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"Grant by King H[enry], in frank almoin, at the request of the Empress, his mother,...

Catalogue reference: E 40/6685

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Reference
E 40/6685
Date
[1186-1189]
Description

"Grant by King H[enry], in frank almoin, at the request of the Empress, his mother, and of Gilbert, then abbot of Citeaux, and his co-abbots, to the monks of the abbey of Stanley [Wiltshire], which is of the foundation of the said Empress and of the King, of a certain member of his manor of Ferendon called Worda, which the abbey of Tame held of the grant of the King's enemies, but which it has wholly resigned to him. Witnesses:- H[ugh], bishop of Lincoln, Roger, Richard, and Nicholas, the King's chaplains, Hugh de Morewich and Hugh Bardulf, sewers (dapiferis), Ralph, son of Stephen the chamberlain, Robert de Witefeld, and Michael Belet; at Wudestoch.' Berkshire. [1186-1189].

Note
Portion of Great Seal broken. See Chancery, Cartæ Antiquæ, Roll X., No. 22. Printed in Pipe Roll Society's Publications, Vol. X. Ancient Charters, etc. No. 52.
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See item 22 in C 52/10

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