticiaru's^* 

20  nostris  de  foresta  per  communes  summoniciones  nisi  sint  in 
placito  uel  plegii  ahcuius  uel  ahquorum  qui  attachiati  sint*'' 
propter  forestam  .  Omnes  autem  bosci  qui  fuerunt'^  afforestati 
per  regem  Ricardum  auunculum  nostrum  )  uel  per  regem 
Johannem  patrem  nostrum  usque  ad  primam  coronacionem 

25  nostram  .  statim  deafforestentur  )  nisi  fuerit"  dominicus 
bo.scus  noster  .  Archiepiscopi  .  episcopi  .  abbates  .  priores  . 
comites  .  barones  .  milites  .  7  libere  tenentes  "qui  boscos  suos 
habent*'  in  forestis  .•'  habeant  boscos  suos  sicut  eos  habuerunt 
tempore  prime  coronacionis  predicti'*  regis  Henrici  aui  nostri  . 

30  ita  quod  quieti  sint  in  perpetuum  de  omnibus  purpresturis  . 
vastis  )  7  assartis*^  )  factis  in  illis  boscis  post  illud  tempus 
usque  ad  principium  secundi  anni  coronacionis  nostre  ^  Et 
qui  decetero  vastum  )  -"piLrpresturam  )  uel  assartum  sine 
licencia^"  nostra  in  illis  fecerint"'  .  de  vastis  )  purpresturis^^  . 

35  7  assartis-^  respondeant  \  Regardores-*  nostri  cant  per  forestas 
ad  faciendum  regardum^^  sicut  fieri  consueuit  tempore  prime 
coronacionis  predicti^®  regis  Henrici  aui  nostri  .  7  non  aliter  . 


150  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  220 

Inquisicio  uel  uisus  de  expeditacione  canum  existencium  in 
foresta^'  decetero  fiat  .■'  quaiido  debet  fieri-'  reguardum-'   ) 

40  scilicet  de  tercio  anno  in  terciiim  annum  )  7  tunc  fiat  per 
uisum  7  testimonium  legalium  liominum  7  non  aliter  .  Et 
iUe  cuius  canis  inuentus  fuerit  tunc  non  expeditatus  .-  det 
pro  misericordia  tres  solidos  )  Et  de  cetero  nulJus  bos  capiatur 
pro  expeditacione  )  Talis  autem  sit  expeditacio  per  assisam 

45  communiter  .  quod  tres  ortilli  abscindautur^"  sine  pelota  de 
pede  anteriori  .  Nee  expeditentur  canes  decetero  nisi  in  locis 
ubi  consueuerunt  expeditari  )  tenapore  prime  coronacionis 
predicti^i  regis  Henrici  aui  nostri  .  Nullus  forestarius  uel 
bedellus    decetero    faciat    scotall'^^    uel    colligat    garbas    uel 

50  auenam  uel  bladum  aliud^^a  ^^^^l  agnos  uel  purcellos  )  nee  aliquam 
collectam  faciat  )  Et  per  uisum  7  sacramentum  duodecim 
reguardorum^^  quando  facient  reguardum^*  )  tot  forestarii 
ponantur  ad  forestas  custodiendas  .  quot  ad  iUas  custodiendas^^ 
rationabiliter  uiderint  sufficere  )  Nullum  swanimotum  decetero 

65  teneatur  in  regno  nostro  )  nisi  ter  in  anno  .  videlicet  in  principio 
(piindecim  dierum  ante  festum  sancti  Michaelis  )  quando 
agistatores^^  conueniunt  ad  agistandum  dominicos  boscos 
nostros  .•'  Et  circa  festum  sancti  IMartini  quando  agistatores 
nostri  debent  recipere  pannagium  nostrum  .  Et  ad  ista  duo 

60  swanimota  conueniant  forestarii  .  viridarii  7  agistatores  ) 
7  nullus  alius^'  per  districtionem  )  Et  tercium  swanimotum 
teneatur  in  inicio  quindecim  dierum  ante  festum  sancti  Johannis 
Baptiste  .  pro  feonacione  bestiarum  nostrarum  .  Et  ad  istud^* 
swanimotum  tenendum   .•'  conueniant  forestarii  7  viridarii   ^ 

65  7  non  alii  per  districtionem  .  Et^'  preterea  singulis  quadraginta 
diebus  per  totum  annum  conueniant  viridarii  .  7  forestarii^ 
ad  uidendum^^  attachiamenta  de  foresta  tam  de  uiridi  quam 
de  venacione  per  presentacionem  ^'ipsorum  forestariorum^"  7 
coram    ipsis    attachiatis    )    Predicta    autem    swanimota    non 

"0  teneantur  nisi  in  comitatibus  in  quibus  teneri  consueuerunt  ) 
Vnusquisque  liber  homo  agistet  boscum  suum*^  in  foresta 
pro  uoluntate  sua  .-  7  habeat  pannagium  suum  )  Concedimus 
eciam  quod  unusquisque  liber  homo  ducere  possit  porcos 
suos  per  dominicum  boscum  nostrum  libere  7  sine  impedi- 

75  mento  ad  agistandum  eos  in  boscis  suis  propriis  uel  alibi 
ubi  uoluerit  .  Et  si  porci  alicuius  libcri  hominis  una  nocte 
pernoctauerint  in  foresta  nostra  /  non  inde  occasionetur*^  .' 
ita  quod*^  aliquid  de  suo  perdat  )  Nullus  decetero  amittat 
uitam   uel   menbra^^   pro   uenacione   nostra    .    Set   si   aliquis 

80  captus  fuerit  7  eonuictus  de  capcione  uenacionis  .■'  grauiter 
redimatur  si  habeat  undo  redimi  possit  ^  Et  si*'  non  habeat 
unde  redimi  possit  .•'  iaceat  in  prisona  nostra  per  unum  aimum 
7  unum  diem  .  7  si  post  unum  annum  /  unum  diem  jilegios 
inuenire*'  possit   .■'  exeat  a  prisona*'   )  sinautem   .■'  a  biuret 


No.  220  HENRY  III  151 

85  regnum  Anglt'e  .  Quicunque  .  archiepiscopus  .  episcopus  . 
comes  .  uel  baro  ueniens  ad  nos  ad  raandatum  nostrum 
transient  per  forestani  nostram  .  liceat  ei  capere  unam  uel 
duas  bestias  per  uisum  forestarii  si  presens  fuerit  ^  sinautem  .•' 
faciat  cornare^"  .  ne  uideatur  furtiue  hoc  facere  .  Idem  liceat 
90  ei°^  in  redeundo  facere  sicut  predictum  est  .  vnusquisque 
liber  homo  decetero  sine  occasione  faciat  in  bosco  suo^^  uel 
in  terra  sua  quam  liabet  in  foresta  .  molendinum  .  viuarium  . 
stagnum  .  marleriam^^  .  fossatum  ^  uel  terram  arrabilem  . 
extra  coopertum  in  terra  arabili  .  ita  quod  non  sit  ad  nocu- 
95  mentum  aUcuius  vicini  .  \"nusquisque  liber  homo  habeat  in 
boscis  suis  aerias  .  ancipitrum  speruariorum^*  falconum  . 
aquilarum  .  7  de  heyruws^^  \  /  habeat  similiter  mel  quod 
inuentum  fuerit  in  boscis  suis  .  NuUus  forestarius  decetero 
qui   non   sit  forestarius   de  feudo^*   nobis   reddens   firmam^' 

100  pro  ballia^*  sua  .■'  capiat  chiminagium^*  aliquod  in  ballia^®  sua 
forestarius  autem  de  feudo^^  firmam  nobis  reddens  pro  ballta^* 
sua  /  capiat  chimmagium^' .  videlicet  pro  careta'"  per  dimidium 
annum^i  duos  denarios  .  7  "^^per  alium  dimidium  annum  . 
duos  denarios  .  Et*^  pro'^^  equo  qui  portat  summagium  per 

105  dimidium  annum  .•'  unum'^^  obulum**  .  7  per  ahum  dimidium 
annum  unum^'*  obulum*^  )  7  non  nisi  de  illis  qui  de**  extra 
balliam*'  suam  tanquam  mercatores  ueniunt  per  Ucenciam 
suam  in  baUiwam*^  suam  ad  buscam  .  meremium  .  corticem  . 
uel  carbonem   emendimi   7   alias   ducendum   ad   uendendum 

110  ubi  uoluerint  Et  de  nuUa  alia  careta*'  uel  summagio  aUquo 
cheminagium'"  capiatur  )  Et  non  capiatur  cheminagium™  .•' 
nisi  in  locis  illis  .^  ubi'^  antiquitus  capi  solebat  7  debuit  .  Illi 
autem  qui  portant  super  dorsum  suum  buscam  .  corticem  . 
uel  carbonem  ad   uendendum   quamuis  inde   uiuant  nullum 

115  decetero  dent  cheminegium'-  ^  Omnes  vtlagati  pro  foresta 
tantum  a  tempore  regis  Henrici  aui  nostri  usque  ad  primam 
coronacionem  nostram  .-'  ueniant  ad  pacem  nostram  sine 
impedimento  .•'  et  saluos  plegios  inueniant  /  quod  decetero 
non  forisfacient  nobis  de  foresta  nostra  )  Nullus  castellanus 

120  uel  aUus'^  teneat  placita  de  foresta  sine  de  viridi  sine  de 
uenacione  .  Set  quiUbet  forestarius  de  feudo'*  attachiet^^ 
placita  de  foresta  tam  de  viridi  quam  de  uenacione  ^  7  ea 
presentet  viridariis  prouinciarum  )  J  cum  inrotulata  fuerint 
7    sub    sigillis    viridariorum    inclusa    .-'    presententur   capitaU 

125  forestario'*  cum  in  partes  iUas  uenerint"  ad  tenendum  placita 
foreste  /  coram  eo  terminentur  \  Has  autem"  libertates  de 
forestis  concessimus  omnibus  .  saluis  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  . 
abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  militibus  .  7 
aliis  tam  personis  ecclesiasticis  .  quam  secularibus  .  Templariis  . 

130  Hospitalariis  .•'  libertatibus  7  liberis  consuetudinibus  in  forestis 
7  extra  in  warennis  7  aliis  .  quas  prius  habuerunt  .  Omnes 


152  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  220 

autem  istas  consuetudines  predictas  7  libertates  quas  con- 
cessimus  in  regno  nostro  tenendas  quantum  ad  nos  pertinet 
erga  nostros   .•'   omnes   de   regno   nostro    "tarn   clerici   quam 
135     laici"  obseruent  quantum  ad  se  pertinet  erga  suos  .  Pro  hac 
autem^"  concessione  7  donacione  libertatum  istarum  7  aliarum^> 
contentarum  in  maiori  carta  nostra  de  aliis*'^  libertatibus  .•' 
archiepiscopi  .  episcopi  .  abbates  .  priores  .  comites  .  barones  . 
milites  .  7'^  libere  tenentes  7  omnes  de  regno  nostro  dederunt 
140     nobis  quintamdecimam  partem  omnium  mobilium  suorum   . 
Concessimus  eciam  eisdem  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  quod 
nee   nos   nee   heredes   nostri   aliquid    perquiremus    per  quod 
libertates  in  hac  carta  contente  inf  ringantur  .  uel  infirmentur  . 
Et  si  ab  aliquo  **aliquid  contra   hoc**  perquisitum  fuerit  i 
145     nichil  .  ualeat  7  pro  nullo  habeatur  i  Hiis  testibus**  .  domino  . 
Stephano  Cantitanerwi  archiepiscopo^s .  Jocelino  Bathonie^isi^' . 
Petro    Winto«ie«si  .  Hugone   \i\XiGolniensi   .   Ricardo   Sarres- 
biriensi   .   Benedicto    Roffensewsi    .   Willelmo    Wygorniensi    . 
Johanne   Eliensi    .    Eustachio  Londoniensi    .    Hugone   Here- 
150     iovdensi  .  RaduKo  Cicestrensi  .  Willelmo  'Exoniensi  episcopis  . 
abbate  Sancti  Edmundi  .  abbate  Sancti  Albani  .  abbate  de 
Bello    .    abbate    Sancti    Augustini    Cantuariensi^    .    abbate*' 
Eueshamie    .    abbate*'    Westmonasterii    .    abbate    de    Burgo 
Sancti  Petri  .  abbate  Radingie'o  .  abbate*'  Abbendowie  .  abbate 
155     Malmesbirie'i    .  abbate*'  Winchecumbie  .  abbate   de   Hida  . 
abbate  Certeseye'^  .  abbate  de  Sireburna  .  abbate  de  Cerna'^  . 
abbate  de  Abbodesbiria'*  .  abbate  Middeltone'^  .  abbate  de 
Seleby  .  abbate  de  Wyteby  .  abbate  Cirencestrie'<=  .  Huberto 
de  Burgo  iusticiario  .  Randulfo  comite  Cestrie  7  Lincolnie  . 
160     Willelmo   comite   Sarres6^r^e"  .  Willelmo   comite   Warenne  . 
Gileberto  de  Clare  comite  Glouces^rie'*  7  Hertfordie  .  Willelmo 
de  Ferrariis  comite  de  Derebeia  .  Willelmo  de  IMandauilla" 
comite     Essexie    .    Hugone    le    Bigod'""    comite    Norf oZcie    . 
Willelmo  comite  Albemarliei"'  .  Humfrido  comite  Herefordie  . 
165     Johanne  constabulario  Cestrie   .  Roberto  de  Ros   .   Roberto 
filio  Walteri  .  Roberto  de  Veteri  Ponte  .  Willelmo  Briwera'^^  . 
Ricardo  de  Munfichet>»3  .  Petro  filio  Hereberti  .  Matheo  [filio 
Herberti  l  Willelmo  dei»*]  Albiniacoi"^  .  Roberto  Gresleioio*  . 
Reginaldoi"'  de  Brausai«*  .  Johanne  de  MunemMe^o'    Johanne 
170     filio  Alani  .  Hugone  de  Mortuo  Mari  .  Waltero  de  BeUo  Campo  . 
Willelmo  de  Sancto  Johanne  .  Petro  de  Malo""  La[cu  )  Briano 
de  Insula  .  Thoma  de  Multona"'  )  Ricardo  de  Argentin""  )] 
Galfrido  de  Neuilla  .  Willelmo  Maudut"^ .  Johanne  de  Balun"^ 
Dat'    apud    Westmonasterium     vnLdecimo    die    Februarij     . 
175     anno  regni  nostri  .  nono'"*]. 

Endorsed  :  (1)  Libertates  coacease  per  Henricum  r[egera]  .iij.  (13  cent.)-  (2)  XVI 
(13  cent.).     (3)   H.  iij.  (13  cent.). 

Seal  :  missing,  the  part  of  the  charter  to  which  it  was  attached  being  torn  off. 
Size  :    13  x  8|  inches. 


No.  221  HENRY   III  153 

Texts:  MS— Orig.Al/1/47.  R59  Durham  cathedral  MSS(original).  Ibid. 
Cartiilarium  III,  f.  211.  B.M.,  Add.  Charter  24,712.  The  Lincoln  original  haa 
been  injured  at  the  foot  on  tlie  right  hand  side,  and  twenty-one  words  are  lost. 
The  Durham  original  is  less  perfect.  The  original  in  the  B.M.  is  perfect,  and  still 
has  the  royal  seal  attached,  though  it  has  been  damaged  at  one  edge  and  repaired. 
The   tliree   origmal   texts  and  that  of  R   are  collated  here.  Pd — Blackstone, 

Charters,  pp.  60-67.     Statutes  of  the  Realm  i,  26-7. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Hybem'  Dur.  *  insert  presentem  cartam  inspecturis  Dur.  '  insert 
nosDur.  * /or  Dei  «a(/ dedi  Add. ch.  »o»i.  7  animaruin  Add.ch.  '  !«*er<  nostroruni 
Add.ch.  '  iiuiert  animarum  Add.ch.  *  rex  Henricus  Add.ch.  "  om.  aUum  R. 
^"insert  ille  Dur.  "earn  Dur.  Add.ch.  ^'insert  vero  Dur.  "  iusticiariis  Dur. 
Add.ch.  ^'  sunt  Dur.  .4dd.ch.  '*  fuerint  Dur.  Add.ch.  "  sit  Dur.  ;  om.  fuerit  R. 
I'-i'  qui  liabent  boscos  suos  Dur.  '*  om.  predict!  Dur.  '°  essartis  Dur.  '"-'''  vel 
purpresturam  sine  licencia  Dur.  '^  insert  vel  easartum  Dur.  --  om.  purpresturia 
Add.ch.  "  essartis  Dur.  ;  add  J  purpresturis  Add.ch.  ^*  reguardores  Add.ch.  ; 
regardatores  R.  -*  reguardum  Add.ch.  ;  om.  regardum  R.  ^'  om.  predict!  Dur. 
"  in  foresta  existenciiuu  Add.ch.  ^  fieri  debet  Dur.  ^  regardum  Dur.  '"  abscidantur 
Dur.  Add.ch.  R.  ^^  om.  predicti  Add.ch.  R.  ^^  scottallas  Dur.  ;  scotalam  Add.ch. ; 
seottair  R.  '-^  aliquod  Dur.  ''  regardorum  Dur. ;  regwardorum  Add.ch. ;  reguarda- 
tonmi  R.  "  regardum  Dur.  '^  om.  custodiendas  Add.ch.  ^°  insert  nostri  Dur. 
"  nulli  alii  Dur.  ^  illud  Dur.  ;  latum  Add.ch.  ^^  om.  Et  Dur.  '°  forestarii  7  viri- 
darii  Dur.  ■"  faciendum  Dur.  '--'^forestariorumipsorumDur.  "  insert  quem  habet 
Dur.  **  occasionentur  R.  *^  for  ita  quod  read  unde  Dur.  *'  membra  Add.ch.  R. 
"for  Et  si  read  Si  autem  Dur.  ^  insert  non  R.  *'  de  prisona  Dm'.  ">  cornari  Dur. 
Add.ch.  '1  eis  Dur.  Add.ch.  *-  om.  suo  R.  '^  marlerum  Diu".  ^*  espervariorum 
Dur.  "  hejTinis  Dur.  ;  for  de  heyruns  read  ardearum  Add.ch.  '*  feodo  Dur.  Add.ch. 
R.  "  firmam  nobis  reddens  Dur.  '*balli«a  Dur.  R  ;  baillia  Add.ch.  ™cheminagium 
Dur.  Add.ch.  ™  caretta  Dur.  R;  om.  pro  careta  Add.ch.  ^^  insert  pro  carretta 
Add.ch.  '^-°- om.  per  alium  dimidium  annum  .  duos  denarios  .  Et  R.  "^  i}isert 
vno  R.  "*  om.  vmimi  Dur.  "'  obolum  Dur.  R.  "  om.  de  R.  '^'  balliiom  Dur.  R  ; 
bailliam  Add.ch.  ^  bailliam  Add.ch.  "' caretta  Dur.  Add.ch.  R.  ™  chiminagium  R . 
'^  for  illis  .'  ubi  read  in  quibus  Dur.  '-  cheminagium  Dur.  Add.ch.  ;  chiminagium  R. 
"  om.  uel  alius  Dur.  '*  feodo  Dm-.  Add.ch.  R.  "  atachiet  Add.ch.  '°  in.ser<  nostro 
Dur.  "  venerit  Dur.  R.  '*  om.  autem  R.  "-"  om.  Dur.  '"for  autem  read  igitur 
Dur.  "  insert  libertatum  Dur.  '-  om.  aliis  Add.ch.  *'  om.  J  Dur.  Add.ch. 
'*-"  contra  hoc  aliquid  Add.ch.  *'  Only  the  more  important  various  readings  in  the 
names  of  the  witnesses  in  the  several  te.vts  are  given  in  the  folloiving  notes.  Dur.  and 
Add.ch.  generally  give  an  initial  for  the  christian  names  of  the  bishops,  abbots,  aiul 
earls  ;  R  generally  agrees  with  the  Lincoln  original.  *°  Dur.  and  Add.ch.  insert  E  Lond' 
here  instead  of  later.  "  Batthon'  Add.ch.  **  Cantuariensi  Add.ch.  "  insert  de  Dur. 
'^  de  Rading'  Dur.;  Reding'  Add.ch.  "  de  Maumebir'  Dur.  °^  de  Certes'  Dur.; 
Certenens' Add.ch.  ;  Certeseie  R.  '^Cerna  Add.ch.  "  Abotebir' Dur. ;  Abbendesbir' 
Add.ch.  '•"  de  Middelton'  Dur.  Add.ch.  °°  de  Cirencestr'  Dur.  ;  de  Cyrencestr' 
abbatibus  Add.ch.  "  Sarresbyr'  Add.ch.  '*  Glouern'  Add.ch.  ""  Mandeuill'  Dur. 
Add.ch.  '»"  Bigot  Add.ch.  '»' Aubemarl' Add.ch.  ;  Alberm' Add.ch.  '"^  Brigwerr' 
Dur.  '°3  MuntBchet  Add.ch.  ^"^  supplied  from  Add.ch.  '»' Auben'  Add.ch. 
">■  Greir  R.  '"'  Rog'  R.  '»»  Brahus  Dur.  ;  Breaus'  R.  "»  Multon  R.  ""  Mala 
Dur.  "1  Muleton  Dur.  Add.ch.  "=  Mauduit  Dur.  ;  Mauditt  Add.ch.  "•  Baalun 
Dur.  Add.ch. 

Add.  Chakt. 
221.     Henry   III:   The   Great  Charter,   dated   at  Westminster. 
11  February,   1225. 

Carta  de  hbertatibus  eoncessis  ecclesie  7  regno  Angh'e  (R 
rubric)  .  Magna  Carta  (R  marg.). 

Henricus    dei    gracia    rex    Anglie    dominus    Hibernie    dux 

NormawTiie    Aquita«ie    7    comes    Andegawie    archiepiscopis 

5     episcopis    abbatibus     prioribus    comitibus     baronibus     vice- 

comitibus  (  prepositis  ministris  7  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidelibus 

suis  presentem  cartam  inspecturis  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  nos 


154  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  221 

intuitu  dei  7  pro  salute  anime  nostre  7  animarum  antecessorum 
7  successorum  nostrorum  ad  exaltacionem  sancte  ecclesie  7 

10  emendacionem  regni  nostri  spontanea  7  bona  voluntate  nostra 
dedimus  7  concessimus  <  archiepiscopis  episcopis'  comitibus  ( 
baronibus  7  omnibus  de  regno  nostro^  Anglie  inperpetuum  . 
In  primis  concessimus  deo  7  hac  presenti  carta  nostra  con- 
firmauimus  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  inperpetuum  <  quod 

15  Anglicana  ecclesia  libera  sit  7  habeat^  iura  sua  Integra  7 
libertates  suas  illesas  .  Concessimus  eciam  7  dedimus*  omnibus 
liberis  hominibus  regni  nostri  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris 
imperiJetuum  omnes  libertates  subscriptas  habendas  7  tenendas 
eis  7  heredibus  suis  de  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  .  Si  quis 

20  comitum  vel  baronum  nostrorum  de  nobis  tenencium^  in 
capite  per  seruicium  militare  mortuus  f uerit  .^  7  cum  decesserit  .•' 
heres  eius  plene  etatis  fuerit  7  releuium  debeat  .•'  liabeat 
hereditatem  suam  per  antiquum  releuium  (  scihcet  heres  vel 
heredes    comitis   de    baronia   comitis    Integra    .■■   per   centum 

25  libras  (  heres  vel  heredes  baronis  de  baronia  Integra  per 
centum  libras  I  heres  vel  lieredes  miUtis  de  feodo  miUtis 
integro  .-'  per  centum  sohdos  ad  plus  '  7  qui  minus  debuerit  .•' 
minus  det  secundum  antiquam  consuetudinem  feodorum  . 
Si  autem  heres  alicuius  talium  fuerit  infra  etatem  .■'  dominus 

30  eius  non  habeat  custodiam  eius  nee  terre  sue  antequam 
homagium  eius  ceperit  .  <"t  postquam  talis  heres  fuerit  in 
custodia  .'  cum  ad  etatem  peruenerit  .•"  scihcet  viginti  7  vnius 
anni  .■'  habeat  hereditatem  suam  sine  releuio  7  sine  fine  . 
Ita  tamen  quod  si  ipse  dum  infra  etatem  fuerit  fiat  miles  .•' 

35  nichilominus  terra  remaneat  in  custodia  dominorum  suorum 
vsque  ad  terminum  predictum  .  Custos  terre  huiusmodi 
heredis  qui  infra  etatem  fuerit  .•'  non  capiat  de  terra  heredis 
nisi  racionabiles  exitus  7  racionabiles  consuetudines  7 
racionabilia  seruicia  7  hoc  sine  destruccione  7  vasto  hominum 

40  vel  rerum  .  Et  si  nos  commiserimus  custodiam  alicuius  talis 
terre  vicecomiti  vel  alicui  alii  qui  do  exitibus"  terre  illius 
nobis  debeant'  respondere  .■'  7  ille  destructionem  de  custodia 
fecerit  vel  vastum  .■'  nos  ab  illo  capiemus  emendam  7  terra 
committatur*  duobus  legalibus  7  discretis  hominibus  de  feodo 

45  illo  (  qui  de  exitibus  nobis  respondeant  .^  vel  ei  cui  eos 
assignauerimus  .  Et  si  dederimus  vel  vendiderimus  ahcui 
custodiam  alicuius  taUs  terre  .-'  7  ille  destructionem  inde 
fecerit  vel  vastum  .■'  amittat  ipsam  custodiam  7  tradatur 
duobus    legalibus    7    discretis    hominibus    de    feodo    illo  qui 

50  similiter  nobis  respondeant  .^  sicut  predictum  est  .  Custos 
autem  quam  diu  custodiam  terre  habuerit  /  sustentet  domos  ( 
parcos  (  viuaria'  '  stagna  (  molendina  (  7  cetera  ad  terram 
illam  pertinencia  de  exitibus  terre  eiusdem  7  reddat  heredi 
cum   ad   plenam   etatem   peruenerit   .■'   terram   suam   totam 


No.  221  HENRY  III  155 

55  instauratam  de  carucis  7  omnibus  aliis  rebus  .-  ad  minus 
secundum  quod  illani  recepit  .  Hec  omnia  obseruentur  de 
custodiis  archiepiscopatuimi  episcopatuum  abbatiarum  prior- 
atuum  ecclesiarum  7  dignitatuum '"  vacancium  que  ad  nos 
pertinent  (  excepto  quod  custodie  huiusmodi''  .■'  vendi  non 

60     debeant'^    .    Heredes    maritentur    absque    disparagacione 
Vidua   post   mortem   mariti   sui   statim   7   sine   diffioultate'^ 
habeat  maritagium  suum  7  hereditatem  suam  nee  aliquit''* 
det  pro  dote  sua  7*°  pro  maritagio  suo  veP^  hereditate  sua  .■' 
quam  hereditatem  maritus  suus  7  ipsa  tenuerunt  die  obitus 

65  ipsius  mariti  (  Et  maneat  in  capitali  mesuagio"  mariti  sui  per 
quadraginta  dies  post  obitum  ipsius  mariti'*  (  Infra  quos 
assignetur  ei  dos  sua  .-  nisi  prius  fuerit  ei"  assignata  /  vel 
nisi  domus  ilia  sit  castrum  (  Et  si  de  castro  recesserit  .•'  statim 
prouideatur  ei  domus  competens  in  qua  possit  honeste  morari 

70  quousque  dos  sua  ei  assignetur  .^  secundum  quod^"  predictum 
est  (  Et  habeat  racionabile  estouerium  suum  interim  de 
communi  .  Assignetur  autem  ei  pro  dote  sua  tercia  pars 
tocius  terre  mariti  sui  que  sua  fuit  in  vita  sua  (  nisi  de  minori 
dotata  fuerit  ad  hostium  ecclesie  .  Nulla  vidua  distringatur 

75  ad  se  maritandam  .-  dum  voluerit  viuere-'  sine  marito  .-  ita 
tamen  quod  securitatem  faciat^'-  (  quod  se  non  niaritabit  sine 
assensu  nostro  si  de  nobis  tenuerit  .•'  vel  sine  assensu  domini 
sui  .•'  si  de  aUo  tenuerit  .  Nos  vero  vel  balliui  nostri  non 
saisiemus^^  terram  aliquam  ne-*  redditum  pro  debito  aliquo  ( 

SO  quamdiu  catalla  debitoris  presencia  sufficiant  ad  debitum 
reddendum  .-  7  ipse  debitor  paratus  sit  inde  satisfacere  (  Nee 
plegii  ipsius  debitoris  clistringantur  .■'  quamdiu  ipse  capitalis 
debitor  sufEciat  ad  solucionem  debiti  .  Et  si  capitalis  debitor 
defeeerit   in   solucione   debiti   non   habens   vnde   reddat   aut 

85  reddere  nolit  cum  possit  .•  plegii  respondeant  pro  debito 
7  si  voluerint  habeant  terras  7  redditus  debitoris  .■'  quousque 
sit  eis  satisf actum  de  debito  '  quod  ante  pro  eo  soluerint^^ 
(  nisi  capitalis  debitor  monstrauerit  .■'  se  inde  esse  quietum 
versus  eosdem  plegios  .  Ciuitas  London'  habeat  omnes  anti- 

90  quas  libertates  7  liberas  consuetudines  suas  .  Preterea  volumus 
7  concedimus  quod  omnes  alie  ciuitates  7  burgi  7  ville  7 
barones  de  quinque  portibus^'  I  J  omnes  portus  habeant 
omnes  libertates  7  liberas  consuetudines  suas  .  Nullus  dis- 
tringatur  ad    faciendum    mains    seruicium    de   feodo    militis 

95  nee  de  alio  libero  tenemento  quam  inde  debetur  .  Communia 
placita  non  sequantur  curiam  nostram  set  teneantur  in  aliquo 
loco  certo  .  Recogniciones  de  noua  disseisina  7  de  morte 
antecessoris  .•  non  capiantur  nisi  in  suis  comitatibus  7  hoc 
modo  .  ^'Nos  vel  si  extra  regnum  fuerimus  capitalis  iusticianws 
100  noster^'  .  per  vnumquemque  comitatum  semel  in  anno  qui 
cum    miUtibus    comitatuum    capiant    in    comitatibus    assisas 


156  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  221 

predictas  (  7  ea  que  in  illo  aduentu  suo  in  comitatu  per 
justiciaries  predictos  ad  dictas  assisas  capiendas  missos 
terminari  non  possunt  y  per  eosdem  terminentur  alibi  in  itinere 

105  suo  .  7  ea  que  per  eosdem  propter  difficultatem  aliquorum 
articuloruni  terminari  non  possunt  :  referantur  ad  iusticiarios 
nostros  de  Bancco^*  7  ibi  terminentur  .  Assise  de  vltima 
presentacione  semper  capiantur  coram  iusticiarns^'  de  Bancco^* 
7  ibi  terminentur   .   Liber  homo   non  amercietur  pro  paruo 

110  delicto  nisi^"  secundum  modum  ipsius  delicti  f  Et  pro  magno 
delicto  secundum  magnitudinem  delicti  .■'  saluo  conteuento^^ 
suo  .  Et  mercator  eodem  modo  /  salua  mercandisia^^  sua  . 
Et  villanus  alterius  quam  noster  .■'  eodem  modo  amercietur  .•' 
saluo  wainagio  suo   .   si  incidit^^  in   miseiicordiam   nostram 

115  ^  et  nulla  predictarum  misericordiarum  ponatur  Z  nisi  per 
sacramentum  proborum  7  legalium  liominuni  de  visneto  . 
Comites  7  barones  non  amercientur  .•'  nisi  per  pares  suos 
7  non  nisi  secundum  modum  delicti  .  Nulla  ecciastica'^  persona 
amercietur  secundum  quantitatem  beneficii  sui  ecclesiastici  .•' 

120  set  secundum  laicum  tenementum  suum  7  secundum  quanti- 
tatem delicti  .  Nee  villa  nee  homo  clistringatur  facere  pontes 
ad  riparias  .•'  nisi  qui  ab^^  antiquo  /  de  iure^*  debent*'  .  Nulla 
riparia  decetero  defendatur  .•'  nisi  ille  que  fuerunt  in  defense 
tempore  .H.^s  aui  nostri  per  eadem  loca  7  eosdem  terminos 

125  sicut  esse  consueuenmt  tempore  suo  .  Nullus  vicecomes 
constabularius  coronatores  vel  alii  balliui  nostri  teneant 
placita  corone  nostre  .  Si  aliquis  tenens  de  nobis  laicum 
feodum  moriatur  7  vicecomes  vel  balliuus  noster  ostendat 
litteras   nostras   patentes   de   sumonicione   nostra   de   debito 

130  quod  defunctus  nobis  debuit  /  liceat  vicecomiti  vel  balliuo 
nostro  attachiare  /  imbreuiare  cataUa  defuncti  inuenta  in 
laico  feodo  ad  valenciam  illius  debiti  per  visum  legalium 
hominum  <  Ita  tamen  quod  nichil  inde^"  amoueatur  donee 
persoluatur   nobis    debitum   quod   clarum   fuerit  7   residuum 

135  relinquatur  executoribus  ad  faciendum  testamentum  defuncti  . 
Et  si  uicliil  nobis  debeatur  ab  ipso  .•'  omnia  catalla  cedant 
defuncto  (  saluis  vxori  ipsius  7  pueris  suis  racionabilibus 
partibus  suis  .  Nullus  constabularius  vel  eius  balliuus  capiat 
blada  vel  alia  catalla  alicuius  qui  non  sit  de  villa  ;  vbi  castrum 

140  situm  est  nisi  statim  inde^'  reddat  denarios  i  aut  respectum 
inde  habere  possit  de  voluntate  venditoris  .  Si  autem  de 
villa  ipsa  fuerit  .■'  infra  quadraginta  dies  precium  reddat  . 
Nullus  constabularius  distringat  aliquem  militem  ad  dandum 
denarios   pro  custodia    castri   .^   si   ipse  eam  facere   voluerit 

145  in  propria  persona  sua  vel  per  alium  probum  hominem  (  si 
ipse  eam  facere  non  possit  propter  racionabilem  causam  . 
Et  si  nos  duxerimus  eum  vol  miserimus  in  excercitum^  - 
erit  quietus  de  custodia  secundum  quantitatem  temporis  quo 


No.  221  HENRY   III  157 

per  nos  fuerit  in  excercitu**  (  de  feodo  pro  quo  fecit  seruicium 

150  in  excercitu*'  .  Nullus  vicecomes  vel  balliuus  noster  vel  alius 
capiat  equos  vel  carettas  alicuius  pro  cariagio  faciendo  .•' 
nisi  reddat  liberacionem  antiquitus  statutam  (  scilicet  pro 
caretta  ad  duos  equos  decern  denarios  per  diem  (  7  pro  caretta, 
ad  tres  equos  quatuordecim  denarios  per  diem  .  Nulla  caretta^^ 

155  alicuius  ecclesiastice  persone  vel  militis  vel  alicuius  domine 
capiatur  per  balliuos  nostros*^  prcdictos  (  Nee  nos  nee  balliui 
nostri  nee  alii  capiemus  alienum  boscum  ad  castra  vel  alia 
agenda  nostra  .^  nisi  per  voluntatem  ipsius*''  cuius  boscus 
ille  fuerit   .   Nos  non  tenebimus  terras  eorum   qui   conuicti 

100  fuerint  de  felonia  .  nisi  per  vnum  annum  7  vnum  diem  .  7 
tunc  reddantur  terre  dominis  feodorum  .  Omnes  kidelli 
decetero  deponantur  penitus  per  Thamisiam^'^  vel""  Medeweiam 
7  per  totam  Angliam  nisi  per  costam*'  maris  .  Breue  quod 
vocatur  .  Precipe  .-'  decetero  non  fiat  alicui  de  aliquo  tene- 

165  mento  .^  vnde  liber  homo  perdat  curiam  suam  .  Vna  mensura 
vini  sit  per  totum  regnum  nostrum  .  7  vna  mensura  ceruisie  I 
7  vna  mensura  bladi  i  scilicet  quarterium  Londonie  .  J  vna 
latitude  pannorum  tinctorum  7  russettorum  7  haubergettoruna . 
scilicet   due   vine   infra   listas    .    De   ponderibus^'   sit   vt   de 

170  mensuris  .  Nichil  decetero  detur^*  pro  breui  inquisicionis 
ab  eo  qui  inquisicionem  petit  de  vita  vel  de*"  membris  (  set 
gratis  concedatur  7  non  negetur  .  Si  quis^'  teneat  de  nobis 
per  feodi  firmam  '  vel  soccagium  (  vel*^  burgagium  .  7  de  alio 
teneat  terram*^  per  seruicium  militare  .-'  nos  non  habebimus 

175  custodian!  heredis  nee  terre  sue  que  est  de  feodo  alterius 
occasione  iUius  feodi  firme  vel  soccagii  vel  burgagii  .  Nee 
habebimus  custodiam  ilhus  feodi  firme  vel  soccagii  (  vel 
burgagii  .•'  nisi  ipsa  feodi  firma  debeat  seruicium  militare  . 
Nos  non   habebimus  custodiam   heredis   veP^  terre   alicuius 

180  quam  tenet  de  alio  per  seruicium**  occasione  alicuius 
parue  serianterie  quam  tenet  de  nobis  per  seruicium  reddendi 
nobis  cuIteUos  vel  sagittas  vel  huiusmodi  .  Nullus  baUiuus 
ponat  decetero  aliquem  ad  legem  manifestam  nee""  ad 
iuramentum  simplici  loquela  sua  sine  testibus  fidehbus  ad 

185  hoc  inductis  .  Nullus  liber  homo*'  capiatur  vel**  imprisonetur 
vel*'  dissaisietur*'  de*"  libero  tenemento  suo  vel  libertatibus 
vel  liberis  consuetudinibus  suis  aut  vtlagetur  aut  exulet  aut 
ah  quo*'  modo  destruatur  nee  super  eum  ibimus  nee  super 
eum  mittemus  (  nisi  per  legale  indicium  parium  suorum  vel 

190  per  legem  terre  .  Nulli  vendemus  nuUi  negabimus  aut 
differemus  rectum  vel  iusticiam  .  Omnes  mercatores  nisi 
publice  antea  prohibiti  fuerint  .-'  habeant  saluum  7  securum 
exire  de  Anglia  7  venire  in  Angliam  7  morari  7  ire  per  Angham 
tam  per  terram  quam  per  aquam  ad  emendum  vel  vendendum 

195     sine  omnibus  toltis  maltis'^^  per  antiquas  7  rectas  consuetudines 


158  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  221 

preterquam  in  tempore  guerre'^  .  Et  si  sint  de  terra  contra 
nos  guerrina^*  7  si  tales  inueniantur  in  terra  nostra  in  principio 
guerre*^  .^  attachientur  sine  dampno  corporum  vel  rerum 
donee  sciatur  a  nobis  vel  a  capitali  iiisticiario  nostro  (  quomodo 

200  mercatores  terre  nostre  tractentur  qui  tunc  inueiantur  [sicf^  in 
terra  contra  nos  guerrina**  .  Et  si  nostri  salui  sint  ibi  alii 
salui  sint  in  terra  nostra  .  Si  quis  tenuerit  de  aliqua  eschaeta** 
sicut  de  honore  Walingford?'e^'  Bolonie  (  Notingham*^  Lang- 
castrie  vel  de  aliis  eschaetis"'  que  sunt  in  manu  nostra  7  sint 

205  baronie  7  obierit  .-'  heres  eius  nee'"  det  aliud  releuium  nee 
faciat  nobis  aliud  seruicium  quam  faceret  baroni  si  illa'^ 
esset  in  manu  baronis  (  7  nos  eam'^  eodem  modo  tenebimus 
quo  baro  eam  tenuit  .  Nee  nos  occasione  talis  baronie  vel 
eschaete'^    habebimus    aliquam    esehaetam'^    vel    custodiam 

210  aliquorum  hominum  nostrorum  nisi  alibi  tenuerit  de  nobis 
in  capite  ille  qui  tenuit  baroniam  vel  eschaetam'*  .  Nullus 
liber  homo  decetero  det  amplius  alicui  vel  vendat  de  terra 
sua  quam  vt  de  residuo  terre  sue  possit  sufficienter  fieri 
domino   feodi'^   debitum    quod   pertinet   ad   feodum    illud    . 

215  Omnes  patroni  abbatiarum  qui  habent  cartas  regum  Angh'e 
de  aduocacione  vel  antiquam  tenuram  vel  possessionem  .•' 
habeant  earum  custodiam  cum  vacauerint  sicut  habere  debent 
7  sicut  supra  declaratum  est  .  Nullus  capiatur  vel  inprisonetur 
propter  appellacionem'"  femine  de  morte  alterius  quam  viri 

220  sui  .  Nullus  comitatus  decetero  teneatur  .•'  nisi  de  mense  in 
mensem  7  '^bi  maior  terminus  esse  solebat  .•'  maior  sit  .  Nee 
aliquis  vicecomes  vel  balhuus  suus"  faciat  turnum  suum 
per  hundredum  nisi  bis  in  anno  7  non  nisi  in  loco  debito  7 
consueto  (  videhcet'*  post  Pascha  7  iterum  post  festum  sancti 

225  Michaelis  (  et  visus  de  francco"  plegio  tunc  fiat  ad  ilium 
terminum  sancti  Michaelis  sine  occasione  .  Ita  scihcet  quod 
quihbet  habeat  libertates  suas  quas  habuit  7  habere  con- 
sueuit  tempore  .H.  regis*"  aui  nostri  vel  quas  postea  per- 
quisiuit  .  Fiat  autem  visus  de  francco'^  plegio  sic  .  videhcet 

230  quod  pax  nostra  teneatur  7  quod  thedhinga*^  Integra  sit 
sicut  esse  consueuit  7  quod  vicecomes  non  querat  occasiones 
(  7  quod  contentus  sit  de*-  eo  quod  vicecomes  habere  con- 
sueuit de  visu  suo  faciendo  tempore  .H.  regis*"  aui  nostri  . 
Non  licet*^  alicui  decetero  dare  terram  suam  alicui  domui 

235  religiose  .  ita  quod  illam**  resumat  tenendam  de  eadem 
domo  .  Nee  liceat  alicui*^  terram  alicuius  sic  accipero  (  quod 
tradat  eam  illi*^  a  quo  earn*'  recepit  tenendam  .  Si  quis  autem 
decetero  terram  suam  alicui  domui  religiose  sic  dederit  .  7 
super  hoc  conuinctatur**    donum  suum  penitus  cassetur  (  7 

24(1  terra  ilia  domino  suo  illius  feodi  incurratur  .  Scutagium 
decetero  capiatur  sicut  capi  consueuit*'  tempore  .H.  regis*" 
aui  nostri  7  salue  sint  archiepiscopis  (  episcopis  (  abbatibus  ( 


No.  221  HENRY   III  159 

prioribus   '^templariis  '   hospitelariis  (  comitibus   baronibus^ 
7  omnibus  aliis  tarn  ecclesiasticis  "'personis  quara  secularibus" 

245  libertates  7  libere  consuetuclines  quas  prius  habueruut  . 
Omnes  autem  istas  consuetuclines  predictas  7  libertates  quas 
concessimus  in  regno  nostro  tenendas  quantum  ad  nos  pertinet 
erga  nostros  .-  omnes  de  regno  nostro  tarn  clcrici  quam  laici 
obseruent  quantum  ad'^  pertinet  erga  suos  .  Pro  hac  autem 

250  concessione  7  donacione  iibertatum  istarum  7  aliarum'^ 
contentarum  in  carta  nostra  de  libertatibus  foreste  .•'  archie- 
piscopi  episcopi  '  ab  bates  (  priores  '  comites  '  barones  ^  milites 
7"''  libere  tenentes  7  omnes  de  regno  nostro  dederunt  nobis 
quintam  decimam  partem  omnium  mobilium  suorum  .  Con- 

255  cessimus  eciam  eisdem  pro  nobis  7  lieredibus  nostris  (  quod 
nee  nos  nee  heredes  uostri  aliquid  perquiremus  per  quod 
libertates  in  hac  carta  contente  .■'  infringantur  vel  intirmentur 
f  7  si  ab  aliquo  aliquid  contra  hoc  perquisitum  fuerit  .■'  nichil 
valeat  7  pro  nuUo  habeatur  .  Hiis  testibus  domino  Stephano 

260  Cantiiariensi  archiepiscopo""  ^  Eustachio  Londoniensi  ^  Jocelino 
Bathonie/isi  (  Petro  Wintoniewst  (  Hugone  LincolHiensi  ( 
Ricardo  Sehrresbiriensi  '  Benedicto  Roffensi  (  \\'illeimo 
Wigorniewsi  '  Johanne  Ehensi  (  Hugone  Hereforde/isi  ( 
Radulfo  Cicestre/isi  (  Wiilelmo  Exoniensi  episcopis  (  abbate 

265  sancti  Edmundi  I  abbate  sancti  Albani  (  abbate  de  Bello  ! 
abbate  sancti  Augustini  Cantua*-'  (  abbate  Eueshamie^'' 
abbate  WestraotMsierii  i  abbate  de  Burgo  sancti  Petri  (  abbate 
Radingie  I  abbate  Abbendonie  (  abbate  Malmesbirie"'  (  abbate 
Winchecumbie'*   (   abbate   de    Hyda     (    abbate   Certeseye    I 

270  abbate  de  Sirebunia  (  abbate  de  Cerna  <  abbate  de  Abbodes- 
biria"'  '  abbate  de  iliddelton'  I  abbate  de  Seleby  (  abbate 
de  Wyteby  '  abbate  de  Cirencestria  (  Huberto  de  Burgo 
iusticia  '  Randuifo  comite  Cestrie  /  Line'  '  W  illelmo  comite 
iia,Tiesbirie  i   WiUelmo  comite  Waremie  (   Gilberto  de  Clare 

275  comite  Gloucestrie  7  Hertfordie  (  WiUelmo  de  Eerrariis  comite 
de  Derbeia  (  WiUelmo  de  MandeuiUa  comite  Essexie  '  Hugone 
le  Bigod  comite  Nortfolchte  (  WiUelmo  comite  Albemarlte''*  ' 
Humfrido  comite  Herefordie  (  Johanne  constabulario  Cestrie  ( 
Roberto  de  Ros  (  Roberto  tilio  Walteri  '  Roberto  de  Veteri 

280  Ponte  '  WiUehno  Briwera^"'  '  Ricardo  de  Mmihchet  '  Petro 
tilin  Herberti  '  Matheo  tilio  Herberti  '  WiUelmo  de  Albiniaco  ' 
Roberto  GreU'^"^  '  Reginaldo  de  Breusa^"^  '  Johamie  de 
Mumiemwe  (  Johanne  tilio  Alani  '  Hugone  de  Mortuo  Mari  ( 
W'altero   de  BeUo   Lampo  '   WiUelmo   de   iSancto  Johanne    ' 

285  Petro  de  Malo"^  Lacu  '  Briano  de  Insula  (  Thoma  de  Mul- 
ton'"^  (  Ricardo  de  Argeutein'  '  Galfrido  de  NeuUla  '  Wiilelmo 
Maudut^"*  I  Johanne  de  Balun^"'  '  Dat'  apud  Westmo?^as- 
terium  vndecimo  die  Eebruarii  .  anno  regni  nostri  nono. 

Texts  :    MS — R58.     The  only  known  original  copies  of  this  charter  are  preserved 
in  Durham  Cathedral  and  at  Lacock  abbey  in  Wiltshire.     The  present  text  has  been 


160  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  221 

collated  with  the  former  of  these  originals.  There  is  a  copy  in  the  Red  Book  of 
the    Exchequer,    ff.    183-4.  Pd — Blackstone,    Charters,    pp.    47-59.     SlatiUes    of 

the  Eealm  i,  22-5  (both  in  type  and  engraved  facsimile).  See  Stubbs,  Select  Charters, 
pp.  353-4. 

Var.  R.  in  the  Durham  Cathedral  charter  :  ^  add  abbatibus  prioribus.  -  insert 
has  libertates  subscripta.s  tenendas  in  regno  nostro.  '  insert  omnia.  '  otn.  J 
dedimus.  ^  jor  de  nobis  tenendum  read  siue  aliorum  tenendum  de  nobis.  *  exibus. 
'  debeat.  '  committetur.  ^  om.  viuaria.  '"  dignitatum.  "  huiusmodi  custodie. 
"  debent.  '^^  insert  aliqua.  "  aliquid.  ^^  for  7  read  uel.  ^^  insert  pro.  "/or 
mesuagio  read  raesagio  ipsius.  '*  insert  sui.  "  ei  fuerit.  -"  quod  secundiun. 
-' uiuere  uoluerit.  -- faciet.  -' seisiemus.  ^*  nee.  -^  soluerunt.  ^  portubus. 
"-"  The  text  is  corrupt :  the  Durham  copy  reads  Nos  vel  si  extra  regnum  fuerimus 
capitalis  Justiciarit**  noster  mittemus  iusticiarios  ;  the  copy  in  the  Red  Book  reads 
Nos  si  extra  regnum  fuerimus  capitalis  Justiciariiw  noster  mittet  iusticiarios. 
^  Banco.  -'  insert  nostris.  '"for  nisi  read  set.  "  contenemento.  '-  raercandisa. 
^^  inciderit.  ^' ecclesiastica.  '^  for  a,h  read  es..  '^insert  facere.  "debet,  ^for 
H.  reoK?  regis  Henrici.  ^^  om.  inde.  "  exercitum.  ^'exercitu.  *- «»*er<  dorainica. 
"  om.  nostros.  ''for  ipsius  read  illius.  *^  Tamisiam.  *"  for  vel  read  CS^ .  "for 
costam  read  costeram.  "  insert  uero.  *'  detur  nichil  decetero.  ^°  om.  de.  ^^  for 
quis  rearf  aliquis.  ^^  insert  ^er.  "  terram  teneat.  °*/or  vel  rcarf  nee.  ^^  insert 
militare.  ^  for  nee  read  uel.  ^'  insert  decetero.  '^  for  vel  read  aut.  "  disseisiatur. 
'"insert  aliquo.  "^insert  alio.  *- malis.  "  gwerre.  "  gwerrina.  °^  inuenientur. 
"  escaeta.  "' Walingeford'.  °*  Notingeham'.  "  om.  eschaetis.  ''"for  nee  read 
non.  '^  for  ilia  read  ipsa.  '"- om.  earn.  "  escaete.  •' escaetam.  '^insert 
seruicium  ei.  "  appellum.  '''' om.  suus.  ''^insert  semel.  "franco.  '"regis 
Henrici.  '^  tethinga.  *-  om.  de.  '^  liceat.  '^^  for  illam  read  eam.  '^  insert  domui 
religiose.  ^  for  eam  illi  read  illam  ei.  ^'  for  eam  read  illam.  **  conuincatur. 
^'^  for  consvieuit  read  solebat.  3o_90  comitibus  baronibus  .  templariis  hospitalariis. 
"^-^^  quam  secularibus  personis.  ^- inserts^.  ^^  insert  libertatum.  ^^om.~/.  ** -4?* 
initial  only  is  given  for  the  christian  names  of  the  bishops  and  earls.  Only  the  more 
importatU  variations  of  readitig  in  the  list  of  witnesses  arc  given.  "' de  Euesham'. 
"de  Mauraebur".  "' de  Winchecumb'.  "Abotebir'.  ""  Aubermarl'.  ""  Brigwerr'. 
'"2  Gresl'.      '"  Brahus".      »<"  mala.      "^  Muleton'.      '"  Mauduit.      "'  Baalun. 

Note  :  The  Great  Charter  was  re-issued  at  the  same  time  as  the  Charter  of  the 
Forest  (see  no.  220.  page  148  above)  in  return  for  a  tax  of  a  fifteenth  on  mobilia 
or  personal  property  (Stubbs,  Constitutional  History  ii,  37  ;  Ramsey,  Dawn  of  the 
Constitutioji,  p.  39). 

Add.  Chart. 

222.  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III,  declaring  that,  whereas  at 
tlie  siege  of  Bedford  castle  which  he  has  undertaken  on  account 
of  the  manifest  excesses  of  Fawkes  de  Breaute,  Stephen  archbishop 
of  Canterbury  and  the  other  prelates  of  the  province  of  Canterbury 
have  furnished  an  aid  of  half  a  mark  from  every  plough-team  in 
demesne,  and  two  shillings  from  every  plough -team  of  their  knights, 
free  tenants,  and  villeins,  and  have  furnished  men  from  their 
demesnes  and  fees  to  transport  engines  of  war  for  assaulting  the 
castle,  the  king,  not  wishing  that  the  liberty  of  the  Church  should 
be  prejudiced,  has  granted  that  this  gift  shall  not  be  drawn  into 
a  precedent.     At  Bedford.      18  August,   1224. 

Carta  nc  auxilium  concessum  domino  regi  propter  obsidionem 
castri  Bedcforrfie  trahatur  in  consuetudinem  vel  preiudicium  con- 
cedencium  (R.  rubric). 

H.  (lei  gracia  rex  Anglic  .  dominus  Hybernie  .  dux  Norma/mie  . 
Aquitanie  .  7  comes  Axidegauie  .  omnibu.s  ad  quos  presens  scriptum 


No.  222  HENRY   III  161 

peruenerit  .•'  salutem  .  Cum  propter  graues  7  manifestos  excessus 
Falkasii^  de  Breaute  quibus  nos  7  regnum  nostrum  multipliciter 
perturbauit  .  de  consilio  fidelium  nostrorum  castrum  Bedefordie 
obsideremus  .■'  venerabilis  pater  .S.  Ca,ntuariensis  archiepiscopus 
tocius  AngKe  primas  7  sancte  Romane  ecclesie  cardinalis  .  7 
suffraganei  sui  qui  nobiscum  gratis  venerunt  ad  excercitum^ .  aliique 
prelati  proiiincie  Ce^ntuariensis  sola  ducti  deuocione  qua  sui  gracia 
nos  fuerant  amplexati  de  mera  gracia  7  liberalitate''  sua  auxilium 
prouiderunt  nobis*  faciendum  .•'  ad  tantos  excessus  forcius  7  facilius 
corrigendos  .  ordinantes  per  se  ipsos  ut  singuli  dictorum  archi- 
episcopi  .  episcoporum  7  aliorum  prelatorum  qui  separatas  habent 
porciones  a  conuentibus  suis'  de  singulis  carucis  terrarum  quas 
tenent  in  dominico  "darent  nobis  dimidiam  marcam*  Item  de  carucis 
militum  7  libere  tenencium  7  rusticorum  predictorum  archiepiscopi 
7  suffraganeorum  7  aliorum  prelatorum  memoratorum  .  7  de 
carucis  similiter  illorum  qui  tenent  de  militibus  7  libere  tenentibus 
ipsorum  duo  nobis  solidi  conferrentur  .  De  carucis  eciam  abbatum  . 
priorum  .  7  aliorum  prelatorum  qui  non  habent  separatas  por- 
ciones a  conuentibus  suis  /  militum'  libere  tenencium  7  rusticorum 
suorum  .  7  simiKter  de  carucis  eorum  qui  tenent  de  dictis  militibus 
7  libere  tenentibus  .•'  darentur  nobis  duo  solidi  .  Preterea  de  sola 
gracia  7  mera  liberalitate^  sua  concesserunt  quod  homines  de 
dominicis  7  feodis  suis  venirent  in  excercitum''^  ad  trahendum 
ingenia  .  7  ad  alia  negocia  quantum  in  eis  esset  expedienda  .  que 
ad  expugnandum*  castrum  neccessaria  viderentur  .  Qui  quidem 
per  balliuos'  nostros  alicubi  infra  libertates  ecclesie  7  ipsorum 
prelatorum  aliter  quam  hactenus  fieri  consueueriti"  summoniti 
fuerunt  7  conpulsi'^  ut  accepimus  ad  hoc  faciendum  .  Nos  igitur 
nolentes  occasione  gracie  7  liberalitatis^-  nobis  ut  diximus  inpense"  . 
ecclesie  dei  uel  archiepiscopo  uel  aliis  prelatis  predictis  uel  suc- 
cessoribus  suis  terris  .  feodis  .  uel  hominibus  eorum  preiudicium 
libertatis  sue  uel  grauamen  aliquod  unquam  generari  .  nee  graciam 
sic  nobis  exhibitam  .  ad  debitum  uel  consuetudinem  posse  retorqueri  .- 
omnia  premissa  per  has  litteras  nostras  patentes  protestamur  ex 
sola  gracia  7  liberalitate^  processisse  .  /  hoc  numquam^*  occasione 
precUcta  in  consuetudinem  trahi  posse  uel  debere  .  Et  in  huius 
rei  testimonium  has  Utteras  nostras  patentes  inde  fieri  fecimus 
7  sigillo  nostro  signari  .  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Bedefordiawi  .  decimo 
octauo  die  Augusti  anno  regni  nostri  octauo  .  presentibus  .  H.  de 
Burgo  iusticie  nostro*^  .  W.  comite  Sarris6me  .  W.  comite 
Warenne  .  G.  comite  Gloucestrie  .  J  Hertfordie  .  VV.  de  Mandeuillai'^ 
comite  Essexie  .  comite  H.i'  Bigod  .  H.^*  comite  Herefordie  . 
H.i*  comite  Warewici  .  J.^''  constabulario  Cestrie  .  W.  Briwer'  . 
P.  filio  Hereberti  .  W.  de  Albiniaco  .  Thoma  de  Multon'^"  .  J.  de 
Munemue^i  .  Roberto  de  Curtenay  .  Johanne  filio  Roberti  .  Ricardo 
de  Munfichet  .  W.  de  Lancastrian^ .  P.  de  Brus^^  .  Ricardo  de  Percy  . 
W.  de  Ros  .  7  aliis. 


162  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  222 

Endorsed  :  (1)  Subaidium  concessum  regi  non  trahendum  ad  consequenciam 
(13  cent.).     (2)  de  obsidione  castri  Bedef ordic  (13  cent.).     (3)  XIII  .  H.  iij.  (13  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal.     Size  :    6f  x  6J  inches. 

Texts  :    MS— Orig.  Al/1/48.     R53.     Fd— Patent  Soils,   1216-1225,  464-5. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Falkesii  Pat.  -  exercitiim  Pat.  '  libertate  R.  '  nobis  prouiderunt 
R.  ^  insert  y  Vat.  '-^daretur  nobis  dimidia  marca  Pat.  '' insert  J  Fat.  '  expung- 
nandum  Pat.  "  baiUiuos  Pat.  '°  consueuit  Pat.  "  compulsi  R.  Pat.  '-  liber- 
tatis  R.  ^'  impense  R.  "  nuncquam  R.  "  om.  nostro  Pat.  '*  Maundeuill'  Pat. 
^''insert  le  Pat.  ^  om.  H.  Pat.  ^^  ojn.  3.  Pat.  2"  Multun  R.  ;  Muleton  Pat. 
^'  Monemue  Pat.     ^-  Langcastr'  R.     -'  Bruis  Pat. 

Note  :  The  king  laid  siege  to  Bedford  castle  on  20  Jime,  1224,  and  with  its 
surrender  on  15  August  the  campaign  against  Fawkes  de  Breaut^  came  to  an  end. 
The  expenses  of  the  campaign  were  met  by  a  scutage  (known  as  the  Scutage  of 
Bedford)  of  two  marks  on  each  knight's  fee  held  by  the  lay  tenants  in  chief,  and  by 
the  carucage  mentioned  in  the  present  text.  Sir  James  Ramsey  (The  Dawn  oj  the 
Constitution,  p.  37)  says  that  the  lay  tenants  paid  the  carucage  as  well  as  the  scutage  ; 
but  S.  K.  Mitchell  (Stiulies  in  Taxation  under  John  a7td  Henry  III,  pp.  153-6)  adduces 
evidence  which  goes  far  to  prove  that  the  carucage  was  paid  by  the  churchmen 
only.  Mitchell  argues  that  caruca  is  used  in  the  sense  of  cariieata,  and  that  even 
if  the  teams  were  counted,  the  purpose  of  the  enumeration  was  not  to  16%"^  a  tax 
on  them,  but  to  find  out  the  amount  of  land  under  cultivation  (pp.  133-4).  J'or 
the  authorities  see  Ramsey  and  Mitchell  loc.  cit. 

Add.  Chart. 
223-  Letters  of  Henry  III,  addressed  to  the  abbots,  priors, 
and  the  other  rehgious  in  the  diocese  of  Lincoln.  The  king  appeals 
to  them  to  furnish  in  accordance  with  the  command  of  pope  Honorius 
III,  a  fifteenth  from  their  benefices  and  goods  ;  with  an  effective 
aid  from  their  benefices  and  goods  from  which  he  has  not  received 
the  fifteenth  ;  and  grants  that,  in  future,  tithes  of  hay  and  of  mills 
shall  be  given  from  the  royal  demesnes  ;  and  further,  that  he  will 
endeavour  to  secure  that  the  magnates  of  the  realm  shall  make 
a  similar  offering  of  tithes.     At  Westminster.     27  May,   1226. 

Carta  de  eodem  (R  rubric). 

H.  dei  gracia  rex  AngKe  .  dominus  Hibemie  .  dux  Noraxannie 
Aquitanie  /  comes  Andegauie  dilectis  sibi  in  Christo  abbatibus 
prioribus  7  ceteris  viris  religionis  7  omnibus  ecclesiasticis  personis 
in  diocesi  Lincoln'  constitutis  salutem  .  Condolens  affectu  paterno 
dominus  Papa  insufiicientie  nostre  .  scripsit  dudum  venerabihbus 
patribus  archiepiscopis  episcopis  7  vniuerso  clero  regni  nostri 
monens  attentius  7  mandans  ut  optentu  pietatis  subsidium  elficax 
7  compentens  de  beneficiis  suis  nobis  .  facerent  uniuersi  quatinus 
ipsorum  prestationibus  adniti  paci  ecclesie  7  regni  nostri  commodius 
possemus  7  fortius  prouidere  .  Moti  igitur  misericorditer  ad  suc- 
currendum  nobis  immo  potius  ipsis  in  nobis  prelati  terre  nostre  .■' 
pridem  consenserunt  de  quintadecima  mobilium  suorum  nobis 
subuenire  consensum  pium  operum  effectu  prosequentes  .  Cum 
igitur  a  hberahtate  uestra  .^  dependeat'  consummatio  negotii  predicti . 
benignitatem  uestram  rogamus  attentius  quatinus  necessitatibus 
nostris  compati  uelitis  affeccione  sincera  quod  quidem  exspectamus- 
ahas   de   uoluntatibus   uestris   nullo   precedente   mandate   .    lale 


No.  224  HENRY   III  163 

igitur  7  tam  efficax  auxilium  nobis  in  hac  parte  facere  curetis  de 
benefitiis  7  bonis  uestris  de  quibus  quintamdecimam  non  recepimus 
vt  ecclesie  Romane  de  coUato  nobis  per  nos  beneficio  ad  graciarum 
actiones  teneri  7  nobis  singulis  7  vniuersis  in  negotiis  uestris  pro- 
mouendis  adesse  debeamus  promptiores  .  Cupientes  autem  non 
solum  facere  set  7  faciendo  aliis  exemplum  prebere  ea^  que  com- 
muni  ecclesie  7  cleri  conueniant  utilitati  7  honori  ad  consilium 
venerabilium  patrum  Cantuariewsis  archiepiscopi  7  coepiscoporum 
su[orum  conces^Jsimus  ut  decime  feni  7  molendinorum  omni 
cauillatione  cessante  de  singulis  dominicis  nostris  in  regno  nostro 
decetero  prestentur  .  hoc  idem  singulis  balliuis  nostris  pei  litteras 
nostras  mandantes  .  laborabimus  etiam  bona  fide  ut  magnates 
regiii  nostri  simili  prestationi  decimarum  decetero*  consenciant 
litis  dispendio  cessante  .  Teste  me  ipso  apud  Westmonasterium 
.xxvij.  die  Maij  .  anno  regni  Mecimo. 

Endorsed:  (1)  C  .  .  .  .  regis  Henrici  .  iij.  de  concessione  decime  molendinorum 
7  feni  .  post  .xv  .  concessa  (13  cent.).     (2)  XII  .H.  iij.  (13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal ;    the  ribbon  below  it  is  torn  away.     Size  :    5J  x  4i  inches. 

Texts:  MS — Orig.  A 1/1/51.  R53b.  Pd — Similar  letters,  addressed  to  the  dean 
and  chapter  of  Chichester,  are  jirintred  in  Rotuli  Litteraruni  Vlausarum  ii,   152. 

\^ar.  R.  :  '  dependat  R.  -  expectamus  R.  ^  ea  is  interlineatai  Orig.  ^  supplied 
from  R,  the  orig.  hafing  been  injured.     °  am.  decetero  R.     ^  insert  nostro  R. 

Note  :  The  government  did  not  attempt  to  collect  from  tlie  beneficed  clergy 
the  aid  of  the  fifteenth  granted  by  the  grand  council  in  February,  1224-5  (above, 
no.  221,  note).  On  3  February  of  tliat  year  a  letter  from  pope  Honorius  III  exhorted 
the  clergy  to  make  a  grant  to  the  king  (Patent  Bolls,  1216-1225,  p.  585),  and 
fifteen  months  later  this  letter,  with  one  from  the  king,  dated  27  May,  1226  (see 
the  present  text),  was  sent  out  to  the  clergy  by  archbishop  Stephen  with  letters 
of  his  own.  The  archbishop  proposed  a  grant  of  a  twelfth  or  a  fourteenth  ;  and 
in  October,  1226,  a  council  of  deans,  archdeacons,  and  regulars,  which  was  sum- 
moned by  him,  met  in  London,  and  granted  a  sixteenth  of  their  revenues  according 
to  the  valuation  of  the  twentieth  in  1216  (see  no.  224  below).  The  aid  was  to  be 
paid,  half  in  February,  1226-7,  and  half  in  June,  1227.  On  2U  October  a  writ  was 
directed  to  the  sheriffs  of  Nottingham,  Derby,  Oxford,  Bedford  and  Buckingham, 
and  Lincohi,  commanding  them  to  help  the  clean  and  chapter  of  Lincoln  to  obtain 
from  their  knights  and  free  tenants  a  reasonable  aid  towards  the  sixteenth  which 
they  themselves  had  granted  to  the  king  from  their  churches,  prebends,  and  lands 
(Rotuli  Litteraruni  Clausarum  ii,  143).  In  November,  1229,  the  dean  and  chapter 
of  Lincoln,  amongst  others,  had  paid  nothing  in  respect  of  the  sixteenth,  and  the 
archdeacons  of  Northampton,  Buckingiiam,  Huntingdon,  and  Stow,  who  were 
collectors  for  parochial  benefices,  had  still  to  render  account  at  the  Exchequer 
(Cal.  Close  Rolls,  1227-1231,  p.  380).  Mitchell  (pp.  169-71)  gives  a  full  account 
of  the  sixteenth,  from  which  most  of  the  present  note  is  derived. 

Add.  Chart. 

224-  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III :  whereas  the  clergy,  under 
orders  from  pope  Innocent  III,  have  granted  to  the  king,  as  a 
voluntary  gift,  a  sixteenth  of  their  benefices  according  to  the 
valuation  made  at  tlie  time  when  a  twentieth  was  collected  in  aid 
of  the  Holy  Land,  for  the  preservation  of  the  peace  of  the  church 
and  realm,  the  king  declares  that  this  shall  not  be  drawn  into  a 
custom.     At  Westminster.     20  October,   1226. 

Carta  de  eodem  (R  rubric). 


164  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  224 

.H.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglte  dominus  Hibern»e  dux  Normawnie  7 
Aqnitanie  comes  Andegauie  venerabili  patri  in  Christo  .H.  eadcin 
gracia  Lincoln'  episcopo  salutem  .  Cum  propter  vrgencia  negocia 
nostra  dominus  papa  Honorius  tercius  archiepiscopis  episcopis 
regni  nostri  per  litteras  apostolicas  dedisset  in  mandatis  vt  clerum 
Anglie  sibi  subditum  monerent  diligenter  7  inducerent  quod  de 
beneficiis  suis  competens  auxilium  caritatiue  nobis  facere  deberent 
ad  conseruacionem  pacis  ecclesiastice  7  regni  nostri  .■'  clerus  prefatus 
ad  faciendum  premissa  prona  deuocione  inductus  liberaliter  con- 
cessit 7  benigne  sextam  decimam  partem  beneficiorum  suorum 
secundum  estimacionem  competentem  vnius  anni  factam  scilicet 
tempore  quo  collecta  fuit  vicesima  in  succursum  Terre  Sancte 
nobis  per  manus  suas  proprias  colleotam  largiri  (  ita  quod  ex  hac 
gracia  gratis  7  liberaliter  tunc  nobis  impensa  processu  temporis 
ecclesiis  vel  ecclesiasticis  personis  seu  beneficiis  nullum  posset 
aliquatenus  preiudicium  generari  .  Nos  igitur  nolentes  occasione 
gracie  7  libertatis  nobis  vt  premissum  est  affectu  fauorabili  impense 
ecclesie  dei  archiepiscopis  episcopis  aliis  ve  prelatis  clericis  aut 
ecclesiasticis  seu  viris  religiosis  vel  ecclesiasticis  possessionibus 
quibuscumque  vel  feodis  vel  hominibus  eorum  preiudicium  au' 
grauamen  aliquod  aliquo  tempore  generai'i  .-  nee  similem  prestacio- 
nem  trahi  posse  in  consuetudinem  vel  debitum  /  presentibus  litteris 
nostris  cum  multiplici  graciarum  accione  protestamur  beneficium 
taliter  nobis  collatum  ex  sola  liberali  gracia  cleri  processisse  .  nee 
iUud  a  nobis  vel  heredibus  nostris  occasione  vel  exemplo  tali  in 
debitum  vel  consuetudinem  trahi  posse  .  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
has  litteras  nostras  patentes  fieri  fecimus  .  Teste  meipso  apud 
Westmonasterium  .xx.  die  Octobris  .  anno  regni  nostri  decimo  . 
Dat'  per  manum  venerabilis  patris  .R.  Cicestre/isis  episcopi 
canceUarii  nostri  coram  .H.  de  Burgo  iusticmrio  nostro  .J.  Bathon- 
iensis  7  .R.  Seivrisbirie7isis  episcopis. 

Text  :     JIS — R53.\.     Pd — Similar   letters,  adcU'CSsed   to  the  bishop  ol  Hereford, 
are  printed  in  Patent  Bolls,  1225-1232,  p.  64. 
Var.  R. :   ^for  aut. 
Note  :    See  Note  to  the  preceding  cliarter. 

Add.  Chart. 
225-  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III :  whereas  the  prelates  and 
other  ecclesiastical  persons  of  the  realm,  wJio  iiold  in  chief,  have 
granted  to  the  king  an  aid  of  two  marks  for  every  shield  from  all 
their  fees,  botli  from  those  for  wliich  they  are  answerable  when 
scutage  is  paid  and  from  those  which  they  retain  for  their  own 
use ;  and  tlie  king  has  granted  to  the  prelates  that  for  furnishing 
the  aid  they  shall  have  forty  shillings  for  each  knight's  fee  which 
is  held  of  them  ;  the  king,  in  order  that  tliis  aid  shall  not  be  drawn 
into  a  precedent,  grants  that  no  injury  shall  hereafter  accrue  to 
the  prelates.     At  Westminster.     13  April,  1231. 


No.  226  HENRY  III  165 

Carta  de  eodem  (rubric). 

.H.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  (  dominua  Hibernie  (  dux  Norma>inie 
Aquita«ie7  comes  Andegauie  (  omnibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum 
peruenerit  salutem  .  Cum  peteremus  a  prelatis  Angh'e  quod  nobis 
auxilium  facerent  pro  magna  necessitate  nostra  de  qua  eis  con- 
stabat  '  videlicet  episcopis  <  abbatibus  (  abbatissis  (  prioribus 
7  priorissis  qui  de  nobis  tenent  in  capite  (  ipsi  nobis  liberaliter 
concesserunt  auxilium  tale  (  scilicet  de  singulis  feodis  militum 
suorum  quadraginta  solidos  de  tot  feodis  de  quot  ipsi  tenentur 
nobis  respondere  quando  faciunt  nobis  seruicium  militare  .  Et 
nos  concessimus  eisdem  prelatis  quod  ad  predictum  auxilium  nobis 
faciendum  .•'  habeant  de  singulis  feodis  militum  que  de  eis  tenentur 
quadraginta  solidos  .  Nos  igitur  nolentes  quod  ex  hac  eorum  con- 
cessione  nobis  facta  de  mera  liberalitate  sua  7  non  alia  racione 
ecclesiis  suis  vel  eorum  successoribus  possit  preiudicium  aliquod 
generari  vel  ecclesiastice  libertati  in  aliquo  derogari  .-'  per  has 
litteras  nostras  patentes  hoc  duximus  protestandum  .  Nolumus 
eciam  quod  propter  banc  concessionem  nostram  quam  fecimus  .•' 
ahquid  nobis  vel  heredibus  nostris  acrescat  vel  decrescat  .  Teste 
meipso  apud  Westmonas^eriwm  .xiij".'  die  Aprihs  .  anno  regni 
nostri  .xvo. 

Text  :    MS— R54.     Vd— Patent  Rolls,   1225-1232,  p.  429. 

Var.  R.  :    '  xiiij  Pat.  Rolls,  ut  supra. 

Note  :  In  order  to  provide  money  for  the  war  with  France  the  lay  barons  granted 
to  the  king  a  scutage  at  the  rate  oi'  three  marks  (£2)  per  knight's  fee.  The  clergy, 
in  a  synodlield  at  .Saint  Paul's,  ou  6th  October,  1230.  opposed  the  le^-y  of  the  scutage 
(probably  on  the  principle  of  the  non-liability  of  the  clergy  to  foreign  service 
enunciated  by  .Saint  Hugh  of  Lincoln  in  1197).  but  agr-eed  to  give  the  three  marks, 
not  as  scutage.  but  by  way  of  an  extraordinary  aid  {Ramsey,  The  Dawn  of  the 
Constitution,  p.  54  :    Mitchell,  op.  cit.  180^95). 

Add.  Chart. 

226.  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III :  the  king  declares  that  the 
aid  given  by  the  prelates  of  two  marks  for  every  shield  shall  not 
prejudice  them  at  any  time  as  a  precedent.  At  Westminster. 
3  May,  1236. 

Carta  de  eodem  (rubric). 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  dominus  Hiberme  dux  'Normannie 
7  Aquita/iie  comes  Andegaitie  omnibus  ad  quos  presentes  httere 
peruenerint  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  cum  nuper  rogassemus  archie- 
piscopos  episcopos  abbates  priores  7  alias  personas  ecclesiasticas 
de  regno  nostro  quod  pro  vrgenti  necessitate  nostra  nobis  inpen- 
derent  .•  ipsi  gratis  7  spontanea  voluntate  sua  .-'  communiter  nobis 
concesserunt  quoddam  auxihum  de  omnibus  feodis  suis  tarn  de 
ilhs  de  quibus  nobis  respondent  quando  scutagium  datur  quam 
de  aliis  que  retinent  ad  opus  suum  videUcet  duas  marcas  de  scuto  . 
Ne  igitur  huiusmodi  concessio  7  auxilii  prestacio  possit  aliquo 
tempore  trahi  in  consequenciam  .•'  concedimus  pro  nobis  /  heredibus 


166  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  226 

nostris  7  presencium  tenore  protestamur  quod  pro  gracia  hac  vice 
nobis  facta  .■'  predictis  archiepiscopis  episcopis  I  abbatibus  prioribus 
7  aliis  personis  ecclesiasticis  vel  eorum  successoribus  (  aut  ecclesiis 
suis  inposterum  y  in  nuHo  derogetur  .  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
has  litteras  patentes  fieri  fecimus  .  Teste  meipso  apud  Westmwias- 
terium  tercio^  die  Maij  anno  regni  nostri  vicesimo. 

Text  :    MS— R55.     Pd—Cal.  Patent  Rolls,    1232-1247.    U5(ab3.). 
Var.  R.  :    '  quarto  Cal.  Pat.  Polls. 

Add.  Chart. 

227-  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III,  notifying  that  whereas  he 
has  granted  to  Ralf  son  of  Nicholas,  his  seneschal,  the  custody  of 
the  lands  which  were  Eustace  of  Mortain's,  which  lands  were 
of  the  honour  of  Peverel  now  in  the  king's  hand,  he  has  requested 
bishop  Hugh  II  to  give  to  Ralf  the  custody  of  the  lands  of  the 
bishop's  fee  which  were  Eustace's,  to  wit,  Dunsby  [near  Bourne, 
CO.  Lincoln]  and  Branston  [co.  Leicester],  until  the  lawful  age  of 
Eustace's  heir.     At  Abingdon.     1.5  August,  1234. 

H.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hibernie  .  d[ux]  Normanwie 
[A]qmtanie  .  J  comes  Andegauie  omnibus  ad  quos  presentes  littere 

peruenerint  salutem  .  Sciatis  quod  cu[m  dedi]mus 

7  concessissemus  dilecto  7  fideli  nostro  RaduKo  filio  Nicholai 
senescallo  nostro  custodiam  terrarum  que  fuerunt  Eus[tacliii]  de 
Moretoino^  .  que  sunt  de  honore  PeuereU'  qui  est  in  manu  nostra 
Habendam  7  tenendam  vsque  ad  legitimam  etatem  heredis  ipsius 
Eustachw  .•'  rogauimus  venerabilem  patrem  Hugonem  Lincoln' 
episcopum  secundum  .•'  quod  pro  amore  nostro  dar[et  7  conc]ederet 
eidem  Radulfo  custodiam  terrarum  que  fuerunt  predicti  Eustachii 
que  sunt  de  feodo  ipsius  episcopi  .  videlicet  de  Dunnesby-  .  7 
Brauntestona  .  Habendam  7  tenendam  usque  ad  legitimam  etatem 
heredis  ipsius  Eustachii  .  Ipse  uero  episcopus  sui  gracia  peticionem 
nostram  benigne  exaudiuit  .  Et  sic  predictus  senescallus  noster 
dictam  custodiam  predictarum  terrarum  que  de  feodo  ipsius  episcopi 
sunt  .•'  de  consciencia  7  voluntatc  nostra  de  dono  ipsius  episcopi 
recepit  .  Et  in  liuius  rei  robur  7  testimonium  .^  hoc  presentibus 
litteris  protestamur  .  Hiis  .  testibus  .  venerabihbus  .  patribus  .  H. 
Rodetisi  .  7  W.  K.a,r\eolensi  episcopis  .  Ricardo  comite  Coniubie 
fratre  nostro  .  G.  MarescaZZo  comite  Pembroc/»te  .  Godefrido  de 
Craucumb'  7  aUis  .  Dat'  per  manum  venerabilis  patris  .  R.  Cices- 
tvensis  episcopi  .  cancellarii  nostri  .  apud  Abbcndoniawi  .  quinto 
decimo  die  Augusti  .  anno  regni  nostri  decimo  [octauo*]. 

Endorsed  :    (I)  X  (13  cent.).     (2)   .H.  iij.  {13  cent.). 

Tag  and  seal   torn  away.     Size  :     6J  x   5   inches. 

Text  :  MS — Orig.  Al/l/5-t  (the  charter  lias  been  injureil,  and  the  missing  words 
have  been  supplied  conjecturally  within  square  brackets).  Patent  roll,  18  Henry  III, 
mom.  7.     Pd — Cal.  Patent  RoUa,  1232-1247,  pp.  64-5. 

Var.  R.  in  Patent  roll ;   '  Moreton,     -  Dunesby.      '  this  word  is  illegible  in  Orig. 


No.  229  HENRY   III  167 

Add.  Chart. 

228.  Charter  of  Henry  III,  inspecting  and  confirming  the  charter 
of  his  father,  John,  dated  at  the  New  Temple,  21  January,  1214-15 
(no.  205  above),  granting  the  manor  of  Winthorpe  near  Newark 
and  other  gifts  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  and  bishop  Hugh  II.  At 
Westminster.     12  February,  1227. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  dominus  Hybemie' .  dux  Normannie 
7  Aquitannte  comes  Andegauie  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  .  abbati- 
bus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  iusticiariis  forestariis  . 
vicecomitibus  .  prepositis  7  omnibus  bailliuis-  7  fidelibus  suis  . 
salutem  .  Inspeximus  cartam  domini  patris  nostri  Johannis^  illustris 
Anglorum  regis  in  hec  verba.  [Here  is  recited  king  John's  charter 
in  full.]  Nos  itaque  predictam  donationem  concessionem  7  con- 
firraationem  predicti  domini  patris  nostri  ratam  7  gratam  habentes  .•' 
eam  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmamus  .  Quare  volumus  7  firmiter 
precipimus  .  quod  predicta  ecclesia  Lincoln'*  7  predictus  Hugo 
Lincoln'*  episcopus  7  successores  sui  in  perpetuum  habeant  7  teneant 
omnia  predicta  bene  .  7  in  pace  .  libere  .  quiete  .  7  integre  .  in 
omnibus  locis  7  rebus  .  cum  omnibus  hbertatibus  7  liberis  con- 
suetudinibus  7  quietantiis  supradictis  sicut^  predictum  est  .■'  tauquam^ 
puram  .  liberam  .  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  predicti  domini  patris 
nostri  7  nostram  quietam  penitus  ab  omni  seculari  seruicio  7  exac- 
tione  in  perpetuum  .  Hiis  testibus  .  dominis  Eustachio  hondoniensi  . 
Ricardo  Surrisbiriensi  .  ejiiscopis  .  Huberto  de  Burgo  iusticiario 
nostro  .  WiUelmo  de  Sancto  Johanne  .  WiUelmo  de  Cantelupo'  . 
Ricardo  de  Argenteom* .  7  Godefrido  de  Craucumb'  senescalhs 
nostris  .  Stephano  de  Segraue^  .  7  aUis  .  Dat'  per  manum 
venerabihs  patris  Radulfi  Cicestre?is«s  episcopi  7  cancellarii  nostri 
ajjud  Westmonasterium  duodecimo  die  Februarii  anno  regni 
nostri  vndecimo. 

Endorsed:  V  .H.  iij  (13  cent.).  (Orig.  no.  60  is  endorsed:  De  Wimeltorp'  J 
pareis  facieudis  (13  cent.).     De  confirmatione  manerii  de  Wimeltorp  (13  cent.)). 

Tag  for  seal  torn  away.  Size  :  9J  x  18  inches.  (No.  60  :  tag  for  seal  torn  away. 
Size  :    8f  x  15  inches.) 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  aI/1/50.  Orig.  Al/1/60.  Charter  Boll,  11  Henry  III,  part  1, 
mem.  32.     Pd— See  C.C.S.i,5. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Hibemie  no.  60.  ^  balliuis  no.  60.  '  J.  no.  60.  '  Line'  no.  60. 
'  sicud  no.  60.  '  tamquam  no.  60.  '  Cantilupo  no.  60.  '  Argewtuem'  no.  60. 
'  Seygrau'  no.  60. 

Add.  Chart. 

229-  Charter  of  Henry  III,  granting  to  bishoj)  Hugh  II  and  his 
successors  that  no  market  which  has  been  or  shall  be  estabUshed 
after  the  king's  first  coronation,  outside  the  royal  demesne,  shall 
continue  to  the  detriment  of  the  markets  which  the  bishop  had 
before  that  coronation.     At  Westminster.    5  February,  1227. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Angh'e  .  dominus  Hybernie  .  dux  Nor- 
mannie  y  Aquitanie  .  comes  Andegawie  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  . 


168  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  229 

abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiariis  .  vice- 
comitibus  .  prepositis  .  7  omnibus  bailliuis  7  fidelibus  suis  .■'  salutem  . 
Sciatis  nos  concessisse  7  present!  carta  nostra  confirmasse  venerabili 
patri  Hugoni  Lincoln'  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  inperpetuum  . 
quod  nullum  raercatuni  quod  post  primam  coronacionem  nostram 
leuatum  sit  uel  de  cetero  leuabitur  extra  dominica  nostra  ad  nocu- 
mentum  alicuius  mercatorum  suorum  que  idem  episcopus  liabuit 
ante  coronacionem  illam  stet  uel  teneatur  aliquo  tempore  .  Hiis 
testibus  .  dominis  Eustachio  Londoniejisi  .  Joscelino  Baihoniensi  . 
7  Ricardo  Savrisbiriensi  .  episcopis  .  Huberto  de  Burgo  iusticiario 
nostro  .  Willelmo  de  Eyneford'  .  senescallo  nostro  .  Willelmo  Briwei'r'. 
7  aliis  .  Dat'  per  manum  venerabilis  patris  Radulfi  Cicestrensis  . 
episcopi  7  cancellarii  nostri  apud  Westmonasterium  .  quinto  die 
Februarii  .  anno  regni  nostri  vndecimo. 

Endorsed  :    De  mercatis  generaliter  non  leuandis  {13  cent.). 
Tag  and  seal  torn  away.     Size  :    S  x  6  inches. 
Text:    MS— Orig.  Al/1/59. 

Add.  Chart. 

230.  A  renewal  of  the  preceding  charter.  At  Fulham.  15  May, 
1229. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Angk'e  .  dominus  Hybernie  .  dux  Nor- 
mannie  7  Aquitannie  .  comes  Andega^a'e  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  . 
abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiarws  .  vice- 
comitibus  .  [prepositis  .  7  omnibus  bailliuis  J  fidelibus]  suis .'  salutem  . 
Sciatis  nos  concessisse  7  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse  venerabili 
patri  Hugoni  Lincoln'  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum  . 
quod  nullum  mercatum  quod  post  primam  coronacionem  nostram 
leuatum  sit  uel  de  cetero  leuabitur  extra  dominica  nostra  ad 
nocumentum  alicuius  mercatorum  suorum  que  idem  episcopus 
habuit  ante  cor[onacionem  iUam  stet  uel  teneatur  aliquo]  tempore  . 
Hiis  testibus  ^  dominis  Ilicardo  Dunholme?wi  episcopo  1  Waltero 
Karleo/ensi  episcopo  thesaurario  nostro  ^  Huberto  de  Burgo  ^ 
comite  Cantie  iusticiario  nostro  1  Johanne  de  Munemue  ^  Stcphano 
de  Segraue  ^  Radulfo  do  Trubleuill'  ">  Hugone  Dispensatore  Henrico 
fiho  Auchez-i  ^  Ricardo  de  Gray  >  Henrico  de  Capella  7  aliis  .  Dat' 
per  manum  venerabilis  patris  R[adulfi  Cicestrensis  episcopi  / 
can]cellarii  nostri  apud  Fuleham'  quintodecimo  die  Mali )  anno  regni 
nostri  terciodecimo. 

Text  :  MS— Iiv(25).  Charter  roll,  13  Henry  HI,  schedule,  mem.  2.  Pd— See 
C.C.fl.i,104:    t:6K/.iv.l  11(25). 

Var.   R  :  The  words  enclosed  in  brackets  are  supplied  from  the  Cliarter  roll. 

Add.  Chart. 

231-     Charter  of  Henry  III,  granting  to  bishop  Hugh  II  that 

in   future   the   market   of   [Chipping]    Warden,   co.    Northampton, 

shall  not  be  held,  which  Henry  de  Braybroc  set  up  during  the 

king's  minority  and  caused  to  be  held,  notwithstanding  the  king's 


No.  231  HENRY   III  169 

charter  to  the  bishop  (no.  229  above) ;  confirming  also  to  the 
bishop  king  John's  grant  of  the  markets  of  Thame  [co.  Oxford] 
and  Biggleswade  [co.  Bedford].     At  Westminster.     30  April,  1227. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominu.s  H[ibernie  dux  Norma/iwie 
7  Aquitanie  comes  Andegauie  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus 
prioribns^]  comitibus  .  baronibiis  .  iusticiariis  .  vicecomitibus  [pre- 
positis  7  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  pro 
salute  anime  nostre  /  animai]rum  omnium  anteoessorum  7  heredum 
nostrorum  con[cessisse  7  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse  venerabili 
patri  Lincoln'  episcopo  Hugoni  .secundo  et  suci]cessoribus  suis 
imperpetuum  .  quod  decetero  non  stet  uel  [vnquara  leuetur  aut 
teneatur  mercatum  de  Wardon'  in  comitatu  Norhamto?M'e  quod^] 
Henricus  de  Braybroch^  dum  minoris  essemus  etatis  [leuauit 
ibidem  .  Et  quod  post  generalem  prohibicionem  nostram  per  litteras 
nostras  factam  de  huiusmo']di  mercatis  .■*  nichilominus  teneri  fecit  . 
antequam  litteras  [nostras  7  mandatum^  super  hoc  optineret  licet 
cartam  nostram  dicto  episcopo  fecissemus  per  quam  ei  coni]cessimus  . 
quod  nullum  mercatum  quod  post  primam  coronacionem  [nostram 
leuatum  esset  vel  extunc  leuaretur  extra  dominia  nostra  ad  nocu- 
mentum  alicuius  mercai]torum  suorum  que  habuit  ante  corona- 
cionem illam  staret  vel  te[neretur  aUquo  tempore  .  Concedimus 
eciani  7  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmamus  pro  nobis  y  here^]dibus 
nostris  dicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum  .  mercata 
de  Tame  7  de  [Bicleswade  que  clare  memorie  illustris  rex  Angh'e 
pater  noster  dicto ^]  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  concessit  7  dedit  . 
et  que  idem  episcopus  hactenus  in  pace  semper  [tenuit  .  Habonda 
7  tenenda  eidem  episcopo  J  successoribus^]  suis  decetero  in  pace  .•' 
absque  omni  impedimento  7  contradiccione  cum  omnibus  libertatibus 
7  liberis  consuetudinibus  ad  huiusmodi  mercata  pertinentibus  . 
Volentes  7  concedentes  quod  predictus  ej^iscopus  7  successores 
sui  habeant  7  teneant  imperpetuum  omnes  predictas  libertates 
7  concessiones  nostras  .  in  liberam  .  puram  7  per[petui]am  ele- 
mosinam  .  Prohibentes  insuper  super  forisfacturam  nostram  .  ne 
quis  contra  premissam  concessionem  7  confirmacionem  nostram 
ueniat  aliquo  tempore  .  Hiis  testibus  .  dominis  Joscelino  Bathon iensf  . 
Ricardo  Harresbirie^isi  .  Waltero  Karleolejisi  .  Galfrido  [Elyenst 
episcopis  .L.  capellano^]  decano  sancti  Martini  .  H[ubert*]o^  de 
Burgo  comite  Cantie  insticiario  nostro  .  RaduKo  fiUo  Nicholai  .■' 
senescallo  nostro  [Henrico  de  A^]thelega  .  Dat'  per  manum 
ve[nerabilis  pat*]ris  Radulfi  Cycestrensi  episcopi  cancellarii  nostri 
apud  Westmonasterium  [xxx  die  Aprilis  anno  Jc.  xj°^]. 

Endorsed:    Contra  mercatum  de  Warden' .  pro  mercatis  nostris  (l.S  cent.) 

Tag  and  seal  torn  away.     Size  :    9  x  1\  inches. 

Texts  :  MS — Orig.  A]/i/4'J  (about  liali  the  charter  has  perished).  Charter  roll, 
II    Hem-y   III,   part  i,   mem.    9.     Pd— C.C.fl.i,33(ab3.) 

V^ar.  R.  :  '  supplied  from  Ch.  roll.  ^  Braybroe  Ch.  roll.  '7  mandatimi  repeated 
Ch.  roll.  *  supplied  conjecturally .  '  the  Christian  names  of  the  first  six  iritnessea 
are  represented  by  their  initial  letters  in  Ch.  roll. 


170  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  232 

Add.   (Extran.)  Chart. 

232.     A  renewal  of  the  preceding  charter.    At  Fulham.    15  May, 
1229. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  dominu.s  Hibernie  dux  Normanwie 
7  Aquitanie  comes  Andegauie  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus 
prioribus  comitibus  baronibus  iusticiariis  vicecomitibus  prepositis 
7  omnibus  baUiuis  7  fidehbus  suis  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  pro  salute 
anime  nostre  7  animarum  omnium  antecessorum  7  heredum  nos- 
trorum  concessisse  J  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse  venerabili 
patri  Lincoln'  episcopo  Hugoni  secundo  et  successoribus  suis 
imperpetuum  quod  decetero  non  stet  uel  vnquam  leuetur  aut 
teneatur  mercatum  de  Wardon'  in  comitatu  Norhamtonie  quod 
Henricus  de  Braibroc^  dum  minoris  essemus  etatis  leuauit  ibidem  . 
Et  quod  post  generalem  proliibicionem  nostram  per  htteras  nostras 
factam  de  huiusmodi  mercatis  nichilominus  teneri  fecit  antequam 
litteras  nostras  y  mandatum  super  hoc  optineret  licet  cartam 
nostram  dicto  episcopo  fecissemus  per  quam  ei  concessimus  quod 
nullum  marcatum-  post  primam  coronacionem  nostram  leuatum 
esset  vel  extunc  leuaretur  exti'a  dominia  nostra  ad  nocumentum 
alicuius  mercatorum  suorum  que  habuit  ante  coronacionem  illam 
staret  vel  teneretur  aliquo  tempore  .  Concedimus  eciam  7  presenti 
carta  nostra  confirmamus  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  dicto 
episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum  .  mercata  de  Tame 
7  de  Bicleswade^  que  clare  memorie  illustris  rex  AngKe  pater  noster 
dicto  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  concessit  7  dedit  .  et  que  idem 
episcopus  hactenus  in  pace  semper  tenuit  .  Habenda  7  tenenda 
eidem  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  decetero  in  pace  absque  omni 
impedimento  7  contradiccione  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  liberis 
consuetudinibus  ad  huiusmodi  mercata  pertinentibus  .  Volentes 
7  concedentes  quod  predictus  episcopus  7  successores  sui  habeant 
7  teneant  imperpetuum  omnes  jjredictas  libertates  7  concessiones 
nostras  in  Uberam  puram  7  perpetuam  elemosinam  .  Prohibentes 
insuper  super  forisfacturam  nostram  ne  quis  contra  premissam 
concessionem  7  confirmacionem  nostram  ueniat  ahquo  tempore  . 
Hiis  testibus  dominis  Ricardo  Danolmensi  episcopo  Waltero 
Karleolensi  episcopo  thesauraiio  nostro  Huberto  de  Burgo  comite 
Kancie  iusticiario  nostro  Johanne  de  Monemue  Stephano  de  Segraue 
Radulfo  de  Trubleuile  Hugone  Dispensatore  Henrico  filio  Aucheri 
Ricardo  de  Gray  Henrico  de  Capella  7  aliis  .  Dat'  per  manum 
venerabilis  patris  Radulfi  Cicestrewsis  episcopi  cancellarii  nostri 
apud  Fuleham  quinto  decimo  die  Maij  anno  regni  nostri  tercio- 
decimo. 

Texts  :    MS — Iv(44).     Charter  roll.  13  Henrv  Ul,  part  i,  sclioJule,  mem.  2.    Pd — 
See  C.C.fl. i,  105  ;    i6(rf.iv,147(44). 

Var.  R.  :    '  Braybrok'  Ch.  roll.     '  sic,     '  Biclaswade  Ch.  roll. 


No.  233  HENRY   III  171 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 

233 •  Inspeximus  and  confirmation  by  Henry  III  of  an  indenture, 
dated  1227,  whereby  Roesia  of  Kyme,  with  the  advice  of  Philip 
of  Kyme,  her  son  and  heir,  granted  her  manors  of  South  Elkington 
and  Cawthorpe  [in  the  parish  of  Covenham],  in  Lindsey  [co.  Lincoln], 
on  the  Monday  before  the  Exaltation  of  the  Cross  to  bishop 
Hugh  II,  at  a  farm  of  twenty  marks  a  year.  At  Westminster 
11  October,   1227. 

H.  rex  7c"  salutem  .  Inspeximus  cirografum  factum  inter 
venerabilera  .  patrem  .  Line'  episcopum  Hugonem  secundum  ex 
una  parte  7  Roesiam  de  Kyma  7  Phihppum  de  Kyma  filium  7 
heredum  suum  7  heredum  ex  altera  de  Suthelkinton'  [cum  per- 
tinenciis^J  7  Kalthorp'  cum  pertinenciis  maneriis  ipsius  Roesie 
in  Lindeseia  in  hec  verba  .  Anno  ab  incarnacione  domini  ap  C"  c° 
xxvijo^  .  conuenit  inter  dominum  Line'  episcopum  Hugonem 
secundum  ex  una  parte  7  Roesia  de  Kym[a  7^]  Phihppum  de  Kyma 
fiHum  7  heredum  suum  ex  altera  de  Suthelkinton  cum  pertinenciis 
7  Calthorp'  cum  pertinenciis  maneriis  ipsius  Roesie  in  Lindeseia 
videlicet  quod  eadem  Roesia  de  consilio  dicti  Philippi  filii  7  heredis 
sui  concessit  7  tradidit  die  Lune  proxima  ante  exaltacionem  sancte 
Crucis  eodem  anno  ipsi  episcopo  maneria  predicta  ad  firmam  pro 
viginta  marcis  annuls  habenda  7  tenenda  sibi  et  ei  vel  hiis  cui  vel 
quibus  ea  assignare  voluerit  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  usque 
ad  .x.  annos  proximos  sequentes  comjiletos  integre  7  quiete  in 
hominibus  terris  tenementis  pratis  pascuis  7  pasturis  bosco  7  piano 
viis  7  semitis  redditibus  7  seruiciis  releuiis  7  excaetis  7  omnibus 
aliis  pertinenciis  [suis']  ipsam  Roesiam  7  Phihppum  filium  suum 
7  heredes  suos  interim  contingentibus  )  absque  ullo  penitus  retene- 
mento  Quas  quidem  viginti  marcas  annuas  de  firma  idem  episcopus 
ipsi  Roesie  7  Philippo  fiUo  7  heredi  suo  premanibus  pacauit  )  de 
toto  ipso  decennio  integre  scilicet  ducentas  marcas  sterhngorum 
7  sic  de  tota  firma  predicti  decennii  idem  episcopus  7  attornati 
sui  quieti  sunt  omnino  erga  ipsam  Roesiam  7  Pliilippum  filium 
suum  7  heredes  suos  7  onines  suos  ad  quos  quocunque  titulo  predicta 
maneria  possent  deuenire  )  usque  ad  diem  Lune  proximam  ante 
exaltacionem  sancte  Crucis  in  fine  predictorum  .x.  annorum  com- 
pletorum  quo  predicta  Roesia  7  Phihppus  filius  suus  vel  heres  eorum 
qui  tunc  superstes  fuerit  si  ipsi  forte  quod  deus  auertat  interim 
decesserint  recipiet  maneria  predicta  sine  bladis  et  cum  tanto 
warecto  quantum  dictus  episcopus  recepit  in  primo  anno  predicte 
firme  sue  7  tot  domos  per  visum  7  testimonium  legahum  hominum 
quot  simiUter  tunc  recepit  ^  secundum  quod  in  aho  cirografo  inter 
eos  super  hoc  confecto  continetur  .  Remanentibus  eidem  episcopo 
vel  ei  vel  hiis  cui  vel  quibus  ea  assignauerit  integre  7  absque  ulla 
diminucione  ^   bladis  omnibus  que  seminata  fuerint  in  domimcis 


172  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  233 

illorum  maneriorum'  in  ultimo  anno  cum  operationibus  7  con- 
suetudinibus  ad  ea  metenda  et  colligenda  sicut  domini  ea  habere 
deberunt  non  obstante  eo  quod  restitucio  maneriorum  eis  prius 
facta  fuerit  ut  predictum  est  quam  predicta  Roesia  7  Philippus 
filius  suus  blada  illius  anni  in  predictis  maneriis  seminata  quo 
hanc  firmam  recepit  sepedictus  episcopus  sibi  integre  retinuerunt  . 
Conuenit  eciam  inter  eos  quod  ipsa  Roesia  7  Philippus  7  heredes 
eorum  predicta  maneria  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  ut  predictum 
est  warantizabunt  predicto  episcopo  7  ei  vel  hiis  cui  vel  quibus 
ea  assignare  voluerit  contra  omnes  homines  tamque  liberam  7 
puram  elemosinam  ipsius  episcopi  7  assignatorum  suorum  liberam 
prorsus  7  quietam  per  totum  iUud  decennium  ab  omni  seculari 
seruicio  7  exactione  consuetudine  7  demanda  ^  saluo  domino  rege 
auxiUo  vicecomitis  debito  7  consueto  7  saluo  domino  feodi  scutagio 
suo  quando  illud  per  annum  currere  contigerit  que  homines  dictorum 
maneriorum  acquietabunt  per  manum  .  balliuorum  dicti  episcopi 
vel  attornatorum  suorum  .•'  nee  licebit  ipsis  Roesie  vel  Phihppo 
filio  suo  aut  heredibus  suis  per  se  vel  per  aliquem  ex  parte  sua 
interim  manum  mittere  ad  predicta  maneria  vel  liomines  vel  aha* 
pertinencia  ipsorum  manerionim  vel  de  hiis  ullo  mode  se  intro- 
mittere  .•'  set  omnia  ea  tenebuntur  tarn  ipsa  Roesia  7  Philippus 
quam  heredes  sui  bene  7  in  pace  dimittere  7  warantizare  ipsi  episcopo 
7  ei  vel  hiis  cui  vel  quibus  ea  assignaverit  absque  ulla  alia  [diminu- 
cione^]  sui  vel  suorum  usque  ad  terminum  supradictum'  .  Si  vero 
sepedictus  episcopus  vel  is  vel  hii  cui  vel  quibus  predicta  maneria 
assignauerit  domos  vel  quecunque  edificia  in  terris  illis  interim 
fecerint  ^  licebit  eis  omnia  predicta  amouere  quandocunque  voluerint 
nisi  per  grantum  ipsorum  7  consensum  ea  remanserint  dictis 
Roesie  vel  Philippo  filio  suo  aut  heredibus  suis  per'  legale  precium 
legalium  hominum  7  hec  omnino  erit  in  opcione  ipsius  episcopi 
uel  attornatorum  suorum  .  Adiectum  est  eciam  in  hac  conuencione 
quod  si  idem  episcopus  vel  attornati  sui  processu  temporis  ahquid 
addendum  vel  mutandum  viderint  de  forma  huius  cirografi  ad 
majorem  sui  vel  suorum  [huius  conuencionis^]  securitatcin  "i  eadem 
Roesia  7  Philippus  Alius  suus  7  heredes  sui  id  facere  tenebuntur 
ad  [mandatum^]  suum  absque  omni  contradiccione  7  dilacione 
bona  fide  .  Hec  autem  omnia  predicta  tam  ipsa  Roesia  quam 
Philippus  filius  suus  absque  dolo  7  male  ingenio  firmiter  7  fidehter 
tenenda  pro  se  7  heredibus  suis  [iurauerunf]  tactis  sacrosanctis 
ewangeliis  .  7  super  hoc  tam  se  quam  omnia  sua  mobilia  .  7  immobiHa 
7  christianitatem  suam  supposuerunt  iurisdiccioni  ipsius  episcopi 
vel  capituli  sui  [Line'']  utrum  ipse  episcopus  vel  eius  attor[nati 
maluerint^]  ut  hceat  eis  omni  appellacione  remota  7  condicione  [si 
quam  hoc  in']  aUquo  umquam  [mouerinf]  in  ipsos  [animaduertere'] 
secundum  quod  decreuerint  donee  inde  [plene']  fuerit  satisfactum  . 
Insuper  eadem  Roesia  7  Philippus  filius  suus  plegios  inuenerunt 
pro  se  7  heredibus  suis  subscriptis  videlicet  Simonem  de  Chauncy 


No.  233  HENRY   III  173 

Willelmum  de  Well'  Wiilelmum  de  Benigworth'  Willelmum  de 
Magiieby  Radulfum  de  Barkeworth'  Philippum  do  Timberland'' 
Adam  de  ^lerla  Jordanura  de  Esscby  Simonem  de  Hauton*  Robertuni 
(ilium  Isabellc  de  8teping'  Galfridiim  de  Thorp'  7  Simoneiu 
do  Bekering'  qui  siiiguli  taetis  sacrosauctis  owangcliis  [iuraueruiil '] 
quod  quicquid  de  ipsa  Roesia  vel  Philippe  filio  suo  aut  heredibus 
suis  vel  de  maiieriis  sepedictis'  cum  pertinenciis  suis  aut  de  aliquibus 
in  predicta  conuencione  contentis  aliquo  easu  contigerit  infra 
terminum  niemoratum  quominus  predicta  conuencio  plene  7  integre 
obseruetur  )  ipsi  omnes  et  singuli  tenebuntur  in  solidum  ad  [con- 
seruand'i]  indempnes  in  omnibus  7  per  omnia  ipsuni  episcopum 
7  eum  vel  eos  cut  vel  quibus  predicta  assignauerit  secundum  formam 
predicte  conuencionis  usque  ad  terminum  memoratum  7  inde  se 
7  omnia  sua  raobilia  7  immobilia  7  christianitatem  suam  obligaueruut 
et  contradicione  7  apellacionc  remota  eodcm  modo  quo  7  Roesia  7 
Philippus  fihus  suus  se  obligauerunt  pre'"  premissis  sicut  predictum 
est  .  Et  preterea  eadem  Roesia  7  Philippus  filius  suus  [7  plegii  sui'] 
concesserunt  pro  se  7  heredibus  suis  sub  debito  predicti  iuramenti 
quod  ipsi  vel  heredes  sui  nichil  impetrabunt  a  curia  domini  regis 
[vel  alia  curia  quominus*]  per  censuram  ecclesiasticam  compelli 
possent  ad  predictam  conuencionem  tenendam  7  si  aliquid  forte 
impetratuni  fuerit  pro  nichilo  habebitur  /  vim  non  habebit  .  Ad 
hoc  conuenit  inter  predictum  episcopum  7  dictam  Roesiam  /' 
Philippum  filium  suum  /  plegios  eorum  similiter  sub  debito  predicti 
iuramenti  quod  si  ipse  episcopus  infirmitate  vel  morte  obierit  quod 
deus  avertat  uel  alio  quocunque  easu  contingente  non  attornasset 
infra  terminum  predictum  cui  vel  quibus  vellet  predicta  maneria 
assignari  cum  pertinenciis  ut  predictum  est  ^  quod  Robertus  archi- 
diaconus  7  Johannes  precentor  Line'  7  GaKridus  filius  Bald'  '/ 
Radulfus  de  WarauiU'i*  assignent  predicta  maneria  cum  pertinenciis 
habenda  7  tenenda  cui  vel  quibus  decreuerint  in  pios  usus  pro 
anima  ipsius  episcopi  conuertenda  usque  ad  finem  decennii  memorati 
sicut  ipse  episcopus  assignare  posset  per  pi'edictam  conuencionem  1 
vel  eciam  quod  duo  vel  unus  eorum  si  alii  decessissent  quod  absit 
vel  alius  vel  alii  quem  vel  quos  idem  episcopus  loco  suo  per  litteras 
suas  patentes  ad  hoc  attornauerit  idem  inde  facere  possint  omni 
occasions  7  contradicione  postpositis  sine  aliquo  impedimento 
ipsius  Roesie  vel  Philippi  filii  sui  aut  heredum  suum*^  .  Ad  maiorem 
autem  securitatem  liuius  conuencionis  factum  est  hoc  scriptum" 
in  modum  cirographi  7  parti  que  remanet  dictis  Roesie  7  Philippo 
filio  suo  appositum  est  sigillum  dicti  episcopi  parti  eciam  que  eidcm 
episcopo  remanet  apposita  sunt  sigilla  dictorum  Roesie  J  Philiijpi 
filii  sui  .  Hiis  testibus  .  Radulfo  filio  Reginald!  tunc  vicecomite 
Line'  .  Henrico  de  Braybroc  .  Simone  de  Roppele  .  Galfrido  de 
Sausucomari* .  Radulfo  filio  Simonis  .  Johanne  Coleman  .  Hugone 
de  Harington'  .  Alexandro  de  Pointon'  .  Hugone  Bretun*^  . 
Willelmo  Burdet  .  Haroldo  filio  Umfridi  .  Hugone  de  Ringesdon'  . 


