Acknowledgment by Roger, the priest, of a lease to him from the Abbey of St Stephen, Caen, of the tithes of, and lands, etc., in, Beuville, [dépt. Calvados], 1120. Beuville, département: Calvados, France. Deeds rel. to: 1120-1455.
THIRTEEN DEEDS probably (with the possible exception of Add. Ch. 67582) from the muniments of the Abbey of St Stephen, Caen Fformerly belonged to Thomas Stapleton, the antiquary, who acquired them from Abbé Gervais de la Rue, the historian of Caen (L. Delisle, Cat. des M S S. du fonds de La Trémoïlle, 1889, p. 19). They formed lots 188, 190, 191, 193, part of lot 194, and lot 214 at the sale of the MSS. of Mona Josephine Tempest Fitzalan Howard [née Stapleton], Baroness Beaumont, wife of Be...
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Caen, Calvados: Deeds from the muniments of the Abbey of St Stephen: 1120-1455.
Notification by Hugh, Archbishop of Rouen, to the prelates and abbots of Normandy, of the settlement of a dispute between the canons of Bayeux and the monks of St Stephen's, Caen, concerning processions which certain parishes had to make to the Abbey at Pentecost, [1147]. Printed (from a copy) i...
Indenture whereby William, Abbot of St Stephens, Caen, undertakes to admit Ralph de Caron and a companion as monks in the Abbey, in return for a grant of the latter's lands of 'Genesteio', between Cairon and Cambes, [dépt. Calvados], etc., with certain other stipulations for the time prior to hi...
Appointment by P[eter], Abbot of St Stephens, Caen, of Richard the priest to the living of Secqueville-en-Bessin, [dépt. Calvados], in place of Robert de Siccavilla, resigned on account of ill-health, [1179-1193]. Secqueville-en-Bessin, Calvados, France: Appointment of Richard the priest to the...
Two deeds rel. to Loucelles, [dépt. Calvados], 1187, [1196-1214]. Cf. Léchaudé d'Anisy, Extrait des chartes ... dans les Archives du Calvados, i, 1834, p. 282, no. 71.
Confirmation by Henry de Bella fago of a grant of half a knight's fee to R[obert], Abbot of St Stephens, Caen, [1193-1196]. Henry de Bella Fago: Grant to St Stephen's Abbey, Caen: [1193-1196].
Notification by Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, of a grant by Sir Hugh de Noiers to the Abbey of St Stephen, Caen, of rights of patronage in a moiety of the church of Fontaine-Henry, near Thaon, [dépt. Calvados], etc., [late 12th cent.]. Sir Hugh de Noiers: Grant by, to St Stephen's Abbey, Caen: late ...