CHARTERS and documents distinguished for age, beauty of seal or historical interest; arranged chronologically from 1182 to 1703. Amongst them may be noticed deeds relating to the following religious houses, noblemen, and others:-
TWO grants to Bec Abbey in Normandy, xiiith cent.;- grant of immunity from tithe to the Cistercian Order by Pope Honorius III., 1222;- appointment of R. Lord Basset as Receiver in Piedmont for Lionel, Duke of Clarence, on his marriage with Violantha, daughter of Galeazzo II. Duke of Milan, 1368;- power of attorney from W. de Montacute, 5th Earl of Salisbury, 1364; -retinue of W. Lord Hastings, Lieutenant of Calais, 1477.