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Add Ch 54007
- Record Id:
- 032-002189909
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002189909
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x0002e2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172074026.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 54007
- Title:
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Grant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, widowed Queen of England, to Fontevraud Abbey of a house in Poitiers
- Scope & Content:
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Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. c. 1122, d. 1204), Duchess of Aquitaine and widowed Queen of England (the widow of King Henry II (r. 1154-1189)), grants a house in Poitiers to the abbey of Fontevraud (Fontevrault), France. The house is granted for the support of Roger, her chaplain, and his successors in the chapel of St Laurence, which was founded by Eleanor at Fontevraud.
Given at Poitiers, by the hand of Master Richard, clerk. Datable to 1199 according to the witness list, of persons gathered at Fontevraud on the occasion of the funeral of Eleanor's son, King Richard I of England (r. 1189-1199).
Witnessed by Maurice, Bishop of Poitiers (r. 1198-1214), and 19 others.
Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘pro Sancto Laurencio’, in a 14th-century hand, ‘S[anc]t[is]. Laurentius a porturo posuetis; an old reference, ‘10, f. 4, sac. 2’.
Eleanor was buried at Fontevraud Abbey after her death in 1204.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002189909
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002189909
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100172074026.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1199
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 1199
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 188/192 x 256 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
- Origin:Poitiers, France.Provenance:Purchased by the British Museum from W. G. Washington Moon, 10 February 1906, for £2.
- Publications:
- Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: Printed by the order of the Trustees, 1912), p. 280.Vincent, Nicholas, ‘Patronage, Politics and Piety in the Charters of Eleanor of Aquitaine’, in Martin Aurell and N.-Y. Tonnerre (eds.), Plantagenêts et Capétiens: confrontations et héritages (Turnhout, 2006), p. 57.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)