174  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  233 

Johanne  de  Braytoft  .  7  Osberto  Arsich'  militibus  .  Johanne 
filio  Reginald!  7  Johanne  de  Burgo  clericis  .  Nos  itaque  predictam 
conuencionem  inter  predictum  Line'  episcopum  Hugonem 
secundum  7  predictos  Roesiam  de  Kima  7  Philippum  filiimi  7 
heredem  suum  de  predictis  maneriis  cum  pertinenciis  factam  ratam 
7  gratam  habemus  7  earn  pre[senti  carta  nostra  confirmamus*] 
volentes  7  firmiter  precipientes  quod  predictus  episcopus  7  attornati 
sui  quos  per  se  vel  per  alium  secundum  formam  predicti  cirografi 
constituent  habeant  7  teneant  usque  ad  terminum  memoratum 
predicta  maneria  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  7  libertatibus  7 
quietanciis  premissis  bene  7  in  pace  libere  7  quiete  integre  7  honorarie 
sicut  predictum  est  .  Hiis  testibus  .  E.  Londoniensi  .  R.  Sarres- 
biriensi  .  H.  Herefordensi  .  W.  Carleoiewsi  .  G.  Elyensi  .  Thoma 
Norwice/isi  .  7  .  H.  RoSensi  episcopis  .  H.  de  Burgo  .  7c'  .  Pliilippo 
de  Albinioco  .  [Radulfoi]  de  Trublevill'  .  Radulfo  filio  Nicholai  . 
Henrico  de  Trublevill'  .  Johamie  filio  Phifippi  .  Henrico  de  Capella  . 
7  aUis  .  Dat'  7c'  .  apud  Westmonasterium  .xj.  die  Octobris  . 
anno  7c'  .xj. 

Texts  :  MS — Charter  roll,  11  Henry  III,  part  ii,  mem.  2  (the  text  is  sometimes 
illegible  at  the  right  hand  edge).     Pd — C.C. R.i,62-3(a,hs.). 

Var.  R.  :  '  supplied-  from  No.  234  below.  "  xxiij"  No.  234.  '  maneriorum  illorum 
No.  234.  *  aliquam  No.  234.  '"  predictum  No.  234.  'for  per  reml  vel  No.  234. 
'  Cumberland  No.  234  (but  the  reading  of  the  text  is  right).  *  Halton'  No.  234.  '  pre- 
nominatia  No.  234.  '"super  No.  234.  "  Wareuill'  No.  234.  "  auoru,„  Nq.  234. 
"  insert  inter  eos  No.  234.      '*  Sausiisemar'  No.  234.      '^  Britoue  No.  234. 

Add.   (Extran.)   Chart. 
234 •    Another  inspeximtis  and  confirmation  of  the  same  indenture . 
At  Fulham.     15  May,  1229. 

Texts:    MS — Cliarter  roll,   13  Henry  111,  part  i,  schedule,  membrtmes  2  and   1. 
Pd— See  C.C.ie.i,105(ab3.). 
Var.  R.  :    See  no.  233  above. 

Add.  Chart. 

235-  Charter  of  Henry  III,  granting  licence  to  bishop  Hugh  II 
and  his  successors  to  have  deer-leaps  at  their  parks  of  Buckden 
and  Spaldwick  [co.  Huntingdon]  and  Lyddington  [co.  Rutland]. 
At  Fulham,   15  May,   1229. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hybernie  .  dux  Nor- 
mannie  7  Aquitannie  .  comes  Andegawie  .^  archiepiscopis  .  episcoiJis  . 
abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiarus  .  vice- 
comitibus  .  forestariis  .  prepositis  .  7  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidehbus 
suis  .•'  salutem  .  8ciatis  nos  concessisse  7  presenti  carta  nostra  con- 
firmasse  venerabih  patri  Lincoln'  episcopo  Rugoni  secundo  7 
successoribus  suis  inperpetuum  quod  habeant  saltatoria  ad  parcos 
suos  de  Buggcden'  .  7  do  Spaldewich'  7  de  Lidington'  cum  omnibus 
libertatibus  ad  huiusmodi  saltatoria  pertinentibus  .  Quare  uolumus 
7  firmiter  precipimus  quod  idem  episcopus  7  successores  sui  habeant 


No.  237  HENRY   III  175 

7  teneant  inperpetuum  predicta  saltatoria  bene  7  in  pace  sicut 
predictum  est  .  Hiis  testibus  .  dominis  .  Ricardo  Dunolmensi 
episcopo  .  VValtero  Karleolensi  episcopo  .  thesaurario  nostro  . 
Huberto  de  Burgo  comite  Cantie  iusticiario  nostro  .  Johanne  de 
Monemue  .  Stephano  de  Segraue  .  Radiilfo  de  Trubleuilla  .  Hugonc 
Dispensatoro  .  Henrico  filio  Aucheri  .  Ricardo  de  Gray  .  Henrico  do 
Capella  .  7  aliis  .  Dat'  per  manum  venerabilis  patris  Radulfi 
Cicestren.5i5  episcopi  cancellarii  nostri  apud  Fuleham'  quinto 
decimo  die  Maij  .  anno  regni  nostri  terciodecimo. 

Endorsed:    (1)  .H.  Ill  (13  cent.).     (2)  De  saltatoriis  (13  cent.). 

Tag  and  seal  torn  away.     Size  :    6^  x   7  inches. 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  aI/1/52.     Iv(45).     Pd— See  C'.C'.ie.i,105  ;    ift«/.iv,147(45). 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 

236.  An  earlier  issue  of  the  preceding  charter.  At  Westminster. 
27  May,   1227. 

H.  rex  7c.  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  7  presenti  carta  nostra 
confirmasse  venerabiU  path  Line'  episcopo  Hugoni  secundo  7 
successoribus  suis  inperpetuum  quod  habeant  saltatoria  ad  parcos 
8U0S  de  Buggeden'  .  7  de  Spaldewich'  7  de  Lidington'  cum  omnibus 
libertatibus  ad  huiusmodi  saltatoria  pertinentibus  .  Quare  uolumus 
7c.  quod  idem  episcopus  7  successores  sui  habeant  7  teneant  inper- 
petuum predicta  saltatoria  bene  7  in  pace  sicut  predictum  est  .  Hiis 
testibus  J  .  Bathoniensi  episcopo  W  .  Carleolewsi  [episcopo]  .  H.  de 
Burgo  7c.  comite  W.  M&Tescallo  Radulpho  fiho  Nicholai  senescallo 
nostro  WiUelmo  filio  Warini  Henrico  de  Aldithele  7  aliis  .  Dat' 
7c.  apud  Westmonasterium  xxvij.  die  Maij  anno  7c.  xj". 

Text:   MS— Charter  roll,   11  Henry  III,  mem.  3. 

Add.  Chart. 

237-  Charter  of  Henry  III,  inspecting  and  confirming  the  charter 
of  his  father,  John,  dated  at  Oxford,  18  July,  1215  (no.  211  above), 
granting  Harthay  wood,  co.  Himtingdon,  to  bishop  Hugh  II.  At 
Fulham.     15  May,  1229. 

Henricus  dei  gratia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hybemie  .  dux  Nor- 
mannie  .  Aquitannie  7  comes  Andegawie  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  . 
abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  coniitibus  .  baronibus  .  m&ticiariis .  forestariis  . 
vicecomitibus  .  prepositis  .  7  omnibus  bailhuis  7  fideUbus  suis  . 
salutem  .  Inspeximus  cartam  domiiii  patris  nostri  Johannis  illustris 
Anglorum  regis  in  hec  uerba.  [Here  is  recited  king  John's  charter 
in  full.]  Nos  itaque  donationem  .  concessionem  .  7  confirmationem 
predicti  domini  patris  nostri  gratam  /  ratam  habemus  pro  nobis 
7  heredibus  nostris  7  earn  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmamus  .  Hiis 
testibus  .  dominis  Ricardo  Dunholmewsi  episcopo  .  Waltero 
Karleolejist   episcopo    .    thesaurario    nostro    .    Huberto    de    Burgo 


176  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  237 

comite  Cantie  iusticiario  nostro  .  Johanne  de  Munemue  .  Stephano 
de  Segraue  .  Radulfo  de  Trubleuill'  .  Hugone  Dispensatore  .  Henrico 
filio  Aucheri  .  Ricardo  de  Gray  .  Henrico  de  Capella  .  7  aliis  .  Dat' 
per  manum  venerabilis  patris  Radulfi  Cicestrewsis  episcopi  cancellarii 
nostri  .  apud  Fuleham'  .  quintodecimo  die  Maij  .  anno  regni  nostri 
terciodecimo. 

Endorsed  :    I  .H.  iij  (13  cent.).     De  Herteia  (13  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal  torn  away.     Size  :     10  x  9  inches. 

Tests  :  MS — Orig.  Al/1/53.  Charter  Roll,  13  Henry  III,  part  i,  schedule,  mem.  2. 
Pd— See  C.C.R.i,   105. 

Note  :  Another  inspeximus  of  king  John's  charter  was  granted  at  Westminster, 
12  February,   122&-7  (C.C'.if.i.8). 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 
238.  Charter  of  Henry  III,  granting  to  bishop  Hugh  II  and  his 
successors  that,  at  whatever  time  of  the  year  they  may  die,  they 
shall  have  their  movables  and  the  fruits  of  corn  sown  before  their 
death  and  of  copses  and  vineyards  until  the  feast  of  Michaelmas 
next  following  their  death.     At  Oxford.     15  July,  1231. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Angli'e  dominus  Hibernj'e  dux  ^ovmannie 
7  Aquitanie  comes  Andegauie  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus 
prioribus  comitibus  baronibus  iusticiariis  forestariis  vicecomitibus 
prepositis  ministris  7  omnibus  baUiuis  7  fidehbus  suis  )  salutem 
Sciatis  nos  intuitu  dei  7  pro  salute  anime  nostre  7  omnium  ante- 
cessorum  7  heredum  nostrorum  concessisse  pro  nobis  /  heredibus 
nostris  in  liberam  puram  7  perpetuam  elcmosinam  venerabih  patri 
Lincoln'  episcopo  Hugoni  secundo  7  successoribus  suis  imperpetuum 
quod  non  obstanter  consuetudine  aliqua  qua  nos  vel  antecessores 
nostri  aliquo  tempore  vsi  fuerimus  quacumque  parte  aimi  idem 
episcopus  vel  aUquis  successorum  suorum  decesserit  habeat  omnia 
bona  .sua  raobilia  '/  omnes  fructus  tam  de  bladis  in  terra  sua 
seminatis  ante  mortem  suam  quam  fructus  virgultorum  7  vinearum 
eodem  anno  scihcet  vsque  ad  festum  sancti  Michaehs  proximum 
post  mortem  eorundem  prouenientes  Ita  quod  nee  nos  nee  ahquis 
heredum  nostrorum  nee  aliquis  balliuorum  nostrorum  inde  in 
aliquo  se  vnquam  intromittat  vel  ad  ea  manum  extendat  set 
liberum  .sit  eidem  episcopo  7  successoribus  suis  7  executoribus 
eorum  inde  facere  7  disponere  omnino  pro  voluntate  sua  absque 
impedimento  nostri  vel  heredum  nostrorum  vel  balliuorum 
nostrorum  .  Concessimus  eciam  quod  executores  eorum  absque 
impedimento  nostri  vel  heredum  nostrorum  vel  balliuorum  nostrorum 
habeant  aisiamenta  curiarum  grangiarum  torcularium  granariorum 
7  aliarum  domorum  que  eorundem  episcoporvmi  fuerunt  ad  re- 
ponenda  7  conseruanda  bona  sua  predicta  in  eis  donee  rationabiliter 
debeant  prouisoribus  fructuum  anni  sequentis  per  eosclem  executores 
liberari  .  Quare  volumus  7  firmiter  precipimus  quod  quacunque 
parte  anni  idem  episcopus  vel  aliquis  successorum  suorum  decesserit 


No.  239  HENRY    III  177 

non  obstante  predicta  consuetudine  qua  nos  vel  anteceasores  nostri 
all  quo  tempore  vsi  fuerimus  habeat  omnia  bona  sua  mobilia  7 
omnes  fructus  tam  de  bladis  in  terra  sua  seminatis  ante  mortem 
suam  quam  fructus  virgultorum  7  vinearum  eodem  anno  scilicet 
vsque  ad  festum  sancti  Michaelis  proximum  post  mortem  in  eorundem 
prouenientes  .  Ita  quod  nee  nos  nee  aliquis  heredum  nostrorum 
nee  aliquis  balliuorum  nostrorum  in  aliquo  se  vnquam  intromittat 
vel  ad  ea  manum  extendat  set  liberum  sit  eidem  episcopo  7  suc- 
cessoribus  suis  7  executoribus  eorum  inde  facere  7  disponere  omnino 
pro  voluntate  sua  absque  impedimento  nostri  vel  heredum  nostrorum 
vel  balliuorum  nostrorum  .  et  quod  executores  eorum  absque 
impedimento  nostri  vel  heredum  nostrorum  vel  balliuorum  nostrorum 
habeant  aisiamenta  curianim  grangearum  torcularium  granariorum 
7  aliarum  domorum  que  eorundem  episcoporum  f  uerunt  ad  reponeuda 
7  conseruanda  bona  sua  predicta  in  eis  donee  rationabiliter  debeant 
prouisoribus  fructuum  anni  sequentis  per  eosdem  executores  liberari 
sicut  predietum  est  .  Hiis  testibus  dominis  Rogero  hondoniensi 
Waltero  Karleolensi  thesaurario  uostro  Thoma  Norwicenct'  Hugone 
Eliensi-  episcopis  Huberto  de  Burgo  comes  Kancie*  iusticiario 
nostro  .  W.  comes  Warenne  Godefrido  de  Craucumb'  senescallo 
nostro  Hugone  Despensatore  Henrico  de  Capella  7  aliis  .  Dat' 
per  manum  venerabilis  patris  Radulfi  Cicestre/isi's  episcopi  cancellarii 
nostri  apud  Oxoniam  quintodecimo  die  Juhj  anno  regni  nostri 
quintodecimo. 

Texts:    MS— Iv(-t6).     Pd— C'.C.fi.iv,U7-8  (46)  (abs.). 

Var.  R.  :    '  Norwicens'  Ch.  roll.     "  Elyens"  Ch.  roll.     '  Cane'  Ch.  roll. 


Add.  (Extean.)  Chart. 

239.  Charter  of  Henry  III,  granting  to  bishop  Hugh  II  and 
his  successors  that,  at  whatever  time  of  the  year  they  may  wish 
to  make  their  will,  they  shall  have  full  power  to  dispose  by  their 
will  of  aU  their  goods  moveable  and  immoveable  ;  and  that  neither 
the  king  nor  any  other  secular  person  shall  lay  hand  on  the  said 
goods,  or  interfere  with  the  execution  or  provisions  of  the  will. 
At  Westminster.     27  March,  1234. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  dominus  Hibernie  dux  Norman/i«e 
Aquitaft/iie  7  comes  Andegauie  archiepiscopis  episcopis  abbatibus 
prioribus  comitibus  baronibus  iusticiarMS  vicecomitibus  prepositis 
ministris  7  omnibus  baUiuis  7  fidehbus  suis  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos 
intuitu  dei  7  pro  salute  anime  nostre  7  animarum  antecessorum 
7  heredum  nostrorum  concessisse  venerabih  patri  Hugoni  Line' 
episcopo  quod  quocunque  tempore  vel  termino  anni  idem  episcopus 
vel  successores  sui  episcopi  Lincoln'  ante  obitum  suum  testamentum 
suum  condere  voluerint  .  idem  episcopus  7  successores  sui  episcopi 

M 


178  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  239 

Lincoln'  liberam  habeant  disposicionem  testamentum  suum  condere 
de  omnibus  rebus  suis  mobilibus  7  immobilibus  tarn  de  bladis  in 
terris  seminatis  quam  aliis  quod  quidem  testamentum  pro  nobis 
7  heredibus  nostris^  firmum  esse  volumus  7  stabile  .  Ita  quod  nee 
nos  nee  heredes  nostri  manum  apjionere  possumus^  nee  eciam  vice- 
comes  constabularius  vel  alius  balliuus  noster  vel  heredum  nostrorum 
vel  alia  quecunque  secularis  persona  manum  apponere  possint  ad 
bona  ipsius  episcopi  vel  successorum  suorum  episcoporum  Line' 
mobilia  vel  immobilia  vel  blada  sua  in  terris  seminata  vel  alia  que 
idem  episcopus  7  successores  sui  episcopi  Line'  in  testamento  suo 
assignauerint  nee  ahquod  impedimentum  nos  vel  heredes  nostri 
innectemus  nee  eciam  vicecomes  constabularius  vel  alius  balliuus 
noster  vel  heredum  nostrorum  vel  alia  quecunque  secularis  persona 
innectere  possint  quominus  libere  plene  7  pacifice  disponere 
possint  executores  testamenti  predicti  episcopi  7  successorum 
suorum  episcoporum  Lincoln'  de  bonis  eorundem  secundum 
quod  in  testamento  suo  ordinauerint  vel  dictorum  executorum 
disposicioni  ordinanda  reliquerint  .  Quare  volumus  7  firmiter 
precipimus  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  quod  quocumque  tempore 
vel  termino  anni  predictus  episcojjus  et  successores  sui  episcopi 
Lincoln'  ante  obitum  suum  testamentum  suum  condere  voluerint : 
idem  episcojDus  7  successores  sui  episcopi  Lincoln'  liberam  habeant 
disposicionem  testamentum  suum  condere  de  omnibus  rebus  suis 
mobilibus  7  immobiHbus  tam  de  bladis  in  terris  seminatis  quam 
aliis  quod  quidem  testamentum  pro  nobis  7  lieredibus  nosti'is 
imperpetuum  firmum  esse  volumus  7  stabile  .  Ita  quod  nee  nos 
nee  heredes  nostri  manum  apponere  possimus  nee  eciam  vicecomes 
constabularius  vel  aliquis  balliuus  noster  vel  heredum  nostrorum 
vel  alia  quecumque  secularis  persona  manum  apponere  possint 
ad  bona  ipsius  episcopi  vel  successorum  suorum  episcoporum 
Line'  mobilia  vel  immobilia  vel  blada  sua  in  terris  seminata  vel 
aha  que  idem  episcopus  7  successores  sui  episcopi  Lino'  in  testa- 
mento suo  assignauerint  nee  aliquod  impedimentum  nos  vel  heredes 
nostri  innectemus  nee  eciam  vice^comes  constabularius  vel  alius 
balliuus  noster  vel  heredum  nostrorum  vel  alia  quacunque'  secularis 
persona  manum  innectere  .  possint  quominus  libere  jilene  7  pacifice 
disponere  possint  executores  testamenti  predicti  episcopi  7  suc- 
cessorum suorum  episcoporum  Line'  de  bonis  eorundem  secundum 
quod  in  testamento  suo  ordinauerint  vel  dictorum  executorum 
disposicioni  ordinanda  reliquerint  sicut  predictum  est  .  Hiis  testibus 
venerabili  patre  P.  Wintoniewsi  episcopo  .  S.  de  Segraue  .  iusticiario 
AngKe  .  J.  comite  Line'  7  constabulario  Cestrie  Hugone  Dispensario 
Radulfo  fiho  Nicollai  RaduLfo  Gernu»  .  Godefrido  de  Craweumb 
Galfrido  Dispensarto  Galfrido  de  Kauz  Johanne  de  Plesseto  7 
aliis  .  Dat"  per  manum  venerabilis  patris  Radulfi  Cicestre«A'i.s 
episcopi  cancellarii  nostri  apud  Westmonasteriutn  vicesimo  septimo 
die  Marcij  anno  regni  nostri  decimo  octauo. 


No.  240  HENRY   III  179 

Texts 

\'ar.  F 

Ch.  roll. 


Texts:    MS— Iv(48).       Pd—C.C.B.iv,     148(48)(abs.). 

Var.  R.  :   '  insert  inperpetuum    Ch.   Roll.         '  poasimus  Ch.    roll.      "  quecumque 
:'h.  roll. 


Add.  Chart. 

240.  Charter  of  Henry  III,  granting  licence  to  bishop  Hugh  II 
and  his  successors  to  liave  the  fairs  at  Marton  [co.  Lincoki]  which 
the  bishop  had  at  Stow,  namely,  one  fair  on  the  Assumption  of 
Saint  Mary  [15  August],  and  another  on  the  Nativity  of  Saint 
Mary  [8  September],  and  a  third  on  the  feast  of  Saint  Michael 
[29  September] ;  and  to  hold  them  for  as  many  days  at  Marton 
as  the  bishop  and  his  predecessors  did  at  Stow.  At  Westminster. 
19  October,  1234. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .  dominus  Hybernie  .  dux 
Normaw?ne  .  Aquitannie  .  7  comes  Andegame  .  archiepiscopis  . 
episcopis  .  abbatibus  .  prioribus  comitibus  .  baronibus  .  iusticiariis  . 
vicecomitibus  .  prepositis  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus  baUiuis  7  fidehbus 
suis  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  intuitu  dei  .  7  pi"o  salute  aninie  nostre  . 
7  animarum  antecessorum  .  7  heredum  nostrorum  .  concessisse  . 
7  present!  carta  nostra  confirmasse  .  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  . 
venerabiH  patri  Lincoln'  .  episcopo  .  Hugoni  secundo  .  quod  ipse 
7  successores  sui  inperpetuum  habeant  7  teneant  ferias  apud 
Martonam  .•'  quas  idem  episcopus  habuit  apud  Stouwe^  .  videlicet 
vnam  in  Assumptione  beate  Marie  .  7  aliam  in  Natiuitate  beate 
Marie  .  7  terciam  .•'  in  festo  sancti  Michaelis  .  Ita  quod  quelibet 
eainindem  feriarum  per  tot  dies  duret  apud  MartonarAt  .■'  per  quot 
durare  consueuit  apiid  Stouwei  .  Et  predictus  episcopus  .  7  suc- 
cessores sui  inperpetuum  habeant  omnes  libertates  .  7  liberas 
consuetudines  in  predictis  feriis  apud  Martonam  .•'  quas  predictus 
episcopus  .  7  predecessores  eius  prius  habuerunt  in  feriis  apud 
Stouwe  .  Quare  volumus  7  firmiter  precipimus  pro  nobis  7  heredibus 
nostris  quod  predictus  episcopus  7  successores  sui  in  perpetuum 
habeant  7  teneant  predictas  ferias  apud  Martonarw  ^  quas  idem 
episcopus  habuit  apud  Stouwe  .  videhcet  vnam  in  Assumptione 
beate  Marie  .  7  aliam  in  Natiuitate  beate  Marie  .  7  terciam  in  festo 
sancti  Michaelis  .  Ita  quod  quehbet  earumdem  feriarum  per  tot 
dies  duret  apud  Martonam  .■'  per  quot  durare  consueuit  apud  Stouwe  . 
bene  7  in  pace  .  libere  .  quiete  .  7  integre  .  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  . 
7  liberis  consuetudinibus  quas  prefatus  episcopus  .  7  predecessores 
sui  prius  habuerunt  in  feriis  apud  Stouwe  ^  .•'  sicut  predictum  est  . 
Hiis  testibus  .  venerabilibus  patribus  .  R.  Dunelmewsi  .  J.  Batthon- 
iensi  .  H.  RoSensi  .  J  W.  Karleolen-si  .  episcopis  .  J.  comite  Cestrie  . 
7  Huntindo?)ie  .  H.  de  Bonn  .  comite  Herefordie  .  Hugone  Dis- 
pensatore  .  Henrico  de  Aldithele</a  .  RaduUo  fiho  Nicholai .  Godefrido 
de  Craucumb'  .  Galfrido  Dispensa/o/e  .  Henrico  de  Capella  .  7 
aliis  .  Daf  per  manum   venerabilis  patris  Radulti   .    Cycestrensi* 


180  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  240 

episcopi  .  caiicellarii  nostri  apud  Westraonasterium  .  decimo  nono 
die  Octobris  .  amio  regni  nostri  decimo  octauo. 

Eadorsed  :  (1)  De  feriis  habendis  apud  Martonam  (14  cent.).  (2)  III.  (13  uent.). 
(3)   .H.   iij.    (13   cent.). 

Tag  and  seal  torn  away.     Size  :    9i  x  9  inches. 

Texts  :   MS— Orig.  Al/1/55.     Iv(47).     Pd— C'.C.fl.iv,  148(47)(ab8.). 

Var.  R.  :    '  Stowe  Iv. 

Add.  Chart. 

241 .  Charter  of  Henry  III,  granting  to  John  of  Lexington  and 
his  heirs  free  warren  in  his  demesne  lands  in  Tuxford  and  Warsop 
[co.  Nottingham],  and  Aston  [le  Walls,  co.  Northampton] ;  and 
granting  to  the  said  John  and  his  heirs  and  to  Matthew  [Stratton] 
archdeacon  of  Buckingham  and  his  successors,  tenants  of  the 
prebend  of  Horley,  free  warren  in  their  demesne  lands  of  Horley 
and  Hornton  [co.  Oxford] ;  granting  also  to  John  and  his  heirs 
licence  to  hunt  and  take  the  fox,  the  wolf,  the  hare,  and  the  cat 
in  the  royal  forest  in  Nottinghamshire  outside  the  king's  demesne 
warrens.     At  Westminster.     6  March,  1238-9. 

Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  dominus  Hybeniie  dux  Norma/inie 
Aquitamiie  7  comes  Andegawie  .  archiepiscopis  .  episcopis  . 
abbatibus  .  prioribus  .  comitibus  baronibus  iusticiams  .  vicecomitibus 
.  prepositis  .  ministris  .  7  omnibus  balliuis  7  hdehbus  suis  salutem  . 
Sciatis  nos  concessisse  7  hac  carta  nostra  confirmasse  pro  nobis 
7  heredibus  nostris  .  dilecto  7  hdeh  nostro  Johanni  de  Lessington' 
quod  ipse  7  heredes  sui  inperpetuum  habeant  hberam  warennam 
in  dominicis  terris  suis  in  Touxford'  .  Warsop'  7  Aston'  .  Con- 
cessimus  eciam  eidem  Johanni  7  Matheo  archidiacono  Bokyng- 
hamie  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  .  quod  idem  Johannes  7  heredes 
sui  7  predictus  Matheus  7  successores  sui  tenentes  prebendam  de 
Hornilegh'  habeant  inperpetuum  hberam  warennam  in  dominicis 
terris  suis  in  Hornilegh'  7  Horninton'  Ita  quod  nullus  warennas 
illas  intrare  possit  ad  fugandum  in  eis  sine  hccncia  7  voluntate 
predicti  Johannis  7  heredum  suorum  7  predicti  Mathei  7  suc- 
cessorum  suorum  .  Concessimus  eciam  eidem  Johanni  pro  nobis 
7  heredibus  nostris  quod  ipse  7  heredes  sui  inperpetuum  hbere 
7  sine  inpedimento  fugare  7  capere  possint  per  totam  forestam 
nostram  in  comitatu  Notinghainie  .  vulpcm  .  liipum  .  loporem  .  7 
cattum  .  exceptis  dominicis  warennis  nostris  .  Quare  volumus  '/ 
lirmiter  precipimus  pro  nobis  /  heredibus  nostris  quod  precUctus 
Joiiannes  /  lieredes  sui  /  predictus  Matheus  7  successores  sui  habeant 
in  perpetuum  prodictas  warennas  cum  omnibus  libcrtatibus  7 
liberis  consuetuduiibus  ad  huiusmodi  warennas  pertinontibus  .  Ita 
quod  nullus  warennas  illas  intrare  possit  ad  fugandum  in  eis  sine 
hcencia  7  voluntate  predicti  Johamiis  /  heredum  suorum  7  predicti 
Mathei  7   successorum    suorum    .    Et   prohibemus   ue   quis    in  tret 


No.  242  HENRY   III  181 

warennas  illas  ad  fugandum  in  eis  sine  licencia  7  voluntate  pre- 
dicti  Johannis  7  heredum  suorum  7  predicti  Mathei  7  successorum 
suorum  .  super  forisfacturam  nostram  decern  librarum  volumus 
eciam  7  precipimus  pro  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  quod  idem  Johannes 
7  heredes  sui  inperpetuum  libere  7  sine  inpedimento  fugare  7  capere 
possit  per  totam  forestam  nostram  in  comitatu  Notingham'  . 
vulpem  .  lupum  .  leporem  .  7  cattum  exceptis  dominicis  warennis 
nostris  sicut  predictum  est  .  Hiis  testibus  .  S.  de  Monte  Forti  comite 
Leyces/ne  .  W.  de  RaXega  thesaurario  Exonie  .  Henrico  de  Turbleuilla 
Ricardo  de  Gray  .  Johanne  filio  Galfridi  Herberto  filio  Mathei  . 
Roberto  de  Mucegros  .  Johanne  de  Plesseto  .  Galfrido  de  Langelcia  . 
Thoma  de  Albo  Monasterio  7  aliis  Dat'  per  manum  nostram 
apud  Westmonasferium  sexto  die  Martij  anno  regni  nostri  vicesimo 
tertio. 

Written  at  the  foot  :  Ista  carta  tripplicata  sub  cera  residet  penes  rtominura  Ricardum 
de  Sutton'  inter  cartas  eiusdem. 
Size  ;    9i  x  5^  inches. 

Text  :  .AI.S  -D.  &  C.  aI/1/56  (a  fourteenth  centurj'  copy  of  the  original  charter). 
Note  :  John  of  Lexington,  tlie  grantee,  died  in  or  before  January,  1246-7,  seised 
inter  alia  of  the  manor  of  Tuxford  with  the  hamlet  of  Warsop  which  he  held  of  the 
king  in  chief  by  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee  ;  of  £20  of  land  in  Appletree  [in  the 
parish  of  Aston  le  Walls]  and  Aston  le  Walls  ;  and  of  ten  liides  of  land  in  Horley 
of  the  fee  of  Brandon,  held  of  John  de  Verddun.  His  heir  was  his  brother,  Henry 
Lexington,  bishop  of  Lincoln  {Cat.  Inq.  i,  no.  378).  The  bishop  died  in  August, 
1258,  seised  of  the  villages  of  Tuxford  and  Warsop,  which  were  held  in  dower  by 
the  lady  Margaret,  his  brother's  widow  ;  and  his  heirs  were  his  nephews,  Richard 
Markham  {de  Marcham)  and  William  Sutton  (ibid.,  no.  402  :  Visitation  of  Nottingham- 
shire, Harl.  Soc.  iv,  pp.  141-2). 

The  sir  Richard  Sutton,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  footnote  to  the  charter  as  holding 
the  original  charter,  was,  no  doubt,  the  son  of  Robert  Sutton,  and  the  grandson 
of  the  William  Sutton  mentioned  above  (Thoroton,  History  of  Nottinghamshire, 
ed.  Throsby,  iii,  108-10,220,367).  In  1303  this  Richard  Sutton  held  of  the  king 
in  chief  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Warsop  antl  Eakring,  co.  Nottingham  (Feudal  Aids 
iv,  98)  :  in  1316  he  held  Aston  and  Appletree  (ibid.,  p.  20)  ;  and  in  the  same  year 
he  and  Neupolyn  (i.e.  Napoleone  cardinal-deacon  of  Saint  Adrian),  prebendary  of 
Sutton  cum  Buckingham,  hel<l  the  village  of  Horley  cum  Hornton  between  tliein 
(ibid.,  p.   166). 

The  usual  name  of  the  prebend  of  '  Homilegh,'  as  it  is  called  in  the  text,  is  Sutton 
cum  Buckingham. 

Add.  Chart. 

242.  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III,  addressed  to  the  dean  and 
chapter  of  Lincoln,  reciting  letters  from  the  king,  directed  to  Robert 
[Grosseteste]  bishop  of  Lincoln,  with  respect  to  the  bishop's  allega- 
tion that  John  MaunseU,  king's  clerk,  had  appUed  a  force  to  keep 
the  prebend  of  Thame.     At  Chester,  2  September,   1241. 

Quedam  Uttera  directa  decano  et  capitulo  Line'  (R  rubric). 

.H.  dei  gracia  rex  Anglie  .•'  dominus  Hibernte  i  dux  Normawwie 
Kqmtannie  J  comes  Andegaiiie  dilectis  sibi  in  Christo  decano  7 
capitulo  Line'  salutem  in  l5omino  .  Noueritis  uos  litteras  nostras 
venerabili  in  Christo  patri  .R.  eadem  gracia  episcopo  Line'  salutem 
in  domino  .  Venientes  ad  nos  ex  parte  uestra  de  Leycestria  7 
Huntendonia   archidiaconi    magistri    .R.    de   Rauelingeham   7    .L. 


182  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  242 

clerici  litteras  vestras  deferentes  vt  hiis  que  ex  parte  vestra  nobis 
proponerent  aurem  preberemus  benignam  (  Ipsos  benigne  recepimus 
7  peticiones  iiifrascriptas  quas  in  nostra  plenius  exposuerunt  pre- 
sencia  intelleximus  diligenter  Peticiones  autem  nobis  fuerunt 
porrecte  7  exposite  in  hunc  niodum  .  Petit  episcopus  Line'  quod 
cum  Johannes  Maunsel  clericus  se  manu  armata  in  ecclesiam  de 
Thame  intruserit  7  manu  armata  earn  detineat  occupantem^  .^  vobis 
auxilium  eidem  7  fauorem  vt  dicitur  prestantibus  vt  sicut  illam 
precipiatis  amoueri  cum  in  preiudicium  ecciastice  [sic]  libertatis  7 
contra  coronam  7  dignitatem  predicta  manLfeste  perpetrentur  . 
Item  petit  idem  episcopus  quod  cum  vicecomes  Oxonte  in  pleno 
comitatu  Oxonie  preceperit  omnibus  in  comitatu  ex  parte  vestra 
vt  omnes  venirent  cum  equis  7  arcuis  ad  summonicionem  suam 
apud  Thame  in  subsidium  Johannis  Maunsel  7  suorum  ad  tenendum 
contra  ipsum  ecclesiam  de  Thame  quod  illud  mandatum  faciatis 
reuocari  cum  in  preiudicium  ecclesiastice  libertatis  7c.  Item  pre- 
dictus  vicecomes  attendens  apud  Thame  in  propria  persona 
iniunxerit  balliuo  episcopi  ex  parte  vestra  manutenere  predictum 
Johannem  intrusum  in  sua  seisina  in  dicta  ecclesia  non  obstante 
sentencia  lata  in  omnes  fautores  coadiutores  ipsius  Johannis  vt 
predictum  mandatum  reuocetis  cum  in  preiudicium  ecclesiastice 
libertatis  7c  .  Item  cum  dictus  Johannes  propter  manifestam  eius 
oiiensam  sentencia  excommunicacionis  meruerit  imiodari  ne  per 
eius  communionem  grex  domini  maculetur  .-'  ipsum  vobis  7  consilio 
vestro  7  familie  vestre  excommunicatum  denunciat  7  a  vobis  7 
consilio  vestro  7  aUis  Christi  fidelibus  vitandum  .  Item  cum  predicta 
manifeste  contra  libertates  y  coronam  7  dignitatem  vestram  que 
sicut  alii  fideles  nostri  episcopus  seruare  tenetur  .•'  attemptentur  .•' 
nisi  saniori  consilio  predicta  emendentur  .-'  cum  maius  sit  Deum 
offendere  quam  hominem  7  meUus  sit  incidere  in  manus  hominum 
quam  peccare  in  conspectu  Domini  .•"  necesse  habet  episcopus  manum 
suam  agrauare  7  episcopatum  suum  interdicto  supponere  7  ahter 
si  fuerit  necesse  procedere  .  E  contra  vero  dilectus  clericus  noster 
dictus  .J.  Maunsel  qui  tunc  temporis  presens  erat  coram  nobis 
proposuit  quod  peticiones  predicte  exaudiende  non  erant  pro  eo 
quod  nee  manu  armata  in  ecclesia-  de  Thame  se  intrusit  nee  ipsam 
violenter  detinet  occupatam  Set  verum  est  quod  auctoritate  apos- 
toUca  sibi  rite  7  canonice  collata  extitit  7  eadem  auctoritate  posses- 
sionem ipsius  ecclesie  adeptus  fuit  7  ante  ahquam  sentenciam  in 
eum  latam  .•'  ad  sedem  apostolicam  probabihter  7  racionabiliter 
appellauit  I  propter  quod  nee  excommunicari  potuit  .  Et  si  hoc 
factum  sit  occasione  .  sentencie  que  nulla  est  .■'  nee  a  nobis  neque 
a  consiUo  nostro  nee  aliis  Christi  fidelibus  debet  aliquateiuis  euitari  ( 
Vnde  si  predictas  peticiones  exaudiremus  .•'  ecclesiastica  libertas 
que  post  appelacionem  iustam  maxime  a  non  suo  iudice  nulla 
excommunicacionis  vel  suspencionis  auL  intcrdicti  sentencia  aliquem 
ligari  permittit  7  oadem  /  corona  atque  regalis  dignitas  que  debiliores 


No.  242  HENRY   III  183 

per  potentiores  pati  non  debent  opprimi  nee  permittere  aliquem 
iniuste  vexari  <  Set  quemlibet  de  iure  7  consuetudine  regni  in  iure 
suo  7  seisina  sua  seu  possessione  tueri  eneruari  7  confundi  pocius 
viderentur  quam  eisdem  si  non  exaudiantur  preiudicium  generari  . 
Licet  autem  de  predictis  ex  parte  ijisius  Johannis  fuerimus  ad 
instruccionem  nostram  certificati  summarie  .•■  tamen  ad  cautelam 
nobis  otierimus  .  quod  si  in  curia  nostra  vultis  ostendere  quod 
nos  vel  nostri  aliquam  violenciam  tueamur  '  vel  quod  aJiquid 
facianius  per  quod  libertati  ecclesiastice  vel  corone  7  dignitati 
nostre  preiudicium  aliquod  generetur  I  cum  alias  non  sufficiat 
dicere  nisi  7  probetur  nee  nos  vel  nostros  ex  hiis  que  supra  sunt 
proposita  culpabiles  senciamus  parati  sumus  corrigere  7  iuxta 
consideracionem  predicte  curie  reuocare  .  Et  si  hoc  vobis  non 
sufficit  quatenus  predicta  spiritualitatem  respiciunt  .•'  offerimus  nos 
paratos  vna  vobiscum  arbitros  eligere  quorum  sentenciam  seruabimus 
7  faciemus  inuiolabiliter  obseruari  .  Rogamus  igitur  patemitatem 
vestram  quatinus  a  predictis  comminationibus  nostris  7  eiiectum 
ipsarum  cessetis  si  placuerit  .  Ita  quod  in  preiudicium  nostrum 
vel  regni  vel  nostrorum  nullam  sentenciam  proferatis  cum  in  pre- 
dictis offeramus  nos  7  p^irati  sumus  per  omnia  stare  iuri  7  sequi 
consilium  peritorum  communiter  electorum  .  Quod  si  forte  ea  que 
vobis  offerimus  renueritis  .•'  nos  propter  predicta  ex  parte  nostra 
nobis  oblata  7  non  admissa  .-'  pro  statu  nostro  7  regni  /  consilii 
nostri  7  nostrorum  7  specialiter  terre  in  dioces^  vestra  site  ne  ad 
aliquas  procedatis  sentencias  nee  pendente  appellacione  vel  obla- 
cione  aliquod  innouetis  .•'  ad  sedem  apostolicam  appellamus  Rogamus 
eciam  vt  circa  predicta  tale  consilium  habeatis  7  taliter  procedatis  .■' 
ne  deuiantes  a  iusticia  in  manibus  dei  pocius  quam  hominum  .•' 
incidatis  .  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  litteras  nostras  vobis 
transmittimus  patentes  .  Teste  meipso  apud  Cestriam  .ij.  die 
Septembris  amio  regni  nostri  .xxvo.  Cum  igitur  pro  iuris  nostri 
conseniacione  ad  dominum  papam  interposuerimus  appellacionem 
legitimam  7  uos  iura  nostra  teneamini  conseruare  .■'  dilecionem 
nostre  necnon  discrecionem  de  qua  fiduciam  reportamus  pleniorem 
mandandam  duximus  y  rogandam  quatinus  si  forsitan  prefatum 
episcopum  presumptuose  contigerit  episcopatum  suum  ecclesiastico 
supponere  interdicto  in  preiudicium  regie  dignitatis  7  appellacionis 
nostre  predicte  .•'  vos  nichilominus  diuina  celebretis  (  precipue 
cum  dominum  papam  communem  iudicem  habemus  qui  nobis  in 
iure  nostro  nullatenus  deerit  domino  concedente  Vos  igitur  in  hoc 
facto  tahter  vos  geratis  .■'  quod  discrecionem  vestram  debeamus 
speciaUter  commendare  7  iura  nostra  conseruare  tempore  oportuno  . 
In  cuius  rei  testimonium  lias  litteras  vobis  transmittimus  patentes  . 
Teste  meipso  apud  Cestriam  eisdem  die  7  anno. 

Text  :    MS— R56. 

Note  :   See  Cal.  Pat.  Rolls,  1232-1247,  p.  257,  where  the  king's  letter  to  the  bisiiop 
of  Lincoln  is  dated  8  August,   1241,  instead  of  2  September  as  in  the  text. 
Vftr.  R.  ;   ^  rede  ocoupatam,       '  recte  ecclesiam. 


184  ADDITIONAL  CHARTERS  No.  243 

Add.  Chart. 

243-  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III,  granting  to  master  Nicholas 
de  Heigham  and  his  heirs  those  houses  in  the  city  of  Lincoln  which 
were  John  Maunsell's,  and  which  are  the  king's  escheat  by  John's 
death.     At  Kenilworth.     12  July,  1266. 

H  dei  gracia  rex  Angh'e  dominus  Hibern?'e  7  dux  Aqmtannie 
omnibus  ad  quos  presentes  littere  peruenerint  salutem  Sciatis 
quod  ad  instanciam  dilecti  7  fidelis  nostri  Rogeri  de  Ley  bum' 
dedimus  7  concessimus  quantum  in  nobis  est  dilecto  nobis  magistro 
Nicholao  de  Hegham  domos  illas  cum  redditibus  7  omnibus  ahis 
pertinenciis  suis  in  ciuitate  Lincoln'  que  fuerunt  Johannis  Maunsell' 
defuncti  7  que  sunt  escaeta  nostra  per  mortem  eiusdem  Johannis 
vt  dicitur  Habendas  7  tenendas  de  nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  eidem 
Nicholao  7  heredibus  suis  imperpetuum  saluo  iure  cuiusUbet  . 
faciendo  .  seruicium  inde  debitum  7  consuetum  .  In  cuius  rei  testi- 
monium has  Utteras  nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes  .  Teste  me  ipso 
apud  Kenilwrtir  .xij.  (lie^  Julii  anno  regni  nostri  L". 

Endorsed  :  Carta  regis  facta  Nicholao  de  Hegliam  de  domibus  cum  redditibus 
7  pertinentiis  in  Lincoln'  que  fuerunt  Johannis  Maunsell  et  tunc  escaeta  (14  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal.     Size  ;    7  x  3  inches. 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  aI/1/57.     Pd—Cal.  Patent  Rolls,   1258-1268,  615. 

Var.  R.  :    ^xj  die  Cal.  Pat.  Bolls. 

Note  :  John  Maunsell  was  parson  of  VVigan,  chancellor  of  Saint  Paul's,  London, 
and  provost  of  Beverley.  His  inquisition  post  mortem  is  dated  16  April,  1266 
(Cal.  Inq.  i,  no.  621).  Nicholas  Heigham  became  archdeacon  of  Oxford  in  1275, 
and  dean   of   Lincoln   in    1280,   and  died  in    1288. 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 

244-  Commission  to  Henry  de  Bathonia  to  enquire  touching 
the  petition  of  the  dean  and  canons  for  licence  to  lengthen  their 
church  towards  the  east.     At  Westminster.     5  November,  1255. 

Rex  Henrico  de  Bathonia  salutem  cum  dilecti  nobis  in  Christo 
decanus  et  canonici  Line'  ecclesie  nobis  suppUcauerint  quod 
licenciam  eis  concederemus  elongandi  ecclesiam  suam  uersus  orientem 
per  remotionem  muri  orientalis  ciuitatis  nostre  Line'  qui  est  ex 
opposito  eiusdem  ecclesie  ignorantes  utrum  hoc  fieri  posset  sine 
dampno  iiostro  et  detrimento  aut  nocumento  oiiisdem  ciuitatis  .■' 
constituimus  uos  ad  inquirendum  per  sacramcntum  proborum  7c. 
utrum  esset  ad  dampnum  nostrum  aut  detrimentura  uel  nocu- 
mentum  ciuitatis  predicte  si  concederemus  predictis  decano  et 
canonicis  quod  elongare  possint  predictam  ecclesiam  suam  et 
remouere  predictum  murum  uersus  orientem  necne  et  si  esset  ad 
dampnum  nostrum  uel  detrimentum  sen  nocumentum  predicte 
ciuitatis  .  ad  quod  dampnum  quod  detrimentum  et  quod  nocu- 
mentum .  Et  si  non  esset  ad  dampnum  .  7c.  per  que  loca  et  per 
quas  diuisas  posset  predicta  ecclesia  elongari  .  et  predictus  murus 
remoueri  .  sine  dampno  nostro  et  detrimento  ac  nocumento  eiusdem 


No.  246  HENRY   III  185 

ciuitatis  .  Et  ideo  nobis  mandamus  quod  in  propria  persona  uestra 
accedatis  ad  predictam  ciuitatem  et  in  presencia  maioris  et  balliu- 
orum  et  aliorum  ciuium  eiusdem  ciuitatis  dictam  inquisitionem 
sicut  predictum  est  facias  .  et  quid  iiide  inueneritis  nobis  in  rcuer- 
sione  uestra  ad  nos  distincte  et  aperte  scire  facias  .  Mandauimus 
enim  uicecomiti  nostro  Line'  quod  ad  diem  7c.  uenire  faciat  coram 
uobis  tot  et  tales  /c.  de  balliua  sua  per  quos  /c.  in  cuius  testimonium 
7c.  teste  Rege  apud  Westraonasterium  qvinto  die  Nouembris. 

Texts  :    MS— Patent  Roll,  40  Henry  III,   mem.  22d.      Pd— iWore.viii,278(66). 

Add.  Chart. 

245.  Letters  patent  of  Henry  III,  recording  his  approval  of  the 
enclosure  and  extension  of  walls  round  the  church  of  Lincoln, 
which  have  been  made  with  the  king's  hcence  and  with  the  consent 
of  his  citizens  of  Lincoln.     At  Westminster,  19  July,  1256. 

De  clausura  ecclesie  (rubric).     De  clausura  (marg.). 

.Henricus  dei  gracia  rex  AngU'e  dominus  Hibernie  dux  Normaw7?te 
Aquitannie  7  comes  Aiidegauie  omnibus  balliuis  7  fidelibus  suis 
ad  quos  presentes  littere  peruenerint  salutem  .  Sciatis  nos  pro 
nobis  7  heredibus  nostris  gratam  habere  7  acceptam  clausuram 
7  elongacionem  murorum  que  de  licencia  nostra  7  de  consensu 
ciuium  nostrorum  Line'  circa  ecclesiam  Lincoln'  facta  est  ad 
ampliacionem  ecclesie  predicte  secundum  quod  inter  decanum 
7  capitulum  eiusdem  ecclesie  7  ciuos^  predictos  de  vtri usque  partis 
prouisione  conuenit  .  Ita  quod  placea  infra  dictam  clausuram 
contenta  dicte  ecclesie  Line'  prout  dicti  decanus  7  capitulum 
expedire  viderint  inter  ipsos  7  dictos  ciues  conuenit  applicetur  . 
In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  litteras  nostras  eisdem  7  capitulo  fieri 
fecimus  patentes  .  Teste  meipso  apud  Westmonasferivm  decimo 
nodo^  Juhj   <  anno  regni  nostri  quadragesimo. 

Text:    MS— R57. 

Var.  R..  :    '  recte  ciues.     ^  rrcle  nono. 

Add.  Chart. 

246.  Writ  of  Henry  III,  forbidding  the  canons  of  the  church 
of  All  Saints,  Derby,  which  is  the  king's  free  chapel,  and  exempt 
from  ordinary  jurisdiction,  to  render  obedience  to  the  bishop  of 
Coventry  and  Lichfield  and  the  archdeacon  of  Derby.  At  West- 
minster.    28  January,  1271. 

H.  dei  gracia  rex  Angh'e  dominus  Hibernie  7  dux  Aquitannie 
omnibus  7  singulis  canonicis  ecclesie  omnium  Sanctorum  de^  Derby 
salutem  I  Quia  hbertate  ecclesie  Omnium  Sanctorum  Derbeye  que  est 
libera  capella  nostra  7  per  priuilegia  sedis  apostolice  nobis  indulta 
7  ab  omni  ordinaria  iurisdiccione  funditus  exempta  illesa  volumus 
conseruari  ."  vobis  mandamus  districtius  inhibentes  ne  Couentrensi 


186  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  246 

7  hichefeldensi  episcopo  archidiacono  Derbeye  vel  eorum  officialibus 
decanis  seu  clericis  quibuscunque  pretextu  iurisdiccionis  ordinarie 
in  aliquibus  pareatis  vel  intendatis  contra  libertates  7  priuilegia 
nostra  predicta  (  Teste  .  meipso  apud  Westmonasterium  xxviij.  die 
Januarii  .  anno  regni  .  nostri  .  Iv*". 

Marginalia  in   D  :     ^J0      S^~  Breue  regiutn  quod  episoopvis   \AchefeIdensis  non 
exerceat  iurisdictionem  lu  i-liH-anatu  Omnium  Sanctorum  Deib'. 
Texts:    MS— D4.     Iv(49).     Pd— C.C.i?.iv,l48(49)(ab8.). 
Var.  R.  :    '  de  is  interlineated. 

Folio  169. 

Hdl.  .1.6.9. 

Note  by  Q :  Prima  para.  Primus  titulus.  De  priuilegiis. 
apud  .A. 

On  the  surviving  part  of  a  tag  sewn  to  the  edge  of  folio  169  : 
Contirm' 7  decan'. 

876 

247-  Confirmation  by  pope  Nicholas  II,  addressed  to  Wulfwig 
bishop  of  Dorchester,  confirming  to  Wulfwig's  church  all  that 
belongs  to  it,  and  especially  the  diocese  of  Lindsey  and  the  church 
of  Stow  [co.  Lincoln]  with  Newark  [co.  Nottingham]  which  Ailric 
archbishop  of  York  wrongfully  seized.     3  May,  1061. 

[The  title  at  the  head  of  the  document  has  beeyi  carefully  erased, 
perhaps  by  Q  in  order  that  his  note  (see  marginalia)  might  be 
substituted.] 

Nicholaus  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  del  Wlwino  uenerabili 
episcopo  Dorcacastrensi  suisque  successoribus  ibique'  canonice 
promouendis  imperpetuum  .  Cum  magna  nobis  solhcitudine 
insistit  cura  pro  uniuersis  dei  ecclesiis  ac  piis  locis  uigilandum 
5  ne  aUquam  necessitatis  iacturam  sustineant  .  Sed  proprie 
utilitatis  stipendia  consequantur  .  Ideo  conuenit  nos  tota 
mentis  integritate  eisdem  uenerabilibiis  locis  ut  ea  que  sua 
sunt  stabilita  permaneant  prouide-  .  Igitur  quia  petisti  a 
nobis  karisi^ime  fili  cum  Edwardi^  regis  legatis  atque  litteris 
10  nostri  uidehcet  amici  ut  per  nostri  priuilegii  paginam  tue 
ecclesie  tibique  necnon  successoribus  tuis  omnia  perpetualiter 
confirmaremus  .  que  prefate  ecclesie  iuste  7  legaliter  com- 
petunt  .  suggestioni  tue  gratanter  annuentes  per  huius  nostra 
constitucionis  decretum  7  apostolice  sedis  liberale  edictum 
15  concedimus  7  confirmamus  tibi  sicut  supra  legitur  tuisque 
successoribus  ibidem  canonice  promouendis  inperpetuum  . 
queque  prefate  ecclesie  pertinent  .  tarn  que  in  presentiarum 
possidet  uel  possedit  7  maxime  parrochiam  Lindisi  eccle- 
siamque  Stou  cura  Newerca*  7  appendiciis  quas  iniuste 
20  Aluricus  arciiiepiscopus  Eboracensis  inuasit  .  uti  per  legatorum 
nostrorum   dicta  7   per  antecessoruin   testimonia   7   scripta 


No.  247  NICHOLAS   II  187 

agnouiirms  .  quamque  in  future  quocumque  modo  diuinis 
7  hnmanis  legibus  adquire^  potent  scilicet  prenominata 
ecclesia  cum  omnibus  rebus  7  possessionibus  suis  ac  pertinenciis 

25  mobilibus  7  inmobilibus  seseque  mouentibus  castris  scilicet  . 
cassis  .  uillis  .  territoriis  .  ecclesiis  cum  primitiis  7  decima- 
tionibus  cum  onmibus  quoque  que  pia  deuotio  fidelium  sacris 
contulit  sibi  uel  contulerit  oblationibus*  pro  salute  uiuorum 
quamque    etiam    mortuorum    .    statuentes    per    liuius    nostre 

30  apostolice  sedis  cui  deo  auctore  presidemus  auctoritatem  7 
nostri  edicti  inuiolabilem  constitucioncm  .  ut  neque  rex  . 
neque  archiepiscopus  .  siue  dux  .  sine  marchio  .  seu  comes  . 
aut  uicecomes  .  nee  alia  siue  magna  siue'  persona  cuiuscumque 
dignitatis   uel  ordinis  contra   hoc   nostrum   priuilegium   pre- 

35  sumat  prefatam  ecclesiam  aut  te  karissime  confrater  tuosque 
inperpetuum  successores  de  bonis  suis  deinuestire  aut 
inquietare  .  aut  aliquid  ibi  contra  sanctos  canones  constituere 
uel  ordinare  sed  ita  sicut  predicta  ecclesia  que  omnia  pre- 
libauimus  melius  firmius  ue  a  sue  constitucionis  initio  tenuit 

40  teneas  jjossideasque  tarn  tu  quam  successores  tui  sub  con- 
stitucione  liuius  pagine  7  apostolica  sanctione  .  Si  quis  igitur 
quod  non  optamus  contra  hoc  nostrum  priuilegium  uenire 
temptauerit  .•'  7  sicuti  ab  apostoUca  auctoritate  preceptum 
ac  corroboratum  est   i  permanere  non  dimiserit   .   sciat    se 

45  anathematis  uinculo  innodatum  .  7  cum  luda  traditore  7 
Dathan  7  Abyron  partem  habere  nisi  forte  resipuerit  .  7 
digne  satis  fecerit  .  Qui  uero  pio  intuitu  in  omnibus  obseruator 
extiterit  custodiens  huius  priuilegii  nostri*  constituta  ad 
cultum  dei  respicientis  benedictionis  gratiam  a  misericordis- 

50  simo  domino  deo  nostro  consequatur  .•'  7  uite  eterne  particeps 
fieri  mereatur  .  Datum  .v.  nonas  .  Mail*  per  manus  Bemardi 
episcopi  sancte  ecclesie  Prenestrine*"  .  anno  ab  incarnatione 
do  mini  millesimo  .  sexagesimo  .j°.  anno  .iijo.  pontificatus 
Nicholai  pape  .ij.  indictio  .xiiij'"". 

Marginalia  :  opip.  I.  1,  I.  C'onfirmacio  de  ecclesia  )  castris  ;  decimis  7  rebus  aliis 
(Q).  opp.  I.  I'.l,  Nota  archiepiscopus  Wooracensis  iniuste  inuasit  (Q).  opp.  I.  45, 
Judaa  proditor  Dathan  7  Abyro  (Q). 

Texts:  MS— A.  Cjjf.  18-19.  Pd :  VVilkins  i,  315.  Man-si  xix,  875.  Migne, 
lat.  cxliii,    1356.     JaffJ-Lowenfeld,  no.  4461. 

Var.  R. :  ^  for  ibidem,  cp.  I.  16.  ^  prouidere  C.  '  Eadwardi  C.  '  Neuuerca  C. 
'  adquirere  C.  '  insert  tain  C.  '  iitsert  parua  C.  *  nostri  priuilegii  C.  '  Mai  C. 
'"  Prenestine  C. 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann  :  This  bull  of  Nicliolas  II,  though  the  original  text 
has  not  survived,  is  one  of  the  earliest  genuine  tlocuinents  issued  by  a  pope  during 
the  reformation  of  the  church  in  the  eleventh  century  ;  and  it  supplies  valuable 
evidence  in  regard  to  the  ecclesiastical  politics  of  Edward  the  Confessor.  There 
can  be  no  doubt  whatever  about  its  genuineness.  The  bull  is  dated  3  May,  1061, 
and  a  few  days  earlier,  on  25  April,  a  similar  bull  was  granted  to  bishop  Giso  of 
Wells,  which  is  the  earliest  original  extant  buU  known  to  me  in  England  (facsimile 
in  Hickes,  Thesaurus  Litiguarum  Veterum  Septentriorialium  i,  after  p.  177).  A 
comparisim  of  the  Lincoln  and  Wells  docvunents  shews  that  the  two  texts  are 
nearly  identical,  and  suggests  that  the  papal  notary  used  the  same  mode!  for  both 
documents.     We  are  not  yet  sufficiently  acquainted  with  the  styles  of  the  several 


188  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  247 

papal  writers  of  the  period  to  enable  U8  to  say  which  of  them  composed  the  text 
of  the  Lincoln  bull.  The  slight  differences  between  the  Lincoln  and  Wells  docu- 
ments may  be  easily  explained  :  the  Wells  bull  is  dated  by  the  cardinal-bishop 
Humbert  of  Silva  Candida,  a  famous  churchman  and  diplomatist  from  the  time 
of  the  pontificate  of  Leo  IX  (A.D.  1049-1054)  ;  the  Lincoln  bull,  on  the  other 
hand,  is  dated  by  Bernard,  cardinal-bishop  ot  Pale.^trina.  Now,  Humbert  died 
5  May,  1061  ;  and  the  last  bull  in  which  his  name  as  hihliothecarius  apostolicac 
sedis  appears  is  a  document  in  favour  of  Saint  Mary  of  Saintes,  30  April,  1061. 
All  the  later  bulls  of  Nicholas  II,  who  died  in  Florence,  27  .July,  1061,  are  dated 
by  Bernard  of  Palestrina  or  his  lieutenants.  Since,  in  those  days,  the  chancellors 
(or  bibh'othecarii.  as  they  were  called)  played  a  great  part  in  forming  the  texts  of 
the  bulls,  we  may  venture  to  ascribe  the  difference  between  the  Lincoln  and  Wells 
bulls  to   the  personal   influence  of  the  two  chancellors. 

If  doubts  have  been  at  times  entertained  about  the  genuineness  of  the  Lincoln 
bull,  they  can  have  been  founded  only  upon  the  clause,  '  et  maxnne  parrochiam 
Lindisi,'  for  Lindsey  was  claimed  by  the  archbishop  of  York.  The  bishop  of 
Lincoln,  however,  also  claimed  it,  and  was  able  finally  to  establish  his  right  about 
the  year  1091,  when  archbishop  Thomas  renounced  his  claim  (see  no.  4  above). 
The  settlement  then  arrived  at  was  confirmed  by  pope  Paschal  II,  19  April,  1103 
(Raine,  Historians  of  (he  Church  of  York  and  its  Archbishops  iii,  28,  no.  12).  This 
bull  of  Nicholas  II,  if,  as  is  here  claimed,  its  genuineness  is  established,  is  important 
documentary  evidence  for  King  Edward's  mission  to  the  pope  {cum  Edwardi  regis 
legatis),  of  which  the  story  is  told  only  by  the  later  English  chroniclers. 

Folio  169d. 

877 
248.     Confirmation  by  pope  Honorius  II,  addressed  to  bishop 
Alexander,   of   various  possessions  of  the  church  of  Lincohi.     At 
the  Lateral!.     30  January,  1126. 

Honorius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  venerabih  fratri 
Alexandro  Lincolniensi^  episcopo  eiusque  successoribus 
canonicc  promouendis  imperpetuum^  .  Pia  7  dihgens  matenie 
cura  solhcitudinis  teneros  fiUos  consueuit  dulciter  educare  . 
5  7  adultis  unde  sustentari  ualeant  sagaciter  prouidere  .  Pro- 
porcionaliter  itaque  sancta  Romana  ecclesia  .  in  fide  Petri 
fundata  omnium  ecclesiarum  optinet^  principatum  .  paruulos 
7  inbecilles  lacte  sapientie  sue  nutrit  .  Prouectis  autem  7 
deuotis  profundioris  scientie  pabula  subministrat* .  Et  ut 
10  Uberius  diuinis  uacare  possint  obsequiis  apostoUce  sedis 
munimine  ab  hostium  incursione  defendit  .  Hac  igitur  inducti 
ratione  Lincolniensem^  ecclesiam  cui  deo  auctore  dilecte 
in  domino  frater  Alexander  episcope  presides  sub  apostoUce 
sedis  tutelam  excipimus  .  7  contra  prauorum  hominum 
15  molestiam  auctoritatis  eius  defensione  7  priuilegio  com- 
munimus  .  Bona  ergo  7  possessiones  quas  iuste*^  7  legittime 
possidet  .  uel  infuturum  largiente  domino  canonice  poterit 
adipisci  .-'  firma  tibi  tuisque  successoribus  7  per  uos  ecclesie 
Lincolniensi^  7  illibata  permaneant  .  In  quibus  hec  propriis 
20  duximus  nominibus  annotanda  .  videHcet  in  ciuitate  Lincolnie* 
burgum  quod  uocatur  I'^Willigtorp  .  "Hundegatam  .  eccle- 
siam Omnium  Sanctorum  .  I'Netelham  .  Ludam  .  Stou  . 
Nortonam'     ,      "Newercam     .     >*Slaford'*         2»Lidentonam 


No.  248  HONORIUS   II  189 

^lEspaldewic      .     Buchendenam     .    manerium    situm     iuxta 

25  22Lggj.gcestram  ciuitatem  .  ^achilesbei  .  ''^Croposeiam"  . 
Banebiriam'^^ .  Taman'"  .  "Nundentonam  .  ^''Dorchecestriam  . 
2'Woburnam"  .  abbatiam  de  ^^jijgenesham  cum  omnium 
supradictorum  pertinenciis  .  parrochialem^'^  episcopalem 
^''Lindesiam   .  ^oNicholasira"  .  Leecestrasira'^'''  .  ^'Hamtona- 

30  sira  .  Buchinghamsira  .  Oxinafordsira'*  .  Huntendonasira  . 
^2  Herefortsira  pars  .  Decernimus  ergo  ut  nulli  omnino 
hominum  clerico  uel  laico  liceat  prefatam  ecclesiam  temere 
perturbare  .  aut  eius  possessiones  auferre  .  uel  ablatas  retinere  . 
minuere   .  uel  temerariis  uexationibus  fatigare   .  Sed  omnia 

35  Integra  conseruentur  usibus  ecclesiasticis  pro  futura  .  Si  qua 
igitur  ecclesiastica  secularis  ue  persona  banc  nostre  con- 
stitucionis  paginam  sciens  /  contra  eam  temere'*-'  temptauerit . 
secundo  tercio  ue  commonita  si  non  satisfactione  congrua 
emendauerit    potestatis    bonorisque    sui    dignitate    careat    . 

4U  reamque  se  diuino  iuditio  existere  de  perpetrata  iniquitate 
cognoscat  .  7  a  sacratissimo  corjjore  ac  sanguine  dei  7  domini"" 
7  redemptoris  nostri  Ibesu  Christi  abena  fiat  atque  in 
extremo  examine  districte  ultioni  subiaceat  .  Cunctis  autem 
eideni  loco  iusta'"*^  seruantibus  sit  pax  domini  nostri   Ihesu 

45  Christi  quatiuus  7  hie  fructum  bone  actionis  percipiant  "/ 
apud  districtum  iudicem  premia  eterne  pacis  inueniant  . 
Amen  .  Amen  .  Datum  Laterani  per  manum  Aimerici  sancte 
Romane  ecclesie  diacotii  cardinalis  .  7  cancellarii  .ill.  kalendas 
Februarii   .  indictione   .iiii.  incarnationis  dominice   .   anno   . 

50  Mo.  C".  xxo.  yo.  pontificatus  autem  domini '^'^  Honori  '^^^  pape 
secmidi  anno  secundo. 

Marginalia  :    oj>-p.  I.  1,  II.     Conlirmacio  sicut  ante  .  nominibus  expressis  (Q). 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,fi.l9-20.  Pd— Wilkiiis  i,  4U6.  Migne,  lat.  clxvi,  1246. 
Jaffe-Lowenfeld,   no.   7241    (calendared).     Muii.vi,l2'ii-l{6ij. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Lincoliensi  C.  -  iuperpetuum  C.  ^  obtinet  C.  *  sumministrat  C. 
'  Lincoliensem  C.  '•'  altered  from  luiuste  C.  "  Linoolie  C.  '  Northonaiii  C. 
*  Slafortd'  C.  "  Cropereiam  altered  from  Cropeseiam  C.  '.'Baneberiaiu  C. 
'°  Tamam  C.  '' Voburnam  C.  '-^  parrochiam  C.  '^  Nioolasira  C.  "» Leeces- 
trasira  C.  '*  Oxinafortdsira  t'.  '■*'»  uenire  is  missing  here  in  A.  '"J  altered  from 
iuxta  A;    iuxta  C.        ""  d'ai  C.     The  correct  spelling  is  domni.       "J  Honorii  C. 

Identifications  :  '■'  Willingthorpe  (see  Note  below).  "  Hungate,  a  street  and 
district  in  Lincoln,  in  which  the  church  of  All  Saints  (no^v  destroyed)  was  situate. 
"  Nettleham,  Louth,  Stow  Saint  Mary,  Bishop  Norton,  co.  Lincoln.  ^  Newark, 
CO.  Nottingham.  '°  Sleaford,  co.  Lincoln.  '"'  Lyddington,  co.  Rutland.  '"^  Spald- 
wick,  Buckden,  co.  Huntingdon.  --  Leicester.  '"  Kilsby,  co.  Northampton.  -'  Crop- 
redy,  Banbury,  Thame,  co.  Oxiord.  -°  probably  an  attempt  to  indicate  '  Jlilton  ' 
(near  Thame):  cp.  page  7,  1.  1,  above,  and  page  191,  1.  1,  below.  2»  Dorchester, 
CO.  Oxford.  -'  Wooburn,  co.  Buckingham.  ^  Eynsham,  co.  Oxford.  -'  Lindsey. 
"  Lincolnshire.     ^'  Northamptonshire.     ^-  Hertfordshire. 

Note:  Willingthorpe  (lines  20-1) — Tlie  present  text  speaks  of  VVilligtorp  as  a 
borough  in  the  city  of  Lincohi.  In  no.  249  below,  lines  23-5,  the  equivalent  words 
are  '  Westegata  cum  suis  appendiciis  tam  extra  muros  ipsius  ciuitatis  quam  mfra  '. 
In  no.  250,  line  18,  and  no.  251,  line  19,  the  place  appears  as  '  manerium  de  Liu- 
colia  scilicet  VVUlingtorp,'  and  in  no.  254,  lines  15-16,  as  "  manerium  de  Willintorp  '. 
These  passages  shew  that  Willingthorpe  is  to  be  identified  with  the  little  manor 
[maneriolum]  with  one  carucate  which  bishop  Remigius  had,  in  1080,  adj  oLniiig  the  city 
of  Lhicohi,  with  sake  and  soke,  and  with  toll  and  team  (The  Lincolnshire  Domesday 


190  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  248 

pp.  4,  5).  The  name  of  Willingthorpe  has  been  found  only  in  one  other  context, 
namely,  a  confirmation  by  Robert  II  bishop  of  Lincoln  to  William  son  of  Fardain 
of  four  dwellings  (mansiones)  in  VVillingtorp  at  (ab)  the  north  side  of  Willingtorp, 
with  all  that  belongs  to  them,  free  and  quit  of  all  service  except  burgagium,  a 
service  which  points  to  the  tenement  being  in  a  suburb  of  Lincoln  (Stenton,  Danelaw 
Charters,  p.  343  and  note).  The  suburb  of  Westgate  was  an  extensive  area  out- 
side the  walls,  near  the  west  gate  of  the  Roman  city,  lying  to  the  west  and  north- 
west of  the  castle.  The  city  generally  suffered  extensive  waste  in  the  time  of  the 
Conqueror  {The  Lincolnshire  Domesday,  pp.  6,  7)  and  W'estgate  in  particular  was 
much  damaged  during  the  siege  of  the  castle  by  Stephen  in  1141,  and  remained 
for   the   most   part   depopulated  till   recent   times. 

*belaw.  Folio  170. 

Hdl.  .1.7.0. 

■\below,  Folio  170d. 

878 

249  •     Similar  confirmation  by  pope  Innocent  II,  addressed  to 
bishop  Alexander.     At  the  Lateran.    28  April,  1139. 

Innocentius  episcopus  senius  seruorum  dei  venerabili  fratri 
Alexandro  Lincolniensi^  episcopo  ei  usque  successoribus 
canonice  promouendis  inperpetuum  .  Cum  omnibus  ecclesiis 
7  ecclesi*asticis  personis  debitores  ex  iniuncto  nobis  a  deo 
5  apostolatus  officio  atque  beniuolentia'^  existamus  .  ilhs  tamen 
propensiori  caritatis  studio  nos  conuenit  prouidere  .  quos 
erga  beati  Petri  7  nostra  obsequia  promptiores  ac  deuotiores 
esse  cognoscimus  .  hoc  nimirum  intuitu  uenerabilis  frater 
Alexander  episcope  tuis  desideriis  fraterna  benignitate  imper- 

10  timur  assensum  7  Lincolniensem^  ecclesiam  cuius'  auctore 
domino  amministras  .  presentis  scripti  patrocinio  com- 
munimus  .  Statueutes  ut  quascumque  possessiones  quecumque 
bona  idem  locus  in  presentiarum  iuste  7  canonice  possidet  . 
aut   in   futurum   largitione   regum    uel   principum   oblatione 

15  fidelium  seu  aliis  iustis  modis  deo  propitio  poterit  adipisci  . 
firma  tibi  tuis  successoribus  necnon  canonicis  eiusdem  ecclesie 
imperpetuum  7  iUibata  permaneant  .  In  quibus  hoc  propriis 
duximus  exprimenda  uocabuUs  .  Abbatiani  uideHcet  de 
^^Egeneshani   .  cum  suis  tenementis^"  .   "Neev^erc  cum  suis 

20  appendiiiis  .  7  cum  iusticia  regah  de  tribus  .  wapeiitac' 
quam  reges  Anglorum  ecclesie  contulerunt  .  -^  Stou  cum  suis 
appendiciis  .  Nortonam  .  Ludam  .  Nethelham''  .  7  terram 
quam  habet  prefata  ecclesia  in  Lincolnia*  .  scilicet  ^^Westegata 
cum  suis  appendiciis  tam  extra  muros  ipsius  ciuitatis  quam 

25  infra  .  7  terram  quam  dedit  Stephanus  rex  tam  tibi  quam 
successoribus  tuis  ad  faciendas  episcopales  domos  cum  .xx". 
solidatis  tcrre  ad  restituendas  easdem  domos  a  parte  australi'  . 
cum'  sancti  Michaehs  in  eadem  terra  sita  .  ecclesia  Omnium 
Sanctorum  7  cum  aliis  ecclesiis  supradicte  ciuitatis  .  "Esla- 

30  ford'"  .  ^'Hohnum  cum  suis  appendiciis  .  manerium  de 
^Legecestria  extra    muros  7   infra   .   ubi    sunt    due   ecclesie 


i 


No.  249  INNOCENT    II  191 

cum   .xxx«».  duabus  mansioiiibus  burgensium  .  ^oBaneberia   . 
7  Croperia  cum  suo  hundreto  7  libertatibus'""  suis  .  Dorcacestria 
cum  suo  hundreto  7  libertatibus'""  suis  .  i^Dorcacestria  cum  suo 
35     hundreto  7  libertatibus""'  suis'"  .  7  Tama  .  7  Mideltona  .  cum 
suo  hundreto  7  libertatibus'""  suis  .  ^iRildebi  cum  suis  appen- 
diciis  .  32\Vaburna"  cum  suis  appendiciis  .  ^^Bicheleswada  . 
^^Espaldeswic    .    quod   manerium    datum   fuit    Lincolniensi ' 
ecclesie   in    recompensatione   cuiusdam   partis   sue   parrochie 
40     que    uocatur    ^sCantebrugesiram    7    modo    est    ^^Helyensisi^ 
episcopatus  .  7  ^'Bugendena  .  Nichilominus  eciam  confirmamus 
libertatem  eiusdem  Lincolniensis"  ecclesie  cum  sua  parrocliia 
scilicet   Lincolniesiram'*  emu   ^'Lindesia  tota     .     Norhamte- 
sciramcum  Rotelanda  .  Legecestresciram  .  Oxenefordsciram''* . 
45     Buchinghamsciram   .   Bedefordsciram    .   Huntendonesciram    . 
cum   maxima   parte   de   ^'•Herefordscira   .  terras  eciam   con- 
firmamus quas  rex  Stephanus  recompensauit  predicle  ecclesie  . 
7  canonieis  ibidem  deo  seruientibus  pro  .x«™  .  7  .viii.  Ubris 
denariorum   quas   solebant  habere  canonici  largitione  regum 
50     in   ^Kyrketona  7   Castra    maneriis   videUcet  in    "Torp   .iii. 
carrucatas  terre  .  7  .iii.  bouatas  .  in  BKtona  7  in  Wartona 
.V.  carruatas  terre  .7  .vij.  bouatas  .  in  Pileham  .ij.  carruatas  . 
7  .V.  bouatas  .  terre  .  7  duo'**  partes  .i.  bouate  .  in  Gillebi  7  in 
Wartona   .  vij.   bouatas   .   7   ad  ''"Trentam   .ix.   bouatas   .   7 
55     dimidiam    .    Preterea   *^  Waltonam    .    ecclesiam   de   Aleberes 
cum   suis   appendiciis  .  ecclesiam  de  **Lectonam^^  .  ecclesiam 
de  Buchingeham  cum  suis  appendiciis  .  ecclesiam  de  *^Sutona 
cum   suis   appendiciis   .   manerium  de   ^''Welletona  cum  suis 
appendiciis  .  ceterasque  eiusdem  ecclesie  canonicorum  posses- 
60     eiones  ecclesiasticas  .f  firmam  preclicte  ecclesie  7  ipsis  canonieis 
confirmamus  .  Lectonam"  eciam  7  terram  de  Bedef ord  tam  infra 
burgum  quam    extra    cum    suis   Hbertatibus   .   lelaxationem 
quoque    seruicii    miUtum    ipsius    episcopatus     Lincolniensis" 
quod  predecessores  tui  in  castro  Lincolniei'  facere  consueuer- 
65     ant  .•'  vnde  Henricus  rex  gloriose  memorie  tercium  mihtem 
ecclesie  Lincolniensi^  7  tibi  ac   successoribus  tuis  relaxauit  . 
quod  nimirum  seruitium  castro  tuo  de  ^^Newerca  fieri  concessit 
.  7  scripto  suo  firmauit  .  nichilhominus"^  tibi  7  successoribus 
tuis     imperjjetuum    auctoritate    apostolica    confirmamus     . 
70     Obeunte  uero   te   venerabilis  f rater  Alexander  episcope  uel 
tuorum  quoHbet  successorum  .  nullus  in  Lincohiiensi'  ecclesia 
quahbet  surreptionis  astucia  seu  uiolentia  preponatur  .  nisi 
quern  clerus  7  populus  comuni '  "^  assensu  aut  pars  consiUi  sanioris 
secundum  dei  timorem  7  sanctorum  canonum  scita  duxenmt^* 
75     eligendum    .    Porro    libertatem    ab    illustri    uiro     Stephano 
Anglorum  rege  ecclesie  ipsi  concessam  nos  quoque  autoritatis*' 
nostre    munimine    roboramus    .    Inter    cetera    uero    eiusdem 
libertatis    insignia    illud    speoialiter    huic    decreto    duximus 


192  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  249 

inserendum  .  ut  in  obitu  tuo  uel  successorum  tuorum  dum 
80  episcopalis  sedes  uacauerit^"  .-'  niillus  prorsus  episcopalia  uel 
ecclesiastica  bona  usurpare  presumat  .•'  sed  potius  ecclesie 
onanes  7  earum  possessiones  in  libera  clericorum  custodia  7 
potestate  consistant  ad  usus  futuri  pontificis  7  utilitatem 
eiusdem  ecclesie  integre  conseruande  .  NuUi  ergo  omnino 
85  fas  sit  uos  uel  ecclesiam  uestram  super  hac  nostra  constitu- 
cione  uel  confirmatione  temere  perturbare  .  aut  eius  posses- 
siones auferre  .  uel  ablatas  retinere  .  minuere  .  seu  quibuslibet 
fatigare  molestiis  .  sed  omnia  Integra  conseruentur  eorum 
pro  quorum  gubernatione  7  sustentatione  concessa  sunt 
90  usibus  omnimodis  profutura  .  Si  qua  sane  in  posterum 
ecclesiastica  secularis  ue  persona  banc  nostre  constitucionis 
paginam  sciens  contra  eam  temere  uenire  temptauerit  secundo 
tercio  ue  commonita  nisi  reatum  suiim  congrue  emendauerit  . 
potestatis  honorisque  sui  dignitate  careat  .  reamque  se  diuino 
95  iudicio  existere  de  perpetrata  iniquitate  cognoscat  .  7  a 
sacratissimo  corpore  ac  sanguine  dei  7  domini  ledemptoris 
nostri  Ihesu  Christi  aUena  fiat  .  atque  in  extremo  examine 
districte  subiaceat  ultioni  .  Cunctis  autem  eidem  loco  sua 
iura  seruantibus  sit  pax  domini  nostri  Ihesu  Christi  quatinus 

100  7  hie  fructum  bone  actio nis  percipiant  .  "/  apud  districtum 
iudicem  premia  eterne  pacis  inueniant  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Amen  . 
Datum  Laterani-i  per  manum  Aimerici  Sancte  Romane  ecclesie 
diaconi  .  cardinalis  .  7  cancellarii  .iiii.  kalendas  .  Mali  .  indic- 
tione  .ij^.  incarnationis  dominice  anno  .  Mo.  c".  xxx".  viii".^'* 

105     pontificatus  uero  domini'-^  Innocentii  pape  secundi  .  anno  .  xo. 

Marginalia  :  opp.  I.  1 — III.  opp.  I.  4.  Coofirmacio  consimilis  (Q).  opp.  II.  37-40, 
Nota  escambium  pro  episcopatu  Eliensi  (Q).  opp.  II.  77~'JO,  Nota  (in  the  left  hand 
margin  to  direct  attention  to  the  clause,  and  a  head  with  a  cowl  is  drawn  in  the  opposite 
margin). 

Texts:  MS— A.  C,£f.20-23.  Pd— Migne,  lat.  clxxix,  466.  JaS^-Lowenfeld, 
no.    8024    (calendared),     i/o/i.viii,  1277(65). 

Var.  R.  :  '  Lincolionai  C  '"sic.  "  Lincoliensem  C.  '  insert  regimen  C.  ^'i  teni- 
mentis  C.  *  wappentac  C.  '  Netelham  C.  '  Lincolia  C.  '  insert  ecclesie  C. 
"  insert  ecclesia  C.  "  Eslafortd'  C.  i"-'"  These  words  arc  a  repetition  in  A  of  the 
clause  which  immediately  precedes  them.  C  omits  them.  '"a  libertalibus 
altered  from  liberalibus  C.  ^^  corrected  from  Caburna  C.  '"  Heliensia  C.  "  Lin- 
coliensis  C.  "  Lincoliescirara  C.  '*  Oxenefortdsciram  C.  '"  Lectona  C.  "  Lin- 
colie  0.  "•*  nichilAominus,  tlie  h  being  cancelled,  C.  "I' commimi  C.  "  duxerint, 
which  has  been  corrected  from  di^LerintC.  '°  auctoritatisC.  -"  uocauerit  C.  "  Laturni 
C.  *'■'  viiii"  C  (April  in  the  tenth  year  fell  in  11.39)  ;  the  reading  of  A  is  apparently 
wrong.     ^"  domni  C. 

Identifications  ;  ''  Eynsliam,  co.  Oxford.  -*  Newark,  co.  Nottingham.  '^  Stow 
Saint  Mary,  Bishop  Norton,  Louth,  Nettleham,  co.  Lincoln.  ■'  Westgate  in  the  city  of 
Lincoln,  =  Willingtliorpe  (see  no.  248,  Note,  above).  *'  Sleaford,  co.  Line.  ^  Hoi- 
mum,  see  Note,  Ijelow.  *'  Leicester.  '"  Banbury,  Cropredy,  Dorchester,  Thame, 
Milton  (by  Thame),  co.  Oxford.  ^' Kilsby,  co.  Northampton.  '^  Wooburn, 
CO.  Buckingham.  ^'  Biggleswade,  co.  Bedford.  '*  Spaldwick,  co.  Huntingdon. 
"'  Cambridgeshire.  ''  Ely,  co.  Cambridge.  "  Buckden,  co.  Huntingdon.  **  Lindsey. 
'"  Hertfordsliire.  *"  Kirton  in  Lindsey,  Caistor,  co.  Lincoln.  "  Northorpe  (and 
Soutliorpe),  Blyton,  Wharton,  Pilliam,  Gilby,  co.  Lincoln.  '^  the  river  Treat. 
"  Walton  and  Aylesbury,  co.  Buckingham.  "  Leighton  Buzzard,  co.  Bedford. 
*'  King's  Sutton,   co.  Northampton.     "  Weltoii  by   Lincoln. 


No.  250  EUGENIUS   III  193 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmaan  ;  This  bull  is  dated  at  (Rome)  Lateran,  28  April, 
1139.  On  the  third  of  April  the  (second)  Lateran  Council  took  place  (cp.  the  acts 
printed  by  Mansi  xxi,  526).  From  this  bull  it  may  be  gathered  that  bishop 
Alexander  of  Lincoln,  or  one  who  occupied  a  place  almost  as  his  representative, 
was  present  at  the  council.  Other  Englishmen  whose  presence  at  the  council  may 
likewise  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  documents  in  their  favour  were  issued  by 
the  papal  chancery,  are  the  bishops  of  Salisbury,  Ely,  and  Coventry  and  Lichfield, 
and  the  abbots  of  Westminster,  Saint  Augustine's  at  Canterbury,  Evesham,  and 
Ramsey  (JaSe-Lowenfeld,  op.  cit.,  nos,   7999,   8004,   8005,   8016a,"   8025-8,  etc.). 

Note :  Hohnum  (line  30).  The  only  place  of  the  name  of  Holme  among  the 
permanent  possessions  of  the  church  of  Lincoln  was  Holme  in  Biggleswade  ;  but 
Holmus  in  the  present  text  cannot  be  identified  with  it.  In  Domesday  Book 
(vol.  i,  p.  217,  col.  1)  Ralf  do  Insula  held  ten  hides  in  Biggleswade  and  two  hides 
in  Holme,  which  are  both  described  as  manors.  In  1132  (see  no.  53  above)  Henry 
I  granted  to  bishop  Alexander  the  manor  of  Biggleswade,  and  it  is  plain  that 
Holme  was  included  in  the  gift ;  and  from  that  time  onwards.  Holme  is  included 
in  that  manor  (see  Book  of  Fees  ii,  869  ;  Feudal  Aids  i,  4).  Further,  though  the 
argument  must  not  be  allowed  too  much  weight,  the  possessions  of  the  chm-ch  of 
Lincoln  are,  in  the  papal  bulls,  named  in  a  rough  geographical  order,  and  Holmus, 
it  will  be  observed,  is  associated  rather  with  places  in  the  counties  Lincoln  and 
Northampton  than  with  places  in  Buckingham.  The  only  place  with  which  it 
is  possible  to  identify  Holmus  is  Holme  Spinney  (in  Beckingham,  co.  Lincoln) 
which,  with  land  in  Rutland  and  Northampton,  had  been  pledged  to  bishop 
Alexander  1123-1133,  seemingly  by  Walter  de  Gant,  for  three  hundred  marks 
(see  no.  69,  and  note,  above).  This  sum  indicates  an  estate  which  was  certainly 
of  sufBoient  iinportance  to  deserve  a  place  in  papal  confirmations.  The  geo- 
graphical situation  of  the  lands  which  were  pledged  to  the  bishop  suits  the  order 
of  the  possessions  in  the  bulls.  The  fact  that  Holme  Spinney  was  no  more  than 
a  temporary  possession  of  the  bishops  of  Lincoln  need  cause  no  difficulty  ;  and  it 
is  perhaps  significant  in  this  connection  that  while  Holmus  appears  in  the  bulls 
of  1139,  1146,  1149  and  6  June,  1163  (249,  I.  30  ;  250,  I.  32  ;  251,  I.  34  ;  254,  I.  30), 
each  one  of  which  follows  much  the  same  form,  it  is  not  to  be  found  in  the  bulls 
of  1146  and  5  June,  1163  (nos.  252  and  255),  which  contain  another  and  a  fuller 
list  of  possessions.  The  de  Gants  evidently  redeemed  their  land,  for  Holme  Spinney 
continued  to  be  their  property. 

*  below,  Folio  171. 

Hdl.  .1.7.1. 

t  below,  Folio  17 Id. 

879 

250.  Similar  confirmation  by  pope  Eugenius  III,  addressed  to 
bishop  Robert  II.     At  Tusculum.     13  April,  1149. 

Eugenius  episcopus  seruus  seruonim  dei  venerabili  fratri 
Roberto  Lincolniensi '  episcopo  eiusque  successoribus  canonice 
substituendis  imperpetuum  .  In  eminenti  specula  sedis  apos- 
tolice  disponente  domino  constituti  ex  iniuncto  nobis  officio 
5  fratres  nostros  epi.scopos  tarn  uicinos  quam  longe  positos 
debemus  diligere  .  7  ecclesiis  sibi  a  deo  commissis  suam 
iusticiam  conseruare  .  huius  rei  gracia  uenerabilis  frater  in 
Christo  Roberte  episcope  tuis  iustis  postulationibus  clementer 
annuimus  .  7  Lincolniensem^  ecclesiam  cui  deo^  *preesse 
10  dinosceris  sub  beati  Petri  7  nostra  protectione  suscipimus  . 
7  presentis  scripti  priuilegio  communimus  .  Statuentes  ut 
quascumque  possessiones  quecumque  bona  inpresentiarum 
iuste  7  canonice  possides  aut  infuturum  liberaUtate  regum  . 
largitione   principum    .    oblatione   fidelium    .   seu   aliis   iustis 

N 


194  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMTJM  No.  250 

15  modis  deo  propitio  poteris  aclipisci  .•'  firma  tibi  tiiisque  suc- 
cessoribus  7  per  uos  Lincoliensi  ecclesie  illibata  permaneat* . 
in  quibus  hec  propriis  duximus  exprimenda  uocabulis  . 
manerium  de  Lincolia  scilicet  "Willingtorp  cum  reliquis 
appendiciis  ipsius  manerii   .  ct  in  ipsa   ciuitate  terram  que 

20  est  inter  ecclesiam  sancti  IMichaelis  7  fossatum  ciuitatis  . 
sicut  fossatum  se  extendit  in  murum  ciuitatis  .  7  in  eodem 
loco  ipsura  fossatum  7  murum  ad  faciendos  introitus  domorum 
episcopalium  .  et  in  proximo  loco  circa  prefatam  ecclesiam 
beati    IVIichaelis    .xx*'.    solidatas     terre    de    dominio     regis    . 

25  manerium  de  Stou  cum  nundinis  7  libertatibus  7  consuetudini- 
bus  7  omnibus  ai^pendiciis  suis  .  manerium  de  *"  Nortuna 
cum  libertatibus  7  omnibus  appendiciis  suis  .  Netelham  cum 
appendiciis  suis  .  manerium  de  "Luda  .  ^^  Eslaford  cum 
castro   7   foro   7   omnibus   libertatibus   7   appendiciis   suis    . 

30  Castrum  de  ^^Newerch*  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  con- 
suetudinibus  7  ceteris  appendiciis  suis  .  manerium  de  ^*  Legeces- 
tria  cum  omnibus  appendiciis  suis  .  i^Cliilihtingtonam  ^'Hol- 
mum  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  ^'Cliildebiam  cum  pertinenciis 
suis  .  abbatiam  de   ^^Egenesham   cum  foro  7  omnibus  liber- 

35  tatibus  7  pertineiiciis  sixis  .  I'Hardingtonam  cum  pertinenciis 
suis  .  ^"Baneberiam  cum  castro  7  foro  7  libertatibus  y  per- 
tinenciis suis  .  -'Cropereiam  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Thamam* 
cum  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Dorcestram  cum 
omnibus  libertatibus  y  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Woburnam  cum 

40  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Buchendenam  cum  libertatibus  7  per- 
tinenciis suis  .  -*Spaldewic  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  -'Biclieles- 
wadam  cum  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  .  In  Bedefordia 
domus  episcopi  cum  terra  sua  .  ecclesiam  quoque  de  ^*Bran- 
tona  manerio  regis  quod  est  iuxta  Huntendonam  .  Preterea 

45  presentis  decreti  auctoritate  sancimus  .  ut  uniuersi  Lincoliensis 
episcopatus  iines  quieti  deinceps  omiiino  7  integri  tarn  tibi 
quam  successoribus  tuis  conseruentur  .  sicut  tu  ipse  7  pre- 
decessores  tui  eos  hactenus  quiete  7  legittime  possedistis  . 
ApostoUca  quoque  auctoritate  interdicimus  ut  nullus  omnino 

50  sine  rex  seu  quelibet  prepotens  persona  .  aut  eorum  ministri 
decedentibus  episcopis  castra  Lincoliensis  ecclesie  causa 
custodie  uel  alia  qualibet  occasione  occupare  presumat  .  sed 
in  casatorum  qui  Ugii  homines  sunt  custodia  ipsius  ecclesie 
7  in  eiusdem  ecclesie  potestate  permaneant  .  donee  in  potes- 

55  tatem  episcopi  qui  canonice  fuerit  substitutus  libere  redcant  . 
Decernimus  ergo  ut  nuUi  omnino  hominum  liceat  prefatam 
beate  Marie  Lincoliensem  ecclesiam  temere  perturbat'  .  aut 
eius  possessiones  auferre  .  uel  ablatas  retinere  .  minuere  .  aut 
quibuslibet  indebitis  uexationibus  uel  molestiis  fatigare  .  sed 

60  omnia  intcgro'"  conseruentur  uestris  ac  paupcrum  Christi 
usibus  omnimodis  prof  utura  .  salua  sedis  apostolice  auctoritate  . 


No.  251  EUGENIUS   III  195 

t  Si  qua  igitur  in  futurum  ecclesiastica  secularis  ue  persona 
hanc  nostre  const] tucionis  paginam  sciens  contra  earn  temere 
uenire    temptauerit    secundo    tercio    ue    commonita    si    non 

65  satisfactione  congrua  emendauerit  potestatis  lionorisque  sui 
dignitate  careat  .  reamque  se  diuino  iuditio  existere  de  per- 
petrata  iniquitate  cognoscat  .  7  a  sacratissimo  corpore  ac 
sanguine  dei  7  domini  redemptoris  nostri  Ihesu  Christi 
aliena  fiat  .  atque  in  extremo  examine  districte  ultioni  sub- 

70  iaceat  .  Gunctis  autem  eidem  ecclesie  iusta  seruantibus  sit 
pax  domini  nostri  Iliesu  Christi  quatinus  7  hie  fructum  bone 
actionis  percipiant  .  7  apud  districtum  iudicem  premia  eterne 
pacis  inueniant  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Datum  Tusculani 
per  manum  Greci  sancte  Romane  ecclesie  diaconi  cardinaUs 

75  agentis  uicem  Widonis  sancte  Romane  ecclesie  diaconi  . 
cardinalis  .  7  cancellarii  .  idus  Aprilis  .  indictione  .xi.  Incarna- 
tionis  dominice  amio  .  M".  c°.  Xh°.  viii.*  pontificatus  uero 
domini**"    Eugenii     .111.    pape     .    anno    quinto. 

Marginalia  :    De  eodem  (Q),  opp.  I.  1,  IIII.     opp.  I.  34,  Nota. 

Texts  :    MS— A.     C,ff.23-5. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Lincoliensi  C.  '  Lincoliensem  C.  '  insert  auctore  C.  '  permaueaat 
C.  '  Newerca  C.  *  Tamam  C.  '  recte  perturbare  A  C.  ';*  integra  C.  *  viiii  C 
{April  in  the  fifth  year  fell  in  a.d.  1149).  The  date  in  C  is  to  be  preferred;  the  in- 
diction  should,   be   xii.       8"  domni   C. 

Identifications  :  °  WUlingthorpe  (see  no.  248,  Note,  above).  '"  Bishop  Norton, 
CO.  Lincoln.  "Louth,  co.  Lincoln.  '^  Sleaford,  co.  Lincoln.  '^  Newark,  co. 
Nottingham.  '*  Leicester.  "  Knighton,  co.  Leicester.  ^'  see  no.  249,  Note, 
above.  "  Kilsby,  co.  Northampton.  "  Eynsham,  co.  Oxford.  '"  Yarnton,  co. 
Oxford.  '"  Banbury,  co.  Oxford.  ^'  Cropredy,  co.  Oxford.  '-  Thame,  co.  Oxford. 
''  Dorchester,  co.  Oxford.  '*  Wooburn,  co.  Buckingham.  -^  Buckden,  co.  Hunting- 
don. ^°  Spaldwick,  co.  Huntingdon.  "  Biggleswade,  co.  Bedford.  ^  Brampton, 
CO.  Huntingdon. 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann  :  This  bull  affords  valuable  information  about  the 
papal  chancery.  It  is  given  by  Greeus  sanctae  Romatiae  ecclesiae  diaconus  car- 
dinalis agens  viccm  Widonis  sanctae  Romamie  diaconi  cardinalis  et  cancellarii.  Wido 
occurs  as  chancellor  m  the  date-clauses  of  bulls  from  17  December,  1146,  till  6  May, 
1 149.  In  this  period  if  Wido  is  hindered,  his  place  is  generally  taken  by  Hugo, 
cardinal-priest  of  S.  Lorenzo  in  Lucina,  as  viceni  gerens.  Grecus  only  appears  in 
the  present  bull.  Indeed,  our  knowledge  of  him  in  any  capacity  is  veiy  slight. 
In  a  few  bulls,  between  11  and  20  March,  1149,  he  subscribes  with  hia  full  title, 
cardinal -deacon  of  SS.  Sergio  e  Baecho  (cp.  M.  Brixius,  Die  Mitglicder  des  Kard- 
inalkollegiums  von  1130-1181,  a  useful  thesis  of  the  university  of  Strassburg  (Berlin, 
1912),  p.  54).  His  subscription  in  the  present  text  is  therefore  a  valuable  sup- 
plement to  the  list  of  papal  vice-chancellors  drawn  up  by  Bresslau  in  his  Handbuch 
der   Urkunderdehre,   2nd   ed.   (Leipzig,    1912),   i,   245. 

*below,  Folio  172. 

Hdl.  .1.7.2. 

880 
251.     Similar  confirmation  by  pope  Eugenius  III,  addressed  to 
bishop  Alexander.     At  Trastevere.     9  February,   1146. 

Eugenius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  venerabili  fratri 
Alexandre  Lincohensi  episcopo  eiusque  successoribus  canonice 
substituendis  imperpetuum  .  Ex  iniuncto  nobis  a  deo  apos- 
tolatus   officio   fratres  nostros   episcopos   tam   uicinos   quam 


196  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  251 

5     longe  positos  debemus  diligere  .•'  7  ecclesiis  in  quibus  domino 

militare  noscuntur  suam  iusticiam  conseruare  .  vt  quemad- 

modum   patres   uocamur   in   nomine   ita   nichilominus   com- 

probemur  in  opere   .   Huius  rei  gracia  venerabilis  frater  in 

Christo  Alexander  episcope  tuis  iustis  postulationibns  clementer 

10     annuimus  .  7  Lincoliensem  ecclesiam  cui  deo  auctore  preesse 

dinosceris  .  sub  beati  Petri  7  nostra  protectione  suscipimus  . 

7   presentis  scripti   priuilegio   communimus    .    Statuentes   ut 

quascumque    possessiones    quecumque    bona    inpresentiarum 

iuste  7  canonice  possides  aut  infuturum  liberalitate  regum  . 

15     largitione  principum  .  oblatione  fidelium  seu  aliis  iustis  modis 

prestante    domino    poteris    adipisci    firma   tibi    tuisque   suc- 

cessoribus  7  per  uos  Lincoliensi  ecclesie^  illibata  permaneant  . 

in    quibus    hec    propriis    duximus    exprimenda    uocabulis    . 

manerium    de    Lincolia    scilicet     'WiUingtorp    cum    reliquis 

20     appendiciis  ipsius  manerii   .  Et  in  ipsa  ciuitate  terram  que 

est  inter  ecclesiam  sancti  Michaelis  7  fossatum  ciuitatis  sicut 

fossatum  se  extendit  in  murum  ciuitatis  .  et  in  eodem  loco 

ipsum  fossatum  7  murum  ad  faciendos  introitus  domorum 

episcopalium  .  et  in  proximo   loco  circa  prefatam  ecclesiam 

25     beati    Michaelis    uiginti    soUdatas    terre    de    dominio    regis    . 

manerium    de    Stou  cum  nundinis  7  libertatibus   7  consue- 

tudinibus     7     omnibus     appendiciis    suis     .     manerium     de 

*L  -     cum  libertatibus  7  omnibus  appendiciis  .  'Nethel- 

ham'  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  manerium  de  *Luda  .  Eslaford' 

30     cum  castro  7  foro  7  omnibus  libertatibus  7  appendiciis  suis  . 

castrum     de    'Newerca    cum    omnibus    libertatibus    consue- 

tudinibus  7  ceteris  appendiciis  suis  .  manerium  de   i^Legre- 

cestria  cum   omnibus   appendiciis  suis  in  ciuitate  Cnichting- 

tunam  .  ^^Holmum  cum  omnibus  appendiciis  suis  .  '^Childe- 

35     biam  cum   pertinenciis  suis  .  abbatiam  de  '^Egnesham  cum 

foro  7  omnibus  liber*tatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Harding- 

tonam  cum   pertinenciis  suis   .    ^^Baneberiam  cum   castro  7 

foro  7  omnibus  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis   .  Croperiam 

cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  Tamam  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7 

40     pertinenciis  suis  .  Dorcacestram  cimi  omnibus  libertatibus  7 

pertinenciis*    suis    .    ^^Woburnam     cum     pertinenciis    suis    . 

^'Buchendenam  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  . 

Spaldewic    cum   omnibus    pertinenciis   suis    .    "Bicleswadam 

cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  .  in  Bedefordia 

45     domos  episcopi  cum  terra  sua    .   Preterea  presentis  decreti 

auctoritate  sanctimus   .   ut  uniuersi  Lincoliensis  episcopatus 

fines  quieti  deinceps  omnino  7  integri  tam  tibi   quam  suc- 

cessoribus  tuis  conseruentur  .  sicut  tu  ipse  7  predecessores 

tui  eos  hactenus  quiete  7  legittime  possedistis   .  apostolica 

50     quoque  auctoritate  interdicimus  ut  nullus  omnino  siue  rex 

seu  quelibet  prepotens  persona  aut  eorum  ministri  decedentibus 


No.  252  EUGENroS   III  197 

episcopis  castra  Lincoliensis  ecclesie  causa  custodie  uel  alia 
qualibet  occasione  occupare  presumat  .  sed  in  casatorum  qui 
ligii  liomines  sunt  ipsius  ecclesie  custodia  7  in  eiusdem  ecclesie 

55  potestate  permaneant  .  donee  in  potestatem  episcopi  qui 
canonice  fuerit  substitutus  libere  redeant  .  Decernimus  ergo 
ut  nulli  omnino  hominum  liceat  prefatam  beate  Marie 
Lincoliensem  ecclesiam  temere  perturbare  aut  castra  ipsius 
sine  bona  uel  possessiones  auferre  aut  ablata  retinere  .  minuere 

60  seu  quibuslibet  indebitis  uexationibus  uel  molestiis  fatigare  . 
Setl  omnia  integra  conseruentur  .  uestris  ac  pauperum  Christi 
usibus  omnimodis  profutura  .  salua  sedis  apostolice  auctori- 
tate  .  Si  qua  igitur  in  f  uturum  ecclesiastica  secidaris  ue  persona 
huius  nostre  constitucionis  paginam  sciens  contra  earn  temere 

65  uenire  temptauerit  secundo  tercio  ue  commonita  nisi  reatum 
suum  congrua  satisfactione  correxerit  .^  potestatis  honorisque 
sui  dignitate  careat  .  reamque  se  diuino  iuditio  existere  de 
perpetrata  iniquitate  cognoscat  .  7  ^  sacratissimo  corpore 
ac  sanguine  dei  7  domini  redemptoris   nostri   Ihesu   Christi 

70  aliena  fiat  .  atque  in  extremo  examine  districte  ultioni  sub- 
iaceat  .  Cunctis  autem  eidem  ecclesie  iusta  seruantibus  sit 
pax  domini  nostri  Ihesu  Christi  .  quatinus  7  hie  fructum 
bone  actionis  percipiant  .  7  apud  districtum  iudicem  premia 
eteme  paois  inueniant  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Datum  Trans- 

75  tiberim  per  manum  Romane  sancte  ecclesie*"  presbiteri  . 
cardinahs  .  J  cancellarii  .v.  idus  .  Februarii  .  indictione  .viii. 
incarnationis  dorainice .  anno  millesimo  .  c°.  xl".  vo.  [sic]  pontifi- 
catus  uero  domini  pape  Eugenii  .iii.  anno  .i". 

Marginalia  :    De  eodem  (Q). 

Texts  :  MS — A.  C,ff.25,25d  (the  text  is  incomplete,  ending  with  the  name 
'  Buchendenam  '  in  I.  42). 

Var.  R.  :  '  insert  7  C.  '  Nortuna  C  (A  leaves  the  name  blank  after  the  initial  letter 
L).  '  Netelham  C.  ■■  om.  J  pertinenciis  C.  *"  recte  per  manum  Roberti  sancte 
Romane  ecclesie  (see  no.  252,  1.   141,  below).     The  indiction  should  be  viiii. 

