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[[[[[ecsp Add. Ch.
70. Confirmation by John of St. Laurence,2 canon of St. Paul's, to the church of St. Pancras and its rector, Alexander of Norfolk, of the tithes from his prebend, from demesne and from land at rent.
Date : 1183-12o2.2
MS. : A 22/1625 (original).
1 See below, No. 72. The British Museum recently acquired a duplicate of this charter ; see note by Dr. Flower in London Topographical Record (1932), Vol. XVI, pp. 78-9.
2 John of St. Laurence had appealed to the Papacy against the grant made by William de Belmeis, his predecessor in the prebend, claiming rights in the church against the dean and chapter. (B.M., Harl. MS. 6956, p. 6o.)
Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit. Iohannes de sancto Laurentio canonicus ecclesie sancti Pauli Lund'. salutem in domino. Uniuersitati uestre notum fieri uolo me dedisse 7 concessisse deo 7 ecclesie sancti Pancratii 7 Alexandro de Norfo/c' eiusdem ecclesie rectori f omnes decimationes prouenientes de solanda mea quam habeo in eadem parrochia . tam scilicet de dominio meo quam de terra assisa habendas 7 possidendas bene pacifice in perpetuum . sicut ecclesia illa aliquo teitpore decimationes illas plenius 7 liberius possidere consueuit. Hanc igitur concessionem meam 7 donationem ut futuris temporibus firma sit 7 stabilis f presenti scripto 7 sigilli mei testimonio roborare curaui. His testibus. magistro Ricardo de Stortefod' (sic). Roberto de Clifford '. Giliberto Banastre. Ricardo capellano. Lamberto sacrista. Ricardo Bacheler. Osmundo. Henrico. 7 Herueio fratribus. 7 multis aliis.
Endorsed : decime concesse a quodam canonic() ecclesie sancti Pancracii
de prebenda in eadem parrochia.
Size : 51/2" x 4". Slit for seal. |