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? No Petitioner named Copy of a charter of Henry II to the Templars, granting them...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2678B

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a charter of Henry II to the Templars, granting them... dating from [? 1322-? 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/54/2678B
Date
[? 1322-? 1330]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Copy of a charter of Henry II to the Templars, granting them a mark every year from every sheriff in England, and a mark from every city, town or castle paying the king £100 or more annually.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Chinon [Touraine, France]
People mentioned
Henry [II], King of England
Henry [I], King of England
Geoffrey, [Count of Anjou]
William, son of Henry II
[Matilda], Empress and Countess of Anjou
Eleanor [of Aquitaine], Queen of England
the Order of the Temple (Knights Templars)
Matthew, Bishop of Anjou
Fulk, Abbot of the Oratory
William, brother of Henry II
William, Earl of Gloucester
Roger de Clare, Earl [of Hertford]
Richard [de Clare]
Humphrey [de Bohun], Constable of England
Richard de Luci (Lucy)
Manasser Biset (Bisset), Steward of the Household
Warren Fitz Gerard, Chamberlain
Robert de Dunest'
Richard de Campivilla.
Note
Copy of a charter of Henry II attached to a petition dated tentatively to 1322-1330. The original can be dated to 1156 by its date 'at Chinon in the King's Army' and by its witness-list (see Vincent, Henry II, no.1371A).
Related material

The petition to which this charter was attached is SC 8/54/2678A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2835
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
The Acta of Henry II, N. Vincent, no.1371A (full edition of charter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062895/

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