Identifications  :  *  Willingthorpe  (see  no.  248,  Note,  above).  *  Bishop  Norton, 
CO.  Lincoln.  '  Nettleham,  co.  Lincoln.  *  Louth,  Sleaford,  co.  Lincoln.  '  Newark, 
CO.  Nottingham.  '"  Leicester,  Knighton,  co.  Leicester.  ^^  see  no.  249,  Note,  above. 
"  Kilsby,  CO.  Northampton.  "  Eynsham,  co.  Oxford.  "  Yamton,  co.  Oxford. 
•'  Banbury,  Cropredy,  Thame,  Dorchester,  co.  Oxford.  '*  Wooburn,  co.  Bucking- 
ham.     "  Buckden,  Spaldwick,  co.  Huntingdon.      "  Biggleswade,  co.  Bedford. 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann  :  The  dating  clause,  I.  75,  is  corrupt :  it  should  run, 
per  manum  Roberti  sancte  Romane  ecclesie,  as  in  no.  252,  /.  141,  below.  The  chan- 
cellor Robert  gave  all  the  bulls  between  4  January,  1145,  and  22  September,  1146. 
He  was  Robert  Pullen,  an  Englishman  by  origin,  cardinal-priest  of  S.  Martino, 
and  formerly  a  professor  at  Oxford,  a  famous  philosopher  and  theologian  (see  D.B.N .). 

*below,  Folio  172d. 

■\below,  Folio  173. 

Hdl.  1.7.3. 

Xbelow,  Folio  173d. 

881 
252-     Similar  confirmation  by  pope  Eugenius  III,  addressed  to 

the  canons  of  Lincoln,  in  which  the  possessions  of  the  prebends 


198  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMTJM  No.  252 

are  distinguished    from    those    of    the    common.      At   Trastevere. 
6  February,  1146. 

Eugenius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  dilectis  fiUis 
canonicis  ecclesie  beate  Marie  LincoHensis^  tam  presentibus 
quam  futuris  canonice  substituendis  imperpetuum  .  Com- 
misse  nobis  apostolice  sedis  nos^  hortatur  auctoritas  .  ut 
5  locis  7  personis  eius  auxilium  deuotione  debita  implorantibus 
tuicionis  presidium  impendere  debeamus  .  Quia  sicut  iniusta 
petentibus  nullus  est  tribuendus  effectus  .•'  ita  legittima  7 
iusta  postulantium  non  est  differenda  peticio  eorum  pre- 
sertim  qui  cum  honestate  uite  7  laudabili  morum  composicione 

10  gaudent  omnipotenti  domino  deseruire  .  Eapropter  *  dilecti 
in  domino  filii  venerabihs  fratris  nostri  Alexandri  episcopi 
uestri  precibus  inclinati  uestris  iustis  postulationibus  clementer 
annuimus  7  prefatam  beate  dei  genitricis  semperque  virginis 
Marie  ecclesiam  in  qua  diuino  mancipati  estis  obsequio  sub 

15  beati  Petri  7  nostra  protectione  suscipimus^ .  7  presentis 
scripti  iiriuilegio  communimus  .  Statuentes  ut  quascumque 
possessiones  quecumque  bona  in  presentiarum  iuste  7  canonice 
possidetis  aut  in  futurum  concessione  pontificum  .  hberalitate 
regum  .  largitione  prineipum  .  oblatione  fidelium  .  seu  aliis 

20  iustis  niodis  prestante  domino  poteritis  adipisci  .■'  firma  nobis  . 
uestrisque  successoribus  illibata  pernianeant  .  in  quibus  hec 
propriis  duximus  exprimenda  uocabulis  .  Welletonam  cum 
appendieiis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  *''Kirchetona*  cum  appendiciis 
suis  .  ecclesiam  de  Castra  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  ecclesiam 

26  de  WeUingoura  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  et  terram  quam  rex 
Steplianus  dedit  in  excambium  pro  decimis  trium  predictorum 
maneriorum^  Chirketone*  .  Castre'  .  7  Wellingoure  .  in 
ciuitate  Line'  ecclesiam  sancti  Martini  .  7*  ecclesiam  sancti 
Laurencii  .  7  reliquas  eiusdem  ciuitatis  ecclcsias  in  proprio 

30  feudo  regis  sitas  .  7  in  prebendas  canonicorum  collatas  . 
*^Lectonam  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  beate  Marie 
Bedefordensem  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  ^^Lectonien- 
sem  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  ^^Buchingehamensem 
in   prebenda    dedit  cum   appendiciis    suis   .  ecclesiam    Eles- 

35  beriensem*  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  domos  quoque  omnes 
^4uxta  pontem  Lincoliensem^  quas  Robertus  de  Stuteuilla 
dedit  in  prebendam  ecclesie  Line''"  .  ecclesiam  de  ^^Empinge- 
ham  cum  omnibus  decimis  eiusdem  uille  .  7  terris  ad  earn 
pertinentibus   .   ecclesiam    Omnium    Sanctorum  in   LincoUa' 

40  cum  terris  7  decimis  ad  earn  pertinentibus  .  ecclesiam  sancti 
Johanni'i  de  ^'Newport^^  cum  appendiciis  suis  7  dimidiam 
carrucatam  terre  que  fuit  Aie  sacerdotis  .  mansionem  unam 
in  uico  magno  inter  fabros  .  ecclesiam  de  '"Duneham  cum 
pertinenciis  suis  .  totam  decimam  de  dominio  Roberti  de'^ 

45     Bussei  in  **Acham  .  vnam  carrucatam  terre  in  eadem  villa  . 


No.  252  EUGENIUS   III  199 

et  ecclesiam  de  "Karletona  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  ecclesiam 
de  Turlebia"  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  duas  partes  decime  in 
^Canewic^^  de  terra  Marcelli '  ^'' de  Taneio"  7  Hugonis  generi 
eius   quam   tenebant   de  rege  uel  de  honore  ^^Pontisfracti   . 

50  7  pasturam  in  eadem  uilla  .  ecclesiam  de  ^^Oschintuna  cum 
omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  ^'Cestrefelda  cum 
pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  Esseburna  cum  pertinenciis 
suis  .  ecclesiam  de  ^'•Mamesfelda  .  7  capellas  omnes  in  berewicis 
ad  predicta  .iiiior.  maneria  pertinentibus  cum  terris  7  decimis 

55  que  ad  predictas  ecclesias  pertinent  .  7  cum  libertate  quam 
habuerunt  a  tempore  Ingelranni^'  canonici  Lincoliensis^ 
usque  nunc  .  ecclesias  de  ^^Derbia^*  de  Werchewarda^'  .  de 
'^Legretuna  .  7  de  ^'Edenestou  .  cum  appendiciis  earum  . 
vndecim   bouatas  terre  in  ^^Bimiebrocli  quas  Osbertus  uice- 

60  comes  tenebat  .  ecclesiam  de  Coringeham  cum  duabus  carru- 
catis  terre  7  dimidia  7  reliquis  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de 
^"Chetena  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  ""Gretuna'"' 
cum  pertinent  ciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  *^Donintuna  .  ecclesiam 
de  '^^Nessentuna  cum  terris  .  decimis  .  7  consuetudinibus  ad 

65  eas  pertinentibus  .  In  ciuitate  Lincol''  .xiiii.  Ubras  .  de  decima 
reddituum  eiusdem  ciuitatis  .  ecclesiam  de  ^^Norcheleiseia^^ 
cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  **Langeford  in  Oxene- 
fordesira  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de 
'^^Lectona  in  Huntedunesira  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam 

70  de  **Bodesford  .  de  Scamelbi^-  .  7  de  Meltona  in  Lindisi  cum 
omnibus  ad  easdem  ecclesias  pertinentibus  7  uiUam  de 
*'Asgerbia  .  7  quicquid  infra  terminos  agrorum  eiusdem  uiile 
continetur  .  Et  hoc  quod  liabetis  in  ecclesia  de  ^^Roucebi^*  . 
'^^Horneleiam  .  7  ecclesiam    de  '"Suttuna    in    Hamtuuesira^* 

75  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  "Waltunam  in  Bucliingehamsira  . 
7  dimidium  ''^Alideltxme  .  7  ecclesiam  eiusdem  uille  cum 
pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  Tama  cum  pertinenciis  suis  . 
ecclesiam  de  Banebiria  .  7  ecclesiam  de  Crojaeria  cum  capellis 
suis    .    duas    partes    decime    de    dominio    de    '^Childesbi-^  . 

80  totam  decimam  de  dominio  episcopi  in  '*Stou^*  .  7  duas 
partes  decime  parrochianorum  eiusdem  uiUe  .  ecclesiam 
sancte  Margarete  de  '^Legrecestria  cum  pertinenciis  suis  . 
ecclesiam  de  '*Luda  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de 
Eslaford-'  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam  de  '^Buchendena 

85  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  duas  partes  decime  de  dominio  de 
''Stottuna  .  decimam  de  dominio  de  Spaldewic'*  .  duas 
partes  decime  de  dominio  de  '"Gretewella  .  Sciendum  uero  est 
quod  supradicta  in  prebendas  fratrum  diuisa  sunt  .  Sub- 
scripta  autem  in  commune  cedunt  .  dimidia  pars  oblationis 

90  altaris  sancte  Marie  Line'  .  virgultum  ubi  fuit  uinea  regis  . 
ecclesia  sancti  Nicholai  de  Newport^' .  cum  pertinenciis  suis  . 
terra  ubi  fuit  uinea  Colsueni  .  in  magno  uico  Line'  mansio 


200  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  252 

in  qua  ^ebertus  mansit  .  in  ^^Wikeford^  terra  que  fuit 
Osulfi  .  quatuordecim  mansiones  in  burgo  Line'  in  diuersis 
95  locis  .  terrain  quam  Azo  dedit  canonicis  iuxta  magnum  pontem  . 
due  bouate  terre  in  campis  Line'  .  decima  terre  que  fuit  Petri 
filii  Durandi  .  triginta  solid'  ab  archidiaco«a/?t  Lino'  .  decime 
forestarum  regis  de  episcopatu  Lino'  .  triginta  solid'  de 
^^Waltuna^i   .    eoclesia    de   ^^Eintuna    .    '*feudum    Picoti    de 

100  84FpigtQrp32  ^gj-ra  que  fuit  Gocelini^^  filii  Lamberti  in 
*^Cheleseia  .  decima  de  terra  Haconis  in  Cukewald'*  .  due 
partes  decimarum  de  dominio  in  ^^Spirlintuna^^  .  7  Ingeham  . 
7  Fallinguerda  .  7  Kyrchebeia^*  .  Quedam  mansio  iuxta 
magnum    pontem   .  ecolesia  de  *'Scottorna  .■'  sita  in  feudo 

105  Gaufridi  de  Noua  Uilla  .  due  partes  decime  de  carrucata  terre 
que  fuit  Alueredi  in  ^^Scallebj-a^'  .  ecclesia  de  *»Scliillingetona 
cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  decima  de  terra  Colegrimi  in  ^"Beltuna  . 
7  in  Gunewardebeia  .  7  in  Fulebech  .  7  in  Stoches  .  7  in  ea 
.iiiior.  bouate  terre  .  7  unum  molendinum  super   aquam   de 

110  ''Graham  in  Waltuna  decima  de  ^^Burch  .  7  de  Wilgebia^*  . 
Deeem  solidate  terre  in  '^Normannebia  iuxta  Stoii  ex  dona- 
tione  Adelidis  de  Condeio  .  7  Rogeri  filii  eius  .  Prefati  quoque 
episcoi^i  uestri  precibus  annuentes  iuxta  uotum  7  rationabilem 
ipsius  prouinciam^'  sanctimus  ut  de  prebendis  canonicorum 

115  decedentium  post  decessum  eorum  per  annum  debita  ipsorum 
uel  seruientium  eorum  mercedes  persoluantur  .  Quod  autem 
superfuerit  .  uel  si  debituni  %  non  habuerint  .■'  totura  in  usus 
fratrum  cedat  .  Obeunte  uero  eiusdem  Lincoliensis'  ecclesie 
episcopo  nullus  ibi  qualibet  surreptionis  astucia  sen  uiolentia 

120  episcopus  statuatur  .  nisi  quem  canonici  ipsius  ecclesie 
secundum  deum  7  sanctorum  patrum  decreta  canonice 
prouiderint  eligendum  .  Decernimus  ergo  ut  nulli  omnino 
liceat  eandem  ecclesiam  temere  perturbare  .  aut  eius  bona 
uel  possessiones  auferre  .  uel  ablatas  retinere  .  minuere  .  seu 

125  quibuslibet  uexationibus  fatigare  .  sed  omnia  Integra  con- 
seruentur  .  eorum  pro  quorum  gubernatione  7  sustentacione 
concessa  sunt  .  usibus  omnimodis  profutura  .  Salua  sedis 
apostolice  auctoritate  .  7  episcopi  uestri  canonica  iusticia  7 
reuerentia  .  Si  qua  igitur  in  futurum  ecclesiastica  secularis 

130  ue  persona  huius  nostre  constitucionis  paginam  sciens  contra 
earn  temere  uenire  presumpserit  .■'  secundo  tercio  ue  com- 
monita  nisi  reatum  suum  congrua  satisfactione  correxerit  .^ 
potestatis  honorisque  sui  dignitate  careat  .  eamque^"'  se  diuino 
iuditio    existere    de    perpetrata    iniquitate    cognoscat    .    7    a 

135  sacratissimo  corpore  ac  sanguine  dei  /  ilomini  redcmptoris 
nostri  Ihesu  Christi  aliena  fiat  .  atque  in  extrenio  examine 
districte  ultioni  subiaceat  .  Cunctis  autem  eidem  ecclesie 
iusta  seruantibus  sit  pax  domini  nostri  Ihesu  Christi  .  quatinus 
7  hie  fructum  bone  actionis  percipiant  .  7  apud  districtum 


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No.  252  EUGENIUS   III  201 

140  iudicem  preraia  eterne  pacis  inueniant  .  Amen  .  Datum 
Traustiberim  per  manum  Robert!  sancte  Romane  ecclesie 
presbiteri  cardinalis  7  cancellarii  .viii.  idus  .  Februarii  . 
iiidictione  .viiii.  Incarnationis  dominice  anno  .  m".  0°.  XL".  y°. 
pontificatus  uero  domini'"'  Eugenii  .iii.  pape  .  anno  .i°. 

Marginalia  :  De  eodem  (Q).  opp.  I.  36,  Nota  pro  prebenda  de  Thorngate  .  Stut- 
vill  (see  p.  277,  below).  opp.  I.  4S,  Nota  pro  Hedeham  (the  reference  is  not 
apparent).  opp.  I.  67,  Ox  (Q).  opp.  I.  72,  .\sgerby  i|0  (Q).  opp.  I.  8U, 
Stowe.  opp.  I.  S2,  prebenda  Laiccs?r'.  opp.  I.  S6,  aS~ ■  opp.  I.  89,  De 
eommuna  (Q).  opp.  I.  90,  pro  terris  in  Line'  (Q).  opp.  II.  92-.5,  Mansiones 
(Q).  opp.  I.  96,  .ij.  bouata  terre  .  Line'  (Q).  opp.  1.  98,  Nota  de  decirais  forestarvun. 
opp.  II.  105-6,  .Soalby.  opp.  II.  105-7.  Decime  parcialc*  Ingham  Scalby  Beltou 
7c.  (Q).  opp.  I.  110,  Walton  (Q).  opp.  II.  113-17,  Nota  annum  post  mortem  ad 
quid  (Q). 

Texts  :  MS — \.  P20  (much  injured  ;  only  about  half  the  text  remains).  Dij 
55/2/5  {an  inspeximus,  see  no.  253  below). 

Var.  R.  :  'Line'  Dij.  -  om.  nos  Dij.  '  suscepimus  Dij.  ■*  Kirketona  Dij. 
'  maneriorum  predietorum  Dij.  °  Chirchetone  P;  Kirketon'  Dij.  '  Castra  Dij. 
'  om.  7  Dij.  "  Elesbiriam  Dij.  •"  Lincol'  P.  '^  Johannis  P  Dij.  '^  Newpport  P  ; 
NeuportDij.  "o7(i.  deDij.  '*  Thurlebia  Dij.  •' Canewyc  Dij.  '■'• '  rec<e  Martelli 
'"TaneyoDij.  "  Ingeleranni  Dij.  "DerebiaDij.  "  Werchewrda  Dij .  2°  Gret- 
tuna  P.  2' Norcheleseia  P.  -^  Scamelby  Dij.  -^  Rouceby  Dij.  ^*  Hametunsira 
Dij.  "  childesby  Dij .  ^egtowDij.  ="  Eslafford  Dij.  =«  Spaldewyc  Dij.  =»  Neu- 
port  P  Dij.  '"  .  .  cheford  P.  "  VValtunia  Dij.  ^- Fristrop  P  ;  Fristhorp'  Dij. 
"  Gozelini  P.  "  Cuehewald  P.  ^^Spirlingtona  Dij.  ^° Kyrkebeia  Dij .  ^'Seallebia 
P.   ^  Wilgebia  Dij .     ^°  prouidenciain  Dij.     ^' <  recte  reamque.     ^'iJ  ret^e  domni. 

Identifications  :  ''"  Kirton  in  Lindsey,  Caistor,  Wellingore,  eo.  Lincoln.  *'  Leighton 
Bromswold,  co.  Huntingdon.  *'  Leighton  Buzzard,  co.  Bedford.  '^  Buckingham, 
Aylesbury,  co.  Buckingham.  "  in  Thorngate,  Lincoln  (see  p.  277,  below).  '^  Emping- 
ham,  CO.  Rutland.  ^*  Newport  in  Lincoln.  "  Dunholme,  co.  Lincoln.  *'  Hougliam, 
CO.  Lincoln.  Robert  de  Bussei  is  evidently  identical  with  Robert  the  priest  who 
before  1086  had  one  carucate  in  Hougham  of  the  king  in  alms  ;  and  had  at  that 
time  with  the  same  land  been  made  a  monk  of  Stow  Saint  Mary  ;  but,  it  is  added, 
it  was  not  lawful  for  anyone  to  have  the  land  except  by  grant  of  the  king  {The 
Lincolnshire  Domesday,  7/55).  Cp.  no.  3  above.  In  no.  255,  I.  7rZ,  below,  Robert's 
name  is  given  as  '  de  Baffet.'  The  Bussei  family  was  for  long  an  important  one  ia 
Hougham.  "  South  Carlton,  Thurlby  (near  Lincoln),  co.  Lincoln.  ^''  Canwiok, 
CO.  Lincoln.  ^'  Pontefract,  co.  York.  ^-  Orston,  co.  Nottingham.  ^^  Chesterfield, 
Ashbourne,  co.  Derby.  '*  Mansfield,  co.  Nottingham.  •■^"  Derby,  Wirksworth,  co. 
Derby.  '°  South  Leverton,  co.  Nottingham.  "  Edwinstowe,  co.  Nottingham. 
'^  Binbrook,  Corringham,  co.  Lincoln.  '*  Ketton,  co.  Rutland.  ™  Gretton,  co. 
Northampton.  *'  Duddington,  co.  Northampton  (cp.  no.  255,  I.  97,  below). 
'2  Nassington,  co.  Northampton.  °^  North  Kelsey,  co.  Lincoln.  *^  Langford,  co. 
Oxford.  ''  Leighton  Bromswold,  co.  Huntingdon.  *>  Bottesford,  Scamblesby, 
Melton  Ross  (in  Lindsey),  co.  Lincoln.  *'  Asgarby  (near  Spilsby),  co.  Lincoln. 
"*  Rauceby,  co.  Lincoln.  ''  Horley,  co.  Oxford.  ™  King's  Sutton,  co.  Northampton. 
"Walton,  CO.  Buckingham.  "Milton  (near  Thame),  Thame,  Banbury,  Cropredy, 
CO.  Oxford.  "  Kilsby,  co.  Northampton.  '*  Stow  Saint  Mary,  co.  Lincoln. 
"  Leicester.  ™  Louth,  Sleaford,  co.  Lincoln.  "  Buckden,  co.  Huntingdon. 
™  Staughton,  Spaldwick,  co.  Huntingdon.  "  Greetwell,  co.  Lincoln.  '"  '  The  land 
of  Saint  Mary  on  which  Tedbert  dwells  in  the  high  street  has  not  paid  geld'  (The 
Lincolnshire  Domesday,  p.  7,  no.  19).  See  no.  255,  I.  123,  below.  "' Wigford  in 
Lincoln.  '- Waltuna  (query  in  Grantham).  '' Hainton,  co.  Lincoln.  "  Fries- 
thorpe,  CO.  Lincoln.  In  1086  Colsuain,  Picot's  father,  had  three  carucates  in 
Friesthorpe,  which  were  sokeland  of  his  manor  of  Ingham.  The  subtenants  were 
Roger  and  Anschetel  (The  Lincolnshire  Domesday,  26/ 10,  11).  In  1115-1118  Robert 
de  Haia,  who  was  then  Colsuain's  successor,  held  seven  bovates  in  Friesthorpe, 
while  Saint  Mary  of  Lincoln  held  the  remainder  of  Colsuain's  three  carucates,  i.e. 
two  carucates  and  one  bovate,  of  which  Nigel  was  sub-tenant  (ibid.  p.  241,  nos. 
4,  6).  The  latter  tenement  is  to  be  identified  with  Picot's  fee  in  the  text.  The 
manor  of  Friesthorpe  was  confirmed  to  the  canons  by  Henry  II  (no.  181,  abo\e), 
and  formed  part  of  their  lay  fee  (Valor  Eccles.  iv,   11).     ''Kelsey,  Cuxwold,  co. 


202  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  252 

Lincoln.  "  Spridlington,  Ingham,  Faldingworth,  and  Kirkby  (by  Osgodby),  co. 
Lincoln.  "  Scothorn,  co.  Lincoln.  **  Seawby,  eo.  Lincoln  (see  Th£  Lincolnshire 
Domesday,  26/16).  *'  Skillington,  co.  Lincoln.  °°  Belton  (near  Grantham),  Gonerby, 
Fulbeck,  and  Stoke,  co.  Lincoln.  "  Grantham,  Walton  (in  Grantham),  co.  Lincoln. 
'^  The  corresponding  clause  in  no.  255  below  is  '  decimam  de  Burg  7  de  Wilchebi.' 
The  latter  place  is  to  be  identified  with  Silk  Willoughby  (see  Valor  Eccles.  iv,  9,  Tilb). 
Burc-h  or  Burg  is  probably  the  extinct  village  of  Burg  in  or  near  Kirkby  Lajrthorpe, 
mention  of  which  has  pre%-iously  been  found  only  in  Domesday  Book  (The  Lincoln- 
shire Domesday,  pp.  li,  lii,  and  67/3,  4,  6,  and  68/26).  It  is  perhaps  significant  that 
under  the  head  of  decinice  partiales  in  the  Valor  Eccles.,  iv,  9,  Willoughby  iuxta 
Sleford  and  Kirkby  Lathorp  appear.     '^  Normanby  by  Stow,  co.  Lincoln. 

Add.  Chart. 
253.     An  inspeximus  of  the  preceding  confirmation  by  W[alter 
de  Gray],  archbishop  of  York.     (1216-1255.) 

Omnibus   Christi   fidelibus   ad   quos   presens   scriptum   per- 

tienerit    .W.    dei     gracia    Eboracewsis    archiepiscopus    Anglie 

primas   etemam    in    domino    salutem    .    Nouerit   vniuersitas 

uestra  nos  subscripta  priuilegia  Line'  ecclesie  inspexisse  in 

5     hec  uerba  .  Eugenius  episoopus  [etc.,  as  in  no.  252  above]. 

Slit  for  seal  tag  :    the  tag  and  seal  are  missing.     Size  :    15J  x  12J  inches. 
Text  :    .MS— Dij/55/2/5. 
Var.  R.  :   see  no.  252  above. 

*belouK  Folio  174. 

Hill.  1.7.4. 

882 
254-     Similar  confirmation   by   pope  Alexander  III,   addressed 
to  bishop  Robert  II.     At  Tours.     6  June,  1 163. 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  uenerabili  fratri 
Roberto    Lincol'    episcopo    eiusque    successoribus    canonice 
substituendis  inperpetuum   .  Sicut  iniusta  petentibus  nullus 
est  attribuendus  assensus  .  ita  7  iusta  postulantium  non  est 
5     differenda    peticio   .   Quocirca    uenerabilis    in    Christo   frater 
Roberte  episcope  tuis  iustis  postidationibus  clementer  annu- 
imus    .    7    Lincohens'    ecclesiam    cui    deo    auctore    preesse 
dinosceris  .  sub  beati  Petri  7  nostra  protectione  suscipimus  . 
7  presentis  scripti  priuilegio   communimus    .    Statuentes    ut 
10     quascumque    possessiones    quecumque    bona    inpresentiaruni 
iuste  7  canonice  possides  .  aut  infuturum  liberahtate  regum  . 
largitione   principum    .    oblatione   fidelium    .   seu   aUis   iustis 
modis  deo  propicio  poteris  adipisci  .  firma  tibi  tuisque  suc- 
cessoribus  7   illibata    pennaneant    .    in   quibus    hec   propriis 
15     duximus     exprimenda     uocabuhs    .    manerium    de    LiucoUa 
scihcet   "Willintorp  .  cum  rehquis  appendiciis  ipsius  manerii  . 
7  in  ipsa  ciuitate  terram  que  est  inter  ecclesiam  sancti  Michaehs 
7  fossatum  ciuitatis  sicut  fossatum  se  extendit  in   murum 
ciuitatis    .   7   in   eodem   loco   ipsum   fossatum   7   murum   ad 
20     faciendos  introitus  domorum  episcopalium  .  in  proximo  loco 


No.  254  ALEXANDER   III  203 

circa  prefatain  ecclesiam  beati  Michaelis  .xx.  solidatas  terre 
de  dominio  regis  .  manerium  de  'Stou  .•'  cum  nundinis  . 
libertatibus  .  consuetudinibus  .  7  appendiciis  suis  .  'manerium 
de  'Nortuna   cum   libertatibus  7  omnibus  appendiciis  suis'  ■ 

25  *Netelham  cum  appendiciis  suis  .  manerium  de  ^*Luda  .  '"Esla- 
ford  cum  castro  .  foro  .  7  omnibus  libertatibus  .  7  appendiciis 
suis  .  castrum  de  ^'Newerca  cum  omnibus  libertatibus  . 
consuetudinibus  .  7  appendiciis  suis  .  manerium  de  '^Legre- 
cestria  cum  omnibus   appendiciis   suis    .    '^Childebiam    cum 

30  pertinenciis  suis  .  '^Chinchungtona  .  '^Holmum  cum  appen- 
diciis suis  .  abbatiam  de  '^Egnesham  cum  foro  7  libertatibus 
7  omnibus  pertinen*ciis  suis  .  "Hardingtonam  cum  per- 
tinenciis suis  .  i^Bannebiriam  cum  castro  .  foro  .  libertatibus  . 
7   pertinenciis    suis    .    '^Cropereiam   cum   pertinenciis   suis    . 

35  ^"Tamam  cum  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^'Dorcacestram 
cum  omnibus  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Wobwrnam 
cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Bugedenarn  cum  libertatibus  7 
pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Spaldewic  cum  pertinenciis  suis  .  ^^Bicles- 
wadam  cum  libertatibus  7  pertinenciis  suis  .  in  ^^Bedefordia 

40  domum  episcopalem  cum  terra  sua  .  ecclesiam  de  ^'Brantona 
in  manerio  regis  .  manerium  de  "^Tingerhest  cum  ecclesia 
7  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  domum  episcopi  Lundoniis  . 
auctoritate  militum  Templi  Lincoliensi  episcopo  .  7  eius 
successoribus  imperpetuum  concessam  .  J  domum  episcopi  in 

45  ciuitate  Lincol'  iuxta  baliam  ab  austro  .  ins  etiam  episcopale 
quod  tam  tu  quam  predecessores  tui  a  quadi'aginta  retro 
annis  in  abbatiis  inferius  positis  habuisse  noscimini  .  videlicet 
in  abbatia  de  ^*Rameseia  .  de  *'Burgo  .  de  ^'Crulanda  .  de 
^^Bardtheneia   .   de   ^^Messendena   .    de   ^^Dorkecestria-    .    de 

50  ^^Legrecestria^  .  de  ^*Hoseneia  .  de  ^'Brmma  .  de  '*Torintona  . 
de  '^Grimesbia  .  de  *°Webuma  .  de  ^'Guardona  .  de 
^^Kirchebia*  .  de  *^Reuesbia  .  de  ^^Luda  .  7  in  aliis  abbatiis 
premonstratensis  ordinis  tibi  auctoritate  apostoUca  nichilo- 
minus  confirmamus   .   Preterea  presentis  decreti  auctoritate 

55  sanctimus  ut  uniuersi  Lincol'  episcopatus  fines  .-'  quieti  deinceps 
omnino  7  integri  tibi  tuisque  successoribus  conseruentur  . 
sicut  tu  i2:)se  7  predecessores  tui  eos  hactenus  quiete  7  legittime 
possedistis  .  ApostoHca  quoque  auctoritate  interdicimus  ut 
nullus  omnino  sine  rex  siixe  quelibet  prepotens  persona  aut 

60  eorum  ministri  decedentibus  episcopis  castra  Line'  ecclesie 
causa  custodie  uel  alia  qualibet  occasione  occupare  presumat  . 
sed  in  casatorum  qui  ligii  homines  sunt  custodia  ipsius  ecclesie 
7  in  eiusdem  ecclesie  potestate  permaneant  .  donee  in  potes- 
tatem  episcopi  qui  canonice  fuerit  substitutus  libere  redeant  . 

ti5  Decemimus  ergo  ut  nuUi  omnino  hominum  liceat  prefatam 
beate  Marie  Lincol'  ecclesiam  temere  perturbare  .  aut  eius 
possessiones  auferre    .   uel  ablatas  retinere   .   minuere   .   seu 


204  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  254 

quibuslibet  uexationibus  perturbare  .  Sed  illibata  omnia 
7  integre  conseruentur  .  uestris  ac  pauperum  Christi  usibus 

70  oranimodis  pro  futura  .  salua  sedis  apostolice  auctoritate  . 
Si  qua  igitur  in  futurum  ecclesiastica  secularis  ue  persona 
lianc  nostre  constitucionis  paginam  sciens  contra  earn  temere 
uenire  temptauerit  .•'  secundo  tercio  ue  commonita  nisi 
presumptionem   congrua  satisfactione  correxerit  .■'  potestatis 

75  honorisque  sui  careat  dignitate  .  reamque  se  diuino  iuditio 
existere  de  perpetrata  iniquitate  cognoscat  .  7  a  sacra tissimco^ 
corpore  7  sanguine  tlei  ac  domini  ledemptoris  nostri  Iliesu 
Christi  aliena  fiat .  atque  in  extreme  examine  districte  subiaceat 
ultioni  .  Cunctis  autem  eidem  ecclesie  sua  iura  seruantibus 

80  sit  pax  domini  nostri  Ihesu  Christi  .  quatinus  7  Wc  fructum 
bone  actionis  j^ercipiant  .  7  apud  districtum  iudicem  premia 
eterne  pacis  inueniant  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Datum  Turon' 
per  manxmi  Herraanni  sancte  Romane  ecclesie  subdiaconi  7 
notarii  .viii.  idus  Junii  indictione  .xi*.  incarnationis  dominice 

85  anno  .  JP.  c°.  LXiii.  pontificatus  uero  domini  Alexandri 
pape  .iii.  anno  .iiii'o. 

Marginalia  :    I.  1,  De  eodem  (Q).     opp.  I.  3S,  t 

Texts  :    MS — A.   P21   (onJy  a  few   fragments  remain). 

V^ar.  R.  :  '-'  omitted  by  A,  supplied  from  P.  "  Dorkecest'  P.  '  Legecestria  P. 
'  Kyrcliebia  P.     *  sic. 

lilentifications  :  *  VVillingthorpe  (see  no.  248,  Note,  above).  '  Stow  St  Mary,  co. 
Lincoln.  *  Bishop  Norton,  co.  Lincoln.  '  Nettleham,  co.  Lincoln.  '°  Sleaford,  co. 
Lincoln.  "Newark,  co.  Nottingham.  '-Leicester.  "  Kilsby,  co.  Northampton. 
"  Knighton,  co.  Leicester.  '*  Holme  (see  no.  249,  Note,  above).  '°  Eynsham,  co. 
Oxford.  "  Yarnton,  co.  Oxford.  "  Banbury,  co.  Oxford.  "  Cropredy,  co.  Oxford. 
^^  Thame,  co.  Oxford.  -'Dorchester,  co.  Oxford.  -^  Wooburn,  co.  Buckingham. 
-'  Buckden,  co.  Huntingdon.  -'  Spaldwick,  co.  Huntingdon.  -°  Biggleswade,  co. 
Bedford.  ^*  Bedford.  -'  Brampton,  co.  Huntingdon.  ^  P'ingest,  co.  Buckingham. 
'"  Ramsey,  co.  Huntingdon.  ™  Peterborough,  co.  Northampton.  "  Croyland,  co. 
Lincoln.  '^  Bardney,  co.  Lincoln.  ^'  Missenden,  co.  Buckingham.  '*  Dorchester, 
CO.  Oxford.  "  Leicester.  ''  Oseney,  co.  Oxford.  "  Bourne,  co.  Lincoln.  ^  Thorn- 
ton, CO.  Lincoln.  ^"Grimsby,  co.  Lincoln.  "  Woburn,  co.  Bedford.  "Warden, 
CO.  Bedford.  *'  Kirby  Bellars,  co.  Leicester.  "  Revesby,  co.  Lincohi.  "  Louth 
Park,  CO.  Lincoln. 

*below,  Folio  17 4d. 

"f below.  Folio   175. 

Hdl.  1.7.5. 

Xbelow,  Folio  17 5d. 

^below,  Folio  176. 

Hdl.  1.7.6. 

883 

255.  Similar  confirmation  by  pope  Alexander  III,  addressed 
to  Adelmus  the  dean  and  the  canons  of  Lincoln.  At  Tours. 
5  June,   1163. 

Alexander    episcopus    seruus    seruorum    <lei    dilectis    liHis 
Alelmo'  decano  7  canonicis  ecclesie  beate  Marie  Lincol'  tam 


No.  255  ALEXANDER   III  205 

presentibus     quam    futuris     canonice    substituendis    iinper- 
petuum  .  *  EfEectum  iusta  postulantibus  iadulgere  .  7  uigor 

5  equitatis  7  ordo  exigit  rationis  .  presertim  quaudo  petentium 
uoluntatem  7  pietas  adiuuat  .  7  ueritas  non  relinquit  .  Ea- 
propter  dilecti  in  domino  filii  uestris  iustis  postulationibus 
clementer  annuimus  .  7  prefatam  ecclesiam  in  qua  diuino 
mancipati  estis  obsequio  .  ad  exemplar  patris  7  predecessoris 

10  nostri  sancte  recordationis  Eugenii  pape  sub  beati  Petri  7 
nostra  protectione  suscipimus  .  7  presentis  scripti  priuilegio 
coramunimus  .  Statuentes  ut  quascumque  possessiones  . 
quecumque  bona  .  eadem  ecclesia  in  prescntiarum  iuste  7 
canonice  possidet  z  aut  in  futurum  concessione  pontificum  . 

15  largitione  regum  .  uel  principum  .  oblacione  fidelium  .  seu 
aliis  iustis  niodis  prestante  domino  poterit  adipisci  .•'  firma 
uobis  uestrisque  successoribus  .-  7  illibata  permaneant  .  in 
quibus  liec  propriis  duximus  exprimenda  uocabulis  .  In 
Lincol'scira  .    *Welletonam  cum  omnibus  appendiciis  suis   . 

20  7  villam  do  ^Asgereby  .  7  quicquid  infra  territorium  eiusdem 
uille  continetur  .  duodecim  bouatas  terre  in  "Binnebroc  quas 
Osbertus  uicecometi  .  tenuit  .  totam  terram  quam  Radulfus 
Ruffus  in  'Willingham  7  in  Surrea  habuit  in  probanda  sua  . 
ecclesiam  de  ^Kerketona  .  ecclesiam  de  Castra   .    ecclesiam 

25  de  Wellinghouer'  .  ecclesiam  de  Duneham  .  ecclesiam  de 
'Karletona  .  ecclesiam  de  Turleby  .  ecclesiam  de  Coringham  . 
ecclesiam  de  Norkeleseie  .  ecclesiam  de  Scamelesby  .  ecclesiam 
de  Lafl'ord'  .  quicquid  iuris  habetis  in  ecclesia  de  i°Roucebi  . 
7  quicquid  iuris  habetis  in  ecclesia  de  Hibaldestou  .  ecclesiam 

30  de  Luda  cum  omnibus  decimis  .  terris  .  7  pertinenciis  earundem 
ecclesiarum  .  in  ciuitate  Line'  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Martini  . 
ecclesiam  sancti  Laurencii .  7  reliquas  eiusdem  ciuitatis  ecclesias 
in  proprio  feudo  regis  sitas  .  ecclesiam  "sancte  Marie  .  eccle- 
siam sancti  Stephani  .  ecclesiam  sancte  Fidis  in  soca  episcopi  . 

35  ecclesiam  sancti  Johannis  in  Newport  .  ecclesiam  sancti 
Leonardi  .  quarum  quedam  cedunt  in  prebendas  canonicorum  . 
quedam  uero  ad  '^  cantariam  pertinent  .  7  ecclesiam  Umnium 
Sanctorum  in  ballio  ciuitatis  sitam  cum  mansionibus  circum- 
quaque    adiacentibus    .    7    quibusdam    aliis    mansionibus    in 

40  I'Estgata  .  7  cum  quadam  mensura  in  parrochia  sancti 
Augustini  .  7  cum  quadam  '*carrucata  terre  in  campis  Line'  . 
cum  decimis  eiusdem  carrucate  .  7  a-^iis  decimis  quatuor 
culturarum  pertinentium  ad  prebendam  Humfridi  subdecani  . 
simul  cum  centum  solidis  annuls  in  archidiaconatu  Lincol'  .•' 

45  de  redditu  episcopi  .  que  ad  cancellariam  eiusdem  ecclesie 
pertinet  .  ^^mansuras  quoque  omnes  quas  Robertus  de 
Stuteuilla  dedit  in  prebendam  ecclesie  Lincol"  iuxta  pontem 
Line'  .  dimidiam  carrucatam  terre  que  fuit  Haiax  sacerdotis  . 
7   aliam   dimidiam   carrucatam   in   eis   campis   de   prebeuda 


206  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  255 

50  Dauiclis  .  mansionem  unam  in  uico  magno  inter  fabros  . 
aliam  mansionem  in  eodem  uico  de  prebenda  Radulfi  Rufi  . 
totam  decimam  de  dominio  Roberti  de  Baffet^  in  ^*Hacham  . 
7  unam  carrucatam  terre  in  eadem  uilla  .  duas  partes  decime 
in  ^'Canewic  de  terra  Mai-telli  de  Taneio  .  7  Hugonis  generi 

55  eius  .  quam  tenebant  de  rege  .  uel  de  honore  Pontisfracti  . 
7  pasturam  in  eadem  uilla  .  duas  partes  decime  de  dominio 
^'Gretewelle  .  duas  partes  omnium  decimationum  dominii 
Walteri  de  Mundauilla  .•'  f  in  ^'Kynerebi  .  duas  partes  deci- 
mationum   de    dominio   eiusdem   in   ^"Helleshani    .   7   totam 

60  decimam  de  dominio  suo  in  ^^Houresbi  .  item  in  prefata 
ciuitate  decem  7  octo  libras  annuas  de  redditu  regis  in  eadem 
ciuitate  .  item  de  feudo  Helfridi  prepositi  7  Fulconis  generi 
eius  .-  quatuor  libras  terre  in  eadem  ciuitate  quas  dedcrunt 
in  prebendam  ecclesie  Line'  .  7  quatuor  libras  quas  in  aug- 

65  mentum  eiusdem  prebende  episcopus  Robertus  concessit  . 
7  dedit  annuas  de  redditu  suo  in  arcliidiaconatu  Lincol'  . 
jjreterea  beneficium  illud  quod  in  Linc'sira  parricliiani^ 
eiusdem  sire  ab  antiquo  concesserunt  .  7  dederunt  ecclesie 
Line'   annuatim  reddendo   de  singulis  aratris  suis    .   scilicet 

70  una  traua  bladi  .  quod  uulo^  appeUatur  sancte  Mariecorn  . 
duas  partes  decime  de  dominio  de  ^'GreteweUa  .  totam 
decimam  de  dominio  episcopi  in  ^^Nortona  .  duas  partes 
omnium  decimationum  de  dominio  de  ^^Scotom'  .  totam 
decimam  de  dominio  episcopi  de  ^^Lestou  .  7  duas    partes 

75  decime  omnium  parrochianorum  .  7  duas  mansuras  cum  logis 
pertinentibus  ad  easdem  mansuras  .  \nam  bouatam  terre 
in  ^^Brancebi  .  7  unum  pratum  in  ^'Coringliam  quod  pertinet 
ad  Stou'^ .  totam  decimam  de  dominio  episcopi  in  ^'Netelham  . 
in   blado  7   molendinis    .   In  Notinghamsira   .•'   ecclesiam   de 

80  ^'Farendona  .  ecclesiam  de  Baldertona  .  centum  solidos 
annuos  in  archidiaconatu  Legrecestrie  de  redditu  episcopi  . 
ecclesiam  de  -'Scarla  .  ecclesiam  de  Gretona  .  ecclesiam  de 
Cliftona  de  feudo  episcopi  .  7  quadraginta  solidos  annuos 
in  archidiaconatu  Lincol'  de  redditu  episcopi  .  ecclesiam  de 

85  **Oscliintona  .  ecclesiam  de  '^Cestrefelda  .  ecclesiam  de 
Esseburna  .  ecclesiam  de  ^^Mamesfelda  .  capellas  omnes  in 
berewicis  ad  predicta  .1111°^.  maneria  pertinentibus  .  ecclesias 
de  '^Derebia  .  ecclesiam  de  Werkeworda  .  ecclesiam  de 
^*Leertona  .  ecclesiam  de  Edenestoua  .  cum  terris  .  decimis  . 

90  7  ceteris  pertinenciis  omnium  predictarum  ecclesiarum  . 
ecclesiam  de  ^  ^Stokes  .  ecclesiam  de  Chodingtona  .  cum 
omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  totam  decimam  de  dominio  episcopi . 
in  ^'Newerch  .  7  Farendona  .  7  Baldertona  .  In  Lecestresira  .■' 
ecclesiam  ^'sancte  Margarete  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  . 

95  duas  partes  decime  de  dominio  de  ^'Keldesbi .  in  Korliant'sira  .- 
ecclesiam  de  '"Cheteuea  cum  capeUa  de  Tikesoura  .  ecclesiam 


No.  256  ALEXANDER   III  207 

de  ^'Gretona  .  ecclesiam  de  Dodingtona  .  ecclesiam  de  Nessin- 
tona  .  ecclesiam  de  ^'Ledingtona  .  assignatam  loco  prebende 
de  *^Canewic  .  quam  episcopus  consensu  capituLi  pauperibus 

100  assignauit  .  ecclesiam  de  *^Sutton'  cum  capellis  .  decimis  . 
terris  .  7  omnibus  pertinenciis  predictarum  ecclesiarum  .  In 
Huntedun'sira  .•'  manerium  de  ^^Lechtona  cum  omni  integritate 
sua  .  ecclesiam  de  Bugdende/ja  .  ecclesiam  de  Brantona  .  cum 
omnibus  pertinenciis  earundem  .  totam  decimam  de  dominio 

105  episcopi  in  *^Stou  .  7  duas  partes  decime  parrochianorum 
eiusdem  uille  .  duas  partes  decime  de  dominio  de  ^*Stoton'  . 
decimam  de  dominio  de  Spaldewich  .  ecclesiam  de  Lectona 
subdecanatui  Lino'  ab  episcopo  Alexandre  primo  assignatam  . 
cum  capella  de  ^'Sala  .  7  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  ecclesiam 

110  beate  Marie  **Bedeford'  .  ecclesiam  Lectono  cum  omnibus 
pertinenciis  suis  .  In  Buchinghamsira  manerium  "^Waltonam  . 
ecclesiam  Elesbirie  .  ecclesiam  de  Buchingham  .  cum  capellis  . 
decimis  .  7  ceteris  pertinencii^  earundem  .  In  Oxenford'sira  .•' 
manerium  ^"Orneleie  .  7  dimidiam  Mideltonam  .  7  ecclesiam 

115  eiusdem  uille  .  ecclesiam  de  ^^Tama  .  ecclesiam  de  Bannebiria  . 
ecclesiam  de  Cropereia  .  ecclesiam  de  Langeford'  .•'  cum  capellis 
.  decimis  .  terris  .  7  omnibus  pertinenciis  earundem  .  |  Specia- 
liter  ad  communam  pertinentia  .^  dimidiam  partem  oblationum 
altaris   sancte    Marie     Lincol'    .    virgultum   ubi   fuit    ^^uinea 

120  regis  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Nicholai  de  =^Neuport  .  ecclesiam 
^'sancti  Egidii  .  ecclesiam  de  ^^Heinton'  .  ecclesiam  de 
Scellitona  .  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  .  terram  ubi  fuit 
uinea  Colsuein'  .  in  *^magno  uico  .-'  mansuram  ^^Teberti  . 
in    ^^Wicheford    .•■   terram    Osulfi    .    quatuordecim    mansiones 

125  passim  in  burgo  Line'  .  terram  Azonisiuxta  ^^pontem  magnum, 
duas  bouatas  terre  in  campis  Line'  .  decimam  terre  Petri 
filii  Dorandi  .  triginta  solidos  annuos  ab  archidiacojia/?/  . 
Line'  .  decimam  forestarum  regis  de  episcopatu  Line'  .  viginti 
solidos  de  ^'Waltona  .  feudum  Picoti  de  ^^Fristorp  .  terram 

130  Gocelini  in  ^'Cheleseia  .  decimam  de  terra  Haconis  in  ''"Cucu- 
wald  .  duas  partes  decimarum  de  dominio  Willelmi  lilii 
Symonis  in  *'Sperlintona  .  Ingaham  .  7  Faldingword'  .  7 
Kyrcheby  .  quandam  mansuram  iuxta  ^^pontem  .  ecclesiam 
de  •'^Scotoma  .  sitam  in  feudo  Galfridi  de  Noua  Uilla  .  duas 

135  partes  decime  carrucate  terre  Alueredi  in  **ScalIebi  .  decimam 
terre  Colgrimi  in  ''^Beltona  .  7  in  Gunwordebi  .  7  in  Fulebech  . 
7  in  Stoches  .  7  in  ea  quatuor  bouatas  terre  .  7  unum  molen- 
dinum  super  aquam  de  ''^Graham  .  7  Waltona  .  decimam  de 
"Burg  .  7  de  "^^VVilchebi  .  decem   solidatas    terre    in    «'Nor- 

140  mannebi  .  iuxta  Stou  .  ex  donatione  Adelidis  7  Rogeri  filii 
eius  .  Prefati  quoque  episcopi  uestri  precibus  annuentes  iuxta 
uotum  7  rationabilem  ipsius  prouidentiam  sanctimus  .  ut  de 
prebeudis   canonicorum   decedeutium   post   decessum   eorum 


20S  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  255 

per  annum  debita  eorum   uel  seruientium  eorum   mercedes 

145  persoluantur  .  quod  autem  superfuerit  uel  8i  debitum  non 
habuerint  .•'  totum  in  usus  fratrum  cedat  .  Centum  solidos 
annuos  de  dono  episcopi  .  vnam  carrucatam  terre  in  '"Cala  . 
de  dono  WiUelmi  Romara  .  dimidiam  carrucatam  in  '^Burtun 
super  Trentam  .  per  adquisitionem  Reginaldi  quatuor  solidos 

150  in  molendino  de  '^Kirchebi  .  vnam  bouatam  in  '^Linwd'  . 
vnam  bouatam  in  Crochesbi  .  tres  solidos  in  Barwa  .  in  terra 
Petri  de  Gousele  .  in  ballio  .•'  unam  mansuram  de  feudo  Robert! 
de  Aresci  .  duas  bouatas  terre  in  '^Hicham  .  dimidiam  marcam 
in  Rieb'  .  7  in  Swalwe  .  de  terra  Humfridi  de  Terleia  .■'  tres 

155  solidos  de  dono  episcopi  .  tres  solidos  de  terra  Roberti  tilii 
Fulconis  de  Sireham  .■'  ex  dono  episcopi  .  Decernimus  ergo 
ut  nuUi  omnino  hominum  liceat  supradictam  ecclesiam  temere 
perturbare  .  aut  eius  possessiones  auferre  .  uel  ablatas  retinere 
minuere  .  seu  quibusUbet  uexationibus  fatigare  .  Sed  illibata 

160  omnia  7  integra  conseruentur  .  eorum  pro  quorum  guber- 
natione  7  sustentatione  concessa  sunt  .•'  usibus  omnimodis 
profutura  .  salua  sedis  apostolice  auctoritate  .  7  diocesanorum 
episcoporum  canonica  iusticia  .  Si  qua  igitur  in  futurum 
ecclesiastica  secularis  ue  persona  banc  nostre  constitucionis 

165  paginam  sciens  contra  earn  temere  uenire  temptauerit  .-' 
secundo  tercio  ue  commonita  nisi  presumptionem  suam  con- 
grua  satisfactione  correxerit  .•'  potestatis  honorisque  sui 
dignitate  careat  .  reamque  se  diuino  iudicio  existere  de 
perpetrata   iniquitate  cognoscat   .   7   a   sacratissimo   corpore 

170  ac  sanguine  dei  7  tlomini  redemptoris  nostri  Ihesu  Christi 
aliena  fiat  .  atque  in  extreme  examine  districte  ultioni 
subiaceat  .  Cuuctis  autem  eidem  loco  sua  iura  seruantibus  .■' 
sit  pax  domiui  nostri  Ihesu  Christi  .  quatinus  §  7  hie  fructum 
bone  actionis  percipiant  .■'  7  apud  districtum  iudicem  premia 

175  eterne  .  pacis  inueniant  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Amen  .  Datum 
Turon'  per  manum  Hermamii  sancte  Romane  ecclesie 
subdiaconi  .  7  notarii  .  nonas  .  Junii  .  indictione  .xi*.  incarna- 
cionis  dominice  aimo  .  m".  0°.  ixo.  iii".  pontificatus  uero  domini 
Alexandri  pape  tercii  anno  quarto. 

Marginalia  :  I.  1,  De  eodem  (Q).  opp.  I.  46,  Nota  pro  Thorngate.  opp.  I.  67, 
LincoJ'  (Q).  opp.  I.  70,  seyntemaricorn.  opp.  I.  71,  minute  decime  prediales. 
opp.  I.  79,  Notinghatn.  opp.  I.  IS3,  Clifton",  opp.  It.  yl-3,  Stookes  cum  Codington. 
Nota  ecclesiis  de  Stokes  7  Chodingtona  pertinent  decime  de  terris  dominicis 
episcopi  in  campis  de  Newerk  Farendona  7  Baldertona  .  de  quibus  fit  hie 
raencio  in  hoc  privilegio  (Q).  opp.  I.  93,  Leicest'  (Q).  opp.  I.  99,  pro  Canewick. 
opp.  II.  98-9,  Nota  quoraodo  episcopus  Line'  .  assignauit  Lydingtona  eoclesie 
Lincoln'  loco  prebende  de  Canwyke  quam  dedit  pauperibus  hospitalis  sancte 
Katerine.  opp.  I.  JOO,  JH^.  opp.  I.  102,  Hun'  (Q).  opp.  I.  lOH,  Nota  pro  sub- 
decano.  opp.  I.  Ill,  line'  (Q).  opp.  I.  113,  Ox'  (Q).  opp.  I.  IIH,  nota  que 
pertinent  ad  communam  5B^~.       opp.  I.  I2S,  do  decima  forestarum  regis  in  diocesi. 

opp.  I.  130 opp.  t.  129,  XX  solid'  Walton'  (Q).     opp.  I.  132,  Ingeham' 

(Q).       opp.  I.  13i,  "VKS-       opp.  I.  136,  Scalby  ISelton.       opp.  I.  145,  ....  prebend' 
canonic'   JC0f~   (Q).     opp.  I.  103,   Ryby  7   Swallowe.     opp.  I.  179,  hue. 


No.  256  ALEXANDER   III  209 

Text:   MS— A. 

Var.  R.  :    '  sic.     ^  see  no.  252,  p.  201,  note  48.     '  for  uulgo. 

Identifications  :  In  Lincolnshire — *  Welton  (by  Lincoln).  '  Asgarby  (by  Spilsby). 
"  liinbrook.  '  Cherry  Willingham  and  Southrey.  "  Kirton  in  Lindsey,  Caistor, 
Wellingore,  Dunholme.  "  South  Carlton,  Thurlby  (by  Lincoln),  Corringham,  North 
Kelsey,  Scamblesby,  Sleat'ord.  '°  Rauceby,  Hibaldstow,  Louth.  ''  St  Mary 
le  VVigford.  '- the  precentory.  "  Eastgate  in  Lincoln,  "see  The  Lincolnshire 
Domesday,  p.  5,  no.  10.  ^*  in  Thorngate  (see  pages  277-290  below).  '"  Hougham 
(see  no.  252,  note  48,  above).  "  Canwick.  "  Greetwell.  '°  Kingerby.  ™  Elshara. 
2»  Owersby.  -==  Bishop  Norton.  "  Scothorne.  "Stow  St  Mary.  "  gpansby. 
''  Corringham.     -'  Nettleton. 

^  Famdon,  Balderton,  co.  Nottingham.  ™  South  Scarle,  Girton,  Clifton  (near 
Newark),  co.  Nottingham.  '°  Orston,  co.  Nottingham.  "'  Chesterfield,  Ash- 
bourne, CO.  Derby.  "  Mansfield,  co.  Nottingham.  '^  Derby,  Wirksworth.  co. 
Derby.  "South  Leverton,  lidwinstowe,  co.  Nottingham.  ^^  East  Stoke,  CodcUng- 
ton,  CO.  Nottingham.  '*  Newark,  Farndon,  Balderton,  co.  Nottingham.  "  St 
Margaret's,  Leicester.  '^  Kilsby,  co.  Northampton.  '"  Ketton,  Tixover,  co.  Rut- 
land. "  Gretton,  Duddington,  Nassington,  co.  Northampton.  *' Lyddington,  co. 
Rutland.  "- Canwick,  co.  Lincoln.  *' King's  Sutton,  co.  Northampton.  **  Leighton 
Bromswold,  Buekden,  Brampton,  co.  Hmitingdon.  *°  Long  Stow,  co.  Huntingdon. 
*'  Staughton,  Spaldwick,  Leighton  Bromswold,  co.  Huntingdon.  "  Sale  (now 
extinct),  in  the  parish  of  Leighton  Bromswold.  Its  approximate  site  is  indicated 
by  the  present  Salome  Wood,  one-and-half  miles  north-east  of  Leighton  (Mawer 
and  Stenton,  The  Place-names  of  Bedfordshire  and  Huntingdonshire ,  p.  246).  The 
place  appears  as  '  Salna  '  in  1248  (Lincoln  Record  Soc.  xi,  295-6).  **  Bedford, 
Leighton  Buzzard,  co.  Bedford.  "  Walton,  Aylesbury,  Buckingham,  co.  Bucking- 
ham. ^"  Horley,  Milton  (by  Thame),  co.  Oxford.  ^' Thame,  Banbiu-y,  Cropredy, 
Langford,  co.  Oxford. 

In  Lincolnshire — '^  in  Lincoln  (cp.  no.  23,  above),  ''in  Lincoln.  ^' Hainton, 
Skillington.  ^^  .see  no.  252,  note  80,  above.  ^^  Wigford  in  Lincoln.  "  See  no.  252, 
I.  82,  where  the  amount  is  given  as  thirty  shillings.  ''  Friesthorpe  (see  no.  252, 
note  84,  above).  "Kelsey.  ™  Cuxwold.  "' Spridlington,  Ingham,  Falding- 
worth,  Kirkby  Laythorpe.  *-  in  Lincoln.  "  Scothome.  '*  Scawby.  "^  Belton 
(near  Grantham).  Gonerby,  Fulbeck,  Stoke.  '*  Grantham,  Walton  (in  Grantham). 
"  See  no.  252,  note  92,  above.  **  Silk  Willoughby.  "  Normanby  by  Stow. 
™  Cheal  (in  Gosberton).  "Gate  Burton  (cp.  Registrum  Antiquissimum,  no.  257). 
"  Kirkby  (by  Osgodby).  "  Linwood,  Croxby,  Barrow.  '*  Hykeham,  Riby, 
Swallow. 

884 

256.  Confirmation  by  pope  Alexander  [III],  addressed  to  the 
dean  and  chapter  of  Lincohi,  of  the  liberty  which  bishop  Robert  II, 
about  the  time  of  his  promotion,  granted  to  them  in  their  prebends, 
and  in  the  churches  belonging  to  their  common,  and  to  the 
subdeanery,  and  to  the  church  of  Leighton  [Bromswold,  co. 
Huntingdon]  which  pertains  to  the  subdeanery.  At  Tusculum. 
13  September  (1171-1180). 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  dilectis  filiis 
decano  7  cajiitnlo  hincolniensibus^  salutem  .  7  apostolicam 
benedictionem  .  Quotiens  a  uiris  ecclesiasticis  denote  requiritur 
ut  eis  super  hiis  que  rationabihter  possident  apostolice  con- 
3  firmationis  suffragium  conferamus  ad  concedendum  que 
po.stulant  .•'  faciles  inueniri  debemus  .  7  eorum  rationabilibus 
uotis  gratuitum  impertiri  consensum  .  Eapropter  dilecti  in 
domino  fihi  uestris  iustis  postulationibus  benignius  annuentes  .■' 
libertatem  quam  bone  memorie  Robertus  quondam  episcopus 

o 


210  REGISTRUIVI   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  256 

10  uester  uobis  in  prebendis  uestris  7  in  ecclesiis  ad  communionem 
uestram  pertinentibus  7  subdecanatui  ecclesie  uestrc  7  ecclesie 
de  Lecten'  ad  eundem  subdecanatum  pertinenti  circa  tempora 
sue  promotionis  concessit .  7  scripto  proprio  suo  sigillo  roborato 
firmauit  .•'  sicut  earn  hactenus  pacifice  habuistis  .•'  deuotioni 

15  uestre  auctoritate  apostolica  confirmamus  .  7  presentis  scripti 
patrocinio  communimus  .  Statuentes  ut  nulli  oranino  hominum 
liceat  banc  paginam  nostra  confirmationis  infringere  uel  ei 
aliquatenus  contraire  .  Siquis  autem  hoc  attemptare  pre- 
sumpserit    .•'    indignationem    omnipotentis    dei    7    beatorum 

20  Petri  7  Pauli  apostolorum  eius  .•'  se  nouerit  incursurum  . 
Datum  Tuscul'  .  idus  Septembris. 

Marginalia  in  A  884  :   opp.  I.  1,  .V.  (resuming  the  num-      Nota   pro   subdecano 
bering  from  no.  250  above).      opp.  I.  2,  (D^T"  non 

(erased)  reperitur  originale  (14  cent.).  patet  (15  cent.). 
opp.  I.  7,  Confirmacio  pro  prebendis  et  ecclesiis  de  com- 
muna  (16  cent.).  (Another  head  is  drawn,  very  faintly 
in  marg.) 

Marginalia  in  A  66  :  Carta  venerabilis  Alexaudri  sumrai 
pontificis  (rubric),  opp.  I.  1,  Confirmacio  iurisdictionis 
scribitur  alibi  (Q). 

Texts:  MS— A884.  A66.  Ix(4).  Pd  :  Wilkins  i,  539. 
Jaffe-Lowenfeld,  no.  13574  (calendared). 

Var.    R. :    •  Lincoln'  Ix.  opp.  I.  14  (13  cent.) 

Note :  Bishop  Robert's  charter  will  be  found  at  no. 
287,  below. 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann :  The  date  1171-1180  here  and  in  no.  257  is  derived 
from   the  itinerary   of  pope   Alexander  III. 

885 

257.  Mandate  of  pope  Alexander  [III] :  the  pope,  having 
received  a  report  that  certain  canons,  although  they  receive  their 
prebends  in  full,  yet  disdain  to  attend  the  divine  offices  in  their 
church,  and  that  certain  canons  who,  having  been  disgraced  by 
crime  and  having  sworn  to  forsake  it,  do  not  blush  to  return  to  it, 
commands  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Lincoln  to  fine  in  their  benefices 
those  who  will  not  attend  the  services  constantly  or  for  the  gi'cater 
part  of  the  year,  and  to  inflict  such  penalty  as  they  shall  see  fit 
on  those  who  cannot  estabhsh  their  iimocence  by  purgation,  and 
on  those  who  revert  to  the  crimes  which  thej'  have  abjured.  At 
Tusculum.     9  September  (1171-1180). 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  dilectis  fihis 
decano  7  capitulo  LincoViensibus^  salutem  .  7  apostohcam 
benediccionem  .  De  negligentia  7  remissione  pastoralis  sollici- 
tudinis  merito  possemus  redargui  .  7  circa  officium  nostrum 
6  desides  iudicari  .•  si  errata  corrigere  7  ab  ecclesia  dei  enormi- 
tates  postponeremus  /  prauas  consuetudines  radicitus  cxtir- 
pare  .  Relatum  est  siquidem  auribus  nostris  quosdam  esse 


No.  258  EUGENIUS   III  211 

in  ecclesia  nostra  canonicos  qui  licet  prebcndas  suas  absque 
diminutione  percipiant  .•'  in  ipsa  tamen  ecclesia  diuinis  obsequiis 

10  uacare  contempnunt  .  Quidam  uero  sunt  ibi  qui  sicut  dicitur 
postquam  do  crimine  infammati"  fuej;int  7  ab  eo  decetero 
abstinore  iuramento  firmarunt  .•'  noglecta  fania  7  iuramento 
contempto  ad  idora  quasi  canes  ad  uomitum  non  erubuerunt 
reuerti  .  Quia  igitur  hec  si  uera  sunt  non  possumiis  absque 

15  diminutione  fame  uestre  ac  detrimento  animarum  uestrarum 
incorrecta  relinquere  .•'  discretion!  uestre  per  apostolica  scripta 
percipiendo  mandamus  .  quatinus  canonicos  illos  qui  se  ab 
obsequiis  ecclesie  uestre  absentant  sollicite  moneatis  7  inducere 
modis  omnibus  laboretis  .  ut  sicut  gaudent  de  accepta  cum 

20  integritate  prebenda  i  ita  per  se  ipsos  assidue  aut  per  maiorem 
partem  amii  ecclesie  uestre  deseruiant  .  Quod  si  monitis 
uestris  parere  contempserint  7  in  eadem  ecclesia  'non  fuerint 
assidui'  .  aut  per  maiorem  partem  anni  eidem  ecclesie  non 
deseruierint  /  eos  in  propriis  *  beneficiis  prout  uideritis  ex- 

25  pedire  mulctetis  .  Illi  autem  qui  de  aliquo  crimine  infamati 
se  purgare  uoluerint  .-  secundum  ordinem  suum  7  qualitatem 
7  quantitatem  delicti  .•'  suam  innocentiani  purgent  .  /  tam 
hiis  qui  se  purgare  non  possunt  .  quam  ceteris  que*  ad  eadem 
crimina  que  abiurarunt  non  erubuerunt  reuerti  .■'  penam  sicut 

30  expedire  uideritis  iuxta  modum  cuipe  infligere  non  post- 
ponatis  .  Et  in  hiis  omnibus  earn  discretionem  7  moderantiam 
habeatis  ut  zelo  rectitudinis  7  ecclesiastice  iusticie  non  liuore 
inuidie  uideamini  prouocari  .  7  conuersis  locum  satisfaciendi 
7  in  melius  emendandi  commissa  .  conucrtendis  autem  spei 

35  solatium  7  indulgentic  tribuatis  .  7  ceteri  liec  audientes  nedum 
ipsi  timeant  similia  perpetrare  .  Dat'  Tusculan'  .v.  idws 
Septembris. 

Marginalia  :  opp.  I.  1,  .VI.  opp.  I.  4,  non  {cancelled)  reperitur  originale  (14  cent.). 
reperituT  nunc  anno  domini  mo  cccc™"  vjo  (15  cent.).  opp.  I.  23,  Nota  pro 
raaiori  anni  (14  cent.),     opp.  I.  30,  Recidere  debent  (14  cent.). 

Text:  MS — A.  Ix(o)  (imperfect).  Pd :  Wilkins  i,  539.  Jaffe-Loweufeld,  no. 
13572  (calendared). 

Var.   R. :     *  Line'   Ix.      ^  infamati  Ix.     '-'  assidui   non   fuerint   Ix.     *  recte  qui. 

*  Folio  176d. 

QQQ 

258.  Confirmation  by  pope  Eugenius  [III],  addressed  to  bishop 
Alexander,  of  king  Stephen's  grant  of  the  chapelry  of  Blyth  [co. 
Nottingham]  to  the  church  of  Lincoln  as  a  prebend.  At  Viterbo. 
23  December  (1146). 

Evgenivs  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  venerabiU  fratri 
Alexandre  LincoUensi  episcopo  salutem  .  7  apostolicam 
benediccionem  .  Quotiens  illud  a  nobis  petitur  quod  racioni 
7   honestati   conuenire   dinoscitur   animo   nos   decet   Ubenti 


212  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  258 

5  concedere  .  7  petencium  desideriis  congruum  impertiri  suffra- 
gium  .  Ea  propter  venerabilis  frater  in  Christo  Alexander 
episcope  tue  7  ecclesie  Lincoliensis  quieti  in  posterum  proui- 
dentes  capeUariam  de  Blia  quam  Stephanus  illustris  rex 
Anglorum   ecclesie    beate    Marie   Lincoliensi    prebendam    pia 

10  deuotione  concessit  .  7  dimisit  .  nos  eidem  ecclesie  presentis 
scripti  pagina  confirmamus  .  Nulli  ergo  omnino  hominum 
liceat  te  uel  Lincoliensem '  super  hac  nostra  contirmatione  7 
eiusdem  regis  concessione  perturbare  seu  qiiibuslibet  molestiis 
fatigare  .  Si  quis  autem  huius  nostre  confirmationis  paginam 

15  sciens  contra  earn  temere  uenire  temptauerit  secundo  tercio 
ue  commonitus  nisi  reatum  suum  congrva  satisfactione 
correxerit  indignationena  omnipotentis  dei  7  beatorum  Petri 
7  Pauli  apostolorum  eius  incurrat  .  atque  in  extreme  examine 
districte    ultioni    subiaceat    .   Dat'    .    Viterbi    .x.    kalendas  . 

20     lanuarii. 

Marginalia :    opp.  I.  1,  .VII. 

Text :     MS— A. 

Var.  R.  :  'eccleaiam  has  been  omitted  by  the  scribe. 

Note  :  Stephen's  charter  will  be  found  at  no.  100,  above.  The  earliest  date 
for  that  charter  is  1146,  and  the  present  text  proves  that  it  is  also  the  latest 
date  to  which  it  can  be  assigned. 

Note  by  Dr  Holtzmaim :  The  itinerary  of  pope  Eugenius  III  shews  that  1146 
was  the  only  year  in  which  he  was  at  Viterbo  on  23  December. 

With  no.  886  the  original  Jmnd  ceases,  and  the  charters  from  no. 

887  onwards  are  entered  by  a  late  thirteenth  century  hand — probably 

that  of  Q2. 

887 
259.  Mandate  of  pope  Honorius  [II],  commanding  the  barons 
and  others,  great  and  Httle,  throughout  the  diocese  of  Lincoln,  to 
honour  and  help  their  church  and  the  canons  dedicated  to  its  service, 
and  not  to  retain  or  take  away  the  goods  bestowed  upon  it.  At 
the  Lateran.     30  January  (1126). 

Honorius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei .  vniuersis  baronibus  . 
7  a,Uis  maioribus  7  minoribus  per  Lincolniensem  parochiam  . 
salutem  7  apostoUcam  benediccionem  .  In  lege  domini 
scriptum  est  .  Honora  patrem  tuum  7  matrem  tuam  ut  sis 
5  longeuus  super  terram  .  Attencius  igitur  spirituali  matri 
idest  sancte  ecclesie  vt  uita  eterna  in  celestibus  habeatur  . 
honor  7  beneficia  si)it  humiliter  conferenda  Vniuersitatem 
ergo  uestram  exhortamur  in  domino  vt  sanctani  matrem 
uestram  Lincolniensem  ecclesiam  7  canonicos  suo  famulatui 
10  dicatos  .  honoretis  diligatis  7  dc  hiis  poscessionibus  vobis 
a  deo  collatis  attencius  adiuuetis  .  Neque  ahquis  vestrum 
possessiones  7  bona  eidera  ecclesie  a  paretitibus  suis  uel  ab 
aliis  attributa  retinere  .  uel  ahqua  temeritate  auferre  pre- 
sumat    .   quod  si   quis    attemptare    presumserit   iram    tlei  7 


No.  260  INNOCENT   IV  213 

15    spiritualis   matris   sue  se  non  dubitet  incursurum    .   Dat'  . 
Laterani  .iij.  kalendas  Februarii. 

Marginalia:    opp.  I.   1,  .VIII. 

Texts:   MS— A.  S59  (only  a  fragment  remains). 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmaan  :  This  bull  evidently  belongs  to  the  same  year  as 
no.  248  above,  which  is  given  in  the  second  year  of  the  pontificate  of  Honorius  II. 
The  years  of  pontificate  are  reckoned  from  the  consecration,  which  took  place 
21  December.  1124;  the  second  year  therefore  begins  with  21  December,  1125; 
the  fourth  indiction  rims  from  1  September.  1125,  til!  30  August.  1126  ;  it  follows, 
therefore,  that  the  anniis  incarnationis  is  reckoned  according  to  the  style  of  the 
annunciation  or,  more  exactly,  according  to  the  calculus  Florentiniis,  which  is 
identical  mth  the  later  mos  Anglicus. 

At  foot  of  folio  \1M.  .VIII.  .vndecima  pecia. 

Folio  177. 

Hdl.  Prima  pars  (Q).  .1.7.7. 

SQQ 
260.  Indult  by  pope  Innocent  [IV]  granting  to  the  dean  and 
chapter  that,  when  the  bishop  visits  the  churches  which  are  subject 
to  them,  they  shall  not  be  bound  to  furnish  procurations  beyond 
the  definitive  hmit  of  persons  and  horsemen  determined  by  the 
Lateran  council.     At  Lyons.     11  December,   1247. 

Irmocentius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  dilectis  fihis 
decano  7  capitulo  Line'  .  salutem  .  7  apostolicam  benedic- 
cionem  .  Cum  in  Lateranensi  consilio'  prouida  fuerit  dehbera- 
cione  statutum  vt  ne  prelati  que  sua  sunt  non  que  Ihesu 
5  Christi  querentes  subditos  suos  cum  ad  eos  visitaturi  accedunt 
grauarent  in  procurationibus  personarum  7  euectionum 
mediocritatem  obseruent  .  Ucet  super  eo  quod  ius  commune 
concedit  superflue  peti  videatur  concessio  specialis  quia  . 
tamen  plus  timeri  solet  quod  speciali  conceditur  indulgencia  ' 
10  quam  quod  edicto  concluditur  generali  .  auctoritate  vobis 
presenciura  indulgemus  .  vt  episcopum  uestrum  cum  ad 
ecclesias  nobis  subiectas  impensurus  in  eis  officium  visita- 
tionis  accesserit  i  recipere  ac  procurare  minime  teneamini  ' 
nisi  circa  illas  '  diffinitam  mediocritatem  huiusmodi  personarum 
15  7  euectionum  in  eodem  conciUo  >  duxerit  obseruandam'  . 
Nulli  ergo  omnino  hominum  liceat  hanc  paginam  nostre  con- 
cessionis  infringei'e  '  uel  ei  ausu  temerario  contraire  .  Si 
quis  a  litem  hoc  attempta'  presumpserit  i  indignationem 
omnipotentis  dei  7  beatorum  Petri  7  Pauh  apostolorum  eius 
20  '  se  nouerit  incursurum  .  Datum  Lugdun'  .iij .  idus  Decembris 
pontificatus  nostri  anno  quarto. 

Marginalia  :    opp.  I.  1,  .IX.       opp.  I.  3,  .i.       opp.  I.  12,  de  visitacione  episoopi. 

Text:   MS— A. 

Var.  R. :   '  sic. 

Note  :  The  duty  of  providing  for  the  entertaimneut  of  the  bishop  or  archdeacon, 
when  he  visits  pariah  churches,  is  laid  by  the  common  law  of  the  Church  upon  the 
persons   visited.     This   duty,    which   included   the   entertainment   of   the   visitor's 


214  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  260 

retinue,  is  known  by  the  name  of  prociirations.  At  first  these  procurations  were 
fulfilled  by  furnishing  victuals  and  other  provisions  in  kind  ;  but  by  a  constitution 
of  archbishop  Stratford  it  was  put  in  the  choice  of  the  incumbent  wiiother  he  would 
entertain  the  visitor  with  provisions  or  compound  for  the  duty  by  a  certain  sum 
of  money.  This  was  the  origin  of  the  custom,  which  still  obtains,  of  paying  a  fixed 
sum  for  procurations.  The  Third  Lateran  Council,  1179,  limited  the  retinue  of  a 
bishop,  for  which  procurations  might  be  demanded,  to  twenty  or  thirty  horsemen 
(Gibson,  Codex  Juris  EccUsiastici  Anglicani,  pp.  973-5). 

889 

261.  Indult  of  pope  Innocent  [IV]  granting,  at  the  request  of 
the  bishop  of  Lincohi,  to  the  chapter  of  Lincohi  and  the  rectors  of 
the  parishes  of  the  city  and  diocese  of  Lincohi,  that  they  shall  not 
be  bound  to  pay  procuration  by  reason  of  the  visitation  of  the 
diocesan  bishop  for  the  time  being,  in  respect  of  the  churches  situate 
in  the  prebends  of  the  canons,  or  of  the  common  fund  of  the  chapter, 
or  of  the  other  parish  churches  of  the  city  and  diocese  of  Lincoln. 
At  Lyons.     2  August,  1250. 

Innocentius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  Dilectis  filiis 
capitulo  Lincolniens«'6«.s  ( 7  rectoribus  parochialium  ecclesiarum 
ciuitatis  et  diocesis  Lincolniensts  (  salutem  7  benediccionem 
apostolicam   .   Precibus   venerabiiis  fratris   nostri    .   episcopi 

5  Lincolniensis  benignum  impercientes  assensum  vt  racione 
visitacionis  ecclesiis  sitis  in  prebendis  canonicorum  uel 
commune  capituli  Lincolniensis  7  aliis  ecclesiis  parochialibus 
ciuitatis  7  diocesis  Lincolniensis  a  diocesano  episcopo  qui 
pro  tempore  fuerit  impendende  procuracionem  eidem  episcopo 

10  soluere  minime  teneamini  auctoritate  vobis  presencium 
indulgemus  .  Nulli  ergo  omnino  hominum  liceat  hanc  paginam 
nostre  concessionis  infringere  i  uel  ei  ausu  temerario  contraire  . 
Si  quis  autem  attemptare  presumpserit  indignacionem  omni- 
potentis    dei    7    beatorum    Petri    7    Pauli    apostolorum    eius 

16  se  nouerit  incursurum  .  Dat"  Lugdun'  .iiij.  nonas  Augusti 
pontificatus  nostri  anno  octauo. 

Marginalia:    opp.  I.  1,  .X.  .ii.     opp.  I.  7,  de  eodem. 

Text:    MS— A. 

Note :  In  view  of  the  general  and  undisputed  duty  of  procurations  which  rested 
upon  rectors  of  churches,  this  document,  in  spite  of  the  generality  of  its  wording, 
must  be  interpreted  as  referring  to  the  rectors  of  churches  belonging  to  the  i:ire- 
bends  and  the  common  of  the  church  of  Lincoln.  Tlie  fact  tliat  the  privilege 
was  granted  at  the  request  of  bishop  Grosseteste  seems  to  indicate  that  it  was  part 
of  the  settlement  of  the  dispute  between  himself  and  the  chapter  about  jurisdiction 
(see  no.  273,  below). 

890 

262 .  Mandate  of  pope  Innocent  [IV]  commanding  the  archdeacon 
of  Saint  Albans  not  to  allow  the  chapter  and  the  rectors  to  be 
molested  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the  next  preceding  indult.  At 
Lyons.     2  August,  1250. 


No.  263  INNOCENT   TV  215 

Innocencius  episcopus  aeruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilecto  filio 
archicliacouo  sancti  Albani  LincolniensiS  diocesis  (  salutem  .  7 
apostolicam  benediccionem  .  Precibusvenerabilisfratrisnostri . . 
Lincolniensis    benignum    impercientes    assensum    vt    racione 

5  visitacionis  ecclesiis  suis  in  prebendis  canonicorum  uel  commune 
capituli  Lincolniensis  7  aliis  ecclesiis  parocliialibus  cixiitatis 
7  diocesis  Lincolniensis  a  diocesano  episcopo  (  qui  pro  tempore 
fuerit  inpendende  procuracionem  dilecti  filii  capitulum 
Lincolniense   7   rectores    parochialium    ecclesiarum    ciuitatis 

10  7  diocesis  Lincolniensis  eidem  episcoiDo  minime  soluere 
teneantur  '  auctoritate  litterarum  nostrarum  eis  duximus 
indulgendum  .  Quocirca  discrecioni  tue  per  apostolica  scripta 
mandamus  quatinus  prefatos  capitulum  7  rectores  non  per- 
mittas    contra    concessionis    nostre    tenorem    super    liiis    ab 

15  aliquibus  indebite  molestari  .  Molestatores  huiusmodi  (  per 
censuram  ecclesiasticam  (  appellacione  postposita  com- 
pescendo  .  non  obstante  si  aliquibus  de  partibus  illis  quod 
excommunicari  '  suspendi  uel  interdici  non  valeant  a  sede 
apostolica  sit  indultum  7  quauis  alia  ipsius  sedis  indulgencia  I 

20  per  quam  id  impediri  uel  differri  possit  7  de  qua  specialiter 

oporteat    in    presentibus    fieri    mencionem    .    Dat'    Lugdun' 

.iiij.  nonas  Augusti  pontificatus  nostri  anno  octauo. 

Marginalia:   title,  Executio  de  eodera  (Q). 
Texts:    MS— A. 

Folio  177d. 

Hdl.  Copie  litterarum  apostolicarum  pro  septimis  (14  cent.) 

891 

263.  Confirmation  by  pope  Innocent  [IV]  of  an  ordinance 
made  by  the  dean  and  chapter,  on  the  authority  of  a  precept  of 
pope  Alexander  [III]  (see  no.  257,  above),  that  a  canon  who  does 
not  make  residence  in  the  church  of  Lincoln  continually,  or  for 
the  greater  part  of  the  year,  shall  pay  one-seventh  of  the  revenues 
of  his  prebend  to  the  common  of  the  dean  and  chapter.  At 
Perugia.     22  January,   1252. 

Innocencius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  dilectis  filiis 
.  .  decano  7  capitido  LincolniensitMS  .  salutem  7  apostohcam 
benediccionem  .  lustis  petencium  desideriis  dignum  est  nos 
facilem  prebere  concensum  7  vota  que  a  racionis  tramite  non 
5  discordant  effectu  prosequente  complere  .  Sane  porrecta 
nobis  .  ex  parte  vestra  peticio  continebat  i  quod  cum  fehcis 
recordacionis  Alexander  papa  .  predecessor  noster  .  .  decano 
7  capitulo  Line'  ecclesie  suis  dedisset  litteris  in  preceptis  i 
vt  canonicos  ipsius  ecclesie  nisi  moniti  ab  eisdem  decano 
10     7  capitulo  in  dicta  ecclesia  essent  assidue  aut  per  maiorem 


216  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  263 

partem  anni  deseruirent  in  ea  (  multarent  in  propriis  beneficiis 
prout  expedite  viderent .  iidem  decanus  7  capitulum  auctoritate 
huiusmodi  jjrecepti  deliberacione  prouida  statuerunt  (  ut  canoni- 
cus  qui  in  eadem  ecclesia  residenciam  predictam  facere  non 

15  curauerit  (  monitus  a  .  .  decano  7  capitulo  ecclesie  nominate  . 
septimam  partem  prouentuum  prebende  sue  Lincobiiensis 
quam  diu  absens  fuerit  soluat  commune  decani  7  capituli 
predictorum  .  Quare  nobis  liumiliter  supplicastis  ut  cum  in 
poscessione'  percipiendi  existatis  partem  predictam  statutum 

20  huiusmodi  confirmare  de  benignitate  sedis  apostolice  dignare- 
mur  .  Nos  igitur  vestris  supplicacionibus  inclinati  (  quod  a 
predictis  decano  7  capitulo  jjrouide  factum  est  (  in  hac  parte  ( 
ratum  7  gratura  liabentes  illud  (  auctoritate  apostolica  (  con- 
firmamus  (  7  presentis  scripti  patrocinio  communimus  .  Nulli 

25  ergo  omnino  hominum  liceat  banc  paginam  nostra  confirma- 
cionis  infringere  uel  ei  ausu  temerario  contraire  .  Si  quis  autem 
hoc  attemptare  presumserit  '  indignacionem  omnipotentis  dei 
7  beatorum  Petri  7  Pauh  apostolorum  eius  se  nouerit  incur- 
surum   .   Dat'   Perusii    .xj.   kalendas  .  Februarii   pontificatus 

30     nostri  .  amio  .  nono. 

Marginalia  :   opp.  I.  1,  .XI. 

Text:    MS— A. 

Var.  R. :   '  sic. 

Note  :  The  name  given  to  the  seventh  part  mentioned  in  the  text  was  Septimae 
or  Septisms,  and  the  payment  was  made  on  the  taxatio  or  rateable  value  or  esti- 
mated net  annual  income  of  each  prebend.  A  canon  was  said,  in  technical  language, 
to  pay  the  '  septisra  '  of  his  '  taxation  '  (Line.  Calh.  Statutes  i,  129  ;  ii,  pp.  cc,  cci  ; 
iii,  577,  656)().  John  de  Schalby  gives,  in  tabular  form,  a  '  taxatio  prebendarum 
secundum  quam  soluitur  septima  non  residencium  "  (ihirl.,  iii,   171-2). 

892 

264.  Mandate  of  pope  Innocent  [IV]  to  [Richard]  the  abbot 
and  the  prior  of  Roche  and  the  prior  of  Worksop.  Whereas  the 
pope  has  confirmed  an  ordinance  which  has  prevailed  for  forty  years 
and  more  in  the  church  of  Lincoln,  that  tho.se  canons  who  do  not 
make  personal  residence  for  the  third  part  of  the  year  shall  deliver 
a  seventh  part  of  the  yield  of  their  prebends  to  the  canons  who 
reside,  the  pope  commands  the  abbot  and  priors  not  to  allow  the 
dean  and  chapter  to  be  molested  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  this  indult. 
At  Perugia.      18  December,   1251. 

Innocencius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilectis  filiis 
.  .  abbati  .  7  .  .  priori  de  Rupe  Oisterciensis  ordinis  .  ac  .  . 
priori  de  Wirichsob  Eboracen.sis  dxocesis  .  salutem  .  7  apos- 
toUcam  benediccionem  .  Peticio  dilectorum  filiorum  .  .  decani 
5  7  capituli  Lincolniensi!(m  nobis  exibita  continebat  .  quod 
in  eorum  ecclesia  per  quatraginta  annos  7  amplius  est  pacifice 
obseruatum  vt  canonici  eidem'  ecclesie  qui  per  terciam  partem 


No.  265  INNOCENT   IV  217 

anni  residenciam  in  ea  non  faciant  personalem  septimam 
partem  prouentuum  prebendanim  suaruin  exibeant  canonicis 

10  residentibus  in  eadeni  7  ipsi  sint  in  pocessione'  pacifica  per- 
cipiendi  huiusmocli  porcionem  .  Nos  igitur  eorundem  decani 
7  capituli  supplieacionibus  inclinati  huiusmodi  consuetudinem 
ratam  7  gratani  habentes  earn  auctoritate  apostolica  duximus 
confirmandam  .  Quocirca  discrecioni  vestre  per  apostolica 
'  15  scripta  mandamus  .  qiiatinus  dictos  decanum  7  capitulum  non 
permittatis  super  liiis  contra  confirmacionis  nostre  tenorem 
ab  aliquibns  indebite  molestari  .  molestatores  huiusmodi  per 
censuram  ecclesiasticam  appellaeione  postposita  compescendo  . 
non  obstante  si  est  aliquibus  ab  apostolica  sede  indultum  quod 

20  interdici  suspendi  uel  excommunicari  non  possint  per  litteras 
apostolicas  que  de  indulto  liuiusmodi  non  fecerint  mencionem 
sine  aliqua  alia  indulgencia  sedis  eiusdem  per  quam  eft'ectus 
presencium  inpediri  valeat  uel  differri  .  Quod  si  non  omnes 
hiis  exequendis  potueritis  interesse  .  duo  vestrum  ea  nichil- 

25  hominus  exequantur  .  Dat"  Perusii  .xv.  lialendas  lanuarii 
pontificatus  nostri  .  anno  nono. 

Marginalia :    title,  de  eodem.  , 

Texts:  MS— A.  Pd.—Cal.  Papal  Letters  i,  275  (abs.).  Elie  Berger,  torn,  iii 
(Paris,  1897),  p.  14,  no.  5515  (abs.). 

Var.   R. :     ^  sic. 

Note:  The  prior  of  Roche  as  an  addressee  is  omitted  in  Bliss's  abstract  {Cal. 
Papal  Letters),  but  that  writer  is  not  always  ver>'  accurate.  Berger  gives  the 
cotiseruatores  as  '  prior  et  abbas  de  Rupe,  Cistertien.  ordinis,  ac  prior  de  Wirichsob, 
Eboracen.  dioc.'.  with  the  same  date  as  the  mandate.  It  is  strange  that  the  prior 
is  named  before  his  abbot.     In  no.  265.  below,  he  is  not  mentioned. 

893 

265.  Mandate  of  pope  Innocent  [IV]  to  [Richard]  abbot  of 
Roche,  the  prior  of  Worksop,  and  the  archdeacon  of  Nottingham 
in  the  church  of  York,  to  restrain  those  wlio  woidd  hinder  the 
dean  and  chapter  from  receiving  from  the  canons  who  do  not  make 
residence  the  seventh  part  of  the  5deld  of  the  prebends.  At  Perugia. 
27  January,   1252. 

Innocencius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilectis  filiis 
.  .  abbati  de  Rupe  Cisterciensis  ordinis  7  .  .  priori  de  Wiricli- 
sob  Eborace«si.s  diocesis  7  .  .  archidiacono  Notinghamie  in 
ecciesia  Eborace^sf*  salutem  et  apostolicara  benediccioncm  . 
5  Porrecta  nobis  ex  parte  dilectonmi  tiiiorum  .  .  decani  7 
capituh  Lincolniensmm  peticio  continebat  (  quod  cum  felicis 
recordacionis  Alexander  pajja  predecessor  noster  .  .  decano  / 
capitulo  Lincolniensis  ecclesie  suis  dedisset  litteris  in  pre- 
ceptis  vt  canonicos  ipsius  ecclesie  nisi  moniti  ab  eisdem  decano 
10  7  capitulo  in  dicta  ecciesia  essent  assidue  (  aut  per  maiorem 
partem  anni  deseruirent  in  ea  multarent  in  propriis  beneficiis 
prout  expedire  viderent .  iidem  decanus  7  capitulum  auctoritate 


218  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  265 

huiusmodi  precepti  deliberacione  prouida  statuerunt  I  ut 
canonicus  qui  in  eadera  ecclesia  residenciam  predictam  facere 

15  non  curauerit  monitus  a  .  .  decano  7  capitulo  ecclesie  memo- 
rate  .  septimam  partem  prouentuum  prebende  sue  Lin- 
colniensis  quam  diu  absens  fuerit  '  soluat  commune  decani 
7  capituli  predictorum  .  Quare  nobis  iidem  decanus  7  capitulum 
nobis   humiliter  supplicarunt  I   ut  cum  in  poscessione'  per- 

20  cipiendi  existant  partem  predictam  statutum  huiusmodi 
confirmare  de  benignitate  sedis  apostolice  dignaremur  .  Nos 
igitur  eorum  supplicacionibus  inclinati  I  quod  a  predictis 
decano  7  capitulo  prouide  factum  est  in  hac  parte  ratum  7 
gratum  habentes    illud    auctoritate  apostolica  duximus  con- 

25  firraandum  .  Quocirca  discrecioni  vestre  per  apostolica  scripta 
mandamus  I  quatinus  non  permittatis  prefatos  decanum 
7  capitulum  super  hiis  contra  confirmacionis  nostre  tenorem 
ab  aliquibus  indebite  molestari  .  molestatores  huiusmodi  per 
censuram  ecclesiasticam  appellacione  postposita  compescendo  . 

30  quod  si  non  omnes  hiis  exequendis  potueritis  interesse  (  duo 
vestrum  ea  nichilliominus  exequantur  .  Dat"  Perusii  .vj. 
kalendas  .  Februarii  pontificatus  nostri  anno  nono. 

Marginalia :   title,  De  eodem  (Q). 
Text:   MS— A. 
Var.   R.  :   '  sic. 

*Folio  179  [178  has  been  missed  out  in  numbering  the  leaves]. 
Hdl.  De  priuilegiis  (Q). 

894 

266.  Confirmation  by  pope  Innocent  [IV]  of  the  custom  which 
has  prevailed  in  the  church  of  Lincoln  for  forty  years  and  more, 
that  the  canons  who  do  not  make  personal  residence  in  the  church 
during  the  third  part  of  the  year  shall  dehver  the  seventh  part  of 
the  revenues  of  their  prebends  to  the  canons  who  reside.  At 
Perugia.     18  December,  1251. 

Innocencius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilectis  filiis 
.  .  decano  7  capitulo  Lincolniensi6iW  salutem  7  apostolicam 
benediccionem  .  Peticio  uestra  nobis  exhibita  contineat^  quod 
in  ecclesia  vestra  per  quatraginta  annos  7  amplius  est  pacifice 
5  obseruatum  ut  canonioi  eiusdem  ecclesie  qui  per  terciam 
partem  anni  residenciam  in  ea  non  faciunt  personalem  sep- 
timam partem  prouentuum-  prebendarum  suarum  exhibeant 
canonicis  residentibus  in  eadem  7  vos  estis  in  possessione 
pacifica  percipiendi  huiusmodi  porcionem  .  nos  igitur  vestris 
10  supplicacionibus  inclinati  huiusmodi  consuotudinem  ratam  7 
gratam  habentes  eani  auctoritate  apostohca  confirmamus  7 
presentis  scripti  patrocinio  communimus  .  Nulli  ergo  omnino 


No.  267  ALEXANDER    IV  219 

hominum  liceat  banc  paginam  nostre  confirmacionis  infringere 
uel  ei  ausu  temerario  contraire  .  Si  quis  autem  hoc  attemptare 
15  presumpserit  indignacionem  omnipotentis  dei  7  beatorum 
Petri  7  Pauli  apostolorum  eius  se  nouerit  incursurum  .  Dat' 
Perusii  .xv.  kalendas  lanuarii  pontificatus  nostri  anno  . 
nono. 

Marginalia  :  title,  de  eodem  (Q).  opp.  I.  5,  Nota  quod  dicitur  recidere  [sic]  per 
terciam  partem  anni   (14   cent.).  , 

Texts:  M.S — A.  Pd.  —  Cal.  Papal  Letters  i,  275  (aba.).  Elie  Berger,  torn,  iii 
(Paris,  1897),  p.  14,  no.  5515  (abs.). 

Var.   R. :   '  sic.     -  correcteil  from  prouenituuni. 

895 

267.  Letter  of  pope  Alexander  [IV],  beseeching  [Godfrey  de 
Ludham]  archbishop  of  York  not  to  demand  the  revenues  of  the 
first  year  after  vacancy  of  the  churches  of  Mansfield  and  [South] 
Leverton  [co.  Nottingham],  which  are  in  his  diocese  (since  these 
churches  were  assigned  to  the  deanery  of  Lincoln),  by  virtue  of  a 
papal  indult  giving  him  the  revenues  of  the  first  year  after  vacancy 
of  churches  in  the  city  and  diocese  of  York,  since  the  said  indult 
was  not  intended  to  include  the  income  of  churches  assigned  to 
parsonages  and  dignities  of  other  dioceses.  At  Anagni.  24  April, 
1259. 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  venerabili 
fratri  .  .  archiepiscopo  Eboracensi  i  salutem  7  apostolicam 
benediccionem  .  Ex  parte  dilecti  filii  .  .  decani  Lincolniensis 
fuit  propositum  coram  nobis  quod  cum  tibi  a  .  sede  apostolica 
5  sit  indultum  '  ut  prouentus  primi  anni  beneficiorum  que  in 
ciuitate  ac  diocesi  Eboracensi6MS  usque  ad  certum  tempus 
vacare  contigerit  '  possis  percipere  in  solucionem  debitorum 
quibus  premitur  Eboracen5^s  ecclesia  conuertendos  '  in 
decanatu   Lincolniensi  vacante  prouentus   primi   anni   eccle- 

10  siarum  de  Mammefeld'  7  de  Leyretona  eiusdem  diocesis  que 
predicto  decanatui  pro  eius  supportandis  oneribus  sunt 
concesse  pretextu  indulti  huiusmodi  contendis  percipere  in 
ipsius  decani  preiudicium  7  grauamen  .  vnde  nobis  humiliter 
suppUcauit  i  ut  cum  ecclesie  ipse  ab  antiquo  dicto  decanatui 

15  assignate  fuerint*  pro  ipsius  oneribus  supportandis  '  7  decani 
Lincolnienses  qui  fuere  pro  tempore  iUas  pacifice  tenuerint 
7  quiete  prouidere  in  hac  parte  sibi  patema  diligencia  cura- 
remus  .  Cum  itaque  nostre  intencionis  non  fuerit  per  tale 
indultum  concedere  tibi  prouentus  ecclesiarum  assignatarum 

20  personatibus  7  dignitatibus  aharum  diocesum  pro  ipsarum 
oneribus  supportandis  '■  etiam  si  ecclesie  ipse  in  tua  diocesi 
predicta  consistant  fraternitati  tue  per  apostoUca  scripta 
mandamus  '  quatinus  indultum  ipsum  ad  huiusmodi  ecclesias 


220  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  267 

non  extendens  '  earum  fructus  ab  eodem  decanatu  eius 
25  pretextu  non  exigas  f  sed  ipsos  dictum  decanum  libere  percipere 
7  absque  qualibet  molestacione  permittas  .  alioquin  dilecto 
filio  .  .  priori  sancte  Fredeswide  Oxonie  Line'  diocesis  litteris 
nostris  iniungimus  ^  ut  te  7  quemlibet  alium  pro  te  ac  predicta 
Ehoracensi  ecclesia  (  ab  ipsins  decani  super  eisdem  fructibus 
30  molestacione  desistere  monicione  premissa  auctoritate  nostra 
sublato  cuiuslibet  appellacionis  impedimento  compellat  (  non 
obstantibus  indulto  '  huiusmodi  7  indulgencia  qua  tibi  a  pre- 
dicta sede  dicitur  esse  concessum  (  quod  interdicti '  I  suspendi  ' 
uel  excommunicari  non  possis  per  litteras  apostolicas  plenam 
35  7  expressam  non  facientes  de  indulto  huiusmodi  mencionem 
7  qualibet  alia  prefate  sedis  indulgencia  per  quam  effectus 
presencium  impediri  valeat  uel  diS'erri  .  Dat'  Anagnie  .viij. 
kalendas  .  Maij  pontificatus  nostri  anno  quinto. 

Marginalia:    opp.  I.   I,  .XII.     opp-  !■  6.  Nota  pro  decano  (14  cent.). 

Text:    MS— A. 

Var.  R. :   '  recte  iaterdioi. 

*  Folio  17 9d. 

896 

268.  Mandate  of  pope  Alexander  [IV],  commanding  the  prior 
of  Saint  Frideswide,  Oxford,  to  enforce  the  execution  of  the  next 
preceding  mandate.     At  Anagni.     24  April,  1259. 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilecto  filio  .  . 
priori  sancte  Fredeswide  Oxonie  Lincolniensis^  diocesis  salutem 
et  apostolicam  benediccionem  .  Ex  parte  dilecti  filii  .  .  decani 
Lincolniensis  fuit  propositum  coram  nobis  quod  cum  venerabili 
5  fratri  nostro  .  .  archiepiscopo  Eboracensi  a  sede  apostolica 
sit  indultum  ut  prouentus  primi  anni  beneficiorum  que  in 
ciuitate  ac  diocesi  Eboracensitifs^  usque  ad  certum  tempus 
uacare  contigerit  possit  idem  archiepiscopus  percipere  in 
solucionem  debitorum  quibus  premitur  Eboracensw-  ecclesia 

10  conuertendos  .■'  ipse  decanatu  Lincolnien.sji  uacante  prouentus 
primi  anni  ecclesiarum  de  MammefekP  et  de  Leyrtona  eiusdem 
diocesis  que  predicto  decanatui  pro  eius  supportandis  oneribus 
sunt  concesse  pretextu  indulti  huiusmodi  contendit  percipere 
in  ipsius  decani  preiudicium  et  grauamen  .  Vnde  nobis  pre- 

15  fatus  decanus  humiliter  supplicauit  ut  cum  ecclesie  ipse  ab 
antiquo  dicto  decanatui  concesse  fuerint  pro  ipsius  oneribus 
supportandis  et  decani  Lincolnienses'  qui  fuere  pro  tempore 
illas  pacifice  tenuerint  et  quiete  prouidere  in  liac  parte  sibi 
paterna  dihgencia  curaremus  .  Cum  itaque  nostre  intencionis 

20  non  fuerit  per  tale  indultum  concedere  ipsi  arch[iepiscopo*] 
prouentus  ecclesiarum  assignatarum  personatibus  et  digni- 
tatibus  aliarum  diocesum  pro  ipsorum  oneribus  supportandis 
eciam  si  ecclesie  ipse  [inj   sua  diocesi  [predicta  consis'Jtant 


I 


No.  269  CLEMENT   IV  221 

eidem   archiepiscopo   nostris   damns   litteris   in   mandatis    ut 

25  ipsum  indultum  ad  hiiiusmodi  ecclesias  non  extendens  earum 
fr[uctus  ab  eod''Jem  decaiio  [eius^]  pretextu  non  exigat  set 
ipsos  dictum  decanum  libere  percipere  7  absque  qualibet 
molestacione  permittat  Quocirca  discrecioni  [tue  per*] 
apostolica  scripta  mandamus  quatinus  si  mandatum  nostrum 

30  super  hoc  dictus  archiepiscopus  neglexerit  adimplere  tu  ipsum 
et  quemlibet  alium  pro  ipso  et  predicta  ecclesia  Ehoracensi^ 
ab  ipsius  decani  super  eisdem  fructibus  molestacione  desistere 
monicione  premissa  auctoritate  nostra  sublato  cuiuslibet 
appellacionis  impedimento  compellas''  non  obstantibus  indulto 

35  huiusmodi  7  indulgenoia  qua  eidem  archiepiscopo  a  predicta 
sede  dicitur  esse  concessum  quod  interdici  suspendi  uel  ex- 
communicari  non  possit  per  litteras  apostolicas  plenam  7 
expressam  non  facientes  de  indulto  huiusmodi  mencionem  . 
et  quaUbet  alia  prefate  sedis*  indulgencia  per  quam  eft'ectus 

40  presencium  impediri  ualeat  uel  differri  .  Dat'  Anagnie  viij 
kalendas  Mail  pontificatus*  anno  quinto. 

Marginalia  in  A  :    title,  Executorm  de  eodem  (14  cent.)- 

Texts:     MS— Ong.    Dij/57/1/2.     A. 

Endorsed  :  { 1 )  .  .  .  .  nacione  fructuuni  primi  anni  de  beueficiis  decanatus  Line' 
in  Ebor'  diocesi  soluat'  (13  cent.).  (2)  .  .  .  .  Henr'  noster  procurator  iste  aignaretur 
ad  dupplicanduni  (14  cent.).  (3)  Testanientes  of  prebendea  proued  before  the 
deaue  and  chapter  with  their  inuentoryes  and  some  proued  in  ye  olde  mynster 
fee  (16  cent.     This  endorsement  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  present  text). 

Tlie  name  '  Hayneton  '  has  been  written  three  times  by  a  15th  centurj'  liand 
at  the  head  of  the  original  charter. 

Seal  torn  away.     Size:     15J  s   llj  inches. 

Var.  B.  in  A  :  'Line'.  -Ebor'.  '  Mammesfelde.  *  supplied  from  A,  the  original 
having  been  injured.     '  copellas.     '  insert  nostri. 

*Folio  180. 

Hdl.  De  priuilegiis  (Q). 

897 

269.  Mandate  of  pope  Clement  [IV],  enjoining  [William  of 
Langton]  dean  of  York  to  prevent  those  who  shall  molest  the  dean 
and  chapter  of  Lincohi  contrary  to  the  indults  of  privileges  granted 
by  the  apostohc  see.     At  Viterbo.     20  June,  1268. 

Clemens  episoopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilecto  filio  .  . 
decano  Eborace«.si  (  salutem  7  apostolicam  benecUccionem  .  Sub 
religionis  habitu  studio  vacantibus  pie  uite  ita  debemus  esse 
propicii  '  quod  in  diuinis  benep'acitis  exequendis  mahgnorum 
5  non  possint  obstaculis  impediri  .  Cum  igitur  dilecti  filii  .  . 
decanus  7  capitulum  ecclesie  Lincolniensis  a  nonnuUis  sicut 
accepimus  (  qui  nomen  domini  in  uacuum  recipere  non  for- 
midant  '  diuersas  paciantur  iniurias  et  iacturas  (  nos  uolentes 
7  eorundem  decani  7  capituli  prouidere  quieti  7  peruersorum 
10  conatibus  obuiare  discrecioni  tue  per  apostolica  scripta  man- 
damus (  quatinus  ipsos  decanum  7  capitulum  fauoris  oportuni 


222  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  269 

presidiis  prosequens  non  permittas  eos  contra  indnlta  priui- 
legiorum  sedis  apostolice  ab  aliquibus  indebite  molestari  . 
molestatores  huiusmodi  per  censuram  ecclesiasticam  appella- 

15  cione  postposita  compescendo  .  actenus  prouisurus  ne  de  hiis 
que  cause  cognicionem  exigunt  (  uel  que  indulta  huiusmodi 
non  contingunt  '  te  aliquatenus  intromittas  .  Nos  enim  si 
secus  presumpseris  I  tarn  presentes  litteras  (  quam  eciam 
processum  '  quern  per  te  illarum  auctoritate  haberi  contigerit ' 

20  omnino  carere  viribus  (  ac  nullius  fore  decernimus  firmitatis  . 
Huiusmodi  ergo  mandatum  nostrum  sic  sapienter  7  fideliter 
exequaris  (  vt  eius  fines  quomodo  .  libet  non  excedas  .  Pre- 
sentibus  post  triennium  minime  vaUturus'  .  Dat"  Viterbii 
.xij.  kalendas  lulii  .  pontificatus  nostri  anno  quarto. 

Marginalia :    opp.  I.  1,  .XIII.     opp.  I.  22,  BIF" 

Text:    MS— A. 

Var.  R. :   '  recte  valituris. 

898 

270.  Mandate  of  pope  Honorius  [IV],  enjoining  [Robert  of 
Wainfieet]  abbot  of  Bardney  publicly  in  the  churches  to  admonish 
those  sons  of  iniquity,  who  withhold  tithes  and  other  possessions 
from  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Lincohi,  to  restore  them  and  make 
due  satisfaction ;  and  should  they  fail  to  do  this  within  the  time 
appointed  by  him,  the  abbot  shall  inflict  on  them  the  sentence  of 
excommunication.     At  Rome.     9  February,  1286. 

Honorius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilecto  filio  .  . 
abbati  monasterii  de  Bardeneye  .  Line'  diocesis  (  salutem  7 
apostoHcam  beuediccionem  .  Significauit '  nobis  dilecti  filii  .  . 
decanus  7  capitulum  ecclesie  Line'  1  quod  nonnulli  iniquitatis 
5  filii  quos  prorsus  ignorant  ^  decimas  ^  redditus  )  census  \ 
legata  ^  instrumenta  publica  )  terras  )  domos  ]  prata  ^  pascua  ) 
nemora  ^  molendina  \  possessiones  ^  7  aha  bona  ad  ecclesiam 
ipsam  spectancia  temere  .  ac  maliciose  .  occultare  et  occulte  . 
detinere  presumunt  ^  non  curantes  ea  ipsis  decano  7  capitulo 
10  exhibere  .  in  animarum  suarum  periculum  .  et  predicte  ecclesie 
non  modicum  detrimentum  .  super  quo  iidem  decanus  7 
capitulum  apostolice  sedis  remedium  implorarunt  .  Quocirca 
discrecioni  tue  per  apostolica  scripta  mandamus  )  quatinus 
omnes  huiusmodi  detentores  occultos  decimarum  ^  reddituum 
15  7  aliorum  bonorum  predictorum  ex  parte  nostra  pubhce  in 
ecclesiis  coram  populo  per  te  uel  per  ahum  moneas  ^  ut  infra 
competentem  terminum  quern  ei-  prefixeris  ea  predictis 
decano  7  capitulo  a  se  debita  restituant  7  reuelent  ^  ac  de 
ipsis  plenum-  et  debitam  eis  satisf actionem  in) pendant  .  Et 
20  si  non  impleuerint  infra  ahum  terminum  competentem  quern 
eis  ad  hoc  peremptorie  duxeris  prehgondum  ex  tunc  in  eos 


No.  271  HONORIUS   IV  223 

generalem  excominunicacionis  sentenciam  proferas  7  earn  ubi 
7  quando  expedire  videris  facias  usque  ad  satisfactionem 
condignam  solempniter  publicari  .  Dab  .  Rom'  apud 
25  sanctam  Sabinam  .vj.  idus  .  Februarii  .  pontifioatus  nostri  . 
anno  .  primo. 

Marginalia:  opp.  I.  1.  .XIIII.  opp.  II.  2-10,  Sentencia  per  apostolicam  [aedem], 
super  detentores  decimarura  reddituuin  legatorum  terrarum  domorum  pratorum 
pascuarum  molendinorum  possessionum  J  aliarum  [src]  bonorum  ad  capitulum 
pertinencium  (14  cent.). 

Text:  MS.— A. 

Var.   R. :   '  recte   Significauerunt.     -  sic. 

899 

271.  Mandate  of  [Robert  of  Wainfleet]  abbot  of  Bardney, 
enjoining  the  archdeacons  of  the  diocese  of  Lincoki  or  their  officials 
to  cause  the  next  preceding  mandate  of  pope  Honorius  to  be  pub- 
lished in  every  parish  church ;  and,  faiUng  restitution  by  the 
offenders  before  the  feast  of  the  Exaltation  of  the  Holy  Cross  [14 
September],  to  cause  a  general  sentence  of  the  greater  excom- 
munication to  be  promulged.     At  Bardney.     4  July,  1286. 

.  .  permissione  diuina  abbas  monasterii  de  Bardeneya  Line' 
diocesis  (  executor  in  hac  parte  mandati  apostolici  deputatus  .•' 
venerabiUbus  viris  7  discretis  dominis  .  .  archidiaconis  uel 
eorundem  .  .  officiaUbus  vniuersis  per  dictam  diocesim 
5  constitutis  '  salutem  in  eo  quern  peperit  uterus  virginalis  . 
Litteras  sanctissimi  patris  nostri  '  domini  Honorii  pape  .iiij*'. 
recepimus  formam  7  tenorem  continentes  de  uerbo 
ad  uerbum  inferius*  annotatos  .  Honorius  episcopus  seruus 
seruorum  [the  next  preceding  mandate  is  recited  word  for  word]. 
10  Harum  igitur  auctoritate  htterarum  vobis  in  uirtute  obediencie 
qua  sedi  apostoUce  tenemini  ^  firmiter  iniungendo  mandamus  ^ 
quatinus  quiUbet  vestrum  in  singulis  ecclesiis  parochialibus 
sui  archidiaconatus  diebus  dominicis  7  festiuis  infra  missarum 
solempnia  post  lecta  ewangeha  ^  indicto  districtius  interim 
15  parochianis  7  ceteris  tunc  presentibus  silencio  ^  omnes  7  singulus 
huiusmodi  decimarum  reddituum  censuum  legatorum  \  instru- 
mentorum  pubUcorum  ^  terrarum  ^  domorum  ^  pratorum  1 
pascuarum  ^  nemorum  ^  molendinorum  \  possessionum  nec- 
non  bonorum  aliorum  ad  ecclesiam  Line'  spectantium  ante- 
20  dictam  ^  temere  7  maUciose  detentores  occultos  ^  per  locorum 
capellanos  pubhce  moneri  faciat  1  ut  citra  festum  Assumpcionis 
beate  virginis  .•'  premissa  que  decano  7  capitulo  memoratis 
debentur  ab  ipsis  ^  reuelent  7  restituere  non  omittant  1  ac 
eciam  de  premissis  plenariam  prout  iustum  fuerit  >  eis  .satis - 
25  factionem  \  impendant  .  Qui  si  sic  moniti  \  id  efficere  non 
curauerint  .■'  prefigat  ex  tunc  \  nichilominus  ex  habundanti 
palam   7    expresse   eisdem   detentoribus   occultis    in   genere 


224  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  271 

festum  exultacionis'  sancte  Crucis  tunc  proximo  fiiturum  pro 
termino  peremptorio  ^  vt  iiifra  dictum  festum  prefatis  dccano 

30  7  capitulo  ^  plenarie  satisfaciant  in  hac  parte  .  alioquin  .•'  in 
ipsos  maioris  excommunicacionis  sentenciam  publico  7  sol- 
lempniter  ^  pulsatis  campanis  ^  candelis  accensis  in  singulis 
ecclesiis  archidiaconatus  sui  singulis  diebus  dominicis  7 
festiuis  intra  missarum  soUempnia  silencio  tunc  presentibus 

35  sicut  premittitur  imposito  .^  promulgari  faciat  generalem  . 
quousque  iidem  detentores  occulti  premissorum  ad  cor  reuersi  1 
beneficium  absolutioiiis  a  nobis  forma  iuris  exinde  meruerint 
optinere  .  aliudque  super  hoc  ex  parte  nostra  receperitis  in 
mandatis  .  Et  quid  in  premissis  feceritis  .■'  nobis  sen  pocius 

40  dictis  decano  7  capitulo  distincte  7  aperte  litteris  vestris 
patentibus  harum  seriem  continentibus  ^  vna  cum  nominibus 
eorundem  ^  de  quibus  per  famam  ^  seu  rei  euidenciam  .  vel  alio 
modo  legittimo  nobis  constiterit  in  hac  parte  y  citra  festum 
Omnium    Sanctorum    significare    curetis  .   Valete    semper    in 

45     Christo  Ihesu  7  virgine  gloriosa  .  Dat'  apud  Bardeneyam  .iiij. 

iionas  .  lulii  .  anno  domini  .  m"  .  ceo  octogesimo  sexto. 

Marginalia  :  title,  Execucio  de  eodem  {query  Q).     opp.  I.  1,  nota.     opp.  I.  46,  anno 
1286  (modern). 
Text:    MS— A. 
Var.  R. :  '  aic. 

*Folio  180d. 

At  foot  of  folio  ISOd.    Item  de  eodem  (query  Q). 

Folio  181. 

Hdl.  De  priuilegiis  (Q). 

900 

272.  Mandate  of  W[iUiam  de  la  Gare]  archdeacon  of  Lincoln, 
enjoining  the  deans  throughout  his  archdeaconry  to  execute  or 
cause  to  be  executed  the  next  preceding  mandate  of  the  abbot  of 
Bardney.     At  Corringham  [co.  Lincoln].     21  July,   1286. 

.W.  archidiaconus  Line'  ddectis  sibi  in  Christo  vniuersis 
.  .  decanis  per  archidiaconatum  Line'  constitutis  salutem 
in  omnium  saluatore  .  Litteras  religiosi  viri  domini  .  .  tlei 
gra«  ia  abbatis  de  Bardeneye  executoris  in  hac  parte  mandati 
5  apostolici  deputati  nuper  recepimus  /  insjiecsimus  sub  hac 
forma  uerborum  .  .  Permissione  diuina  abbas  monasterii  de 
Bardeneye  7  cetera  ut  proximo  supra  .  Nos  itaque  uolentes 
reuerenter  ut  tenemur  executorw'  antedicti  mandatis  .  immo 
veracius  apostoUcis  in  hac  jjarte  parerere'  .  ac  premissa  eo 
10  libencius  prosequi  cum  etfectu  )  quo  reuerendam  matricem 
ecclesiam  nostram  prefatam  cui  ex  affectu  pecculiariter 
tenemur  astricti  .•'  contingere  dinoscuntur  .^  vobis  in  uirtute 
obediencie  .  nee  non  sub  pena  canonice  districcionis  firmiter 


i 


No.  273  INNOCENT   IV  225 

iniungimus  7  mandamus  ^  quatinus  diligenter  inspecto  huius 

15     mandati  tenore  1   7  eciam    plenius   intellecto   .•'  vnusquisque 

vestrum    quatenus  ad  ipsum  pertinet  in  liac  parte  )   omnia 

7  singula  in  eodem  mandate  contenta  iuxta  formam  7  tenorem 

ipsius  .•'  vice  nostra  7  auctoritate  prcdicta  )  adhibitis  super 

hoc   omnimoda   diligencia   7   fauore    ^   deniandet   sine   faciat 

20     execucionem  debite  demandari   .   Et  quid  exinde  feceritis   .•' 

nobis  citra  festum  Omnium  Sanctorum  superius  annotatum  ^ 

distinctius  7  apercius  intimetis  per  vestras  patentes  litteras 

harum    seriem   continentes  i  Valete  ^  Uat"   apud  Coringliam 

.XV.    kalendas    Augusti   amio    domini   .  m».   cu>.   octogesimo 

2.'>     sexto. 

Marginalia  :    opp.  I.  24,  a"  1286  (modern). 
Text:    MS— A. 
Var.  R.  :    '  sic. 

901 
273.  Notification  by  pope  Innocent  [IV]  to  [Robert  Grosse- 
teste]  bishop  of  Lincoln  of  the  definitive  papal  sentence  that  the 
bishop  is  to  be  admitted  to  visit  the  dean  and  chapter,  canons, 
clerks  of  the  choir,  and  servants ,  and  also  the  vicars,  chaplains,  and 
parishioners  of  the  prebendal  churches  and  of  the  churches  of 
dignities  and  of  the  common ;  and  to  correct  abuses ;  and 
that  the  dean  and  chapter  shall  not  paj'  procuration  for  visitation 
in  their  cathedral  church  ;  but  that  the  canons  shall  not  be  boimd 
to  take  an  oath  of  obedience  to  the  bishop.  At  Lyons.  25  August, 
1245. 

Innocentius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  venerabili  fratri 
.  .  (-'piscopo  Lino'  >  salutem  7  apostolicam  benedictioiiem  .  Inter 
cetera  que  nostrum  animum  qui  uniuersali  regimini  quamuis 
immeriti  disponente  domino  presidemus  insultibus  impetunt 
5  successiuis  (  illud  nos  frequent!  meditacione  purget'  ut  ecclesie 
causarum  calumpniis  agitare  non  deliciant  sub  dispendiis 
questionum  et  htibus  que  propter  intricaciones  7  difiugia 
parcium  videntur  fieri  quodaiumodo  immortales  i  finis  debitus 
imponatur  .  Cum  igitur  inter  te  ex  parte  vna  et  .  .  decanum 
10  7  capitulum  Line'  ex  altera  .•'  super  eorum  7  ecclesiarum 
prebendalium  ac  ecclesiarum  de  dignitatibus  7  communia 
visitatione  7  reformacione  morum  ac  correctione  tam  decani 
quam  canonicorum  7  clericorum  chori  7  eciam  ministrorum  . 
ac  vicariorum  7  capellanorum  7  parochianorum  dictarum 
15  omnium  ecclesiarum  nee  non  reuerencia  7  obediencia  canonica 
tibi  ab  eis  prestanda  7  quibusdam  aliis  dignitatem  7  oliicium 
episcopale  contingentibus  suborta  fuisset  materia  questionis  ) 
nos  post  diuersas  commissiones  hiiic  inde  ab  apostolica  sede 
ad  iudices  diuersos  obtentas  7  processus  habitos  per  easdem 

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226  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  273 

20  causam  ipsam  finem  sibi  cupientes  imponi  adexamen  nostrum 
duximus  reuocandam  .  Cumqiie  tu  et  .  .  procurator  ^partis 
alterius^  in  nostra  essetis  presencia  constituti  fuit  ex  tua 
parte  propositum  ^  quod  cum  ex  diligencia  pastoralis  officii 
tenearis  de  iure  communi  capitulum  Line'  7  omnes  ecclesias 

25  prebendales  7  ecclesias  de  dignitatibus  7  communia^  visitare  ) 
ac  ea  secundum  formam  iuris  que  ad  visita'ionis  spectaut 
officium  adimplere  )  cum  tam  capitulum  quam  ecclesie  tibi 
sint  de  iure  communi  subiecte  necnon  excessus  tam  decani 
quam  canonicorum  vniuersorum  7*  singulorum  7  clericorum 

30  de  choro  7  ministrorum  eorundem  .  vicariorum  que*  eciam 
capellanorum  7  parochianonim  predictarum  ecclesiarum  cor- 
rigere  ^  ac  eorum  mores  ne  ipsorum  sanguis  de  tuis  requiratur 
manibus  reformare  ^  causas  eciam  omnium  predictorum  quas 
ad  inuicem  eos  promouere^  contingeret  .  uel  ipsi  contra  alios 

35  tue  diocesis  uel  alii  contra  ipsos  sine  sint  ciuiles  siue  criminales 
examinare  ac  decidere  ad  te  tanquam  ad  ordinarium  pertineat  1 
dum  tamen  ad  ecclesiasticum  forum  spectent  .  .  Decanus 
7  capitulum  Line'  se  til^i  super  hiis  contra  iusticiam  oppone- 
bant  propter  quod  premissa  libere  non  poteras  prout  officii 

40  tui  cura  exigit  adimplere  .  Adiciebas  j^reterea  quod  cum  sis 
caput  Line'  ecclesie  7  a  te  tanquam  a  capite  ante  electionem 
decani  Line'  celebrandam  tuus  de  iure  sit  "requirendus  assensus* 
ipsi  tua  requisita  licencia  se  debere  ad  electionem  decani 
procedere    asseuerant    .    super    quo    tibi    petebas    iusticiam 

45  exiberi  .  Dicebas  preterea  quod  cum  decanus  in  sui'  con- 
firmacione  7  canonici  cum  prebende  ipsis  conferentur  iurare 
tibi  de  iure  canonicam  obedienciam  teneantur  .  iidem  id 
hactenus  indebite  facere  non  curarunt  .  Proponebas  insuper 
quod  cum  lege  dioceana  decanatus  dignitatum  7  prebendaium 

50  vacancium  sequestracio  ad  te  de  iure  pertineat  ^  Prefati 
decanus  7  capitulum  se  tibi  super  hoc  contra  iusticiam 
opponebant .  Quare  petebas  super  premissis  ius  tuum  declarari  ( 
ac  adiudicari  tibi  per  diffinitiuam'  sentenciam  teque  ad 
visitacionis  officium  in  capitulo  Line'  7  ecclesiis  prebendalibus 

55  de  dignitatibus  7  communia^  7  ad  correctionem  excessuum 
7  morum  reformacionem  omnium  predictorum  '  non  obstante 
decani  7  canonicorum  reclamacione  admitti  debere  diffinitiue 
pronuiiciari  ac  imponi  eis  'perpetuum  silencium*  nisi  sedis 
apostolice  priuilegio  uel  alio  iure  speciali  iuste  tueri  se  possent 

60  super  impedimentis  7  obstaculis  supradictis  .  Petebas  eciam 
procuracionem  racione  visitationis  capituli  debitam  7  expensas 
faciendas  in  lite  ac  ut  ipsi  quocienscumque  to  ad  ecclesiam 
Line'  venire  contigerit  contra  te  pulsaro  faciant  7  exibeant 
tibi  reuerenciam  tanquam  patri  .  quodque  decanus  aliquem 

65  canonicum  ad  iurandum  ei  canonicam  obedienciam  nisi 
dignitas  episcopalis  7  auctoritas  excipiatur'"  ^  decetero  non 


No.  273  INNOCENT   IV  227 

compellat  .  nee  cogat  canonicos  iurare  aliquas  consuetudines 
que  sint  contra  canonicas  sancciones  I  neque  statuta  que 
sint  contra  canones  7  auctoritatem  aut  dignitatem  episcopalem 

70  ulterius  in  capitulo  isto  edat  .  Petebas  insuper  ut  cum  pre- 
bendarum  7  ecclesiarum  de  dignitatibus  7  communia^  ' '  visitatio 
ad  te  de  iure  comm.uni  pertineat  '  quod  decanus  decetero  ab 
earum''  visitacione  desistere  per  sentenciam  cogeretur  .  Pro- 
curator   uero   partis  altering  litem    contestando   respondit   ( 

75  narrata  non  esse  vera  ut  narrabantur  7  petita  fieri  non  debere  . 
Lite  igitur  super  liiis  legittime  contestata  racionibus  quoque 
ac  allegacionibus  utriusque  partis  diligenter  auditis  nos 
postquam  fuit  cause  conclusum  deliberacione  habita  dili- 
genti  .  de  fratrum  nostrorum  consilio  pronunciauimus  te  ad 

80  visitacionem  tarn  decani  7  capituli  quam  canonicorum  cleri- 
corum  chori  ac  ministrorum  vicariorum  eciam  capellanorum 
ecclesiarum  7  parochianorum  ad  omnes  predictas  ecclesias 
pertinencium  .  7  ad  correocionem  excessuum  ac  morum 
reformacionem    libere    admittendum    .    Pro    visitacione"'   in 

85  cathedrali  ecclesia  facienda  proouracio  a  capitido  non  prestetur  . 
Excessus  tamen  canonicorum  cathedralis  ecclesie  qui  con- 
sueuerunt  corrigi  per  capitulum  per  ipsum  iuxta  eiusdem 
ecclesie  consuetudinem  liactenus  paoifice  obseruatam  ad 
comonicionem^^  7   iussionem    tuam   successorumque    tuorum 

90  infra  conpetentem"  terminum  eis  prefigendum  a  te  uel  eisdem 
successoribus  corrigantur  .  Alioquin  ex  tunc  tu  uel  successores 
ipsi  deum  habentes  pre  oculis  ipsos  ut  animarum  cura  requirit 
per  censuram  ecclesiasticam  corrigatis  .  Mandamus  eciam 
ut  predict!  canonici  tibi  canonicam  obedienciam  7  reuerenciam 

95  exibeant  7  obseruent  .  obligare  se  tamen**  ad  hoc  iuramento 
manuali  prestacione  sen  promissione  minime  teneantur  . 
cum  ad  hoc  consuetudine  non  iuueris  In  ceteris  petitis  ab 
impetitione  tua  prefatos  decanum  7  capitulum  absoluentes  . 
Nidli  ergo  omnino  hominum  liceat  banc  paginam  nostre 
100  diffinicionis  infringere  uel  ei  ausu  temerario  contraire  .  Si 
quis  autem  hoc  attemptare  presumpserit  indignacionem 
omnipotentis  del  7  beatorum  Petri  7  Pauli  apostolorum  eius 
se  nouerit  incursurum  .  Dat"  .  Lugdun''^  .viij.  kalendas  . 
Septembris  pontificatus  nostri  anno  tercio. 

Marginalia :    a   title  has   been  erased.      opp.    I.    1,    .XV.      opp,    I.    SO,    Nota   pro 
vacatione  diguitatuum  7  prebendanun  (14  cent.),     opp.  I.  SS,  Nota. 

Texts:    MS— A.         Black  Book,  H.   16-17d.     The  text  of  the  bull  ia  recited  in 
the  Black  Book  in  an  inspeximus  of  bishop  Grosseteste,  which  begins : 

Omnibus  Cliristi  fidelibus  ad  quos  presens    scriptum   peruenerit  1    Robertus 
Dei  gracia  Lincolniensis  episcopus  ^   salutem  in  Doinino   .  Litteras   domini 
pape "  non  cancellatas  ^  nee  abolitas  ^  aut  aliqua  parte  sui  viciatas  inspeximus 
in  hec  verba, 
and  ends : 

In  huius  igitui'  rei  testimoiiiuiii  .•'  present!  scripto  .  sigilluin  nostrum  duximus 
apponendum.     (No  date.) 


228  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  273 

and  has  the  marginal  note : 

Sentencia   lata   in   curia   Romaua   in    causa    mota   inter   quondam   Robertum 

Grosetesth  episcopum  Lincolniensem  ae  .  .  ,  decanuin  at  capitulum  ecclesie 

Lino'. 
The  text  of  the  Black   Book  has  many  corrections.     Pd — Line. ,  Calk.    Statutes    i, 
315-19.      Cal.    Papal    Registers,    Papal    Letters  i,   219    (abs.).      Elie  Berger,  torn,  i 
(Paris,   1884),    p.    221,    no.    1457.       A.    Potthast,    Regesta  pontificum   Romanoriim, 
no.   11833  (abs.). 

Var.  R.  in  Black  Book  :  '  perurget.  ^-^  alterius  partis.  '  communa.  *  otn.  que. 
'  raouere.  °-°  assensus  requirendus.  'sua.  '  diifinitam.  °-' silencium  perpetuuni. 
'"  excipiantur.  ^^-^^  o/n.  Line.  Cath.  Statutes.  "■' insert  autem.  "^  comnionicionem. 
'^  oompetentem.  '*  tamen  se.  "  Lugdon' ;  printed  Bugdun'  in  Line.  Cath. 
Statutes.     ''  pape    erased. 

*abave.  Folio  181d. 

Hdl.  Prima  pars .         Primus  titulus  (Q). 

Folio  182. 

Hdl.  Primus  titulus  prime  partis  (Q). 

902 
274.  Mandate  of  pope  Innocent  [III],  enjoining  [Geoffrey 
Henlaw]  bishop  of  Saint  David's  to  preserve  the  dean  and  chapter 
of  Lincoln  from  disturbance  in  their  ancient  customs  which  the 
pope  has  thought  good  to  confirm  to  them.  At  the  Lateran.  18 
December,  1208. 

Innocencius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei'  '  venerabili 
fratri^  .  .  episcopo  Meneuensi  salutem  7  apostolicam  bene- 
diccionem  .  Cum  antiquas  7  racionabiles  consuetudines  hac- 
tenus  pacifice  in  Line'  ecclesia  obseruatas  f  que  canonicis  non 
5  obuiant  institutis  sicut  racionabiUter  dilecti  filii  .  .  decani 
7  capitulum  Line'  optinent  (  eis  7  per  eos  eidem  ecclesie 
auctoritate  apostolica  duxerimus  confirmandas  (  districtius 
inhibentos  (  ne  quis  consuetudines  huiusmodi  temere  infringere 
uel  immutare  presumat  fraternitati  tue  per  apostoUca  scripta 

10  mandamus  (  quatinus  dictos  decanum  7  capitulum  non 
permittas  super  hiis  contra  confirmacionis  7  inhibicionis 
nostre  tenorem  ab  ahquibus  indebite  molestari  .  molestatores 
huiusmodi  per  censuram  ecclesiasticam  appellacione  post- 
posita  conpescendo  .  Non  obstante  si  ahquibus  de  partibus  ilhs  a 

15  sede  apostohca  sit  indultum  i  quod  suspendi  uel  interdici  aut 
excommunicari  non  possint  nisi  de  indulto  huiusmodi  sibi 
concesso  (  plena  7  expressa  seu  de  uerbo  ad  uerbum  in  nostris 
htteris  mencio  habeatur  .  Dat'  Lateran'  .xv.  kalendas 
Januarii  pontificat'  nostri  anno  vndecimo. 

Marginalia :  opp.  I.  1,  .XVI.  opp.  I.  4,  llBff~  .b.  (indicating  in  conjunction  with 
'  .a.'  in  the  margin  of  no.  275  that  the  two  charters  are  to  be  transposed,  though 
there  does  not  seem  to  be  any  valid  reason  for  transposition),  opp.  I,  10,  reperitur 
originale. 

Text:    MS— A. 

Var.  R. :  '  The  first  five  words  were  written  l>y  Q,  who  left  Q2  to  complete  the 
document,     '  corrected  from  patri. 


No.  276  ALEXANDER   IV  229 

903 

275.  Confirmation  by  pope  Alexander  [IV],  to  the  dean  and 
chapter,  of  the  ancient  and  laudable  customs  observed  in  the  church 
of  Lincoln.     At  the  Lateran.     4  April,  12.56. 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilectis  filiis 
.  .  decano  7  capitulo  Lincolnien5t6i<s'  .  salutem  .  7  apostohcam 
benediccionem  .  Cum  a  nobis  petitur  quod  iustum  est  7 
honch'tum  tam  iiigor  equitatis  tam-  ordo  exigit  racionis  .  vt 
5  id  per  solicitudinem  officii  nostri  ad  debitum  perducatur 
effectum  .  Ea  propter  dilecti  in  domino  fihi  uestris  iustis 
postulacionibus  grato  concurrentes  assensu  ad  instar  felicis 
recordacionis  Innocencii  pape  predecessorLs  nostri  antiquas  . 
7    racionabiles    consuetudines    [hatenus^]    pacifice    in    uestra 

10  ecclesia  obseruatas  )  que  canonicis  non  obuiant  institutis  ^ 
sicut  [eas  racion^jabiliter  obtinetis^  1  nobis  7  per  uos  eidem 
ecclesie  )  auctoritate  apostolica  confirmamus  )  J  presentis 
scripti  patrocinio  communimus  districtius  inhibentes  ne  quia 
consuetudines    huiusmodi    temere    iirfringere    uel    immutare 

15  presumat  .  NuUi  ergo  omnino  hominum  hceat  banc  paginam 
nostre  confirmacionis  7  inhibitionis  infringere  uel  ei  ausu 
temerario  contraire  .  Si  quis  autem  hoc  attemptare  pre- 
sumpserit  indignacionem  omnipotentis  ilei  7  beatorum  Petri 
7  Pauli  apostolorum  eius  se  nouerit  incursurum  .  Dat'  Lateran' 

20     .ij.  [nonas^]  Aprilis  pontificatus  [nostri^]  .  anno  secuiado. 

Endorsed:  (1)  Immo  confiriuacio  generalis  consuetudinum  ecclesie  Line',  (query 
Q).  (2)  7  de  non  imniutand'  (14  cent.).  (3)  Confinnacio  do»»ini  Alexandri 
pape  iiij''  ;  (13  cent.).  (4)  Priuilegium  domini  Alexandri  pape  (13  cent.).  (5)  XVI 
(corresponding  with  the  marginal  number  in  A). 

Seal  torn  off.     Size  :     lOJ  x   9J   inches. 

Marginalia  in  A  :  title,  T)eeodeiQ(Q}.  .a.  (cp  no.  274  marg.).  reperitur  originale 
(14  cent.). 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  Dij/57/1/3.     A. 

Var.  R. :  '  Line'  A.  *  quam  A.  '  sic  ;  supplied  from  A,  the  original  having 
been   injured.     *  supplied  Jro)n  A.      '  optinetis  A. 

904 

276.  Indult  of  pope  Alexander  [IV],  granting  to  the  dean  and 
cliapter  of  Lincoln  that  they  shall  not,  against  their  will,  be  sum- 
moned to  judgement  more  than  two  days'  journey  from  their 
church.     At  Viterbo.     3  July,  1257. 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruuorum'  dei  (  dilectis  fiUis 
.  .  decano  7  capitulo  Line'  '  salutem  7  apostohcam  benedic- 
cionem .  Vestris  supphcacionibus  inpartientes  beiaignum 
assensum  i  vt  per  litteras  apostohce  sedis  (  uel  legatorum 
5  ipsius  ultra  duas  dietas  ab  ecclesia  uestra  super  que  infra 
iUas  habetis  non  possitis  inuiti  ad  indicium  euocari  auctoritate 
vobis  presencium  indulgemus  (  nisi  etdem  ipsius  sedis  Uttere 


230  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  276 

plenam  7  expressam  fecerint  de  hac  indulgencia  mencionem  . 
Nulli  ergo  omnino  hominum  liceat  banc  paginam  nostre  con- 

10  cessionis  infringere  (  uel  ei  ausu  temerario  contraire  .  Si  quis 
autem  lioc  attemptare  presumserit  (  indignacionem  omni- 
potentis  Dei  7  beatorum  Petri  7  Pauli  apostolorum  eius  se 
nouerit  iiicursurum  (  presentibus  post  trieiuiium  minime 
vaUturis   .   Dat'   Viterbii    .v.   nonas  Julii   pontificatus  nostri 

15     anno  tercio. 

Marginalia:   title,  Ne  vltra  duas  dietas  ab  ecclesia  (Q).     opp.  I.  1.  .XVII.  .xvij. 
Text:   MS— A. 
Var.  R.  :  ^  sic. 

At  this  point  the  transcripts  of  papal  bulls  come  to  an  end,  and  the 
remaining  third  of  folio  182  has  been  filled  by  Q  vnth  the  titles,  etc., 
of  other  bulls  which,  as  he  inteyided,  were  to  be  copied  into  the  neto 
edition  of  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum.  The  series  of  large  roman 
numerals  in  the  margin  is  continued. ;  but  the  later  series  of  arabic 
figures  ceases  until  the  episcopal  charters  begin  with  .4905.  It 
has  been  possible  to  supply,  from  various  sources,  most  of  the  bulls 
indicated  by  Q,  and  for  the  sake  of  convenience  these  documents  are 
here  numbered  A904a  to  A904d. 

[904a] 

277.  .XVIII.     De  capellis   de   Aylesbir'   appropriatis  capitulo 

(Q)- 

Adrianus  etc.  \  Uttere  papales  sunt  in  [query  prime  interlineated] 
cofino  longo  .  sub  predicto  numero  (Q). 

The  note  littere  papales  etc.  probably  refers  to  the  papal  documents 
in  general,  and  not  merely  to  the  bulls  about  Aylesbury.  The  predictus 
numerus  is  I  or  A,  that  is,  the  primu.s  titulus  prime  partis  of  the 
proposed  new  Registrum.     (See  p.  186  above.) 

The  bull  about  the  chapels  of  Aylesbury  is  no  longer  to  be  found 
at  Lincoln,  but  its  provisions  may  be  deduced  from  the  next  document, 
no.  278,  which  also  indicates  that  the  pope  in  no.  277  is  Adrian  V , 
and  the  date   1276. 

[904b] 

278.  XIX     De  diuisione  prebende  prebende  [sic]  de  Aylesbiria 

(Q)- 

Nicolaus  (ipiscopus  seruus  seruorum  (Q). 

The  original  text  has  disappeared,  but  fortunately  the  bull  is  recited 
in  the  charter  of  bishop  Oliver  Sutton  which  is  j)rinted  below. 

Notification  by  bishop  Oliver  that  he  has  received  a  mandate 
of  pope  Nicholas  [IV],  to  this  effect: 

The  pope  informs   the    bishop   that,    the   late    Percival   de 
Lavagna,  brother  of  the  late  pope  Adrian  [V],  who  obtained 


No.  278  NICHOLAS   IV  231 

the   archdeaconry   of   Bucldngham,   and   also   a  canonry   and 
prebend,  having  died  at  Rome,  he  has  reserved  those  benefices  to 
his  own   gift ;     and   he  commands  the   bishop  to  confer  the 
archdeaconry,  and  also  the  prebend  which  the  bishop  has  by 
apostohc  authority  divided  into  two  parts,  on  men  of  Enghsh 
birth  and  lawful  parentage,  who  are  either  masters  of  theology 
or  doctors  in  decrees  or  professors  in  civil  law ;    and  the  pope 
enjoins    that   he   on    whom    the    archdeaconry  shall    be   con- 
ferred shall  reside  personally,  but  that  after  his  death  it  shall 
remain  in  its  former  Uberty  ;    and  that  those  who  shall  be 
appointed   to   the    prebends   shall    in   future   make   perpetual 
residence.     At  Saint  Mary  Major's,  Rome,  22  April,   1290. 
The  bishop,  therefore,  on  the  authority  of  this  mandate,  has  con- 
ferred  the   archdeaconry   of   Buckingham   on   master   Richard   of 
Saint  Frideswide,  doctor  in  canon  law ;    and  regarding  the  prebend 
of  Aylesbury  [co.   Buckingham],  which  formerly  consisted  of  the 
church  of  Aylesbury  with  the  chapel  of  Milton   [near  Thame,  co. 
Oxford],   he  has,   by  papal  authority,   thought  good  to  divide  it 
into  two  parts,  namely,  the  church  of  Milton,  which  was  formerly 
a  chapel,  but  shall  henceforth  be  a  separate  prebend,  and  the  church 
of  Aylesbury ;    saving  to  the  chapter  of  Lincohi   the  chapels  of 
Quarrendon,  Bierton,  Stoke  [MandeviU],  and  Buckland  [co.  Bucking- 
ham], which  formerly  belonged  to  the  prebend  of  Aylesbury,  but 
were  granted  b}'  papal  authority  to  the  bishop  himself.     Further, 
the  bishop  has  conferred  the  newly  ordained  prebend  of  Aylesbury 
on  Richard  de  Hetherington,  and  the  newly  estabUshed  prebend 
of  Milton  on  John  of  Monmouth.     August,  1290. 

Vniuersis  ad  quorum  noticiam  presens  scriptum  peruenerit  .-' 
OUuerus  permissione  diuina  Linc'^  episcopus  salutem  in 
salutis  auctore  .  Mandatum  sanctissimi  patris  do?ftni  Nicolai 
pape  quarti  recepimus  sub  hac  forma  .  Nicolaus  episcopus 
5  seruus  seruorum  dei  venerabiU  fratri  .  .  episcopo  Lincolnen'^ 
salutem  7  apostoHcam  benedictionem  .  Ad  tuam  volumus 
peruenire  noticiam  quod  quondam  Perceuallus  de  Lauannia 
felicis  recordacionis  Adriani  pape  predecessoris  nostri  ger- 
manus  )  qui  sicut  tua  disorecio  non  ignorat  in  ecclesia  Linc'^ 

10  archidiaconatum  Buckinghamie  nee  non  7  canonicatum  ac 
prebendam  optinuit  dum  viuebat  ^  nuper  in  urbe  sicut  domino 
placuit  debitum  nature  persoluit  .  Nos  autem  archidiaconatum 
7  canonicatum  ac  prebendam  predictos  donacioni  nostre 
duximus  reseruandos  1  decementes  irritum  7  inane  si  secus 

15     scienter    uel    ignoranter    de    ipsis    per    quoscumque    quauis 


232  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  278 

auctoritate  contigerit  attemptari  .  Verum  personam  tuam 
honorare  uolentes  7  aliquibus  probis  viris  de  regno  Angh'e  de 
archidiaconatu  7  canonicatu  ac  prebenda  prouideri  predictis 
ut  ex  eo  erga  deum  7  Romanam  ecclesiam  ipsorum  virorum 

20  deuocio  augeatur  .•'  7  alii  eorum  exemplo  ad  uertutum  studia 
propencius'"  excitentur  .•'  archidiaconatum  7  canonicatum  ac 
prebendam  eosdem  per  te  auctoritate  nostra  benigne  dis- 
ponendo  jirouidimus  conferendos  .  Volumus  igitur  7  per 
apostolica  tibi  scripta  districte  precipiendo  mandamus  quati- 

25  nus  predicta  prebenda  per  te  auctoritate  nostra  diuisa  in 
duas  prefatum  arcliidiaconatum  7  prebendas  ipsas  sic  diuisas 
aliquibus  probis  viris  de  Anglicanis  partibus  oriundis  )  qui 
de  legittimo  matrimonio  procreati  1  7  uel  in  theologica  facultate 
magistri  aut  in  decretis  doctores  ^  uel  in  iure  ciuili  professores 

30  existant  ^  super  quibus  tuam  intendimus  conscienciam  onerare 
auctoritate  nostra  conferas  7  assignes  ita  quod  singule  singulis 
conferantur  )  faciens  ilium  cui  prefatum  archidiaconatum 
contuleris  in  archidiaconum  Bokinghamie^  in  prefata  ecclesia 
prout  est  moris  admitti  )  ac  illos  quibus  prebendas  easdem 

35  duxeris  conferendas  in  ecclesia  ipsa  in  canonicos  recipi  7  in 
fratres  ^  staUis  sibi  in  choro  7  locis  in  capitulo  cum  plenitudine 
iuris  canonici  assignatis  )  ac  eis  de  archidiaconatus  7  pre- 
bendarum  ipsarum  fructibus  ^  redditibus  )  prouentibus  7 
obuencionibus   uniuersis   integre   responderi    .   Contradictores 

40  per  censuram  ecclesiasticam  appeUacione  postposita  com- 
pescendo  .  Non  obstantibus  quibuslibet  ipsius  ecclesie  statutis 
7  consuetudinibus  contrariis  iuramento  confirmacione  sedis 
apostolica  uel  quacunque  alia  firmitate  vallatis  seu  si  aliqui 
apostolica  uel  alia   quauis  auctoritate  in  eadem  ecclesia   in 

46  canonicos  sint  recepti  uel  ut  recipiantur  insistant  aut  si  super 
aUquorum  prouisione  in  eadem  ecclesia  specialiter  uel  in 
partibus  illis  generaliter  scripta  apostolica  sunt  directa  quibus 
omnibus  illos  quibus  dictum  archidiaconatum  7  prebendas 
ipsas  sic  diuisas   contuleris   in    eorum    uolumus    assecucione 

60  preferri  ^  set  quo  ad  alios  personatus  dignitates  canonicatus 
7  prebendas  )  ac  beneficia  nullum  per  hoc  preiudicium  generari ) 
seu  si  aUquibus  communiter  uel  diuisim  a  sede  sit  indultum 
eadem  quod  ad  receptionem  uel  prouisionem  ahcuius  minime 
teneantur  ^  quodque  ad  id  compelli  )  seu  quod  interdici  sus- 

66  pendi  uel  excommunicari  non  possint  ^  7  quod  de  persona ti  bus 
dignitatibus  canonicatibus  7  prebendis  uel  bencficiis  ad  eorum 
collacionem  )  ordinacionem  ^  uel  disposicionem  spectantibus 
nulli  ualeat  prouideri  per  Utteras  apostolicas  non  facientes 
plenam   7    expressam    de    indulto    huiusmodi    mencionem    7 

60  qualibet  alia  prefate  sedis  indulgencia  generah  uel  speciali 
per  quam  effectus  presencium  impediri  valeat  uel  differri  ) 
7  de  qua  cuiusque  toto  tenore  de  uerbo  ad  uerbum  iieri  debeat 


No.  278  NICHOLAS   IV  233 

in  nostris  litteris  mencio  specialis  .  Volumus  autem  quod  is 
cui  archidiaconatum  contuleris  supradictum  personaliter  quoad 

65  uixerit  resideat  in  eodem  )  set  post  eius  obitum  in  pristina 
remaneat  libertate  .  ac  iUis'*  quibus  de  prebendis  ipsis  sine 
per  te  sine  successores  tuos  aut  alios  auctoritate  quacunque 
contigerit  in  posterum^  prouideri  /  continuam  in  illis  resi- 
denciam  facere  teneantur  .  Quod  vero  in  hac  parte  duxeris 

70  faciendum  .■'  nobis  plena  seriatim  7  distincte  per  tuas  litteras 
harum  seriem  continentes  studeas  quantocius  intimare  sic  te 
in  hac  parte  fideliter  habiturus  ^  ut  exinde  possis  a  nobis  non 
inmerito  conmendari  .  Dat  Rome  apud  sanctam  Mariam 
Maiorem   decimo    kalendas    Mail    ^    pontificatus   nostri   anno 

75  tercio  .  Huius  igitur  auctoritate  mandati  viro  prouido  7 
discreto  magistro  Ricardo  de  Sancta  Fretheswida^  doctori  in 
iure  canonico  7  alias  habenti  condiciones  in  ipso  mandato 
expressas  secundum  formam  eiusdem  mandati  archidiaconatum 
Bokinghamie^  contulimus   memoratum  cum   onere   residendi 

80  personahter  in  eodem  .  Consequenter  autem  ad  prebendam 
de  Aylesbir;/  que  in  dicta  Lincolniensi  ecclesia  eiusdem^ 
Perceualli  fuerat  dum  viuebat  1  oculos  dirigentes  .■'  saluis 
capitulo  Lincobi'i  \  deQueriidon'  )  Birton'  )  Stokes  )  7Bokland' 
capellis   cum   suis   pertinenciis    )    que   ad   ipsam   prebendam 

85  prius  notorie  pertinebant  secundum  concessionem  7  assigna- 
cionem  de  illis  sibi  factam  7  a  sede  apostolica  confirmatam 
ipsam  in  ecclesia  de  Aylesbiry"  cum  capella  de  Milton'  )  primitus 
consistentem  auctoritate  prefata  in  duas  prebendas  duximus 
diuidendam  .  Ita  quod  ecclesia  de  Milton'  )  que  prius  fuit  capella 

90  cum  suis  pertinenciis  per  se  decetero  sit  vna  prebenda  ab 
ecclesia  de  Aylesbir;/  separata  .  7  ecclesia  ipsa  de  Aylesbir?/ 
cum  suis  pertinenciis  )  saluis  semper  capitulo  Lincolniensi 
de  Querendon'  )  Birton'  )  Stokes  7  Bokland'  capellis  cum  suis 
pertinenciis  superius  nominatis  alia  sit  prebenda   .   Stallum 

95  uero  prebende  de  Aylesbir;/  eundem  fore  ordinauimus  qui  ad 
ipsam  pertinuit  ab  antiquo  )  7  quod  stallus  de  Milton'  sit  ex 
alia  parte  chori  ultimus  stallorum  pertinencium  ad  prebendas  . 
Psalmi  autem  qui  solebant  ad  prebendam  dum  fuit  integra 
pertinere  .■'  ita  diuidantur  )  quod  ad  prebendam  de  Aylesbir;/ 
100  pertineant  psalmi  ^  Ctmi  inuocarem  y  Verba  mea  .  Et  ad 
prebendam  de  Milton'  Domine  we  m  furore  J  Domine 
Deus  mens  .  Dictam  quidem  prebendam  de  Aj'lesbir^/  sic  de 
nouo  ordinatam  magistro  Ricardo  de  Hetherington'  7  pre- 
bendam de  Milton'  de  nouo  taliter  constitutam  magistro 
105  Johamii  de  Monemuta  doctoribus  in  sacra  theologia  ^  7  alias 
habentibus  condiciones  ^  in  mandato  supradicto  contentas 
secundum  formam  eiusdem  mandati  cum  plenitudine  iuris 
canonici  contulimus  ^  7  ipsos  de  eisdem  installari  fecimus  ^ 
ac  els  locum  in  capitulo  assignari  cum  onere  in  prebendis 


234  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  278 

110  ipsis  personaliter  residendi  .  Nichilominus  suplere'' parati  . 
si  quid  defiierit  quod  auctoritate  predicta  per  nos  agendum 
fuerat  in  hac  parte  .  In  quorum  omnium  testimonium  sigillum 
nostrum  presentibus  duximus  apponendum  .  Act'  mense 
Augusti  .  anno  domini  .  millesimo  ducentesimo  nonagesimo  ) 

115     7  pontificatus  nostri  vndecimo. 

Endorsed  on  no.  50  :  Diuisio  prebende  de  Aylesbyr'  J  commisio  facta  domino 
episcopo  vt  conferret  earn  diuersis  qui  in  ecclesia  residerent  (14  cent.). 

Endorsed  on  no.  51  :    Diuisio  prebende  de  Aylesbyr'  (14  cent.). 

No.  50  :  Tag  for  ceal  torn  away.  Size  :  12J  x  18  inches.  No.  51  :  Tag  for  seal. 
Size :    13  x   16J  inches. 

Texts:  MS— Orig.  Dij/66/2/50.  Orig.  Dij/ 66/2/51.  Both  these  toxts  are  original 
docvunents,  the  charter  being  issued  in  duplicate. 

Var.  R.  in  no.  51:  '  Lincolnien'.  '  >  sic .  -  Buckinghamie.  'imposterum.  ♦  Fre- 
thesyda.     '  insert  domini.     *  Aylesbir'. 

Note  :  The  psahus  assigned  to  the  prebend  of  Aylesbiu'y  (psalms  4  and  5)  and 
to  the  prebend  of  Milton  Ecclesia  (psalms  6  and  7)  are  those  given  in  the  Black 
Book.  In  the  case  of  Milton,  however,  the  entry  is  an  addition  at  the  foot  of  the 
list,  since  the  hst  is  older  than  the  separation  of  Milton  Ecclesia  from  Buckingham 
{Line.  Cat.li.  Statutes  i,  :W1,  306,  306n).  Psalms  2  and  3  are  now  assigned  to  Bucking- 
ham :    those  assigned  to  Milton  Ecclesia  are  unchanged. 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann :  For  Peroival  Fiesco,  youngest  brother  of  pope 
Adrian  V.  and  the  role  that  he  played  in  Italian  politics,  see  R.  Davidaohn, 
Oeschichte  von  Florenz,  vol.  ii,  part  2  (Berlin,  1908),  pp.  303-49  ;  Natalie  Schopp, 
Papst  Hadrian    V  (Heidelberg,   1916),  passim,  specially  p.  204. 

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279.     XX.     Declaratio  residencie  pro  Aylesbir'  et  Miltowa  (Q). 
This  document  is  no  longer  to  be  found  at  Lincoln. 

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280'     XXI.     De  canonizacione  sancti  Hugonis  episcopi   (Q). 

The  papal  bulls  relating  to  the  canonization  of  Saint  Hugh  are  no 
longer  to  be  found  at  Lincoln.  The  texts  printed  below  are  taken 
from  J .  F.  Dimock's  edition  of  the  bulls  as  they  are  given  at  the  end 
of  the  Broumlotv  MS.  of  the  Life  of  Saint  Hugh  (Giraldi  Cambrensis 
Opera  vii,  243-6,  Rolls  Series). 

280a.  Bulla  specialis  domini  paper  Honorii  tertii,  de  canoniza- 
tione  beatissimi  et  gloriosissimi  Hugonis  Lincolniensis  episcopi. 

Honorius  episcopus,  [servus']  servorum  Dei,  venerabili 
fratri  episcopo,  et  dilectis  filiis,  capitulo,  clero,  et  populo 
Lincolniensi,  salutem  et  apostolicam  benedictionem  .  "  Non 
repulit  Dominus  plebem  suam  "^  .•'  nee   earn  expertem  gratije 

5  suae  reliquit  aut  glorise,  Qui  terminos  gentium  secundum 
numerum  Angelorum  suorum  legitur  statuisse^  .  Quinimmo, 
licet  electi  dicantur  pauci  resjjectu  multitudinis  vocatorum, 
certum  est  tamen  quod  ex  tanto  fidelium  numero  eligitur 
maxima  multitude   .   Unde  prophetse,  conquerenti  se  solum 


No.  280a  HONORIUS   III  236 

10  esse  relietum,  aliis  interemptis,  responsum  est  a  Domino, 
"  Reliqiii  mihi  septem  railia  vironim,  qui  ante  Baal  genua 
non  curvaverunt  "*  .  Et  beatus  evangelista  Johannes,^  cum 
revelatum  sibi  numerum  signatorum  ex  duodecim  tribubus 
conspexisset,    vidit    turbam    magnam,    quae    dinumerari    non 

16  poterat,  amictam  stolis  eandidis,  et  tenentem  palmas  in 
manibus  coram  Deo  .  Porro  Justus  et  misericors  Dominus 
fideles  suos,  quos  prsedestinavit  ad  vitam,  omnes  quidem 
coronans  in  patria,  quosdam  eorum,  secundum  multitudinem 
divitiarum  sapientice  ac  misericordiae  suae,  glorificavit  in  via, 

20  ut  frigescenteni  jam  in  pluribus  caritatis  igniculum  accendat 
mirabilium  novitate  suorum,  et  pravitatem  confundat  here- 
ticam,  dum,  ad  catholicorum  tumulos  faciens  miraeula  radiare, 
ostendit  per  gloriam  post  exitum  vitse  hujus  illis  exhibitam, 
eos   tenuisse  dum   viverent   fidem  rectam    .   Ipso  igitur  pia; 

25  recordationis  Hugonem  Lincolnie;isem  episcopum,  quern  in 
vita  sua  non  solum  virtutibus  sed  etiam  signonim  osten- 
sionibus  illustraverat,  faciente  post  obitum  crebrioribus 
miraculis  coruscare,  vos,  frater  episcope,  et  filii  capitulum 
ejusdem,  per  apostolicam  sedem  ascribi  sanctorum  catalogo 

30  instanti  devotione  ac  devota  instantia  postulastis  .  Cum 
autem  vestra  petitio  diu  fuisset  necessaria  maturitate  suspensa, 
eo  quod,  cum  hujusmodi  judicium  divinum  sit  potius  quam 
humanum,  reformidat  mortalis  infirmitas  judicare  de  illis, 
qui,  veste  mortalitatis  exuta,  cum  Christo  creduntur  vivere 

35  ac  regnare,  demum  vobis  propter  miraculorum  frequentiam 
petitionem  praidictam  humiliter  replicantibus,  nos,  ne  minis- 
terium  nostrum  divinoe  dignationi  mirificanti  sanctum  suum 
subtrahere  videremur,  venerabili  fratri  nostro  Stephano 
C'antuariensi   arcliiepiscopo,    sanctee    Romanse    ecclesiae    car- 

40  dinali,  et  dilecto  filio  abbati  de  Fontibus,  dederimus  in  man- 
datis,  ut,  cum  opera  pietatis  in  vita  et  miraculorum  signa 
post  mortem  ad  hoc  quod  quis  reputetur  sanctus  iii  militanti 
ecclesia  requirantur,  licet  ad  sanctitatem  fidelis  animse  opera 
sola     sufEciant    in    ecclesia    triumphanti,    qusererent    super 

45  utriusque  solicite  veritatem,  et  quod  invenirent  curarent 
nobis  fideliter  intimare,  quatinus  per  eorum  relationem 
instructi  procederemus  in  negotio  prout  nobis  Dominus 
inspiraret  .  Qui,  juxta  mandati  nostri  tenorem,  primo  de 
illius  conversatione  ac  vita,  et  deinde  de  miraculis,  inquisi- 

50  tionem  facientes  per  testes  omni  exceptione  majores  et 
astrictos  juramenti  vinculo  diligentem,  invenerunt  ipsum 
sanctae  conversationis  odore  aliis  praefuisse  dum  viveret,  et 
insignium  miraculorum  multitudine  in  vita  et  j^ost  obitum 
claruisse  .  Quae,  quia  pro  sua  multitudine  non  possent  sub 

65  brevitate  narrari,  praesenti  paginae  non  duximus  inserenda  / 
melius     aestimantes     scripturae     gloriosam     ejus     historiam 


236  ADDITIONAL    CHARTERS  No.  280a 

universam  relinquere,  quam  paucia  auctoritatem  bullae  nostraa 
api^ositione  praestando,  earn  reliquis  quodammodo  derogare  . 
Ipsis  autem  miraculis,   quae  inquisitores  praedicti  nobis  sub 

60  sigillis  suis  prout  in  mandatis  acceperant  transmiserunt, 
examinatis  per  venerabilem  fratrem  nostrum  P.  Sabien' 
episcopum  diligenter,  ea  demum  in  auditorio  nostro  fecimus 
solempniter  recitari  .  Et  cum  sanctitatem  morum,  et  signorum 
virtutem,  ad  favorem  petitionis  jam  dictae  concurrere  vide- 

65  remus,  divinum  et  humanum  seeuti  judicium,  de  divina 
misericordia  et  ejusdem  sancti  meritis  confidentes,  ipsum, 
de  fratrum  nostrorum  et  episcoporum  qui  apud  apostolicam 
sedem  erant  oonsilio,  sanctorum  catalogo  duximus  ascriben- 
dum ;    statuentes  ut   in  die   depositionis   ejusdem    festivitas 

70  annis  singulis  devote  celebretur  .  Quocirca  universitati  vestrae 
per  apostolica  scripta  mandamus,  quatinus  ejusdem  sancti 
memoriam  cum  celebritate  debita  venerantes,  ejus  apud 
Deum  suffragia  humiliter  imploretis  .  Dat'  Viterbii  xiii.  kal. 
Marcii  pontificatus  nostri  anno  quarto." 

Text :    Brownlow  MS  (as  above). 

Var.  R.  and  notes  :  '  servus  is  omitted  by  mistake  in  the  Brownlow  MS.  '  Rom. 
xi,  2.     '  Deut.  xxxii,  8.     •  Rom.  xi,  4.     ^  Apoc.  vii,  3-9.     "  17  February,  1220. 

280  b.     Bulla  generalis  domini  papce  Honorii  de  canonizatione  el 

translatione  bead  Hiujonis  Lincolniensis  episcopi. 

Honorius   episcopus,  etc.   universis  Christi   fidelibus,   prae- 

sentem   paginam   inspecturis,   salutem  et   apostolicam   bene- 

dictionem  .  Divinae  dlgnatio  pietatis  sanctos  et  electos  suos, 

in  coelestis  regni  felicitate  locatos,  ad  hoc*  in  terra  miraculorum 

5     coruscatione  clarificat,  ut  fidelium  per  haec  excitata  devotio 

eorum   suffragia    digna    veneratione    deposcat    .    Cum   igitur 

sanctae    recordationis    Hugonem    Lincolniensem    episcopum, 

quem,  sicut  nobis  plenarie  constitit,-  divini  muneris  largitas 

tam  in  vita,  quam  etiam  post  vestem  mortalitatis  exutam, 

10  insignium  miraculorum  multitudine  iUustravit,  sanctorum 
catalogo  conscripserimus,^  universitatem  vestram  monemus 
et  exhortamur  in  domino,  quatinus  ejus  apud  deum  patro- 
cinia  devotis*  mentibus  imploretis  .  Cum  autem  venerabile 
corpus  ejus  a  loco  in  quo  est  transferri  oporteat  et  honorifi- 

15  centius  collocari,  nos  omnibus  qui  ad  solempnitatem  trans- 
lationis  ejusdem,  die  quo  transfertur,  aut  etiam  infra  ejus 
octavas,  et  his  quoque  qui  revolutis  annis  ipso  translationis 
die  ad  ejus  tumbam  cum  devotione  accesserint,  de  dei  miseri- 
cordia ac  beatorum  Petri  et  Pauli  apostolorum  ejus  auctoritate 

20  confisi,  quadraginta  dies  de  injunctis  sibi  poenitentiis  relaxamus. 
Dat'  Viterbii  xiii.  kal.  Marcii,  pontificatus  nostri  anno  quarto.* 

Texts :  Brownlow  .MS.  (as  above).  A  similar  bull,  but  with  no  mention  of  the 
translation,  is  given  in  Rymer,  Faedera  i,  165.  from  the  original  in  the  Tower  ;  and 
in  Wendover,  iv,  04. 


No.  281  HONORIUS    III  237 

Var.  R.  and  notes  :  '  ad  hue  Rymer  Wend.  '  constituit  Brownlow  MS  ;  constat 
Rymer  Wend.  '  adscripsimus  Rymer  Wend.  *  devote  Rjrmer  Wend.  >  17 
February,   1220. 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzraann  :  No.  280b  has  been  very  often  printed  in  Itahan 
pubhcations,  chiefly  in  the  first  edition  of  Rainaldus,  Annates  ecclesiastici  ad  annum 
1220.  Also  in  Bullarium  Bomanum,  ed.  Cliarles  Cocquelines,  vol.  iii  (Romae 
1740)  213,  no.  42,  and  ed.  Taurinensis  iii,  367;  Justus  Fontanini  Codex  conslilti- 
tionum  quaj<  sinnmi  pontifices  ediderunl  in  solemni  canonizatione  sayiclorum  (Romae 
1729)  52,  no.  35  ;  Bulaeus  Hist,  uniuersitatis  Parisiensis  iii,  104  ;  Tromby  Storia 
del  patriarco  S.  Brunone  e  del  suo  ordine  Cartusiano  v,  append.  83,  no.  71  ;  and 
probably  also  in  other  histories  of  the  Carthusian  order,  e.g.  Charles  Lecouteulx, 
Annates  ordinis  Carticsiensis  (Carreriae,  1887),  which  I  have  not  been  able  to  see. 
Also  in  publications  of  the  Vatican  registers,  where  the  bull  is  inserted  :  Horoy, 
Med.  aevi  bibt.  palrist.,  Honorii  pape  iii  opera  iii,  388,  no.  82,  and  420,  no.  49  ;  Pietro 
Pressutti  /  regesti  del  pontefice  Onorio  iii,  vol.  i  (Roma  1888),  387,  no.  2334  ;  A. 
Potthast,  Regesta  pontificum  Romanorum,  no.  6195  ;  also  in  Matthaei  Parisien. 
Chronica  maiora,  ed.  Luard,  iii,  58  (from  Wendover). 

280c.     Item  alia  bulla  de  translatimie  ejusdem. 

Honorius,  &c.  venerabili  fratri  episcopo  Lincolniensi 
salutem  et  apostolicam  benedictionem  .  Cum  venerabile 
corpus  beati  Hugonis  a  loco  in  quo  est  transferendum  sit  et 
dignius  collocandum,  fraternitati  tuse  per  apostolica  scripta 

5  [mandamus^],  quatinus,  convocatis  prselatis  et  aliis  quos 
videris  convocandos,  corpus  ipsum  in  locum  opportunum 
cures  cum  debita^  solempnitate  transferre,  faciens  illud  cum 
digna  honorificentia  collocari  .  Dat'  Viterbii,  pontificatus 
nostri  anno  quarto.' 

Text :    Brownlow  MS  (as  above). 

Var.  R.  and  note  :  '  mandamus  is  omitted  by  mistake  in  the  Brownlow  MS.  '  after 
debita  is  et  in  the  Brownlow  MS.  Perhaps  the  bull  had  debita  reverentia  {or  some 
such  ivord)  et  solempnitate.     'ad.  1220. 

Folio  182d  [blank]. 

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280d .  Processus  canonizacionis  beati  Robert!  in  certa  rotula  est 
in  cofino  sub  hoc  titulo  .  non  scribatur  (Q). 

The  efforts  to  obtain  canonization  Jar  bishop  Grosseteste  began 
about  1288,  shortly  before  Q  made  this  entry  in  the  Registrum  Anti- 
quissimum  ;  but  both  the  earlier  and  the  later  attempts  were  unsuccessful. 
For  an  account  of  the  proceedings  see  aw  article  by  Canon  JR.  E.  G. 
Cole  in  Associated  Societies'  Reports  xxxiii,  1-34.  There  is  no 
papal  document  at  Lincoln  relating  to  the  proceedings. 

Add.  t'HART. 
281.     Indult  of  pope  Innocent  [IV],  granting  to  the  bishops  of 
the  province  of  Canterbury  that  procurations  shall  not  be   paid 
to  the  archbishop  when,  as  metropolitan,  he  visits  parish  churches. 
At  Perugia.     27  May,  1252. 


238  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  281 

Iimocencius  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  'i  venerabilibus 
fratribus  vniuersis  cpiscopis  Cantuariensis  prouincie  1  salutem 
et  apostolicam  benediccionem. 

Attendentes  quod  prouincia  Cantuar'  claris  semper  coii- 
5  sueuit  poUere  prelatis  )  qui  officii  sui  debitum  laudabiliter 
exequentes  ">  studuerunt  circa  greges  sibi  creditos  curam 
impendere  vigilem  et  salubrem  visitando  eos  oportune  ^  ac 
in  alijs  prouide  gubernando  .  Considerantes  eciam  quod 
ecclesie    seculares    non    collegiate    vestrarum    ciuitatum   et 

10  diocesium  in  quibus  singulares  rectores  et  vicarii  et  nulli 
alij  sunt  clerici  instituti  .  turn  quia  erga  ipsas  a  suis  prelatis 
soUicitudo  debita  in  visitacione  ac  alijs  adhibetur  .  turn  quia 
in  eis  clericorum  collegia  non  existunt  a  metropolitano  vestro 
quasi  nunquam  indigeant  visitari  )  et  propter  hoc  ipsas  racione 

15  visitacionis  metropolitice  in  procuracionibus  aggrauari  nolentes  ■> 
Vobis  et  eisdem  ecclesijs  de  fratrum  aostrorum  consilio 
auctoritate  apostolica  perpetuo  indulgemus  ^  Vt  idem  metro- 
politanus  ab  ipsis  ecclesijs  procuraciones  que  racione  visita- 
cionis debentur  nuUatenus  decetero  exigere   ^  vel  eas  exac- 

20  cionibus  pecuniarijs  aggrauare  valeat  ^  nee  eedem  ecclesie 
ad  illarum  exhibicionem  aliquatenus  teneantur  .  Decernentes 
quascumque  sentencias  talium  occasione  procuracionum  vel 
exaccionum  contra  easdem  ecclesias  vel  rectores  et  vicarios 
ipsos  sen  alios  dictus  metropolitanus  aut  alter  ipsius  auctori- 

25  tate  tulerit  ^  vacuas  penitus  et  inanes  ^  nisi  forte  ad  singulorum 
requisicionem  >  vel  de  omnium  aut  maioris  partis  vestrum 
consilio  et  assensu  >  iUas  duxerit  visitandas  ^  et  tunc  secundum 
ipsarum  facilitates  moderate  iuxta  constitucionem  nostram 
super  hoc  editam  pro  suis  procuracionibus  expendatur  .  Nulli 

30  ergo  omnino  hominum  iiceat  banc  paginam  nostre  concessionis 
et  constitucionis  infringere  ^  vel  ei  ausu  temerario  contraire  . 
Si  quis  autem  hoc  attemptare  presumpserit  ^  indignacionem 
omnipotentis  dei  ^  et  beatorum  Petri  et  PauU  apostolorum 
eius  se  nouerit  incursurum. 

35  Dat'  Perusij  .vj.  kalendas  .  Junij  I  pontificatus  nostri  ( 
anno  nono. 

Marginalia :  ludulgencia  super  procuratiouibus  a  paroohialibus  eoclesiis  non 
prestandis  archiopiscopo  .   .  visitauti. 

Texts  :  MS— Blauk  Book,  ff.  2 Id— 22.  Martilogium,  f.  5.  Fd—Linc.  Gath. 
Statutes  i,  323. 

Add.  Chart. 
282.  Mandate  of  pope  Alexander  [IV].  Whereas  some  of  the 
canons  of  Lincoln  refuse  to  contribute  to  the  expenses  which  the 
dean  and  chapter  must  needs  incur  in  preserving  the  rights  of 
their  church,  the  pope  commands  the  dean  and  precentor  of  York 
to  compel  such  canons  to  contribute.    At  the  Lateran.     15  May,  1256. 


I 


No.  283  ALEXANDER    IV  239 

Alexander  episcopus  seruus  seruorum  dei  .  dilectis  filiis 
.  .  decano  et  .  .  precentori  Eboracen-si6M5  salutem  et  apos- 
tolicam  benediccionem  .  Ex  parte  dilectorum  filiorum  .  . 
decani  et  capituli  ecclesie  Lincolnienis  nostris  est  auribus 
5  intimatum  .  quod  magister  Willelmus  de  Sewelle  Nicolaus 
dictus  Greens  et  quidam  alii  eiusdem  ecclesie  canonici  in 
expensis  quas  eosdem  decanum  7  capitvdum  pro  conseruandis 
iuribus  et  libertatibus  ipsius  ecclesie  et  subditorum  eius 
liactenus  subire  oportuit  cum  eis  contribuere  indebite  con- 

10  tradicunt  quamquam  jjrebendarum  suarum  ipsius  ecclesie 
percipiant  cum  integritate  prouentus  in  eorundem  decani  et 
capituli  non  modicam  lesionem  .  Quare  ipsi  decanus  7 
capitulum  supplicarunt  liumiliter  sibi  super  hoc  misericorditer 
prouideri  .  Cum  igitur  dignum  sit  ut  ipsi  canonici  qui  bonorum 

15  eiusdem  ecclesie  sunt  jmrticipes  onerum  minime  sint  ex- 
pertes  (  discretion!  uestre  per  apostolica  scripta  mandamus 
quatinus  si  est  ita  canonicos  ipsos  ad  contribuendum  cum 
ipsis  decano  et  capitulo  in  expensis  huiusmodi  ut  tenentur 
monitione  premissa  appellacione  remota  per  censuram  eccle- 

20  siasticam  compellatis  .  Non  obstante  aliqua  indulgencia  per 
quam  huiusmodi  mandati  effectus  ( impediri  ualeat  uel  difl'erri  . 
Quod  si  non  ambo  hiis  exequendis  potueritis  interesse  (  alter 
uestrum  ea  nichilominus  exequatur  .  Dat'  Lateran'  idibus 
Maij  pontificatus  nostri  anno  secundo  ; 

Endorsed  :    Contra  prebendarios  nolentes  contribuere  in  expensis  ecclesie  (query 

Q). 

The  seal  has  been  torn  off  with  a  small  piece  at  the  foot  of  the  charter.  Size  : 
lOJ  X  8i  inches. 

Text:    MS— Orig.  Dij/57/1/7. 

Note  :  Nicholas  Grecus  frequently  appears  as  a  witness  to  the  acts  of  bishop 
Grosseteste  (L.R.S.  xi,  index).  He  was  still  a  canon  of  Lincoln  in  1278  {Line.  Cath. 
Statutes  ii,  pp.  ocviii,  802).     William  de  Sewelle  cannot  be  traced. 

Add.  Chart. 
283.  Mandate  of  pope  Innocent  [II],  commanding  the  legate 
Henry  bishop  of  Winchester  and  T[heobald]  archbishop  of  Canterbury 
and  his  suffragans  to  confirm  the  sentence  of  excommunication 
pronounced  by  Alexander]  bishop  of  Lincoln  against  [Robert]  earl 
of  Leicester,  who  is  withholding  bishop  Alexander's  castle  of 
Newark  [co.  Nottingham],  and  to  provide  that  the  bishop  shall 

come  to  them.     At  the   Lateran.     5  ides   of (Probably 

1140.) 

[I]Nnocentius    episcopus    seruus    seruorum    dei    .    venera- 

bilibus  fratribus  .  He  .  Wintoniensi  episcopo  apostolice  sedis 

legato    .   T'.   Cantuariensi   archiepiscopo   eiusque   suffraganeis 

salutem  7  apostolicam  [bejnedictioneui  .  Principes  terrarum 

5     qui  deberent  ecclesias  ec[clesia]sticas  personas  7  earum  bona 


240  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  283 

manutenere  .  [7  a  prajuorum  incursibus  defensare  .  peccatis 
exigen[tibus  mutati]  sunt  in  tirannos  personas  ecclesiasticas 

[indebitis  exajctionibus  7  oppressionibus  inquietant  .  [ 

eorumque]  bona  ecclesiastica  uiolenter  occupant  [et  detinent 

10  occupata]  .  Perlatum  siquidem  est  .  ad  [aures  nostras  ) 
quod  uenerajbilis  frater  noster  .A.  Lincoliensis  [episco- 
pus  contra  Robertum  comitemj  Leecestrie  qui  castrum 
Niwerc  .  [quod  sui  iuris  est  )  occupauit  7]  uiolenter  detinet  . 
excommu[nicationis  sententiam  promujlgauit  .  Et  nos  quidem 

15     

ta]lem    raptorem    ab    ipsius   [ 

]antes  .•'  per  [prob- 
ably about  six  lines  missing  for  the  latter  part  of  which  there 
may  be  suggested  :    fraternitati  uestre  per  apostolica  scripta 

20  mandamus  )  quatinus  sententiam  )  quam  idem  .A.  contra 
predictum  .R.  canonice  promuljgauerit  simili  inodo  firmetis  . 
7  obseruari  faciatis  .  Ipsum  quoque  fratrem  nostrum  in  suis 
7  ecclesie  sue  oportunitatibus  iuuare  ac  manutenere  fraterna 
caritate    curetis    7    ut    ad    uos'    absque    inpedimento    uenire 

25  ualeat  cum  omni  diligentia  prouideatis  .  Dat'  .  Lat'.  v 
idus 

Text :  MS — S58.  A  considerable  part  of  the  leaf  which  contains  the  text  has 
perished.  The  words  enclosed  within  square  brackets  have  been  suggested  by 
Dt  W.  Holtzmann  for  the  purpose  of  filling  up  the  lacunae. 

Var.  R.  :  '  An  apparently  early  hand  has  cancelled  the  «  of  uos  by  placing  a  dot 
below  it,  and  has  written  e  above  the  u,  thus  changing  the  word  into  eos.  The 
sense,  however,  requires  uos.  If  the  damage  to  the  document  was  done  at  an  early 
date,  the  correction  may  have  been  made  by  one  who,  on  account  of  the  incom- 
pleteness of  the  text,  failed  to  appreciate  its  meaning. 

Note  by  Dr  VV.  Holtzmami  :  This  document  supplies  very  valuable  evidence 
in  regard  to  the  struggle  between  king  Stephen  on  the  one  hand  and  bishop  Roger 
of  Salisbury  and  his  nepotes,  bishop  Alexander  of  Lincoln  and  Bishop  Nigel  of  Ely, 
on  the  other.  The  story  of  the  conflict  has  been  often  told  by  ancient  and  modern 
writers,  but  documentary  evidence  for  it  is  very  scarce.  For  the  bishop  of  Ely 
we  have  some  letters  in  tlie  third  (and  still  unpublished)  book  of  the  Liber  Eliensis  : 
for  Lincoln  the  j^resent  text  is  the  only  document  that  is  known.  It  shews  that 
bishop  Alexander  had  taken  care  to  launch  an  appeal  to  the  pope  against  his 
oppressors,  among  whom  the  existing  part  of  this  badly  injured  text  of  the  pope's 
letter  mentions  only  Robert  earl  of  Leicester.  It  would  be  very  interesting  to 
know  whether  anything,  however  slight,  was  said  which  would  illustrate  the 
attitude  of  the  pope  on  the  arrival  of  the  bad  news  about  his  creature,  king  Stephen. 
While  we  may  with  considerable  confidence  supply  the  missing  words  in  the  smaller 
gaps,  we  cannot  have  a  similar  assurance  about  the  words  which  liave  jierished 
in  the  main  lacuna.  Relying,  however,  on  the  letters  to  the  bishop  of  Ely  men- 
tioned below,  I  would  suggest  the  following  re-construction  of  the  text,  the  sug- 
gested words  being  printed  in  italic  type  : 

Et  nos  quidem  prcdictam  senlciiliam  contra  tolem  raptorem  ab  ipsius  caMri 
domino  latam  confinn&ntoa  per  apostolica  scripta  fraternitati  vestre  mandamus 
et  mandando  precipimus,  quatemis  ipsi  cpiscopo  ad  sua  bona  recuperanda 
opem  et  consilium  prebeatis  et  ipsam  sententiam,  quam  idem  venerabilis  frater 

noster  A.  contra preJicttimcomitcrnR.  canonice  promtdgsiuerit,  simili  raodo 

The  struggle  began  with  the  arrest  of  the  bishops  at  Oxford,  24  June,  113'J  (cp. 
Stubbs,  Constitutional  History  i,  §  1 14).  At  this  time  the  pope  was  in  Southern  Italy, 
and  he  did  not  return  to  the  Latoran  till  3  October.  His  letter,  therefore,  cannot 
have  been  written  before  12  October  at  the  earliest.  This  woultl  be  after  the 
legate's  council  of  Westminster,  29  August  to   1   September.     But  probably  the 


No.  284  ALEXANDER    III  241 

date  of  the  letter  must  be  placed  in  1140,  and  it  is  significant  that  the  pope,  on 
5  October  in  that  year,  wrote  a  similar  letter  in  favour  of  bishop  Nigel  of  Ely 
(Jaffe-Lbwenfeld,  op.  cil..  no.  8101  ;  Liber  Eliensis,  lib.  iii,  cap.  64  ;  British  Museum, 
Cotton  MS,  Titus  A  i,  f.  37,  and  Tiberius  A  vi,  f.  114  ;  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Ely, 
MS  of  the  Liber  Eliensis  (13  cent.),  f.  147). 

Add.  Chart. 

284.  Notarial  copy,  dated  13  June,  1345,  of  a  bull  of  pope 
Alexander  [111]  in  favour  of  the  prior  and  convent  of  Merton  [co. 
Surrey],  dated  at  the  Lateran.     2  July,  1179. 

Alexander  seruus  seruorum  dei  dilectis  hliis  Roberto  priori 
ecclesie  sancte  Marie  de  -Mertona  eiusque  fratribus  tarn 
presentibus  quam  futuris  regularem  vitam  profess[is  in 
perpetuum  .  Ad  lioc  uniuersalis  ecclesie]  cura  nobis  a  prouisore 
5  omnium  bonorum  deo  commissa  est  vt  I'eligiosas  diligamus 
personas  7  beneplacentem  deo  religioncm  studeamus  modis 
onmibus  propagare  [.  Nee  enim  deo  gratus  aliquando  faniulatus 
impenditur]  nisi  ex  caritatis  radice  procedens  in  puritate 
religionis    fuerit    conseruatus    Eapropter    tlilecti    in    domino 

10  fihi  vestris  iustis  postulacionibus  [clementer  annuimus  7 
prefatam  ecclesiam  1  in  qua  diuino  mancipati]  estis  obsequio 
sub  beati  Petri  7  nostra  proteccione  suscipimus  7  presentis 
scripti  priuilegio  communimus  ( In  primis  siquidem  statuente[s  \ 
ut  ordo  canonicus  >  qui  secundum  deum  7  beati  Augustini] 

15  regulam  in  ipsa  eccle.sia  institutus  esse  dinoscitur  perpetuis 
ibidem  temporibus  inuiolabiliter  obseruetur  '  Preterea  quas- 
cumque  possessiones  quecumque  bona  [in  presentiarum  iuste 
7  canonice  possidetis  aut]  in  futurum  concessioue  pontificum  ' 
largicione   regum   vel   principum   '   oblacione   fidelium    '   sen 

20  aliis  iustis  modis  (  prestante  domino  poteritis  adipisc[i  ( 
firma  uobis  uestrisque  successoribus  7]  illibata  permaneant  ' 
in  quibus  hec  propriis  duximus  exprimenda  vocabulis  (  Locum 
ipsum  in  quo  predicta  ecclesia  de  ^Merton'  sita  est  .  ecclesiam 
de  ^Kyugeston'  [cum  omnibus  pertinenciis]  suis  (  ecclesiam 

25  de  Codyngton'  >  ecclesiam  de  *Vpton'  (  J  manerium  quod 
habetis  in  eadem  villa  '  ecclesiam  de  Huccham  {  ecclesias 
de  ^Gildeford'  '  ecclesiam  de  Iuh[erst  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis 
suis  {  ecclesiam  de]  '^Schirefeld  (  ecclesiam  de  Sutton'  ^  terram 
de   'Aldynton'   (  ecclesiam  de  ^Norton'   ^  cum  omnibus  per- 

30  tinenciis  suis  (  ecclesiam  de  ^Kymeto[n'  cum]  omnibus  pertin- 
enciis suis  [ecclesiam  de  '"Stanjsted"  i  ecclesiam  de  "Standon' 
{  ecclesiam  de  '^Honesdon'  f  ecclesiam  de  ^^Middelton'  C 
ecclesiam  de  ^^Gillynges  i  ecclesiam  de  '^Clyua  i  ec[clesiam] 
de  "Gudemecestria  [  i  ecclesiam  de]  Miindebiria  i  redditum 

35  viginti  sohdorum  in  molendinis  de  Huntindon'  i  ecclesias 
de  ^'Matolask'  7  de  Plu/«sted'  i  redditum  sexaginta  sohdorum 
apud   [18 jicle   ad  opus   o[ ]    "jjurnes 

Q 


242  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  284 

7  de  Brugges  cum  pertinenciis  suis  (  ecclesiam  de  Hardres  ( 
ecclesiam   de   Ryhers'    (   ecclesiam    de    *'Cumba    I   ecclesiam 

40  de  ^^Kaynes  (  7  ecclesiam  de  ^^Flore  7  ecclesiam  de  23Ber[ton'  ( 
7  ecclesiam]  de  ^^Taronta  I  7  ecclesiam  de  ^^Somerford'  ( 
ecclesiam  de  ^^Meldon'  (  ecclesiam  de  ^'Ramesdon'  (  ecclesiam 
de  ^Ditton'  (  ecclesiam  de  Clopham  (  7  ecclesiam  de  Awlton' 
(  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  suis  et  heremitorium  quod  fuit 

45  Rogeri  heremite  iuxta  Blecchj'nglej'e  <  7  terram  de  Toles- 
worth'  (  7  vineam  quam  habetis  apud  ^^Sutton'  (  libertates 
quoque  J  (  immunitates  (  quas  dilectus  filius  noster  Henricus 
illustris  Anglorum  rex  (  diuino  vobis  intuitu  cartis  suis  auten- 
ticis    confirmauit    ratas    decernimus    perpetuo    permanere    ' 

50  Obeunte  vero  te  nunc  eiusdem  loci  priore  (  vol  tuorum  quolibet 
(  successorura  (  nuUus  ibi  I  qualibet  subrepcionis  astucia  ( 
sen  principis  aut  alterius  potestatis  violencia  preponatur  nisi 
quem  fratres  communi  consensu  vel  fratrum  pars  sanioris 
concilii  secundum  dei  timorem  <  7  beati   Augustini  regulam 

55  7  sanctorum  patrum  statuta  (  prouiderint  eligendum  .■'  In 
parochialibus  autem  ecclesiis  vestris  liceat  vobis  de  fratribus 
vestris  vel  de  aliis  honestis  personis  presbiteros  eligere  (  et 
diocesano  episcopo  presentare  (  quibus  si  ydonei  fuerint 
episcopus  curam  animarum  committat  (  vt  ei  de  spiiitualibus 

60  vobis  vero  de  temporalibus  7  si  fratres  .  superfuerint  >  de 
ordinis  insuper  obseruancia  debeant  respondere  .  Sane  de 
noualibus  vestris  (  que  propriis  manibus  aut  sumptibus 
colitis  sine  de  nutrimentis  animalium  vestrorum  vbicunque 
sint  (  decimas  a  vobis  nuUus  presumat  exigere  .•■  Sepulturam 

65  quoque  ipsius  loci  (  liberam  esse  concedimus  (  vt  eorum 
deuocioni  7  extreme  voluntati  I  qui  se  illic  sepeliri  deliberauer- 
int  (  nisi  forte  excommunicati  sint  vel  interdicti  ullus  obsistat 
I  salua  tamen  iusticia  illarum  ecclesiarum  a  quibus  mortuorum 
corpora  assumuntur  i  Cum  autem  generale  interdictum  terra 

70  fuerit  (  liceat  vobis  clausis  ianuis  (  exclusis  excommunicatis 
7  interdictis  I  non  pulsatis  campanis  (  suppressa  voce  (  diuina 
officia  celebrare  (  Inhibemus  eciam  ne  terras  aut  ecclesias  t 
seu  aliquod  beneficium  ecclesie  vestre  collatum  I  liceat  alicui 
personaliter    dari    seu    alio    mod[o]    alienari    sine    communi 

75  cons[en]su  tocius  capituli  (  aut  maioris  7  sanioris  partis  . 
Si  que  vero  donaciones  seu  alienaciones  aliter  quam  dictum 
est  facte  fuerint  <  eas  irritas  esse  censemus  <  Pretere[a]  nouas 
7  indebitas  exactiones  <  ab  archiepiscopis  (  vel  episcopis  ( 
archidiaconis  I  seu  decanis  I  aliis  ve  quibuslibet  ecclesiasticis 

80  personis  (  7  maxime  pro  dedicacione  ecclesiarum  siue  pro  aliis 
ecclesiasticis  sacramen[tis]  in  ecclesiis  vestris  fieri  omnino 
prohibemus  nisi  tantuni  synodalia  7  episcopalia  que  de 
canonum  iure  debentur  (  Inhibemus  quoque  ne  quis  infra 
parochias  ecclesiarum  vestrarum   <   ecclesiam  aut  oratorium 


No.  284  ALEXANDER   III  243 

85  (  sine  ass[ensu]  diocesani  episcopi  7  vestro  edificare  pre- 
sumant^  (  saliiis  tainen  priuilegiis  Komane  ecclesie  (  nee 
cuiquam  liccat  rcligionem  domus  vestre  (  secundum  regulam 
beati  Augustini  constitutam  vel  iura  vestra  seu  racionabiles 
instituciones  a  patribus  vestris  scripto  commendatas  '  sine 
90  maioris  7  sanioris  partis  capituli  concilio'  7  asseusu  corrunipere 
vel  mutare  (  niinuere  vel  aliquid  superaildere  '  quod  religioni 
sine  saluti  vestre  vel  salubribus  patrum  videatur  institu- 
cionibus  obuiare  i  Prohibemus  ad  hec  (  ne  aliqui  canonici 
seu  conuersi  sub  professione  vestre  domus  astricti  C  sine 
95  conssensu '  7  licencia  prioris  7  maioris  ac  sanioris  partis  capituli 
vestri  pro  aliquo  fideiuljeant  (  vel  ab  alio  ijcccuniam'  mutuo 
accipiant  (  vltra  precium  prouidencia  capituli  constitutum  i 
quod  si  facere  forte  presumpserint  i  non  teneatur  conuentus 
sine  cuius  licencia  7  consensu  hoc  egerint  pro  hiis  aliquatenus 

100  respondere  (  Adicimus  eciam  ne  aliquam  ecclesiarum  vestrarum 
alicui  conc[edere  liceat  nisi  q]uis  velit  7  debeat  in  propria 
iniiiistrare  persona  .  sed  pocius  in  singulis  ecclesiis  vestris 
presbiteri  collocentur  ydonei  I  qui  deo  in  illis  digne  valeant 
deseruire  (  Liceat  autem  C  vobis  clericos  vel  laicos  e  seculo 

105  fugientes  (  ad  conuersionem  vestram  liberos  7  absolutos  sine 
contradiccione  aliqua  retinere  (  laici  vero  conuersi  priori  7 
canonicis  religionis  7  professionis  vestre  vbique  subditi  7 
obedientes  existant  (  nee  sine  prioris  7  conuentus  consciencia 
7    assensu    quicquam    de    possessionibus    vestris    disponere 

110  audeant  vel  mutare.-'  Paci  quoque  7  tranquillitati  vestre 
paterna  soUicitudine  prouidere  volentes  auctoritate  apostolica 
prohibemus  (  vt  infra  clausuras  locorum  seu  grangiarum 
vestrarum  nullas  violenciam  vel  rapinam  seu  furtum  (  com- 
mittei-e  aut  ignem  apponere  I  seu  hominem  capere  I  vel  inter- 

115  ficere  audeat  I  Prohibemus  insuper  vt  nullus  in  vos  vel  in 
ecclesias  vestras  excommunicacionis  seu  interdicti  sentenciam 
absque  manifesta  7  racionabili  causa  audeat  promulgare  ( 
Deceniimus  ergo  vt  nulli  omnino  hominum  liceat  prefatam 
ecclesiam  temere  perturbare  (  aut  eius  possessiones  auferre  ( 

120  veloblatas^  retinere  (  aut  minuere  I  seu  aliquibus  vexacionibus 
fatigarfi  t  sed  omnia  Integra  conseruentur  i  eorum  p[ro  quorum] 
gubernacione  ac  sustentacione  concessa  sunt  vsibus  onuii- 
modis  profutura  (  salua  apostoUce  sedis  auctoritate  I 
7  diocesani  episcopi  canonica  iusticia  (  Si  qua  igitur  in  futurum 

125  ecclesiastica  secularis  ve  persona  banc  [nostre  constitucionis] 
paginam  (  sciens  contra  earn  temere  venire  temptauerit  ( 
secundo  tercio  ve  commonita  <  si  noii  satisfacione  congrua 
id  emendauerit  (  potestatis  honorisque  sui  dignitate  careat 
(  reamque  [se  diuino  iudicio  exijstere  de  perpetrata  iniqui- 

130  tate  cognoscat  (  7  a  sacratissimo  corpore  dei  7  domini 
redemptoris  nostri  Ihesu  Cliristi  aliena  fiat  (  atque  in  extreme 


244  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  284 

examine  l  diuine  vltioni  subiaceat  i  Cunctis  autem  eidem 
loco  sua  iura  seruantibiis  sit  pax  domiiii  nostri  Ihesu  Christi  . 
quatinus  7  hie  fructum  bone  accionis  pereipiant  7  apud 
135  districtum  iudicem  premia  etcrne  pacis  inueniant  .  amen  . 
Dat'  Lateranen'"*  per  manum  Alberti  sancte  Romane  ecclesie 
presbiteri  cardinalis  7  cancellarii  .vj.  nonas  Julij  .  indiccione  . 
xj."'  incarnacionis  dominice  anno  millesimo  .  C™°.  Ixxviiij"". 
pontificatus  dowini  Alexandri  pape  tercij  anno  .xix"". 

140  Facta    est    collacio    7    concordat    cum    originali    pro 

Roche. 

[Notary's  Et  ego  Johannes  de  Marlesforde  clericus 

mark]  Exomewsis  diocesis  apostolica  auctoritate 

Johannes        notarius    pubHcus    vltima    die    mensis 

145  Marlesforde.    Junij     anno     domini    millesimo    CCC">° 

xlvto  indiccione  decima  tercia  pontifi- 
catus sanctissimi  patris  ac  do9«ni  d[omni]  dementis 
diuina  prouidencia  pape  vj"  anno  quarto  in  ecclesia 
sancti  Pauli  London'  supradictas  litteras  apostolicas  vera 

150  bulla   plumbea    .   more   Romane   curie   bullatas  sanas  7 

integras  ac  omni  suspicionis  vicio  vt  prima  facie  apparuit 
carentes  f  coram  me  notario  publico  .  tanquam  coram 
publica  7  autentica  persona  ac  magistro  Edmundo  de 
Pontefracto     Willelmo     Papiloun     Ricardo     Maunstede 

155  Johanne  de  Gadeston'  et  aliis  testibus  ad  hoc   vocatis 

7  rogatis  i  per  magistrum  Johannem  de  Tetforde  clcricum 
procui'atorem  religiosorum  virorum  prioris  7  conuentus 
de  Merton'  predictai'um  exhibitas  vidi  palpa[ui]  con- 
sideraui  et  diligenter  inspexi  hancque  veram  copiam  et 

160  cum    dictis    apostolicis    litteris    originalibus    in    omnibus 

concordantem  iuxta  veram  7  diligentem  collacionem 
habitam  cum  esdem'  (  manuque  propria  me  subscripsi 
signumque  meum  publicum  apposui  per  dictum  pro- 
ouratorem    rogatus    7    requisitus    in    testimonium    pre- 

165  missorum. 

No  endorsement.     Size  :     13^  x   14J  inches. 

Text :  Orig.Dij/57/1/5  .  .  .  The  right  hand  top  corner  lias  perished,  and  there  are 
several  holes  elsewhere.  The  words  which  are  consequently  lost  (apart  from  those 
in  lines  24-41)  have  been  supplied  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmanii,  and  are  enclosed  within 
square  brackets.  Since  they  consist  of  standard  papal  formulae,  with  the  exception 
of  the  phrase  iii  Ime  101,  they  may  be  accepted  as  certain.  The  missing  words 
in  lines  24-41  have  been  supplied  by  the  editor.  The  copies  of  papal  bulls  have 
disappeared  from  the  Merton  priory  cartulary  (British  Museum,  Cotton  MSS, 
Cleopatra  C.  vii),  and  the  present  text  preserves  seemingly  the  only  surviving  copy 
of  this  bull.  Tliero  is  no  record  of  the  circumstances  which  led  to  its  finding  a 
place  in  the  cathedral  church  of  Lincoln. 

Var.  K.  :  '  sic.  '"  the  adjective  seeirm  to  have  been  used  erroneously  instead  oj 
the  substantive  Laterani  (sing.)  or  Lateranis  (plur.).      ^i' the  indiction  should  be  xij. 

Identifications  :  -  Merton,  co.  Surrey.  '  Kingston  on  Thames,  Cuddington,  co. 
Surrey.  '  Upton,  Hitcham,  co.  Buckingham.  '  Guildford,  Ewhurst,  co.  Surrey. 
"  Sherfield  on  Loddon,  Bishop's  Sutton,  co.  Southampton.  '  Alderton,  co.  Wilt- 
shire (see  Note  belmv).     '  Midsomer  Norton,  co.  Somerset.     °  Kimpton,  co.  Bucking- 


No.  285  GREGORY   IX  246 

ham.  '"  Stanstead  Abbots,  co.  Hertford.  "  Stondon,  co.  Bedford.  "  Hunsdon, 
CO.  Hertford.  "  Milton  Bryant,  co.  Bedford.  '*  Yelling,  co.  Huntingdon.  "  Kings 
Cliffe,  CO.  Northampton.  "  Godmanehester,  Alconburv,  Huntingdon,  co.  Hunting- 
don. >'  Matlask,  Plumstead  (by  Holt),  co.  Norfolk."  >«  Unidentified.  "  Patrix- 
bourne.  Bridge,  Lower  Hardres,  and  Ryarsh,  co.  Kent.  -"  Coombe  Keynes,  co. 
Dorset.  '"  Caen,  in  Normandy  (see  Note  below).  2-  Flore,  co.  Northampton. 
-'  Barton,  co.  Cambridge.  ^*  Tarrant  Keynton,  co.  Dorset.  "'  Somerford  Keynes, 
CO.  Gloucester.  2' Maiden,  co.  Surrey.  2"  Ramsden  (formerly  a  chapelry  in  the 
pariah  of  Shipton  imder  Wj'chwood),  co.  Oxford.  ^  Long  Ditton,  Claphara, 
Carshalton,  Blechingley,  Talworth  (in  the  parish  of  Long  Ditton),  co.  Surrey. 

Note:  (1)  Aldynton'  (line  29) — Thi.s  place  must  be  identified  with  .Alderton, 
in  Wiltshire,  because  Merton  priory  had  one  hide  there  (in  Aldintona)  of  the  gift 
of  Aliz  de  Condi  and  Roger  [de  Condi]  and  his  heir,  in  U77  (A.  Heales,  The  Records 
of  Merton  Priory,  page  27).  Roger  was  one  of  the  bishoiJ  oi  Lincoln's  knights,  and 
this  fact  may  possibly  account  for  a  copy  of  the  present  text  being  found  at 
Lincoln   (see  page   291,   below). 

(2)  The  identification  of  Kaynes  (line  40)  with  Caen,  in  Normandy,  is  confirmed 
by  the  fact  that  the  prior  and  canons  of  Merton,  in  the  year  1200,  obtained  con- 
firmation from  king  .John  of  the  exchange  of  their  church  of  '  Kaannes  in  Nor- 
mannia  '  for  tithes  and  churches  in  England  which  belonged  to  the  prior  and  monks 
of  Saint   Fromond  in  the  diocese  of   Bayeux   (Rottili  Chartarum,  page   36). 

Add.  Chart. 
285.    Notice   of   an  indulgence   granted  by   the   pope    [query 
Gregory  IX]  to  the  hospital  of  S.  Maria  della  Stella  near  Rome  in 
the  city  of  Spoleto,  which  the  pope  wishes  to  be  frequented  by 
pilgrims.     (Query  circa  1234.) 

Domuus  papa  iniutigit  nobis  [ca]p[el]lanis  ut  iniungamus 

parochianis   nostris   in   remissionem'   peccatorum  .suorum   ut 

sint  coadiutores  7  benefactores  noui  hos[pi]talis  beate  Marie 

de  Stella  prope  Romam  in  ciuitate  de  Spoleta^  ubi  de  prouisione 

5     domni  pape  omnibus  transiuntibus^  7  peregrinis  ad  terram 

sanctam   tarn  militibus    quam  armigeris  tam  clericis  omnia 

necessaria   inueniuntur   ibj    hunt   omnia^   opera    misericordie 

pro  quibus  dominus  promittit  uitam  eternam  Vnde  domwus 

papa    omnibus    benefactoribus    predicte    domus    vii.    partem 

10     penitencie  iniuncte  peccata  obhta  uota  fracta  offensas  patrum 

7  matrum  siue  manuum  iniectione*  misericordie^  relaxat  .i. 

annum  .  c*  7  XL  dies  quotiens  Christi  fideles  suas  dederint 

elemosynas    cum    stacionibus    et    peregrinationibus     sancte 

Romane     ecclesie     eis     conced[it.    .    .]    [Summa]    stacionum 

15     XLiiiJ  anni  cum  vii  quatragenis-  7  si  quis  cum  aliqua  sentencia 

excommunicacionis   per   ignoranciam  innodatus  si'  de   bonis 

suis  congrue  ad   pre[dictam  domum  cum  conjsilio  sacerdotis 

sui  parochialis  transmiserit  est  penitus  absolutus  de  vsuris 

rapinis  et  [bonjis  male  adquisitis  nisi  sciatur  cui  ex  [debito  sint] 

20     reddenda  )  a  domno  papa  est  absolutus  et  de  omnibus  uotis 

excepto    uoto    lerosolimitano    Sacerdote*    uero    et    [cleri]ci 

istut^  negocium   deligente'  et  fideh[ter]  exponentes  quicquid 

in  diuinis  officiis  omiserint  a  dowmo  papa  est  remissum^"    . 

Summa  aliarum  remissi[onum]  a  uenerabilibus  cardinalibus" 

25     archiepiscopis  episcopis  .  .  .  IJ.*'  anni  .  Summa  missarum  ab 


246  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  285 

abbatibus  prioribus  7  aUis  uiris  religiosis  .xxxiii.  Iniunctum 
est  a  domno  papa  omnibus  presbiteris  parochialibus  [in 
uirtujte  obediencie  ut  omnia  siipradicta  parochianis  suis 
exponant  7  elemosinas  personaliter  [collijgant  .  Reddantur 
30  collecta  pro  [tempore]  7  loco  statuto  sub  pena  canonica 
cum  breue. 

Text :  MS — Orig.Dij/57/]/6.  T}iis  rather  difficult  document  has  been  transcribed 
by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann.  The  words  enclosed  in  square  brackets  have  been  supplied 
conjecturally. 

Size  :    8J  X  3  inches. 

Var.  R.  :  '  remissionem  seems  to  be  intended  ;  the  text  has  reniisc'm,  and  an  addi- 
tional final  minim  has  been  cancelled.  'sic.  ^  fiunt  is  repeated  after  omnia.  */or 
iniectiones.  ^  intuitu  seems  to  have  been  omitted.  '  or  perhaps  c.i.  {the  document  is 
nearly  illegible  here).  ''  query  for  sit.  '/or  Sacerdotes.  ^/or  diligenter.  ^"perhaps 
for  remissarum.  ''  the  text  has  cadt,  which  7nust  represent  cardinalibiis.  '-  The 
number  emls  with  u,  but  the  preceding  numerals  are  indecipherable. 

Note  by  Dr  W.  Holtzmami  :  This  notice  was  api^arently  written  by  an  English 
visitor  at  the  papal  curia,  and  was  destined  to  be  published  by  an  English  bishop 
in  his  diocese.  It  seems  to  be  only  a  draft,  as  is  suggested  by  many  carelessnesses 
in  the  text.  A  hospital  of  Sta  Maria  della  Stella  in  Spoleto  is  mentioned  in  a  map 
of  Spoleto  drawn  by  Giovaimi  Parenzi  in  1613  (see  the  reproduction  in  Achilla 
Sansi,  Storia  del  commune  di  Spoleto  dal  secolo  XII  al  XVII,  parte  i  (Foligno,  1879), 
at  the  end  of  the  volume),  but  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  any  notice  about  the 
foundation  of  that  hospital  in  the  local  literature  on  Spoleto.  So  for  dating  the 
dociuuent  we  have  to  fall  back  upon  palaeographical  evidence.  The  kind  of 
writing  shows  characteristics  of  the  thirteenth  century.  The  measure  of  the 
indulgences  also  places  the  document  in  the  same  century.  The  processions  to 
the  churches  of  stations,  very  common  in  Rome  in  the  earlier  centuries,  ceased  to 
be  in  use  in  the  thirteenth  and  fourteenth  centuries,  and  the  devotion  of  the  fourteen 
crossway  stations  of  our  Lord  is  later.  The  papal  curia  stayed  in  Spoleto  some 
time  in  1234  under  Gregorj'  IX  ;  and  perhaps  we  may  place  the  document  with 
all  reserve  in  that  or  one  of  the  following  years. 

Add.  (Extran.)  Chart. 
286.  Confirmation  by  pope  Eugenius  III  to  Alvered  the  abbot 
and  his  brethren  of  Dorchester  [co.  Oxford]  of  the  chiirch  of  Saint 
Peter  of  Dorchester,  and  of  the  liberties  which  it  had  by  the 
grant  of  RemigLus  bishop  of  Lincohi,  when  the  episcopal  see  was 
translated  from  Dorchester  to  Lincoln,  and  of  other  possessions 
of  their  church.    At  Trastevere.     5  February,  1146. 

'Eugenius  episcopus  servus  servorum  del  .  DilectLs  filiis 
Alveredo  abbati  ecclesiae  beati  Petri  de  Dorcacestria  eiusque 
fratribus  tam  praesentibus  quam  futuris  regularem  vitam 
professis  in  perpetuum'  .  Ad  hoc  nobis  ecclesise  catholicse 
5  cura  a  summo  pastore  deo  commissa  est,  ut  dei  servos 
paternis  affectibus  diligamus  et  eo  amplius  sbudeamus 
devotionem  ipsorum  modis  omnibus  confovcrc,  quo  fervcntius 
ipsi  disoiplinis  ecclesiasticis  et  sanctorum  patrum  reguhs 
inliserere  noscuntur  .  Tunc  enim  deo  ajjostolicus  impenditur 
10  famulatus,  si  sanctorum  locorum  salubris  institutio,  rigor  et 
ordo  uostris  patrociuiis  in  religionis  puritate  serventur  . 
Ea  propter  dilecti  iu  domino  lilii  venerabihs  fratris  nostri 
Alexandri     Lincoliensis    episcopi     precibus    inclinati     vestris 


No.  286  EUGENIUS   III  247 

iustls   postulationibus   clementer   anuuimus   et   prsedecessoris 

15  nostri  bona?  memorise  papae  Coelestiiii-  vestigiis  inhcerentes 
praefatam  beati  Petri  ecclesiam,  in  qua  divine  raancipati 
estis  obsequio,  sub  eiusdem  apostolorum  principis  et  nostra 
protectione  suscipimus  et  prsesentis  script!  privilegio  com- 
mumnius  .  In  primis  siquidem  statuentes  ut  ordo  canoiiicus 

20  secundum  beati  Augustini  regulam  perpetuis  ibi  tcniporibus 
inviolabiliter  conservetur  .  Quascumque  jirseterea  possessiones, 
quaecumque  bona  inprsesentiarum  iuste  et  canonice  possidetis, 
aut  in  futurum  concessione  pontificura,  liberalitate  regum, 
largitione  principum,  oblatione  fidelium  sen  aliis  iustis  modis 

25  praestante  domino  poteritis  adipisei,  firma  vobis  vestrisque 
successoribus  et  illibata  permaneant  .  In  quibus  haec  propriis 
duximus  exprimenda  vocabulis,  ipsam  videlicet  ecclesiam 
beati  Petri  de  Dorcacestria  cum  libertatibus  suis,  quas  liabuit 
rationabili  concessione  Remigii  Lincoliensis  episcopi,  ex  quo 

30  sedes  episcopalis  ad  beatae  Mariae  Lincoliensem  ecclesiam 
auctoritate  apostolica  ab  ea  translata  fuit,  cum  decimis  et 
capellis  suis  scilicet  capella  de  '^Bensintuna,  capella  de 
"Cliftona,  capella  de  ^^Baldenduna,  capella  de  '^Chiselentona, 
capella  de   ^'^Stodeham,  capella  de  ^'Draetona,    terram  quam 

35  tenuit  Hunfredus  presbyter,  terram  de  Brademera  cum  prato, 
pastura  et  aliis  pertinentiis  suis,  molendinum  de  ^^Tamisia, 
molendinum  de  ^^Tamensi,  quod  est  ultra  pontem  ex  parte 
oriental!,  ita  tamen  ut  inde  Lincoliens!  episcopo  xx  solidos 
amiuatim    persolvatis,    totam    curtem    et    croftam,    que    fuit 

40  Hunfredi  presbj'teri,  decern  bordarios,  domos  episcopales  et 
quicquid  infra  murum  habetis  .  extra  murum  a  parte 
occidentali  terram  quae  est  inter  praedictam  partem  muri  et 
viam,  qua  itur  ad  domum  Dunningi,  totum  ambitum 
grangiarum   episcopalium   et   croftam  retro    ipsum   ambitum 

45  grangiainam,  gardinum  et  totam  culturam  retro  ipsum 
gardinum  extensam  usque  molendinum  de  Queneford,  in  qua 
centum  acrae  continentur,  pasturam  sive  pratum  quod  est 
inter  praedictam  culturam  et  aquam,  pratum  de  Suiftelac, 
quod  eidera  pasturae  sive  prato  rivulo  intercurrente  continuatur, 

50  viginti  acras  de  dominio  episcopi^  de  -"Midentona  cum  prato 
eis  pertinente  .  Obeunte  vero  te,  nunc  eiusdem  loci  abbate, 
vel  tuorum  quolibet  successorum  nullus  ibi  qualibet*  sub- 
reptionis  astutia  sen  violentia  praepouatur,  nisi  queni  fratres 
communi  consensu  vel  fratrum  pars  consilii  sanioris  secundum 
55  dei  timorem  et  beati  Augustini  regulam  providerint  eligendum  . 
Decernimus  ergo  ut  nulli  omnino  hominum  liceat  praefatum 
locum  temere  perturbare,  aut  eius  possessiones  auferre  vel 
ablatas  retinere,  minuere,  seu  quibuslibet  vexationibus  fatigare, 
sed  omnia  integra  conserventur,  eorum,  pro  quorum  guber- 

60     natione    et    sustentatione    concessa    sunt,    usibus    omnimodis 


248  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  286 

profutura,  salva  sedis  apostolicae  auctoritate  et  Lincoliensis 
episcopi  canonica  iustitia  et  reverentia  .  Si  qua  igitur  in 
futurum  ecclesiastica  secularisve  persona  huius  ncstrse  con- 
stitutionis  paginam  sciens  contra  earn  temere  venire  tempta- 
65  verit  secundo  tertiove  conimonita,  si  non  reatum  suum  congrua 
satisfactione  correxerit  potestatis  honorisque  sui  dignitate 
careat  reamque  se  divino  iudicio  existere  de  perjjetrata 
iniquitate  cognoscat,  et  a  sacratissimo  corpore  et  sanguine 
dei  et  domini  rederaptoris  nostri  Ihesu  Cliiisti  aliena  fiat, 
70  atque  in  extremo  examine  districte  ultioni  subiaceat  .  Cunctis 
autem  eidem  loco  sua  iura  servantibus  sit  pax  domini  nostri 
Ihesu  Christi,  quatinus  et  hie  fructum  bonse  actionis  percipiant, 
et  apud  districtum  iudicem  praemia  setemse  pacis  invemant  . 
AMEN  .  Amen. 
75  R5  .  Ego  Eugenius  cathoHcae  ecclesise  episcopus"  .  B  V  . 

+  Ego  Conradus  Sabinensis  episcopus. 
+  Ego  Albericus  Hostiensis  episcopus. 
+  Ego    Ymarus    Tusculanus    episcopus. 
Ego  Gregorius  presbyter  cardinahs  tituh  Calixti. 
80  Ego  Guido  presbyter  cardinalis  tituU  sancti  Grisogoni. 

+  Ego     Hubaldus    presbyter    cardinahs    tituii    sanctse 

Praxedis. 
+  Ego    Guido    presbyter    cardinahs    tituh    sanctorum 
Laurentii  et  Damasi.* 
85  +  Ego     Bernardus    presbyter    cardinahs     tituh     sancti 

Clenientis. 
+  Ego     Oddo     diaconus    cardinahs    sancti    Bertii' 

ad  vehnn  aureum. 
+  Ego  Guido  diaconus  cardinahs  sanctorum  Cosmae 
yo  et  Damiani. 

+  Ego   Gregorius   diaconus   cardinahs   tituh   sancti 

Andrea;.^'' 
+  Ego  Berardus  diaconus  cardinahs  sanctse  Romanaj 
ecclesise.  1" 
95         Dat.  trans  Tiberim  per  manum  ROBERTI  sanctse  Romanae 
ecclesiae   presbyteri    cardinalis   et   cancellarii  nonas  Februarii 
indictione     vim     incaniationis     dominicae    anno     I\ICXLVI, 
pontificatus  vero  domini"  Eugenii  III  papae  anno  i. 

Text :  Bodleian  Library,  Rawlinson  MSS  d404,  f.  140,  an  eighteenth  century 
copy  made  from  an  unknown  source.  The  present  text  is  printed  from  a  copy  made 
by  Dr  W.  Holtzmann.  who  considers  the  Rawlinson  text  a  very  good  copy  with 
no  more  than  a  few  mistakes  in  the  subscriptions,  which  in  bulls  of  the  time  of 
Eugenius  III  are  often  difficult  to  read  since  they  were  the  autograjihs  of  cardinals 
who  were  not  always  calligraphists. 

Var.  R.  etc.  :  '-"  underlined  :  in  the  upper  margin  is  the  copyiM's  note — Literae 
nigris  lineis  subtensic  constant  ex  uncial  ibus,  Italicis,  oblongis.  On  the  opposite 
folio  139i/  the  copyist  has  written  an  erroneous  note  on  In  PPM  (which  stands  for  in 
perpetuum) :  for.san  :  in  perpetuara  memoriam.  '  Coelestini  is  underlined. 
'episcopi  is  interlineated.  *  the  copyist  has  the  note — litera  (q)  exesa.  ^  The  Rota 
is  drawn    here,   with    the    legend,    Fac    mecum    <lormne    signum  in  bonum.     *  The 


No.  287  BISHOP   ROBERT   II  249 

copyist  has  omitted  the  s.s.  (i.e.  subscripsi)  in  the  subscriptions  of  pope  and  cardinals. 
'  B  V.  (i.e.  Benevalete)  appears  in  an  ornamental  de.iign.  ^  sic,  instead  of  sancti 
Laurentii  in  Daniaso  (<S.  Lorenzo  in  Damaso).  "  rccte  sancti  Georgii  (S.  Giorgio 
in  Velabro).  '■' '  There  is  no  title  of  a  cardinal  deacon  of  S.  Andrea.  The  text  is 
apparently  a  )ni.'.--reii(ting  by  the  copyist  for  S.  Angeli,  where  cardinal  deacon  Gregory 
appears  during  the  whole  of  the  pontificate  of  Eugcnius  III.  '"  The  order  of  the 
subscriptions  of  llie  cardinals  is  somewhat  confused  in  the  copy,  ami  they  are  printed 
in  what  Dr  Holtzntann  considers  to  be  the  correct  sec/uence.      "  recte  domni. 

Identifications:  In  the  county  of  Oxford — i- Bensington.  "Clifton  Hampden. 
"  Baldon  Toot.  "  Chiselliampton.  '»  Stadhampton.  "Drayton  Saint  Leonard. 
"  Thames  river.  "  Tame  river  ;  Dorciiester  bridge  crosses  the  Tame,  and  a  mill 
to  the  east  of  the  bridge  would  be  on  the  Tame.     -"  Milton   (by  Thame). 

Note  :  The  Reverend  H.  E.  Salter  has  printed  another  bull  of  iiope  Alexander  III, 
A.D.  1163,  in  favoiu-  of  Dorchester  Abbey  (The  Report  nf  the  Oxfordshire  Archiro- 
logical  Society  for   lilo'.l). 


Folio  183. 

A  tag  is  sewn  to  this  folio  to  mark  the  beginning  of  this  division 
of  the  volume,  and  on  it  is  written — (query  Libertates)  prebend' 
{14  cent.). 

Notes  by  Q  :  .III.  titulus  .  de  iurisdiccione  Capituli  7  Canonicorum 
apud  .C.     Originalia  sunt  in  vno  cofino  sub  predicto  signo. 

905 

287.     Charter  of   bishop  Robert  [II],  exempting  the   prebends 

of  the  church  of  Lincoln  from  all  episcopal  rights  and  demands  ; 

so  that  the  archdeacons  shall  have  no  power  to  demand  anything 

from  the  prebends  or  from  the  churches  which  belong  to  the  common 

of  the  church  of  Lincoln,  or  to  implead  tlieir  men  ;    but  the  canons 

shall  have  the  same  liberty  in  their  prebends  that  the  canons  of 

Salisbury  have  in  theirs.     The  bishop  also  grants  the  same  liberty 

to  the  church  of  Leighton  [Bromswold,  co.  Huntingdon]  which  is 

known  to  belong  to  the  subdeanery,  and  to  the  clmrcli  of  All  Saints 

in  the  Bail  wliich  belongs  to  the  chancellorship.     (Circa  IIGO.) 

Carta  Robert!  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopi  (A  65,  rubric). 

Robertus  dei  gracia   Linc'^  episcopus   .   omnibus  fidelibus 

dei    .    salutem    .    Nouerit    vniuersitas    vestra    nos    remisisse 

omnibus  prebendis   Linc'^  ecclesie   imperpetuum  omnia  iura 

5     epiacopalia  7  omnes  exactiones  .  Et  v  olumus  quod^  canonici 

Line'  perpetuam  in  prebendis  suis  7  omnibus  possessionibus 

que  ad  preljendas  pertinent  ."  libertatem  iiabeant  .  Ita  quod 

de  cetero  nulli  liceat  archidiacono  uel  archidiaconorum  officiali 

de  prebendis   uel   de   eclesiis    que    ad   communionem   Linc''^ 

10     ecclesie  pertinent  .-  aliquid  exigere    uel    homines  eorum  im- 

placitum^    ponere    ,    sed   eandem    omnino    habeant    canonici 


250  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  287 

libertatem  in  prebendis  suis  .  quam  habent  canonici  Sales- 
biriensis  ecclesie  in  suis  .  Prefatam  uero  libertatem  sub- 
decanatui^  7  ecclesie  F.ectunie^  que  ad  subdecanatum  pertinere 

15  dinoscitur  .■'  necnon  7  ecclesie^  Omnium  Sanctorum  in  ballio 
que  de  cancellaria  est  nostra  ecclesie  perpetuo  concedimus  . 
7  presentis  sigilli  nostri  attestatione  commuiiimus  7  cor- 
roboramus'  .  Tcstibus  .  Martino  thesaurario*  .  Radulfo  aub- 
diacono' .    Galfrido    capellano    domini    regis    .    Willelmo    de 

20  Bugde?;''"  capellano  .  Fidco"  de  Schaisn'^^  canonico  .  magistro 
Radulfo  medico  .  Laurencio  .  Gilberto^^  de  Sempingham'*  . 
Mill'o^^  Clement'  priore  de  Helesham"^  .  Thoma  canonico  de 
Grimesby  .  7  magistro  Malgero^'. 

Marginalia  in  A  905 :  opp.  I.  15,  Ecclesia  Omnium  Sanctorum.  In  A  65 :  De 
iurisdiccione  capituli  7  scribitur  alibi  in  proprio  titulo  (Q).  In  Black  Book:  De 
libertate  prebendarum  ecclesie  Lincolniensis. 

Texts:  MS— A905.  A65.  Ix(l).  Black  Book,  f.U.  Pd—L.C.S.  i,  309-10. 
Var.  R.  :  '  Lincoln'  Ix  BlBk.  -  insert  omnes  A65  Ix  BlBk.  '  in  placitum 
A65  Ix.  '  subclecanatui  A65  ;  subdiaconatui  Ix  BlBk;  altered  from  subdiaconatui 
A905.  '  Lectonie  A65  Ix.  '  ecclesia  A65.  '  corroborauimus  .465.  '  .•\.65  mutts 
all  but  the  first  ivitness,  and  has  Jc.  '  subd'  Is  ;  subdecano  BlBk.  '"  Bilged' 
Ix  ;  Bugeden'  BlBk.  i»  Fulcon'  Ix.  "■-  Chaisn'  Ix  BlBk.  "  Gilliberto  BlBk. 
'*  Semplingham  Ix  ;  Semplingara  BlBk.  '■^  This  must  be  intended  for  WiWelmo 
although  all  the  texts  have  Mill'o  :  for  Williayn  Clement  occurs  as  prior  of  Elsham  in 
120S  (Final  Concords  (Lincolnshire  Records)  i,  S3).  Though  the  interval  is  a  long 
one,  the  occurrence  of  the  same  name  at  the  two  dates  cannot  be  treated  as  a  mere 
coincidence.  As  prior  he  witnessed  charters  late  in  the  twelfth  century  (Stenton, 
Danelaw  Charters,  pp.  227,  345).  Before  he  became  prior,  he  was  one  of  bishop 
Robert's  chaplains  early  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II  {ibid.,  p.  39).  ^'  Helessain  BlBk. 
"  altered  from  .\algero  A905  ;  Malgero  Ix  ;  Aalgero  (with  the  1  interlined) 
BlBk.  Master  Malger  ivas  one  of  bishop  Robert's  clerks,  and  witnessed  his  charters 
(Stenton,  Danelaw  Charters,  pp.  3,  39,   151,    191,  etc.). 

Note  :  Of  the  charters  registered  in  this  section  of  the  Registrum  Autiquissimum, 
nos.  287,  289,  290,  294,  296,  298,  300  were  transcribed  into  the  Black  Book,  circa 
1320  (for  the  references  see  below  under  the  several  charters)  ;  no.  287  is  entered 
earlier  in  the  Registrum  Antiquissimum  at  no.  65  ;  and  the  texts  of  nos.  287,  288 
and  289,  with  two  papal  bulls,  nos.  256  and  257  above,  are  given  in  an  itispeximus 
of  the  privileges  of  the  church  of  Lincoln  by  W.  archbishop  of  Vork,  whom  the 
handwriting  shews  to  have  been  Walter  Gray  (1216-1255).  This  inspeximus  is 
here  referred  to  as  Ix.  On  these  charters,  see  Line.  Oath.  Statutes  i,  108-9 ; 
ii,   112,   U5-1G,  307-11. 

On  tlie  subject  of  the  rights  of  the  chapter  of  Lincoln,  see  the  monumental  work 
of  Henry  Bradshaw  and  Christopher  Word.sworth,  Lincoln  Cathedral  Statutes.  With 
reference  to  the  transference  of  episcopal  rights  to  cathedral  chapters,  Mr  Bradshaw 
writes  : — 

'  For  the  jiurpose  of  an  effective  home  government.  St  Osmund  liad  trans- 
ferred to  his  Chapter  almost  all  the  episcopal  rights  which  he  possessed,  not 
only  in  the  Cathedral  Church  itself,  but  throughout  the  diocese,  wherever  the 
churclies  or  lands  were  in  possession  of  the  Chapter. 

'  Tlie  Charter  of  King  Henry  I  (between  1107-23)  reveals  to  us  the  existence 
of  (if  it  was  possible)  still  greater  indejiendence  at  York  ;  the  very  appoint- 
ment of  the  Canons  by  the  Archbishop  being  subject  to  the  consent  of  the 
Dean  and  Chapter. 

'Shortly  before  1150  the  new  Bishop  of  Lincoln  (Robert  de  Chesney)  had 
been  persuaded  on  his  accession  to  the  see  to  bestow  upon  his  Chapter  the 
fullest  privileges  which  had  been  accorded  to  the  Chapter  at  Salisbury  by 
their  founder  ;  and  this  example  was  followed  by  other  Bishops  both  in  England 
and  Scotland.  No  Bishop,  no  .\rchdeacon,  no  diocesan  oilicor  of  any  kind, 
could  thenceforth  lift  a  finger  against  anyone,  even  a  parishioner,  living  on 
this  privileged  ground  ;  the  Chapter-house  was  the  one  place  in  which  the 
offender  could  be  brought  to  account.     Immunities  of  this  kind  were  granted 


No.  288  BISHOP   WILLIAM  251 

by  Bishop  after  Bishop,  and  confirmed  by  successive  Popes,  until  by  the  middle 
of  the  thirteenth  century,  even  the  Bishop's  ordinary  duty  of  visitation  had 
come  to  be  looked  upon  as  an  intolerable  infringement  of  the  rights  of  the 
Chapter.  The  Bishop  certainly  appointed  the  Canons  and  all  the  dignitaries 
except  only  the  Dean,  who  was  in  most  places  elected  freely  by  the  Chapter  ; 
but  with  this  the  power  of  the  Bishop  seemed  to  reach  its  fullest  limit.  Certain 
kinds  of  statutes  required,  or  at  any  rate  received,  the  Bishop's  assent  ;  but 
as  statutes  were  for  the  most  part  looked  upon  as  a  declaration  of  the  "  ancient 
custom  of  the  Church  "  which  there  was  no  gainsaying,  it  is  clear  that  during 
the  whole  of  this  period  the  Dean  and  the  rest  of  the  Chapter,  if  only  they 
could  work  harmoniously  together,  would  find  little  difficulty  in  carrying 
everything  before  them  '  {Line.  Cath.  Statutes  i,  36-7). 
In  1245,  however,  on  an  appeal  to  Rome,  bishop  Grosseteste  obtained  a  bull 
(printed  above,  no.  273) 

'  in  wliich,  while  the  duty  of  pimishing  delinquents  is  maintained  for  the  Dean, 
and  only  passes  out  of  his  hands  to  the  Bishop  in  case  of  the  Dean's  negligence, 
the  Bishop's  jurisdiction  is  asserted  as  that  of  visitor  not  of  the  cathedral  church 
and  chapter  alone,  but  over  '"  all  prebendal  churches,  and  churches  of  the 
digmties  and  of  the  '  coramuna  '  "  and  "  of  the  vicars,  chaplains  and  parishioners 
belonging  to  the  said  chm-ches  "  '  {ibid,  ii,  p.  clxxxi). 

'  The  result  has  been,  that  each  successive  Bishop  of  Lincoln  has  had  seciu-ed 
to  him  a  position,  not  only  as  visitor,  but  as,  in  all  respects,  the  principale 
caput  of  the  chapter  ;  and  his  pre-eminence  at  Lincoln  has  been  long  since 
established  more  firmly  than  that  of  the  Bishop  in  some  of  the  sister  churches, 
where  the  Bishop  is  in  certain  respects  dependent  on  the  chapter  even  after 
his  election  '  (ibid.,  p.  cl). 

906 

288.  Confirmation  by  bishop  William  [of  Blois]  of  bishop 
Robert's  grant  of  privileges  (no.  287,  above),  with  an  addition 
concerning  the  churches  of  Searby  [co.  Lincoln],  Leighton  Broms- 
wold  [co.  Huntingdon],  and  All  Saints  [in  the  Bail],  Lincoln. 
(1203-1205.) 

Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum 
peruenerit  .-  WUlelmus  dei  gracia  Line''  episcopus  (  salutem 
in  domino  Ex  inspeccione  autentici  instrument!  bone  memorie 
Roberti  quondam  Linc'^  episcopi  predecessoris  nostri  cog- 
5  nouimus  ipsum  remisisse  omnibus  prebendis  Line'  ecclesie 
inperpetuum^  omnia  iura  episcopalia  7  omnes  exacciones  . 
7  quod  omnes  canonici  Linc'^  ecclesie  .-  in  prebendis  suis  7 
omnibus  possessionibus  que  ad  prebendas  pertinent  .-'  per- 
petuam  habeant  libertatem  .  Ita  quod  nuUi  liceat  archidiacono 

10  uel  archidiaconorum  ofEciahbus  de  prebendis  uel  possessionibus 
ad  communam  pertinentibus  aliquid  exigere  .  uel  parochianos^ 
prebendarum  Line''  ecclesie  in  placitum  ponere  .  Nos  igitur 
prefatam  indulgenciam  ab  ipso  factam  ratam  habentes  earn 
present!  scripto  7  sigiUo  nostro  duximus  confirmare   .   Hoc 

15  adicientes  ut  ecclesia  de  Seuerby  que  ad  luminaria  Linc'^ 
ecclesie  est  assigiaata  .  7  ecclesia  de  Lehton'  que  fuit  de 
subdecanatu  Line''  .  et  ecclesia  Omnium  Sanctorum  in  Line'' 
que  pertinet  ad  canceUariam  Linc'^  ecclesie  .■'  eadem  plene 
gaudeant  libertate  .  Precipimus  etiam  ut  in  omnibus  causis 

20     tractandis  7  decidendis  quecunque  in  parochiis*  prebendarum 


252  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  288 

emerserint  .•'  ipsi  canonici  omnimoda  7  perpetua  gaudeant 
libertate  7  libera  vtantur  potestate  .  Quod  ut  ratum  habeatur 
7  firmum  .-'  presentis  script!  testimonio  7  sigillo  nostro 
roborauimus  .  Hiis  testibus  .  Rogero  de  Rolueston'  decano 
25  Line''  ecclesie  .  magistro  Willehno  de  Montibus  cancellario  . 
magistro  Willelmo  de  Bramfeld'  subdecano  .  magistro  Girardo" 
de  Roweir  .  magistro  Waltero  Blundo  .  Hugone  de  Sancto 
Eadwardo''  7  multis  aliis. 

Marginalia :   title,  De  eodem  confirmacio  cum  adieccione  (Q).     opp.  I.  16.  Seuerbv 

(Q). 

Texts:     MS— A.     Ix(3). 

Var.  R.  inix:  'Lincoln'.  °  imperpetuum.  '  parrochianos.  *  parrochiis.  '  Gi- 
rardo.     °  Edwardo. 

907 

289 ■  Confirmation  by  bisliop  Hugh  [I]  of  bishop  Robert's  grant 
of  privileges  (no.  287  above),  with  the  same  addition  as  in  no.  288. 
(1191-1195.) 

Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos^  scriptum  peruenerit 
hoc^  .•'  Hugo  dei  gratia  Lincohi'  .  episcopus  .  salutem  in 
domino  .  Ex  inspectione  autentici  instrumenti  bone  memorie  . 
Robert!  quondam  Lincoln'  episcop!  predecessoris  nostri 
5  cognouimus  ipsum  remisisse^  omnibus  prebendis  Linc'^  ecclesie 
in  perpetuum^  omnia  iura  episcopalia  7  omnes  exactiones  .  J 
quod  onuies  canonici  Lincoln'  ecclesie  .•'  in  prebendis  suis  7 
omnibus  possessionibus*  que  ad  prebendas  pertinent  .•'  per- 
petuam  habeant  libertatem  .  ita  quod  nulli  liceat  arehidiacono 

10  uel  archidiaconorum  officialibus  de  prebendis  uel  possessionibus 
ad  communam  [pertine'jntibus  aliquid  exigere  .  uel  par- 
rochianos i^rebendarum  Linc'^  ecclesie  in  placitum  ponere  . 
Nos  igitur  prefatam  indulgentiam  ab  ipso  fact[am  rat 'Jam 
[habe']ntes  .•'  eam  present!  *  scripto  7  sigillo  nostro  duximus 

15  confirmare  .  Hoc  adicientes  ut  ecclesia  de  Seuereb!  .  que  ad 
luminaria  L[!nc'  ec'Jclesie  est  assignata  7  ecclesia  de  Lehtona 
que  est  de  subdecanatu'  Line'''  .  7  ecclesia  Omnium  Sanctorum 
in  Line'  .  que  pertinet  ad  cancellariam  Lin[c'']*  ecclesie  . 
eadem   plene   gaudeant   hbertate    .    Precipimus   etiam   ut   in 

20  omnibus  eausis  traetandis  7  decidendis  quecumque  in  par- 
rochiis prebendarum  emerserint  .■'  ipsi  canonici  o[mnimo"]da 
7  perpetua  gaudeant  libertate  .  7  libera  utantur  potestate  . 
Quod  ut  ratum  habeatur  7  firmum  .•'  presentis  seripti  testi- 
monio 7  sigillo  nostro  roborauimus  .  Hiis  testibus  .  Hamone 

25  decano  Line'  ecclesie  .  Roberto  .  arciiidiacono  .  Huntedoni'e  . 
magistro  Rogero  de  Rolueston'  .  Johanno  sacrista  .  Galfrid[o 
de']  Lichelad'  .  magistro  Ricardo  de  Swalwecliwa  .  Roberto 
de  Capella  .  magistro  Girardo  de  Rowell'  .  Hugone  .  de  Sancto 
Edwardo"  .  E[ustachio'J  de  Wilton'  .  7  aliis  .  .  . 


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No.  292  BISHOP   ROBERT   II  253 

Facsimile  facing  page   252. 

Endorsed  :  (1)  H.  de  prebendis  .  7  aliis  possessionibus  (13  cent.).  (2)  Confirmatio 
Hugonis  episcopi  Line'  super  iurisdiccione  in  prebendalibus  J  ecclesiis  de  communa 
(13  cent.).  (3)  Tercia  exhit'  (15  cent.).  (4)  Memorandum  pro  Bachyler  contra 
Rauenser'  .  v.  idus  Octobris  anno  doraini  1346  .  G.T.  (contemp.).  (5)  St  Hugh — 
confirmation  of  a  grant  of  bp  Robert  remitting  episcopal  rights  in  the  prebendal 
churches  (19  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal.     Size  :    9J  x  6J  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A907 :  title,  De  eodem  confirmacione  (Q).  opp.  I.  1,  Blf~- 
In  A909 :    lille,  De  eodem  coufirmacio  (Q).     opp.  I.  21,  Nota. 

Texts:  MS — Orig.  Dij/55/2/8.  A907.  A909  {a  second  copy  of  the  charter:  the 
differences  are  given  in  Var.  R.  below).     Ix(2). 

Var.  R. :  '  insert  presens  A909.  ^  A907  transfers  hoc  to  follow  quos  ;  om.  hoc 
A909  Ix.  '  reraississe  Ix.  *  Lincoln  Ix.  '  imperpetuum  Ix.  '  insert  suis 
A909.  '  supplied  from  A907,  since  there  are  holes  in  the  original  text.  '  aub- 
deaconatu   Ay07  A909.     »  Eadwardo  A909. 

*  Folio  183d. 

Hdl.         '  .  [Titulus]    C  (Q).         iurisdiccio  (Q). 

90S 

290.  Notification  by  bishop  Robert  [II]  to  the  archdeacons 
throughout  the  diocese  that  he  has  exempted  the  canons  of  Lincoln 
from  the  subjection  which  the  archdeacons  were  wont  to  demand 
in  respect  of  the  prebends  of  the  canons.     (Circa  1160.) 

Robertus  tlei  gracia  Line''  episcopus  .  omnibus  archi- 
diaconis  per  episcopatum  Line'  constitutis  .  salutem  .  Nouerit 
vniuersitas  \  estra  nos  inperpetuum^  absoluisse  omnes  canonicos 
Linc'i  ecclesie  a  subieccione  quam  de  prebendis  eorum  7 
5  earum  pertinenciis  .  tam  in  prebendis  quam  in^  hominibus  . 
7  omnibus  ad  eas  pertinentibus  .■'  exigere  quondam  con- 
sueuistis  .  Testibus  .  Martino  thesaurario  .  ^Gaufrido  capellano  . 
Rog*  .  magistro  Radulfo  7  magistro  Henrico  .  Falcone'  7 
Willelmo  capellano. 

Marginalia:  title,  De  eodem  (Q).  opp.  I.  1,  JU@  .  In  P  :  De  absolucione  I'anoni- 
coruni  Line'  7  prebendaruni    earundem. 

Texts:  MS— A  (written  at  the  foot  of  f.  183).  P2.  Black  Book,  f.  14.  Pd— Line 
Cath.  Statutes  i,  310. 

Var.  R.  :  '  Lineol'  P  ;  Lincoln'  BlBk.  '  imperpetuum  BlBk.  '  om.  in  BlBk. 
*-*  Galfrido  capellano  regis  P  :  Gaufrido  capellano  regis  BlBk,  wliich  is  no  doubt 
correct.     '  Fulc'  P  :  Fulco  BlBk. 

909 

291.  Another  cojjy  of  no.  289  above. 
Marginalia :  Nota. 

909a 

292.  Inspeximus  and  confirmation  by  H[ubert]  archbishop  of 
Canterbury  of  bishop  Hugh's  charter  (no.  289  above).    (1200-1205.) 

H.  (lei  gracia  Cantuariejisis  archiepiscopus  tocius  AngUe 
primas  .  omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum 
peruenerit  .•'  eternam  in  dommo  salutem  .  Nouerit  vniuersitas 
vestra  nos  cartam  bone  memorie  .H.  quondam  Line'  episcopi 


254  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  292 

5  in  hac  forma  inspexisse  .  Omnibus  Christi  fidelibus  ad  quos 
scriptum  peruenerit  hoc  .  Hugo  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  ( 
salutem  in  domino  .  Ex  inspeccione  autentici  instrumenti 
bone  memorie  Roberti  quondam  Line'  episeopi  predeces.soris 
nostri  cognouimus  ipsum  remisisse  omnibus  prebendis  Line' 

10  ecclesie  inperpetuum  omnia  iura  episcopalia  .  et  omnes 
exactiones  .  7  quod  omnes  canonici  Line'  ecclesie  .■'  in  prebendis 
suis  7  omnibus  possessionibus  que  ad  prebendas  pertinent  .•' 
perpetuam  habeant  libertatem  .  ita  quod  nulli  liceat  archi- 
diacono  uel  archideaconorum'   officialibus   de   prebendis    uel 

15  possessionibus  ad  comunam  pertinentibus  aliquid  exigere  uel 
parochianos  prebendarum  Line'  ecclesie  in  placitum  ponere  . 
Nos  igitur  prefatam  indulgenciam  ab  ipso  factam  ratam 
habentes  .■'  eam  present!  scripto  7  sigillo  nostro  duximus 
confirmare    .    Hoc    adicientes    ut    ecclesia    de    Seuerby    que 

20  luminaria  Lino'  ecclesie  est  assignata  .  7  ecclesia  *  de  Lehton' 
que  est  de  subdeaconatu '  Line'  .  et  eciani  ecclesia  Omnium 
Sanctorum  in  Line'  que  pertinet  ad  cancellariam  Line'  ecclesie 
eadem  plene  gaudeant  libertate  .  Precipimus  eeiam  ut  in 
omnibus  causis  tractandis  7  deeidendis  quecunque  in  parochiis 

25  prebendarum  emerserint  ipsi  canonici  omnimoda  7  perpetua 
gaudeant  libertate  '  7  libera  utantur  potestate  .  Quod  ut 
ratum  habeatur  7  firmum  :>  presentis  scripti  testimonio  7 
sigillo  nostro  roborauimus  .  Hiis  testibus  .  HamoHf  decano 
Line'  ecclesie  .  Roberto  archidiaeono  Himtedonie  .  magistro 

30  Rogero  de  Rolueston'  .  Johanne  sacrista  .  Gaufrido  de  Liche- 
lad'  .  magistro  Rieardo  de  Sualewecliua  .  Roberto  de  Capella  . 
magistro  Girardo  de  Rowell'  .  Hugone  de  Sancto  Edwardo  . 
Eustaeio  de  Wilton'  .  7  aliis  .  Vt  igitur  quod  a  predictis 
episcopis   .R.   7   .H.   in   hae   parte   racionabiliter  factum  est 

35  maiorem  optineat  firmitatem  .••  eorum  indulgenciam  7  con- 
cessionem  sicut  racionabiliter  facte  sunt  presentis  scripti 
serie  7  sigilli  nostri  apposicione  duximus  eonfirmandas  .  Hiis 
testibus  .  magistro  .H.  archidiaeono  Richemundje  .  magistro 
Simone  de  Siwell'  .  thesaurario  Liehefeld'  .  magistro  Johanne 

40  de  TinemH//ia  .  magistro  Roberto  Ralbo  .  magistro  Adam  de 
Walsingha»rt  .  Roberto  de  BristoU'  .  7  aUis. 

Marginalia:    title,  De  eodem  coofirmacio  arohiepiscopi  (Q).     opp.  I.   J,  JD0~- 
Text:   5IS— A. 
Var.   R. :   '  sic. 

■''Folio    184. 

Hdl.  -G.  (Q). 

910 

293.     Ordinance  of   bishop  WiUiam   [of   Blois],  made  with  the 
goodwill  of  the  dean  and  chapter,  providing  that  every  one  who  is 


No.  294  BISHOP   WILLIAM  255 

a  canon  of  Lincoln  when  he  closes  his  latest  day  shall  have  the 
power  of  disposing  of  the  fruits  of  his  prebend  for  one  year  from 
the  day  of  his  death  ;  and  that  every  one  of  the  vicars  of  the 
prebendaries  shall  receive  every  year  half  a  mark  beyond  his 
accustomed  stipend.     (1203-1205.) 

Willelmus  ilei  gracia  episcopus  Line'  dilectis  in  Christo 
flliis  .  decano  7  capitulo  Line'  ecclesie  salutem  .  7  benedic- 
cionem  .  Licet  ex  officii  nostri  debito  singulorum  per  diocesim 
nostram  constitutorum  iitilitatibus  paterna  sollicitudine 
5  prouidere  teneamur  .•'  vestris  tamen  comodis  .  7  profectibus 
7  animarum  vestrarum  saluti  .  qui  deo  7  beate  uirgini  nostrum 
inpenditis  obsequium  .  uberiori  prouidencia  adesse  uolumus 
sicut  7  debemus  .  Hiuc  est  quod  habita  deliberacione  cum 
Rogero  de  Rolueston'  decano  7  capitulo  Line'  ecclesie  de 
10  communi  eorum  consilio  7  uoluntate  .■■  statuimus  ut  vnusquisque 
uestrum  sine  debitis  sit  oneratus  sine  non  .•'  de  fructibus  7 
obuencionibus  prebende  sue  a  die  obitus  sui  usque  in  annum 
conpletum^  liberam  habeat  pro  uoluntate  sua  disponendi 
facultatem  .  ita  ut  illi  soU  hoc  gaudeant  beneficio  .■'  qui 
15  existentes  canonici  Line'  ecclesie  diem  clauserint  extremum  . 
Prouidimus  eciam  ut  singuli  vicarii  prebendarum  dimidiam 
marcam  ultra  consueta  stipendia  singulis  annis  percipiant  . 
Vt  autem  hec  nostra  ordinacio  perpetuam  optineat  firmitatem 
eam  presenti  scripto  .  7  sigiUi  nostri  patrocinio  roboramus  . 
20  Testibus  magistris  .W.  de  Bramfeld  subdecano  .G.  archi- 
diacoiio  Bedfordie  .  Alexandre  de  Bedefordia  .  Philippo  de 
Malbertorp'  .  Gerardo  de  Rowell'  .T.  de  Fiskerton'-  Line' 
ecclesie  canonicis  .  magistro  .W.  fiho  Fulcorn's  .  Eudone  pre- 
posito  7  aliis. 

Marginalia:    title,  De  anno  post  obitum  canonici  (Q). 

Texts:  MS — A  (written  at  the  foot  of  folios   183d.  and   184).     Pd — Line.  Calh. 
Statutes  i,   115-16. 

Var.    R. :   '  completum    BlBk.     Sprinted   Silkerton   in   Line.    Cath.    Statutes. 

911 
294.  Mandate  of  bishop  Hugh  [I],  informing  the  archdeacons 
and  deans  that  the  dean  and  chapter  have  tlie  power  of  exercising 
canonical  justice  against  those  who  detain  anything  from  the  com- 
mon ;  and  commanding  them  to  execute  the  sentence  of  tlie  dean 
and  chapter.     (Circa   1191-1195.) 

Hugo  dei  gracia  Linc'^  episcopus  .•'  dilectis  filiis  archi- 
diaconis  decanis  7  aliis  officialibus  per  episcopatum  Lincoln' 
constitutis  salutem  7  benediccionem  .  Vniuersitati  vestre 
notum  fieri  uolumus  .  nos  dilectis  in  Christo  filiis  nostris 
5  decano  7  capitulo  Linc'^  ecclesie^  uel  si  decanus  absens  fuerit 
Bubdecano  .  7  eidem  capitulo  .  hanc  indulgenciam  fecisse  .•' 


256  REGLSTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  294 

ut  omnes  iiiiustos  detentores  commune  sue  7  omnes  qui  uel 
hominibus^  seu  possessionibus  ad  eandem  communam^  per- 
tinentibus    .    iniuriam    molestiam    uel    grauamen    intulerint 

10  liberum  sit  eis  ecclesiastica  censura  cohercere  .  7  in  eos  usque 
ad  condignam  satisfactionem  .■'  canonicam  iusticiam  exercere  . 
Saluo  in  omnibus  iure  episcopi  7  eius  potestate  .  Nee  liceat 
nobis  excommunicatos  uel  interdictos  ab  eis  absoluere  citra 
mandatum    episcopi    uel    capituli    .    Precipimus    autem    ut 

15  sentencia  que  ab  ipsis  lata  fuerit  .■'  per  uos  execucioni 
mandetur. 

Marginalia:   title,  De  ivirisdiceione  .  capituli  (Q).     opp.  I.  1,  .  Nota  .  pro  capitulo. 

Texts:  MS— A.  Black  Book,  ff.  13cl.,  14.  Martilogium,  ff.  3,  3d.  Pd— Line. 
Cath.     Statutes  i,  300. 

Var.  R. :  '  Lincoln'  BlBk.  '  om.  ecclesie  Martilogium.  '  insert  suis  Martilogium. 
*  communem  Martilogium. 

912 

295.  Mandate  of  bishop  Walter  [of  Coutances],  charging  the 
archdeacons  to  execute  ecclesiastical  justice,  when  required  by  the 
dean  and  chapter  so  to  do,  against  those  who  detain  anything  from 
the  common.     (1183-1185.) 

Walter?/.?  dei  gratia  Lincol'^  episcopus  dilectis  in  Christo 
filiis  omnibus  archidiaconis  7  ofEcialibus  eorum  in  [episco- 
patu^]  Lincol'^  constitutis  ^  salutem  gratiam  7  benedic- 
tionem  .  Quanto  propinquius  7  familiarius  decanus  7  Lincoln' 
5  capitulum  uidentur  nobis  pre  ceteris  filiis  nostris  adherere  .- 
tanto  tirmius  7  2)lenius  uolumus  iura  eorum  in  omnibus 
illibata  7  Integra  conseruari  .  ne  pro  defectu  nostro  debeant 
aliquid  incommodum  sustinere  .  Inde  est  quod  uestram 
prudentiam    attentius    duximus    exhortari    districtius    man- 

10  dantes  .  quatinus  si  quis  subditorum  uestrorum  aliquid  de 
communia  Lincol'^  ecclesie  detinere  presumpserit  .  7commoni- 
tus  eisdem  filiis  7  [cano^Jnicis  nostris  satisfacere  noluerit  .•'  in 
ipsum  iusticiam  ecclesiasticam  infra  quindecim  dies  post- 
quam  requisiti  fueritis  .■'  exercere  non  differatis  .  Si  quis  autem 

15  uestrum  in  executione  huius  mandati  uostri  negligens  uel 
remissus  inuentus  fuerit  .•'  noueritis  nos  in  predictum  decanum 
Lincol'^  auctoritatem  exequendi  mandati  nostri  plenius 
transtulisse  (&!  sententiam  quam  propter  hoc  rationabiliter 
tulerit  .■'  ratam  7  inuiolabilem  iiabituros  .  7  ut  eandem  ratam 

20  habeatis  precipimus  .  Si  uero  prefatus  decanus  interesse 
non  poterit  f  eandem  auctoritatem  .  in  subdecanum  uel 
alium  canonicum  qui  uices  eorum  in  hac  parte  suppleat  .•' 
duximus  transfcrendam  .  Vobis  igitur  *  districtius  mandamus 
ut  sententiam  quam  super  hoc  rationabiliter  dederint  .  ratam 

25  habeatis  .  7  faciatis  usque  ad  congruam  satisfactionem  hrmius 
obseruari  .  saluo  iure  7  dignitate  nostra  .  His  testibus  . 
magistro  Johanne  C'ornubm  .  magistro  Radulfo  Constancit/fsi . 


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No.  297  BISHOP   RICHARD   GRAVE8END  257 

Ricardo  R[ogero^  .]  Nicholao  capellanis  .  Willelmo  .  Osberto 
clericis  .  7  multis  aliis. 

Facsimile  opposite  page  256. 

Endorsed:  (1)  De  execucioue  senteiiciaruiu  i-apitiili  (Q).  (2)  .W.  de  libertatibus 
commune  (13  cent.).  (3)  Quod  archidiaconi  teueantur  exequi  sentencias  latas  per 
capituluin  (13  cent.).  (4)  .v.  (5)  Due  lit«re  episroporum  connexe  (14  cent.). 
(6)  iij   vis'. 

The  tag  for  tlie  seal  has  been  torn  away  with  a  portion  of  the  foot  of  the  charter 
(there  is  a  hole  for  a  string  in  the  top  left  hand  corner).     Size  :    6f  x  6  inches. 

Marginalia  in  A :  title,  De  eodem  .  7  infra  ad.  [a  word  or  words  erased]  (Q).  opp. 
I.  23,  Nota  (Q). 

Texts:    MS— Dij/60/2/1.     A. 

Var.  R.  :    '  Line'  A.     ^  supplied  from  \,  the  original  charier  having  been  injured. 

*  Folio  18U. 

9l2a 

296.  Mandate  of  bishop  Richard  [Gravesend],  cominan<hug  the 
arciideacons  and  dean.s  to  execute  the  sentences  of  tiie  dean  and 
chapter.     At  Buckden  [co.  Huntingdon].     17  August,   1259. 

Ricardus  miseracione  diuina  Line''  episcopus  '  dilectis  in 
Christo  fiUis  .  .  archidiaconis  .  eoruni  .  .  officiahbus  .  7  .  . 
decanis  per  ciuitatem  7  diocesiin  Line''  constitutis  salutem 
graciam  7  benediccionem  .  Cum  indicia  merito  censeantur 
5  frustratoria  nisi  exequcioui"  legitime  valeant  demandari  .•' 
vobis  mandamus  firmiter  iniungentes  quatinus  sentencias 
quas  dilecti  tilii  .  .  decanus  7  capitulum  Line''  promul- 
gauerint  in  malefactores  suos  nostre  iurisdiccioni  subiectos 
qui    Ubei'tates    aut   liberas   consuetudines   eorum   uiolauerint 

10  uel  offenderint  in  rebus  uel  personis  .-  ad  ipsorum  requisi- 
cionem  sine  difficultate  qu^dibet  execqucioni  demandetis  .  Iii- 
citacionibus  faciendis  quociens  per  eosdem  interpellati  fueritis  ^ 
eisdem  promtius'  7  celerius  obtemperantes  .  Dat'  apud 
Bugeden'   .  xvj.  kalendas   .  Septembris   .  pontificatus  iiostri 

15     anno  primo  .  Valete  semper  in  domino. 

Marginalia  in  A:  title,  De  execucionibus  faciendis  sentenciarum  capituli  (Q). 
In  BlBk :  De  execucionibus  mandatorum  decani  et  capituli  Llncolniensis  per 
archidiaconos  .  .  .  officiales  .  .  .  et  decauos  Llncolniensis  diocesis  faciendis. 

Texts:    MS— A.     Black  Book  i,  ff.  14,  14d.     VA—Linc.  Cath.  Statutes  i,  310-11. 

Var  R.  in  BlBk  :    '  Lincoln'.     ^  execucioni.     '  prompcius. 

913 

297.  Mandate  of  bishop  William  [of  BloisJ  similar  to  that  of 
his  predecessor,  bishop  Hugh  [I]  (no.  298  below).     (1203-1206.) 

Willelmus  tlei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  omnibus  arcliidiaconis  . 
7  officiahbus  per  diocesim  Line'  ecclesie  constitutis  )  salutem 
7  dei  benediccionem  .  Cum  cura  7  sohcitudo  Line'  ecclesie 
quam  deo  auctore  regendam  suscepimus  .  nos  admodum 
5  inuitent  .  ea  que  hactenus  ainus  bene  fuerint  ordinata  in 
meliorem  statum  redigere  .  Cauonicorum  ibidem  deo  iugiter 

R 


258  REGISTRUM  ANTIQUISSIMUIVI  No.  29? 

famulantium  comodo  inposterum  pro  future  inuigilare 
tenemur  .  Mouemur  siquidem  nee  illud  clausis  oculis  decetero 
preterire  possumus  .  quod  eciam  uos  mouere  deberet  .  7  non 

10  mouemini  ad  quos  specialius  pertinet  cura  7  solicitudo  Line' 
eeelesie  .  quod  cum  tantam  habeat  filiorum  multitudinem 
ipsi  earn  contempnunt  ut  saltern  earn  semel  in  anno  seeundum 
seeundum  [sic]  consuetudinem  eeelesie  nostre  .  que  in  aliis 
ecelesiis    episeopalibus    eelebris    habetur    .■'   earn    in    propria 

15  persona  uel  de  suis  faeultatibus  condignas  oblaeiones  mittendo 
negligant  uisitare  .  Quod  quidem  ex  negligeneia  elericorum 
poeius  quam  laicorum  simplicitate  .  nouimus  aceidisse  . 
Quoeirca  vniuersitati  vestre  auetoritate  qua  fungimur  pre- 
cipimus    .    quatinus    deeanis    ^    personis    1   presbiteris    ■>   per 

20  nostram  dioeesim  constitutis  in  uertute  obedieneie  iniungatis  . 
ut  in  singulis  paroehiis  singuli  capellani  fideles  sibi,  commissos 
ad  hoc  suffieientes  auetoritate  nostra  inducant  .  quod  de 
singulis  domibus  aliqui  in  festo  Penteeostes  ad  locum  con- 
suetum  7  processionibus  destinatum  singulis  annis  satagant 

25  conuenire  .•'  oblaeiones  condignas  in  remissionem  peccatorum 
suorum  .  7  in  signum  obedieneie  7  recordaeionis  matris  sue 
Line'  eeelesie  offerentes  .  lubeatis  eciam  ut  singuli  decani 
personis  ^  presbiteris  sibi  commissis  auetoritate  nostra  pre- 
cipiant   .•'   quatinus   uniuersi   attenta   solieitudine   prouideant 

30  ut  nominibus  paroehianorum  suorum  seorsum  notatis  .  deeanis 
suis  cum  elerieis  nostris  in  Pentecoste  ad  hoc  destinandis  . 
sciant  per  nominum  amiotaeiones  fideliter  respondere  .  qui 
secundum  mandatum  nostrum  ut  filii  obedientes  )  uel  uenerint 
.•'  uel   miserint   .   7   qui   mandatum   nostrum   transgredientes 

35     venire  uel  mittere  neglexerint. 

Marginalia:    title,  De  oblacionibus  Penteeostes   (Q).     opp.  I.  14,  Nota. 

Text:  MS — A.  In  the  Black  Book,  f.  13,  in  allusion  to  the  present  charter, 
after  the  copy  of  bishop  Hugh's  charter  (no.  298  below),  there  is  the  note  :  '  Consimi- 
lem  litteram  concessit  episcopus  Willelmus  successor  Hugonis  predicti.' 

914 

298.  Mandate  of  bishop  Hugh  [I],  commanding  the  archdeacons 
to  cause  the  faitliful  of  every  household  in  the  diocese  to  bo  moved 
to  a  more  regular  observance  of  the  yearly  processions  at  Pentecost. 
(1186-1200.) 

Hugo  (lei  graeia  Line'  episcopus  omnibus  archidiaconis 
7  officialibus  per  dioeesim  Line''  eeelesie"  constitutis  salutem 
7  dei  benedieeionem  .  Cum  cura  7  solicitudo  Linc'^  eeelesie 
quam  deo  auctore  regendam  suscepimus  .  nos  admodum 
5  inuitent  .  ea  que  hactenus  minus  bene  fuerint  ordinata  in 
mehorem  statum  *  redigere  .  cauonicorum  ibidem  deo  iugiti-r 
famulantium  eomodo  inposterum  pro  future  inuigilare  tene- 
mur .■'  mouemur  siquidem    nee  illud   clausis   ocuhs   decetero 


No.  299  BISHOP   HUGH   I  259 

preterire  possumus  .  quod  eciam  uos  mouere  deberet  .  7  non 

10  moueraini  .  ad  qnos  specialius  pertinet  cura  7  solicitudo  'Line'' 
ecclesie^  .  quod  cum  tantam  habeat  filiorura  multitudinem  ipsi 
earn  contempnunt  .  vt  saltern  earn  semel  in  anno  secundum 
consuetudinem  ecclesie  nostre  que  in  aliis  ecclesiis  episcopalibus 
Celebris  habetur  .•'  eam  in  propria  persona  uel  de  suis  facultati- 

15  bus  condignas  oblaciones  mittendo  negligant  visitare  .  Quod 
quidem  ex  negligencia  clericorum  potius  quam  laicorum 
simplicitate  .•'  nouimus  accidisse  .  quocirca  vniuersitati  uestre 
auctoritate  qua  fungimur  precipimus  quatinus  decanis  per- 
sonis  presbiteris  per  nostram  diocesim  constitutis  in  uirtute 

20  obediencie  iniungatis  ut  in  singulis  parochiis  singuli  capellani 
fideles  sibi  commissos  ad  hoc  sufficientes  auctoritate  nostra 
inducant  quod  de  singulis  domibus  aliqui  in  festo^  Pente- 
costes  ad  locum  consuetum  7  processionibus  destinatum 
singulis  annis  satagant  conuenire   .•'  oblaciones  condignas  in 

25  remissionem  peccatorum  suorum  .  7  in  signum  obediencie  .-' 
7  recordacionis  matris  sue  Linc'^  ecclesie  ofiferentes  .  Jubeatis 
etiam  ut  singuli  decani  personis  presbiteris  sibi  commisis 
auctoritate  nostra  precipiant  .  quatinus  vniuersi  attenta 
solicitudine  prouideant  vt  nominibus  parochianorum  suorum 

30  seorsum  notatis  decanis  suis^  cum  clericis  nostris  in  Pente- 
coste*  ad  hoc  destinandis  sciant  per  nominum  annotaciones 
fideliter  respondere  qui  secundum  mandatum  nostrum  ut 
fihi  obedientes  uel  uenerint  .•'  uel  miserint  7  qui  mandatum 
nostrum  transgredientes  uenire  uel  mittere  neglexerint'. 

Marginalia:    title,  De  eisdeiu  (Q).     opp.  I.  .5,  de  eadem  (Q). 

Texts  :  MS— A.  Black  Book,  f.  13.  Martilogium,  ff.  2d,  3.  Pd—Giral<lus  Cam- 
brensis  vii,   200-1.     Line.  Cath.  Statutes  i,   307-8. 

Var.  R.  :  ^  Lincoln'  BlBk.  Martilogium.  ^  om.  ecclesie  Martilogium.  ^-'  ecclesie 
Lincoln'  Martilogium.  *  festis  Martilogium.  ^  om.  suis  Martilogium.  *  Pentecostes 
Martilogium.     '  necglexerint  Martilogium. 

Note :  By  ancient  custom  some  of  the  inhabitants  of  every  parish  were  bound 
to  repair  to  the  mother  church  of  their  diocese  at  Whitsuntide,  in  order  that  they 
might  join  in  the  usual  processions,  and  make  the  accustomed  oblations.  These 
offerings,  to  which  every  house  was  required  to  contribute,  were  called  Pentecostals 
or  Whitsun -farthings  (Gibson,  Codex  Juris  Eeelesiastici  Anglicani  ii,  976-7).  It 
appears  from  the  present  text  that  these  duties  had  been  neglected,  and  Dr  R.  M. 
WooUey  suggests  that  Saint  Hugh's  effort  to  secure  a  greater  regularity  in  their  per- 
formance was  due  to  the  urgent  need  of  money  for  the  re-building  of  the  cathedral 
(St  Hugh  of  Lincoln,  p.  59). 

*  Folio  185. 

Hdl.  .C.  (Q). 

915 

299.  Grant  by  bishop  William  [of  Blois]  similar  to  that  of  his 
predecessor,  bishop  Hugh  [I]  (no.  300  below).     (1203-1206.) 

.W.  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  .  dilectis  in  Christo  filiis 
decano  7  capitulo  Line'  ecclesie  salutem  .  7  dei  benediccionem  . 
Quia  feruens  habemus  desiderium  ut  ad  honorem  dei  7  beate 


260  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  299 

virginis  genitricis  eius  Marie  In  ecclesia  Line"  debita  cele- 
5  britate  singulis  quibus  temporibus  prout  decet  diuina  cele- 
brentur  .■'  ad  id  competenter  7  comode  prosequendum  canoni- 
corum  7  vicariorum  ibi  residencium  utilitati  prospicere 
cupientes  .  tibi  decane  7  canonicis  residentibus  .  7  si  decanus 
fuerit  absens  tibi  subdecane  7  canonicis  residentiam  facienti- 

10  bus  .  hanc  potestatem  indulgemus  .■'  vt  nostra  auctoritate 
licitum  sit  vobis  cohercere  omnes  canonicos  qui  non  faciunt 
residenciam  per  detencionem  prebende  sue  .•'  idoneos  vicarios 
loco  suo  constituant  .  7  de  commuiii  consiiio  canonicoruni 
residencium    .■'   eis    honestam   7   sufficientem   sustentacionem 

15  prouideant  .  Preterea  vobis  hanc  etiam  facimus  indulgenciam  . 
ut  omnes  iniustos  detentores  commune  vestre  7  omnes  qui 
uel  hominibus  uel  possessionibus  ad  eandem  communam 
pertinentibus  iniuriam  .  molestiam  .  uel  grauamen  intulerint  .•' 
liberum  sit  vobis  ecclesiastica  censura  cohercere   .  7  in  eos 

20  usque  ad  condignam  satisfactionem  y  canonicam  iusticiam 
exercere  .  Saluo  in  omnibus  iure  episcopi  7  eius  potestate  . 
Nee  hceat  archidiaconis  .  decanis  uel  aliis  officialibus  Line' 
episcopatus  excommunicatos  aut  interdictos  a  uobis  /  absol- 
uere    citra    mandatum    episcopi    uel    uestrum    .    Precipimus 

25  autem  ut  sentencia  que  a  vobis  lata  fuerit  .■'  per  archidiaconos 
uel  decanos  seu  alios  episcopatus  officiales  execucioni  man- 
detur. 

Marginalia:  title,  De  vicariis  constituendis  in  clioro  .  7  iurisdicoione  capituli  (Q). 
opp.  I.  11,  Nota  ad  compellendum  canonicos  non  residentes  inuenire  vicarios 
(14  cent.). 

Text :  MS — A.  In  the  Black  Book,  f .  13d.,  in  allusion  to  the  present  charter, 
after  the  copy  of  bishop  Hugh's  charter  (no.  300  below),  there  is  the  note  :  '  Con- 
similem  litterarn  concessit  episcopus  Willehnus  successor  Hugonis  predicti.' 

Folio  185d. 

Hdl.  .C.  (Q). 

916 

300.  Grant  by  bishop  Hugh  [IJ  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of 
Ucence  to  compel  all  canons  who  do  not  make  residence  to  appoint 
suitable  vicars  to  fill  their  place ;  and  also  of  Uberty  to  exercise 
canonical  justice  against  those  persons  who  do  injury  to  the 
common.     (1186-1200.) 

Hugo  dei  gracia  Linc'^  episcopus  .  dilectis  in  Christo  filiis 
decano  7  capitulo  Linc'^  ecclesie  salutem  7  dei  benediccionem  . 
Quia  feruens  habemus  desiderium  ut  ad  honorem  dei  /  beate 
virginis  genitricis  eius  Marie  in  ecclesia  Line'-  debita  cele- 
5  britate  smgulis  quibus^  temporibus  prout  decet  diuina 
celebrentur  .-  Ad  id  competenter  7  comode  ^prosequendum 
canonicorum''  7  vicariorum  ibi  residencium  utilitati  prospicere 


No.  301  BISHOP   HUGH   I  261 

cupientes  .  tibi  decane  7  canonicis  residentibus  .  7  si  decanus 
fuerit  absens  tibi  subdecane  7  canonicis  residenciam  facientibus 

10  banc  potestateni  indulgemus  .••  ut  nostra  auctoritate  licitum 
sit  vobis  ^cohercere  omnes  canonicos'  qui  non  faciunt  resi- 
denciam per  detencionem  prebende  sue  .•'  ut  idoneos  vicarios 
loco  suo  constituant  7  de  communi  consilio  canonicorum 
residencium    .■'   eis   honestam   7    sufficientem   sustentacionem 

15  prouideant  .  Preterea  vobis  banc  '^etiara  facimus'  indul- 
genciam  ut  omnes  iniustos  detentores  commune  vestre  7 
omnes  qui  uel  hominibus  uel  possessionibus  ad  eandem  com- 
munam  pertinentibus  iniuriam'  .  molestiam  .  uel  grauamen 
intulerint  .  liberum  sit  nobis  ecclesiastica  censura  cohercere 

20  7  in  eos  usque  ad  condignam  satisfaccionem  .•'  canonicam 
iusticiam  excercere*  Saluo  in  omnibus  iure  episcopi  7  eius 
potestate  .  Nee  liceat  archidiaconis  .  decanis  .  uel  aliis 
officialibus  Line''  episcopatus  .  excommunicatos  aut  inter- 
dictos  a  uobis  .■'  absoluere  citra  mandatum  episcopi  uel  uestrum  . 

25  Precipimus  autem  ut  sentencia  que  a  vobis  lata  fuerit  .•'  per 
archidiaconos  uel  decanos  seu  alios  episcopatus  officiales 
execucioni  mandetur.' 

Marginalia  in  A  :  title,  De  eodeni  (Q).  In  Black  Book  :  De  vicariis  a  singulis 
canonicis  non  residentibus  constituendis.  De  oohercione  detentorum  commune 
ecclesie  Lincolniensis  et  iniuriatoruin  eiusdem. 

Tests:  MS— A.  Black  Book,  ff.  13,  13d.  Martilogium,  f.  3.  Pd—Oiraklus  Camb- 
rotJiis  vii,   201-2.     Lint.   Cath.  Statutes  i,   308-9. 

Var.  R.  :  ^  Lincoln'  BlBk  Martilogium  ^  Lincoln'  BlBk.  '  quibusque  BlBk. 
Martilogium.  '-'  canonicorum  prosequendum  Martilogium.  '-'  omnes  canonicos 
cohercere  Martilogium.  "-"  facimus  eciam  Martilogium.  '  inuriam  BlBk. 
Martilogium.     '  exercere   BlBk.       '  demandatur   Martilogium. 

917 

301 .  Grant  by  bishop  Hugh  [I]  similar  to  no.  300  above.  (1186- 
1200.) 

Hugo  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  .■'  dilectis  in  Christo  filiis 
decano  7  capitulo  Line'  ecclesie  ^  .salutem  7  dei  benedic- 
cionem  .  Quia  feruens  habemus  desiderium  ut  ad  honorem 
dei  7  beate  virginis  genitricis  eius  Marie  in  ecclesia  Line' 
5  debita  celeberitate'  singulis  quibusque  temporibus  prout  decet 
diuina  celebrentur  ^  Ad  id  competenter  7  comode  prose- 
quendum canonicorum  7  vicariorum  ibidem  residencium 
utilitati  prospicere  cupientes  tibi  decane  .■'  7  canonicis  resi- 
dentibus   .   7   si   decanus^  fuerit   absens   .  tibi   subdecane   7 

10  canonicis  residenciam  facientibus  banc  potestatem  indulge- 
mus .  ut  nostra  auctoritate  hcitum  sit  vobis  cohercere  omnes 
canonicos  qui  non  faciunt  residenciam  per  detencionem 
jjrebende  sue  .  vt  idoneos  vicarios  loco  suo  constituant  7  de 
communi  consiho  canonicorum  residencium  .•'  eis  honestam  7 

15  sufficientem  sustentacionem  prouideant  .  Preterea  vobis  banc 
eciam  facimus  indulgenciam  .  vt  in  omnes  iniustos  detentores 


262  REGISTRUM   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  301 

commune  vestre  ^  liberum  sit  vobis  ecclesiasticam  iusticiam 
exercere  .  Saluo  in  omnibus  iure  episcopi  7  eius  potestate. 

Marginalia :   title,  De  eodern  (Q).     opp.  I.  1,  Nota  (Q).     opp.  I.  10,  Nota. 

Text:   A. 

Var.  R. :   '^  aic.     "7  canonicis  struck  out. 

918 

302.  Notification  by  bishop  Alexander  to  Adelmus  the  dean 
and  the  chapter  that  he  has  given  the  dignity  of  the  oflSce  of  pre- 
centor to  their  canon,  Roger  de  Almaria ;  and  that  he  has 
ordained  as  the  possession  of  this  dignity  all  the  churches  in  the 
borough  of  Lincoln  of  the  demesne  and  gift  of  king  Henry  [I] 
which  have  not  as  yet  been  confirmed  by  episcopal  privilege  in 
prebendam  or  to  the  common.  The  bishop  has  also  confirmed 
to  Roger  the  school  of  song.     (March,  1147-February,  1148.) 

Alexander  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  .  Adelmo  decano  7 
personis  7  uniuerso  capitulo  Line'  salutem  .  Memini  ut  uos 
ipsi  nostis  ecclesiam  uestram  diu  a  precentoris  uacasse  officio 
quod  ei  necesse  .  est  habere  continuum  .  Ipsius  igitur  inper- 
5  fectioni  cosulere'  desiderans  huius  officii  dignitatem  concessi 
7  dedi  honesto  uiro  Rogero  de  Almaria  canonico  nostro  nobis 
simul  7  nobis  cognitione  ac  conuersatione  probato  qui  bonorum 
examine  uirorum  .  domini  uidelicet  Radulfi  abbatis  S[ancti^] 
Albani  .  Roberti  archidiaconi  Line'  Roberti  archidiaconi 
10  Legreces/vie  .  Dmiidis  archidiaconi  de  Buccehinawra^ .  magistri 
Hamonis  [7  al-Jiorum  [qui^]  nobiscum  erant  canonicorum  con- 
silio  hoc  dignus  est  inuentus  officio  .  huius  dignitatis  posses- 
sionem esse  constitui  omnes  ecclesias  nostras  de  burgo  Line'  de 
dominio*  7  dono  regis  Henrici  que  adhuc  in  prebendam  sine 
15  in  comunionem^  nee  meo  nee  antecessorum  meorum  sunt 
priuilegio  confirmate  .  ecclesiam  uidelicet  tsancti  Micahelis 
iuxta  portam  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Petri  in  uico  parcamenariorum 
.  ecclesiam  sancti  Georgii  .  ecclesiam  sancte  Triiaitatis  . 
ecclesiam  sancti  Edmundi  ecclesiam  sancti  Swuituni*  .  Et 
20  extra  muros  ecclesiam  sancte  Trinitatis  .  ecclesiam  sancti 
Rumoldi  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Bauonis  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Augus- 
tini  .  In  Estgata'  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Petri  .  In  Wicheford'* 
iuxta  pontem  ecclesiam  sancti  Johannis  .  ecclesiam  sancte 
Trinitatis  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Petri  .  ecclesiam  sancti  MicaheUs  . 
25  ecclesiam  sancte  Margarete  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Marchi*  .  scolam 
quoque  de  Cantu  7  alias  simul  dignitates  que  ad  hunc  honorem 
pertinere  dinoscuntur  eidem  Rogero  concedimus  7  con- 
firmamvis. 

FacBiiuilo  opposite. 

Endorsed:    iCccleaia>  Lincoln'  prscentoratui  annexe  (18  cent.). 

Tag  for  seal.     Hizo :    6|  x  3}  inches. 


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No.  303  ARCHBISHOP  THEOBALD  263 

Marginalia  in  A :  title,  Confirmaoio  archiepiaoopi  de  iurisdicoione  auperius  (recte 
inferius)  est  (Q).  opp.  I.  10,  scribatur  cum  dignitatibus  *  aequens  (Q)-  [Q  doea 
not  seem  to  have  iwlicateil  any  place  in  the  Registritm  Antiquissbnum  for  the  charters 
relating  to  digyiities.] 

Texts:    MS— Orig.  Dij/63/1/8.     A. 

Var.  R.  in  A :  '  consulere.  *  supplied  from  A,  because  of  a  hole  in  the  original 
charter.  ^  Bucchinghain.  *  dominio.  '  communionem.  *  Swithuni.  '  Estegata. 
»  Wikeford.     '  Marci. 

Note  :  Of  the  parislies  enumerated  in  the  present  text  only  those  of  Saint  Michael 
on  the  Mount,  Saint  Swithin,  Saint  Peter  in  Eastgate,  Saint  Peter  at  Govvts,  and 
Saint  Mark  have  survived  to  the  present  day.  Of  the  churches  named  only  that 
of  Saint  Peter  at  Gowts  still  stands.  The  other  surviving  parishes  have  churches 
built  at  later  dates  and,  in  some  instances,  on  diiTerent  sites.  An  account  of  the 
parishes  of  Lincoln  will  be  supplied  in  a  later  volume  of  this  series. 

919 

303.  Confirmation  by  T[heobald]  archbishop  of  Canterbury  of 
bishop  Alexander's  charter  (no.  302  above).  (1148-1161 ;  probably 
circa  1150.) 

.T.  dei  gratia  Csintuariensis  archiepiscopus  .  7  totius 
Britannie  primas  .  Decano  totique  Lincol'*  ecclesie  capitulo  . 
omnibus  quoque  sancte  matris  ecclesie  fidelibus  .•'  salutem  . 
Nouerit  tarn  presentium  quam  futurorum  uiiiuersitas  .  quum  . 
5  Rogerio^  de  Almana  quem  venerabilis  frater  noster  bone 
memorie  Alexander  Line'  episcopus  .  consillio  Lincohensis^ 
capituli  in  precentorem  LincoHensis*  ecclesie  constituit  .■' 
omnes  ecclesias  de  burgo  Lincol'^  .  sine  intra  muros  sine 
extra   existentes    .    quas   prefatus   episcopus   eidem   Rogerio* 

10  dedit  .  7  concessit  .  7  ad  precentoris  dignitatem  testimonio 
litterarum  suarum  decetero  debere  pertinere  edocuit  .  7 
confirmauit  .•'  concedimiis  7  auctoritate  scripti  nostri  con- 
firmamus  .  sicut  iUius  carta  necnon  7  successoris  eius  venera- 
bilis fratris  nostri  .R.  Line'  episcopi  testatur  .  Ipsas  autem 

15  ecclesias  quas  ad  prefati  precentoris  honorem  ex  tenore 
litterarum  predictorum  episcoporum  pertinere  dinoscitur  .•' 
presenti  paginae  assignare  .  7  propriis  decreuimus  eas  ex- 
primere  nominibus  .  ecclesiam  uideUcet  sancti  MichaeUs 
iuxta  portam  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Petri  in  vico  pargamenariorum^  . 

20  ecclesiam  sancti  Georgii  .  ecclesiam  sancte  Trinitatis  .  ecclesiam 
sancti  Eadmundi*  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Suithuni  .  Et  extra  muros 
ecclesiam  sancte  Trinitatis  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Rumoldi  . 
ecclesiam  sancti  Bauonis  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Augustini  .  In 
Estgata^  ecclesiam  sancti  Petri  .  In  Wicheford'"  iuxta'  pontem 

25  ecclesiam  sancti  Johannis  .  ecclesiam  sancte  Trinitatis  . 
ecclesiam  sancti  Petri  .  ecclesiam  sancti  MichaeUs  .  ecclesiam 
sancte  Margarete  .  ecclesiam  sancti  Marci  .  scolam  quoque 
de  Cantu  .  7  ahas  simul  dignitates  que  ad  hunc  honorem  per- 
tinere dinoscuntur  .  eidem  Rogerio^  concedimus  7  confirmamus  . 

30  sicut  prefati  fratres  nostri  Line'  episcopi  .•'  concesserunt  .  7 
cartis  confirmauerunt  .  Valete. 


264  REGI8TRUi\I   ANTIQUISSIMUM  No.  303 

Facsimile  opposite  page  263. 

Endorsed:    LLncon    ^    (13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal  at  foot,  below  which  a  riband  has  been  torn  off.  Size:  8 J  x  5| 
inches. 

Texts:   MS— Orig.  Dij/63/1/9.     A. 

Var.  R.  in  A  :  '  Line'.  '  Rogero.  '  percamenorum.  *  Edraundi.  '  Estegata. 
•  Wikeford'.     '  om.  iuxta. 

Add.  Chart. 

304.  Grant  by  bishop  Robert  [II]  to  the  churches  which  belong 
to  the  precentorship  of  the  same  hberty  and  exemption  as  he  has 
granted  to  the  prebendal  churches  of  the  canons.  (Circa  1160- 
1167.) 

.R.  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  omnibus  fideUbus  dei 
salutem  .  Nouerit  uniuersitas  uestra  nos  dedisse  7  concessisse 
omnibus  ecclesiis  que  ad  cantariam  Line'  ecclesie  pertinent 
eandem  hbertatem  7  eandem  immunitatem  inperpetuum 
5  quas  concessimus  7  dedimus  ecclesiis  prebendarum  canoni- 
corum  eiusdem  ecclesie  sicut  in  carta  nostra  quam  dedimus 
de  eisdem  libertatibus  continetur  .  Testibus  Hamone  can- 
cellario  .  7  Radulfo  subdecano  7  Galfrido  capellano  .  7 
Willelmo  fiho  Godefridi.     Valete. 

Facsimile  opposite  page  262. 

Endorsed:    Lyncon   $   (13  cent.). 

Strip  for  seal  at  foot,  below  which  is  a  narrow  riband.     Size  :    Si  x  SJ  inches. 

Text:   MS— Orig.  Dij/63/1/10. 

Add.  Chart. 

305.  Confirmation  by  bishop  Hugh  [I]  of  bisliop  Robert's  grant 
(no.  304  above).     (1189-1192.) 

Omnibus  fChristi]  fidelibus  ad  quos  presens  scriptum  perue- 
nerit  .  Hugo  dei  gracia  Line'  episcopus  salutem  in  domino  . 
Nouerit  uniuersitas  uestra  nos  ratam  [habentes  7]  gratam 
libertatem  7  immunitatem  quam  bone  memorie  Robertus 
5  predecessor  noster  quondam  Line'  episcopus  concessit  ecclesiis 
de  cantaria  Line'  ecclesie  .  volumus  itaque  7  precipimus  .  ut 
ecdem  ecclesie  ea  plena  gaudeant  libertate  qua  gaudent 
ecclesie  prebendarum  Line'  ecclesie  .  sicut  in  scripto  nostro 
quod  ecclesiis  prebendarum  indulsimus   .■'  plene  continetur  . 

10  saluo  denario  beati  Petri  .  de  quo  nichil  immutamus  .  Quod 
ut  ratum  7  inconcussum  permaneat  .  presenti  scripto  7  sigilli 
nostri  j^atrocinio  confirmamus  .  Testibus  .  Haimone  Line' 
ecclesie  decano  .  magistro  Stephano  cancellario  .  magistro 
Rogero   de    Rolueston'  magistro    Ricardo   de  Swalewecliua    . 

15  Roberto  de  Capella  .  Hugone  de  Sancto  Edwardo  .  Eustachio 
de  Wilton'  .  7  aliis  multis. 

Endorsed:   Lyncon   J    (13  cent.). 
Tag  for  seal.     Size  :    7J  x  SJ  inches. 

Text:  MS — Orig.  i)ii/()3'l/l  1  :  (the  words  enclosed  in  square  brackets  are 
illojible). 


No.  307  BISHOP    ROBERT   II  266 

Add.  Chart. 

306.  Grant  \>y  bishop  Robert  [II],  from  his  rent  of  the  arch- 
deaconry of  Lincoln,  to  the  common  of  the  canons  residing  in  the 
church  of  Lincohi  of  one  imndred  shillings  a  year  for  making  bread 
and  beer.     (1148-1168.) 

De  redditu   .c.  solidorum  (marg.). 

Robertas  .  clei  gratia  Line'  episcopus  .  Omnibus  sancte  matris 
ecclesie  fihis  salntem  .  Nouerit  luiiuersitas  nostra  nos  dedisse  / 
concessisse  .  7  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse  de  redditu  nostro 
archidiaconatus  Line'  .c.  solidos  annuos  inperpetuum  in  communam 
canonicorum  residentium  in  ecclesia  Lincol'  .  ad  panem  7  ceruisam 
faciend'  .  scilicet  .1.  mint  ad  pascha  .  7  1.  ad  fcstum  heati  Michaelis  . 
.  Testibus  .  Waltero  abbate  de  Kyrchest'  .  Radnlfo  abbate  de 
Parco  Lude  .  Roberto  cellarario  de  Parco  Lude  .  Gilleberto  de 
Se^npingehawi  .  Dauid  abbate  de  Berling'  .  Waltero  priore  de 
Kyrchest"  .  Willelmo  de  Arauwdauill'  dapifero  .  Valete. 

Text:   MS— P3. 

Add.  Chart. 

307.  Mandate  of  bishop  Robert  [II]  addressed  to  his  arch- 
deacons and  their  officers.  The  bishop,  assenting  to  the  request 
and  advice  of  the  chapter,  has  granted  to  the  parishionere  of  the 
archdeaconries  that,  on  account  of  their  poverty  and  remoteness, 
they  may  for  the  present  year  pay  their  Pentecostal  dues  to  their 
mother  church  [of  Lincoln]  when  and  where  the  archdeacons  shall 
provide,  and  sliall  have  the  same  remission  of  sins  as  those  who 
come  to  the  motlier  church  ;  and  he  therefore  commands  the 
archdeacons  to  summon  the  parishioners  to  meet  at  suitable  places 
and  times.     (1147-1168.) 

De  processionibus  totius  episcopatus  (marg.). 

Robertus  .  dei  gratia  Lincol'  episcopus  .  archidiaconis  suis  .H. 
de  .N.  7  eorum  ministris  salutem  .  Precilnis  7  consilio  capituli 
ecclesie  nostre  assentientes  .  parrochianis  uestrorum  archidiacona- 
tuum  propter  eorum  inopiam  7  remotionem  permittimus  quatinus 
quod  sue  matrici  ecclesie  ad  sollempnitatem  Pentecost'  debent 
exibere  in  archidiaconatibus  uestris  ubi  7  quando  prouidebitis  hoc 
anno  exibeant  .  J  eandem  ibi  peccatorum  veniam  quara  7  eis  qui 
ad  matricem  eclesiam  uenient  eis  concedimus  .  Vobis  itaque 
mandamus  7  precipinms  quatinus  eos  benigne  7  diligenter  sum- 
moneatis  .  ut  congruis  locis  7  temporibus  prout  nobis  utile  uidebitur 
contra  nuncios  capituli  ad  debitum  ecclesie  sue  per.soluenduni 
sollempniter  conueniaiit  .  Valete. 

Text  :  MS— P5. 

Note  :  The  initials  '  H.  de  N.'  apparently  are  fictitious,  for  tliere  is  no  knowTi 
archdeacon  to  whom  they  point. 


266  ADDITIONAL   CHARTERS  No.  308 

ADDENDUM 

Add.  Chart. 

308>  Writ  of  Henry  II,  granting  to  bishop  Robert  [II]  warren 
between  Stow  and  Newark ;  and  forbidding  that  any  one  shall 
chase  or  take  hares  without  his  licence,  under  forfeiture  of  ten 
pounds.     At  Rouen.     (1158-1163.) 

H.  rex  Anglorum  dux  Nonuawworwm  7  Aquitanorum  y  comes 
Ande^aMontm  iusticianis  vicecomitibus  7  omnibus  ministris  suis 
tocius  Angh'e salutem.  Concedo  quod  Robertus  episcopus  Lmc'  habeat 
warennam  inter  Stowe  7  Newerc'.  Et  prohibeo  ne  quis  in  ea  fuget 
vel  capiat  leporem  sine  liceneia  eius  super  .x.  libras  forisfacture. 
Testibus  .  episcopo  Cicestrensi  7  Jocelino  de  Bailoi  apud  Roto- 
magww. 

Texts:  MS— Iiv(14).     Pd— C.C.fl.iv,   109(14). 
Note:  Cp.  no.  110,  above. 


EPISCOPAL   RESIDENCES  267 

APPENDIX   I 

Episcopal  Residences   at   Lincoln 


Westgate 

Henry  I  granted  to  bishop  Robert  Bloet  licence  to  make  a  way 
of  egress  in  the  wall  of  the  king's  castle  of  Lincoln  for  the  con- 
venience of  the  bishop's  house  {ut  facial  exitus  (or  exitum)  in  muro 
casfelli  mei  ad  sua,  necessaria  facienda  ad  domum  suani),  provided 
that  the  wall  were  not  thereby  weakened. '  The  murum  castelli 
has  sometimes  been  explained  as  meaning  the  south  wall  of  the 
first  Roman  city,  which  ran  on  the  south  side  of  the  cathedral  church. 
The  only  ground  for  this  suggestion  seems  to  be  the  assumption 
that  the  site  of  the  Old  Palace,  which  is  bounded  on  the  north  by 
that  wall,  was  already  in  tlie  possession  of  the  bishop.  It  will, 
however,  appear  below^  that  the  site  was  not  granted  to  the  bishop 
until  the  time  of  king  Stephen.  Further,  it  is  impossible  to  explain 
castellum  as  referring  to  the  Roman  city,  for  in  the  early  part  of 
the  twelfth  century  the  castellum  of  Lincoln  meant  the  fortified 
enclosure  of  the  castle  as  distinguished  from  the  mound  and  keep.* 
The  word  mums  is  interesting,  for  it  indicates,  what  some  have 
doubted,  that  as  early  as  1115  the  castellum  had  a  containing  wall 
of  stone  ;  for  murus  can  hardly  be  applied  to  an  earthwork  or  a 
pahsade.  The  presence,  too,  of  herring-bone  coursing  seems  to 
point  to  a  date  not  long  after  the  Conquest  for  certain  parts  at 
least  of  the  existing  walls. 

The  bishop  of  Lincoln's  charter  of  1166  shews  that  he  had  forty- 
five  military  tenants,  holding  one  hundred  and  four  knights'  fees,  and 
of  these  tenants  all  but  two,  with  one  feeajjiece,  held  by  a  feoffment 
granted  before  the  death  of  Henry  I.*  The  grant  of  so  large  a  body 
of  knights  indicates  that  it  was  part  of  William  the  Conqueror's 
pohcy  that  the  bishop  should  have  a  large  share  in  defending  a 
part  of  the  kingdom  which  was  remote  from  the  seat  of  government. 

'  Above,  pages  20,  21. 
2  Page  269. 

'  For  a  discussion  of  tlie  meaning  of  caatellum,  see  Round,  Oeojfrey  de  Mandeville, 
pages  328-46. 

*  Red  Book  i,  374-6. 


268  APPENDIX   I 

Henry  I,  by  a  writ  dated  1123-33,  gave  to  bishop  Alexander  licence 
to  assign  the  third  part  of  the  knights  of  the  bishopric  to  the  bishop's 
castle  at  Newark,  that  thenceforth  they  miglit  perform  castle- 
guard  there^  ;  and  a  papal  confirmation  of  1139  shews  that  it  was 
at  Lincoln  castle  that  tlie  knights  of  the  bishopric  had  been  accus- 
tomed to  do  service.^  In  the  same  way,  Stephen,  1136-1138, 
allowed  bishop  Alexander  to  transfer  the  castle-guard  which  he 
owed  at  Dover  castle  to  the  bishoij's  castle  at  Newark  or  elsewhere.^ 

Where  then  was  bishop  Bloet's  house  to  which  the  new  gate  was 
designed  to  oj^en  a  way  ?  It  camiot  have  been  near  the  church, 
for  the  main  gate  was  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  castle,  opposite 
the  west  end  of  the  church,  and  a  new  gate  at  that  point  would 
have  been  unnecessary.  But  just  outside  the  walls,  in  the  suburb 
on  the  westena  side  of  the  castle,  the  bishop  had  the  little  manor 
{maneriolimi)  of  WiUingthorpe  or  Westgate,*  and  if  he  made  his 
residence  there,  a  gate  in  the  western  wall  of  the  castle  is  indicated. 
Such  a  gate  is  still  to  be  seen  near  the  north-west  comer  of  the 
castle,  and  it  may  be  suggested  as  probable  that  tliis  is  the  gate 
which  the  bishop  obtained  leave  to  make.  It  was  known  as  the 
Sallyport.  Its  architecture  suits  the  date,  and  its  massive  propor- 
tions made  it  a  source  of  strength  rather  than  of  weakness  to  the 
wall.  Just  to  the  north  of  this  gate,  and  at  a  shghtly  lower  level, 
buried  in  the  side  of  the  castle  ditch,  is  the  Roman  West  gate  of  the 
city,  which  the  Normans  did  not  make  use  of  in  building  the  castle, 
a  fact  which,  perhaps,  suggests  that  a  gate  in  the  west  wall  was  not 
part  of  the  original  plan  of  the  castle.  The  Roman  gate  was  dis- 
covered on  11  April,  1836,  while  an  individual  named  Ball  was 
filUng  up  part  of  the  castle  ditch.  Excavation  revealed  a  con- 
siderable part  of  the  gate,  Init,  unfortunately,  the  work  was  stopped 
by  the  fall  of  a  large  mass  of  masonry  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Sallyport,  which  demolished  the  central  part  of  the  gate.'*  The 
accompanying  illustrations,  taken  from  engravings,  shew  the 
formidable  strength  of  the  Sallyport  and  the  position  of  the  Roman 
gate.  Under  the  title,  '  De  Decimis ',  in  the  Registrum  Antiquissi- 
mum,"  is  the  entry,  circa  1290.  '  De  arrea  sub  colle  vltra  nouam 

'  Above,  page  35. 
'  Above,  page   191. 
'  Above,  page  59. 

*  Above,  pages  189-90. 

'  Qentleman's  Magazine,  June,    1836. 

•  Reg.  Ant.,  no.  968. 


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The  Roman  West  Cate,   18;j6,  with  the  west,  wall  of  tho  Castlo  in  the  background 


EPISCOPAL   RESIDENCES  269 

terram  retro  castellum  que  dicitur  gardinum  episcopi  decimc  '. 
This  garden  was  presumably  connected  with  the  bishop's  house, 
which  might  be  accurately  described  as  at  the  back  of  the  castle. 

II 

Eastijate 
In  1130-1133  Henry  1  gave  to  bishop  Alexander  the  gate  of 
Eastgate  with  the  tower  (turri)  which  was  over  it,  in  order  that 
he  might  use  it  as  a  lodging  for  himself  (ad  se  Jiospitandum).^ 
Instead  of  cum  turri  two  texts  read  cum  terris.  The  former  is  the 
better  reading,  for  it  is  far  more  likely  that  terris  was  read  for  the 
less  common  word  turri  than  vice  versa  ;  and  if,  as  is  likely,  the 
second  and  third  letters  were  represented  by  a  compendium,  the 
mistake  would  be  the  more  easily  made.  The  Roman  East  gate 
stood  on  the  north  side  of  the  i^resent  street  of  Eastgate,  a  few 
yards  to  the  east  of  the  East  Bight.  It  is  described  by  Gough  as 
being  entire  in  1740,  and  as  bemg  of  the  same  propoitions  as  New- 
port. Towards  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  century,  it  was  destroj'ed 
by  Sir  Cecil  Wray,  baronet,  to  make  room  for  a  new  house  which 
he  was  building.^  Nothing  is  known  about  bishop  Alexander's 
occupation  of  the  gate,  but  it  is  at  least  remarkable  that  one  of 
the  gates  of  the  city  should  be  assigned  to  him. 

Ill 

The  Old  Palace 
By  a  charter,  dated  at  Rouen,  1135-8,  Idng  Stephen  grants  to 
bishop  Alexander  (a)  the  land  which  is  between  Saint  Michael's 
church  and  the  ditch  as  the  ditch  reaches  to  the  city  wall,  and 
(b)  adjoining  this  ditch,  and  round  the  said  church,  land  of  the 
king's  demesne  worth  twenty  sliillings  a  year,  with  sake  and  soke 
and  all  the  other  franchises  that  it  had  while  it  was  in  the  Idng's 
demesne.  Further,  the  king  grants  that  if  the  bishop  shall  build 
on  the  land  a  house  for  a  dwelhng-place  for  himself,  the  church 
of  Lincohi  and  the  bishop  and  his  successors  shall  have  the  land 
in  perpetual  possession  quit  of  all  customaiy  dues.  Further,  (c) 
the  king  grants  to  the  bishop,  in  the  same  place,  the  actual  ditch 
and  city  wall  to  make  a  way  of  ingress  for  himself  and  to  do  what 
is  convenient  for  his  building.^ 

'  Above,  page  34. 

-  A  Survey  of  the  Antiquities  of  the  City  of  Lincoln,  page  39. 

=  Above,  pages  54-5. 


270  APPENDIX    I 

By  a  charter,  dated  at  Lincoln,  1155-8,  Henry  II  grants  to 
bisliop  Robert  Chesney,  for  his  buildings  and  houses,  all  the  land 
with  the  ditch  from  the  wall  of  the  king's  bailey  (ballii  mei)  at 
Lincoln,  on  the  east  side  round  the  church  of  Saint  Michael  to  the 
cemetery  of  Saint  Andrew's  church,  and  thence  to  the  city  wall 
towards  the  east.  The  king  grants  this  land  free  and  quit  of  land- 
gable  and  parcagium^  and  all  other  matters.  He  also  gives  the 
bishop  leave  to  pierce  the  wall  of  the  king's  bailey  for  the  purpose 
of  making  a  gate  for  coming  and  going  towards  the  church,  and  to 
extend  his  buildings  to  both  walls. ^ 

The  form  of  Henry's  charter  suggests  that  it  was  a  new  grant 
rather  than  a  confirmation  of  Stephen's  gift.  Further,  it  does  not 
include  the  land  and  ditch  between  Saint  Michael's  churchyard 
and  the  city  wall.  Nor  does  it  repeat  the  gift  of  the  wall  itself. 
It  may  be  that  Stephen's  grant  had  lapsed,  or  had  become  insecure, 
since  Alexander  had  not  fulfilled  the  condition  that  he  should  build 
a  house  of  residence  for  himself  (si  .  .  .  domiim  sibi  edificaueril 
ad  propriam  sui  mansionem).  After  1138  the  bishop  fell  upon 
troublous  times,  and  had  Uttle  opportunity  for  building.  As  the 
accompanying  plan  shews,  the  boundaries  described  in  these  charters 
are  unusually  precise.  They  correspond  exactly  with  the  lines  of 
the  modern  map.     To  take  the  items  of  Stephen's  charter : 

(a)  is  approximately  the  area  J  K  P  M  in  the  plan.  The  ground 
sloped  steeply  from  the  city  wall  J  to  M,  K  to  P,  and  the  usual 
flat  bottom  of  the  Roman  ditch  would  form  a  convenient  road  of 
approach  eastward  to  the  bishop's  house.  The  bishops  presumably 
at  all  times  had  access  by  the  ditch  or  through  Saint  Michael's 
churchyard  to  their  house,  as  the  bishop  has  to-day^ ;  and  traces 
of  more  than  one  doorway  ma}'  be  seen  in  the  wall  K  P.  But  it  is 
improbable  that  any  bishop  after  Alexander  was  possessed  of  the 
soil  of  the  ditch.  In  the  seventeenth  century,  all  the  land  up  to 
the  city  wall  was  part  of  the  churchyard,  which  for  a  reason  that  is 
at  present  unknown,  like  other  churchyards  in  Lincoln,  belonged 
to  the  city.  Part  of  the  sloping  bank  had  then  been  cut  down 
perpendicularly  to  within  a  few  yards  of  the  wall  in  order  to  provide 

'  This  is  inturpreled  as  a  payment  for  the  raaintonance  of  the  king's  park-paling 
(Du  Gauge).      Cp.  above,  page   104. 

'  Above,  pages  86-7. 

•  There  was  a  carriage  way  to  the  palace  through  the  churchyard,  but  this  way 
was  closed  shortly  before  1840  (A  Survey  of  the  Antiquities  of  the  City  of  Lincoln, 
page  32). 


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272  APPENDIX    I 

a  level  site  for  Christ's  Hospital  which  was  founded  in  1602  (N  in 
plan).  On  12  September,  1699,  the  city  renewed  to  the  governors 
of  the  school  a  lease  of  the  land  on  which  stood  the  liospital  '  where 
the  Hospitall  boyes  are  now  kept,'  with  a  little  tenement  or  dwelling- 
house  adjoining  (0),  for  the  old  rent  of  three  shilUngs  and  fourpence 
and  a  fat  pig  to  Mr  Major  or  two  shillings  and  sixjjence.  East  of 
the  dwelling-house  there  was  a  little  orchard  \\hich.  on  2  October, 
1675,  the  governors  leased  to  Dr  James  Gardiner,  the  subdean,' 
whose  house  was  built  high  above  it  on  the  city  wall. 

(b)  is  the  area  K  L  Z  Y  in  the  plan,  which  was  given  by  Stephen 
and  also  by  Henry  II. 

(c)  Both  kings  gave  to  the  bishops  the  ditch  K  L  Q  P,  the  steep 
bank  of  which  still  remains  Ln  the  grounds  of  the  Old  Palace. 
Further,  Stephen  gave  to  bishoj)  Alexander  the  wall  K  L,  while 
Henry  II  merely  gave  bishoiJ  Robert  leave  to  make  a  doorway 
through  it  to  provide  access  to  his  church.-  This  wall  was  part 
of  the  south  wall  of  the  first  Roman  city,  and  it  had  ceased  to  be 
necessary  to  the  defence  of  the  city,  because  the  Romans  had 
afterwards  extended  the  east  and  west  walls  southwards,  and  had 
connected  them  with  a  new  south  wall  at  the  foot  of  the  hill.  The 
second  wall  mentioned  in  Henry's  writ  {quod  edificia  sua  extendantur 
in  utrunqne  murum)  was  pai-t  of  the  east  wall  of  the  later  Roman 
city  (L  Z),  the  most  part  of  which  exists  to-day. 

To  complete  the  enclosure  of  the  site,  a  massive  wall  was  built 
on  the  west  side  in  the  twelfth  or  thirteentii  century  (K  Y).  This 
wall,  though  in  pai-ts  rebuilt,  stands  to-day.  At  Y  there  are  indica- 
tions that  it  was  continued  from  Y  to  Z  to  form  the  southern 
boundary  of  the  site.  The  area  Y  Z  Bb  Aa,  which  is  now  the 
bishop's  lower  garden,  \\as,  presumably,  part  of  Saint  Andrew's 
churchyard  in  the  twelfth  century.  The  late  Dr  E.  Mansei 
Sympson^  states  that  bishop  Burghersh,  in  1330,  obtained  a  royal 
licence,  for  the  enlargement  of  the  area  of  the  palace,  by  grant 
from  the  ma^or  of  Lincoln,  but  the  i)resent  writer  has  not  found 
the  evidence  for  this.  The  only  possible  addition  to  the  site  was 
the  area  Y  Z  Bb  Aa. 

»  Minutes  of  Christ's  Hospital,  from  notes  supplied  by  Mr  J.  VV.  h'.  Hill. 

■^  Papal  coufirmation.s  dated  1146  and  1103  (above,  pages  196,  202)  err  in  mis- 
placing the  words  in  coilem  loco  of  Stephen's  <'harter.  and  thus  make  the  gift  refer 
to  the  part  of  the  wall  .)  to  K. 

'  Lincoln  (Ancient  Cities  Series),  page  294. 


EPISCOPAL   RESIDENCES  273 

It  is  to  be  observed  that  what  Stephen  describes  as  murum 
ciuitatis  is  stj'led  murum  ballii  mei  in  Henry  II's  charter.^  The 
bailey  or  bail  originally  included  the  whole  of  the  upper  city  within 
the  Roman  walls,  with  the  place  adjoining  the  castle  on  the  west, 
called  '  La  Batailplace,^  the  whole  of  which  area  was  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  constable  of  the  castle.  Afterwards  the  Close 
was  taken  out  of  the  Bail.  In  letters  close,  dated  4  August,  1331, 
the  boundaries  of  the  bailey  are  described  as  follows : 
"  that  the  castle  of  Lincoln  with  a  place  adjoining  called  '  La 
Batailplace  '  with  adjoining  ditches  is  within  the  bailey  of  the 
castle,  and  that  the  bailey  extends  from  the  West  Postern  {West- 
posterna)  of  the  bailey  going  round  to  Neuportyate  and  thence 
going  round  to  Le  Estgatyate,  and  thence  to  the  eastern  end  of 
the  shrine  (feretri)  of  St  Hugh  in  the  monastery  of  Lincohi,^  and 
thence  southwards  to  the  south  part  of  the  messuage  called 
'  Becumhous  '*  with  all  that  messuage,  and  thence  westwards  to 
Le  Suthbailyate,  and  thence  crossing  about  the  castle  to  the  said 
West  Postern  of  the  bailey,  and  that  all  gates,  walls,  and  ditches 
about  the  bailey  with  the  houses  built  in  the  ditches  are  appurtenant 
to  the  said  bailey  and  are  of  the  bailey."^ 

The  gate  which  bishop  Chesney  obtained  leave  to  make  formed 
the  main  entrance  to  the  palace,  and  it  necessarily  had  a  gatehouse 
capable  of  defence.  Its  position  is  determined,  by  the  charters  of 
Stephen  and  Henry  II  as  well  as  by  the  appearance  of  the  wall 
and  by  tradition,  as  having  been  opposite  to  the  south  transept 
of  the  church.  ABC,  and  perhaps  D,  in  the  plan  mark  its  site. 
On  the  south  side  of  the  south  wall  of  A  there  is  the  head  of  a  small 
Norman  doorway  the  lower  part  of  which  is  buried  in  the  ground. 
In  the  north  face  of  the  wall  there  are  the  remains  of  a  fireplace, 
probably  of  the  Norman  period,  which  belonged  to  an  upper  room. 
B  also  has  been  occupied  by  a  building.  A  and  B  now  form  part 
of  the  garden  of  the  subdeanery.  C  has  a  fireplace  similar  to  the 
one  in  A  in  the  north  face  of  the  wall,  and  signs  of  a  doomay  in 
the  same  face.  It  has  been  used  by  the  dean  and  chapter,  at  one 
time  as  a  workshop,  etc.,  and  now  as  a  store-house  for  coke.     D  is 

1  Above,  pages  55,  87. 

'  Thia  area,  in  which  the  Lawn  Hospital  now  stands,  was,  like  the  castle  and  its 
ditches,  formerly  extra-parochial. 

'  The  dean  and  canons  obtained  a  Ucence  iu  1255  to  remove  the  east  wall  of  the 
city  in  order  that  they  might  lengthen  their  church  by  extending  it  beyond  the  wall 
(above,  pages  184-5). 

'  In  a  commission  of  oyer  and  terminer,  8  March,  1389-90,  this  messuage  is 
called  '  Deknehouses '  {Oal.  Pat.  Rolls,  1388-1392,  p.  220).  The  name  suggests 
that  it  was  the  residence  of  some  of  the  clergy  who  served  the  cathedral. 

'  Cal.  Close  Rolls,   1330-1333,  page  255. 


274  APPENDIX    I 

marked  in  old  plans  as  a  building,  and  it  is  uncertain  whether  it 
formed  part  of  the  gate.  E  is  the  site  of  the  sacrist's  house.  D 
and  E  are  now  included  in  the  garden  of  the  Cantilupe  C!hantry. 
F  is  the  site  of  the  '  Deknehouses  '  mentioned  above.  It  is  probable 
that  C  was  the  middle  of  the  gate ;  for  at  that  point  the  whole  of 
the  Roman  wall  has  been  rebuilt,  a  proceeding  which  would  be 
rendered  necessary  if  it  was  there  that  the  wall  had  been  originally 
pierced  for  the  main  archway  of  the  gate. 

The  authorities  for  the  building  of  the  bishop's  house  are  the 
Vita  Sancti  Eemigii  of  Giraldus  and  the  Martilogium  of  John  of 
Sohalby,  canon  of  Lincoln  and  bishop's  registrar,  who  died  in  1333. 
Giraldus  says  of  bishop  Chesney  (1147-1168),  '  domos  episcopales, 
cum  terra  quoque  ubi  sitae  fuerant  coniparata  sumptibus  magnis, 
Lincolnise  fecit.''  Schalby  makes  no  mention  of  any  building 
being  done  by  Chesney,  and  the  earliest  remains  of  the  ancient 
palace  are  certainly  later  than  Chesney 's  time.  Of  Saint  Hugh 
(1186-1200)  Giraldus  says,  '  He  began  to  construct  splendid  (egregias) 
episcopal  buildings.'-  Schalby  says,  '  He  began  to  build  a  splendid 
(egregiam)  episcopal  hall.'^  Part  of  the  southernmost  portion  of  the 
building,  including  the  kitchen,  and  perhaps  some  portion  of  the 
great  hall,  and  part  of  the  buildings  further  east,  may  belong  to  the 
end  of  the  thirteenth  century.  At  this  point  Giraldus'  work  ends. 
Schalby  relates  that  Saint  Hugh's  work  was  finished  by  bishop  Hugh 
of  Wells,  '  He  finished,  with  costly  work,  the  episcopal  hall  which 
was  begun  by  Saint  Hugh  in  splendid  style,  and  the  kitchen.'* 
The  work  was  still  unfinished  in  1224,  for  on  30  December,  1223, 
Henry  III  directed  the  mayor  and  baiUft's  of  Lincohi  to  allow  bishop 
Hugh  to  dig  and  take  stone  in  the  ditch  (fossaio)  of  the  city,  near 
his  house,  for  building  his  house  at  Lincohi,  if  stone  can  there  be 
taken  without  damage  to  the  city.^  And,  on  29  April,  1324,  the 
king  commanded  Hugh  de  Nevill  to  cause  the  bishop  to  have  forty 
trees  (fusla)  in  the  king's  forest  of  Sherwood  {Sirewud'),  where 
they  can  best  and  most  conveniently  and  at  least  distance  be  got, 
for  the  use  of  the  bishop,  to  make  beams  and  joists  (gista)  for  his 
hall  at  Lincoln.*     This  great  hall  measured  85  feet  from  north  to 

■  Oiraldua  Camhrensis  vii,  35.     See  Note  ou  p.  276,  below. 
'  Ibid.,  page  41. 
»  Ibid.,  page  200. 
^  Ibid.,  page  204. 

•  Rotuli  Litlerarum  Clatiaarum  i,  880. 

•  Ibid.,  page  596. 


EPISCOPAL   RESIDENCES  275 

south  and  58  feet  from  east  to  west,  and  its  roof  was  supported 
by  two  arcades  with  pillars  of  Purbeck  marble. 

On  28  September,  1329,  bishop  Henry  Burghersh,  who  was  the 
king's  chancellor,  obtained  licence  from  the  king 

"  in  consideration  of  his  profitable  services  and  the  great  place  he 
holds  in  the  direction  of  the  king's  affairs,  and  for  his  successors, 
bishops  of  Lincoln,  to  repair,  raise,  crenellate  and  turreUate  the 
walls  of  his  palace  which  adjoins  the  precinct  of  St  Mary's,  Lincoln, 
now  partly  enclosed  with  a  stone  wall,  crenellated  and  turrellated, 
and  if  necessary  to  make  new  walls  in  the  circuit  of  the  palace, 
and  to  crenellate  and  turrellate  them  as  often  as  and  as  they  think 
fit.  Further  grant  to  tliem,  in  frank  almoin,  of  the  old  wall,  and 
the  soil  on  which  it  is  situated,  adjoining  the  palace  towards  the 
east,  which  wall  contains  18|  perches  per  virgam  viginti  pedum 
de  ulna  regia,  and  the  Uke  licence  to  crenellate,  etc.,  the  same. 
Further,  grant  that  both  the  soil  on  which  the  wall  is  situated 
and  the  palace  shall  have  the  immunity  and  ecclesiastical  liberty 
of  the  church,  its  cemetery  and  other  jilaces  within  the  precincts, 
all  offenders  in  the  former  to  be  held  violators  of  the  hberties  of 
Holy  Church  just  as  if  they  had  offended  in  the  latter."* 

And  again  on  9  August,  1330,  a  grant, 

"  for  the  affection  which  the  king  bears  to  Henry,  bishop  of  Lincoln, 
the  chancellor,  that  the  bishop's  palace  with  a  wall  and  the  land 
whereon  the  wall  stands,  adjoining  the  palace  on  the  east,  and 
lately  granted  to  the  bishop  Ijy  the  king,  and  the  dweUing  houses 
of  the  dean  and  chapter,  canons,  vicars,  choristers  and  other 
ministers  of  the  cathedral  church,  and  all  houses,  plots  and  places 
within  the  precinct,  shall  have  the  same  immunity  and  ecclesiastical 
liberty  as  the  cathedral  or  the  cemetery  thereof,  so  that  any 
trespassers  therein  shall  be  held  to  be  violators  of  Holy  Church."^ 

The  grant  of  the  eastern  wall  of  the  later  Roman  city  L  to  Bb, 
enabled  bishop  Burghersh  to  make  at  Q  a  new  gateway  to  his 
house,  towards  the  east,  which,  being  on  comparatively  level  ground, 
was  far  more  convenient  than  the  original  gateway  at  A  to  D, 
which  involved  a  very  steep  approach.  This  gateway  was  rebuilt 
in  the  nineteenth  century.  The  outer  gateway  at  R,  which  bears 
the  arms  of  bishop  WiUiam  Smith  (1496-1514),  was  probably  his 
work.  Bishop  William  Alnwick  (1436-1449)  erected  a  new  chapel 
(U),  and  the  entrance  tower  at  the  north-east  comer  of  the  great 

'  Col.  Patent  Eolls,   1327-1330,  page  453. 
•  Ibid.,  page  648. 


276  APPENDIX   I 

hall,  and  other  buildings.  The  great  hall  (T)  was  still  standing  in 
the  time  of  '  Gervase  Holies,  about  1640. '^  The  whole  of  the 
site  slopes  steeply  downhill  towards  the  south,  and  massive  buttresses 
supposed  to  be  the  work  of  bishop  WilUams  (1621-1641),  were 
found  necessary  to  support  the  southern  end  of  the  buildings. 
Leland,  about  1540,  describes  the  palace  as  '  hangginge  in  decUvio.'^ 

It  is  beyond  the  purijose  of  this  appendix  to  give  a  full  descrip- 
tion of  the  buildings,  and  the  reader  may  be  referred  to  an  article, 
entitled  *  The  Ancient  Episcopal  Palace,  Lincoln,'  by  the  late 
Mr.  E.  J.  Willson  in  Memoirs  .  .  .  of  the  County  and  City  of  Lincoln, 
pubhshed  by  the  Archaeological  Institute  (London :  1850),  pages 
1-19,  and  A  Survey  of  the  Antiquities  of  the  City  of  Lincoln, 
pages  32-5. 

Note  :  In  spite  of  the  fact  that,  as  stated  on  p.  274,  above, 
no  part  of  the  remains  of  the  Old  Palace  are  earlier  than  the  time 
of  Saint  Hugh,  the  words  of  the  papal  bull  of  1163  (above, 
page  203,  11.  44,  45),  '  domum  episcopi  in  ciuitate  Lincol'  iuxta 
baliam  ab  austro  ',  probably  indicate  that  bishop  Robert  Chesney 
began  to  build  a  house  on  the  site. 

*  Associated  Architectural  Societies'  Reports  and  Papers,  xxxi,  379-83. 
2  Leland'a  Itinerary  (ed.  E.  Toulmin  Smith),  v.  123. 


THORNGATE  277 

APPENDIX   II 

Thorngate  and  the  Condet  Family 

I 

Thorngate 
A  marginal  note  in  No.  252,  lines  35-7  (above,  page  198),  '  Nota 
pro  prebenda  de  Thorngate,'  and  a  similar  note  in  No.  255,  lines 
46-7  (above,  page  205),  indicate  that  the  houses  near  the  bridge 
of  Lincoln,  which  Robert  de  StuteviU  gave  in  prebendam  to  the 
church  of  Lincobi,  formed  part,  perhaps  the  original  portion,  of 
the  prebend  of  Thorngate.  Henry  I's  charter  confirming  the  gift, 
circa  1107,  states  that  Hugh  son  of  Baldiic  held  the  houses  in  the 
time  of  the  Conqueror.  ^  Though  Hugh  had  land  in  Lincoln  in 
1086,  these  particular  tenements  cannot  be  identified.^  When  the 
papal  confirmations,  Nos.  252  and  255,  describe  the  houses  as  being 
near  '  the  bridge  of  Lincoln,'  it  is  probable  that  we  are  to  understand 
the  pons  magna  in  High  street  which  spanned  the  Witham. 
Mattel  also  gave  land  near  the  river  to  this  prebend.'' 

The  only  existing  account  of  the  district  of  Thorngate  is  to  be 
found  in  the  important  manuscript  history  of  Lincoln,  Annales 
Lincolnienses,  compiled  by  J.  Ross,  1850-1860,  which  is  preserved 
among  Lord  Monson's  archives  at  Burton  hall.  According  to 
Ross,  Thorngate  extended  from  Wigford  caiiseway  on  the  west  to 
the  confluence  of  the  river  Witham  and  Sincil  dyke  on  the  east, 
and  was  bounded  on  the  east  and  south  by  Sincil  dyke,  and  on  the 
north  by  the  parishes  of  Saint  Swithin  and  Saint  Augustine.^  Ross 
suggests  that  the  area  was  perhaps  not  yet  inhabited  in  1086,  and 
that  it  was  a  swamp  overgrown  with  thorns  until  it  was  reclaimed 
chiefly  as  a  result  of  the  reopening  of  the  Foss  dike.*  He  thinks 
that  Thorngate,  which  appears  to  have  comprised  both  banks  of 
the  Witham,  was,  some  fifty  years  later,  becoming  the  most  populous 
part  of  the  city,  and  that '  the  increased  value  of  land  for  mercatorial 
buildings  contracted  the  stream  of  the  river.'^  This  district,  he 
says,  formed  the  parish  of  Saint  Denis,  which  was  united  to  the 

'  Above,  page  32. 

•  The  Lincolnshire  Dotnesday,  page  6,  nos.  19,  24. 
"  Above,  pages  100-1. 

»  Liber  i,  162  ;    Liber  iii,   109. 

*  Liber  i,  459-60. 


278  APPENDIX    II 

parishes  of  Saint  Swithin  and  Saint  Augustine  as  early  as  the 
fourteenth  century,  when,  no  doubt,  the  church  of  Saint  Denis, 
which  was  situate  east  of  Thorn  bridge,  disappeared,  so  that  all 
memory  of  its  site  was  forgotten.^  Its  endowments  were  appro- 
priated to  the  prebend  of  Thomgate.^  Precentor  Venables  states 
that  the  site  of  the  church  was  on  the  north  bank  of  the  Witham, 
'  a  little  to  the  east  of  the  present  bridge, '^  but  that  seems  an 
impossible  position  since  the  parish  of  Saint  Augustine  and  perhaps 
the  parish  of  Saint  Rumbold  boimded  upon  that  part  of  the  river. 
It  seems  that  Venables'  mistake  is  due  to  his  misinterpretation  of 
one  of  Ross's  rather  elaborate  sentences. 

Wigford  causeway,  which  Ross  mentions  as  the  western  boundary 
of  Thomgate,  followed  the  course  of  the  present  Sincil  street, 
forming  a  parish  boundary  (see  plan).  Sincil  dyke  at  that  time 
continued  its  course  northwards  as  far  as  the  present  Norman 
street,  where  it  turned  eastwards  approximately  along  the  Une  of 
that  street,  again  forming  a  parish  boundary.  A  Lincoln  cor- 
poration lease,  circa  1830,  contains  a  plan  shewing  the  old  bed  of 
the  stream  which  was  then  being  filled  up.*  The  fact  that  Sincil 
street  on  the  west  and  Norman  street  on  the  south  formed,  in  the 
fourteenth  century,  and  still  form,  the  boundaries  of  Saint  Swithin's 
parish  confirms  the  hmits  of  Thomgate  as  given  by  Ross.  North 
of  the  river,  Thorngate  was  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  parish  of 
Saint  Benedict.  The  accompanying  plan  will  enable  the  reader  to 
follow  the  description  of  Thomgate  with  greater  ease. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  the  beautifully  written  volumes  which 
Ross  compiled  with  amazing  industry  are  almost  entirely  lacking 
in  references  to  his  sources,  but  the  impression  left  on  the  mind 
of  a  reader,  who  is  well  acquainted  with  the  manuscript  evidence, 
is  that  Ross  was  a  careful  and  accurate  historian,  who  gave  some 
indication  when  his  conclusions  were  doubtful.  Most  of  his  state- 
ments about  Thorngate  may  be  verified,  and  his  suggestion  may  be 
correct,  namely,  that  the  area  of  Thorngate  was  reclaimed  as  a 
result  of  the  improvement  of  the  Foss  dyke  for  the  purpose  of 
navigation  between  the  Trent  and  Lincoln,  which  took  place  in 
1121,^  an  event  which  no  doubt  had  the  effect  of  increasing  the 

'  Liber  i,  p.   162. 

»Ibid.  iU,   109. 

'  Associated  Architectural  Societies'  Reports  and  Papers  xix,  335. 

*  Marrat's  map  (1817)  shews  the  old  course  of  SinoU  dyke. 

'  Symeon  of  Durham  (Rolls  Series)  ii,  260. 


P^VRI5H    OF 
5T.  AUOUSTLVT 


THOIWGATE 

EXTLNTIATG  EA3TW.-VR.r5 
XO  THE   CCLVTtUEACE 
Of  THE  V.TTHA.'rt,  A.VT> 
SINC±L  DYKE 


PIANOF 

THORNGATE 


A         Parish  of  Saint  Peter  at  Arches 

B         Parisli  of  Saint  Benedict 

A  black  line  indicates  the  Roman  south  wall  of  the  City 

A  dotted  line  indicates  the  soutliern   and   western    boundaries  of  the   Parish   of 
Saint  Swithin 


Later  names  of  streets,  etc.,  are  enclosed  in  brackets 


280  APPENDIX    II 

value  of  the  river-frontages  at  Lincoln.  The  union  at  an  early 
date  of  the  parish  of  Saint  Denis  with  that  of  Saint  Swithin  is 
confirmed  by  the  fact  that,  as  early  as  circa  1250,  in  charters  of 
land  in  Thonigate,  the  property  is  stated  to  be  in  the  parish  of 
Saint  Swithin.  1  In  the  fourteenth  century,  tenements  are  described 
as  being  in  Thomgate  in  the  parish  of  Saint  Swithin,  and  abutting 
upon  the  water  of  Witham  towards  the  north,  and  towards  the 
south  upon  le  Olclea  or  le  Aldea  which  is  to  be  identified  with  Sincil 
dyke. 2  Union  with  the  parish  of  Saint  Augustine  is  unhkely,  for 
while  no  charters  have  been  found  to  indicate  that  that  parish 
extended  southwards  beyond  the  river,  a  charter  of  land  in  Saint 
Swithin's  parish  describes  a  tenement  as  extending  from  the  httle 
bridge  {de  jmtuo  ponie)  towards  the  west  to  the  king's  way  towards 
the  east^ ;  and  another  Saint  Swithin's  charter  states  that  certain 
land  lies  on  the  east  side  of  Thorn  bridge  {pons  de  Thorn')  on  the 
south  side  of  the  water.*  These  descriptions  suggest  that  the  whole 
of  Thomgate  was  added  to  the  parish  of  Saint  Swithin.  Ross's 
statement  that  the  church  of  Saint  Denis  was  situate  to  the  east 
of  Thorn  bridge  points  in  the  same  direction. 

The  little  bridge  just  mentioned  was  Thorn  bridge  which  spanned 
the  river  at  or  very  near  the  present  Magpie  bridge,  and  opposite 
to  the  tower  and  gate  at  the  corner  of  the  city  wall,  where  the 
Green  Dragon  hotel  now  stands  on  a  plot  which  formerly  was  called 
the  Towergarth.  The  bridge  was  also  nearly  opposite  the  present 
little  street  called  Thomgate  which  leads  from  Saint  Swithin's 
square  to  the  Witham.  It  is  described,  in  a  charter  of  circa  1332, 
as  '  Pons  spinarum,'^  and  it  is  marked  as  '  Thome  bridge— Pont  de 
I'Espine  '  in  a  '  Plan  de  Lincohie,'  perhaps  of  the  early  part  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  in  which  the  names  are  given  in  French.* 
In  the  Gough  MSS'  there  is  a  note,  made  in  1737,  perhaps  by 
Thomas  Sympson  :  '  Lower  down  the  River  [than  the  High  Bridge] 
stands  another  Bridge  of  one  Arch,  called  Thorn  Bridge  ;  the  date 
of  1602  upon  the  East  Side  of  it  shows  the  age  of  the  present  build- 
ing, though  no  doubt  there  was  one  before.'     Marrat's  map  of 

1  Bardney  Abbey  Cartulary  (B.M.,  Cotton  MS,  Vespasian,  E  xx),  f.  258d. 
'Ibid.,  i.  257d.     Dean  and  Chapter  muniments,  Dii/76/1,  36,  and  39. 
'  Ibid.,  76/1/40. 
*  Registrum,  no.  836. 

»  Dean  and  Chapter  muniments,  Dij/76/ 1/33.  ,      ,     .     ,   r  i 

«  Brit.  Mus.,  Add.  MS  11,564,  f.  39  ;    reproduced  in  Tlie  Arehceological  Journal 
xxxviii,   170. 

'  Bodleian  Library,  Gough  MS,  Lincoln  i,  p.  262. 


THORNGATE  281 

Lincoln  (1817)  and  Padley's  map  (1867)  give  it  as  Thorn  Bridge  ; 
but  Padley  in  a  later  edition  (1868)  calls  it  Witham  Bridge. 

The  charters  mentioned  above  are  not  later  than  the  earlier  part 
of  the  fourteenth  century,  and  they  confirm  Ross's  suggestion  that 
the  union  of  parishes  took  place  at  an  early  date.  Further,  the 
church  of  Saint  Denis  is  not  mentioned  in  the  episcopal  registers 
of  institutions  which  begin  circa  1220,  nor,  so  far  as  is  known,  in 
charters  or  other  documents.  It  would  be  interesting  to  know 
the  evidence  on  wliich  Ross  relied,  for  it  is  unlikely  that  he  invented 
a  church  of  Saint  Denis.  But  here  a  further  difficulty  occurs ; 
for  the  prebend  is  now  designated  All  Saints,  Thorngate.  This 
would  postulate  a  church  of  that  dedication  in  Thorngate,  but  for 
such  a  church  no  evidence  has  been  found.  If  the  church  of  Saint 
Denis  was  situate  to  the  east  of  Thorn  bridge,  there  would  scarcely 
have  been  room  for  another  parish,  however  small,  in  Thorngate 
to  the  west  of  Thorn  bridge.  In  the  various  public  records,  in  the 
episcopal  registers  of  institutions  from  1290  to  1812,  and  in  the 
Calendars  of  Papal  Letters,  the  prebend  is  invariably  called  Thorn- 
gate. The  first  occurrence  of  the  addition  '  All  Saints  '  is  in  a 
Speculum  Diceceseos  circa  1735,  an  office  list  of  benefices  for  use 
in  the  Diocesan  Registry.  This  addition  did  not  creep  into  the 
registers  of  institutions  until  1847,  since  which  date  it  has  persisted 
to  the  present  day.  It  is  at  least  probable  that  the  interpolation 
is  an  error,  and  it  would  seem  desirable  to  revert  to  the  well- 
estabHshed  and  distinctive  title  of  Thorngate. 

Ross  says  that  the  wealthier  citizens  had  halls  or  dwelhngs  in 
Thorngate,  and  that  the  Kymes  had  a  mansion  there.  The 
Hundred  Rolls^,  3  Edward  III,  state  that  Philip  of  Kyme  had  a 
manor  house  in  the  parish  of  Saint  Swithin,  but  evidence  that 
it  was  in  Thorngate  is  not  yet  forthcoming,  unless  it  be  suppUed 
by  an  inquisition  ad  quod  damnum,  6  Edward  II,  for  Phihp  to 
have  a  grant  of  a  messuage  in  Thornbridge  gate,  late  inliabited 
by  the  brethren  of  the  Penance  of  Jesus  Christ.'^  In  the 
thirteenth  century  Bardney  abbey  held  land  in  Thorngate  in  the 
parish  of  Saint  Swithin.^ 

The  writer  is  indebted  to  the  kindness  of  Lord  Monson  for  access 

1  Vol.  i.  p.  312. 

'  P.R.O.,  Liste  and  Indexes  xvii,  135. 

3  Bardney  Abbey  Cartulary,  ff.  258d,  259,  259d. 


282  APPENDIX   II 

to  Ross's  manuscripts  and  books.  If  some  of  Ross's  sources  have 
appeared  in  print  since  his  day,  his  collections  preserve  a  large 
amount  of  material  which  is  not  elsewhere  to  be  found. 

II 

Thorngate  Castle  and  the  Oondet  Family 

The  evidence  about  Thorngate  given  above  now  makes  it  possible 
to  identify  the  castellum  de  Torngat'^  as  a  castle  situate  in  Thorn- 
gate, just  outside  the  walls  of  the  later  Roman  city  of  Lincoln. 
Adelidis,  Adehs,  or  Alice  de  Condet  had  pledged  her  castle  of 
Thorngate  and  her  lands  in  Kent,  Nottinghamshire,  and  Lincoln- 
shire to  king  Stephen,  who  granted  the  pledge  to  bishop  Alexander. 

Alice  de  Condet 

The  extant  accounts  of  Alice's  ancestry^  are  derived  from  the 
Stemma  Willelmi  Longspee,  Comitis  Line,  et  Sarum,  ab  Osberto  de 
Casneto  Domino  de  Cavenby  et  Glentham  deducfum  in  the  Leger  Book 
of  Barhngs  abbey. ^  It  is  stated  there  that  Osbert  Chesney  (de 
Casneto),  long  before  the  coming  of  WiUiam  the  Conqueror,  lord 
of  Caenby  (Cavenby)  and  Glentham,  founded  the  church  of  Saint 
Nicholas  within  his  principal  manor  of  Caenby,  and  endowed  it 
with  the  tithes  of  the  village.  Further,  that  in  the  time  of  the 
Conqueror,  sir  WiUiam  de  Casneto,  lord  of  Caenby  and  Glentham, 
begat,  by  Constance  his  wife,  an  only  daughter,  Adehdis,  whom 
he  gave  in  marriage  to  Sir  Osbert  de  Cundi,  of  which  Robert^  [sic] 
and  Adelidis  Roger  was  son  and  heir,  who  gave  to  the  brethren  of 
Lyskes,^  of  the  Premonstratensian  order,*  his  toft  of  five  acres  with 
two  bovates  and  pasture  for  seven  hundred  sheep  in  Glentham  and 
Caenby,  with  chace  and  rechace  from  the  one  to  the  other,  in  free, 
pure,  and  perpetual  alms.  The  facts  which  are  certain  in  this  story 
are  that  Alice  married  Robert  de  Condet,  and  that  she  and  Roger 
their  son  had  a  lordship  in  Caenby  and  Glentham.     A  pedigree 

'  Above,  page  61. 

*  Dugdale,  Baronage  i,  336  ;  Gervase  Holies,  Lansdowne  MS  207a,  f.  457  ;  W.O. 
Massingberd,  Associated  Architectural  Societies'  Reports  aivl  Papers  xxvi,  22-3. 

'  P.R.O.,  Exchequer,  Treasury  of  Receipt,  Miscellaneous  Books,  71,  page  12 
(printed  by  Dugdale,  Mon.  vii,   917). 

*  In  another  edition  of  the  Stemma  (Leger  Book,  p.  18)  '  Osbert  '  is  substituted 
for  '  Robert.' 

'  This  is  the  abbey  of  Licques,  near  Boulogne,  Pas-de-Calais,  the  mother-house 
of  Newhouso  abbey. 

*  Tlie  edition  on  page  18  adds  here,  '  after  the  death  of  his  father,  with  the  assent 
and  consent  of  Adelidis  his  mother.'  It  ajipears  from  C.C.li.  i,  89,  that  the  abbot 
and  convent  of  Newhouse,  who  held  this  land  of  the  canons  of  Liskes,  gave  it  to 
Barlings  abbey. 


THE   CONDET   FAMILY  283 

shewing  the  descent  so  far  as  it  is  known  will  help  the  reader  to 
follow  the  story  : 


.  .  .  .  de  Condet, 
circa  1130 

died 

1 
Robert  de  Condet, 
10  Oct.,  perhaps 

died 
1140 

=     Alice,  held  Thomgate 
Castle 

Roger  de  Condet, 
in  1201 

dead 

Agnes  de  Condet, 
and  heiress 

dau. 

=     Walter  Clifford,  died 
1222-3 

Valter  Clifiord,     = 

died   1263-4         | 

1 

Roger  Clifford      =     Basilia 

The  earls  of  Cumber- 
William  Longesp^e,                         '""'^ 
d.  8.  p.  m.  1257 

1 
Maud  Clifford,  dau.     = 

and    heiress ;     re- 
mar.   John   Giffard, 

1st  lord  Gifiard 

While  it  would  be  easy  to  allow  too  much  weight  to  the  Stemma, 
it  is  probable  that  it  contains  a  substratum  of  fact.  Perhaps  we 
may  conclude  that  Caenby  and  Glentham  belonged  to  the  Chesney 
family,  1  whose  heiress  married  a  de  Condet ;  but  that  there  is 
considerable  confusion  in  the  generations.  It  would  suit  the 
chronology  better  if  the  Chesney  heiress  married  the  father  (perhaps 
Osbert)  of  Robert  de  Condet  rather  than  Robert  himself,  and  if 
Ahce  also  belonged  to  the  next  generation.  This  might  explain  the 
confusion  between  Osbert  and  Robert  in  the  Stemma,  and  might 
account  for  the  fact  that  Ahce,  as  will  be  seen,  appears  to  have 
been  a  person  of  greater  consequence  than  merely  the  heiress  of  a 
small  estate.  The  story  of  the  Stemma,  namely,  that  the  pre- 
Conquest  lord  of  Caenby  and  Glentham  was  a  Chesney,  recalls 
the  description  by  Giraldus  Cambrensis  of  bishop  Robert  Chesney 
as  '  vir  generosus,  natione  quidem  Anghcus,  sed  cognatione 
Normannus,'  that  is,  Enghsh  on  his  father's  side.^  In  1086,  the 
bishop  of  Lincoln  held  four  carucates  in  Caenby  {Couenebi)  which 
were  inland  of  his  manor  of  Stow,  and  three  carucates  and  six 

'Mr.  Salter's  account  of  this  family  in  the  Eynsham  Cartulary  i,  411-23,  does 
not  contain  anything  about  the  ancestry  of  the  Chesneys  of  Caenby  and  Glentham. 
•Vol.  vii,  p.  34. 


284  APPENDIX    II 

bovates  in  Glentham  which  were  sokeland  of  the  same  manor.* 
In  1115-18,  the  bishop  had  in  the  two  places  seven  carucates  and 
six  bovates,  of  which  Martel  de  Taneio  held  two  carucates  and 
four  bovates.^  With  this  exception,  the  names  of  the  bishop's 
tenants  in  these  villages  are  not  given  in  any  of  the  feudal  surveys. 
The  statement  in  the  Stemma,  however,  that  Alice  de  Condet  and 
Roger  her  son  held  Caenby  and  Glentham  is  confirmed  by  Roger's 
grant,  already  mentioned,  to  the  canons  of  Licques,  by  the  descent 
of  the  manor  of  Caenby  to  Roger's  daughter,  Agnes  de  Condet' 
who  married  Walter  Clifford  senior^ ;  by  the  fact  that  Walter 
Cliiford  junior,  the  son  of  Walter  and  Agnes,  presented  to  the 
rectory  of  Caenby  in  1235  and  1244*  ;  and  by  the  gift  to  Barlings 
abbey,  by  Maud  de  CUfford  and  WilUam  de  Longspee  her  husband, 
of  their  manor  in,  and  advowson  of,  Caenby.^ 

Here  it  will  be  convenient  to  collect  the  available  evidence  about 
Alice  de  Condet.  At  a  date  before  6  February,  1146,  king  Stephen 
granted  to  bishop  Alexander  the  pledge  which  Alice  gave  the  king 
of  her  castle  of  Thomgate  and  of  her  lands,  namely,  Wickham 
[breux]  in  Kent,  Grimston  in  Nottinghamshire,  and  [South]  Carlton, 
Thurlby  [near  Lincoln],  Eagle,  and  SkeUingthorpe,  in  Lincolnshire, 
with  the  wardship  of  Alice's  son,  until  the  son  should  be  of  such 
an  age  that  he  could  hold  the  land  and  be  made  a  knight.'  By 
1146,  then,  AHce's  husband,  Robert  de  Condet,  was  dead.  In  the 
Obituary  of  Lincoln  cathedral  the  date  of  his  death  is  given  as 
10  October,  but  the  year  is  not  specified.'  Alice,  with  Roger  her 
son,  who  was  then  only  a  few  years  old,  issued  a  notification 
that  on  the  day  of  Robert's  burial,  they  had  given  and  placed 
upon  the  altar  of  the  church  of  Lincoln,  for  the  health  of  his  soul, 
three  bovates  of  their  land  and  three  messuages  in  Normanby 
[by  Stow].  This  grant  of  three  bovates  was,  circa  1160-1165, 
renewed  and  confirmed  by  Roger  to  the  use  of  the  common  of  the 
canons  with  the  condition  that  he  should  hold  the  land  of  them  in 
return  for  a  yearly  payment  of  ten  shillings,  and  the  proviso  that, 
if  war  should  trouble  the  country,  the  land  should  return  into  the 

1  The  Lincolnshire  Domesday,  7/3,  7/5. 

"Ibid.,  page  239. 

'  Below,  page  292. 

*  L.R.S.  xi,   134,   146. 

'  Mon.  vii,  918. 

"  Above,  page  61. 

'  Qiraldus  Cambrerutis  vii,   161. 


THE   CONDET   FAMILY  285 

liands  of  the  canons,  and  the  payment  of  ten  shiUings  should  cease, 
until  peace  was  restored.  The  latter  grant  is  witnessed  by  Robert 
de  Cmidi,  who  was  perhaps  brother  to  Roger. ^  This  gift  by  Alice 
and  Roger  of  ten  shillings'  worth  of  land  in  Normanby  by  Stow 
was  confirmed  by  a  papal  bull,  6  February,  1140.-  But  it  seems 
that  Robert's  death  must  be  placed  in  or  before  11 40.  He  was  dead 
at  the  time  of  Stephen's  chaiter  to  bishop  Alexander.  That  charter 
was  given  at  Lincoln,  and  its  probable  date  is  the  early  part  of 
the  year  1141,  when  Stephen  was  besieging  Rannulf  earl  of  Chester 
and  his  half-brother,  William  of  Roumare,  in  Lincoln  castle.  Alice's 
husband,  Robert  de  Condet,  died  therefore  not  later  than  10 
October,  1145,  and  probably  in  or  before  1140. 

'  Aliz  de  Condi '  gave  twelve  bovates  in  Empingham  {Heniping- 
ham)  to  the  Knights  of  the  Temple.^  And  she  and  Roger  her  son 
gave  two  messuages  in  Eakring,  co.  Nottingham,  to  Rufford  abbey, 
temp.  Henry  II : 

AeUz  de  Cundeio  et  Rogeras  filius  suus  omnibus  hominibus  suis 
Francis  et  Anglis  et  omnibus  fihis  sancte  ecclesie  salutem  Sciatis 
nos  concessisse  et  dedisse  in  elemosinam  perpetuam  deo  et  ecclesie 
sancte  Marie  de  RuSordia  et  monachis  ibidem  deo  seruientibus 
duas  mansuras  m  Eicring  duas  acras  coiitinentes  scihcet  mansuram 
que  fuit  Arneuin  et  mansuram  que  fuit  Turchill  pratos  [.sic]  liberas 
et  quietas  ab  omni  terreno  seruicio  et  omnibus  consuetudinibus 
Hiis  testibus  Osberto  de  Wynchleia  cum  ceteris.* 

Alice  and  Roger  also  gave  one  hide  in  Alderton,  in  Wiltshire, 
in  fee  and  inheritance,  to  Merton  priory.^ 

Alice,  with  her  son  Roger's  consent,  gave  to  the  church  of  Saint 
Mary  Magdalene,  Hartsholme,  for  the  soul  of  Robert  '  de  Cundeio,' 
her  lord,  the  render  of  the  heath  and  marsh  of  SkeUingthorpe  : 

A.  de  Cmid'  .  omnibus  hominibus  Francis  .  7  Anglis  .  atque 
universis  ecclesie  filiis  salutem  .  Notum  sit  nobis  presentibus  7 
futuris  .  dedisse  me  in  elemosina  redditum  bruerie  .  7  maresii  de 
Eskelinguehop'  ecclesie  sancte  Marie  Magdalene  de  Hertesholm  . 
concessu  Rogeri  filii  mei  .  ut  prenotata  ecclesia  in  perpetuum  debeat 
ob  salutem  animo  mee  .  7  domini  mei  Roberti  de  Gundeio  [sic]  . 

'  Registrum  Antiquissimum,  nos.  242,  243.  These  charters  will  be  printed 
in  a  later  volume. 

^  Above,  page  200  ;    cp.  above,  page  207. 

'  Mon.  vii,  829. 

*  Brit.  Mus.,   Harleiau  MS   1063,  f.    17. 

'  Brit.  Mus.,  Cotton  MSS,  Cleopatra  ovii,  f.  Ixxxvii,  no.  72.     See  above,  page  245. 


286  APPENDIX    II 

nee  non  anteeessorum  7  heredum  meorum  .  Testibus  .  Rogero  filio 
Columbawi   .  /e.^ 

She  also  confirmed  Baldwin  fitz  Gilbert's  gift  of  Hartsholme,  in 
the  parish  of  Skellingthorpe,  to  Bardney  abbey  and  the  church  of 
Saint  Mary  Magdalene  of  Hartsholme  : 

Notum  sit  tam  futuris  quam  presentibus  quod  ego  Baldewiuus 
fihus  Gileberti  7  uxor  mea  Adelina  7  heres  noster  Rogerus  concedimus 
Hortesholm  liberam  perpetualiter  in  elemosinam  ecclesie  dei  7 
sancti  Oswaldi  ac  beate  Marie  Magdalene  .  cum  terra  7  marisco 
per  uiam  iacentem  inter  uiuarium  7  terminos  Bulthamie  usque 
in  fossam  .  item  a  uiuario  per  cornarium  fossate  raonachorum 
usque  in  fossam  .  7  de  pastura  7  de  mora  quantum  volunt  Uberam 
7  quietam  .  hominibus  suis  eandem  consuetudinem  reddentibus 
quam  homines  de  Sceldinghop  reddunt  .  Hanc  donacionem  facimus 
pro  salute  nostra  7  pro  animabus  parentum  7  amicorum  nostrorum 
Huius  rei  sunt  testes  .  Robertus  capellanus  .  Suartebrandus  sacerdos  . 
Willelmus  diaconus  .  Jo.P' 

Universis  hominibus  suis  .  Francis  7  Anglis  .  atque  omnibus 
ecclesie  filiis  .  presentibus  7  futuris  .  A.  de  Cundeio  i  salutem  . 
Noscat  presentia  uestra  .  atque  successorum  uestrorum  me  con- 
cessisse  donum  quod  Baldewinixs  filius  Gileberti  dedit  ecclesie 
sancte  Marie  Magdalene  de  Hertesholm  .  7  monachis  ibidem  deo 
servientibus  prout  carta  eiusdem  testatur  .  ut  ita  inperpetuo  maneat . 
Preterea  concedo  ecclesie  predicte  .  Morton'  .  cum  tota  terra  arabili  . 
7  nemore  .  7  molendino  .  7  stagno  .  7  prato  quod  est  circa  Hertes- 
holm .  7  dimidio  prato  de  Brodeholme  .  7  Godewinecroft  .  supra 
fossam  .  nee  non  cum  pastura  .  7  Brudella  .  7  in  Torpeio  tres  bovatas 
7  dimidiam  oum  prato  .  7  pertinentibus  suis  .  Testibus  .  Gaufrido 
Columbano  .  7c. ^ 

Hartsholme  was,  seemingly,  a  cell  of  Bardney  abbey.  Baldwin 
fitz  Gilbert  (of  Clare),  the  grantor,  was  a  son  of  Gilbert  fitz  Richard 
(of  Clare),  by  AdeUs,  daughter  of  Hugh  count  of  Clermont,  and  in 
1138  he  founded  Bourne  abbey.  He  married  Adehdis,  daughter 
and  heiress  of  Richard  de  Rullos,  lord  of  Deeping  and  Bourne,  and 
his  grandson,  Baldwin  Wake,  died  seised  of  an  estate  in  Skelling- 
thorpe.'* 

Alice  de  Condet  is  mentioned  in  a  remarkable  way  at  the  end 

'  Brit.   MuB.,   Cotton  MS.,  Vespasian,   e  xx,  f.   207. 

»/5iy.,  f.  206d. 

'  Ibid.,  {.  207.  The  writer  is  indebted  to  Professor  F.  M.  Stenton  for  calling  his 
attention  to  these  three  charters. 

*  See  Stenton,  Facsimiles  of  Early  Charters  (Northampton  Record  Society  iv), 
pages  53-4,  82-3.  Associated  Architectural  Societies'  Reports  and  Papers  vi,  18 
(pedigree).     Cal.  of  Inquisitions  ii,  p.  261. 


THE   CONDET   FAMILY  287 

of  the  important  charter  by  which  king  Stephen,  probably  in  llol,' 
purchased  the  adherence  to  his  cause  of  earl  Rannulf  of  Chester, 
who  more  than  once  transferred  his  allegiance  from  the  king  to 
the  empress  Maud  and  her  son,  duke  Henry.  The  original 
charter  was  preserved  in  Pontefract  castle  until  1325,  when,  after 
the  attainder  and  death  of  Thomas  earl  of  Lancaster,  Edward  II 
ordered  his  charters  and  other  muniments  at  Pontefract  and  else- 
where to  be  delivered  to  the  treasurer  and  chamberlains  of  the 
Exchequer.  The  documents  found  at  Pontefract  were  summarized 
in  a  roll  which  is  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office.^  Some 
of  the  originals  are  now  in  the  same  place,  but  many  of  them, 
including  Stephen's  charter,  have  been  lost,  a  loss  which  is  all 
the  more  to  be  deplored  since  the  summary  in  the  roll  supplies  a 
very  poor  text.  Dugdale  prints  an  abstract  in  English  from  an 
ancient  cartulary  of  Lyre  abbey,  '  formerly  in  Pontefract  castle, 
as  plaiiily  appears  from  the  collections  of  Robert  Glover,  Somerset 
[Herald]. '3  This  abstract  omits  the  grant  of  the  honour  of 
Lancaster,  but  otherwise  it  agrees  so  closely  with  the  Public  Record 
Oifice  text  that  it  may  be  concluded  that  what  the  lost  Lyre 
cartulary  contained  was  the  summary  of  1325,  and  not  a  transcript 
of  the  original  charter.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  charter  is 
one  of  the  most  important  documents  of  the  Anarchy,  and  also 
that  it  is  of  interest  in  connection  with  Lincohi  castle,  the  Public 
Record  Office  text  is  printed  below : 

Concordia  mter  regem  Stephanum  7  Rannulfum  comitem  Cestrie 
(marg.). 

Carta  Stephani  regis  Anglie  per  quam  dedit  7  concessit  RannttZ/o 
comiti  Cestrie  castellum  Lincoln'  7  ciuitatem  donee  idem  rex  fecerit 
ei  terram  suam  Normaw/i»e  7  omnia  castella  sua  habere  Quo  facto 
idem  rex  concessit  firmare  vnam  de  turribus  suis  de  castro  Lincoln'  . 
de  qua  comes  habebit  dominium  donee  idem  rex  liberet  ei  castrum 
de  Tichehilla  7  tunc  remanebit  eidem  regi  turris  7  ciuitas  Lincoln'  I 
Et  dicto  comiti  remanebit  turris  sua  .  quam  mater  sua  .  firmauit 
cum  constabulacione  castelli  Lincoln'  7  Lincolneshir'  hereditario 
jure  Et  preter  hoc   idem   rex  dedit  comiti   predicto  castrum   de 

1  For  the  date  see  Dr  J.  H.  Round's  article  in  E.H.R.  x,  87. 

'  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  Miscell.,  portfolio  1,  no.  36.  These  particulars  are  taken 
from  Dr  W.  Farrer,  Early  Lancashire  Charters,  page  370,  who  prints  the  text  of 
the  charter  (ibid,,  pp.   367-8). 

'  Baronage,  i,  39.  The  writer  is  indebted  to  the  kindness  of  Mr  J.  D.  Heaton- 
Armstrong,  Chester  Herald,  for  allowing  him  to  search  Glover's  Collections  in  tlie 
College  of  Arms.  Unfortunately,  these  MSS.  do  not  contain  anything  about  Stephen's 
charter. 


288  APPENDIX    II 

Beluedeire  cum  omni  honore  eidem  pertinente  7  totam  terrain 
Willelmi  de  Albin'  de  quocunque  earn  tenuit  7  Graham  cum  soka  . 
7  si  contingeret  quod  heredes  .  de  Graham  cum  rege  concordiam 
fecissent  .  tamen  remaiieat  comiti  RannuZ/o  honor  predictus 
hereditarie  7  idem  rex  dabit  eis  escambium  suum  Dedit  eciam 
idem  rex  hereditarie  predicto  comiti  Nouum  Castellum  de  StafEord- 
shira  .  cum  omnibus  eidem  pertinentibus  et  Roeleiam  cum  soka  . 
7  Torcheseia  .  cum  pertinentibus  7  villam  de  Derby  cum  pertinentibus 
7  Mammesfekl  cum  pertinentibus  7  Stanlegam  cum  pertinentibus 
et  Oswarbec  wapentache  cum  pertinentibus  Et  totam  terram  Rogeri 
de  Bully  cum  toto  honore  de  Blida  sicut  diuisum  est  Et  totam 
terram  Rogeri  Pictauis  a  Northampton'  vsque  in  Scociam  excepta 
terra  Rogeri  de  Monte  Begonis  in  Lincolnshire  Dedit  eciam  idem 
rex  eidem  comiti  hereditarie  honorem  de  Lancastre  cum  pertinentibus 
suis  7  totam  terram  deiuter  Ribliam  7  Mersam  7  terram  quam 
habuit  in  dominio  in  manerio  de  Grymesby  Et  terram  quam  comes 
Gloocestrie  habuit  in  dominio  in  manerio  de  Grymesby  cum 
pertinentibus  Et  preterea  pro  amore  dicto  comiti  Rannulfo  .  idem 
rex  reddidit  Adelid'  de  C!ondia  .  totam  terram  suam  sicut  ilia  tiniit 
scihcet  Homcastriam  quando  castrum  ilium  [sic]  prostratum  fuerit  . 
Et  idem  rex  reddidit  ei  totam  aliam  terram  suam. 

In  his  article  on  the  Clifford  family  Dugdale  speaks  of  Alice  de 
Condet  as  '  Lady  of  Horn  Castle,'  and,  misinterpreting  the  Stemma, 
he  makes  her  the  wife  instead  of  the  mother  of  Roger  de  Condet.^ 
Weir,  amplifying  Dugdale's  statement,  says  that  in  the  time  of 
Stephen,  the  manor  of  Horncastle  was  the  demesne  of  Alice  de 
Cuudi,  which  she  probably  held  by  inheritance  from  her  father  ; 
and  he  pictures  her  as  residing  in  her  castle  there,  the  strength  of 
which  '  most  probably  consisted  in  a  restoration  of  the  walls  of 
the  Roman  fortress,  which  encircling  some  convenient  and  less 
durable  edifice,  gave  to  the  place  of  her  residence  the  security  of 
a  castle.'^  There  is,  however,  nothing,  apai-t  from  king  Stephen's 
charter  to  earl  Rannulf,  to  indicate  that  the  manor  of  Horncastle 
passed  out  of  the  king's  possession  before  Henry  II  gave  it  to 
Gerbod  d'Escaut,^  or  that  the  town  contained  a  medieval  castle 
at  all.  On  the  other  hand,  there  is  Stephen's  charter  to  bishop 
Alexander''  to  prove  that  Alice  de  Condet  had  the  castle  of  Thorn- 
gate  close  to  the  wall  of  the  city  of  Lincoln.  Now,  seeing  that 
the  existing  text  of  the  grant  to  earl  Rannulf  is  no  more  than  a 

'  Baronage  i,  336. 

'  Historical  and  Descriptive  Sketches  of  the  Town  and  iSoke  of  Horncastle,  page  7. 

•  Rotuli  Hundredorum  i,   299. 

•  Above,  page  61. 


THE   CONDET    FAMILY  289 

summary  of  the  original  charter,  and  seems  in  itself  to  be  not  free 
from  error,  it  maj'  be  conjectured  that  the  chancery  clerks  wlio, 
in  1325,  summarized  the  muniments  at  Pontefract  castle,  sub- 
stituted Horncastle  for  Thomgate  castle.  By  that  time  Thorngate 
had  long  since  been  foi-gotten,  while  Horncastle  was  a  familiar 
name.  The  practice  of  conjoining  an  initial  T  with  an  h  which 
followed  it  may  have  contributed  to  the  mistake.' 

The  charters  printed  above  indicate  that  Alice  was  a  pereon 
of  considerable  importance  ;  and  the  final  clause  of  Stephen's 
grant  suggests  a  close  connection  with  earl  Rannulf  : 

'  For  the  love  that  the  king  bore  to  the  said  earl  Ramiulf ,  he  has 
returned  to  Adelidis  de  Condia  all  her  land,  as  she  fined,  namely, 
Homcastria  when  that  castle  has  been  demolished  ;  and  the  king 
has  restored  to  her  all  her  other  land.' 

The  evidence  is  insufficient  to  prove  Alice's  parentage,  but  if  it 
were  permissible  to  hazard  a  guess  that  she  was  the  daughter  of 
earl  Rannulf  (le  Meschin)  by  the  countess  Lucy,  and  sister  of  the 
earl  Rannulf  (des  Gernons)  of  Stephen's  charter,  her  personal  conse- 
quence and  her  appearance  in  Stephen's  charter,  and  possibly  her 
interest  in  Skellingthorpe,  might  be  accounted  for.  Adeliz,  or 
Alice,  daughter  of  earl  Rannulf,  had  married  Richard  fitz  Gilbert 
(of  Clare),  the  eldest  brother  of  Baldwin  fitz  Gilbert  of  Bourne. 
Richard  was  slain  by  the  Welsh  near  Abergavemiy,  15  April,  113G, 
AdeUz  his  wife  being  rescued  by  Miles  of  Gloucester. ^ 

Gilbert  fitz  Richard,   =   Adeliz  dau.  of         Rannulf  (le   =   Countess 


of    Clare,  d.     1114 
or  1117 


Hugh  count  of         Meschin) 
Clermont  earl  of 

Chester, 
d.  circa  1129 


Lucy, 
living   1130 


III  I 

Baldwin     fitz             Richard     fitz     =     Adeliz  Rannulf   (des 

Gilbert,  founder         Gilbert,  slain  Gernons)  earl 

of  Bourne  abbey,      by  the  Welsh,  of  Chester, 

1138                    '         1136  d.   1153 

Robert  de  Condet 

Robert  de  Condet,  Alice's  husband,  in  1130,  under  the  head  of 

Kent  and  Sussex,  rendered  account  of  thirty  marks  and  two  destriers 

that  the  king  might  be  brought  into  agreement  with  the  bishop 

of  Lincoln^ ;    and  in  the  same  year  rendered  account,  in  Lincoln- 

'  The  Th  of  Thorngate  is  thus  written  in  the  Bardney  Abbey  cartulary,  ff.   158d, 
159. 

^Complete  Peerage  (new  ed.)  iii,   243. 
'  The  Pipe  Roll  of  Henry  I,  page  67. 

T 


290  APPENDIX   II 

shire,  of  thirty  marks  for  the  relief  of  his  father's  land.     Bishop 
Alexander  at  the  same  time  rendered  account  of  seventy  marks 
for  the  service  of  Robert's  land.i     The  lands  held  by  Robert's  father 
are  not  named  in  the  rolls,  but  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  they 
included  Wickhambreux    which   descended    to   Roger   de   Condet, 
from  whom  it  passed,  through  the  marriage  of  his  daughter  to 
Walter   Clifford.     In   the    thirteenth    and   fourteenth   centuries    a 
branch  of  the  Condet  family  was  settled  at  Cundishall  in  Sandwich, 
which  was  held  of  the  lords  of   the  manor  of   Wickhambreux  by 
the  service  of  a  quarter  of  a  knight's  fee.^     In  Robert's  inheritance 
there  must  also  be  reckoned  some  at  least  of  the  other  lands  men- 
tioned in  king  Stephen's  charter  to  bishop  Alexander— Grimston, 
South  Carlton,  Thurlby,  Eagle,  and  Skelhngthorpe  ;  but  the  history 
of  these  estates  gives  no  help  in  tracing  Robert's  ancestry.     In 
1086,  Wickllambreux^   and   probably   South   Carlton^    were   held 
by  the  bishop  of  Bayeux  ;    Grimston^  by  the  king  ;    Thurlby  and 
Eagle  by  Odo  the  Arblaster^  ;    and  Skelhngthorpe  by  Baldwin  the 
Fleming,'  though  it  was  claimed  by  the  abbot  of  Westminster. 

The  ancestry  of  Robert  de  Condet  is  uncertain.  Stapleton  says 
that  Peter  de  Conde  married  Emma  Crispin,  and  that  Robert  was 
their  descendant.  Further,  that  Emma's  sister,  Hesilia,  married 
William  Malet»,   whose    son,   Robert    Malet,  was    uncle   to    the 

countess  Lucy.® 

Roger  de  Condet 

Roger  de  Condet,  the  son  of  Robert  and  Alice,  was  under  age 
at  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  circa  1141.  In  1166  he  held  eight 
knights' fees  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln,  i"  The  size  of  this  holding 
indicates  that  he  was  a  person  of  importance,  for  of  the  other  knights 
named  in  the  bishop's  charter  of  fees,  only  three  had  as  many 
as  six  fees,  while  the  holdings  of  the  rest  ranged  from  five  fees 
down  to  half  a  fee.  In  addition  to  land  in  Lincobishire,  Nottingham- 
shire, and  Kent,  Roger  held  two  of  the  bishop's  fees  in  ftlilton 

I  The  Pipe  Roll  of  Henry  I,  page  111.  „,„.„„..!,•,, 

'  Book  of  Fees,  pp.  655,  683  ;    Feudal  Avis  iii,  21.  23,  58,  59  ;    Hasted,  Hxst.  of 
Kent  iii,  555  ;   iv,   195,  261.  279,  394. 
»  Domesday  Book  i,  9,  col.  2. 

•  T)ie  Lincolnshire  Domesday,  4/1. 
»  Domesday  Book  i,  281,  col.  2. 

•  The  Lincolnshire  Domesday,  48/14,   15. 
'  Ibid.,  65/4,   72/27. 

'  Magni  Rotuli  Scaccarii  Normanioe  ii,  p.  cUii. 

•  Dugdale,  Baronage  i,  39. 
">  Red  Book  i,  375. 


THE   CONDET   FAMILY  291 

near  Thame,  co.  Oxford, ^  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Alderton  in  Wilt- 
shire,2  and  perhaps  land  in  Rutland.'  He  also  held  half  a  knight's 
fee  of  Roger  de  Mowbray  in  1166* ;  and  witnessed  various  charters 
of  Roger's,  circa  1165,*  and  of  his  son,  Nigel  de  Mowbray,  circa 
1180-1190.« 

Roger  de  Cundi  appears  on  the  Pipe  rolls  of  Michaelmas,  1167, 
1 168,  and  11 69,  and  on  the  last  occasion  he  delivered  twenty  shiUings 
into  the  treasury,  and  was  quit.'  In  1191,  under  the  head  of 
'  Debts  of  Aaron  the  Jew  ',  in  Lincolnshire  and  Yorkshire,  Roger 
owed  fifteen  pounds  by  charter  ;  and  in  the  next  year  he  rendered 
account  for  the  same  sum,  and  for  twenty  marks  by  another  charter, 
and  paid  one  mark  into  the  treasury,  leaving  twenty-seven  pounds 
and  one  mark  still  due.'  In  1193  he  rendered  account  of  twenty- 
seven  poixnds  and  one  mark,  and  paid  one  mark,  leaving  twenty- 
seven  pounds  still  due.'  In  119-1  and  1 195  he  still  owed  twenty-seven 
pounds  by  two  charters.^" 

Mr  Salter  attributes  a  gift  by  Roger  de  '  Cundi  '  to  Eynsham 
abbey  of  four  bovates  in  Milton  by  Thame"  to  a  date  before  1169, 
on  the  ground  that  in  the  Pipe  roll  of  that  year  William  de  Caisneto 
is  mentioned  as  holding  nine  fees  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln^^,  and 
he  thinks  that  these  fees  must  have  lieen  those  of  Roger  which 
WiUiam  then  held  as  guardian  of  Roger's  heir.  The  evidence 
given  above,  however,  indicates  that  Roger  was  alive  some  years 
later.  The  prominent  place  given  to  him  among  the  witnesses  to 
the  charters  of  the  Mowbrays  forbids  the  notion  that  it  was  his 
nephew  Roger  who  was  the  witness.  Indeed  the  younger  Roger 
can  scarcely  have  been  old  enough  to  appear  in  that  capacity  at 
all.     Mr.  Salter's  suggestion  is  based  on  the  supposition  that  William 

1  Salter,  op.  cit.,  i,  113-U. 

'  Above,  page  245. 

'  Above,  page  285.  ' 

«  Red  Book  i,  420. 

'  The  Coucher  Book  of  Sclby  (Yorkshire  Arch,  and  Top.  Assoc,  Record  Series)  ii, 
281.  The  editor  gives  circa  1150  as  the  date  of  one  of  these  charters,  but  this  is  too 
early.     See  also  C.C.B.  ii,  441. 

'  Stenton,  Danelaw  Charters,  pages  294-5. 

'  Pipe  Roll  Soc,  xii,  73  ;    xiii,  14  ;    xv,  145. 

»  Pipe  Roll  Soc,  N.S.,  ii,   17,  224. 

»  Ibid.,  iii,  31. 

'"  Ibid.,  96,  165.  These  entries,  perhaps,  do  not  prove  that  Roger  was  then  alive, 
because  the  names  of  Aaron's  creditors  often  appear  on  the  rolls  long  after  they 
were  dead. 

•1  Salter,  op.  cit.,  i,   113-14. 

"  Pipe  Roll  Soc.  xiii,  46. 


292  APPENDIX   II 

Chesney  was  Roger's  father-in-law,  a  mistake  which  is  due  to 
Dugdale's  misinterpretation  of  the  Steninia.  Roger  was  dead  in 
1201,  for  in  that  year  liis  son-in-law,  Walter  ChfEord,  answered 
for  his  fees. 

In  1203,  an  assize  came  to  recognize  whetlier  Roger  de  Cundi, 
uncle  of  Roger  de  Cundy,  was  seized  in  his  demesne  as  of  fee  of 
three  bovates  and  eight  acres  of  meadow  in  Ketelbi  and  in  Herde- 
wic  etc.,  which  the  brethren  of  the  Temple  hold,  and  they  vouched 
to  warrant  William  de  Mobray,  who  was  in  the  Icing's  service.^ 
Perhaps  Roger  the  nephew  was  the  son  of  the  Robert  de  Cundi  who 
witnessed  Roger's  gift  to  the  church  of  Lincoln^.  A  John  de  Cundi 
held  one  twelfth  of  a  knight's  fee  of  Nigel  de  Mowbray,  1222-1228'. 
Early  in  the  thirteenth  centurj',  Robert  son  of  Hugh  Bardolf  granted 
to  Bariings  abbey  one  bovate  in  Magna  Carlton  (South  Carlton) 
iuxta  Lincoln'',  which  was  of  the  fee  of  Roger  de  Cundy,  and  which 
Robert  the  smith  held,  with  the  men  belonging  to  it'. 

Agnes  de  Condet 
Agnes  de  Condet,  Roger's  daughter  and  heiress,  married  Walter 
Clifford,  the  ancestor  of  the  earls  of  Cumberland.  In  a  list  of  the 
bishop  of  Lincoln's  fees,  in  1201,  Walter  de  ChfFord  holds  five  fees, 
evidently  as  successor  to  Roger  de  Condet."  In  another  list, 
probably  about  1206,  he  holds  four  and  a  half  fees  in  Lincolnshire 
and  Nottinghamshire,'  and,  in  1208-1212,  he  holds  the  two  fees 
in  Milton  by  Thame.*  In  1235-6,  Walter's  son,  another  Walter 
Clifford,  rendered  account  for  half  a  fee  in  Alderton  which  was 
held  by  a  feoffment  granted  before  the  death  of  Henry  I.°  An 
interesting  entry  in  the  Book  of  Fees  indicates  that  the  elder  Walter 
had,  in  1212,  succeeded  to  Roger  de  Condet 's  land  in  Grimston.'" 
The  jurors  say : 

'  Quod  Grimeston  '  cum  pertinenciis  se  defendit  pro  ij.  carucatis 
terre  que  date  fuerunt  ecclesie  Lincolnie  in  elemosinam,  quando 

'  Curia  Regis   Rolls  ii,   158.      The   index   suggests   that   Herdewic  is  Hardwick 
(an  extinct  village)  in  Nettleton.     Kettleby  is  near  Brigg. 
'  Above,  page  285. 
3  Red  Book  ii,  737. 

*  In  1242-3,  Hoger'B  grandson,  VVall«r  Clifford,  liold  one  knight's  lee  in  Carlton 
Paynel  (South  Carlton)  (Book  of  Fees  ii,  1065,  1076). 

'  Moil,  vii,   917. 

•  Rotuli  de  Oblatis  et  Finibus,  page   153. 
'  Red  Book  ii,  515-16. 

»  Book  of  Fees  i,  40. 
»  Ibid,  i,  423. 
'»  Ibid,  i,  p.   150. 


THE   CONDET   FAMILY  293 

ecclesia  fimdata  fuit  ante  conquestiim  terre  ;  et  Robertus  Barduf 
modo  tenet  eas  de  Waltero  de  Clifford'  per  servicium  j.  militis  et 
Walterus  in  capite  de  episcopo  et  ecclesia  ;  et  est  senescallus 
episcopatus  de  feodo  illo  una  cum  reliquo  feodo,  quod  similiter 
tenet  de  eisdem  ;  et  tarn  antiquitus  data  fuit  terra  ilia  quod  nescitur 
quis  illam  dedit. 

In  a  plea  concerning  common  of  pasture  in  Grimestun  and  Welhag', 
temp.  John,  the  abbot  of  Rufford  asserted  that  the  pastures  belonged 
to  the  baronies  of  Robert  de  Cundy  and  Gilbert  de  Gant.^ 

Walter  CUfford  senior  died  7  Henry  III  (a.d.  1222-3).  The 
will  of  Agnes,  his  widow,  which  was  made  in  her  husband's  lifetime, 
is  printed  below. ^  It  will  be  observed  that  she  makes  a  bequest 
to  the  church  of  Wickhambreux ;  and  that  her  husband  had 
granted  to  her  the  issues  of  the  manor  of  Caenby  for  a  year  after 
her  death. 

Testamentum  Agnetis  de  Cundy  uxoris  Walteri  de  Cliffort. 

Hoc  est  testamentum  domine  Agnetis  de  CUfford  In  nomine 
Patris  et  Fihi  et  Spiritus  Sancti  Amen  .  Ego  Agnes  de  Clifford  in 
nomine  sancti  [s^V]  Trinitatis  do,  lego  priori  et  conventui  Sancte 
Trinitatis  Cantuar'^  centum  solidatas  terre  in  villa  Wicham*  una 
cum  corpore  meo  per  concessum  et  assensum  domine  mei  Walteri 
de  Clifford  Et  ad  opus  ecclesie  sancti  Augustini  Cantuar'^  quadraginta 
solidos  .  Et  ad  opus  ecclesie  sancti  Gregorii  viginti  solidos  .  Et 
ad  opus  ecclesie  sancti  Sepulchri*  viginti  sohdos  .  Et  quinque 
hospitalibus  Cant'  duas  marcas  et  dimidiam  .  Et  singuUs  anachoritis 
Cantuar'  duodecim  solidos  .  Item  heremite  de  Hoppa'  unam  marcam  . 
Item  tribus  puellis  maritandis  triginta  sohdos  .  Item  tria  annualia 
pro  anima  niea  ad  alam  ecclesie  sancti  Andree  de  Wicham  faciendam 
et  in  eadem  altari  Omnium  Sanctorum  decem  marcas  .  Item  quinque 
tritennalia  pro  anima  mea  .  Item  ad  fabricum  {sic]  [folio  237c?.] 
ecclesie  sancte  Radigundis*  viginti  sohdos  .  Item  ad  fabricum 
ecclesie  de  Holteg*  .  unam  marcam  .  Item  singuhs  ecclesiis 
parochialibus  Cantuar'  duodecim  denarios  .  Item  ad  fabricum 
ecclesie  sancti  Edelberti  de  Herford^"  quadraginta  sohdos  .  Item 

'  Abbreviatio  Placitorum,  page  77. 

'  Brit.  Mus.,  Lansdowne  MS.  207a,  ff.  237-238d.  Nicholas  Harris  Nicolas, 
Testamenta  Vetusta  i,  45—7,  prints  a  slightly  different  version,  professedly  from 
Lansdowne  MS.  1402,  but  there  is  no  such  manuscript. 

'  Priory  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Canterbury. 

*  Wicldiambreux. 

'  Abbey  of  Saint  Augustine,  Canterbury. 

'  Priory  of  Saint  Gregory,  and  nunnery  of  Saint  Sepulclu^,  Canterbury. 

■  Possibly  Hope  All  Saints,  co.   Kent. 

'  Priory  of  Saint  Radegund,  near  Dover. 

'  Probably'  Holdgate,  Salop. 

'"  Cathedral  church  of  Hereford. 


294  APPENDIX    II 

prioratui  de  Clifford  i  duas  insulas  et  unicum  tuniculum  .  Et  ad 
fabr'  ecclesie  ejusdem  loci  quadraginta  solidos  .  Item  Elie  capellano 
de  Clifford  decern  solidos  .  Item  ad  fabricam  ecclesie  de  Hagenby^ 
quadraginta  solidos  et  unam  insulam  .  Item  ad  fabricam  ecclesie 
de  Wenloc^  duas  marcas  .  Item  Basilic  filie  mee  consulende  viginti 
marcas  .  Item  domine  Cecilie  quinque  marcas  .  Terrico  Flandrensi 
decem  marcas  .  Item  Radulfo  dispensatori  decem  marcas  .  Item 
Willelmo  filio  Johannis  decem  marcas  .  Item  Jacobo  Normaiino 
decem  marcas  .  Nicholao  clerico  viginti  solidos  .  Roberto  vialatori 
viginti  solidos  .  Hereberto  Willelmo  Ricardo  garcionibus  meis 
sexaginta  solidos  .  Item  Matilde  domicelle  mee  decem  marcas  et 
unam  robam  skarket  [sic],  et  unam  gulecc'm*  punctatam,  et  unum 
coopertorium  cum  linthiaminibus  .  Item  Bart.holomeo  de  Newlof 
viginti  solidos  .  Galfrido  cultario  decem  solidos  .  Giliberto  de  Chaury 
dimidiam  marcam  .  Item  Willelmo  pistori  dimidiam  marcam  . 
Item  Ade  Parker  dimidiam  marcam  .  Item  Lamberto  seruienti 
decem  solidos  [folio  238]  .  Domino  Philippo  canonico  quinque 
solidos  .  Item  duobus  paruis  pistoribus  duos  solidos  .  Item  Hamoni 
preposito  quinque  solidos  .  Ricardo  coco  quinque  solidos  .  Thome 
socio  suo  quinque  solidos  .  Willelmo  summetario  domini  duodecim 
denarios  .  Johanni  Venatori  duodecim  denarios  .  Item  palefridum 
et  sumiuum  nieum  cum  pertinenciis  ecclesie  sancte  Trinitatis 
ubi  jacebo  .  Item  anachoritis  sancti  Andree  de  Wicham  quamdiu 
vixerint  annuatim  duas  summas  bladi  .  Item  Waltero  aurifabro 
viginti  solidos  .  Item  Waltero  de  Nicholls  viginti  solidos  .  Item 
Waltero  portario  quinque  solidos  .  Item  matri^  mee  unum  annulum 
aureum  .  Item  Waltero  filio  meo  unum  annulum  aureum  .  Item 
Rogero  filio  meo  unum  annulum  aureum  .  Item  Ricardo  filio  meo 
unum  annulum  aureum  .  Item  Simoni  filio  meo  unum  annulum 
aureum  .  Item  Jilgidio  filio  meo  unum  annulum  aureum  .  Item 
singulis  filiabus  meis  unum  annulum  aureum  .  Item  hospitali  sancti 
Wolstani  Wigoni'*  unum  culcetorem'  de  serico,  et  duo  lintheamina 
et  auriculare  unum  .  Et  ad  hoc  testamentum  meum  perficiendum 
dominus  mens  Walterus  do  Clifford  mihi  [folio  238(/.]  concessit 
omnes  exitus  manerii  de  Couenby  per  unum  aimum  integrum  post 
obitum  meum  .  et  wardam  de  le  Graye  quod  emi  a  domino  meo 
tam  diu  quousque  hoc  testamentum  meum  compleatur  .  Et  etiam 
dimidiatinn  omnium  mobilium  per  omnes  terras  suas  .  Et  ego 
omnium  que  mea  sunt  aurum  et  argentum  vasa  et  vestimenta  ad 
hoc  testamentum  meum  perficiendum  vendcnda  constitui  .  Quicquid 
autem  residuum  fuerit  per  visum  executorum  meorum  pro  anima 

•  Clifford  priory,  co.  Hereford. 

"  Probably  Hagnaby  abbey,  co.  Lincoln. 
'  Wenlock,  co.  Salop. 

•  Perhaps  for  gidettum,  a  red  mantle. 

'  Agnes'  mother,   Basilia,  was  in  living  at  Milton   by  Thamo   3  Henry   III  (see 
Eyton,  Antiquities  of  Shropshire  v,  156-7). 

•  Hospital  of  Saint  Wulstan  without  Worcester. 

'  Perhaps  for  calciternum,  a  couch  made  with  cushions. 


THE   CONDET   FAMILY  295 

mea  ubi  melius  fuerit  distribuatur  .  Executores  meos  constituo 
dominum  meiim  Walterum  de  Clifford  dominum  episcopum  Here- 
to rdensem  dominum  priorem  ecclesie  Christi  Cantuar'i  dominum 
Henricum  archidiaconum  Cantuar'  dominum  Petrum  de  Hungria. 
Item  ad  fabricam  ecclesie  sancti  Martini  de  Doueria^  viginti 
solidos. 

In  the  later  part  of  the  twelfth  century  Beatrice  de  Cundi  granted 
to  Haverholme  priory  one  bovate  of  land  and  one  toft  in  Quarring- 
ton,  with  her  body  ;  and  her  son,  Alexander  de  Sancto  Vedasto, 
who  died  before  1201,  confirmed  the  gift.^  Alexander  also  granted 
a  bovate  of  20  acres  with  a  toft  and  a  croft  of  three  acres  m  Quarring- 
ton  (probably  the  same  land  as  above),  with  his  mother's  body 
when  the  priory  received  her  as  a  sister.*  A  royal  inspeximus,  in 
1337,  adds,  '  and  three  perches  and  a  half  of  meadow.'*  In  1166 
Beatrice,  who  was  then  named  Beatrice  de  Evdone  (or  Eaved'), 
held  one  knight's  fee  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln,*  which  can  be  shown 
to  have  consisted  in  1086  of  the  bishop  of  Lincohi's  land  in  Quarring- 
ton,  Laythorpe,  and  Evedon.'  It  may  be  presumed  that  Beatrice, 
who  was  evidently  an  heiress,  married,  first,  Alexander's  father, 
and  afterwards  a  member  of  the  Condet  family.  Possibly  she  may 
have  been  the  wife  of  a  brother  of  Roger  de  Condet. 

It  has  seemed  worth  while  to  collect  what  may  be  known  about 
the  family  of  de  Condet,  for  Roger  was  a  baron  of  the  bishop  of 
Lincoln  of  a  similar  standing  to  Hamon  Massey  in  the  Chester  fee 
or  to  Roger  fitz  Corbet  under  Roger  de  Montgomery.  The  fact 
that  thei-e  was  a  castle  in  the  fee  of  each  of  these  men  shews  that 
it  is  easy  to  underestimate  the  position  of  the  greater  mesne  tenants. 
Tliorngate  castle  was  close  to  the  wall  of  the  city  of  Lincoln,  and 
Professor  F.  M.  Stenton  has  suggested  to  the  writer  that  a  close 
parallel  is  to  be  found  in  Baynard's  Castle,  which  answered  on  the 
west  to  the  Tower  of  London  on  the  east ;  and  that  Henry  of 
Winchester's  Wolvesey  Castle  is  another  example  of  a  private 
castle  helping  to  grip  a  town,  though  not  so  close  as  the  London 
instance. 

•  Cathedral  church  of  Canterbury. 
2  Saint  Martin's  priory,  Dover. 

'  Haverholme  Priory  Charters,  nos.  39,  41  (printed  in  Lincolnahire  Notes  and  Queries 
xvii,  21). 

^Ibid.,  no.   40. 
'  C.C.R.  iv,  416. 

•  Red  Book  i,  375. 

'  The  Lincolnshire  Domesday,  7/48-50. 


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INDEX    OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 

Note. — Since  hereditary  surnames  are  rarely  found  in  tlie  period  covered  by 
this  volume,  the  plan  here  adopted  is,  either  to  index  a  person  imder  his  personal 
name,  or  to  supply  a  reference  from  that  name  to  the  name  under  which  he  will  be 
foimd. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  section  of  the  Index  headed  Son  of.  In  such  a  form  as 
Ailred  son  of  Outhred,  references  or  cross-references  are  given  under  Ailred, 
Outhred,  and  Soti  of. 


ide    [place-name     unidentified], 

241 
Aaron  the  Jew,   129-30,   132  ;  debts  of, 

291 
Abbendesbir'.     See  Abbotsbury 
Abbendon'.     See  Abingdon 
Abbodesbir'.     See   Abbotsbury 
Abbotsbury,  Abbendesbir',  Abbodesbir' 
CO.  Dorset,  abbey,  abbot  of,  witn., 
152-3,    159 
Abergavenny,    co.    Monmouth,    289 
Abetot,  Urse  de,  witn.,   15,   17,   18,  22, 

25-6,  29,  33,  42 
Abingdon,  Abbendon',  co.   Berks  ; 
abbey,  abbot  of,  witn.,  152,  159 
charter   dated   at,    166 
Abrinciensia.     See   Avranches 
Acham.     See  Hougham 
Achi,  witn.,  79,  81 

Adam.     See  Belun  ;  Bolingbroke  ;  Hed- 
felda  ;    Limber  ;    Meria  ;  Parker  ; 
St  Edmund's  Bury  ;  Walsingham 
Adelidis,  Adelis.     See  Alice  ;  Clermont 
Adelina.     See  Rullos 
Adelm : 

dean  of  Lincoln.  77,  204,  262-3 
See  Son  of 
Adrian  V.,  pope  : 
letters  of,  230 

brother  of.     .S'ee  Percival  Fiesco 
Aeilesbiria.     See  Aylesbury 
JEUnc,    Aluricus,    archbisho])    of    York, 

186 
Agnes.     See  Condet 
Aiax,   Aia,   Haiax,   the   priest,    land   of, 

in  Lincoln,   198,  205 
Ailred,   son   of   Guthred,   the   moneyer, 

118 
Ailric  : 

abbot  of  Rievaulx,  witn.,  65 
rector   of  Langford,    88 
Aimeric,    cardinal-deacon,    papal    chan- 
cellor,  189,    192 
Aincurt,  Aiencurt,  Bencurt,  Heincurt : 
Ralf  de,  43-4 
Walter  de,  witn.,  56 
Alan  : 

count  of  Brittany,  witn.,  7,  8 
Sei  Lincoln  (5)  ;    Sou  of 


Albemarle.     See  Auniale 

Alberic,  cardinal-bishop  of  Ostia,  witn., 

248 
Albert.     See  Grellei 

Albertus,    cardinal-priest,    papal    chan- 
cellor,  244 
Albini.     See  Aubigny 
AJbo  Monasterio,  Thomas  de,  witn.,  181 
Alconbury,      Mundebiria,      co.      Hunt., 

church  of,  241 
Alderton,  Aldintuna,  co.  Wilts,  241,  245, 
285,   292 
bishop's  fees  in,  291 
Aldintima.     See  Alderton 
Aldithele,   AJdithelega.     See   Audley 
Aldulf,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  witn.,  36 
Aleberes.     See  Aylesbury 
Alexander  II,  pope,  2,  3,  6 
Alexander  III,  pope,  43 

bulls  of,   9,   202-11,   215,   217,   241, 
249 
Alexander    IV,     pope,    bulls,    etc.,    of, 

219-21,  229(2),  238-9 
Alexander,   bishop   of  Lincoln   [nephew 
of    Roger    bishop    of    Salisbury], 
xxi,    xxiii,     193,     198,    207,    246, 
270;    witn.,  51,  59 
agreement  with  Henry  I,   290 
charters  addressed  to,   55,    78-80 
charters  in  favour  of,  21,  23,  33-8, 
41,  44-5,  49,  50,    52-4,   56-7(2), 
59,  61-2,  78-9 
dapifer  of,    constable    of,    80.     See 

also  Amundavill 
excommunicates    the    earl    of    Lei- 
cester, xxi-ii,  239-40 
grants  by,  79-80,  262-3 
increases  the  number  of  canons,  xvii 
king's  justice  granted  to.  63-4 
lodging    of,    in    Eastgate,    Lincoln, 

34,    269 
Newark   castle  withheld  from,  xxi, 

239-40 
papal  bulls  addressed  to,   188,  190, 

195,    211 
struggle  with  king  Stephen,  240 
the  time  of,  referred  to,   63—4,   69 
Alexander.     See     Bedford ;     llalebiasa 
Otteby ;  Pointon 


298 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Alfred,  AJured,  Alvered : 

land  of,  in  Scawby,  200,  207 
master,   113 

iSee  Alvered  ;   Elfred  ;  Wareham 
Alice    or    Adelidis,    lady    of    Thorngate 
castle,  wife  of  Robert  de  Condet 
(possibly  a  daughter  of  Rannulf  I, 
earl  of  Chester  and  the  countess 
Lucy,  and  widow  of  Richard  Fitz- 
Gilbert   of   Clare,  see  289),   xxiii, 
Gl,  200,  207,  245,  282-90 
charter  granted  by,   286 
Alice.     See  Ghent 
Almeria,  Almaria  : 
Gilbert  de,  84-5 

Roger  de,   canon  and  precentor  of 
Lincobi,   262-3 
A[lmerie].  count  of  Evreux,  140 
Alnad.     See  Skidbrooke 
Alnwick,    William,    bishop    of    Lincoln, 

275 
Alured.     See    Alfred 
Ahu-icus.     See  jElfric 
Alvered  : 

abbot  of  Dorchester,  246 
priest,  witn.,  77,  80 
^ee  Alfred 
Amundavill,  Mundavilla : 
family   of,   xvi 
Walter  de,  206 ;  dapifer  [of  bishop], 

73 
William    de,    dapifer    [of    bishop], 
witn.,  265 
Anagni  [Italy],  bull  dated  at,  219-21 
Anderby,  Andrebi   [co.   Line],  William 

of,  clerk,  witn.,   79 
Angerby.     See    Asgarby    [by    Spilsby] 
Angeriacum.     Sec  Angers 
Angers,     Angeriacmn     [Maine-et-Loire, 

France],  charter  dated  at,   109 
Ansehn,  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  4,  13, 
29;   does  homage,  17;   witn.,  12, 
47 
Ansfrid  tlie  canon  of  St  Paul's,    Bed- 
ford, 10 
Ansgarbia.     See  Asgarby  [by  SpUsby] 
Anthony.     ..See   Bek ;   Goldsborough 
Appleby,  co.  Line,  Thornholm  in,  q.v. 
Appletree     [in    Aston     le     Walls],     ro. 

North' ton,   181 
Aquila,  Gilbert  de,  46 
Arcellis  : 

Leo  de,    witn.,  77 
Saier  de,  77 
Arclio.     See   Arques 
Arclienc'.     See  Arganchy 
Aresci,  de.     See  Darcy 
Arganchy,  Archenc'  [Calvados,  France], 

charter  dated  at,  37-8  (2) 
Argentan,  Argentomura  [Orne,  France], 

cliarter  dated  at,   102-3 
Argentein,      Argentoom,      Richard      de, 
witn.,     152,     159;     seneschal     of 
Henry  III,  witn.,  167 
Arneuin  [of  Eakriug],  286 


Amoul,     Amulf,     Emulf,     bishop     of 
Lisieux,     witn.,     67,     85,     91-2, 
102-3,   114 
Arques,  Arehe  [Seine-Inf6rieure,  France], 

charter  dated  at,  39-40 
Arsic,  Arsich',  Osbert,    knt,   witn.,   174 
Artmdel,  earl  of.     See  Aubigny 
Ascott    imder    Wychwood,    Escote,    co. 

Oxford,  13,  14 
Asfordby,  Essefordebv,  co.  Leic,   140-1 

(2);  chiu-ch  of,"  140-2 
Asgarby  [by  Spilsby],  Angerby,  Ansgar- 
bia, Asgerbia,  Asgherbi,  Askerbi, 
CO.  Line.  : 
preb.  of  Lincoln,  39,  40  (3),  50, 
71-81  passim.  See  Ca«n,  Ralf 
of ;    Grainville,    Robert    of 

,  court  of,    77 

,  warren  of,  76,  79-80  (2) 

men  of,  75-6 
soke  of,  78 
village  of,  199,  205 
villate  magna  pars,  witn.,  78 
Walter  of,  witn.,  79 
Asger.     See  Skidbrooke 
Ashbourne,     Eseboma,     Esseburn',     co. 
Derby : 
church,  manor,  and  berewicks  witii 
chapels  of,   17,   116,   199,  206 
Ashby,  Esseby  [Ashby  de  la  Laimde,  co. 

Line],  Jordan  of,   173 
Ashley,  Estleia,  probably  co.  North'ton, 

84 
Askerbi.     See  Asgarby  [by  Spilsby] 
Aston  le  Walls,  Aston,  co.  North'ton : 
warren  in,   180-1 
Appletree  in,  q.v. 
Athelega.     See  Audley 
Aubigny,     Albagni,     Albini,     Albiniaco 
[Pas-deCalais,  France] : 
Nigel  d',  20,  46;    witn.,  20,  31 
Philip  d',  witn.,    139,   174 
William  d'  [more  than  one  person], 
34;  witn.,  8,  9,  30,  32,  44,   152, 
159,   161,  288 

,  the  Breton,  21  ;  witn.,  23,  33 

,  the    butler,    piwxma,    witn., 

52-3 

,  1st  earl  of  Arundel,  witn.,  66 

,  6th   earl    of    Armidel,    140 

,  7th    earl    of    Arundel,    witn., 

133,   136 
Aubrey.     See  Vere,  de 
Aucer,  Auolier.     iSee  Son  of 
Auco,  de.     See  Eu 

Audley,  Aldithele,  Alditlielega,  Athelega, 

Heiu-y  de,   witn.,    169,    175,    179 

Auraale,     Albemarle     [Seine-Inf^rieure, 

France],     coimt     of.     See     Forz ; 

Stephen 

Aumery.     See  Almeria 

Aunby     [in    Castle     Bytham],     Ounby, 

Ownby,  co.  Line,  82-3 
.■\vallon,  Avalun  [Yonne,   France]  : 
Hugh  of.     See  Hugh 


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299 


Avallon — con-t. 

William     of,     canon     of     Lincoln 
(Nassington  preb.),  31 
Avranohes,         Abrincienais         [JIanche, 
France] : 
bishop  of.     See  Herbert 
Hugh     d',     earl     of    Cheater.     See 
Hugh 
Awlton'.     See    Carshalton 
Aylesbury,         Aeilesbiria,         Aleberes, 
EUosbir',      Elesbir',       Eylesbury, 
Heilesberia,  co.   Buck.  : 
preb.      of      Lincoln,      230-4.      See 
Hetherington,         Richard         de ; 
Percival  Fiesco 

divided  into  two  parts,  232-4 
psalms  assigned  to,  233-4 
church  of,  3,  5,  6,  56,  91,  I'Jl,   198, 
207 

of  St  Mary,  53 

,  chapels    of,    appropriated    to 

the     chapter,      230.       See     aho 
Bierton  ;  Buckland  ;  Quarrendon  ; 
Stoke   Mandevilld 
Walton  in,  q.v. 
Ayreminne,  William  de,  bishop  of  Nor- 
wich, witn.,  Ivii,  Ixi 
Azo,  land  of,  in  Lincoln,  200,  207 


Baalun.  See  Balun 
Baffet.  See  Bussei 
Baillol,   Jocelin   de,   witn.,    70,    85,    87, 

96-7,  105,  266 
Bainard,  Ralf,  2.     See  Baynard 
Baiocis,  de.     See  Bayeux 
Bakun,  W.,  witn.,   14 
Bald'.     See  Son  of 
Baldenduna.     See  Balden  Toot 
Balden  Toot,    Baldenduna,   co.   Oxford, 

chapelry  of  Dorchester,  247 
Balderton,  co.  Nott.,  120-1,  206(2) 
Baldric  : 

clerk,    witn.,    79 

See  Cahs  ;  Sigillo,  de  ;  Son  of 
Baldwin  : 

abbot  of  St  Edmunds  Bury,  witn.,  8 

the  Fleming.  290 

See  Clare  ;    Ghent ;  Wake 

Ball (19th  cent.),  268 

Balun,  Baalun,  John  de,  witn.,  152,  159 
Bampton,   co.   Oxford,   Shifiord  in,   q.v. 
Banbury,     Banebiria,      Banueber',      co. 
Oxford,  83-4,   199,  203 

castle   of,    the   bishop's,    194,    196, 
203 

church  of,  207 

manor  of,   189,   191,   194,   196 

,  fair  at,  114 

market  at,  87-8,  92,   194,  196,  203 

warren  of,   70 

Bodicote ;     Crouch :     Wickham     in. 


q.v. 
Barchestona. 


See   Barkstone 


Bardney,        Bardeneia,        Bardtheneia, 
IBartheneia,  co.  Line.  : 
abbey,  281 

,  abbots  of.     See  John  ;   Ralf ; 

Wainfleet,   Robert  of ;    Walter 

,  monk  of.     See  Walter 

— — ,  cell  of.      See   Hartsholmo 

,  pension    from,    203 

mandate  dated  at,  223-4 
Southrey  in,   q.v. 
Walter  of,  witn.,  80 
Bardolf ,  Barduf ' : 

Hugh,    witn.,    123,    125 

,  Robert    son    of,    seneschal    of 

the  bishop  of  Lincoln,  at  Grimston, 
293 
Robert,  brother  of  Hugh,  144 

,  canon  of  Lincoln,  witn.,   144 

Barkeworth".     See  Barkwith 
Barkstone,    Barchestona,    co.    Leic,    30 

church  of,  44 
Barkwith,  Barkeworth',  co.   Line,   Ralf 

of,  173 
Barlings,  Berling',  co.  Line.  : 
abbey,  282n,  284,  292 

,  abbot  of.     See  David  ;  Robert 

,  abbot  and  canons  of,   143-5 

,  leger  book  of,  282-3 

Barrow,  Barwa,  co.  Line,  208 
Barsebi.     See  Haceby 
Bartheneia.     See  Bardney 
Bartholomew.     See  Newlof,  de 
Bartholomew  Iscanus,  bishop  of  Exeter, 

witn.,   65 
Barton,  Berton',  co.  Camb.,  church  of, 

242 
Barwa.     See  Barrow 
Basilia.     See  Clifford  :    Condet 
Basing  son  of  Osgot.     See  Somercotes 
[Basingstoke,  co.  Hants],  John  of,  arch- 
deacon of  Leicester,   181 
Basset : 

Gilbert,  83-4 
R.,  21 

Ralf,  31,  83-4,  103,  108 
Richard,   23  ;  witn.,   34 
Bath,    Bathonia,    co.    Somerset,    Henry 

of,    184 
Bath  and  Wells,  Bath  and  Glastonbury, 
bishops  of.    See  Burnell,  Robert ; 
Giso  ;   Severic 
Battle,  Bellum,  co.  Sussex,  abbey,  abbot 

of,  witn.,   152,    159 
Bayeux,  de  Baiocis  [Calvados,  France] : 
bishop  of.  See  Harcourt,  Philip  ;  Odo 
church  of,   xvi,  xvii 

,  treasurer  of.     See  Thomas 

diocese  of,   St-Fromond  in,  q.v. 
John  of,  witn.,  31 
Baynard '.s  castle.     See  London 
Beatrice.    See  Condet ;  Son  of 
Beauchamp,    de    Belcampo,    de    Bello 
Campo : 
Stephen,   witn.,    85 
Walter,  witn.,  152,  159 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Beaumont,  de  Bellomonte : 

Henry,  earl  of  Warwick,  witn.,  18, 

27,  32 
Robert,  Ist  earl  of  Leicester,  count 
of  Meulan,  8,    10,    19,   32  ;  witn., 
8,  10,  19,  27,  29,  32,  47 
Robert    (le    Bossu),    2nd    earl    of 
Leicester,   witn.,   59,   65,    73,    76, 
104,      107,      112,      115(2),     117; 
withholds    Newark    castle    from 
bishop    Alexander,    xxi,    239-40 
Robert    (Fitz-Parnell),    4th    earl    of 
Leicester,    139-40 
Becke,  Thomas,    bishop  of  St  David's, 

witn.,   iv,   Ivii 
Beckering      [in      Holton      Beckering], 
Bekering,    co.    Line,    Simon    of, 
173 
Becket,  Beket,    Thomas,    chancellor   of 
Henry  II,  witn.,  67,  69,  72  (2)-4, 
85-8  (2),  89-90,  92  (2)-5,  101-3  (2) 
-5(2)-9(2)-10,     113,     115,     118; 
archbishop    of    Canterbury,    65 ; 
witn.,  65,   117 
Beckingham,  co.  Line,  45 

Fenton ;     Holme     Spinney ;     Strag- 
glethorpe  ;  Sutton  in,  q.v. 
Bedford,  county  of,  Bedefordscira  : 

a  member  of  tlie  diocese  of  Lincoln, 

XV,   191 
sheriff  of,  163 
Bedford,     Bedefordia,      Bedefort',      eo. 
Bedf.,  5,  6,  10 
archdeacon     of.       See     GJeoffrey 
borough  of,   191 
castle  of,  siege  of,   160-2 
chapel  of  the  Heme,    10 
charters  dated  at,  160-1 
churches  of — 

St   Mary,    3,    5,    6,    56.    91,    198, 

207 
St  Paul,  111 

,  canons    of.       See    Ansfrid ; 

Osmund 
Ford  in,  q.v. 
the    bishop's    houses    in,    194,    196, 

203 
miU  of,  5-6 

preb.  of  Bedford  Major,  xvii,  xxx, 
10.     See  Schalby 

of  Bedford  Minor,  10 

priest  of.     See  Leuiet 
Alexander    of,    canon    of    Lincoln, 
witn.,  255 
Beer  Regis,  co.  Dorset,  charter  dated  at, 

134,  136 
Bek,   Anthony  de,   bishop  of  Durham, 

witn.,  Ivii 
Bekering.     See  Beckering 
Belcampo,     Bello     Campo,     de.         See 

Beauchamp 
Belers,    Hamon,    subdeau    of     Lincohi, 

127 
Bellomonte,  de.     See  Beaumont 
Bellum.     See   Battle 


Belmeis,  Richard  de,  bishop  of  London, 

witn.,  76,  112 
Beltisloe,      co.      Line,     deanery,     dean 

of,    81 
Belton    [by    Grantham],    Beltuna,    co. 

Line,   200,   207 
Belun,  Adam  de,  witn.,  62 
Belvoir,  Beluedeire,  co.  Leic.  : 
castle  and  honour  of,  287-8 
priory,  44 
Bench,  justices  of  the,  156 
Bencurt.     See    Aincurt 
Benedict.     See   Sansetun 
Benniworth,  Benigworth',  Beningword', 
CO.  Line.  : 
Walter  of,  witn.,  79 
WiUiam  of,   173 
Bensington,   Bensintuna,  co.   Oxford,   a 

chapel  of  Dorchester,  247 
Berard,  cardinal-deacon,  witn.,  248 
Berenger,  clerk,  witn.,   78-9 
Berkshire,  xv 
Berling'.     See  Barlings 
Bernard  : 

cardinal-bishop  of  Palestrina,  papal 

chancellor,  187-8 
cardinal-priest     of      St     Clement, 

witn.,   248 
chaplain,  witn.,   18 
See  Son  of 
Bernwood,  Forest  of.     See  Brill 
Berton'.     See  Barton 
Beverley,   co.   York,   E.R.,   provost   of. 

,See  Maimsell 
Bicheleswada.     .See   Biggleswade 
Biclaswade.     See  Biggleswade 
Biddenham,  co.  Bedf.,  10 
Bierton,   Birton,   co.    Buck.,   a  chapelry 

of    Aylesbury,    231,    233 
Bigby,  CO.  Line,  Kettleby  in,  q.v. 
Biggleswade,  Bicheleswada,  Biclaswade, 
Bicleswade,  Bicleswath,  co.  Bedf.  : 
manor   of,    36-7,    191,    193-4,    196, 

203 
market  of,   169-70 
Holme  in,   q.v. 
Bigod,  Bigot.  Bygot : 

Hugh  [more  than  oi\e  peraoii],  witn., 
53,  55,  59,   142 

,  1st    earl    of    Norfolk,    witn., 

65-6 

,  4th    earl    of    Norfolk,    witn., 

152,   159,   161 
R.,  witn.,  29 
Robert,  witn.,   14 

Roger,  27  ;  witn.,   18,  27,  32  (2)-3, 
42 

,3rd    earl    of    Norfolk,     140; 

witn.,    123 

,  6th  earl   of  Norfolk,  marslial 

of   Kngland,   witn.,   Ivi 
Binbrook,   Binnebroch,   Bynnebroc,   co. 
Line,  preb.  of  Lincoln,   14,   199, 
205 
Birton.     See  Bierton 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


301 


Bishopsbridge.     See  Pont  I'Ev^que 
Bisset,   Manasser,  dapifer  of  Henry  II, 
witn.,  85,  89,  92-3,  90,  98-101  (2), 
103,    105(2)-10,    Hi,    118 
Bithara.     See  Bytham,  Castle 
Blackraoor,      Blachemora,     co.      Hants, 

charter  dated  at,  35,  44-5 
Blechingley,  Blecchyngleye,  co.  Surrey, 
242 
hermit  near.     See  Roger 
Blia,  Blida.     iSee  Blyth 
Bloet,  Robert,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  52-3, 
63-4,   68-9;   witn.,   8 
chancellor      of      William     II,      11, 

12,   18 
charters   addressed   to,   26,   28,   40 
charters    in    favour    of,    11-13(2)- 
15(2),   17-18  (2)-33,    41-4,    46-8 
increases    the    number    of    canons, 

xvii 
king's  justice  granted  to,   63-4 
licence  to  pierce  the  castle  wall  at 

Lincoln,  xxii,  21,  268 
the  time  of,  referred  to,   30 
Bloet,  Simon,  dean  of  Lincoln,  31 
Blois  : 

Henry    of,    bishop    of    Winchester, 
papal      legate,     papal      mandate 
addressed  to,  xxi,  239  ;   builder  of 
Wolvesey  castle,  295 ;  witn.,  50, 
57,  65,  117 
WUliam  of,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  139- 
42  ;   charters  granted  by,    144-5, 
251-2,   254-5,   257-9 
William    of,    bishop    of    Worcester, 
witn.,  152,   159 
Blondoville.      See     Rannulf.      earl      of 

Chester 
Blund,  Blundus,  master  Walter,  [canon], 

witn.,   252 
Blunvdl,  Thomas  de,  bishop  of  Norwich, 

witn.,   174,   177 
Blyth,  Blia,  Blida,  co.  Nott : 
chapelry  of,   62,   211 
honor  of,   288 
preb.  of  Lincoln,  211-12 
Blyton,  Blitona,  co.  Line,  58-9,   191 

Wharton  in,  g.v. 
Bochard,  treasurer  of  York,  witn.,    123 
Bochart,  William,  clerk,  witn.,   78 
Bochlanda,   H.   de,  witn.,    14 
Bodesford.     See  Bottesford 
Bodicote     [in     Banbury],     co.     Oxford, 

Wickham  in,  q.v. 
Bohun,  Boun,  Buhun  : 

Humphrey  de,  dapifer  of  Henry  I, 
witn.,   37 

,  7th  earl   of   Hereford,   witn., 

152,  159,  161,  179 
Jocelin    de,     bishop    of    Salisbury, 
witn.,   65 
Bolingbroke,      Bolimbroc,     Bulimbroc, 
Bulincbroc,  co.  Line,  77 
wapentake  of,  75,  78-80 
,  men  of,   witn.,   78 


Bolingbroke — cont. 

Adam  of,  witn.,  80 
Bolonia.     See   Boulogne 
Bore.     See  Peterborough 
Boroughs,  P'ive,  the,  xv 
Bosco  Rohari,  de.     See  Rehart 
Bossu,  Robert  le.     See  Beaumont 
Bottesford,  Bodesford,  co.  Line,  church 

of,  199 
Boulogne,        Bolonia        [Pas-de-Calais, 
France] : 
comit  of.     See  Dammartin  ;  Eustace 
honor  of,  158 

Richard   of,   knt,   witn.,    78-9 
Robert  of,  witn.,  80 
Boultham,    Bulthamia,    co.    Line,    286 
Boun.     See  Bohun 
BoiU'ne,  Brunna,  co.  Line.  : 
abbey,  203,  286 
lord  of,  286 
Bracebridge,  Bracebrig',  co.  Line,  120-1 

church  of,  89-90 
Brademera  [near  Dorchester,  co.  Oxford], 

247 
Bradshaw,    Henry,     xlvii-viii ;    quoted, 
xviin,  xxiii,  xxv,  xli,  xlv,   xlviii, 
250-1 
his    edition    of    the    Black    Book, 
xlviii,  227,  238,  257-8,  261 
Bradshaw,     Henry,     and     Wordsworth, 
Christopher,      Lincoln     Cathedral 
Statutes  quoted,   xvii,   xix,   xxiii, 
xxv,  xxix,  xxxi-ii,  xxxiv,  xlvii- 
viii,  216,  228,  234,  238-9,  250-1, 
255-7,  261 
Brahus.     See  Braose 
Braibroc,    Braybroc,      Henry    de,     lait, 

168-70;  witn.,    173 
Bramfeld,  WUliam  de,  subdean  of   Lin- 
coln, witn.,  252,  255 
Brampton,   Bramton',   Brantona,   Brau- 
tona      iuxta      Huntendona,      co. 
Hunt: 
preb.  of  Lincoln,  53-4 
charter  dated  at,  28 
church    of,    89,    112-13,     194,    203, 

207 
king's   manor   of,    194,    196,    203 
wood  near,    129-30 
Harthay  in,  q.v. 
Brand  : 

the  priest,   canon   of  Lincoln   (Cor- 
ringham  preb.),  27-8,  105 

,    son    of,    canon     of    Lincoln 

(Corringham  preb.),  27-8 
Brandon,  fee  of,   181 
Bransby  [in  Sturton  by  Stow,  Stow  par.], 

CO.  Line,  206 
Branston,    Braunteston',   co.    Leie,    166 
Brantona.     See  Brampton 
Braose,  Brahus,  Brans',  Breosa : 
family  of,   62 

Reginald  de,  witn.,  152,  169 
William  de,  140;  witn.,  123 
See  Brewse 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Bratoft,   Braytoft,   co.   Line,   John   of, 

lent,    witn,    174 
Braunteston'.     -See  Branston 
Braus'.     See  Braose 
Braybroc.     See  Braibroo 
Breaute,  Fawkes  de,  excesses  of,   160-2 
Brehella.     See  Brill 
Breosa.     See  Braose 
Brefcun,  Briton,  Hugh,  knt,  witn.,  173 
Brewer,     William,     bishop     of     Exeter, 
witn.,    152,    159 
See  Briwerr' 
Brewse,    Giles   de,    bishop    of    Hereford, 
134(2)-7;  witn.,  131 
See  Braose 
Brian.     See  Insula 
Bridge,  Brugges,  co.  Kent,  242 
Bridgnorth,    Brugia,    co.    Salop,    charter 

dated  at,  76,  117 
Brien    Fitz-Count,    witn.,    36 
Brill  [in  the  Forest  of  BernwoodJ,  Bre- 
hella, Bruhella,  Bruhella  inforesta, 
Bruhulla,  co.  Buck.,  charter  dated 
at,    69-70,    88-9(2),   112-13,  121 
Bristol,  Bristoir,  Robert  de,  witn.,  254 
Briton.     See    Bretun 
Brittany,  count  of.     See  Alan ;  Stephen 
Briwerr",  William,  140;  witn.,  129,  131, 
133,  136,  139,  152,  159,  161,  168 
Cp.  Brewer 
Broadhohne  [in  Thorney],  Brodehohne, 

CO.   Nott.,  286 
BrocBroch',  Nigel  de,  witn.,  107,  110,  116 
Brocklesby,  co.  Line.,  Newhouse  in,  q.v. 
Brodehohne.     See  Broadholme 
Broi,  Broe,  William  de,  knt,  witn.,  78-9 
BrudeUa,  land  in,   286 
Brugges.     See  Bridge 
Brugia.     See  Bridgnorth 
Bruhella.     See   Brill 
Brimna.     See  Bourne 
Brus,  P.  de,  witn.,  161 
Buchelant.     See    Buckland 
Buchendena.     See  Buckden 
Bucheri,  Odo,  witn.,  81 
Buchingeham'.     See   Buckingham 
Buckden,  Buchendena,  Bugedena,  Bug- 
geden,  co.  Hunt.,  115,  124-5,  189, 
191,  194,   196,  203 
church  of,   199,  207 
mandate  dated  at,  257 
park  of,  174-5 
woods  of,  129-30,  132 
William  of,  chaplain,  witn.,  250,  253 
Buckingham,    county    of,    Buchingham- 
sira : 
a  member  of  the  diocese  of  Lincoln, 

XV.  189,   191 
lieges  of,  53 
royal  forest  in,  101 
sheriff  of,   163 
Buckingham,  Buchingeham',  co.  Buck.  : 
archdeacon  of,  163.     See  also  David  ; 
Percival  Fiesco  ;    St  Frideswide  ; 
Stratton 


Buckingham — coytt. 

church  of,  3,  56,  91,  191,  198,  207 
preb.      of     Lincoln.     See      Sutton, 
King's 
Buckland,  Buchelant,  co.  Buck.,  5,  6 

a  chapeh-y  of  Aylesbury,  231,  233 
Bugedena.     See  Buckden 
Buhun.     See  Bohun 
Bulincbroc.     See  Bolingbroke 
Bully.     See  Busli 
Bulthamia.     See  Boultham 
Buneham.     See  Westbourne 
Burch.     See   Burg  ;   Peterborough 
Burdet,  William,  knt,  witn.,  173 
Burg,  Burch  [extinct  village  near  Kirkby 
Laythorpe],   co.   Line,   200,   202, 
207 
Burg'.     See  Burgh  on  Bain 
Burgh,  Burg  : 

Geoffrey  de,  bishop  of  Ely,  witn., 

169,  "l74 
Hubert    de,    justiciar,    3rtl    earl    of 
Kent,  witn.,    152,    159,    161,    164, 
167-70,   174-5  (2)-7 
Burgh  on  Bain,  Burg',  ISurgus,  co.  Line, 

31,   102-3,   108 
Burgliersh,    Henry,    Vjishop   of   Lincoln, 
chancellor   of     Edward   III,    272, 
275  ;  charter  in  favour  of,  Ivii-lx 
Burgo,  John  de,  clerk,  witn.,  174 
Burgus.     See  Biirgh  on  Bain 
Burgus  Sancti  Petri.     See  Peterborough 
Burley  on  the  Hill,  co.  Rutl.,  45 
Burnell,    Robert,    bishop    of    Bath    and 

Wells,  witn.,  Ivi-vii 
Bui'nes.     See  Patrixbourne 
Burnham.     See  Westbourne 
Burton,    Gate,    Burtim   super   Trentam, 

CO.  Line,  208 
Burim,  Erneis  de,  sheriff  of  Yorkshire, 

4.     See  E. 
Bury  St  Edmund's.     See  St  Edmund's 

Bury 
Busli,  Bully,  Roger  de,  288 
Bussei,   Baffet,   Robert  de,   Robert  the 
priest,  monk  of  Stow,   198,  201, 
206 
Butler.     See  Aubigny  ;  Pincerna 
Byhain.     See  Bytham 
Byrmebroe     See  Binbrook 
Bj-tham,    Castle,    Bitham,    Byhara,    co. 
Line  : 
castle  of,  82-3  ;    chapel  in.  81 
church  of,  81 

and  Holyivell,  endowment  of  vicar- 
age of,  81-2 

,  vicar  of.     See  Wenge 

Aunby ;  Counthorpe  in,  q.v. 


Cadoramn.     See  Caen 
Caen,  Cadomiuu,  Kaanes,  Kaynes  [Cal- 
vados, France],  242,  245 
charter  dated  at,  67,  119 


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303 


C»en — cont. 

master  Ralf  of,  king's  clerk,  canon 
of    Lincoln    (Asgarbv    preb.),    50 
(2)-l,    71-7,    79-80 ;"   subdean   of 
Lincoln,  witn.,  250,  204 
Robert  of.     See  Robert  Fitz-Roy 
Ctwnbv,  Cavenby,  Coueneby,  co.  Line, 
"282 
church  of  St  Nicholas  of,    282,  284 
and    Glentham,    manor    of,    282-4, 
293-4 
Cahaines,  William  de  [sherifi  of  North- 
amptonshire], 32 
Caieueto,  de.     See  Chesney 
Caistor,  Castra,  co.  Line.  : 

church  of,  2,  3,  5,  6,  16,  17,  23,  36, 

56,   198,  205 
preb.  of  Lincoln,  35.     See  Hugh 
manor  of.  2,  3,  5,  6,  91,  191,  198 
tithe  of,  52,  58-9,  112 
Hmidon  in,  g.r. 
C'ala.     "See  Keal 

Calceis,  Roger  le,  knt,  witn.,   78-9 
Calcwelle.     See  Cawkwell 
Calis : 

Baldric  de,  witn.,   79 
Richard  de,  witn.,  79-80 
Robert  de,  witn.,  79 
Calthorp'.     See  Cawthorpe 
Calvus,   Gerai'd,   witn.,    14 
Calz.     Sec  Caux 

Cambridge,   county   of,   Cantebrugesira, 
83-4 ;  separated  from  the  diocese 
of  Lincoln,  xv,   191 
C'ampi  Villa.     See  Camvill 
Camvill,  Canuilla,  Campi  Villa,  Richard 
de,   witn.,   51,    53-4,   56,   58,    64, 
103 
Canci.     <S'ee  Chauncy 
Canewich.     See  Canwick 
Cantebrugesira.     See   Cambridge 
Cantelu.     .5ee  Cantilupe 
Canterbury,   Canthuaria,   co.   Kent : 
charter  dated  at,  115 
anchorites  of,   293 
abbey  of  St  Augustine,  293 

,  abbot  of,  193  :  witn.,  152,  159 

priory  of  St  Gregory,  293 
priory  of  Holy  Trinity,  293 
five  hospitals  of,  293 
nunnery  of  St  Sepulchre,  293 
Canterbury,  Cantuariensis,  Dorobornen- 
sis  : 
archbishop  of,  xvii,  11,  12.     See  also 
Anselm  ;   Becket ;    Hubert ;   Lan- 
franc  ;  Langton  ;  Mepham  ;  Strat- 
ford ;  Theobald  ;  Wake 
Canterbury : 

archdeacon    of.     See    Philip ;    Pont 

I'Eveque ;  Sandiord 
province  of,  bishops  of,  161,  163 

, ,  not  to  pay  procurations 

to  archbishop,  237-8 
Canterbury,    priory    of    Christ    Church, 
cathedral  church : 


Canterbury,  cathedral   church — cont. 
monks  of,   134-6 

,  prior  of,    137,   295 

Canthuaria.     Sec  Canterbury 
Cantilupe,  Cantelu,  Kantilupo  : 
Robert  de,  knt,  witn.,  78-9 
WUliam  de,  witn.,  129,  142 

,  seneschal  of  Henry  III.,  witn., 

167 
Canuilla.     See  Camvill 
Canwick,  Canewic,  Canewich,  Kanewich', 
CO.  Line,  206 
preb.  of  Lincoln,  51,  120,  207-8 
tithe  of,  199 
Capella : 

Henry  de,   witn.,    168,    170,    174-7, 

179 
Robert  de,  canon  of  Lincoln,  witn., 
252,  254,  264 
Carbonellus,   Robert,  witn.,   81 
Careby,  co.  Line,  83 
Carleberia.     See   Charlbury 
Carletona.     See  Carlton,  South 
Carlisle,  Kareol',  Karl',  bishop  of.     See 

Aldulf  ;  Mauclerk 
Carlton,  North,  Carlton  Kyme,  Karleton', 
CO.   Line,   preb.   of  Lincoln,    142 
Carlton,      South,      Carletona,      Carlton 
Paynel,  Great  Carlton  by  Lincoln, 
Karletona,  co.  Line,  61,  284,  290, 
292,  292n 
church  of,  199,  205 
Carshalton,  Awlton',  co.  Surrey,  church 

of,  242 
Castra.     See  Caistoi 
Caux,  Calz,  Kauz,  Salz  [Seine-Inf^rieure, 
France] : 
Geoffrey  of,  witn.,  178 
Gerard  of,  witn.,   14 
Herbert  of,  knt,  witn.,  78-81 
Osbert  of,  witn.,  81 
Cavenby.     Sec  Caenby 
Cawkwell,   Calcwelle,   co.   Line,   R.   of, 

clerk,  witn.,   145 
Cawthorpe    [in  Covenhara  St  Bartholo- 
mew], Calthorp",  co.  Line,  manor 
of,   171-3 
Ceat.     See  Chute 

Cenomanniun,  Cenomum.   See  Mans,  Le 
Centimi  Solidoriun,  preb.  of  Lincoln,  205 
Cerchetona.     See  Kirton  in  Lindsey 
Ceme,  co.  Dorset,  abbey,  abbot  of,  witn., 

152,  159 
Certesey.     See  Chertsey 
Cesterfeld,  Cestrefeud.     See  Chesterfield 
Cestria.     See  Chester 
Charlbury,  Carleberia,  co.  Oxford,  83-4 

Fawler  in,  q.v. 
Chauncy,  Canci,  Simon  de,   172 
Chaury,  Gilbert  de,  294 
Chedney.     See  Chesney 
Cheleseia.     See  Kelsey 
Ghent.     See  Kent 
Ghent,  Rannulf  de,  witn.,  73 
Cherchetona.     See   Kirton   in   Lindsey 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


Chertsey,   Certesey,   co.    Surrey,   abbey, 

abbot  of,  152,  159 
Chesney,   de   Caianeto,    de   Chedney,   de 

Keisneto,  de  Keneto,  de  Schaisn', 

Robert,    bishop    of    Lincoln,    xx, 

88-9,  91.  140-1,  206,  209,  283-4; 

witn.,  72  (2),  74-5 
site  of  Old  Palace  acquired  by,  270, 

274 
archdeacon  of  Leicester,  262 
chaplain  to.     See  Clement 
charters  of,  bestowing  privileges  on 

the  chapter,  9,  43,  249-54,  264-5 
charters  in  favour  of.   58,  60,  64-8 

(2)-9(3)-70(2)-l,     74.     77,     83-6 

(2)-7,   92-y,   102-6,   108-11,   113- 

16,  266 
clerk  of.     See  Malger 
indulgence  granted   by,   265 
preb.  of  Canwick  founded  by,  120-1 
St  Katherine's  priory   founded   by, 

120 
grants  by,  referred  to,  xix,  190,  263 
papal  bull  addressed  to,  193,  202 
wapentake  court  of,   100 
king's  justice  granted  to,  63-4 
Chesney : 

family  of,  283,  283n 

Fulk,  canon,  witn..  250,  253 

Osbert,  282 

Roger,    83-4 

William,  291-2  ;  witn.,  48,  54,  85 

William    [another],    and    Constance 

his  wife,   282 
,  Alice    or    AdeUdis,    dau.     of, 

possibly  wife  of  Osbert  or  Robert 

de  Condet,  282 
Chester,  Cestria,  co.  Chester  : 

archdeacon  of.     See  Godfrey 
bishop  of.     See  Coventry,  Chester, 

and  Lichfield 
charter  dated  at,  181,  183 
constable  of.     See  Lacy 
earl  of.    See  Hugh  ;  John  (le  Scot)  ; 

Rannulf 
fee  of,  295 
Chesterfield,  Cesterfekl,  Cesterfelda,  Ces- 

trefelt,    Cestrefeud,    Cestresfelda, 

CO.  Derby  : 
church,     manor,      berewicka     with 

chapels    of,    17,    115-16(2),  199, 

206 
Chetena.     See  Ketton 
Cheverci,  Pagan  de,  witn.,  97 
Chichester,  co.  Sussex  : 

bishop  of.     See  Grenoford  ;  Hilary  ; 

LuHa  ;   Nevill ;   Sigefrid  ;   Wells 
canon         of.      See         Somercotes, 

Laurence  of 
chancellor  of.     See  R. 
dean  and  chapter  of,  163 
Chichester,    Robert,    bishop   of   Exeter, 

witn.,    59 
Childebia,    Chilesbei.     See    Kilsby 
Cbilihtingtona.     See  Knighton 


Chlnchimgtona.     See  Knighton 
Cliirchebi.     .^ee    Kirkby   Moorside 
Chirchetona.     See  Kirton  in   Lindsey 
Chirketona.     See  Kirton  in  Lindsey 
Chiselhampton,  Chiselentona,  co.  Oxford, 

a  chapelry  of  Dorchester,   247 
Chodingtona.     See  Coddiugton 
Christchurch,  co.   Hants,  charter  dated 

at,  128-9 
Chute,   Ceat,   co.   Wilts,   charter   dated 

at,   19 
Cirencester,  Cirescestra,  co.  Glouc.  : 
abbey,  abbot  of.  witn.,   152,   159 
charter  dated  at,  33 
Claindona.     «S'ce  Claydon 
Clapham,  Clopham,  co.  Surrey,  church 

of,   242 
Clare,  co.  Suffolk : 

Baldwin  Fitz-Gilbert  of,  founder 
of  Bourne  abbey,  286,  289; 
charter  of,   286 

,  wife  of.     See  RuUos 

Gilbert  of,  earl  of  Gloucester  and 

Hertford,  witn.,  152,   159,  161 
Gilbert  Fitz-Richard  of,  286.  289 

,  wife  of.     See  Clermont 

Richard  Fitz-Gilbert  of,  289 

,  widow  of.     6'ee  Alice 

Richard  of,  earl  of  Clare  and  Hert- 
ford, witn.,   123 
Thomas  of,  witn.,   Ivii 
Clarembald.     See  Searby 
Clawworth.     See  Clayworth 
Claydon,  Claindona,  co.  Oxford,  84-5 
Clayworth,  Clawworth,  co.  Nott.,  20 
chm'ch  of,  assigned  to  the  deanery 
of  Lincoln,  20 
Clement  IV,  pope,  bull  of,  221-2 
Clement  VI,  pope,  244 
Clement,  abbot  of  York,  witn.,  65 
Clement,     William,     prior    of    Blsham, 
chaplain      to      bishop       Robert 
Chesney,  witn.,  250 
Clermont,  AdeUs  dau.  of  Hugh  count  of, 
wife    of    Gilbert    Fitz-Richard    of 
Clai'e,  286,  289 
Clifford,  Cliffort,  co.  Hereford : 
chaplain  of.     6'ee  Elias 
priory  of,  294 
Clifford  : 

Maud,   wife  of   William   Longospee 

and  of  John  Gii^ard,  283-4 
Roger,  283 
Walter,  senior,  62,  283-4,  290-5 

,  Agnes    wife    of.     See    Condet 

,  Basilia  and  Cicely,  daus.   of, 

294 

,  Roger,   Richard,   Simon,   and 

Giles,  sons  of,  294 

,  junior,  283-4,  292,  292n 

Clifton  [near  Newai'k],  co.  Nott : 
church  of,  206 

fee  of  tlie  bishop  of  Lincoln  in,  206 
Clifton  Hampden,  co.  Oxford,  a  chapelry 
of  Dorchester,  247 


INDEX    OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


305 


Clinton,    Roger,    bishop    of    Coventry, 
Lichfield,    and   Chester,    193 ;   his 
charter,  116 
Clopham.     iSee  Clapham 
Clyua.     See  King's  Cliffe 
Coddington,     Chodingtona,     co.     Nott., 

church  of,  206 
Codyngton'.     See  Cuddington 
Coilestin  II,  pope,  247 
Colegrim,  200 

Coleman,  John,  knt,  witn.,   173 
Colevill,  William  de,  witn.,  97 
Colsuain,  199,  201,  207 

Picot  son  of.     See  Picot 
Columban.     See  Son  of 
Columban,  Geoffrey,  witn.,  286 
Condet,      Condeio,      Condia,      Cundeio, 
Cundet,  Ciindi,  Cundy,  Gundeio  : 
family  of,  xvi,  282-95 
land  of,  in  Kent  and  Lines,  289 

,  of  Cimdishall,  290 

Agnes   de,   dau.    of   Roger,    wife   of 
Walter  de  Clifford,  62,  283-4,  293 

,  Basilia  mother  of,    283,    294, 

294n 

,  wiU  of,  293-4 

Beatrice   de,   Beatrice   of    Evedon, 
295 

,  Alexander  son  of.  See  Vedasto, 

Sancto 
John  de,  292 
Osbert  de,  282-3 
Robert  de,  282-5,  289-90 

,  wife  of.     See  AHce 

,  junior,   285 

,  perhaps  son  of  Robert,  junior, 

292  ;  his  barony,  293 
Roger  de,  son  of  Robert  and  Alice, 
61-2,   200,  207,   245,   282,   284-6, 
290  (2)-2,  295  ;  his  fee,  292 

,  nephew  of  Roger,  291-2 

Conrad,  cardinal-bishop  of  Sabina,  witn., 

248 
Constancien.sis.     See  Coutances 
Coombe    Keynes,    Cumba,    co.    Dorset, 

church  of,   242 
Coringeham.     See  Corringham 
Cornwall,   Cornubiensis  : 

earl  of.     See  Plantaganet ;  Reginald 

Fitz-Roy 
master  John  of,  witn.,  256 
Cornwell,  co.  Oxford,  83-4 
Corringham,  Coringeham,  Coringham,  co. 
Line,  27-8,  105,  112,  206 
church  of,  27-8,  105,  199,  205 
mandate  dated  at,  224-5 
preb.  of  Lincoln.     See  Brand 
wapentake  of,  58-9 
Coueneby.     See  Caenby 
Counthorpe   [in   Castle   Bytham],    Cun- 

thorp,  CO.  Line,  81-3 
Coutances,       Constanciensis      [Manche, 
France],   master   Ralf   of,    witn., 
256 
<See  aleo  Walter  bishop  of  Lincoln 


Covenham  St  Bartholomew,    co.  Line, 

Cawthorpe  in,  q.v. 
Coventry,  Lichfield,  and  Chester,  bishop 

of,  185-6.    See  CUnton  ;  Durdent ; 

Limesey ;  Peche 
Coxwold,  Cucuwald,  Cucwald,  co.  York, 

church  and  manor  of,   19-20 
Craucumb',     Crawcumb,     Godfrey    de, 

witn.,    166,    178-9;    seneschal    of 

Henry  III,  witn.,  167,   177 
Craumersa.     <See  Crowmarsh  Gifford 
Crawciunb.     See  Craucumb' 
Creeton,  co.  Line,  81-3 
Crevequer,  Creuequer,  Rainald  de,  witn., 

56 
Crochesby.     See  Croxby 
Croilandia.     See  Croyland 
Cropredy,    Croper',    Croperia,    Croposia, 

CO.  Oxford,  83-4,   189,   191,   194, 

203 
church  of,  199,  207 
hundred  of,   191 
Geoffrey  of,   84 
Crouch     [in     Banbury],     Crouch     Hill, 

Cruch',  CO.  Oxford,   129-31 
Crowmarsh     Giliord,     Craumersa,     co. 

Oxford,  siege  of,  charter  dated  at, 

97-8 
Croxby,  Crochesby,  co.  Line,  208 
Croyland,      Croilandia,      Crulauda,      co. 

Line  : 
abbey,  abbot  of,  77 

,  pension  from,  203 

Cruch'.     See  Crouch 

Crulanda.     See  Croyland 

Cucuwald.     See  Coxwold  ;  Cuxwold 

Cucwald.     See  Coxwold 

Cuddington,     Codyngton',     co.     Surrey, 

church  of,  241 
Cukewald.     See  Cuxwold 
Cumba.     See  Coombe  Keynes 
Cumberland,  earls  of,  283 
CundishaU  [in  Sandwich],  co.  Kent,  290 
Cundy.     See  Condet 
Cunthorp.     See  Counthorpe 
Curcy,  Curci : 

Matthew  de,  118 
Robert  de,  witn.,  8,  10 
Curtenay,  Curtenai : 

Reginald   de,    witn.,    121 
Robert  de,  161 
Cuxwold,  Cucuwald,  Cukewald,  co.  Line, 

200,  207 


Dalderby,  John,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  xxx, 
xxxii-iii 
Laudum  of,  xxxii 
registrar  of.     See  Schalby 
Dammartin,    Reginald,    count    of    Bou- 
logne, witn.,   133,   136 
Danelaw,  the  Northern,  xv 
Danish  Army,  the,  men  of,  xvi 
Darcy,  de  Aiesci,  Robert,  fee  of,  208 


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INDEX   OF  PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Darley,  Derlega,  Derleia,  co.  Derby,  the 
king's    church    of,    one    of    the 
churches  of  the  Peak,  19,  48,  117 
Darneford'.     See  Domford 
David,  witn.,  79  (2) 

abbot  of  BarUngs,  witn.,  265 
archdeacon   of   Buckingham,    262 
land    of    prebend    of,    in    Lincoln, 
205-6 
Davis,  H.  W.  C,  Regesta,  quoted,  2-17 
Decern    Libraruin,     preb.    of    Lincoln, 
55,  cp.  61.   See  Sigillo,  Baldric  de 
Deeping,  co.  Line,  lord  of,  286 
Derby,  county  of,  xvi 
lieges  of,   17,  29 

sheriS    of.      See    Nottingham    and 
Derby,  counties 
Derby,  Derbeia,  Derebia,  co.  Derby : 
archdeacon  of,  1 86.     See  also  Froger 
churches  of,  206 

coUegiate   church   of   All   Saints,   a 
free     royal     chapel,     granted     in 
prebendam,    29,    92-3,    185,    199, 
206 
earl  of.     <See  Ferrers 
town  of,  288 
Derebia.     See  Derby 
Derlega,  Derleia.     See  Darley 
Devon,  earl  of.     .See  Redvers 
Dispenser,  Dispensarius,  Dispensator : 
Geofirey,  witn..  178-9 
Hugh,  witn.,   168,  170,  175-9 
Ralf,  q.v. 
Ditton,  Long,  Ditton',  co.  Surrey  : 
church  of,   242 
Talworth  in,  q.v. 
Dodingtona.     See  Duddington 
Donintuna.     See  Duddington 
Donstanvilla.     iSce  Dunstanville 
Dorand.     See  Durand 
Dorcacastrensis.     See  Dorchester 
Dorchester,      Dorcacastrensis,      Dorca- 
cestra,    Dorcacestria,     Dorcestra, 
Dorchacestr',  Dorchecestria,  Dor- 
kecestria,   co.   Oxford,    189,    191, 
194,   196,  203 
abbey,  abbot  of.     See  Alvered 

,  papal  bull  in  favour  of,  246-9 

,  pension   from,    203 

bishop  of.    See  Wulfwig 
Brademera  near,  247 
church   of   St    Peter,     formerly   the 
cathedral     church,     granted     by 
bishop  Remigius,  247 
■ — — ,  chapels  of,  247 
domus  Dunningi  near,  247 
episcopal  houses  in,  247 
hundred  of,   191 
Queneford  mill  near,  247 
see  of,  transferred  to  Lincoln,   xvi, 

2,  3,  5,  6,  246-7 
Suiftelac  meadow  near,  247 
Domford  [in  Wootton],  Darneford',  co. 

Oxford,   83-4 
Dorobernensis.     See  Canterbury 


Douai    [Nord,  France],   Peter    of.      See 

Peter 
Dover,    Douera,    Doueria,    Doura,    co. 
Kent: 
archbishop  of,  witn.,  7 
castle-guard  of,  59,  268 
charter  dated  at,  68 
Dorobernensis.     See  Canterbury 
honour  of,  lieges  of,  59 
priory  of  St  Martin,  295 
See  St  Radegund 
Drax,  Dracae,  co.   York,  W.R.,  charter 

dated  at,  64 
Drayton     St     Leonard,      co.     Oxford, 
Draetona,  a  chapel  of  Dorchester, 
247 
Dublin,    Ireland,    archbishop    of.       See 

Loundres 
Duddington,     Dodingtona,     Donintuna, 
CO.  North' ton,  church  of,  199,  207 
Dugdale,    William,     Motiasticon     Angli- 

canum  quoted,  passim 
Dumping,  Ketel,  of  Saltfleetby,  xvi 
Duneham.     See  Dunholme 
Dunelmum.     See  Durham 
Dunham.     See  Dunholme 
Dunholme,  Duneham,  co.  Line.  : 
church  of,  198,  205 
Newport    and    Dunham,    preb.    of 
Lincoln,  xxx.     See  Schalby 
Dunningus.     See  Dorchester 
Dunsby  [near  Bourne],   Dunnesby,   co. 

Line,    166 
Dunstanville,    Donstanvilla,    Dunestan- 
villa : 
Robert  of,  witn.,  85,  87,  97,  99 
See  Reginald  Fitz-Roy 
Durand,  Dorand.     See  Son  of 
Durdent,   Walter,    bishop   of  Coventry, 

Lichfield,  and  Chester,  117 
Durham,  Dunelmum  : 

bishop    of.      See    Bek  ;    Flambard  ; 

Poor  ;  Pudsey  ;  St  Carileph 
cathedral    church    of,    charters    at, 

xxii,  148,  153,  160 
charter  dated  at,  59 


E.  : 

perhaps  Erneis  de  Burun,  sheriff  of 
Yorkshire,  4,  17  ;  witn.,  3,  15 

See  Eustace  son  of  Jolui 
Eagle,  Eicla,  co.  Line,  61,  284,  290 

manor  of,  57 
Eakring,  Eicring,  co.  Nott.,   181 

land  in,  285 
Eaved'.     See  Evedon 
Eboracuni.     See  York 
Eboroicensis.     See  Evreux 
Edenestou.     See    Edwinstowe 
Edmund.     See  Plantagonet ;  Font«fract 
Edward  the  Confessor,  king  of  England, 
11,  12,  17,  32,  48 

legates  and  letters  of,  186 


INDEX   OF    PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


307 


Edward  the  Confessor — cont. 

mission  to  the  pope,  xxi,  187-8 

time  of,  referred  to,   29,   102,   117 
Edward   I,  king   of   England,  charters 

granted   by,    Ivi  (2),   Ixi 
Edward  III,  king  of  England : 

chancellor  of.     See  Burghersh 

charters  granted  by,  Ivii-lxi 

seneschal  of.     >See  Wysham 
Edwinstowe,      Edenestou,      co.      Nott., 

church  of,  199,  206 
Egenesham.     See  Eynsham 
Eghara,    co.     Svirrey,     Runnymede     in, 

q.v. 
Bglesham.     See  Eynsham 
Eiola.     See  Eagle 
Eicring.     See  Eakring 
Eilesbir'.     See  Aylesbury 
Einegsham.     See  Eynsham 
Einesham.     See  Eynsham 
Eintuna.     See  Hainton 
Eleanor  wife  of  Henry  II,   121 
Elesbir'.     See   Aylesbviry 
Elfred,  Helfridus : 

the  reeve,  206 

,  Fulk  son  in  law  of,   206 

See  Alfred 
EUas : 

chaplain  of  Clifford,  294 

son  of  Rannulf.     See  Flambard 
Elkington,  South,  co.  Line,  manor  of, 

171-3 
Blsham,  Hellesham,  co.  Line,  206 

prior  of.     See  Clement 
Ely,  Heliensis,  co.  Camb.  : 

bishop  of.  See  Burgh ;  Eustace ; 
Fontibus,  de ;  Hotham  ;  Long- 
champ  ;  Nigel ;  Norwode 

bishopric  of,  191 

diocese  of,  xv 

Richard  of,  bishop  of  London, 
witn.,   123,   125 

William  of,  treasurer  of  king  John, 
canon  of  Lincoln  (Leighton  Buz- 
zard preb.),  128 
Empingham,  co.  Rutland : 

church  of,  28,  45,  198 

land  in,  285 

preb.    of    Lincoln.      See    Rufus ; 
Southrey ;  Willingham,  Cherry 
Engesham.     See  Eynsham 
England  : 

magnates  of,  64-5 

marshal  of.     See  Bigod,  Roger 
Epwell  [in  SwalcliHe],  co.  Oxford,  99 
Erdenduna,  Erdintona.     See  Yarnton 
Erghom,  Ralf  de,  canon  of  Lincoln,  127 
Erneis.     See  Burun 
Ernulf.     See  Arnoul 
Escaut,  Gerbod  d',  288 
Escote.     See  Ascott  under  Wychwood 
Eseboma.     See  Ashbourne 
Eskelinguehop'.     See    Skellingthorpe 
Eslaford.     See  Sleaford 
Esnotingeham.     See  Nottingham,  county 


Espaldeswic,  Espaldewic.   See  Spaldwick 

EspaUing'.     See  Spalding 

Essebum'.     See  Ashbourne 

Esseby.     See  Ashby 

Essefordeby.     See  Asfordby 

Essex  : 

earl    of.     See  GSeoffrey   Fitz-Peter ; 

Mandeville 
king's  lieges  of,  2 

Henry  of,  witn.,  62,  106  ;  constable 
[of  Henry  II],  witn.,  77,  88,  95-6, 
113 
Estleia.     See  Ashley 
Estou.     See  Stow  St  Mary 
Eu,  de  Auco  [Somme,  France],  count  of. 

See  Henry 
Eudo : 

dapifer  of  William  II  and  Henry  I, 
witn.,   8,  17,  18(2),  19,  22,  33,  47 
the  reeve,  witn.,   144,  255 
See   Grainsby 
Euewicscira.     See  York,  eoiuity 
Eugenius     III,     pope,     bulls     of,     xix, 

193-202,  211-12,  246-9 
Eugenius,  cardinal-bishop,  witn.,  248 
Euremov.     See  Evermu 
Eustace  : 

count    [of   Boulogne],    son    of    king 

Stephen,  witn.,  56 
dean   of   Salisbury,    vice-chancellor 
of  Richard  I,  123  ;  bishop  of  Ely, 
134(2)-7,  140;  witn.,  131,  133 
son  of  John,  witn..  34,  39 
See  Fauconberge  ;  Moreton  ;  Vesoy  ; 
Wilton 
Evedon,  Eaved',  Evdone,  co.  Line.  : 
Beatrice  of.     See  Condet 
land  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  in, 
295 
Evermu,  Euremov,  Hugh  de,  witn.,  23, 

40 
Evesham,  co.  Wore.  : 

abbey,   abbot   of,    193 ;   witn.,    152, 

159 
charter  dated  at,  95-6 
Evreux,  Eboroicensis,  Ebroicensis  [Eure, 
France] : 
bishop  of.     See  Rotrodus 
count  of.     See  Almeric 
Ewhurst,    luherst,    co.    Surrey,    church 

of,  241 
Excestrensis.     See  Exeter 
Exchequer  : 

barons  of  the,  26,  103-4 
treasurer  and  chamberlains  of  the, 
287 
Exeter,  Excestrensis,  co.  Devon : 

bishop       of.       See      Bartholomew ; 

Brewer  ;   Cliichester  ;   Marshall 
cathedral,  treasurer  of.     See  Raleigh 
diocese  of,  244 
Extraneus.     See  Lestrange 
Eylesbury.     See  Aylesbury 
Eyneford',     William    de,    seneschal    of 
Henry  III,  witn.,  168 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


Eynsham,        Egenesham,        Eglesham, 
Einegsham,  Einesham,  Engesham, 
CO.  Oxford  : 
abbey,   5,   6,   83-5,    127-8,    189-90, 
194,    196,   203,   291 

,  prior  and  convent   of,    128 

,  knights,  etc.,  of,   127 

village  of,  83-4,  203 

,  market  place  of,  203 


Falconer,  Ivo  the,  of  Henry  II,  and  his 

family,    117-18 
Faldingworth,        Faldingword',        Fal- 

Unguerda,  co.  Line,  200,  207 
FaUinguerda.     See  Faldingworth 
Fardain.     See  Son  of 
Fareham,  Fereham,  Ferhara,  co.  Hants, 
charter  dated  at.  21,  34,  38-9,  41 
Farendona.     See  Farndon 
Farndon,  Farendona,  co.  Nott.,  206(2) 
Fairer,   Dr   William,     An  Outline   Itin- 
erary of  Henry  I,  quoted,   10,   12, 
18-47,  287n 
Farthinghoe,   Ferlingho,   co.   North'ton, 

140-1 
Fauconberge,     Eustace    de,     bishop    of 
London,  witn.,   152,    159,   167-8, 
174 
Fawkes.     See  Brdaute 
Fawler  [in  Charlbury],  co.  Oxford,  99 
Fecamp,     Fiscannum     [Seine-Inf6rieure, 

France],  Roger  of,  witn.,  57 
Fenton  [in  Beekingham],  co.  Line,  45 
Fereham,  Ferham.     See  Fareham 
Ferlingho.     See  Farthinghoe 
Ferrers,  de  Ferrariis : 
Henry,   17 
Robert,  19,  29 

William,  earl  of  Derby  or  Ferrers, 
witn.,  133,  136,  139,  152,  159 
Fiesco.     jSee  Percival 
Fines     [query     Fiennes      Pas-de-Calais, 
France],  castellan  of.      jSee  Gos- 
sumus 
Fingest,     Tingeherst,     Tingerhest,     co. 
Buck.,    church    and    village    of, 
64-5,  203 
Fiscannum.     See  Fecamp 
Fiskerton,  co.  Line,  T[homas]  of,  canon 

of  Lincoln,  witn.,  145,  255 
Fitz-Corbet,  Roger,  295 
Fitz-Count,  filius  comitis,  Brien,  witn., 

36 
Fitz-Gilbert.     iSee  Clare 
Fitz-Miles.     See  Roger 
Fitz-ParneU.     See  Beaumont 
Fitz-Patrick.     See  William 
Fitz-Peter.     See  Geoffrey 
Fitz-Richard.     See  Clare 
Fitz-Robert,  William.     See  Robert  Fitz- 

Roy 
Pitz-Roy.        See     Reginald ;      Robert ; 
William 


Flambard : 

Rannulf,  bishop  of  Durham,  canon 
of  Lincoln  (Sutton  cum  Buck, 
preb.),  26-7;  witn.,  46 

,  Ehas  son  of,  canon  of  Lincoln 

(Sutton  cum  Buck,  preb.),  26-7 
Flandrensis.     See  Fleming 
Flatburch.     See  Fledborough 
Fledborough,  Flatburcli,  co.  Nott.,  5,  6 
Fleming.  See  Baldwin  ;  Terricus  ;  Walter 
Flore,  CO.  North'ton,  church  of,  242 
Florence  [Italy],  188 
Foliot : 

Gilbert,  bishop  of  Hereford,  witn., 

65 
Hugh,    bishop    of    Hereford,    164 ; 

witn.,   152,   159,   174 
Ralf,  archdeacon  of  Hereford,  witn., 
123 
Fontibus,  John  de,  bishop  of  Ely,  witn., 

152,   159 
Ford,  Fort,  in  Bedford,  co.  Bedf.,  5,  6,  10 
Forz,  Fortibus,  WiUiam  de,  7th  earl  of 

Aumale,  witn.,   152,   159 
Foss  Dike,  co.  Line,  277 
Foss  Way.     See  Newark 
Fowler,  Dr  G.  H.,  quoted,  10 
France,  war  with,  165 
Fraxino,  Roger  de,  witn.,  63 
Friesthorpe,  Fristorp,  co.  Line.  : 
fee  of  Picot  in,  207 
manor  of,   114,  200-1 
Fristorp.     See   Friesthorpe 
Froger : 

archdeacon  of  Derby,   117 
bishop  of  Sees,  witn.,  85 
Fulbeck,  Kulebech,  co.  Line,  200,  207 
Fulham,  Fuleham,    co.   Middx,  charter 
dated     at,     168,    170,    174  (2)-5 
(2)-6 
Fulk: 

son  in  law  of  Elfred  the  reeve,  206 
See  Chesney ;  Sireham  ;  Son  of 


G.  : 

abbot  of  Revesby,  witn.,  81 
the  chancellor.     See  Rufus 
son  of  Richard,  40 
son  of  Roger,  witn.,  14 
Gadeston',  John  de,  witn.,  244 
Gant.     See  Ghent 

Gardiner,    Dr  James,  subdean  of  Lin- 
coln, 272 
Gare,   WiUiam   de,   archdeacon   of   Lin- 
coln, papal  bull  addressed  to,  224 
Gaunt.     See  Ghent 

Gawcott,  Gavecota,  co.  Buck.,  formerly 
a  chajielry  of  Buckingham,  5,  6 
Geldeforda.     See  Guildford 
Geoffrey     Fitz-Peter,     earl     of     Essex, 
justiciar,  witn.,   125,   133-4,  136, 
140,   142 
Geoffrey,  Goisfridus : 

abbot  of  Tupholme,  witn.,  144 


INDEX   OF  PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


309 


Geoffrey — cont. 

archbishop  of  Rouen,  witn.,  27 
archdeacon  of  Bedford,  witn.,  255 
the   chancellor.     See  Rufus 
cultariua,  294 
dapifer  of  Stephen  count  of  Brittany, 

46 
Dominious,   king's  chaplain,   canon 
of  Lincoln,  66-7,  119;  witn.,  250, 
253,  264 
son  of  Bald",  173 
son  of  Pagan,  50  ;  witn.,  38  (2),  45 
See  also — 

Burgh  Luterel 

Caux  Malebissa 

Columban         Mandevillo 
Cropredy  Nevill 

Dispenser         Rufus 
Glinton  Sausemar' 

Henlaw  Son  of 

Langley  Thorpe 

Lechlade 
Gerard,  archbishop  of  York,  28 
Gerard.        See    also    Calvus ;        Caux ; 

Wenge 
Gerbod.     See  Escaut 
Gernon.     See  Rannulf.  earl  of  Chester 
Gemun,  Ralf,  witn.,  142,  178 
Gerold,   Girald,   Girold.     See  Son   of 
Gervase.     See   PaganeU 
Ghent,   Gant,   Gaunt : 

Alice  of,  wife  of  Roger  de  Mowbray, 

45 
Baldwin  of,  witn.,  77 
Gilbert  I  of,  28,  45 
Gilbert    II    of,    earl     of     Lincoln, 

45,   77,   293;   witn.,   51,   63 
Robert  of,  R.,  chancellor  of  Stephen, 
witn.,   58,    60.     iSee   also   R.  the 
chancellor 
Walter  of,  40,   45,   193 
Giffard,  John,   1st  lord,   283 

wife   of.     See  Clifford 
Gilbert : 

abbot   of  Westminster,   witn.,  7,  8 
son  of  Reinfrid,  witn.,  133,   13(i 
See   also — 

Almeria  Foliot 

Aquila  Ghent 

Basset  GlanviU 

Chavu-y  Marshall 

Clare  Sempringham 

Gilby    [in    Pilham],    Gillebi,    co.    Line, 

58-9,    191 
GUdeford'.     See  Guildford 
Giles.     See  Brewse 
GUlebi.     See   GUby 
GiUingham,  co.  Kent,  charter  dated  at, 

36-7 
Gillynges.     See  Yelling 
Giovanni.     See   Parenzi 
Girald.     See  Gerold 
Oiraldus      Cambrensis,      quoted,      xvii, 

xxxi-ii,  274,  283 
Girard.     See  Rowelle 


Girton,   Gretona,  co.   Nott.,  church  of, 

206 
Giso,  bishop  of  Bath  and  Glastonbury, 

187 
Gladwin,  land  of,  46 
Glanvill,       Gilbert      de,       bishop       of 

Rochester,  140;  witn.,  123 
Glastonbury,   co.   Somerset,   bishops  of. 

iSee  Bath 
Glentham,  co.  Line,  282 

manor  of.     See  Caeuby 
Glinton,       Glintona,      co.       North'ton, 

Geoffrey  of,  witn.,  31 
Gloecestra.     See   Gloucester 
Gloucester,     Gloecestra,     Glouem',     co 

Glouc.  : 
earl  of,  288.     See  also  Clare  ;  Robert 

Fitz-Roy  ;    William  Fitz-Roy 
priory  of  St  Oswald,   11,   12 
Miles  of,  289 
Glouem'.     See  Gloucester 
Godfrey : 

archdeacon  of  Chester,  48 

See    Craucmnb' ;     Luci ;    Ludliam ; 

Son  of 
Godiva,  the  lady,  5,  6 
Godmanchester,       Gudemecestria,       co. 

Himt.,   church   of,   241 
Godric  son  of  Alnad.     See  Skidbrooke 
Goisfrid.     See  Geoffrey  ;  Stotvill ;  Wirce 
Goldsborough,    Goldesburg    [co.    York], 

Anthony  of,  precentor  of  Lincoln, 

127 
Gonerby,  Gunewardebi,  co.   Line,  200, 

207 
Gorhara,  Robert,    abbot  of  St  Albans, 

64-5 
Gossumus,    castellan    of    Fines    [query 

Fiennes],  witn.,   97 
Gotse,  Richard  son  of,  19 
Gou.sele.     See  Goxhill 
GoxhUl,  Gousele,  co.  Line,  208 

Peter  of,  208 
Graham.   See  Grantham  ;  Greetham 
Grainsby,  Grenesbi,  co.  Line,  Eudo  of, 

49,  50 
GrainviUe,  Greinvilla  [Seine-Inferieure, 

France],     Robert    of,    canon    of 

Lincoln    (Asgarby   preb.),     39(2) 

^0(3),  50(2)-l.  7»-9 
Graio,  Robert  de,  83—4 
Grandisono,  Otto  de,  Ivi-vii 
Grantham,  Graham,  co.  Line.  : 

water   of.     See   Witham,   the   river 
Walton  in,  q.v. 
Gravesend,  Richard,  bishop  of  Lincoln, 

•gYYJii  ;  mandate  of,  257 
Gray,  Graye.     See  Grey 
Grecus,     cardinal-deacon,     papal     vice- 
chancellor,    195 
Greetham,  Graham,  co.  Line  : 
heirs  of,  288 

honour  of,  with  the  soke,  288 
GreetweU,    Gretewella,    co.    Line,    tithe 

of  demesne  of,  199,  206(2) 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


Gregory  IX,  pope,  indult  of,  245-6 
Gregory : 

abbot  of  Malmesbury,  witn.,  65 
cardinal-deacon  of  St  Angeli,  witn., 

248-9 
cardinal-priest  of  St  Calixtus,  witn., 
248 
GreinviUa.    See  Grainville 
Grell'.     See  Gresley 
Grellei,  Albert,  89-90 
Greneford,  John  of,  bishop  of  Chichester, 

witn.,  120 
Grenesbi.     See  Grainsby 
Grenewyk,    Walter    de,    chapter    clerk. 


Grentemaisnil : 

Ivo  de,  witn.,  8-10 
Robert  de,  witn.,  8,  10 
Gresley,   GreU',   Gresleia,  Robert,  witn., 

152,   159 
Grestain,  necrology  of,   10 
GreteweUa.     .See  Greetwell 
Gretona.     See  Girton  ;  Gretton 
Gretton,         Gretona,        Gretuna,        co. 

North'ton,   church  of,    199,   207 
Grey,  Gray : 

John,     bishop     of    Norwich,     140 ; 

witn.,  133,  136 
Richard  de,  witn.,  168,  170,  175-6, 

181 
Walter,  bishop  of  Worcester,  witn., 
139  ;  archbishop  of  York,  Ixii,  145, 
202,  250 
See  also  Graio 
ward  de  la  Graye,  294 
Grimesbia.     See  Grimsby 
Grimeston.     See  Grimston 
Grimsby,  Great,  Grimesbia,  Grymesby, 
CO.  Line.  : 
abbey.     See  Wellow 
churches  of,  43 
manor  of,   288 
Grimston,    Grimeston    (extinct   village), 
CO.  Nott.,  61,  284,  290 
fee  of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln  in,  293 
Qrosseteste,  Robert,  bishop  of  Lincoln, 
181,  214-15 
projected  canonization  of,  237 
papal  sentence  in  favour  of,  225-7, 
251 
Gualo,   papal   legate,   cardinal -priest   of 

St  Martin,   145;  seal  of,   148 
Guardona.     See  Warden,  Old 
Gudemecestria.     See   Godraancheater 
Guide,  Wido : 

cardinal-deacon    of    SS.     Sergio    e 
Baccho      and      papal-chancellor, 
195 
cardinal -deacon  of  SS.  Gosmas  and 

Damian,  witn.,   248 
cardinal-priest   of  St  CliryBogonus, 
witn.,  248 

of    St    Lorenzo    in    Damaso, 

witn.,  248-9 
See  Guy 


Guildford,    Geldeforda,    GUdeford',    co. 
Surrey : 
charter  dated  at,  31 
churches  of,  241 
Gundeio.     See  Condet 
Gundulf,    bishop    of    Rochester,    witn., 

7,  12 
Gunewardebi.     «See  Gonerby 
Gurret.     See  Guthred 
Guthred,  Gurret : 

the  moneyer,  kinsman  of  Siward  the 
canon,   118-19 

,  son  of.     See  Ailred 

Guy,  Wido,  witn.,  80.     See  also  Guido; 

Oili ;  Vere 
GynweU,  John,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  125-7 


archdeacon  of  Richmond,  witn.,  254 

See  Bochlanda  ;  Pontn' ;  Traci 
Hac.     See  Hough  on  the  Hill 
Hacche,  Eustace  de,  witn.,  Ivii 
Haceby,     Barsebi,     Harsebi,    Hathsebi, 
Hatsebi,  co.  Line,  church  of,  22 
Hacham.     See  Hougham 
Hacon  [of  Hainton],  200,  207 

clerk,  the  dean,  witn.,  78-81 

Ralf  son  of.     See  Ralf 

William  son  of.     See  WiUiam 
Hag.     See  Hough  on  the  HUl 
Hagenby,    church    of    [query    Hagnaby 

abbey,  co.  Line],  294 
Hagnaby,  co.  Line.     See  Hagenby 
Haia: 

Ralf  de  la,  witn.,  56,  62 

Robert  de  la,  43,  201 
Haiax.     See  Aiax 
Haimo : 

dean  of  Lineohi,  252  ;  witn.,  254,  264 

master,  canon  of  Lincoln,  262 

See  Hamon 
Hainton,    Eintuna,    Heinton,   co.    Line, 
church  of,  200,  207 

Hacon  of.     See  Hacon 

Ralf  of.     See  Ralf 
Halton,   Hauton,   co.    Line,   Simon   of, 

173 
Hamesclape.     See  Hanslope 
Hamon : 

chancellor  of  Lincoln,  witn.,  264 

dapifer  of  William  II  and  Henry  I, 
witn.,  17,  18,  27,  29(2),  32-3,   42 

the  reeve,  294 

,  and  Henry  his  brother,   knts, 

witnesses,  78-9 

See  Belers  ;  Haimo  ;  Massey  ;  Son  of 
Hamon  or  Heremon : 

son    of    Hamon,    sheriff    of    Kent, 
witn.,  8 

,  brother  of.     See  Robert 

Hampshire,  xv 

Hamtona.     See  Southampton 

Hamtonasira.     See  Northamptonshire 


INDEX   OF  PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


311 


Hanslope,  Hamesolape,  Hameslap',  co. 

Buck: 
Hugh,  clerk,  witn.,   97 
Michael  of,  18,  19;  witn.,  18 
Harcourt,  Harecurt : 

Philip  de,  bishop  of  Bayeux,  witn., 

67,  74-5,   85,  91-2,   102-3,   114 
William  de,  witn.,   139 
Hardine.     See  Oxford 
Hardingtona.     See  Yamton 
Hardres,    Lower,     Hardres,    co.     Kent, 

church  of,   242 
Hardres,     Robert     de,     archdeacon     of 

Huntingdon,  witn.,  252,  254 
Hardwick  [query  in  Nettleton],  Herdewic, 

CO.   Line,   292 
Hareby,  Harebi,  co.  Line,  77 
Harington.     See  Harrington 
Harold  son  of  Humphrey,  knt,  witn.,  173 
Harrington,  Harington  [co.  Line],  Hugh 

of,  knt,  witn.,   173 
Horsebi.     See   Haceby 
Harthay  [in  Brampton],  [High  Harthay], 

Herteia,  Herteya,  co.  Hunt.,  wood 

of,   138-9,   175 
Hartsholme    [in    Skellingthorpe],    Her- 

tesholm,  co.  Line,  286 
church   of     St    Mary    Magdalen    of, 

a  ceU  of  Bardney  abbey,  285-6  (2) 
Hastings,  co.  Sussex,  charter  dated  at, 

xvii 
Hathsebi.     See  Haceby 
Hatsebi.     See  Haceby 
Hauedona.     See  Hundon 
Hauton.     See  Halton 
Haverholme,  co.  Line,  priory,   295 
Hayles,  Robert  of,  archdeacon  of  Lin- 
coln,  173 
Headington,    Heddendona,    co.    Oxford, 

charter  dated  at,  43-4 
Heddendona.     See   Headington 
Hedeham.  201  (1.7) 
Hedfelda,  Adam  de,  fee  of,  59 
Hegham.     See  Heigham 
Heigham,     Hegham,    master    Nichol.as, 

archdeacon    of    Oxford,    dean    of 

Lincoln,    1 84 
HeUesberia.     See  Aylesbury 
Heincurt.     See   Aincurt 
Heinton.     See  Hainton 
Helewell.     See   Holywell 
Helfridus.     See  Elfred 
Heliensis.     See  Ely 
HeUesham.     See  Elsham 
HeUnsley,  co.  York,  N.R.,  Rievaulx  in, 

q.v. 
Henlaw,  Geoffrey,   bishop  of  St  Davids, 

228 
Henry  I,  king  of  England,  4,  90,   121 
chamberlain      of.        See      Pont-de- 

I'Arche,  William  de  ;  Vere,  Aubrey 

de 
chancellor  of,   witn.,   20-1,   29,   39, 

46.         See       Rannulf ;         Rufua, 

Geoffrey ;  Waldric 


Henry  I — coitl. 

charters  granted  by,    18-48,   100 
constable  of.     See  Vere,  Robert  de 
dapifer  of.      See  Bohun,  Humphrey 

de  ;  Eudo  ;  Hamon 
daughter  of,  aid  for,  26 
grants  by,   193,  267-9,  277 
Robert     illegitimate     son     of.     See 

Robert  Fitz-Roy 
time  of,  referred  to,  48,  57,  60,  63-4, 

66-8  (3)-9  (3)-71,     74-5  (2)-6  (2), 

85,    88,    92-3,    98-9,    100-6  (2)-7 

(2)-8(2)-9(3)-10{3)-ll,     113-14 

(2),   116-19,   191,  262 
wife  of.     See  Maud 
Henry  II,  king  of  England,  123,  129-30, 

132,  145,  149 
chamberlain  of.     See  Warin  son  of 

Gerold 
chancellor  of.     See  Becket,  Thomaa 
charters  granted  by,  64-77,  83-121, 

266,  270 

,  as  duke  of  Normandy,  96-7 

constables    of.     See    Essex,    Henry 

of ;  Humet,  Richard  de 
coronation  of,   146,   149,   151 
dapifer  of.     See  Bisset,  Manasser 
dispute    about     St    Alban's    abbey 

settled  before,  64-5 
as  duke  of  Normandy,  287 

,  constable  of.     See  Normandy 

falconer  of.     See  Ivo 

time  of,    referred    to,   122(2),   124, 

125,   146-7,    150-1,    156,   158 
wife  of.     See  Eleanor 
Henry  III,   king  of  England,   274 
chancellor   of.     See   NeviU,    Ralf 
charters  granted  by,   145-85 
charters    of,    attested    by    himself, 

181,  183  (2)-5  (2)-6 
coronation     of,     146—7,     149,     151, 

167-8,  170 
justiciar  of.     See  Burgh  ;  Seagrave 
minority  of,    148,   168-9 
Richard  brother  of.  See  Plantagenet 
seneschal  of.     See  Argentein  ;  Can- 

tilupe  ;    Craucumb'  ;     Eyneford' ; 

Ralf  son  of  Nicholas ;  St  John 
treasurer  of.     See  Mauclerk,  Walter 
Henry : 

brother    of    Hamon,      knt,     witn., 

78-9 
earl.     See  Beaumont ;  Newburgh 
count  of  Eu,  28 
master,  witn.,  253 
son  of  Aucer,  witn.,  168,  170,  176-6 
son  of  Gerold,  witn.,  66,  73,  88-9, 

97,  113 
See— 

Audley  Capella 

Bath  Essex 

Beaumont  Ferrers 

Blois  Lacy 

Braibroc  Lexington 

Burghersh  Louudres 


312 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND  PLACES 


Henry — cont. 

Maletot  Percy 

Marshall  Sandford 

Newburgh  Txirbervill 

Herbert : 

bishop    of     Avranches,    witn.,    95, 

112 
the  groom,  294 

prior   of   Spalding,   witn.,    77,    81 
son  of  Matthew,  witn.,  181 
See  Caux  ;  Losinga  ;  Poor  ;  Son  of 
Herdewic.     See  Hardwick 
Hereford,  Herford,  Herfort : 
archdeacon  of.     See  Foliot 
bishop    of,   295.     See  also   Brewse ; 

Foliot ;   Losinga  ;  Vere 
cathedral  church  of    St   Ethelbert, 

293 
earl  of.     See  Bohun ;   Roger   Fitz- 

MUes 
Walter    of,    constable    of    duke    of 
Normandy,  witn.,  97 
Herefortsira.     See  Hertford,  county 
Herman,  papal  subdeacon  and  notary, 

204,  208 
Hermon  or  Heremon.     See  Hamon 
Herteia.     See  Harthay 
Herteshohn.     See   Hartsholme 
Hertford,  eoimty  of,  Herefortsira,  part 
of,   a  member  of  the  diocese  of 
Lincoln,  xv,   189,   191 
king's  Ueges  of,  2 
Hertford,  earl  of.     See  Clare 
Hertford,   co.   Hert.,   charter   dated   at, 

26-7 
Hervey,  count  of  Leon,  witn.,  63 
Hetherington,  Richard  of,  s.t.p.,  canon 
of  Lincoln  (Aylesbury  preb.),  231, 
233 
Hibaldstow,     Huboldestou,    co.     Line, 

church  of,   14,   15,  205 
Hicham.     See  Hykeham 
Hida.     See  Hyde 

Hilary,     bishop     of    Cliichester,     witn., 
65,    70,    85-6,    88,    90,    117,    121, 
266 
Hill,  Mr  J.  W.  F.,  quoted,  272n 
Histon,   Histona,  co.  Camb.,   83-4 
Hitcham,  Huccham,  co.   Buck.,  church 

of,  241 
Holdgate,    Holteg,    co.    Salop,   church 

of,  293 
HoUand : 

Thomas,  knt,    126 
— — ,   wife   of.      See    Plantagenet, 
Joan 
Hohna.     See  Holme  Spinney 
Holme     [in     Biggleswade],     co.    Bedf., 

193 
Holme  Spinney  [in  Beckingham],  Holma, 
Holmus,    CO.    Line.,,    manor     of, 
44-5,  190,  193-4,  196,  203 
Holteg.     See   Holdgate 
Helton  Beckering,  co.  Line,  Beokering 
in,  q.v. 


Holtzmann,  Dr  Walther,  notes  suppUed 
by,     xxi-ii,    xxixn,     187-8,    193, 
195,   197,  210,  212-13,   234,  240, 
246,  248-9 
Holy  Land,  the,  aid  for,  163-4 
Holywell,  HeleweU,  co.  Line : 
church  of,  81-3 
de  la  Lawnd  in,  81-2 
and    Castle    Bytham,    vicarage    of. 
See  Bytham  Castle 
Honesdon'.     See  Hunsdon 
Honorius  II,  pope,  bull  of,  188-9,  212-13 
Honorius   III,    pope,    162-4 ;    bulls    of, 

234-7 
Honorius  IV,  pope,  bull  of,  222-3 
Hope  All  Saints.     See  Hoppa 
Hoppa  [query  Hope  All  Saints],  co.  Kent, 

hermit  of,  293 
Horley,   Homeleia,  Hornilegh,  Omeleia, 
CO.  Oxford,  26-7,  180-1,  199 
manor  of,  207 

prebend  of,  i.e.  Sutton,  King's 
Horncastle,  Horncastria,  co.  Line.  : 
manor  of,  288 

a    mistake    for    Thomgate    castle. 
See  Lincoln  (3) 
Horneleia.     See  Horley 
Horuton,  Hominton,  co.  Oxford,  180-1 

(2) 
Hoseneia.     See  Oseney 
Hoskingtona.     See  Orston 
Hospitallers,  the,   148,   151-2,   159 
Hotham,  John  de,  bishop  of  Ely,  witn., 

Iviii,   Ixi 
Hottot,  Hugh  de,  44 
Hough  on  the  Hill,  Hac,  Hag,  co.  Line, 

church  of,  46 
Hougham,  Acham,  Hacham,  co.  I/inc, 

5,  6,   198,  201,  206 
Houresbi.     See  Owersby 
Hovingham,     Houingeham,     co.     York, 
N.R.,     church     and     manor     of, 
19-20 
Hubald,     cardinal-priest   of   St   Praxes, 

witn.,    248 
Hubert   Walter,   archbishop   of   Canter- 
bury,  140-1(2);    witn.,   123;  his 
charter,  253-4 
Hubert.     See  Burgh  ;  Ria 
Huboldestou.     See  Hibaldstow 
Huccham.     See   Hitcham 
Hugh,   of  Avallon,   bishop   of   Lincoln, 
142,    165 
canonization  of,  234-7 
charters  granted  by,  252-5,  258-62, 

264 
grant  in  favour  of,  122,  124 
translation  of,   237 
Hugh    (d'Avranches),    earl    of    Chester, 

witn.,  8 
Hugh: 

abbot  of  Revesby,  witn.,   144 
the  canon  (Caistor  preb.),  36 

,  clerk,  witn.,   73 

the  Chanter,  of  York,  12,   13 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS  AND  PLACES 


313 


Hugh — eorit. 

son   of   Wigot   son   of   Asger.     See 

Skidbrooke 
son  of  Baldric,  32,  277 
son  of  Otto,  witn.,  Ivi 
son  in  law  of  Martell.     See  Tanea 
See  Hugo 


Mortimer 

NeviU 

Pirariis 

Port 

Pudsey 

Rings  tone 

St  Edward 

Son  of 

Tuts 

Wake 

Wells 


See  also — 
Bardolf 
Bigod 
Bretun 

Dispenser 
Evermu 
Foliot 
Hanslope 
Harrington 
Hottot 
Leicester 
Montford 

Hugo,  cardinal-priest  of  S.   Lorenzo  in 
Lucina,  papal  vice-chancellor,  195 
Hulmez.     See  Hiimet 
Humbert,  cardinal-bishop  of  Silva  Can- 
dida, papal  chancellor,   188 
Humet,   Hulmez,   de   Humeto,   Humez, 
Richard  de,   constable   of   Henry 
II,    witn.,    66-8,    70,    72,   76,  85, 
92-3,98-9,  104-5,  107(2),  112-13, 
117;    constable    of    the    duke    of 
Normandy,  witn.,  97 
Humphrey,  Hunfredus : 
the  priest,  247 
subdean  of  Lincoln,   205 
See  Bohun  ;  Son  of ;  Verleia 
Hundon     [in    Caistor],     Hauedona,     co. 

Lixic,  35 
Hunfredus.     See  Humphrey 
Hungary,  Hvingria,  Sir  Peter  of,   295 
Hunsdon,  Honesdon',  co.  Hertf.,  church 

of,  241 
Huntingdon,    county    of,    Huntendone- 
scira : 
a  member  of  the  diocese  of  Lincoln, 

XV,  189,  191 
royal   forest  in,    101 
sherifi  of,  98,  115 
Huntingdon,     Huntindon',     co.     Hunt- 
ingdon : 
archdeacon  of,   163,   181.     See  also 

Hardres 
earl  of.     See  John  (le  Scot)  ;  St  Lis 
justice  of,   115 

king's  manor  near.    See  Brampton 
mills  of,  241 
Hyde,   Hida,   co.   Hants,   abbey,   abbot 

of,  152,  159 
Hykeham,  Hicham,  co.  Line,  208 


Ilger,  Rannulf  brother  of,  witn.,  17 
Imarus,    cardinal-bishop    of    Tusculum, 

witn.,  248 
Imerus.     See  Lusby 
Ingaham.     See  Ingham 


Ingelram,   Ingelran,   canon   of   Lincoln, 

199 
Ingelram  or  )'ig.     See  Sai 
Ingham,  Ingaham,  co.  Line,  200,  207 

manor  of,  201 
Innocent  II,  pope,    bull  of,  xxi,   190-3; 

mandate  of,  xxi,  239-40 
Innocent    III,    pope,    133-5,    163,    229; 

indult   of,   228 
Iimocent    IV,    pope,    bull    of,    213-19, 

225-7 ;    indult    of,    237-8 
Insula  : 

Brian  de,  witn.,   139,   152,   159 
Ralf  de,    193 
Ipra,   WiUiam  de,  witn.,  49,   51-2,   55, 

61-3 
Isabel.        See  Steeping 
Iscanus.     See  Bartholomew 
luherst.     See  Ewhm'st 
Ivo  : 

falconer  of  Henry  II,  and  his  family, 

117-18 
See  also  Grentemaisnil ;  Tailbois 


J.     See  Marshall 

James.     See  Norman 

Jew.     See  Aaron 

Joan  countess  of  Kent.     See  Plantagenet 

Jocelin  : 

son  of  Lambert,  200,  207 
See  Baillol ;  Bohim  ;  Wells 
Johauis.     See  John 

John,  king  of  England,  145,  149,  169-70 
chancellor  of.  See  Marsh,  Richard 
charters    granted    by,  xxii,   127-43, 

167,   175 
treasurer  of.     See  Ely,  William  of 
as  count  of  Mortain,  witn.,  123 
John    (le    Scot),    earl    of    Chester    and 

Huntingdon,  witn.,   179 
Jolin  : 

abbot  of  Bardney,  witn.,  80 

abbot  of  Rufford,  293 

count  of  Mortain.     See  John,  king 

the  hunter  {venator),  294 

precentor  of  Lincoln,  173 

or  Johauis,  reeve  of  Lincoln,  21-2 

sacrist  of  Lincoln,  witn.,  252,  254 

son  of  Alan,  witn.,   152,   159 

son  of  Geoi^'rey,    witn.,    181 

son  of  Hugh,  witn.,    129 

son  of  Philip,  witn.,   174 

son  of  Reginald,  cl.,  witn.,   174 

son  of  Robert,   witn.,    161 

See— 

Balun  Fontibus 

Basingstoke       Gadeston' 
Bayeux  Giffard 

Bratoft  Greneford 

Burgo  Grey 

Coleman  Gynwell 

Condet  Lacy 

Cornwall  Lexington 


314 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


John- 


cont. 

Marlesford 

Stratford 

Maunsell 

Tetford 

Monmouth 

Tjnneraouth 

Oxford 

Verdun 

Plesseto 

Warenne 

Russell 

Welbourn 

Schalby 

WilUams 

Son  of 
Jordan.     See  Ashby  ;  Villay 


Kaanes.     See  Caen 

Kales.     See  Keal 

Kanewich'.     See  Canwick 

Kantilupo.     See  Cantilupe 

Kareol',   Karl'.     See  Carlisle 

Karletona.     See  Carlton,  South 

Kauz.     See  Caux 

Kaynes.     See  Caen 

Keal,    Cala,    Kales,    co.    Line,    119-20, 

208 
Keisneto,  de.     See  Chesuey 
Keldesbi.     See   Kilsby 
Kelsey,  Cheleaeia,  co.  Line.,  200,  207 
Kelsey,     North,     Norcheleiseia,     Nord- 

chelesi,  co.  Line.  : 
church  of,  51-2,  63,   199,  205 
a  preb.  of  Lincoln,  51-2,  63 
Kenebauton'.     See    Kimbolton 
Keneto,  de.     See  Chesney 
Kenilworth,   co.   Warw.,   charter   dated 

at,  184 
Kent,  Ghent,  county  of,  xv,  290 

countess  of.     See  Plantagenet,  Joan 
earl   of.     See   Burgh  ;   Plantagenet 
lieges  of,   59,   61 
sheriff  of.     See   Hamon 
Kerketona.     See  Kirton  in  Lindsey 
Ketel.     See  Dumping 
Kettleby  [in  Bigby],  Ketelbi,  co.  Line, 

292 
Ketton,   Chetena,   Chetenea,   co.    Rutl., 

church  of,   199,  206 
Kibworth,  Kybbeworth,  co.  Leic,  charter 

dated  at,   123-4 
Kilsby,    Childebia,   Chilesbei,    Keldesbi, 

Kildesbi,  Kylesbya,  co.  North'ton, 

203,  206 
manor  of,  32,  90,  102,  189,  191,  194, 

196 
a  preb.  of  Lincoln,  90 
Kimbolton,     Kenebauton',     co.     Himt., 

129-30 
Kirapton,   Kymeton',  co.  Buck.,  church 

of,  241 
Kingerby,  Kynerebi,  co.  Line,  206 
King's    Cliffe,     Clyua,     co.     North'ton, 

church  of,   241 
Kingston   on   Thames,   Kyngeston',   co. 

Surrey,  church  of,  241 
Kirby     Bellara,     Kirchebia,     co.     Leic, 

abbey,   pension  from,   203 
Kirchebeia.     See  Kirkby  cum  Osgodby 
Kirchebia.     See  Kirby  Bellara 


Klirkby  Laythorpe,  Kyroheby,  co.  Lino. : 
tithes  in,  200,  202,  207 
Burg  near,  q.v. 
Laythorpe  in,  q.v. 
Kirkby  Moorside,  Chirchebi,   co.   York, 
N.R.,     church     and     manor    of, 
19-20 
Kirkby   cum   Osgodby,   Kirchebeia,   co. 
Line,  200,  207 
mUl  in,  208 
Kirkstead,     Kirkested,     Kyrchest',     co. 
Line,     abbey,     abbot     of.       See 
Thomas ;  Walter 
prior  of.     See  Walter 
Kirton    in   Lindsey,    C«rchetona,    Cher- 
chetona,  Chirchetona,  Chirketona, 
Kerketona,  co.  Line.  : 
church  of,  2,  3,  5,  6,  14,  15,  23,  66, 

198,  205 
manor  of,  2,  3,  5,  6,  91,  HI  (2)-12 

(2),   191,   198 
tithe  of,  52,  58-9,   112 
Knichtingtvma,  Rnict«ton.  See  Knighton 
Knighton  [in  Leicester],  Chilihtingtona, 
Chinchvmgtona,      Knichtingtuna, 
Knicteton,  co.  Leic.  : 
chapel  of,   139-41 

manor     of,     manor     of    Leicester, 
bishop's    manor    near    Leicester, 
139-41,    190,    194,    196,   203 
Knyveton,  family  of,  leiger  of,  xliii 
Kybbeworth.     See   Kibworth 
Kylesbya.     See  Kilsby 
Kyme  : 

family  of,  xvi 
PhiUp  I  of,  142 

II  of,  171-4 

Phihp  of  (14  cent.),  281 
Roesia  of,  171-4 

Simon  II  of,  son  of  Philip  I,   142 
Kymeton'.     See  Kimpton 
Kynerebi.     See  Kingerby 
Kyngeston'.     See   Kingston   on  Thames 
Kyrcheby.     See  Kirkby  Laythorpe 
Kyrchest'.     See   Kirkstead 


L.  : 

the  chaplain.     See  Luke 
the  clerk,   181-2 
Lacei.     See  Lacy 
Lacock,  La  coc,  co.  Wilts  : 

abbey,  copy  of  Great  Charter  pre- 
served at,  159 
charter  dated  at,  24-5 
Lacy,  Lacei : 

Henry   de,   earl   of   Lincoln,   witn., 

Ivi-vii 
John  de,  constable  of  Chester,  152, 
159,   161  ;  earl  of  Lincohi,  witn., 
178 
Robert  de,  46 
Lambert : 

servant,  294 

See  Multon  ;  Son  of 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


315 


Lancaster,  Langcastr' : 

duke  of,  earl  of.     See  Plantagenet 
honor  of,  158,  287-8 
W.  of,  witn.,  161 
Lanfranc,     archbishop    of    Canterbury, 

2-4;  witn.,   3 
Langcastr'.     See  Lancaster 
Langeleia.     See  Langley 
Langford,  Langueford',  co.  Oxford  : 

Langford  Ecclesia,  preb.  of  Lincoln, 
49,  88,   112-13,   199,  207 

,  annexed  to  the  archdeaconry 

of  Oxford,  xix 

rectors    of.        See    Ailric ;    Roger 
Langley,  Langeleia,   Geoffrey  of,  witn., 

181 
Langley,     King's,    co.     Hertf.,    charter 

dated  at,  Ixi 
Langton : 

master  Simon  of,  137 
Stephen,  archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
cardinal,    papal  legate,   134(2)-7, 
160-1,   163  ;  witn.,   131,   133,  152, 
159 
William,  dean  of  York,  221 
Langueford'.     See  Langford 
Lanval,  LanuaJaJion,  Lanualayo,  William 

de,  witn.,   107 
Lateran,  the.     See  Rome 
Laurence,  witn.,  250 

abbot  of  Westminster,  witn.,  65 
See  Somereotes 
Lavagna     [Italy],      Percival      of.      See 

Percival  Fiesco 
Laythorpe   [in   Kirkby  Laythorpe],   co. 
Line,  land  of  bishop  of  Lincoln 
in,  295 
Lechlade,  Lichelad'  [co.  Glouc],  GeoSrey 
of,  canon  of  Lincoln,  witn.,  252, 
254 
Lechtona.     See   Leighton   Bromswold 
Lectona.     See  Leighton  Buzzard 
Lectonestan.     See  Leightonstone 
Ledetona.     See  Leighton   Bromswold 
Leecestrasira.     See  Leicester,  county 
Leertona.     See  Leverton,  South 
Legrecestria.     See  Leicester 
Legretima.     See  Leverton,   South 
Leicester,  county  of,  Leecestrasira,  Lege- 
cestra,  xv 
a  member  of  the  diocese  of  Lincoln, 
XV,  189,  191 
Leicester,  Leecestria,  Legrecestria.  Leir- 
cestria,     Lerecestra,      co.     Leic, 
139-41 
abbey,  abbot  of.     See  Paul 

,  abbot    and    convent    of,    141 

(2h2 

,  pension  from,  203 

archdeacon    of.     See    Basingstoke ; 

Chesney 
archdeaconry  of,  bishop's  render  in, 

206 
church  of  St  Margaret  of,    a  preb. 
of  Lincoln,  139-41,  199,  206 


Leicester — cont. 
city  of,  196 

earl  of,  xvi.     See  Beaumont ;  Mont- 
ford 
32  mansionea  of  burgesses  in,  191 
manor  of,  bishop's  manor  near  city 

of.     See   Knighton 
suburb  of,   140 
Hugh  of,  31  (2) 

,  sheriff   of   Northamptonshire, 

28 
Leighton  Bromswold,  Lechtona,  Lecten', 
Ledetona,  Lestona,  co.  Hunt.  : 
church    of,     Leighton     Ecclesia,    a 
preb.  of  Lincoln,   199,  207,   209 

,  assigned  to  the  subdeanery  of 

Lincohi,  207,  209-10,  249-52,  254 
manor  of,   a  preb.  of  Lincoln,  Ixii, 
3,    5,    6,    56,    91,    198,   207.     See 
Southam 
Sale  in,  q.v. 
Leighton    Buzzard,      Lectona,     Lecton- 
iensis,  Lestuna,  co.  Bedf.  : 
church  of,  3,  5,  6,  56,  91,  191,   198, 
207 

,  a  preb.  of  Lincoln.     See  Ely, 

William  of 
fair  and  market  at,   128 
Leightonstone,   Lectonestan,   co.   Hunt., 

hundred  of,   124 
Leircestria.     See  Leicester 
Le  Mans.     See  Mans,  Le 
Leo.     See  Arcellis 
Leofric,  Leuricus,  5,  6 
L^on     [Finisterre,    France],    count    of. 

See  Hervey 
Lerecestra.     See  Leicester 
Lessington.     See   Lexington 
Lestona.     See  Leighton  Bromswold 
Lestou.     See  Stow  St  Mary 
Lestrange,  Extraneus,  Roger,  witn.,  Ivii 
Lestuna.     See  Leighton  Buzzard 
Leuiet  the  priest,  of  Bedford,   10 
Leuricus.     See   Leofric 
Leverton,   South,   I>eertona,   Legretuna, 
CO.  Nott.  : 
church  of,  199,  206 

,  assigned    to    the    deanery    of 

Lincoln,   219-20 
Leving,    king's    scribe,    rector    of    Nas- 

sington,  30-1 
Lexington,  Lessington,  co.  Nott.  : 
Henry,  bishop  of  Lincoln,   181 
John  of,  180 

,  the    lady    Meirgaret    wife    of, 

181 
Lexouiensis.     See  Lisieux 
Leybum',  Roger  of,   184 
Lichelad'.     See  Lechlade 
Lichfield  : 

bishop  of.     See  Coventry 
treasurer  of.     See  Suwell' 
Licques,  Lyskes  [Pas-de-Calais,  France], 

abbey  of,  282,  282n,  284 
Lidentona.     See  Lyddington 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Liebermaim,  Dr  Felix,  quoted,  2,  10 
Limber,  Lymberg  [co.  Line],  Adam  of, 

canon  of  Lincoln,   127 
Limesey,  Robert  do,  bishop  of  Coventry, 
Lichfield,  and  Chester,  17,  19,  29  ; 
witn.,   7,  8 
Lincoln    (1),     county   of,     Nicolascira, 
291-2 

apportioned  by  Danish  army,  xvi 

barons,  lieges,  etc.,  of,  13,  18,  22 
(2),  25-8,  31-2,  34,  37-8(2),  43-4, 
47,  49-54,  57,  61,  63,  71-4(2), 
76,  86,  91,  94,  101,  106(2),  108-9 
(2) 

constableship  of,  287 

free  peasants  of,  xvi 

king's  justice  of,  50,  52-4,  57,  60-1, 
63-4,  67-74,  76,  86,  91,  94,  98, 
101,  106,  109(2),  110,  114-15, 
119.     See    Roumare 

a  member  of  the  diocese  of 
Lincoln,   xv 

mariecom,  a  customary  payment  of 
one  thrave  from  every  plough, 
206,  208 

sheriff  of,  13,  37,  52-4,  57,  60,  63, 
67(3)-8(2)-70,  72-3(3)-4(2)-5, 
86,  91,  94,  98,  100-1,  103-4,  106 
(2),  108-9(2)-10(2)-ll,  114-15, 
118-19(2),  185.  See  Lincoln  (5), 
Osbert  of;  Lincoln  (5),  Wigot 
of  ;  N.  ;  Ralf  son  of  Reginald  ; 
T.  ;  William  son  of  Haoon 

warren  in,  22,  37-8,  69-71 

West  Riding  of,  xxvi 
Lincoln  (2),  earl  of.   See  Ghent ;  Lacy  ; 
Longesp^e ;     Raunulf  III  :    Rou- 
mare 
Lincoln  (3),  city  of,  38,  98,  100 

Aldea,  Oldea,  le,  280 

ancient  men  of,   110-11 

bail,   baUey,   the,   203,   205,   208 
the  king's,  86,  270,  273 
West  port  of,  273 
Roman  south  gate   of,   119,  268, 
273 

Batailplace,  la,  273 

borough  of,  48,  66,  98,  200 

bovates,   200,   207 

bridges — 

High   bridge,   pons   magna,    198, 

200,  205,  207,  277 
Magpie  bridge,  280 
Thorn     bridge,     poiis    spinarum, 
278,  280-1 

carucates,   198,   205 

castle,  the — 

castle-guard  at,  xxi,  191,  268 
constableship  of,  273,  287 
tower  in,  granted  to  Rannulf  II 

earl  of  Chester,  287 
licence  to  make  gate  in,  the  Sally 
port,    xxii-iii,    20-1,    43,    268, 
287—8 
siege  of  (1141),  49,  190,  286 


Lincoln  (3),  city  of,  the  castle — cont. 
tower   fortified   by   the   countess 
Lucy,  287 
charters   dated   at,   49,    56,    58,    61 
(2)-2,    74-5(2),   86-7,    90-2,   101 
(2),   104,    106 
Christ's    Hospital,    272 
citizens,    burgesses,    reeves,   etc.  : 
citizens  of,  consent  to  extension 
of   walls  round   cathedral,    185 
ministers  and  citizens  of,  63 
burgesses  of,   22 

reeves  of,  103,  110  (2)-ll  (2),  122, 
274.  See  also  query  Elfred ; 
John 

and  burgesses  of,  60,  110 

and    citizens   of,    60-1,    66, 

117-19(2) 

and  ministers  of,  67 

clerks  of,   111 
East  Bight,   269 
Eastgat*,  205,  262-3 

bishop's  lodging  in,  267—9 
Roman  gate,  269,  273 
fields,  200,  205,  207 
firma.     redditus    of,    51-2,    55,    61, 
103-4,   11I(2)-12,   199 

,  £14  of  tithe  of,  55,  199,  206 

£18  of  king's  render  in,  206 
garden  of  bishop  behind  the  castle, 

269 
franchises   of   the   bishop   and   his 

men  in,    110-11 
High  street,   198-201,  205-6 
Hungate,  Hundegata,   188 
landgable,  86-7,  103-4,  270 
mayor  of,   185,  272 
meadow  near,  60 

messuages     of     canons     and     pre- 
bendaries in — 

i  carucate  of  Aiax  the  priest, 
in   High  Street  inter  Jabroa, 
198,   205 
i    carucate    of   David's   preb., 

205-6 
4  culture  of  Humphrey  the  sub- 
dean's    preb.,    205 
14  dwellings  in  divers  places, 

200,   207 
land  of  MarteU,  near  the  water, 

100 
liouse     of     William    Turniant, 

62-3 
houses  of  Robert   de    Stotvill, 
near   the    bridge,    198,    205, 
277 
houses  round  All  Saints  in  the 

Bail,  205 
houses  in  Eastgate,  20S 
houses      which      were      John 

Maunaell's,   184 
land     of    Siward    the     canon, 

118-19 
land    of    Azo,    near    the    High 
bridge,   200,   207 


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317 


Lincoln  (3),  city  of,  messuages  of  canons 
and  prebendaries  in — cont. 

land  of  Osulf,  in  Wigford,  200, 

207 
messuage   of   Tebert,    in    High 

street,     199,    200,    207 
messuage     in     parish      of     St 

Augustine,  205 
messuage    in    High    street,    of 

Ralf    Rufus'    preb.,    206 
£4   in   land   which     l^lfred    the 
reeve     and   Fulk   his   son-in- 
law  gave  of  their  fee,  206 
Newport,  Roman  gate,  273 
and  Dunham,  preb.  of  Lincoln, 

XXX 

Norman  street,  278 
Old    Palace,    domus    episcopi    iuxta 
balliam,   203,    267-76 

to    be   qxiit   of   landgable    and 

parcagium.  86-7,  104,  270 
original    gate    of.    273 ;     later 

gate  of,  275 
immunity  of,  275 
later  additions  to,   275-6 
licence  to  crenellate,  274 
8it«   of,   54-5,    86-7,   269-72 
parcagium,  86-7,   104,  270 
prebends  in — 

All  Saints  in  Hungate,   143-4 
St  Martin,   67 
Thomgate.     -See  belmv 
Roman  city,  the,  267-8,  270,  272-3. 
See  above  and  below.  Bail ;  East- 
gate  ;  Newport ;  Westgate 
St  Katherine,  priory  of,   120 
St     Sepulchre,      hospital     of    poor 
brethren   of,    120-1 

preb.  of  Canwick  assigned  to, 
207-8 
Sincil  dike,  le  AJdea,  le  Oldea,  280 
Thomgate,     Tomgat',    suburb    of, 
277-82 

castle  of,   '  Horncastria,'  xxiii, 
61-2,  282-9,  295 

,  demohtion  of,   288-9 

lady  of.     See  Alice 

houses  in,  281 

manor  house  of  Phihp  of  Kyme 

in,   281 
preb.  of,  xxxvii,  101,  107,  118, 
201,    278,    281.      See   Philip 
son  of  William  son  of  Osbert 
Thorn   bridge,   pons  spinarum, 
pont  de  lEspine,  278,  280-1 
Thorngate  street,   280 
Towergarth,  280 
vineyards   in — 

the  bishop's,  21-2,   109 
the  king's,    199,   207 
Colsuain's,    199,   207 
waU,  the  east,  hcence   to  remove, 

273n 
walls  and  ditches  of,  54,  86-7,  194, 
196,  202-3,  269-70,  274-5 


Lincoln  (3),  city  of — cont. 

WeBtgate,   Roman   gate,   xxii,   268. 

See  below  Willingthorpe 
Wigford,  suburb  of,  200,  207 

■  causeway,    277-8 

Willingthorpe  or  Westgate,  bishop's 
inaneriolnm    of,     xxi,     188-90(2), 
194,  196,  202,  267-8 
Lincoln    (4),    city    of,     churches    and 
parishes : 
churches — 

held  of  the  king,  33,  48,  101,  190, 

198,    205,    262-3 
assigned   to   the   precentor,    205, 

249-52,  254,  262-4 
rectors    of    churches    of    chapter 
and  prebends  not  to  pay  pro- 
curations, 214-15 
churchyards     possessed     by     the 
city,   270 
churches  and  parishes — 

All  Saints  in  the  Bail,   188,   190. 

198,  205 
All  Saints  in  Hungate,  43 
Holy  Trinity  in  Clasketgate,  262-3 
Holy  Trinity  at  the  Stairs,  with- 
out the  walls,  262-3 
Holy  Trinity  in  Wigford,  262-3 
St     Andrew      [by     the     Palace], 

86-7,   270 
St  Augustine,   205,  262-3,  277-8, 

280 
St     Bartholomew      behind     the 

castle,  xliii 
St  Bavon,  262-3 
St  Benedict  in  Wigford,  27,  278 
St  Denis,   277-8,  280-1 
St  Edmund,  262-3 
St  Faith  (in  the  bishop's  soke),  205 
St  George  the  Martyr,  262-3 
St  GUes,  207 

St  John  the  Evangelist,    in  Wig- 
ford, 262-3 
St  John  in  Newport,  198,  205 
St  Laurence,    2,  3,  5,  6,  56,  91, 

198,   205 
St  Leonard,  205 
St  Margaret  in  the  Close,  22 
St  Margaret  in  Wigford,  262-3 
St  Mark,  262-3 
St  Martin,    2,  3,  5,  6,  15,  56,  67, 

91,    198,   205 
St  Mary  le  Wigford,  205 
St  Michael  on  the  Mount,    iuxta 
Portam,    54,    86-7,     190,     194, 
196,  202-3,  262-3,  269-70 
St  Michael  in  Wigford,  262-3 
St  Nicholas  in  Newport,  199,  207 
St  Peter  in  Eastgate,  262-3 
St  Peter  at  Gowts,  262-3 
St  Peter  ad  Vincula,     St  Peter 
in  vico  Pargamenorum,  262-3 
St  Rumbold,  262-3,  278 
St  Stephen,  205 
St  Swithin,    262-3,  277-8,  280-1 


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INDEX    OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Lincoln  (5),  city  of 
Alan  of,  25 
Gurret  the  moneyer  of,   118-19 

,  Ailred  son  of,  118 

Osbert  of,  the  clerk,  sheriff  of  Lin- 
colnshire, 13,  15,  16(2),  18,  21-5, 
27-8,  32-3,  35,  39,  40,  43(2), 
46(2),  47,  199,  205;  witn.,  21, 
28(2),  29,  33;  query  sheriff  of 
Yorkshire,  20 
Wigot  of,  24  ;  witn.,  24  ;  sheriff  of 

Lincolnshire,   43-4 
See    Aiax  ;    Azo ;    Osulf ;    Tebert ; 
William  son  of  Fardain 
Lincoln  (6),  diocese  of,  1,  2 

claim  of  archbishop  of  York  upon. 

See   Lindsey 
constituent  parts  of,  xv,  189,  191 
constituted  by  WiUiam  I,  xv,  2-4 
deans  (rural)  of,  224 
extent  of,  xv 

Pentecostal  processions  in,  258-9 
procurations  in,  214 
See  of — 

official  of,  83 

transferred    from    Dorchester    to 
Lincoln,  xvi,  2,  3,  5,  6,  246-7 
vacancy  of,  custody  of  possessions 
during,   191-2,    194,    197,    200, 
203 
LiNOOLN  (7),  bishop  of:  See — 

Alexander  Hugh  of 

Aln%vick,  Avallon 

WiUiam  Lexington, 

Bloet,  Robert  Henry 

Blois,  William       Remigius 

of  Russell,  John 

Burghersh,  Smith,   WiUiam 

Henry  Sutton,  Oliver 

Chesney,  Wake,  WiUiam 

Robert  Walter  of 

Dalderby,  Jolm  Coutances 

Gravesend,  WeUs,  Hugh 

Richard  of 

Grosseteste,  WiUiams, 

Robert  John 

Gynwell,  John 
castles  of.     See  Banbury  ;  Newark  ; 

Sleaford 
dapifer  of.     See  Amundavill 
estates  assigned  to,  xviii,  xx 
fee  of,  129,  206,  292,  et  alibi 
garden  of.     See  Lincohi  (3) 
houses  of,  in  Bedford,  q.v. 
jurisdiction  of,  64-5 
knights,   military  tenants,   fees  of, 
xxi,  35,  49,  50,  99,   191,  267-8, 
290-1,  296 

,    castle-guard    performed    by. 

See  Dover  ;  Lincohi  ( 3 )  ;   Newark 
mantle  demanded  of,  by  the  king, 

123 
men  of,  66 

pastoral  staff  received  from  the  king. 
See  Remigius 


Lincoln  (7),  bishop  of — cont. 

principale    caput    of    the    chapter, 

xviii,  251 
residences    of,    xxii,     267-76.     iSee 
Lincoln    (3),    s.v.    Eastgate,    Old 
Palace,  WiUingthorpe 
registrar  of.     See  Sohalby,  John  of 
registry  of,  xx,  xxxiii-iv 
rolls  and  registers  of,  xxx,  xxxiii— iv 
seneschal  of.     See  Bardolf 
soke  of,  205,  208 
vineyard  of,  21-2,  109 
visitation  by,  xvUi,  213-14 
Lincoln  (8),  archdeaconry  of 

30s.  rent  in,  granted  to  the  common, 

200,  207 
lOOs.  of  bishop's  rent  in,  granted  to 

the  chancellor,   205 
£4  in  land  of  bishop's  rent  in,  given 

in  prebendam,    206 
archdeacons    of,     xvii,     223.       See 
Gare  ;  Hayles  ;  Robert ;  William 
,   commanded   to  execute  sen- 
tences    of     dean     and     chapter, 
256-7 

,  jurisdiction  of,  64—5,  213—14, 

224,  249-56 
Lincoln  (9),  cathedral  church  of : 

altar  of,  oblations  of  the,  199,  207 

,  gifts  placed  upon,  xvi 

archives  of.     See  Lincoln  (13) 
atrium  of,  too  smaU  for  burial,  xliii 
barons  and  others  enjoined  to  help, 

212 
building  of,  2,  3 
canons  of.     >See  Lincoln  (11) 
CantUupe  chantry,   house   of,   275 
cemetery    of,    xliii,    6,     275.      See 

atriunif  above 
chanoeUor    of,    xvii.     See    Hamon ; 

Montibus,  WilUam  de ;  Stephen 
chapter  of.     See  Lincoln  (10) 
clerks   and  servants  of,  66,  110(2), 

225 
close  of,   185,  273 
dean  of.     See — 

Adelm  Marsh,  Richard 

Bloet,  Simon         MartivaU, 
Haimo  Roger  de 

Heigham,  Rolveston, 

Nicholas  Roger  de 

— — ,  claims    independent   jurisdic- 
tion, xxxii 
dean   and   chapter   of,   31,    77,   81, 
143-5,    163,    181-5,   204,   209-10, 
213,  215-18,  221-2,  262-3 
charters  granted  by,  Iv,  143-4 
knighta  of,   163 

mariecorn  payable  to,  206,  208 
faUure  to  pay  royal  aid,  163 
not  to  be  summoned  to  judge- 
ment more  than  two  days' 
journey,  229-30 
papal  buUs  in  favour  of,  xviii, 
209-10,  213-15,  218,  228-9 


INDEX    OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


319 


Lincoln  (9),  cathedral  church  of — cont. 

deanery,     churches     assigned     to. 

See        Clayworth  ;  Leverton, 

South  ;    Mansfield 

Deknehouses,      Becumhouse,      273, 

273n,  274 
extension  of,  eastwards,  184-6,  273n 
immunity  of,   275 
Obituary  of,  284 
pentecostals  due  to,  258-9,  2(55 
prebends    of.     See    Lincoln    (12) 
precentor,     chantor    of,     xvii.     See 
Almeria,  de  ;  Goldsborough  ;  John 

,  churches  assigned  to,  249-52, 

254,  262-4 
— ■ — ,     Song     school     assigned     to, 

249-52,   254,   262-4 
sacrist.     See  John 

,  house  of,  274 

shrine  of  St  Hugh,  273 

Song     school     of.     See     Precentor, 

above 
subdean     of,     xvii.      <5ee      Belers, 
Hamon  ;   Bramfeld,  William  de  ; 
Caen,  Ralf  of  ;    Gardiner,  James  ; 
Humphrey 

,    church    assigned    to.        See 

Leighton  Bromswold 

,  portrait  of,  210 

subdean  and  chapter  of,  31,  77,  81, 

126-7,  143-5,  163,  181-5,  209-10 

treasurer    of,    xvii.      See    Martin ; 

Welboum,  John  of 
vicars    choral    of,     xix,     225,     255, 
260-1 

,  cartulary  of,  xliii-iv 

Lincoln  (10),  chapter  of,  xxx-i,  36,  64-5, 
78-80,     140-1,     214.       See     also 
Lincoln  (9) 
a  secular  foimdation,  xvi,  xvii 
ancient  customs  of,  xxxii-iii,  228-9 
obligation  to  recite  the  psalter,  xvii 
churches   subject   to,   213—14 
the  bishop  principale  caput  of,  xviii, 

251 
clerk  of.    See  Grenewyk,  Walter  de 
constitution  of,   xvi,   xvii 

derived  from  Bayeux,  xvi 
the  same  as  at  Salisbury,  xvi, 
xvii,   249-51 
common,  the,  communa,  communia, 
communio,  xv,  xviii,  xix,  143,  215, 
249,  251,  255-6,  262,  265,  284 
churches    of,    209-10,    214-15, 

225,  249 
possessions     of,     distinguished, 
xviii,   199-200,  207 
dean    and    chapter    of.     See    Lin- 

cohi  (9) 
estates  appropriated   to,   xviii-xx 
grant  made  in  chapter,   127 
franchises,  jurisdiction,  and  inmiuni- 
ties  of,  xviii,  90-1,  et  passim 
granted   by   the   bishop,   xviii, 
249-56 


Lincoln  (10),  chapter  of,  franchises, 
jurisdiction,  and  immunities  of 
— co>U. 

power     to    exercise    canonical 

justice,   255  fi 
archdeacons  and  deans  to  exe- 
cute the  sentences    of,  255  ff 
not  to  pay  procurations,  225-7 
not  bound  to  swear  obedience 
to   bishop,   xviii,    225-7 
messuages  of.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
papal  bull  in  favour  of,  198 
house  of,  called  Pollard's,  xxx 
restoration  of  possessions  to,  xxiii, 

xlviii,  222-3 
compensation    for    damages    during 

the  Anarchy,  94-8 
subdean  and  chapter  of.     See  Lin- 

cohi   (9) 
visitation  of,   by  the  bishop,   xviii, 
213,  225-7,  251 
Lincoln  (11),  canons  of,  passim 
number  of,  xvii 
bound  to  hold  prebends,  xi.v 
to  have  no  traffic  in  prebends,  xvii,  5 
to  lead  honest  Uves,  the  injunction 
De  Castitate,   xvii,    5,    7,    9.     Cp. 
210-11 
to  honour  and  help  their  church, 

212,  238-9 
to  be  appointed  by  the  bishop,  251 
daUy   commons   of,   xix 
residence  of,   xix,   210-11,   216-19, 
231-3,   255-61,   265 

septisms  to   be   paid   by   non- 

residentiaries,    xix,    216-19 
the  great  residence,  xix 
vicars  to  be  provided  by,  xix,  260-1 
canons.     See — • 

Almeria,  Haimo 

Roger  de  Hetherington 

Avallon,  Hugh 

WUUara  of  Ingelram 

Bardolf,  Robert     Lechlade, 
Bedford,  Geoffrey  of 

Alexander  of      Limber,    Adam 
Blund,  Walter  of 

Brand  Linwood, 

,  son  of  Richard  of 

Caen,  Ralf  of         Mablethorpe, 
Capella,  Robert         Philip  of 

de  Maunsell,  John 

Chesney,  Fulk       Monmouth, 
Ely,  WilUam  of         John  of 
Erghom,  Ralf  de  Napoleone 
Fiskerton,  Nicholas  Grecus 

Thomas  of  Percival    !■  iesco 

Flambard,  Philip  son  of 

Rannulf  WilUam 

, ,  Elias  Roger 

son  of  Rolveston, 

Geoffrey  Roger  de 

Dominicus  Rowelle,  Girard 

Grain  ville,  de 

Robert  of  Rufus,  Ralf 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


Lincoln  (11),  canons  of — coiU. 

St  Edmunds  Sigillo, 

Bury,  Adam  Baldric   de 

of  Siward 

St  Edward,  Southam, 

Hugh  of  Thomas 

Sampson  SwalcUffe, 

Schalby,  John  Richard  of 

of  Wilton, 

Sewelle,  Eustace  of 

WUliam  de 
Lincoln  (12),  prebends  of,  xix,  215-16, 

et  passim 
appropriation  of  prebend  to  a  hos- 
pital.    <See  Canwick 
appropriation  of  estates  to,  xviii-xx 
division  of  prebend,  231-3 
possessions  of,  xv,  xviii,  197-9 

,   distinguished,   xix,    199,   207 

churches  of,  198,  213-15,  225,  227 
,   to   be  visited  bj'  bishop,  but 

not  to  pay  procurations,  225-7 
episcopal    grants    of    liberties    and 

privileges  to,  xviii,  249-51,  254—6 
force  applied  to  hold  a  prebend.    See 

Thame 
to  be  conferred  on  men  of  English 

birth,  231-2 
messuages  of.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
prebendal  court.     See  Asgarby  [by 

Spilsby] 
power    of    a    canon    to    dispose    of 

fruits    of     his    prebend    for     one 

year  after  death,  255 
prebends.     See — 

Asgarby 

Aylesbiu-y 

Bedford  Major 

Bedford  Minor 

Binbrook 

Blyth 

Brampton 

Caistor 

Canwick 

Carlton,  North 

Centum 


Solidorum 
Corringham 
Uecem  Li- 
brarum 
Empingham 
Kelsey,  North 
Kil.sby 
Langford 

Ecclesia 
Leicester  St 
Margaret 
Lincoln  (13),  archives  of  the  dean  and 
chapter  : 
the  muniment  room,  xiii,  xxiii,  xlvii 
the  work  of  John  of  Sclialby.      See 

Schalby 
the  work  of  Bradshaw,  Wordsworth, 

and  Wickendon,   xlvii-viii 
the  archives,  xxii-iii 


Leighton 

Buzzard 
Leighton 

Ecclesia 
Leighton 

Manor 
Lincoln  (3) — 

All  Saints 
Hungate 

Newport  and 
Dunham 

St  Martin 

Thorngate 
Louth 
Milton 
Nassington 
Sutton,  King's 
Thame 
Welton  by 

Lincoln 
— —  Beckliall 


Lincoln  (13),  archives  of  the  dean  and 
chapter — cont. 
original  charters,  xxiii,  xxvii,  xliv- 

vii,  Ixii-viii 
charters  of  hvspeximus,  xlv,  Iv-lxi 
cartularies — 

Registrum     Superantiquissimum, 

xxxix,  xlv-vii,  Ixii-ui,  Ixv-viii 
Registrum         Prfeantiquissimum, 

xxxix,  xlvi-vii,  Ixiv-vii 
the  Cotton  Cartulary  (now  in  the 
British  Museum),  xl-i,  xlvi-vii, 
Ixii-v,  Ixvii 
Registrum  Antiquissimum,  ix, 
xiii-xiv,  xxiU— xxxix,  xlv-vii, 
liii-iv 

contents    of,    xxxv,    xlix-lii, 

Ixii-viii 
redaction   of,    by   Q,    xxviii- 
xxxvii 
Registrum,  xxiii,  Ixii-vii 
Cart«  Decani,  xxiii,  xlii,  Ixii-vi 
Liber     de     Ordinationibus     Can- 

tariarum,  xxiii,  xlii-iii 
Chantries  of  J.  de  Welburne  and 

H.  duke  of  Lancaster,  xxiii 
the   Choristers'    cartulary,    xxiii, 

xliii 
the  Knyveton  Leiger,   xxiii,  xliii 
Cartulary  of  the  Vicars'  Choral, 
xxiii,  xliii-iv 
Lindsey,  Lindisi,  kingdom  and  diocese  of  : 
a  member  of  the  diocese  of  Lincoln, 
191  ;    claimed   by   the   church   of 
York,  XV,  11-13,  186-9 
Linwood,  Linwd',  co.  Line,  208 

Richard  of,  canon  of  Lincoln    (All 
Saints  Hungate   preb.),    143-4 
Lisieux,  Lexouiensis  [Calvados,  France], 

bishop  of.     See  Arnoul 
London,  Lundonia,  co.  Middx,  157,  203 
Baynard's  castle  in,  296 
bishop  of.    See  Belmeis  ;  Ely  ;  Fau- 
conberge,  de  ;  Maurice  ;  Noir,  le  ; 
Sainte  Mere  I'Eglise 
charter    dated    at,    20-3,    51  (2)-2, 

63,  73-4,  76,  113,  118-19 
city  of,  customs  of,  155 
council  at,   163 
St  Mtirtin  le  Grand,  dean  of.      See 

Luke 
St  Paul's  cathedral,  244 

,  chancellor  of.     See  Maunsell 

,  charter  dated  at,    145,    148 

,  Liber  Pilosas  of,  2 

,  synod  at,   165 

New  Temple,  charter  dated  at,  131, 

143 
Old  Temple,    in  St  Andrew's,  Hol- 
bom,    the    bishop    of    Lincoln's 
house,  85,  86(2),  203 

, ,  chapel  in,   82 

Tower  of,  295 

Treasury,    the,    charter    dated    at, 
72-3 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


321 


Longohamp,  de  Longocampo,   William, 
bishop     of     Ely,     chancellor     of 
Richard  I,  witn.,  125 
Longesp^e : 

William  de,    Isfc  earl  of  Salisbury, 

140;  witn.,   139,   152,   159,   161 
William   [so   called  earl   of   Lincoln 
and  Salisbury],   282-4 

,  wife  of.     See  Clifford 

Longo  Campo,  de.     See  Longohamp 
Losinga  : 

Herbert,  bishop  of  Thetford,  witn., 

7,  10,  11 
Robert,   bishop  of  Hereford,   8 
Lotheringus,  Richard,  witn.,   81 
Loundres,     Henry     de,     archbishop     of 

Dublin,  witn.,   133-4,   136,   139 
Louo,  witn.,   79 
Louth,  Luda,  co.  Line.  : 

charter  dated  at,  81,  83 

church  of,  [a  preb.  of  Lincoln],  199, 

205 
fair  at,  94.   103 
manor  of,  188,  190,  194,  196,  203 

,  claimed  by  the  archbishop  of 

York,   11-13 
warren  of,   68 
Louth  Park,  co.  Lino.  : 

abbey,  abbot  of.     See  Ralf 

,  cellarer  of.     See  Robert 

,  pension  from,   203 

Lucebi.     See  Lusby 
Luci : 

Godfrey,     bishop     of     Winchester, 

witn.,    125 
Richard  de,  witn.,  48-9,  51-2,  54-5, 
58,  62-4,  66,  87,  93-4,  100,  105-6, 
108(2)-9,  115(2),   117 
Lucy,  the  countess,  78-9,  289 
Luda.     See  Louth 
Ludham,    Godfrey    de,    archbishop    of 

York,  219-20 
Luffa,  RaU,  bishop  of  Chiche.ster,  witn., 

7,  8,  10 
Lugdun'.     See  Lyons 
Luke  : 

the   chaplain,     dean   of   St   Martin 

le  Grand,  London,  witn.,   169 
See  Turbervill 
Lundonia.     See  London 
Lusby,  Lucebi,  co.   Line.  : 
men  of,   50 
Imerus  of,  witn.,  77 
WiUiam  clerk  of,  witn.,  77 
Luterel,  Geoffrey,  witn.,   129,   142 
Lyddington,  Lidentona,  co.  Rutl.,   113, 
124-5,  188 
church    of,    assigned    in    place    of 

preb.  of  Canwick,  207-8 
park  of,  174-5 

bishop  of  Lincoln's  woods  of,  129- 
30,  132 
Lymberg.     See  Limber 
Lyons,   Lugdun'   [Rhone,   France],   bull 
dated  at,  213-15,  225,  227 


Lyre   [Eure,   France],   abbey,   cartulary 

of,  287,  287n 
Lyskes.     See  Lioques 


Mablethorpe,     Malbertorp,     oo.     Lino., 

Philip  of,  witn.,  canon,'^'255 
Magneby,  William  de,  173 
Major,  Mr  (17th  cent.),  272 
Malbertorp.     See  Mablethorpe 
Maiden,  Meldon',  co.  Surrey,  church  of, 

242 
Malebissa : 

Alexander,  witn.,  81 
Geoffrey,  clerk,  witn.,   78-9 
Osbert,  witn.,  97 
Malet,  WiUiam,  witn.,  129 
Maletot,  Heru'y  de,  witn.,  80 
Malger,  master,  120-1  ;   clerk  of  bishop 
Chesney,   250 
Cp.  Mauger 
Malmesbury,     Malmesbir',     co.     Wilts, 
abbey,  abbot  of,  witn.,  152,  159 ; 
See  also  Gregory 
Malo  Lacu,  Peter  de,  witn.,  152,  159 
Maltby,  co.  York,  W.R.,  Roche  in,  q.v. 
Mamefelt.     See  Mansfield 
Mamesfelda.     See  Mansfield 
Maminot,  WalcheUn,  witn.,  97 
Mammesfelt.     See  Mansfield 
Manasser.     See  Bisset 
MandeviUe : 

Geoffrey  de,  earl  of  Essex,  witn.,  2, 

118 
William  de,  earl  of  Essex,  witn.,  152, 
159,   161 
Mans,     Le,     Ceuomannum,     Cenomum 
[Sarthe,    France],    charter    dated 
at,  73,   123 
Mansfield,  Mamefelt,  Mamesfelda,  Mam- 
mesfelt, CO.  Nott.,  288 
church  of,  17,  116,  199,  206 

,  assigned    to    the    deanery    of 

Lincoln,   219-20 
manor  of,  17,  116,  199 

,      berewicks       with       chapels 

adjoining,   17,  116,    199,  206 
Mara,  Peter  de,  witn.,  75 
Marcham,  de.     See  Markliam 
Marescallus.     See  Marshall 
Marisco,  de.     See  Marsh 
Markby,    co.    Line,    priory,    prior    and 

convent  of,  xxx 
Markham,  de  Marcham,   Richard,   181 
Marlesford,  John  de,  clerk,  notary  public, 

244 
Marsh,  de  Marisco : 

master  Richard,  chancellor  of  king 

Jolm,  witn.,   131,   133,   139 
Robert,  dean  of  Lincoln,  220 
Marshall,  Marescallus  : 

Gilbert,   earl   of   Pembroke,    witn., 

166 
Henry,  bishop  of  Exeter,  witn.,  123 
J.,  witn.,   131 


322 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS  AND  PLACES 


Marshall — cont. 

William,  witn.,  123  (2),  125 

— — ,  earl  of  Pembroke,  140 ;  witn., 

131,     133(2>-4.     136,     139,     175; 

rector  regis  et  regni,  145,  148 
Marston   St   Lavirence,    Merston',   Mes- 

tona,  CO.   North'ton,  manor  and 

church  of,  94-6,  122-3 
MarteU,  100 

land  of,  277.     See  Lincohi  (3) 
See  Tanea 
MarteU,  WilUam,  witn.,  48-9,  51-3,  58, 

60,  63 
Martin,  treasurer  of  Lincoln,  witn.,  250, 

253 
Martivall,  Roger  de,  dean  of  Lincoln,  xxxii 
Marton,  Martun,  co.  Line.  : 
church  of,   120 
fairs  at,  179 
Maruuen,  10 
Massey,  Hamon,  295 
Matlask,  Matolask',  co.  Norf.,  church  of, 

241 
Matthew : 

son  of  Herbert,  witn.,   152,    159 
<S'ee  Curcy  ;  Son  of  ;  Stratton 
Mauclerk,    Walter,    bishop    of    Carlisle, 

witn.,     166,     169,     174-5,     179; 

treasurer    of    Henry    III,    witn., 

168,   170,   175(2),   177 
Maud,  the  empress,  287 
Maud  wife  of  Henry  I,   18,  19,  22,  29, 

31-3,  41,  104,  121  ;  witn.,  29,  32, 

42,  44;  her  charter,  18,  42 
Maud  wife  of  Stephen,  witn.,  49,  51-2, 

55,  63 
Maud  : 

domicella,  294 
See  Clifford 
Mauduit,  Maudut, William,  witn.,  152,  159 
Mauger,  bishop  of  Worcester,  137,  140 

Cp.  Malger 
Mauley.     See  Malo  Lacu,  de 
Maunby.     See  Magneby 
Maunsell,  John,   king's  clerk,  canon  of 

Lincoln  (Thame  preb.),   rector  of 

Wigan,  chancellor  of    St  Paul's, 

provost  of  Beverley,    181-4;  his 

houses  in  Lincoln,   184 
Maunstede,  Richard,  witn.,  244 
Maurice,  bishop  of  London,  witn.,  7 
Mecliin.     See  Meschin 
Med  way,  Medeweia,  the  river,   157 
Meldon'.     6'ee  Maiden 
Mellent.     See  Meulan 
Melton    Ross,   Meltona    in    Lindisi,    co. 

Line,  church  of,   199 
Meneuensis.     See  St  David's 
Mepham,    Simon,    archbishop    of    Can- 
terbury, witn.,  Iviii,  Ixi 
Merla,  Adam  de,  173 
Mersey,  Mersa,  the  river,  288 
Merston'.      See  Marston   St   Laurence 
Merton,  co.  Surrey : 
priory,  285 
prior  and  convent  of,   241 


Meschin,  Mechin,  Michin.     See  Bannulf 

earl  of  Chester 
Messendena.     See  Missenden 
Mestona.      See  Marston  St  Laurence 
Meulan,  Mellent,  Robert  count  of.     See 

Beaumont 
Michael.     See  Hanslope 
Micheletuna.     See   Mickleton 
Michin.     See  Meschin 
Mickleton,  Micheletuna,  co.  Glouc,  83-4 
Middelton'.     See  Milton  Bryant 
Middeltone.     See  Milton 
Middlesex,     county     of,     king's     lieges 

of,   2 
Middleton,   William  of,   bishop  of  Nor- 
wich, witn.,  Ivi 
Midelcumba.     See  MUcombe 
Mideltona.     See  Milton  [near  Thame] 
Midentuna.     See  Milton  [near  Thame] 
Milcetuna.     See  Milton  [near  Thame] 
Mileombe,  Midelcvuuba,  co.  Oxford,  83-4 
Miles.     See  Gloucester 
Milton,  Middeltone,  co-  Dorset,  abbey, 

abbot  of,  witn.,   152,   159 
MUton  [near  Thame],  IVIideltona,  Miden- 
tuna,  Milcetuna,   Miltima,    Nim- 
dentona,  co.   Oxford,   5,   7,   83-4, 
189,  191,  199,  207,  247,  291,  2'J4n 
bishop's  fees  in,  290-2 
church  of,  199,  207 
,  MUton  Ecclesia,  preb.  of  Lin- 
coln,  foundation  of,   231-3.     See 
Monmouth,  John  of 

, ,  psalms      assigned      to, 

233-4 
Inmdred  of,    191 
MUton   Bryant,    Middelton',    co.    Bedf., 

church  of,   241 
Minster  LoveU,  Ministr',  co.  Oxford,  83-4 
Missenden,      Messendena,      co.      Buck., 

abbey,  pension  from,  203 
MitcheU,  Mr  S.  K.,  quoted,  162-3,  165 
Mobray.     See  Mowbray 
Monmouth,        Monemue,        Monemuta, 
Munemue,  John  of,  s.t.p.,  canon 
of  Lincoln  (MUton  Ecclesia  preb.), 
233;   witn.,    152,    159,    161,    168, 
170,    175-6 
Monson,  the  lord,  archives  of,  277,  281 
Montbegon,    Montebegonis,    Roger    de, 

land  of,  in  Lines,  288 
Monteforti,  de.     See  Montford 
Monte  Gumeri,  de.     See  Montgomery 
Montford,  de  Monteforti,  Munfort : 
Hugh  de,  witn.,   8 
Simon  II  de,  6th  earl  of  Leicester, 
witn.,   181 
Montgomery,  de  Monte  Gumeri,  Roger, 
earl   of  Montgomery   or   Shrews 
bury,  17,  295;  witn.,  8 
Montibus,    William    de,    chancellor    of 

Lincoln,  witn.,   252 
Moreton,  Moretoin",  Eustace  de,  166 
Mortain,  Moretania,  Moritonia  [Manche 
France],     count    of.     See    John 
king ;  Robert 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS    AND   PLACES 


323 


Mortimer,  de  Mortuomaxi : 

Hugh,  witn.,    152,    159 

Roger,   witn.,    133,    136 

William,  witn.,   123 
Morton  [in  Swinderby],  co.  Line.,  church 

of,  286 
Moultona.     See  Multon 
Mowbray,  Mobray,  Mubrai : 

Nigel  de,  292;  fee  of,  291 

Robert  de,  earl  of  Northimiberland, 
witn.,  8,   10 

Roger  de,   45;   witn.,    121 

,  Alice  wife  of.     See  Ghent 

,  fee  of,   291 

WiUiam  de,   292 
Mubrai.     -See  Mowbray 
Mucegros,  Robert  de,  witn.,   181 
Multon,  Moultona : 

Lambert  de,  witn.,  77 

Thomas  de,  witn.,  152,  159,  161 
Mumby,  co.  Line.  : 

church  of,   xxs 

rector  of.     See  Schalby 
MimdaviUa.     See  Amundavill 
Mundebiria.     See  Alconbury 
Munemue.     See  Monmouth 
Muufichet,  Richard  de,  witn.,  152,  159, 

161 
Munfort.     See  Montford 

N.  sheriff  of  Lincolnshire,  14,  15 
Napoleone   Orsini,   Neupolyn,   cardinal- 
deacon   of   St   Adrian,     canon   of 
Lincoln  (Sutton  cum  Buck,  preb.), 
181 
Nossington,    Nesaentuna,    Nessingtona, 
CO.  North'ton  : 
church  of,  a  preb.  of  Lincoln,  30-1, 
199,  207.     See  Avallon,  William 
of 

,  rector  of.     See  Leving 

Neewerc,    Neowerch'.     See    Newark    on 

Trent 
Nesaentuna,     Nessingtona.       See     Nas- 

sington 
Neteneham.     See  Nettleham 
Netheham.     Sec  Nettleham 
Nettleham,       Neteneham,       Netheham, 
Nethelham,  co.  Line.  : 
charter  dated  at,  Ivi-vii 
manor    of,  Ivi,   18,  41-2,   104,   188, 
190,  194,  196,  203,  206 
Nettleton,   co.   Line,   Hardwick  in,   q.v. 
Neupolyn.     See  Napoleone 
Nevill,  de  Nova  Villa : 

Geoffrey,  witn.,  152,  159 

,  fee  of,  200,  207 

Hugh  (14  cent.),  274 
RaLf,  bishop  of  Chichester,  witn., 
152,  159 ;  chancellor  of  Henry 
III,  164,  166-8  (2  )-70,  175-9 
Newark  on  Trent,  Neewerc,  Neowerch', 
Newercha,  Niwerc,  Niwercha,  co. 
Nott.,  5,  6,  83-4,  129-30,  186, 
188,   190,  206 


Newark  on  Trent — cont. 

bridge  over  Trent  at,  38-9 
castle   of   the   bishop   in,   xxi,    108, 
194,      196,     203;     besieged     by 
earl  of  Leicester,  xxi,  239-40 
— ■ — ,  castle-guard  at,  xxi,  35,  59, 
191 

,  chapel  of  SS.  Philip  and  James 

in,   120-1 

,  fair  at,  34,  108 

church  of,  120-1 

claimed    by    archbishop    of    York, 

11-13,    186-9 
demesne  of  bishop  in,  206 
fields  of,   121 

grant  of  die  for  coining  at,  58 
land  in  the  borough  and  fields  of, 

120-1 
licence  to  divert  Foss  Way  at,  23, 

33,  46 
royal  justice  of  three  wapentakes, 

190 
soke  of,  22 

,  warren  of,  22,  68  (2)-9(2)-71, 

266 
tenth  penny  of  the  toU  of  the  borough 

of,  120-1 
vivary  at,  23,  33 

wapentake   of,   assessment   to  geld 
of,  21 
Newburgh,  de  Novo  Bvu'go  : 

Henry   de,    5th   earl    of    Warwick, 

witn.,    161 
Robert,  witn.,   103 
R[oger],     2nd     earl     of     Warwick, 
witn.,  59 
Newbury,   Niweberia,  co.  Berks,  charter 

dat«d  at,  25-6 
Newcastle  under  Lyme,  Novum  Castellum, 

CO.  Staff.,  castle  of,  288 
Newentona.     See  Newton  on  Trent 
Newercha.     See  Newark  on  Trent 
Newetun.     See  Newton  on  Trent 
Newhouse    [in    Brocklesby],    co.    Line, 

abbey,  282n 
Newlof,  Bartholomew  de,  294 
Newport.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
Newton  on  Trent,  Newentona,  Newetun, 
CO.   Line.  : 
church  of,   120 
ferry  of,   109 
Newton,        Wood,        Niwentona,        co. 
North'ton,    church   of,    belonging 
to  Nasaingtou  preb.,  30-1 
Nicholas  II,  pope,  bull  of,  xxi,  186-8 
Nicholas  IV,  pope,  mandate  of,  230-3 
Nicholas : 

chaplain,  witn.,  257 
the  clerk,  294 

Grecus,  canon  of  Lincoln,  239 
See  Heigham  ;  Sigillo,  de  ;  Son  of 
NichoUs,  Walter  de,  294 
Nicolaacira.     See  Lincoln  (1) 
Nigel : 

of  Frieathorpe,  201 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLAGES 


Nigel — cont. 

nephew  of  Roger  bishop  of  Salis- 
bury, 37  ;      witn.,  41,  45  ;  bishop 
of  Ely,  193,  240-1  ;  witn.,  34,  57, 
65,   73,   112 
See     Aubigny ;     Broc ;     Mowbray ; 
Son  of 
Niweberia.     See  Newbury 
Niwentona.     See  Newton,  Wood 
Niwerc,     Niwercha.     See     Newark     on 

Trent 
Noir,  Roger  le,  bishop  of  London,  witn., 

177 
Norcheleiseia,  Nordchelesi.     See  Kelsey, 

North 
Norfolk,      Nortfolchia,      earl      of.      See 

Bigod 
Norhanton.     See  Northampton 
Norman,  15 

See  also  Verdun 
Norman,  James,  294 
Normanby  by  Stow  [in  Stow],  Norman- 
nebia  iuxta  Stou,  co.  Line,  200, 
207,  284-5 
Normandy : 

duke  or  count  of.     See  Henry  II ; 
Robert 

,  constable   of.     See   Hereford, 

Walter  of  ;  Humet,  Richard  de  ; 
Wahull,  Walter  de 
the  king  crosses  to,  44 
earl  Bamiulf  II's  land  in,  287 
Normannebia     iuxta     Stou.     See     Nor- 
manby by  Stow 
Nortfolchia.     See  Norfolk 
Northampton,  county  of,  Hamtonasira : 
barons  and  lieges  of,  18,  19,  31,  44 
with    Rutland,    a    member    of    the 

diocese  of  Lincoln,  xv,  191 
royal  forest  in,   101 
sherifi  of.     See  Cahaines ;  Leicester, 
Hugh  of ;  Pavilli 
Northampton,    Norhanton,    co.    North'- 
ton  : 
archdeacon  of,  163 
charter  dated  at,   114 
Northampton  and  Huntingdon,  earl  of, 

xvi.     See  St  Lis 
Northorpe,    Thorpe,    Torp,    co.     Line, 

58-9,   191 
Northumberland,  earl  of.     See  Mowbray 
Norton,  Bishop,  Nortona,  Nortuna,  co. 
Line,  206 
manor  of,  188,  190,  194,  196,  203 
bishop's  demesne  in,  tithe  of,  206 
Norton  Disney,  Norton,  co.  Line,  church 

of,  120 
Norton,  Midsomer,  Norton',  co.  Somerset, 

church  of,  241 
Norwich  [co.  Norf.],  bishop  of.  See 
Ayreminne  ;  Blunvill,  de  ;  Grey  ; 
Middleton ;  Turbe.  See  also 
Thetford,  bishop  of 
Norwold,  Hugh,  bishop  of  Ely,  witn., 
177 


Nothingham.     See  Nottingham 
Nottingham,  county  of,  Esnotingeham, 
XV,   290,   292 

bishop  of  Lincoln  to  have   warren 
in  his  land  in,   38,   69 

justice  of,  67-8  (2)-9 

lieges  of,  17,  21,  29,  33,  38(2),  46 

royal  forest  and  warrens  in,  180-1 
Nottingham  and  Derby,  counties  of : 

sherifi  of,  38,  48,  116-17,  163.     See 
also  Richard  ;    Vere 

justice  of,   116 
Nottingham,  Nothingham,  co.  Notfc.  : 

archdeacon  of,  217 

borough  of,  38 

charter  dated  at,  48,  52-3,  98,  102, 
108,  116 

honor  of.     See  Peverel 
Nova  Villa,  de.     See  NevOl 
Novo  Burgo,  de.     See  Newburgh 
Nundentona.     See  Milton  [near  Thame] 


Oddo,  cardinal-deacon  of  S.  Giorgio  in 

Velabro,  witn.,  248 
OdeU,  CO.  Bedford.     See  Wahull 
Odestoca.     See  Woodstock 
Odiham,   co.   Hants,   chart«r   dated   at, 

57 
Odo: 

the  arblaster,  290 
bishop  of  Bayeux,  290 
See  Bucheri 
Offintona.     See  XJffington 
Dili,  Olei: 

Guy  d',  13  ;  witn.,  8 

,  Nigel  brother  of,  13,  14,  83-4  ; 

witn.,    14,    23,    46 
Robert  d',  witn.,  8 
Olei.     See  OUi 
Oliver.     See  Sutton 
Omeleia.     See  Horley 
Orston,        Hoskingtona,        Oschintona, 
Oscliintuna,  Oskington,  Oskinton, 
CO.   Nott.  : 
church  of,  17,  116,  199,  206 
manor  of,  17,  199 

,     berewicks     adjoining     with 

chapels,  17,   116,  199,  206 
Osbert : 

the  clerk,  witn.,  257 
See  Arsic  ;  Caux  ;  Chesney  ;  Condet ; 
Lincoln  (5) ;  Malebissa  ;  Son  of ; 
Wynchleia 
Oscliintona.     See  Orston 
Oseney,   Hoseneia,    co.    Oxford,   abbey, 

pension  from,  203 
Osgot.     See  Son  of 
Oskington.     See  Orston 
Oskinton.     See  Orston 
Osmund,  St : 

bishop  of  SaUsbury,  xvii,  xx  ;  witn., 
7.  8 
Osmund,  witn.,  79 

canon  of  St  Paul's,  Bedford,  10 


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Ostia    [Italy],  cardinal-bishop   of.     See 

Alberic 
Osulf,  land  of,  in  Lincoln,  200,  207 
Oswaldbeo,  Oswarbec,  oo.  Nott.,  wapen- 
take of,  288 
Otteby,  Alexander  de,  witn.,  80 
Otto.     See  Grandisono.  de  ;   Son  of 
Oudenbi.     See  Owinby 
Oiinby.     See  Aunby 
Onse  (Bedford),  the  river,  10 
Owersby,  Houresbi,  co.  Lino.,  206 
Owmby  [in  Searby],  Oudenbi,  co.  Line, 

chapel  of,  91-2 
Ownby.     See  Aunby 
Oxford,  county  of,  Oxinafordsira : 

a  member  of  the  doce.se  of  Lincoln, 
XV,   189,   191 

justice  of,  69,  70,  92 

lieges  of,  45,  92 

royal  forest  in,   101 

sheriff  of.     .See  Oxford,  Peter  of 

shire  court  of,   182 
Oxford,  Oxinefort,  co.  Oxford,  55,  84-5 

archdeacon  of.     See  Heighani 

archdeaconry  of.     See  Langford 

borough  of,  85 

charter  dated  at,  48-50,  53-5, 
57-60,  62,  99,  105-7,  138-9, 
176-7 

Christ  Church,  dean  and  canons  of, 
restore  the  Registrum  Antiquia- 
simum  to  Lincoln,  xxiv-v 

church  of  St  Ebbe  in,  5,  7,  83-4 

the  king's  customs  near,  84-5 

messuages  in,  84r-5 

mills  in  or  near,  5,  7,  83-4 

priory  of  St  Frideswide,  prior  of, 
220(2) 

sheriff  of,  69-70,  92,  163,  182 

university  professor  at.     See  Pullen 

Hardinc  of,  84-5 

master  John  of,  witn.,  66,  111,  115 

Peter  of,  [sheritf  of  Oxfordshire],  13 
Oxinafordsira.     .See  Oxford,   county 
Oxinefort.     See  Oxford 


P.     See  Brus 

Pagan.     See  Cheverci ;  Son  of 

Paganell,  Gervase,  witn.,  97 

Palestrina,  Praenestre  [Italy],  cardinal- 
bishop  of.     See  Bernard 

Pandulph,  papal  legate,   134 

Papiloun,   \\'iLliam,   witn.,   244 

Parenzi,  Giovanni,  map  drawn  by,  246 

Parker,  Adam,  294 

Paschal  II,  pope,  188 

Patrixbourne,   Burnes,  co.   Kent,   241 

PattishaU,     Pateshul     [co.     North'ton], 
Simon  of,  witn.,  123 

Paul: 

abbot  of  Leicester,  139-42 
abbot  of  St  Albans,  witn.,  8 

Pavilli,    Robert    de,    sheriff    of    North- 
amptonshire,  18,   19 


Peak,  the,  de  Pecco,  co.  Derby  : 

churches  of.     See  Darley ;   VVinster 
lordship  of,    19 
Peak,  High,  oo.  Derby,  deanery  of,  19 
Pecco,  de.     See  Peak 
Peche : 

Richard,  bishop  of  Coventry,  Licli- 

field,  and  Chester,  witn.,  65 
Robert,   bishop  of  Coventry,   Lich- 
field, and  Chester,  48 
Pembroke,    Pembrochia,   earl    of.      See 

Marshall 
Percival  Fiesco,  of  Lavagna,  brother 
of  pope  Adrian  V,  canon  of  Lin- 
coln (Aylesbury  preb.),  arcli- 
deacon  of  Buckingham,  230-1,  234 
Percy,  Perci : 

Henry  de,  witn.,  Iviii,  Ixi 
Richard  de,  witn.,  142,  161 
William  de,  witn.,  8,  9 
Peri.     .See   Perry   Court 
Perry   Court,   Peri,   co.    Hunt.,   charter 

dated  at,  25,  35 
Perscon.  See  Pershore 
Pershore,    Perscon,    co.    Wore,    abbey, 

abbot  of.     See  Reginald 
Perugia  [Italy],  bull  dated  at,  215-19, 

237-8 
Peter     of     Douai,     cardined-bishop     of 

Sabina,   236 
Peter : 

son  of  Durand,  200,  207 

son    of    Herbert,    witn.,    129,    133, 

136,   139,  152,   159 
See  Goxliill ;  Hungary  ;  Male  lacu  ; 
Mara  ;  Oxford  ;  Stok' ;  Valoignes 
Peterborough,     Bore,      Burch,      Burgus 
Sancti  Petri,  co.  North'ton  : 
abbey,  abbot  of,  18-19,  35-6  ;  witn., 
152,   159 

,  pension  from,  203 

parish  church  of,  36 
Peurell'.     See  Peverel 
Peverel,  Peurell',  of  Nottingham : 
honor  of,   158,  166 
WiUiam,  17,   19,  29;  witn.,   17-19 
PhUeham.     See  Pilham 
PhiUp : 

abbot  of  Thornton,  witn.,  81 
master,  archdeacon  of  Canterbury, 

witn.,  123 
bishop  of  Bayeux.     See  Harcourt 
sir,  canon,   294 

son  of  Wilhara  son  of  Osbert,  canon 
of  Lincoln  (query  Thorngate 
preb.),  107,  118 
See  Aubigny  ;  Harcourt ;  Kyme  ; 
Mablethorpe;  Son  of;  Timber- 
land 
Picot  son  of  Colsuain,  18,  21,  24-5,  47, 

200-1 
Piotauensis.     See  Poitou 
Pierre  or  Peter.     See  Roches 
Pilham,    Phileham,    Pileham,    Piriham, 
CO.  Line,  58-9,  191 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


Pilham — cont. 

Gilby  in,  q.v. 
Pincerna,   Richard,   witn.,   97 
Pirariis,  Hugh  de,  witn.,  107 
Piriliam.     See  Pilham 
Plantagenet : 

Edmund,    9th    earl    of    Cornwall, 
witn.,  Ivi 

,  earl  of  Kent,  witn.,  Iviii,  Ixi 

Henry,  duke  of  Lancaster,  xliii 
Joan,    countess    of    Kent,    wife    of 

sir  Thomas  Holland,   126 
Richard,  earl  of  Cornwall,   brother 

of   Henry  III,  witn.,   166 
Thomas,  earl  of  Lancaster,  287 
Plesseto,  John  de,  witn.,   178,   181 
Plumstead  [by  Holt],  co.  Norfolk,  chvu-ch 

of,  241 
Pointon    [in    Sempringham,    co.    Line], 

Alexander  of,  knt,  witn.,   173 
Poitou,  Pictauensis  [France] : 

Roger  count  of,  fee  of,  29,  49  ;  men 
of,  35  ;  land  of,  from  Northampton 
to  Scotland,  288 
Pont-de-l'Arche,       Pontearch'        [Eure, 
France] : 
charter  dated  at,   14 
William   de,    cliamberlain   of   king 
Henry  I,  witn.,  35,  37 
Pontefract,  co.  York,  W.R. ; 

castle  of,  muniments  at,  287,  289 
honor  of,   199 

master  Edmund  of,  witn.,  244 

Pontigny  [Yonne,  France].     See  Pontn' 

Pont-l'Ev^que,  Roger  de,  archdeacon  of 

Canterbury,  witn.,  98  ;  archbishop 

of  York,  65,  93  ;  witn.,  65,  86-7, 

90(2),  100,  102,  108,  120-1 

Pontn'    [perhaps    Pontiniaeo].    H.    de, 

98 
Poole,  Dr  R.  L.,  quoted,  137,  148 
Poor: 

Herbert,  bishop  of  Salisbury,   140 
Richard,  bishop  of  SaHsbury,  witn., 
152,  159,  164,  167-9,  174;  bishop 
of  Durham,  witn.,   168,   170,   175 
(2),   179 
Popes.     See   Adrian   V ;   Alexander  II, 
III,  IV  ;  Clement  IV,  VI ;  Ccelestin 
II ;   Eugenius  III ;   Gregory  IX  ; 
Honorius   II,   III,   IV ;   Innocent 
II,    III,    IV;    Nicholas    II,    IV; 
Paschal  II 
Porchester,   Porecestria,  Portoestra,  co. 
Hants,  charter  dated    at,   127-8, 
137 
Porecestria.     See  Porchester 
Port,  Hugh  de,  witn.,  8 
Portoestra.     See  Porchester 
Portesmuda,     Portesmuta.     See    Ports- 
mouth 
Portsmouth,    Portesmuda,    Portesmuta, 
CO.  Hants,  charter  dated  at,  22, 
30,   128 
Praenestre.     See  PaJestrina 


Pudsey,  Hugh,  bishop  of  Durham, 
witn.,  58,  64-5,  86,  88,  90,  100, 
108,   121-2,   125 

Pullen,  Robert,  cardinal-priest  of  St 
Martin,  papal  chancellor,  pro- 
fessor at  Oxford,  197,  201,  248 


Q,  Quis,  the  redactor  of  Reg.  Ant.,  iden- 
tified with  Schalby,  Jolm  of,  q.v. 

Quarrendon,     Querendona,     Querndon', 
CO.  Buck.,  53 
a  ehapelry  of  Aylesbury,  231,  233 

Quarrington,  co.  Line,  295 

Queneford.     See  Dorchester 

Querendona,      Querndon'.      See     Quar- 
rendon 

Quinci,  Seyer  de,  1st  earl  of  Winchester, 
witn.,    131,    133 


R.  : 

bishop  (perhaps  Richard  (see  Regesta, 

no.   198)),  witn.,   16 
chancellor  of  Chichester,   164 
chancellor  of  king  Stephen,   witn., 
58-60.    See  also  Ghent,  Robert  of 
See     Basset ;      Bigod ;      Cawkwell ; 
Rowelle  ;   Stowe  ;  Vere 
Rabi,  William  de,  clerk,  witn.,  78-9 
Rading'.     See  Reading 
Rainald.     See  Crevequer 
Raine,  Rev.  James,  quoted,  12,  13,  188 
Raithby.     See  Rabi 
Ralbo,  master  Robert,  witn.,  254 
Raleigh,   de    Ralega,    W.,    treasiwer   of 

Exeter,  witn.,   181 
Ralf: 

abbot  of  Bardney,  witn.,   143 
abbot  of  Louth  Park,  witn.,  265 
abbot  of  St  Albans,  262 
chaplain,  witn.,   17 
the  dispenser,  294 
master,  medicus,  witn.,  250,  253 
son  of  Hacon  of  Hainton,  49,  50 
son     of     Nicholas,     witn.,     178-9; 
seneschal  of  Henry  III,  166,  169; 
witn.,   174-5 
son  of  Reginald,  sheriff  of  Lincoln- 
shire, witn.,    173 
son  of  Simon,  witn.,  173 
son  of  Walter,  witn.,  58 
See— 

Aincurt  Lul^a 

Bainard  Nevill 

Barkwith  Rannulf 

Basset  Rehart 

Caen  Rufus 

Coutances  Sancto  Albino 

Erghom  Tailbois 

Foliot  Trehampton 

Gernun  Turbervill 

Haia  Waravill 

Insula  Wateuilla 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


327 


Ramesdon'.     See  Bamsden 
Rameseia.     See  Ramsey 
Ramsden    [formerly    in    Shipton   under 
Wychwood],      Ramesdon',       co. 
Oxford,  clmrch  of,  242 
Ramsey,  Rameseia,  co.  Hunt.  : 

abbey,    abbot    of,     193.     See    also 
William 

,  pension  from,  203 

Ramsey,    Sir   James   H.,    quoted,    160, 

162,  165 
Rannulf  I  (le  Meschin,  Michin),  earl  of 
Chester,     21-2,     24(2)-5,     27-8, 
31-3,  43,  47,  289 
honor  of,  79 
Lucy     wife     of.     See     Lucy,     the 

countess 
Alice  or  Adelidis,   dau.   of,   wife  of 
Richard  Fitz-Gilbert,    see  Clare ; 
and    query    wife    of    Robert    de 
Condet,  see  Alice 
William  Meschin,  son  of,  heirs  of, 
94-6 
RanniJf  II  (de  Gernon),  earl  of  Chester, 
40,  94-7,  285,  287,  289 
agreement  with  king  Stephen,  287-9 
Rannulf   III    (de    BlondeviUe),   earl    of 
Chester,    witn.,     133,     136,     139, 
142  ;  eail  of  Chester  and  Lincoln, 
witn.,   152,   159 
Rannulf : 

brother  of  Ilger,  witn.,   17 

or  Ralf,  chancellor  of  Henry  I,  25 ; 

witn.,  26-7,  31(2).  35,  44,  46 
the  chaplain,  witn.,   13 
See  Chent ;  Flambard 
Ratbum'.     See   Redbourne 
Rauceby,    Rouceby,    co.    Line,    church 

of,  199,  205 
Raveningham,        Ravelingeham        [co. 
Norfolk],  master  R[oger]  of,  181 
Reading,  Rading',  co.  Berks : 

abbey,  abbot  of,  witn.,   152,   159 

,  foundation  charter  of,   1 1 

Redbovu-ne,  Ratburn',  co.  Line,  5,  6 
Redvers,  William  de,  6th  earl  of  Devon, 

witn.,   128 
Reginald    Fitz-Roy,    de     Dunstanville, 
the  king's  brother,  earl  of  Corn- 
wall, witn.,  71,   77,  92,  95,   102, 
111-12,  114,  119,  121 
Reginald : 

abbot  of  Pershore,  witn.,  65 
See  Braose  ;  Curtenay  ;  Dammartin  ; 
St  Waleric  j   Son  of  ;  Trehampton 
Rehart,  de  Bosco  Rohari,  Ralf  de,  29, 

44 
Reinfrid.     See  Son  of 
Remigius  bishop  of  Lincoln,  xvi,  xvii, 
1,  2,  189,  247 
grants  to,  2-7,  14,  15,  23-4,  91 
little   manor   of.     iSee   Lincoln   (3), 

Willingthorpe 
pastoral  staff  delivered  to,  2-4,  6, 
91 


Revesby,  Reuesbia,  Reuesby,  co.  Lino.  : 
abbey,  abbots  of.     See  O.  ;  Hugh 

,  pension  from,  203 

Reviers,  de.     See   Kedvers 
Reynold.     See  Winceby 
Ria,   Rie,   Hubert  de,  witn.,   8 
Ribble,  Riblia,  the  river,  288 
Riby,  Rieb',  co.  Line,  208 
Richard  I,  king  of  Kngland,  149 
chancellor  of.     See  Longchamp 
charters  granted  by,  122-4 
coronation  of,   122 
time  of,  referred  to,   145 
vice-chancellor  of.     See  Eustace 
Richai'd  : 

abbot  of  Roche,  216-17 

chaplain,  witn.,  257 

the  cook,  294 

the  groom,   294 

query    sheriff    of    Nottinghamshire 

and  Derbyshire,    116 
son  of  Gotse,   19 
.See— 

Argentein  Marsh 

Basset  Maunstede 

Beimels  Munfichet 

Boulogne  Peche 

CaUs  Percy 

Camvill  Pincerna 

Clare  Plantagenet 

Ely  Poor 

Gravesend  RuUos 

Grey  St  Frideswide 

Hetherington     Son  of 
Humet  Stokes 

Linwood  Sutton 

Lotheringus        Swalcliffe 
Luci  Vernon 

Markliam  Walberi 

Richmond,  co.  York,  N.R.,  archdeacon 

of.     See  H. 
Rie.     iS'ee  Ria 
Rieb'.     See  Riby 

Rievaulx   [in   Helmsley],   Rievallis,   co. 
York,    N.R.,    abbey,    abbot    of. 
See  Ailric 
Ringesdon'.     See  Ringstone 
Riiigstone   [in   Rippingale],   Ringesdon', 
CO.    Line,   Hugh  of,     knt,   witn., 
173 
Rippingale,  co.  Line,  Ringstone  in,  g.ti. 
Robert  count  (duke)  of  Normandy,  son 

of  William  I,  47 
Robert  Fitz-Roy,  of  Caen  [son  of  Henry 
I],  earl  of  Gloucester,  witn.,  36 
William  son  of,  earl  of  Gloucester. 
.See  William 
Robert : 

abbot  of  Barlings,  143-5 
archdeacon  of  Lincoln,   262 
bishop     of     Lincoln.     See     Bloet ; 

Chesney 
cellarer  of  Louth  Park,  witn.,  266 
chancellor     of     William     II.      .See 
Bloet,  Robert 


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Robert — cont. 

the  chaplain,  witn.,  286 

clerk,  witn.,  78-9 

count  of  Mortain,  witn.,  8,  10 

the  smith,  292 

son  of  Fulk.     See  Sireham 

son  of  Hamon,  witn.,  8,  17,  29,  40, 

47 
son  of  Hugh.     See  Bardolf 
son  of  Isabel.     See  Steeping 
son  of  Jolin,  witn.,  Ivi-vii 
son  of  Walkelin,  84 
son  of  Walter,   134,  137  ;  witn..  97, 

131,  142,  152,  159 
vialator,  294 
See— 

Bardolf  Hardrea 

Beaumont  Haylea 

Bigod  Lacy 

Bloet  Limesey 

Boulogne  Losinga 

Bristol  Marsh 

Bussei  Mowbray 

Calis  Mucegros 

Cantilupe  Newburgh 

Capella.  de         Oili 
Carbonellus        Pavilli 
Chesney  Peche 

Chichester  Pullen 

Condet  Ralbo 

Cuxcy  Ros 

Curtenay  Sigillo,  de 

Darcy  Son  of 

Dunstanville      Stokes 
Ferrers  Stotvill 

Ghent  Sutton 

Gorham  Tattershall 

Grainville  Tinchebrai 

Graio  Todeni 

Grentemaisnil    Vallibus 
Gresley  Vere 

Grosse teste        Veteri  Ponte,  de 
Haia  WateuUla 

Roche  [in  Maltby],  de  Rupis,  co.  York, 
W.R.  : 
abbey,  abbot  of.     See  Richard 

,  prior  of,  216 

Roches,   Pierre  or  Peter  de,   bishop   of 
Winchester,  witn.,  128,   131,   133 
(2)-4,  136,  139,  152,  159,  178 
Rochester : 

bishop  of.     See  Glanvill ;  Gundulf ; 
Sandford,     de ;     Sausetun,     de ; 
Walter 
bishopric  of,   11,   12 
Rochingham.     See   Rocldngham 
Rockingham,  Rochingham,   co.    North'- 
ton,  charter  dated  at,  18,  19,  50 
Roeleia.     See  Rothley 
Roesia.     See  Kyme 
Roger  Fitz-Miles,  5th  earl  of  Hereford, 

witn.,   98,  query   114 
Roger   bishop    of    Salisbury,    113,    193, 
240;    witn.,    21-2,    26-7,    29-31, 
34-5,  37,  41,  45,  48 


Roger  bishop  of  Salisbvu'y — cont. 

as  canon  of  Lincoln,  rector  of  Lang- 
ford,   88 
nephews  of.     See  Alexander  bishop 
of  Lincoln  ;  Nigel  bishop  of  Ely 
Roger,  witn.,  9 

chancellor  of  king  Stephen,  witn., 

50,  63 
chaplain,  witn.,  257 
count  of  Poitou,  g.v. 
earl  of  Montgomery  or  Shrewsbury. 

See  Montgomery 
the   hermit   neai   Blechingley,    242 
son  of  Columban,  witn.,  286 
son  of  Gerold,  39,  40,  78-80 :  witn., 

14 
son   of  Wigot    son   of   Asger.     See 

Skidbrooke 
warden  or   master  of  St  Michael's 
priory,      Stamford      Baron,     co. 
North'ton,   126 
See— 

Almeria  Martivall 

Bigod  Montbegon 

Bush  Montgomery 

Calceis  Mortimer 

Chesney  Mowbray 

Clifford  Newburgh 

Clinton  Noir 

Condet  Poitou 

Fecamp  Pont  I'Evdque 

Fitz-Corbet       Raveningham 
Fraxino  Rolveston 

Lestrange  Son  of 

Leyburn'  Teliolo,  de 

Rollright,    Rolindricd,    Rollendriz,    oo. 

Oxford,  5,  7,  83-4 
Rolveston,  Roger  de,  canon  of  Lincoln, 
witn.,      252,     254,      264;     dean 
of    Lincoln,    143-5,    256 ;    witn., 
252 
Rome  [Italy],  231 

bulls  etc.  dated  at,  222-3 

the  Lateran,  189,   192-3,  212-13, 

228-9,  238-40,  244 
St  Mary  Major's,  231,  233 
Trastevere,       Transtiber,        195, 
197-8,  201,  246,  248 
See    Anagni ;    Perugia  ;    Tusculura  ; 

Viterbo 
Lateran  Coimcils : 
the  second,  193 
the  third,   213-14 
Rome,  church  of.     See  Popes 
cardinal-bishop  of 

Sabina.      See   Conrad ;    Peter   of 

Douai 
SUva  Candida.    See  Humbert 
See  Alberic  ;  Bernard  ;  Eugenius  ; 
Imarus 
cardinal-deacon  of 

St  Adrian.     See  Napoleone 
St  Angeli.     See  Gregory 
St     Giorgio     in    Velabro.         Sea 
Oddo 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


329 


Rome,    church    of,    cardinal-deaoon  of 
— cont. 
SS.  Cosmas,   and    Daraian.      See 

Guido 
SS.      Sergio      e      Baccho.       See 

Guido 
See  Aimeric  ;  Berard  ;  Grecus 
cardinal-priest  of 

St  Calixtus.  -See  Gregory 
St  Chrysogonus,  St  Grisogonus. 
See  Guido  ;  Langton,  Stephen 
St  Lorenzo  in  Daraaao.  See  Guido 
St  Lorenzo  in  Lucina.  See  Hugo 
St  Martin.     See    Gualo ;    PuUen, 

Robert 
St  Praxes.     See  Hubald 
See   Albertus ;    Bernard 
papal      chancellor,      bibliothecariux 
apostolicce.     See 

Aimeric  Guido 

Albertus  Humbert 

Bernard  Pullen,  Robert 

papal  chancery,   195 
papal    legate.      See    Blois,   Henry 
of ;  Gualo  ;  Langton,  Stephen  ; 
Pandulph;  Theobald 
papal  notary.     See  Herman 
papal    subdeacon.      See    Herman ; 

Somercot«s,  Laurence  of 
papal  vice-chancellor.     See  Greoua  j 
Hugo 
Romfara,  witn.,  28 
Roppel'.     See  Ropsley 
Ropsley,  Roppel',  co.  Lino.,  Simon  of, 

knt,  witn.,  173 
Ros : 

Robert  de,  witn.,  133,  136,  152,  159 
W.  de,  witn.,  161 
Ross,     J.,     manuscript    collections    of, 

277-8,  282 
Rotelanda.     See   Rutland 
Rothley,  Roeleia,  with  soke,  co.  Leic, 

288 
Rothomagum.     See  Rouen 
Rothwell.     See  Rowelle 
Rotrodus,  bishop  of  Evreux,  witn.,  67-9, 

85,  114,  119 
Rouceby.     See  Rauceby 
Rouen,    Rothomagum  [Seine-Inf^rieure, 
France] : 
archbishop  of.     See  Geoffrey 
charter     dated    at,     36,    45,    54-5, 
62-3,   68(2)-9(2>-70,    74,    83-90, 
114,   119-20,  266 
Roumare,  Rumara : 

William  I  de,  earl  of  Lincoln,  60, 
75-6(2),     78-80(2),    285;    king's 
justice  of  Lincolnshire,  60  ;  honor 
of,  79 
WiEiam  II  de,  young,  79-80,  119-20, 
208 
Round,  Dr  J.  H.,  quoted,  4,  91,  267 
Rowelle  : 

Girard  de,  canon  of  Lincoln,  witn., 
146,  252(2),  254-5 


Rowelle — cont. 

R.  de,  clerk,  witn.,  145 
Rufford,  CO.  Nott.  : 

abbey,  abbot  of.     See  John 

,  gift  to,  285 

Rufus,  Ruffus : 

Geoffrey,    chancellor    of    Henry    I, 

witn.,  23,  35.  37,  41(2),  45 
Ralf,  canon  of  Lincoln  (  [Emping- 
ham]preb.),  205-6 
RuUoa  : 

Adelina  de,  wife  of  Baldwin  Fitz- 

GUbert,  286 
Richard  de,  286 
Rumara.     See  Roumare 
Runnymede    [in    Egham],    co.    Surrey, 
great  charter  dated  at,  xxii,  137 
Rupis,  de.     See  Roche 
Russell,  John,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  39 
Rutland,    county    of,    Roteland,    Rote- 
landa, XV,  291 
baiUffs  of,  113 
barons  and  lieges  of,  44 
early  mention  of,  xv,  291 
a  member  of  the  diocese  of  Lincoln. 

See   Northamptonshire 
king's  soke  of,  45 
Ryarsh,  Ryhers',  co.   Kent,  church  of, 

242 
Rye.     See  Ria 
Ryhers'.     See  Ryarsh 


Sabina.     See  Rome 

Sagiensis.     See  SSes 

Sagrave.     See  Seagrave 

Sai,  Ingelram  or  ['ig,  witn.,  59 

Saier,  Seyer.     See  ArcelUs ;  Quinoi 

St  Adrian.     See  Rome 

St  Albans,  co.  Hertf.  : 

abbey,   abbot  of,   witn.,    152,    159. 
See  also  Gorham  ;  Paul ;  Ralf 

,  abbot  and  convent  of,  64-5 

,  king's    demesne     church    of, 

64-5 

,  privileged  churches  of,  64-5 

archdeacon  of,  214—15 
charter  dated  at,  60 
St  Angeli.     See  Rome 
St  Calixtus.     See  Rome 
St  CarUeph,   William,    bishop   of   Dur- 
ham, witn.,  12-14(2),  17 
St  Chrysogonus,  Grisogonus.   See  Rome 
St  David's,  Meneuensis,    co.  Pembroke, 

bishop  of.     See  Becke ;  Henlaw 
St  Edmund's  Bury,  de  Sancto  Edmimdo, 
CO.  Suffolk: 
abbey,    abbot   of,    witn.,    152,    159. 

See  Baldwin 
A[dam]  of,  canon  of  Lincoln,  witn., 
145 
St  Edward,   de  Sancto  Edwardo,  Hugh 
of,  canon  of  Lincoln,  witn.,   144, 
262(2),  254,  264 


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INDEX   OF  PERSONS  AND  PLACES 


St  Frideswide,  de   Sanoto  Fretheswida, 
Richaxd  of,  archdeacon  of  Buck- 
ingham, 231,  233 
St-Fromond    [Manche,    France],  in  the 

diocese  of  Bayeux,  priory  of,  245 
St  Giorgio  in  Velabro.     See  Rome 
St  John,    de  Sancto  Johanne,  William 
of,    witn.,    152,    159;     seneschal 
of  Henry   III,  witn.,    167 
St  Lis,  earl  of  Northampton  and  Hunt- 
ingdon : 
Simon  I,  18,  28,  32  ;  witn.,  8,  10 
Simon  II,  witn.,  53,  59,  62 
St  Lorenzo  in  Damaso.     See  Rome 
St  Lorenzo  in  Lucina.     See  Home 
St  Martin.     See  Rome 
St  Mary  Major's.     See  Rome 
St  Mary  of  Saintes,  nunnery  of,   188 
St  Praxes.     See  Rome 
St  Radegund  [near  Dover],    co.   Kent, 

priory  of,  293 
St  Waleric,  de  Sancto  Walerico,  Reginald 

of,  witn.,  117 
Sainte  Mere  I'EgliBe,  William  de,  bishop 
of    London,    134(2)-7,    140,    145; 
witn.,  131,  133 
SS.  Cosma  and  Damian.     See  Rome 
Sala.     See  Sale 

Sale,     Sala     (extinct     village),     Salome 
Wood  [in  Leighton  Bromswold], 
CO.  Hunt.,  chapel  of,  207,  209 
Saleby.     See  Selby 

Salisbury,     Saresbiria,     Sarisbiria,     co. 
Wilts  : 
bishop  of,  witn.,   39,   50,   57.     See 
also    Bohun  ;      Osmund  ;     Poor  ; 
Roger 
charter  dated  at,  91-2 
church  of,  xvi,  xvii,  xx,  249-51 

,  canons  of,  249-60 

dean  of.     See  Eustace 
earl    of.     See    Longesp6e ;    William 
Fitz-Patrick 
Salome  Wood.     See  Sale 
Salter,  Rev.  H.   E.,  quoted,  32,   36-7, 

47,   85,    89,  249 
Saltfieetby,  co.  Line.     See  Dumping 
Salz.     See  Caux 
Sampson,  the  canon  [of  Lincoln],  witn., 

80 
Sancto  Albino,  Ralf  de,  knt,  witn.,  79 
Sancto  Johanne,  de.     See  St  John 
Sancto   Vedasto,  Alexander  de,   son   of 

Beatrice  de  t'ondet,   295 
Sandford,     Henry    de,     archdeacon    of 
Canterbury,      295 ;      bishop       of 
Rochester,  witn.,   166,   174,   179 
Sandwich,  co.  Kent,  Cundishall  in,  q.v. 
Sansetun,  Benedict  de,  bishop  of  Roches- 
ter, witn.,  152,  159 
Saresbiria.     See  Salisbury 
Sarisbiria.     See  Salisbury 
Sauerbi.     See  Searby 
Sauaemar',    Sausucomar',    Ueoffiey    de, 
witn.,  173 


Scallebi,      Scallebya.        See      Soawby; 

Schalby 
Scamblesby,       Scamelbi,       Scamelesby, 

CO.   Lino.,  church  of,    199,   205 
Scamelbi.     See  Scamblesby 
Scarle,  South,  Scarla,  co.  Nott.,  church 

of,  206 
Scawby,   Scallebi,   Scallebya,  co.   Line, 

200,  207.     See  Schalby 
Sceldinghop.     See  SkelUngtliorpe 
Scelliton'.     See  Skillington 
Schaisn',  de.     See  Chesney 
Schalby,  John  of,  canon  of  Lincoln  : 

preb.  of  Bedford  Major,  of  Dunham 
and    Newport,    and    of    Welton 
Beckhall,  xxx 
rector  of  Sutton  le  Marsh,  and   of 

Mumby,  xxx 
registrar    of     Bishops    Sutton    and 

Dalderby,  xxx,  xxxiii-iv 
identified   with   Q    or   Quis,    xxix- 

XXXV 

his  handwriting,  xxix 

his  Martilogium,  xvii,  xix,  xxxi-iii, 

238,  256,  274 
his  blindness,  death,  and  testament, 
xxxi,  Ixviii 
Scheltinghop.     See  Skellingthorpe 
Schiford.     See  Shifford 
SchiUingetona.     See  SkUlington 
Sehirefeld.     See  Sherfleld  on  Loddon 
Scosthome.     See  Scothorne 
Soot,  John  le.     See  John 
Scothorne,  Scosthome,  co.  Line,   143-4 
(2)-5,  206 
church  of,  143,  200,  207 
Seagrave,   Sagrave,   Segraua,   co.   Leic, 
140-1(2) 
Stephen  of,  witn.,  167-8,  170.  175-6  ; 
justiciar    of    Henry    III,    witn., 
178 
Searby,  Sauerbi,  co.  Line. : 
church  of,  91-2 

,  assigned  to  the  lights  of  the 

church  of  Lincoln,   251-2,   254 
Clarembald  of,  91-2 
Owmby  in,  q.v. 
S6es,   Sagiensis   [Orne,   France],   bishop 

of.     See  Froger 
Segraua.     See  Seagrave 
Selby,  Saleby,  co.  York,  W.R. : 
abbey,  11.  12 

,  abbot  of,  witn.,  152,  159 

,   abbot  and  convent   of,   xliii 

Sempringham,  Serapingham,  co.  Line.  : 
order     of.       See     Lincoln   (3),      St 

Katlierine's  priory 
St  Gilbert  of,  witn.,  250,  266 
Pointon  in,   q.v. 
Sens  [Yonne,  France],  cathedral  church 

of,    XX 

Severic,  bishop  of  Bath  and  Glaston- 
bury, 140 

Sewelle,  William  de,  canon  of  Lincoln, 
239.     See  also  Suwell' 


INDEX   OF  PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


331 


Seyer.     See  Saier 

Sherbvim,  Sirebum',  co.  Dorset,  abbey, 

abbot  of,  152,  159 
Sherfield    on    Loddon,    Schirefeld,    co. 

Hants,   church  of,   241 
Sherwood,    Sirewud',   co.    Nott.,    king's 

forest  of,  274 
Shifiord  [in  Bampton],  Schiford,  Sifort, 

CO.  Oxford,  5,  7,  83-4 
Shipton    under    Wyohwood,     co.     Oxf., 

Ramsden  in,  q.v. 
Shrewsbury,  earl  of.     See  Montgomery 
Sifort.     See    Sliiflord 
Sigefrid   I,   bishoj]  of  Chichester,  witn.. 

50,   57 
Sigefrid  II,  bishop  of  Chichester,  witn., 

123 
Sigeresh'.     See    Syresham 
Sigillo  : 

Baldric     de,      canon     of     Lincoln 
(Decern   Librarum   preb.),    king's 
clerk  or  chaplain,  55,   61 ;  witn., 
58 
Nicholas  de,  witn.,  93 
Robert  de,  witn.,  36-7 
Silva  Candida.     See  Rome 
Simon  : 

bishop  of  Worcester,  witn.,  59 
son  of  William,  witn.,  97 
See— 

Beckering  Montford 

Bloet  Pattishall 

Chauncy  Ropsley 

Halton  St  Lis 

Kyme  Son  of 

Langton  .Suwell' 

Mepham  Wells 

Sinoil  dike,  280 
Sirebum'.     See  Sherbum 
Sireham,  Robert  son  of  Fulk  de,  208 
Sirewud'.     See  Sherwood 
Siward : 

the    canon,    lands    of,    in    Lincoln, 
118-19 

,  kinsman  of.     See  Gutlired 

SiweU'.     See  Suwell' 
Skellingthorpe,    EskelLnguehop',    Sceld- 
inghop,    Scheltinghop,    co.    Line, 
61,  284-6(2),  289-90 
men  of,  286 
HartshoLme  in,  q.v. 
Skidbrooke,  [co.  Line] : 

Godric  son  of  Alnad  of,  xvi 
Wigot  son  of  Asger  of 

,  Hugh  son  of,  xvi 

,  Roger  son  of,  xvi 

Skillington,     Scelliton',     Scliillingetona, 
CO.      Line,      church      of,      200, 
207 
Slaffordia,  Slafordia.     See  Sleaford 
Sleaford,  Eslaford,  Eslafort,  Slaffordia, 
Slafordia,  co.   Line. : 
castle   of,   the   bishop's,    194,    196, 

203 
church  of,  199,  205 


Sleaford — coni. 

manor  of,   2,   3,   56,   91,    188,    190, 
194,    196 

,  fair  at,  57 

market  at,  115 

marketplace  of,    194,   196,   203 
Smitli,  WilUam,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  275 
Somercotes  [co.  Line.]: 

Basing  son  of  Osgot  of,  xvi 
Laurence  of,  papal  subdeacon,  canon 
of  Chichester,  xxix,   xxixn  ;     hia 
Tractatus,  xxix,  xxixn 
Somerford     Keynes,     Somerford',     co. 

Glouc,  church  of,  242 
Son  of — 

Adelm,    William   son   of,    121 
Alan,  John  son  of,  witn.,  152,  159 
Alnad,  Godric  son  of.     See  Skidbrooke 
Aucer,  Henry  son  of,  witn.,  168,  170, 

175-6 
Bald',  Geoffrey  sou  of,  173 
Baldric,  Hugh  son  of,  32,  277 
Beatrice,      Alexander     son     of.     See 

Vedasto,    de    Sancto 
Bernard,  WilUam  son  of,  84—5 
Colsuain,  Picot  son  of.    See  Pioot 
Columban,      Roger     son     of,     witn., 

286 
Durand,  Peter  son  of,  200,  207 
Fardain,   William  son  of,  of  Lincoln, 

190 
Fulk: 

Robert  son  of.     See  Sireham 
master  William  son  of,  cl.,  witn., 
145,   255 
Geoffrey,  John  son  of,  witn.,   181 
Ceroid  : 

Henry  son  of,  witn.,  66,  73,  88-9, 

97,   113 
Roger    son    of,    39,    40,    78-80; 

witn.,  14 
Warin    son    of,    chamberlain    of 
Henry    II,   witn.,    72(2),    87-9, 
92-4,    96-7,    99,     101,     103-6, 
113,   115,   142 
Godfrey,      William     son     of,     witn., 

264 
Gotse,  Richard  son  of,   19 
Guthred  the  moneyer,  Ailred  son  of, 

118 
Hacon  of  Hainton  : 

Ralf  son  of,  49,  50 
William   son   of,   sheriff   of   Lin- 
colnshire, 34 
Hamon : 

sheriff  of  Kent,  Hamon  son  of, 

witn.,   8 
Robert  son  of,  witn.,   8,   17,  29, 

40,  47 
William  son  of,  witn.,   85,   87-9, 
103,  105(2)-7,  113-14 
Herbert : 

Matthew  son  of,  witn.,  152,  159 
Peter    son    of,    witn.,    129,    133, 
136,  139,  152,  159 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Son  of — cont. 
Hugh: 

John  son  of,  witn.,  129 
Robert  son  of.     See  Bardolf 
Humphrey,  knt,  Harold  son  of,  witn., 

173 
Isabel,  Robert  son  of.     See  Steeping 
John  : 

Eustace  son  of,  witn.,  34,  39 
Robert  son  of,  witn.,  Ivi-vii 
William   son   of,   294;   witn.,    93, 
119 
Lambert,  Jocelin  son  of,  200,  207 
Matthew,  Herbert  son  of,  witn.,   181 
Nicholas,   Ralf   son  of,    witn.,   178-9  ; 
seneschal    of  Henry   III,    166, 
160;    witn.,    174-5" 
Nigel,  William  son  of,   84-5 
Osbert,  William  son  of,  Philip  son  of, 

canon  (Thorngate  preb.),   118 
Osgot,  Basing  son  of.     See  Somercotes 
Otto,  Hugh  son  of,  witn.,  Ivi 
Pagan,    Geoffrey   son    of,    50 ;    witn., 

38(2),  45 
Philip,  John  son  of,  witn.,   174 
Raimulf,  Elias  s.  of.     See  Flambard 
Reginald  : 

John  son  of,  cl.,  witn.,  174 
Ralf  son   of,   sheriff   of   Lincoln- 
shire, witn.,   173 
Beinfrid,   Gilbert  son  of,   witn.,    133, 

136 
Richard,  G.  son  of,  40 
Robert,  John  son  of,  witn.,  161 
Roger  : 

G.  son  of,  witn.,  14 
W.  son  of,  witn.,   14 
Simon : 

Ralf  son  of,  witn.,  173 
WilUam  son  of,  207 
Walkelin,  Robert  son  of,  84 
Walter : 

Ralf  son  of,  witn.,  58 
Robert  son  of,    134,   137;  witn., 
97,   131,   142,   152,   159 
Warin,  William  son  of,  witn.,  175 
Wigot  son  of  Asger,  Hugh  and  Roger 

sons  of.     See  Skidbrooke 
William,  Simon  son  of,  witn.,  97 
William  son  of  Osbert,  Philip  son  of, 
canon  (Thorngate  preb,),  118 
Southam,    Thomas,    canon    of    Lincoln 

(Leighton   Manor   preb.),   Ixii 
Southampton,     Hamtona,     co.     Hants, 

charter  datetl  at,  30,   44 
Southorpe,  co.   Line,   191 
Southrey  [in  Bardney],  Surra,  co.  Line, 
land    in,    belonging   to   Emping- 
ham  preb.,  205 
Southwell.     See  Suwell' 
Southwiok,      Sutwica,      co.      North'ton. 
church  of,  belonging  to  Nassingtoii 
preb.,   30-1 
Spaldewica,     Spaldewich.       See    Spakl- 
wick 


Spalding,    Espalling',  oo.    Line,  priory, 

prior  of.     See  Herbert 
Spaldwick,      Espaldeswic,      Espaldewic, 
Spaldewica,  Spaldewich,  co.  Hunt, 
115,   124-5,   207 
manor  of,  189,  191,  194,  196,  203 
,  given  to  the  church  of  Lin- 
coln in  compensation  for  the  loss 
of    Cambridgeshire,     191 
park  of,  174-5 
tithe  of  demesne  of,   199 
bishop  of  Lincoln's  woods  of,  129-30, 
132 
Spirlintima.     See   Spridhngton 
Spoleto,  Italy,  hospital  of  S.  Maria  della 

SteUa,  245-6 
Spridhngton,  Spirlintuna,  co.  Line,  200, 

207 
Stadliampton,  Stodeham,  co.  Oxford,  a 

chapel  of  Dorchester,   247 

Stamford,  Stanfordia,  eo.  Line  : 

charter  dated  at,  21-2,  50-1 

,  during  siege   of   castle,   96-7 

Stamford  Baron,  co.  North'ton  : 
priory  of  St  Michael,   125,   127 

,  prioress  and  convent  of,   125 

,    master   or   warden   of.      See 

Roger 
Standon'.     See  Stondon 
Stanfordia.     Sec  Stamford 
Stanlega.     See  Stoneleigh 
Stanstead  Abbots,  Stansted',  co.  Hertf., 

church  of,  241 
Staughton,    Stottuna,    oo.    Hunt.,     199, 

207 
Steeping,  Steping',  co.  Line,  Robert  son 

of  Isabel  of,    173 
Stenton,  Professor  F.  M.  : 

notes  by,  2,  4,  10,  12-13 
quoted,  45,   190,  286 
Stephen,  king  of  England,  xxiii,  240 
chancellor   of,    witn.,    50-1,    55,    67 
(2)-9 

.  See  Ghent,  Robert ;  R.  ;  Roger 

chMters  granted  by,  48-63,  287 
grants  bv,   112,   190-1,   198,  211-12 

(2),  269,  284,  288,  290 
son  of.     >See  Eustace 
wife  of.     See  Maud 
Stephen  : 

master,  chancellor  of  Lincoln,  witn., 

264 
chaplain,   witn.,   78-9 
count  of  Aumale,  witn.,   8 
count  of  Brittany,  dapifer  of.     See 

Geoffrey 
See  Beaucharap  ;  Langton  ;  Seagrave 
Steping'.     iSee  Steeping 
Stevenson,  W.  H.,  quoted,  47 
Stoches.     <Scc  Stoke  Mandeville  ;  Stoke, 
North  and  South ;  Stoke,  South 
Stodeham.     See  Stadliampton 
Stok',  Peter  de,  witn.,   142 
Stoke,   East,   Stokes,  co.  Nott.,  church 
of,  206 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


333 


Stoke  Mandeville,   Stoches,   Stokea,   co. 
Buck.,  5,  6 
a  chapelry  of  Aylesbury,  231,  233 
Stoke,   North   and   South,   Stoches,   co. 

Line,  200,  207 
Stoke,  South,  Stoches,  co.  Oxford,  83-4 

Woodcote  in,  q.v. 
Stokes.     See  Stoke 
Stokes,   Richard  and  Robert  de,  knights 

of  the  bishop  of  Lincoln,  99 
Stondon,  Standon',  co.  Bedf.,  church  of, 

241 
Stoneleigh,  Stanlega,  co.  Warw.,  288 
Stoteuilla.     See  Stotvill 
Stottiuia.     <See  Staughton 
Stotvill,  Stoteuilla,  Stutevill : 
Goisfrid  de,  witn.,  8,  9 
Robert    de,    xxxvii,    32,    107,    198, 
205,  277  ;  witn.,  62 
Stow,   Long,  Stou,   Stouwa,  Stowa,  co. 
Hunt.,    207 
graua  of,   129-30,   132 
Stow    St   Mary,     Estou,    Lestou,    Stou, 
Stouwe,  CO.  Line,  206  (2) 
abbey,  abbot  of,  5,  6 

,  monks  of,   5.     See  Bussei 

archdeacon  of,  xvii,   163 

archdeaconry  of,  xvii 

church  of,  5,  6,  83-4,  186 

bishop's  demesne  in,   199,  206 

fairs  of,  28-9,  93,  179 

manor    of,     5,    6,    24,     83-4,     138, 

188,  190,   194,  196,  203,  283 
claimed    by    archbishop    of    York, 

11-13,   186-9 
markets  of,  194,  196,  203 
soke  of,  22 
tithe  of,   199,  206 
wapentake  of.     See   Well 
warren  in,  22,  68(2)-9,  266 
Bransby  ;  Normanby  by  Stow  ;  Stur- 
ton  by  Stow  in,  q.v. 
Stowe,  R.  de,  clerk,  witn.,   145 
Stragglethorpe     [in     Beckingham],     co. 

Line,  45 
Stratford,   Jolui,   archbishop   of  Canter- 
bury,  constitutions  of,   214 
Stratton  Audley,  Stratona,  co.  Oxford, 

83-4 
Stratton,  Matthew,  archdeacon  of  Buck- 
ingham, 180 
Stubbs,     William,     bishop     of     Oxford, 

quoted,  2,  137,   148,  160,  240 
Sturton    by    Stow,    co.    Line,    Bransby 

in,  q.v. 
Stutevill.     See  Stotvill 
Sualewechua.     <S'ee  Swalcliffe 
Suartebrand  the  priest,  witn.,  286 
Suiftelac.     See  Dorchester 
S>irra.     See  Southrey 
Surrey,  county  of,  xv 
Surrey,  earls  of.     See  Warenne 
Sutona.     See  Sutton,  King's 
Sutton     [in     Beckingham],     co.     Line, 
46 


Sutton,   Bishop's,   Sutton',   co.    Hants., 

church  of,  241 
Sutton,     King's,    Sutona,     Sutton    cum 
Buckingham,  co.  North'ton  : 
church  of,  26,  191,  199,  207 

,  prebend    of    Lincoln,    Sutton 

cum     Buckingham,     also     called 
Horley,  26-7,  180-1 
,  ,  annexed    to    the    arch- 
deaconry of  Buckingham,   180-1 

,    .       See   also    Flambard, 

Rannulf,     and     EUas     his     son ; 
Napoleone 
Sutton  le  Marsh,  co.  Line.  : 
church  of,   xxx 

,  rector  of.     See  Schalby 

Sutton,  Oliver,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  Ivi  (2) 
election  and  funeral  of,  xxix 
notification    of   papal   mandate   by, 

230-4 
ordinance  by,  81-3 
papal  bull  addressed  to,  231 
registrar  of.     See  Sohalby 
Sutton  : 

sir  Richard,   181(2) 
Robert,  181 
WilUam,  181  (2) 
Sutton'  [imidentifled],  242 
Sutwica.     See  Southwick 
Suweir    or    Siwell',    master    Simon    de, 
treasurer  of  Lichfield,  witn.,  254 
SwalclilTe,  Sualewechua,  co.  Oxford,  99 
master     Richard      of      [canon      of 

Lincohi],  witn.,  254,  264 
Epwell  in,  q.v. 
Swallow,  Swalwe,  co.  Line,  208 
Swinderby,  co.  Line,  Morton  in,  q.v. 
Sympson,  Dr  E.  Mansel,    quoted,  272 
Syresham,     Sigeresh',     co.     North'ton, 
140-1 


T.    [qiiery   Thorald],   sheriff   of   Lincohi- 

shire,  2-4,  15,  16 
Tailbois,  TaUgebosc,  Tallgebosc : 

Ivo,    16;   witn.,   8,    17 

Ralf,   10 
Talworth  [in  Long  Ditton],  Tolesworth', 

CO.  Surrey,  242 
Tama,  Tame.     See  Thame 
Tame,  Tamensis  : 

tlie  river,  bridge  over,   247 

,  mill  on,   247 

Tamisia.     See  Thames 

Tancarvilla,  Wilham  de,  witn.,  31,  41, 

44 
Tanea,  Taneio,  Taner  : 

Martellde,  199,  206,  284.  See  Martell 

,    Hugh    son    in    law    of,    199, 

206 

,  Wilham  nepos  of,  51 

Taneio.  See  Tanea 
Taner.  See  Tanea 
Tanesoura.     See  Tansor 


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INDEX   OF  PERSONS  AND  PLACES 


Tansor,      Tanesoura,      co.      North'ton, 
church  of,  belonging  to  Nassing- 
ton  preb.,  30-1 
Tarrant  Keynton,  Taronta,  co.  Dorset, 

church  of,  242 
Tattershall,  Tateshal',  co.  Line,  Robert 

de,  witn.,  Ivi 
Tebert,   Tedbert,  messuage  of,   in  Lin- 
coln,  199,  200,  207 
TeUolo,  Roger  de,  witn.,  81 
Temple,   the,  knights  of,   85-6(2),   148, 

151-2,  159,  203,  285,  292 
Temple  Ewell,  co.  Kent,  ohtirter  dated 

at,  133-4 
Tenarchebrai,        Tenechebrai,        Tener- 

chebra.     See  Tinchebrai 
Terleia.     See  Verleia 
Terricus  the  Fleming,  294 
Tetford,  John  of,  clerk,  244 
Thame,  Tama,  Tame,  Thama,  co.   Ox- 
ford,   83-4,    189,    191,    194,    196, 
203 
bishop's  baUiS  at,  182 
church  of,  182,  199,  207 
market  of,   169-70 
bishop's  park  at,  45 
prebend  of,   force  applied   to  keep, 

182.     See  Maunsell,  John 
warren  of,  69 
See  Tame,  the  river 
Thames,  Tamisia,  Thamisia : 
the  river,  157 

,  mill  on,  247 

Theobald,    archbishop    of    Canterbury, 

papal    legate,    93 ;    his   charter, 

263;  witn.,  71,  91,  97,  102,  112; 

papal  mandate  addressed  to,  xxi, 

239 

Theodoric,  44 

Thetford,    co. 

Losinga 

J'ig.     See  Sai 

■Thomas  I,  archbishop  of  York,  treasiu^r 

of  Bayeux,  xvii,  11-12,  17 
Thomas    II,    archbishop    of    York,    20, 

46 
Thomas : 

abbot  of  Kirks te ad,  witn.,  143-4 
abbot  of  WeUow,    121 
canon  of  Wellow,  witn.,  250 
the  chancellor.     See  Becket 
the  cook,  294 
See— 

Albo  Monas-  Holland 

terio,  de  Multon 

Becke  Plantagenet 

Blunvill  Yamton 

Fiskerton 
Thorald.     See  T. 
Thorneh'.     See  Tliornton  Curtis 
Thomey,    co.     Nott.,     Broadholrae    in, 

q.v. 
Thomgate.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
Thomhobn     [in     Appleby],     co.     Line, 
priory,  prior  of.     See  Walter 


Norf.,    bishop    of.     See 


Thornton  Curtis,  Thorneh',  Toringtona, 
Torrenton',  co.  Line.  : 

abbey,     abbots     of.      See     Philip ; 
Villay,  de 

,  pension  from,  203 

Thorpe.     See  Northorpe 

Thorpe  on  the  Hill,  Torpeium,  co.  Line, 

land  in,  286 
Thorpe,  Geoffrey  of,   173 
Thurlby  [near  Lincoln],  Torlebi,  Turlebia, 
CO.  Line,  61,  284,  290 

church  of,   199,  205 
Thurstan  : 

archbishop  of  York,  20 

archdeacon  of  York,  20 
Ticesoure.     See   Tixover 
Tichehilla.     See  TickhiU 
Tichesoure.     See  Tixover 
Tickhill,    Tichehilla,    co.    York,    W.R., 

castle  of,  287 
Tikesour'.     See  Tixover 
Timberland,    co.    Line,    Philip  of,   173 
Tinchebrai,    Tenarchebrai,   Tenechebrai, 
Tenerehebra  [Orne,  France] : 

charter  dated  at,  98,  100-1 

Robert  of,  53 
Tinemutha.     See  Tynemouth 
Tingeherst,   Tingerhest.     See  Fingest 
Tixover,    Ticesoure,    Tichesoure,    Tike- 
sour',   CO.   Rutl.  : 

chapel  of,   206 

manor  of,   18,  19 
Todeni,  Robert  de,  44 
Tolesworth'.     See   Talworth 
Tollesluud.     See  Toseland 
Torcheseia,  Torchesi.     See  Torksey 
Toringtona.     See  Thornton  Curtis 
Torksey,  Torcheseia,  Torchesi,  Torkeseia, 
CO.   Line,   67,   288 

manor  of,  24,  56 

warren  of,  67 
Torlebi.     See  Thurlby  [near  Lincoln] 
Torp.     See  Northorpe 
Torpeium.     See  Thorpe  on   the  Hill 
Torrenton'.     See  Thornton  Curtis 
Toseland,  ToUeslund,  co.  Hunt.,  hundred 

of,  124 
Tours,  Turon'  [Indre-et-Loire,  France], 

bull  dated  at,  202,  204(2) 
Touxford.     See  Tuxford 
Traci,  H.  de,  witn.,  59 
Trastevere,  Transtiber.     See  Rome 
Trehampton : 

Ralf,    144 

Reginald  de,  208 
Trent,  Trenta: 

the  river,  278.     See  Newark 

,  land  near,   159,   191 

See  Burton,  Gate 
Troraplintoua.     See   Trumpington 
Trubevill',  Trublevill'.     See  Turbervill 
Trumpington,  Tromplintona,  co.  Camb., 

charter  dated  at,  46 
Tupholme,  co.   Lino.,  abbey,  abbot  of. 
See  Geofirey 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


335 


Turbe,  William  de,  bishop  of  Norwich, 

witn.,   65 
Turbervill,        Trubevill',        Trublevill', 
TurbeviU' : 
Henry  de,  witn.,  174,  181 
Luke  de,  witn.,   142 
Ralf  de,  witn.,  168,  170,  174-6 
Turchil  [of  Eakring],  285 
Turlebia.     See  Thurlby  [near  Lincoln] 
Turner,  G.  J.,  quoted,'  148 
Turniant,     William,     mansura      of,      at 

Lincoln,  62-3 
Turon'.     See  Tours 
Turs,  Hugh  de,  knt,  witn.,  78-9 
Tusculum,  Tusculan'  [Italy] : 

bull  dated  at,   195,   209-10  (2)-ll 
cardinal-bishop  of.     See  Imarus 
Tuxford,    Touxford,    co.    Nott.,    warren 

in,  180-1 
Tybetot,  Robert,  witn.,  Ivi 
Tynemouth,       [co.        Northumberland], 
Tinemutha,  master  John  of,  witn., 
254 


Uffington,   Offintona,   co.    Line,    30 

church  of,  44 
Ulf,  witn.,  79 
Upton,  CO.  Buck.,  church  and  manor  of, 

241 
Urse.     See  Abetot 


Vallibus,  Robert  de,  witn.,  129 
Valoignes  [Manche,  France],  Peter  de,  2 
Ver.     See  Vere 
Verdun,  Verddun : 
John  de,  181 
Norman  de,  heir  of,  94-6 
Vere,  Ver  : 

Aubrey  de  I,  witn.,  34,  53  ;  cham- 
berlain   of    king    Henry    I,    28 ; 
sheriff  of  Nottinghamshire,  21,  23 
Aubrey  de  [q\iery  II],  witn.,  58 
Guy  de,  knt,  witn.,  78-9 
R.  de,  witn.,  57-8 
Robert  de,   witn.,   62-3 ;  constable 

of  Henry  I,  witn.,  37 
William    de,    bishop    of    Hereford, 
witn.,  123 
Verleia,  Terleia,  Humphrey  de,  208-9 
Vernon,  Richard  de,  45 
Vesey,  Vesoi : 

Eustace  de,   134,   137 
John  de,  witn.,  ivi 
Veteri    Pont«,    Robert    de,    witn.,    142, 

152,  159 
Villay,   Jordan  de,   abbot  of  Thornton 

Curtis,  witn.,   144 
Viterbo  [Italy],  papal  documents  dated 
at,    211-12,    221-2,    229-30,    236 
(2)-7 
Vntonia.     See  Winchester 


W.  : 

son  of  Roger,  witn.,  14 
See    Bakun  ;    Lancaster  ;    Raleigh  ; 
Ros ;  Werelwast 
Waac.     See  Wake 
Wabiu'na.     See  Woobum 
Wacherleia.     See  Wakerley 
Wahull,  Wahella,  Walter  de,  94-6  ;  con- 
stable of  the  duke  of  Normandy, 
witn.,  97 
Wainfleet  [co.  Line],  Robert  of,  abbot 

of  Bardney,  222-3 
Wake,  Waac : 

Baldwin,  286 
Hugh,   witn.,   97 

William,    bishop   of   Lincohi,    arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury,  xxiii,  xlviii 
Wakerley,    Wacherleia,    co.    North'ton, 

church  of,  64—5 
Walberi,  Richard  de,  53 
Wali'helin.     See  Walkelin 
Waldric,  Waleric,   chancellor  of  Henry 

I,  witn.,  18,  19,  22,  26-7 
Walingeford'.     See  Wallingford 
Walingoure.     See  Wellingore 
Walkelin,  Walchelin,  Walqueliuus : 

bishop  of  Winchester,  witn.,   7,   12, 

13,  17 
See  Maminot ;  Son  of 
Wallingford,      Walingeford',      Woreng- 
ford',  CO.  Berks  : 
charter  dated  at,  22-3,  141-2 
honor  of,   158 
Wallingoura.     See   Wellingore 
Walsingham   [co.   Norf.],   master   Adam 

of,  witn.,   254 
Walter,  Hubert.     See  Hubert 
Walter  [of  Coutances],   bishop   of  Lin- 
coln, cliarter  of,  256 ;  grant  by, 
referred  to,   142 
Walter : 

abbot  of  Bardney,  witn.,  77 

abbot  of  Kirkstead,  witn.,  265 

bishop  of  Rochester,  witn.,  65 

the  Fleming,  witn.,  77 

the  goldsmith,  294 

monk  of  Bardney,  witn.,  80 

the  porter,  294 

prior  of  Kirkstead,  witn.,  265 

prior  of  Thornholm,  witn.,  144 

See— 

Aincurt  Durdent 

AmuudaviU  Ghent 

Asgarby  [by  Grenewyk 

SpUsby]  Grey 

Bardney  Hereford 

Beauchamp  Mauclerk 

Benniworth  Nicholls 

Blxmd  Son  of 

CUfiord  WahuU 

Waltheof,  earl,  3-6,  91 
Walton  [in  Aylesbury],  co.  Buck.,  5,  6, 
191,  199 
manor  of,  207 


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INDEX   OF   PERSONS   AND   PLACES 


Walton    [in    Grantham],    Waltuna,    co. 
Line,  200,  207 
mm  of,  200,  207 
Waravill,  Ralf  de,  173 
Warden,       Chipping,        Wardon,        co. 

North'ton,  market  of,    168-70 
Warden,     Old,     Guardoua,     co.     Bedf., 

abbey,  pension  from,  203 
Wareham,    Warham,    Alfred   or   Alured 

of,  witn.,   8-10 
Warengford'.     See  Walliugford 
Warenne,   Warenna : 

earl  of,  or  earl  of  Surrey  : 
John,   6th  earl,  witn.,  Ivi 
John,  7th  earl,  witn.,  Iviii,  Ixi 
WiUiam,  witn.,  36,  52 

,5th   earl,    UO ;    witn.,    131, 

133(2),  136,  152,  169,  161,  177 
William  of,  witn..  123 
Warewic'.     <See   Warwick 
Warham.     See  Wareham 
Warin : 

son  of  Gerold,  chamberlain  of  Henry 

n,    witn.,     72(2),     87-9,     92-4, 

96-7,   99,    101,    103-6,    113,    115, 

142 

See  Son  of 

Warkworth,  Wauencurt,  co.  North'ton, 

manor  of,  94-6 
Warsop,  CO.  Nott.,  warren  in,  180-1 
Wartona.     See  Wliartou 
Warwick,  Warowic',  earl  of.     See  Beau- 
mont :  Newburgh 
Watbum'.     See  Woobum 
WateuUla,  Watneuilla : 
Ralf  de,  44 
Robert  de,  witn.,   108 
Wauenom't.     See  Warkworth 
Wdecota.     See   Woodcote 
Wdestoo.     iSec  Woodstock 
Webuma.     See  Woburn 
Welboum  [co.  Line],  Welburn,  John  of, 

treasurer  of  Lincoln,  xliii,   127 
Welingeham.     See   Willingham,    South 
Well  (also  called  Stow),  co.  Line,  bishop's 
wapentake  of,   5,   6,    13,   41,   99, 
100,    129-30,    132 
barons,     vavasors,     and    lords    of, 

99-100 
firma  of,  53 

third  penny  of,  13,  105-6 
Wilham  of,   173 
Welland,  the  river,  xv 
Welletona.     See  Welton  by  Lincohi 
Wellingeham.     See  WUlingham,  South 
Wellingore,     Walingoure,     Wallingoura, 
CO.   Line.  : 
church    of,     2,    3,     5,    6,    56,     198, 

205 
manor  of,  2,  3,  5,  6,  91,  198 
Weliow  [in  Grimsby],  co.  Line,  abbey  : 
abbot  of.     <S'ee   Thomas 
canon   of.     See  Thomas 
pension  from,  203 
Weliow,  CO.  Nott.,  293 


Wells,  Welles,  co.  Somerset : 

bishop  of.     See  Bath  and  Wells 
cathedral  church  of,  187 
papal  bull  in  favour  of,  187-8 
Hugh     of,     archdeacon     of     Wells, 

128-9,  142 
JoceUn    of,    bishop    of    Bath    and 
Glastonbury,      134(2)-7;      witn., 
131,    139,    152,    159,    164,    168-9, 
175,  179 
Simon    of,    bishop    of    Chichester, 
wita.,    142 
Wells,  Hugh  of,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  xx, 
166;  witn.,   152,  159 
charters  granted  by,  171-4 
builder  of  palace  at  Lincoln,  274 
grants  in   favour   of,    127-39,    143, 

164,   167-70,   174-9 
licence  to  dispose  of  goods  by  will 

at  death,   176-8 
papal  bull  addressed  to,  234,  237 
pardon  of  debts  of,  143 
Welton  by  Lincoln,  Welletona,  co.  Line, 
manor  of,  preb.  of  Lincoln,  xxx, 
2,   3,   5,   6,   25,    56,    71-2(2),   91, 
106,   191,   198,  205 
BeckhaU    preb.     of    Lincoln,    xxx. 
See  also  Schalby 
Wem,  CO.    Salop,   query   charter   dated 

at,  39 
Wenge,     Gerard     de,     vicar     of     Castle 

Bytham   and    Holywell,    81-3 
Wenlock,  Weuloc,  co.  Salop,  priory  of, 

294 
Wentoniensis.     See  Winchester 
Weodstocha.     See   Woodstock 
Wercesworda,     Werchesorda,      Werche- 

werda.     See  Wirksworth 
Werelwast,  W.  de,  witn.,   15 
Werkeworda.     See  Wirksworth 
Westboiu'ne,    Buneham,    Burnham,    co. 

Susses,  charter  dated  at,  34 
Westgate.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
Westminster,     Westmonasterium,     co. 
Middx.  : 
abbey,  grant  to,  4 

,  abbot    of,    193,    290 ;    witn., 

152,      159.      See     also     Gilbert; 
Laurence 
charter    dated    at,     Ivi-viii  (2)-lxi, 
26,  30-2,  39,  64,  66,  71-2(2),  75, 
77,   93,    107,    Ul(2)-12,    117-18, 
120-2,    124-5,    140,    149,    152-3, 
159,   162-9,   171,   174-5,    177-81, 
184-5 
legate's  council  of,  240 
Weybridge,  co.  Hunt.,  forest  of,   139 
Wharton     [in     Blyton],     Wartona,     co. 

Line,  58-9,   191 
Whitby,  Wyteby,  co.  York,  N.R.,  abbey, 

abbot    of,    witn.,    152,    159 
Whitchurch.     See  Albo  Monasterio ,   de 
Wicestra.     See  Winchester 
Wicham.     See  Wickhambreux 
Wickenden,  Canon  .J.  F.,  xl 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS  AND  PLACES 


337 


Wiokham    [in    Bodicote    in    Banbury], 
Wicham,    Wioheam,    Wicheham, 
Wykham,  co.  Oxford,  84-5,  99 
manor  of,  99 
Wiokhambreux,     Wicham,     co.     Kent, 
61-2,  284,  290 
church  of  St  Andrew  of,  293 

,  anchorite  in,  294 

manor  of,  290 
Wider.     "See  Woodlays 
Wido.     See  Guido  ;  Guy 
Wigan,  CO.  Lane,  rector  of.    See  Maunsell 
Wigford.     See  Lincohi  (3) 
Wiggesle.     See  Wigsley 
Wigoan',  charter  dated  at,  110 
Wigot : 

son     of     Asger.     See     Skidbroolie 
See  Lincoln  (5) 
Wigsley,  Wiggesle,  co.  Nott.,  120 
WUchebi.     See  Willoughby,  SUk 
Wilgebia.     See  Willoughby,   Silk 
WilUam   I,   king,   xv,   25,   29-30,   32-3, 
90-1 
chancery  of,  4 
charters  granted  by,  1-4,  42 
charters  of,  genuineness  of,  4 
grants  by,  56 

Maud  wife  of,  25,  29-30,  32-3 
son    of.       See     Robert    count     of 

Normandy 
time   of,  referred   to,  4,  16,  23(2), 

25,  54,  102,  106 
transfers  the  see  from   Dorchester 
to  LincoUi,  xvi,  2,  3,  5,  6,  246-7 
WiUiam  II,  king,  29-30,  32-3,  40 

authority   granted   by,    for   consti- 
tution of  the  chapter  of  Lincoln, 
xvi,  xvii,  7 
chancellor  of.     See  Bloet,  Robert 
charters  granted  by,  Ivi,  4-17 
dapifer  of.     See  Eudo ;  Hamon 
dispute  about  Lindsey  settled  by, 

XV,  11-12 
sickness  of,  16 

time  of,  referred  to,  23,  26-6,  54, 
106,   116(2)-17 
WiUiam  Fitz-Patrick,  2nd  earl  of  Salis- 
bury, witn.,   123,   125 
WiUiam  Fitz-Robert.     See  Robert  Fitz- 

Roy 
William   Fitz-Roy,    earl   of   Gloucester, 

witn.,  98 
WiUicun  son  of  Hacon  [of  Saleby],  sheriff 

of  Lincolnshire,  34 
William : 

abbot  of  Ramsey,  witn.,  65 
archdeacon  {query  of  Lincoln],  witn., 

80-1 
the  baker,  294 
the  canon,  witn.,  8 
the  chaplain,  witn.,  77 
the    clerk,    witn.,     257.     See    also 

Lusby 
the  deacon,  witn.,  286 
the  groom,  294 


William — cont. 

nepoe  of  Martell.     See  Tanea 
son  of  Adelm,   121 
son  of  Bernard,  84-5 
son  of  Fardain,  of  Lincoln,   190 
Master,  son  of  Fulk,  cl.,  witn.,  145, 
/'      255, 

soti  of  Godfrey,  witn.,  264 

son    of    Hamon,    witn.,    85,    87-9, 

103,  105(2)-7,  113-14 
son  of  John,  294;    witu.,  93,   119 
son  of  Nigel,    84-5 
son  of  Osbert,  Philip  son  of,  canon 
of      Lincoln      (query      Thorngate 
preb.),    107,    118 
son  of  Simon,   207 
son  of  Warin,  witn.,   175 
summetarius     of     Walter     Clifford, 

senior,    294 
See— 

Alnwick  Magneby 

Amundavill        Malet 
Anderby  Mandeville 

Aubigny  Marshall 

Avallon  Martell 

Ayreminne         Mauduit 
Bermiworth        Montibus,  de 
Blois  Mortimer 

Bochart  Mowbray 

Bramfeld  Papiloun 

Braose  Percy 

Brewer  Peverel 

Briwerr'  Pont-de- 

Broi  I'Arche 

Buckden  Rabi 

Burdet  Rodvers 

Cahaines  Roumare 

CantUupe  St  Carileph 

Chesney  St  John 

Clement  Sainte  Mere 

Colevill  I'Eglise 

Ely  SeweUe 

Eyneford'  Smith 

Ferrers  Son  of 

Forz  Sutton 

Gare  TancarviUa 

Harcourt  Turbe 

Ipra  Tumiant 

Langton  Vere 

Lanval  Wake 

Longchamp        Warenne 
Longespee  Well 

WiUiams,  Jolm,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  276 
Willingham,     Cherry,     WiUingham,     co. 
Line,  laud  in,  belonging  preb.  of 
Empingham,   205 
Willingham,   South,   Welingeham,   Wel- 
lingeham,  WoUingham,  co.  Line, 
31,  102-3,  108 
WiUingthorpe.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
Willoughby,    Silk,    Wilchebi,    Wilgebia, 
Willoughby    iuxta    Sleaford,    co. 
Line,  200,  202,  207 
Wilton,  Eustace  of  [canon  of  Lincoln], 
witn.,  252,  254,  264 


338 


INDEX   OF   PERSONS  AND   PLACES 


Wimeltorpe,    Wimpthorp.       See     Win- 

thorpe 
Winceby  [co.  Line.].  Reynold  of,  priest, 

witn.,   77,   80 
Winchcombe,  co.   Glouc,  abbey,  abbot 

of,  152,  159 
Winchester,      Vntonia,      Wentoniensis, 
Wicestra,  Wintonia,  co.   Hants.  : 
charter  dated   at,   20,   24,   27,   29, 

40-2,  47(2),   104-6,  121-2 
Wolvesey  castle  in,  295 
bishop  of.    See  Blois  ;  Luci ;  Roches  ; 

Walkelin 
earl  of.     See  Quinci 
Windsor,  Windresores,  co.  Berks : 
charter  dated  at,  32,  46,  116-17 
forest  of,  4 
Winesterna.     See  Winster 
Winster,  Winesterna,  co.  Derby,  one  of 
the   churches   of   the   Peak,    19 ; 
tithes  of,  19,  48,  117 
Winthorpe,  Wimeltorpe,  Wimpthorp,  co. 

Nott.,  manor  of,  129-32,  167 
Wintonia.     See  Winchester 
Wirce,  Goisfrid  de  la,  witn.,  9 
Wirecestria.     See  Worcester 
Wirichsob.     <See  Worksop 
Wirksworth,     Wercesworda,     Werche- 
sorda,     Werchewerda,     Werke- 
worda,  co.  Derby : 
chvirch  of,  199,  206 

,  granted     in    prebendam,     29, 

92-3 
Wirthorpe.     See  Wothorpe 
Witham  river,   aqua  de   Graham,    200, 

207,   277-8 
Wlwinus.     See  WuHwig 
Woburn,    Weburna,    co.    Bedf.,    abbey, 

pension  from,  203 
Woburna.     iSee  Wooburu 
Wodestoca.     See  Woodstock 
WoUingham.     See  WiUinghara,  South 
Wolvesey.     <See  Wincliester 
Woobum,  Wabuma,  Watburn', 

Woburna,   co.    Buck.,    manor   of, 
3-6,  56,  91,   189,   191,   194,   196, 
203 
Woodcote   [in   South   Stoke],   Wdecota, 

CO.  Oxford,  83-4 
Woodlays    [in    Wootton],    Widel',    co. 

Oxford,  83-4 
Woodstock,  Odestoca,  Wdestoo,  Weod- 
stocha,  Wodestoca,  Wodestocha, 
CO.  Oxford,  charter  dated  at,  19, 
20,  23,  33,  40-1,  56-7,  66-7,  70, 
94,  103,  109-10(2)-11,  115,  118, 
142 
Wootton,  CO.  Oxford,  Domford ;  Wood- 
lays  in,  q.v. 


Worcester,  Wirecestria,  co.   Wore.  : 

bishop     of.       See     Blois ;      Grey ; 

Mauger  ;  Simon  ;  Wulfstan 
charter  dated  at,  28 
hospital  of  St  Wulstan,  294 
Worksop,  Wirichsob,  co.  Nott.,  priory, 

prior  of,  216-17 
Wothorpe,  Wirthorpe,  co.  North'ton : 
church  of,   125-7 
priory  of,  126-7 
Wray,  sir  CecU,  bart  (18  cent.),  269 
Wulfstan,   bishop   of   Worcester,    witn., 

7,   10 
Wulfwig,     Wlwinus,     bishop    of      Dor- 
chester, papal  bull  addressed  to, 
186 
Wyldiam.     See  Wickliam 
Wynchleia,  Osbert  de,  witn.,  285 
Wysham,  John  de,  seneschal  of  Edward 

Ill's  household,  Iviii,  Ixi 
Wytoby.     See  Whitby 


Yarnton,  Erdendima,  Erdentuna,  Erdin- 
tona,    Hardingtona,    co.    Oxford, 
5,  7,  194,  196,  203 
Thomas  of,  witn.,  131,  133 
Yelling,  Gillynges,  co.  Himt.,  church  of, 

241 
York,  county  of,  Euewioscira,  xv,  291 
lieges  of,  20,  46 

sheriii  of.    See  Burun  ;  E.  ;  Lincoln 
(5),   Osbert  of 
York,  Eboraeum,  co.  York : 

abbey,  abbot  of.     See  Clement 
charter  dated  at,  70-1,   92-3,   100, 

108 
city,  churches  of,  219 
York,    archbishop   of,    query   xvii.     See 
^hric  ;  Gerard  ;  Grey  ;   Ludham, 
de ;     Pont     I'Ev^que ;       Thomas 
I  and  II ;   Thurstan 

,  claim    of,    to   the   diocese    of 

Lindsey,  xv,  11-13,  186-9 
York,  archdeacon  of.     See  Thurstan 
York,  diocese  of,  churches  of,  219 
York,  cathedral  church  of,  xvi,  11,  12 
chantor  of.     See  Hugh 
chapter  of,  xvii 
charter   of   Henry   I   in   favour   of 

dean  and  oliapter,  250 
dean  of,  papal  mandate  addressed 
to,  238-9 

.     See  Langton 

precentor    of,    papal    mandate    ad- 
dressed to,  238-9 
treasurer  of.     See  Bochard 


(  339  ) 


INDEX    OF    COUNTIES    AND    COUNTRIES 


Bedford 
Biddenliain 
Biggleswade 
Ford 


BEDFORDSHIRE 

Holme 

Leighton  Buzzard 
Milton  Bryant 
Odell 


Ouse,  the  river 
Stondon 
Warden,  Old 
Wobum 


Abingdon 
Newbury 
Reading 


BERKSHIRE 


Wallingford 
Windsor 


Aylesbury 

Bernwood  forest 

Bierton 

Brill 

Buckingham 

Buckland 


BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 

Fingest 

Gawcott 

Hanslope 

Hitcham 

Kimpton 

Missenden 


Quarrendon 
Stoke  Mandeville 
Upton 
Walton 
Wooburn 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE 


Barton 
Ely 


Histon 
Trumpington 


CHESHIRE 

Cheater 

CORNWALL 
Cornwall 

CUMBERLAND 
Carlisle 


DERBYSHIRE 


Ashbourne 

Chesterfield 

Darley 


Derby 
Peak,  the 
Peak,  High 


Winster 
Wirkaworth 


DEVONSHIRE 
Exeter 


Abbotsbury 
Beer  Regis 
Ceme 


DORSETSHIRE 

Coombo  Keynes 
Milton 


DURHAM 
Durham 


Sherburn 
Tarrant  Keynton 


340 


INDEX   OF   COUNTIES   AND   COUNTRIES 


Cirencester 
Gloucester 


GLOUCESTERSHIRE 

Lechlade 
Mickleton 


Somerford  Kejmes 
Winchcombe 


Basingstoke 
Blackmoor 
Christchurch 
Fareham 


HAMPSHIRE 

Hyde 
Odiham 
Porchester 
Portsmouth 


Sherfield  on  Loddon 
Southampton 
Sutton,  Bishop's 
Winchester 


HEREFORDSHIRE 


Clifford 


Hereford 


HERTFORDSHIRE 


Hertford 
Hunsdon 

Langley,  King's 
St  Albans 

HUNTINGDONSHIRE 

Stanstead  Abba 

Alconbury 

Brampton 

Buckden 

Godmanchester 

Harthay 

Huntingdon 

Kimbolton 

Leighton  Bromswold 

Leightonstone 

Perry  Court 

Ramsey 

Sale 

KENT 

Spaldwiok 

Staughton 

Stow,  Long 

Toseland 

Weybridge 

Yelling 

Bridge 

Canterbury 

Cimdishall 

Dover 

Gillingham 

Hardres,  Lower 
Hope  All  Saints 
Hoppa 
Patrixboume 
Rochester 

Ryarsh 

St  Radegund 

Sandwich 

Temple  Ewell 

WickhambreuT 

LANCASHIRE 


Lancaster 


Wigan 


Asfordby 
Barkstone 
Belvoir 
Branston 


LEICESTERSHIRE 

Kibwortli  Leicester 

Kirby  Bellarg  Rothley 

Knighton  Seagrave 


Anderby 

Appleby 

Asgarby  [by  Spilsby] 

Ashby  [query  de  la 

Launde] 
Aunby    [in    Castle 

Bj^ham] 
Bardney 
Barkwith 
Barlings 
Barrow 
Beckering 
Beckingham 
Beltisloe,  deanery 
Belton  [by  Grantham] 
Benniworth 


LINCOLNSHIRE 
Bigby 
Binbrook 
Blyton 
Bolingbroke 
Bottesford 
Boulthara 
Bourne 
Bracebridge 
Bransby 
Bratoft 
Brocklesby 
Burg 

Burgh  on  Bain 
Burton,  Gate 
Bytham,  Castle 
Caenby 


Caistor 

Canwick 

Careby 

Carlton,   North 

Carlton,  South 

Cawkwell 

Cawthorpo  [in  Coven- 
ham] 

Corringham 

Counthorpe 

Covenham  St 
Bartholomew 

Creeton 

Croxby 

Croyland 

Ouxwold 


INDEX   OF  COUNTIES  AND  COUNTRIES 


341 


Deeping 

Duiioline 

Duusby  [aear  Bourne] 

Eagle 

ElHngton,  South 

Elsham 

Evedon 

Faldingworth 

Fenton  [in  Beckinghara] 

Fiskerton 

Fobs  Dike,  canal 

Friesthorpe 

Fulbeck 

GUby 

Glenthaiu 

Gonerby 

GoxhUl 

Grainsby 

Grantham 

Greetham 

Greetwell 

Grimsby,  Great 

Haceby 

Hagnaby 

Hainton 

Halton 

Hardwick  [in  Nettleton] 

Hareby 

Harrington 

Hartsholme 

Haverholme 

Hibaldstow 

Holme  Spinney 

Holton  Beckering 

Holywell 

Horucastle 

Hough  on  the  Hill 

Hougham 

Hundon 

Hykehara 

Ingham 

Keal 

Kelsey 

Kelsey,  North 

Kettleby 

Kingerby 


Fulham 


Kirkby  Laythorpe 

Kirkby  oum  Oagodby 

Kirkstead 

Kirton  in  Lindsey 

Laythorpe 

Limber 

Lincoln 

Lindsey 

Linwood 

Louth 

Louth  Park 

Lusby 

Mablethorpe 

Markby 

Marton 

Melton  Roes 

Morton  [in  Swinderby] 

Mumby 

Nettleham 

Nettleton 

Newhouse 

Newport 

Newton  on  Trent 

Normanby  by  Stow 

Northorpe 

Norton,  Bishop 

Norton  Disney 

Owersby 

Owmby  [in  Searby] 

Pilham 

Pointon 

Quarrington 

Rauceby 

Redboume 

Revesby 

Riby 

Ringstone 

Rippingale 

Ropsley 

SaltEeetby 

Scamblesby 

Scawby 

Scothorne 

Searby 

Sempringham 

Sincil  1  like,  stream 

MIDDLESEX 
London 


Skellingthorpe 

Skidbrooke 

Skillington 

Sleaford 

Somercotes 

Southorpe 

Southrey 

Spalding 

Spridlington 

Stamford 

Steeping 

Stoke,  North  and  South 

Stow  St  Mary 

Stragglethorpe 

Sturton  by  Stow 

Sutton  [in  Beckinghara] 

Sutton  le  Marsh 

Swallow 

Swinderby 

Tattershall 

Thomgate 

Thomholm 

Thornton  Curtis 

Thorpe  on  the  Hill 

Thurlby  [near  Lincoln] 

Timberland 

Torksey 

Tupholme 

Uffiugton 

Waiufleet 

Walton 

Welbourn 

Well 

Wellingore 

Wellow 

Welton  by  Lincoln 

Westgate 

Wharton 

Wigford 

WiUingham,   Cherry 

Willingharn,  South 

Willingthorpe 

Willoughby,  Silk 

Winceby 

Witham,  the  river 


Westminster 


Matlask 
Norwich 


Appletree 

Ashley 

Aston  le  Walls 

Duddington 

Farthinghoe 

Flore 

Glinton 

Gretton 

KUsby 


NORFOLK 

Plumstead  [by  Holt] 
Raveningham 

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 

King's  CliSe 

Marston  St  Lawrence 

Nassington 

Newton,  Wood 

Northampton 

Pattishall 

Peterborough 

Rockingham 

Southwick 


Thetford 
Walsingham 


Stamford 
Sutton,  King's 
Syresham 
Tansor 
Wakerley 
Warden,  Chipping 
Warkworth 
Wothorpe 


342 


INDEX   OF   COUNTIES    AND  COUNTRIES 


NORTHUMBERLAND 

Tynemouth 

NOTTESTGHAMSHIRE 

Balderton 

Girton 

Scarle,  South 

Blyth 

Grimston 

Sherwood 

Broadholrae 

Leverton,  South 

Stoke,  East 

Clayworth 

Lexington 

Thomey 

Clifton  [near  Newark] 

Mansfield 

Tuxford 

Coddington 

Newark  on  Trent 

Warsop 

Eakring 

Nottingham 

WeUow 

Edwinstowe 

Orston 

Wigsley 

Famdon 

Oswaldbec,  wapentake 

Winthorpe 

Fledborough 

Rufford 

OXFORDSHIRE 

Worksop 

Ascott  under  Wyohwood 

Dorchester 

Ramsden 

Balden  Toot 

Domford 

RoUright 

Bampton 

Drayton  St  Leonard 

Shifiord 

Banbury 

Epwell 

Shipton  under  Wychwood 

Bensiugton 

Ejmsham 

Stadhampton 

Bodicote 

Fawler 

Stoke,  South 

Brademera 

Headington 

Stratton  Audley 

Charlbury 

Horley 

SwalcUffe 

Chiselhampton 

Homton 

Thame 

C3aydon 

Langford 

Wickham 

Clifton  Hampden 

MUcombe 

Woodcote 

Comwell 

Milton  [near  Thame] 

Woodlays 

Cropredy 

Minster  Lovell 

Woodstock 

Crouch 

Oseney 

Wootton 

Crowmarsh  GiSard 

Oxford 

RUTLAND 

Yarnton 

Burley  on  the  Hill 

Ketton 

Tixover 

Empingham 

Lyddington 

SHROPSHIRE 

Bridgnorth 

Wem 

Wenlock 

Holdgate 

SOMERSETSHIRE 

Bath 

Norton,  Midsomer 

Wells 

Glastonbury 

STAFFORDSHIRE 

Lichfield 

Newcastle  imder  Lyme 

SUFFOLK 

Clare                            St  Edmund 

'b  Bury 

SURREY 

Blechingley 

Ditton,  Long 

Maiden 

Carshalton 

Egham 

Mertou 

Chertsey 

Ewhurst 

Runnymede 

Clapham 

Guildford 

Talworth 

Cuddington 

Kingston  on  Thames 
SUSSEX 

Battle 

Hastings 

Westbourne 

Chichester 

INDEX   OF   COUNTIES   AND   COUNTRIES 
WARWICKSHIRE 


343 


Kenilworth 

Stoneleigh 

WILTSHIRE 

Aldorton 
Chute 

Lacock 
Malraesbury 

WORCESTERSHIRE 

Salisbury 

Evesham 

Pershore 

YORKSHIRE 

Worcester 

Beverley 

Coxwold 

Drax 

Goldsborough 

Helmsley 

Hovingham 

Kirkby  Moorside 

Maltby 

Pontefract 

Richmond 

Rievaulx 

WALES 

Roche 

Selby 

Tickhill 

Whitby 

York 

Abergavenny, 

CO.  Mon. 

Monmouth,  co.  Mon. 

IRELAND 
DubUn 

FRANCE 

St  David' 

Angers,  Maine-et-Loire 
Arganchy,  Calvados 
Argentan,  Orne 
Arques,  Seine -Interieure 
Aubigny,  Pas-de-Calais 
Aumale,  Seine-InKrieure 
Avallon,  Yonne 
Avranches,  Manche 
Bayeux,  Calvados 
Boulogne,  Pas-de-Calais 
Caen,  Calvados 
Caux,  Seine-InKrieure 
Coutances,  Manche 
Douai,  Nord 
Eu,  Somme 
Evreux,  Eure 
Fecamp,  Seine-Inferieure 
Fiennes,  Pas-de-Calais 


Grainville,  Seine-Inf^rieure 
L^on,  Finisterre 
Licques,  Pas-de-Calais 
Lisieux,  Calvados 
Lyons,  Rhone 
Lyre,  Eure 
Mans,  Le,  Sarthe 
Mortain,  Manche 
Poitou 

Pont-de-l'Arche,  Eure 
Pontigny,  Yonne 
Rouen,  Seine-Interieure 
St-Fromond,  Manche 
S^es,  Orne 
Sens,  Yonne 
Tinchebrai,  Orne 
Tours,  Indre-et-Loire 
VaJoignes,  Manche 


Anagni 
Florence 
Lavagna 
Ostia 


Ghent 


ITALY 

Palestrina 
Perugia 
Rome 
Spoleto 

MISCELLANEOUS 
Holy  Land,  the 

UNIDENTIFIED 


ide 

Langley 

Brudella 

Langton 

Greneford 

Leybum' 

Hayles 

Middleton 

Hedeham 

Sutton' 

Hetherington 

Tetford 

Trastevere 
Tusculum 
Viterbo 


Hungary 


Thorpe 

Wareham 

Whitchurch 

Wigoan' 

Wilton 


(345) 


INDEX    OF    SUBJECTS 


Note — Magna  Carta  and  the  Forest  Charters  are  not  indexed  herein. 


Accented  words : 

&,  37 

Aaron,   130,   130n 

Langeford',  88 

Le^cestrasira,   189 

m^6,  5,  14,  17,   18.    29,    31-2,    38. 
52,  61,   10-t,  112 

uine^,   109 
Acres,   124,   247,   285 
Adgistment,    124,    146 
Aid.     See  Taxes  and  aids 
Aldea,  le,  280 
Altaragium,  82 
Anchorites.     -See  Hermita 
Anniversary,    annualium,    293 
Aqua  benedicta,    82 
Arabic  figures,  early  use  of,  xxxii,  icxxvii, 

xli-ii,  xliin 
Arblaster,  290 
Archives.     See  Lincoln  (13) 
Assart,  98,  113,   115,  124,  129-30.   132. 

138,  146 
Assize,  72,  118 
Atrium  of  chiu'ch,  idiii 

Bail  or  bailey.     See  Lincoln  (3) 

Baker,   294 

BataOplace,   la,    273 

Benediction  of  abbot,  64-5,  121 

Benefice,  ecclesiastical,  78 

Berewicks,  17,  116 

Binding  of  manuscripts,  xxxviii-ix 

Bishop  starved  before  castle-gate,  xxii 

Bordar,   84 

Borough : 

tenth  penny  of  toU  of,  120-1 
See  Bedford  ;    Lincoln   (3) ;    Oxford 
Bovindary,  precept  to  view,  24 
Bovate,  14,  28,  31,  45,  58-9,  90,  102-3, 

108,     120-1,     140-3,     191,     199, 

200-1,  205-8,  291-2,  295 
Bridges.      <See  Lincobi  (3),  High  bridge, 

Magpie     bridge.    Thorn    bridge ; 

Newark  on  Trent 
Brueria,  285 
Burgage,  110-11,  190 
Burgesses.     See  Leicester ;  Lincoln  (3) 
Butler,  pincema,  97.     See  also  Aubigny 


CcUceda,  calceta.  causey,  23,  33 
Canonical  obedience,  oath  of,  225,  227 


Canonization.     See    Grosseteste ;    Hugh 

of  Avallon 
Canons.     See     Bedford ;     Lincoln     (3)  ; 
Lincoln  (9-11) 
bound  to  hold  prebends,  xix 
common  of.     See  Lincoln  (10) 
daUy  commons  of,  xix 
not  to  be  siimmoned  to  judgement 
more    than    two    days'    journey, 
229-30 
residence  of.     See  Lincoln  (11) 
Carucat«,  5-6,  28,  51,  58-9,  72-3,   105, 

140-2,  191,  198,  201,  206-8 
Castellanus,   151 
Caetelhim,  xxii,  21,  34,  43,  59,  61,  108, 

121,  267,  269,  282 
Castle : 

private,  295.  See  Lincoln  (3), 
Thomgate  ;  London,  Baynard's  ; 
Winchester,   Wolvesey 

,  demolition   of,   288-9 

withheld  from  bishop,  xxi,  239-40 
Castle-guard.     See  Dover;   Lincoln  (3); 

Newark  on  Trent 
Castles.     See — 

Banbury  Newcastle 

Bedford  under  Lyme 

Bytham  Pontefract 

C'rowmarsh  Sleaford 

Gifliard  Stamford 

Lincohi  (3)  Tickhill 

Newark  on  Winchester 

Trent 
chapels    in.     See   Bythara,    Castle ; 
Newark  on  Trent 
Cat,  cattus,  180-1 
Cellarer,  265 

Cemetery,    churchyard,    Ixiii,    67,    86-7, 
275.      See  Atrium 
leave  to  make,  53 
possession  of,  by  city,  270 
See  Lincoln  (9) 
Chamberlain,     royal.       See     Henry     I ; 

Henry  II 
Chancel,  maintenance  of,  82 
Chancellors,  royal.     See — 

William  II  Richard  I 

Henry  I  John 

Stephen  Henry  III 

Henry  XI  Edward  III 

See  Viceohancellor 
Chapel,  free  royal.     See  Derby 
Chapol  in  castle.     See  Castles 


346 


INDEX   OF   SUBJECTS 


Chapels  and  chapelries,   17.     See — 
Ashbourne  Gawcott 

Ayleabury  Knighton 

Balden  Toot  London,   Old 

Bedford  Temple 

Bensington  Mansfield 

Bierton  Newark  on 

Blyth  Trent 

Buckland  Orston 

Chesterfield  Owmby 

ChiseUiampton       Quarrendon 
Clifton  Sale 

Hampden  Stadliampton 

Dorchester  Stoke  Meiude- 

Drayton  St  ville 

Leonard  Tixover 

Chaplain,  king's.  See  Geoffrey  Dominions 
Chapter  of  bishop,  36 
Chapter  clerk,  xxxi 
Charter  : 

dated  on  the  day  on  which  arch- 
bishop    Anselm      did      homage, 
17 
Charters : 

addressed  amicis  et  fldelibus,  amicia 
et  hominibus,  etc.,  77-80,  285-6 

dapi/ero    J     constabtilariis  7 

ministris,   80 
ending   with    vale    or    valete,    78-9, 

224-5,  257,  263-5 
witnessed  by  the  men  of  the  wapen- 
take, 78 
witnessed    by    a    great    part    of    a 

viUage,  78-9 
of  inapeximus,  xlv,  Iv-lxi 
damnatory  clause  in,   123,   187 
genuineness    of,    discussed,  xxi,  4, 

10-11,  187-8 
injury  to,  9 
Cheminagium,  147,   150 
Chemini  libertas,   130,   138 
Chirograph,   171-2 
Chrism,  64-5 

Christianity,    a    person's,   subjected  to 
jurisdiction  of  bishop  or  chapter, 
172 
Church,  the,  the  sacraments  of,  64-5 
Church  of  England,  security  granted  by 

king  John  to,  134-5 
Church : 

appropriation  of  a,  to  moneistery, 

125-7 
commendation  of  a,  43 
demesne,  the  king's,  64-5,  102,  198. 
See  St  Albans 
Churches  : 

secular  cathedral,  xvi,  xvii 
subjection  of,  64-5,  213-14 
Churchyard.     See  Atrium  ;  Cemetery 
Claim,    bought    out    by    the    king,    11. 

12 
Clerk,  king's.    See  Caen,  Ralf  of  ;  Maun  ■ 

sell,  John  ;  Sigillo,  Baldric  de 
Coining,  die  for,  cuneus,  cuncua,  58 
Common  rights,  75-6 


Compensation  for  damages : 
during  the  Anarchy,  94-8 
during  the  Interdict,   129,  134-8 
Coticordia,  composicio,  paccacio,    12,   13, 

35-6,  65,  141,  143-5,  171 
Constables : 

royal.     See  Henry  I ;  Henry  II 
of  duke  of  Normandy.     See  Here- 
ford, Walter  of  ;  Humet,  Richard 
de;   Wahull,    Walter   de 
of  bishop,  80 

of  Chester.     See  Lacy,  John  de 
Constableship.      See   Lincoln    (1);    Lin. 

eohi  (3) 
Constitutions   of   archbishop    Stratford, 

214 
Consuetudo,  3,  16,  18-21,  31-3,  37,  39- 
42,  46-8,  52,  54,  59,  63,  66,  74, 
79,  88-9,  92,  95,  98,  103-5,  108, 
UO-U,     113-14,     116-18,     124, 
127-8,    167,   199 
Cook,  294 
Cornarium,  286 
Councils,    Ecclesiastical.      See    London ; 

Rome,  Lateran 
Courts: 

the  king's  whole,  36 

county,    shire,  shire-moot,    21,    39, 

47,  51,  71-2,  74-5,  182 
halimote,  116 

hundred,  39,   51,   71-2,   74-5 
wapentake,  39,  41,  51,  71-2,  74-5 
prebendal.        See       Asgarby      [by 

Spilsby] 
separation  of  spiritual  and  temporal, 
1-2 
Crenellate,  licence  to,  274 
Cultarius,  294 
Cultura,  205,  247 
Cuneus,  cuncua.     See  Coining 


Danegeld,  72.     See  Geld 
Danelaw,  the  Northern,  xv 
Dapifer  : 

of  bishop.    See  Amundavill 

of  count  of  Brittany.    See  Geoffrey 

royal.     See — 

Wmiam  II  Henry  II 

Henry  I 
Dean,  rural,  224.   See  Beltisloe  ;  Hacon  ; 

Peak,  High 
Debts  of  bishop  pardoned  by  the  king, 

143 
Deerleaps,  saltatoria,   174-5 
Dekneliouses,  273,  273n,  274 
Demesne,    dominicum,    dominium,      13, 
14,   180,    199.     See  aUo  Stow  St 
Mary 
royal,  19,  31,  54,  95,  97,  103,  167-8, 
170,   194 

,  men  of,  47 

tithe   of,    143-4.   206-7 
warren,   royal,    180-1 
wood,  royal,  146-7,   149-50 


INDEX   OF   SUBJECTS 


347 


Despenser,  294.     See  Dispenser 

Destrier,  289 

Disrationatio,  31,  40,  50,  103,  108 

Disseisin,  16,  17,  28 

Doctor  : 

of  canon  law,   231 

of  theology,  231 
Domicella,   294 


Eagles,  147 

Enclosure,  licence  for,    130 

Engines  of  war,  ingenia,   160-1 

English  birth,  men  of,   prebends  to  be 

conferred  on,  231-2 
Escheat,   130.   184 
Et,  02:',  3,  47,  84.  116-17 
Excommunication,  134,  182,  222-3 
Expeditamerduni  canum,  Espeltamentum, 

130,  132,  13S.  146,  149-50 
Extinct  or  indefinable  places.     See — 
Burg  Holme   Spinney 

Crouch  Lincoln   (3) : 

Ford  Thomgate 

Grimston  Willing- 

Hardwick  thorpe 

Harthay  Sale 


Fabrica,  fabricum,  293-5 
Fair,  129-30,  132.     See— 

Banbury  Marton 

Leightou  Newark  on  Trent 

Buzzard  Sleaford 

Louth  Stow  St  Mary 

free  customs  of,  94 
toll  of,  28 
Falconer,  the  king's,  117-18 
Falcons,  117-18,  147 
Fee  farm,  147 

Ferry,  passagium.     See  Newton  on  Trent 
Fields,  200,  205,  207.     See  Lincoln  (3) ; 

Newark  on  Trent 
Firma,  redditus,  171-3 

of  city  of  Lincoln.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
of  wapentake.     See  Well 
tithe  of.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
Five  Boroughs,  the,  xv 
Force    applied    to    keep    a    preb.     See 

Thame 
Forest,  the : 

charters  of,  145-53 
justices  of,  145,  149 
king's  tithe  of,  200,  207-8 
pleas  of,  129-30,  138,  148 
regard  of,  124,  138,  149-50 
Foresters,  royal,  124,  129-30,  139,  145, 

150 
Forests,  woods.     See — 

Bemwood  Huntingdon, 

Brampton  county  of 

Buckden  Lyddington 

Buckingham,         Northampton, 

county  of  county  of 

Harthay 


Forests,  woods — cont. 

Nottingham,  Sherwood 

county  of  Spaldwick 

Oxford,  county      Stow,  Long 
of  Weybridge 

Sale  Windsor 

Forfeiture,  23,  34,  38,  48,  58,  67-71,  76, 

108,    114,    117,    121,  148,  169-70, 

181,  266 
Forgeries,  4 

Foss  dike,  licence  to  divert,  23,  33,  46 
Fossa,  286 
Fossatum,  fossata,  33,  54-5,  86,  194  202, 

286 
Fox,   181 
Franchises.     See  Lincoln  (10) 


Geld,  21,  25,  118.     See  Danegeld 

Oista,  joists,  274 

Gold: 

pieces,   86, 

ring,  294 
Goldsmith,  294 
Grange,  247 
Oraua,  129-30,  132 
Grestain,  Necrology  of,  10 
Groom,  294 


Hares,    chasing   of,    68-71,    76,    79-81, 
180-1,  266 

Hermits  and  anchorites.     See — 
Blechingley  Hoppa 

Canterbury  Wickhambreux 

Herons,  Heyruns,   147 

Hie,  huic.  colloquial  use  of,  40 

Hide,  5,  6,  10,  13,  14,  53,  83-4,  193 

Highway.     See  Strata 

Holy  Land,  the,  aid  for.     See  Taxes 

Homage,   140.     See  Anselm 

Hominium,   136 

Honors.     See — 

Blyth  Peverel 

Boulogne  Pontefract 

Dover  Rannulf  I 

Greetham  Roimaare 

Lancaster  Wallingford 

Hospitals.     See — 

Canterbury  Spoleto 

Lincoln  (3)  Worcester 

Himdred.     See — 

Cropredy  Milton  [near 

Dorchester  Thame] 

Leightonstone       Toseland 

Hunter,  uenator,  294 

Hmiting,  the  king's,   124,   129-30,   13S, 
148,  150 


Indulgences,  245-6,  265 
Infangenethef,    31,    37,    39,    46,    50-1, 

54,   57,   59,   71-2,   74^5,   87,    103, 

105,   107-8 
Interdict,  the  general,  129,  136 


348 


INDEX   OF   SUBJECTS 


Investiture,  4 

in  bishopric  with  pastoral  staff,  3, 

91 
in  prebend,  55 


Jew.     See  Aaron 

Jurisdiction.     See  Lincoln  (10) 

Justice,  royal.     See  counties  of — 
Huntingdon  Nottingham 

Lincoln  Oxford 

Justiciar,  the  king's,  50 

See  Geoffrey  Fitz-Peter ;  Seagrave, 
Stephen  of 


King,  the,  acts  as  surety,  95,  97 

Knights,  military  tenants  : 
of  bishop.     See  Lincoln  (7) 
of  dean  and  chapter.     See  Lincoln 
(9) 


Laga,  47 

Landgable,  86-7,  104,  270 

Lateran  Councils.     See  Rome 

Latrocinium,  51 

Legate.     See — 

Blois,  Langton, 

Henry  of  Stephen 

Gualo  Pandulph 

Theobald 
Legate's  Covmcil.     See  Westminster 
Letters  patent,   133-4,  136,   143,   160-6, 

184-5 
Lights  in  church,  82 
Loga,  206 


Maneriolum.     See     Lincoln     (3),     Wil- 
lingthorpe 

Manor,  pledged  to  Aaron  the  Jew,  129, 
132 

Manor  house,  281 

Manors.     iSee — 

Ashbourne  Huntingdon 

Banbury  Ingham 

Biggleswade  Kilsby 

Brampton  Kirkby 
Caenby  and  Moorside 

Glentham  Kirton  in 
Caistor  Lindsey 

Cawthorpe  Knighton 

Chesterfield  Leicester 

Coxwold  Leighton 
Eagle  Broraswold 

Elkington,  Louth 

South  Mansfield 

Friesthorpe  Marston  St 
Grimsby,  Groat         Lawrence 

Holme  Nettleham 

Spiimey  Norton, 
Horley  Bishop 

Homcastle  Orston 

Hovingham  Sleaford 


Manors — cont. 

Sptddwick  Welton  by 

Stow  St  Mary  Lincoln 

Thorngate  Wickham, 

Tixover  co.  Oxf. 

Torksey  Wickhambreux 

Walton  in  Willingthorpe 

Aylesbury  Winthorpe 

Warkwortli  Wooburn 

WelUngore 

Mansio,  12,  189,  191,  198,  200,  205-6 

Mansura,  meiisura,  63,  121,  205-6,  208, 
285 

Mantle,  demand  for  a,  released  by 
Kichard  I,   123 

Map,  246 

Maresium,  285 

Mariecorn,  a  render  to  cathedral  of  one 
thrave  of  corn  from  every  plough, 
206,  208 

Market-place.     >See  Eynshara  ;  Sleaford 

Markets,  76,  129-30,  132.     See— 

Banbury  Stow  St  Mary 

Biggleswade  Thame 

Leighton  Warden, 

Buzzard  Chipping 

Sleaford 

Marlpit,   151 

Marriage  of  girls,  bequest  for,  293 

Mayor.     See  Lincoln  (3) 

Medicits,  250,  253 

Mills,  71,   140,  142,   151.     See- 
Bedford  Oxford 
Dorchester             Tame 
Huntingdon            Thames 
Kirkby  cum            Walton  [in 
Osgodby  Grantham] 

Missal,  82 

Moueyer.     See  Guthred 

Murdrum,  51,  72,  124 


Names  of  men  of  native  descent,  xvi 
Names,  uncommon  and  early  : 

Achi  Baldric 

Adelidis  Basilia 

Adelina  Basing 

Adelis  Berard 

Adelm  Berenger 

Aiax  Bochard 

Ailred  Brand 

Ailric  Clarerabald 

Aimerio  Colegrim 

Alberio  Colsuain 

Aldulf  Conrad 

Almeric  Dumping 

Alured,  Durand 

Alvered  Elfred 

Anselm  Erneis 

Ansfrid  Fawkes 

Arneuin  Froger 

Amoul  Gerbod 

Aager  Gladwin 

Auoer  Godiva 

Azo  Goisfrid 


INDEX   OF   SUBJECTS 


349 


Names,  uncommon 

and  early — cotU. 

GoBSumus 

Pandulph 

Gundulf 

Picot 

Gutlired 

Beinfrid 

Haimo 

Bemigius 

Hardinc 

Romfara 

Hubald 

Rotrodus 

Imarus 

Saier,  Seyer 

Imerua 

Severic 

Ingelram 

Sigefrid 

Ingelram  or 

Siward 

fig 

Suartebrand 

Jordan 

Tebert 

Ketel 

Terrious 

Lanfranc 

Theobald 

Leofric 

Theodoric 

Leuiet 

Thurstan 

Leving 

Turchil 

Louo 

Ulf 

Malger 

Uree 

Manasser 

Walchelin 

Martell 

Waldric 

Maruuen 

VValkelin 

Mauger 

Waltheof 

Oddo 

Warin 

Odo 

Wigot 

Osgot 

Wulfstan 

Osulf 

WuHwig 

Notary  public.     See 

JIarlesford,  John 

Oil,  holy,  64-5 
Ornaments  of  church,   82 
Outlawry,   136 

Palfrey,  294 

Panis  benedictua,  82 

Pannagium,  147,  150 

Parcage,  parcagium,  86-7,   104,  270 

Park: 

Ucence  to  make,   129-30,  132,   138. 
See— 

Buckden  Spaldwick 

Lyddington  Thame 

Parmenus,  46 

Parochia,  diocese,  78-9,  188,  191,  206 
Pastoral  statf,  gift  of,  by  the  king,  3,  4 
Peace,  the  king's,  34,  57,  98,  108,  115, 

148 
Peasants,  free,  xvi.     See  Villeins 
Peers,  judgement  by,  36 
Pensions   from   religious   houses,    203 
Pentecostals,  258-9,  265 
Pestilence,  the  Black  Death,  125 
Peter's  pence,  264 
Pledge,  uadium,  36,  44-5,  61,  284 
Plegius,  fideiussor,  the  king  intervenes 

as,   94-6 
Plough  team,  160-1 
Pope,  the  : 

form   of  peace  sent  to   king  John 
by,   134-5 

reservation  of  benefices  by,  231 

papal  curia,  246 

See  Liegate 


Porter,  294 
Prebend : 

division  of,   231-3 

held  by  force.     See  Thame 

seisin  of,   55 

to  be  conferred  on  men  of  English 

birth,  231-2 
See  Investiture 
Prebendal     court.      -See     Asgarby     [by 

SpUsby] 
Prebendam,  gifts  in,    14,   25-8,   30,   32, 
39-40,  49,  51-4,   58,   61-3,   71-4, 
76,    78-80,    93,    106-7,    112,    118, 
142,  198,  206,  211-12,  262 
Prebends.     See    Bedford;    Lincoln    (3); 

Lincohi  (12) 
Precept  by  the  king's  own  mouth,  1 18-19 
Privileged  churches.     See  St  Albans 
Procurations,  82,  213-15,  226-7 
Protection,  the  king's,  73,  133 
Purgation,  210-11 
Purprestura,  124,  146,  149 


Recognition  : 

by  ancient  men  of  the  wapentake, 
78-9 

by  ancient  men  of  the  city  of  Lin- 
coln,   110-11 

by  good  men  of  the  county,  24 

by  lawful  men,  67-8,  100,  146,  150, 
184 

by  lawful  men  of  the  halimote  and 
wapentake,  116 

by  regarders  of  the  forest,  150 
Rector    regis    et    regni.     See    Marshall, 
William 

the  king's,  161,  176,  178 
See  Hamon  ;  .fohn  ;  Lincoln  (3) 
Religious  liouses.     See — 
Abbotsbury 


Abingdon 

Bardney 

Barlings 

Battle 

Belvoir 

Bourne 

Canterbury 

Ceme 

Chertsey 

Cirencester 

Clifford 

Croyland 

Dorchester 

Dover 

Elsham 

Evesham 

Eynsham 

Gloucester 

Hagnaby 

Haverholme 

Hyde 

Kirby  Bellars 

Kiikstead 


Lacock 

Leicester 

Licques 

Lincoln   ( 3 ) 
St  Katharine 
St  Sepulchre 

Louth  Park 

Lyre 

Mahnesbury 

Markby 

Merton 

Milton 

Missenden 

Newhouse 


Oxford,  St 

Frideswide 
Pershore 
Peterborough 
Ramsey 
Reading 
Revesby 
Rievaulx 
Boobe 


350 


INDEX   OF   SUBJECTS 


Keligious  houses — co 

Rufford 

St  Albans 

St  Edmund's 
Bury 

St  Fromoud 

St  Mary  of 
Saintes 

St  Radeguud 

Selby 

Sempringham 

Sherburn 

Spalding 

Stamford 

Stow  St  Mary 
Ring,  the  king's,  55 
Rivers.     See — 

Medway 

Mersey 

Ouse 
(Bedf.) 

Ribble 
Bollita,  73 
Roman  remains.     See 


Thornholm 
Thornton 

Curtis 
Tuphokne 
Warden,  Old 
Wellow 
Wenlock 
Westminster 
Whitby 
Winchcombe 
Wobum 
Worksop 
Wothorpe 
York 


Tame 

Thames 

Trent 

Welltuid 

Witham 


Lincoln  (3) 


Scutage,  172.     See  Taxes 
Seal  of  the  legate  Gualo,  148 
Seals,  injury  to,  9 
Seisin : 

of  prebend,  55 
writ  of,  16,  19 
Seneschal : 

of  bishop.     See  Bardolf 
royal.     See  Edward  III 
Septisms,  six,  216-19 
Sheriff.     See  counties  of — 
Bedford 
Buckingham 
Derby 
Huntingdon 
Kent 
Lincoln 
Shrine  of  St  Hugh,  273 
Sieges.     See — 
Bedford 
Crowmarsh 
Gilford 
Sketch  of  subdean,  210 
Smith,  292 
Soke  : 

of  the  bishop,  206 
See— 

Asgarby  [by  RotlJey 

SpUsby]  Rutland 

Greetham  Stow  St 

Newark  on  Trent      Mary 
Soke  and  sake,  18,  19,  31-2,  37,  39,  46, 
60-1,  54,  57,  59,  71-2,  74-5,  87, 
103,  105,  107-8,  189 
Sokemeu,  52 

Song  school,  249-52,  254,  262-3 
Sparrowhawks,  117-18 
Spinetum,  129 
Stalls  of  a  church,  67 


Northampton 
Nottingham 

and  Derby 
Oxford 
Wiltshire 
York 


Lincoln  (3) 
Newark  on  Trent 
Stamford 


Strata  regia,  chiminum,  via,  diversion  of 

23,   33,   129-30 
Sutmyietarius,  294 

Swntnmotum,  130,  132,  138,  146,  150 
Synod,  36 


Tale,  money  by,  13,  106 
Taxes  and  aids  : 

exemption  from  aid  for  daughter  of 

Henry  I,  25-6 
carucage   of   6s.    8d.   and   2«.   (a.d. 

1224),  160-1 
scutage  (a.d.  1224),  162 
scutage  of  £1    6s.   8d.   (a.d.    1231), 

164-5;  (a.d.  1236),  165-6 
a   fifteentli    (a.d.    1226),    grant   of, 

from  tlie  clergy,  162-3 
a   sixteenth   (a.d.    1226),  grant    of, 

from  the  clergy,  163-4 
aid  of   a  twentieth,   for   the   Holy 

Land,  163-4 
not  to  be  drawn  into  a  precedent, 

160-1,  163-6 
failure  to  pay  aid,  163 
Tenants,  free,  160-1 
Testament,  xxxi,  293-5 
Thrave,  206 
Tithe : 

of  hay,  on  royal  demesne,  162-3 
of  mill,  82,  162-3 
of  moneys  from  royal  forests,  101 
of  was,  83-4 
of  wool,  83-4 
Tithes,  2,  3,  6,  6,  14-17,  19-20.  23,  31. 
45,    48,    52,    54-6,    68-9,    61-2. 
64-5,  82-5,  112,  117,  144,  198-9, 
200,  202,  205-6  (2)-7,  222.     See 
Caistor ;    Lincoln    (3) ;    Stow    St 
Mary 
Toft  and  croft,  295 

Toll  and  team,   18,  19,  31,  37,  39,  46, 
50-1,  54.  67,  69.  71-2,  74-5,  87, 
103,  105,  107-8,  189 
Tractatus  .  .  .  de  formis  electionum  epis 

coporum,  xix 
Transfreiatio,  98 

Treasurer,     royal.      See     Jolm,     king ; 
Henry  III,  king 


University  professor.    See  PuUen,  Robert 


Vacancy  of  see.     See  Lincoln  (6) 

Vavasor,  99-100 

Vessels,  gold  and  silver,  294 

ViaUUor,  294 

Vicarage : 

endowment  of,   81-3 

institution  and  induction  to  a,  81-3 
Vice-chancellor,  royal.    See  Richard  I 


INDEX   OF   SUBJECTS 


351 


Villeins,  nutici,  160-1.     See  Peasants 
Vineyards,  176.     See  Lincoln  (3) 
Virga  viginti  pedum  de  ulna  regia,  275 
Virgates,  6,  10,  83-4 
Visitation,  episcopal,  xviii,   213,  225-7, 

251 
Vivary.  23,  33,  71,  151,  286 


Wapentake : 

assessment  to  geld  as  half  a  wapen- 
take, 21 

custom  of,   100 

lawful  men  of,   116 

royal  justice  of  three  wapentakes, 
190 

third  penny  of,  ad  firmam.  See 
WeU 


Wapentake — cont. 

See— 

Bolingbroke 

Oswaldbec 

Corringham 

Well 

Newark  on  Trent 

War  witli  France,   165 

Warda  de  la  Graye,  29-1 

Wardship,  61,  166 

Warren  :  See — 

Asgarby  [by 

Nottingham, 

Spilsby] 

county  of 

Aston  le  Walls 

Stow  St  Mary 

Banbury 

Thame 

Lincoln  (1) 

Torksey 

Louth 

Tuxford 

Newark 

Warsop 

on  Trent 

Wolf,  180-1