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Add Ch 54148
- Record Id:
- 032-002190056
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002190056
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x0002eb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140660.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 54148
- Title:
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Bull of Pope Alexander III relating to Kilham, Yorkshire
- Scope & Content:
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Letter of Pope Alexander III (b. c. 1100/05, d. 1181; reg. 1159-1181) to Geoffrey, Dean of Rouen, the archdeacons and the Chapter of Rouen, confirming the moiety of the manor of Kilham, Yorkshire, granted to them by King Henry II (b. 1133, d. 1189; reg. 1154-1189). At Tours, 5th Kalends of December (27 November 1162).
Includes a contemporary endorsement: 'Domine pape de Kyllum'.
Leaden bull attached with a cord of red and yellow silk.
Another copy is preserved at Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale, Y.44, f. 87d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002190056", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Ch 54148: Bull of Pope Alexander III relating to Kilham, Yorkshire" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002190056
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002190056
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Parchment single sheet charter
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140660.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1162
- End Date:
- 1162
- Date Range:
- 1162
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: parchment.
Dimensions: 195 x 205 mm (seal: 35 mm diameter).
Script: Protogothic documentary script.
- Custodial History:
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Puchased by the British Museum from Mr G. R. Lee for £3 3s., 8 June 1907.
- Publications:
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Regesta Pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII, ed. by Philippe Jaffé, 2 vols (Leipzig: Veit & Co., 1885-88), no. 10786.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years MDCCCCVI-MDCCCCX (London: Printed for the Trustees, 1912), p. 282.
Early Yorkshire Charters: being a collection of documents anterior to the thirteenth century made from the public records, monastic chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's manuscripts and other available sources, ed. by William Farrer, 13 vols (Edinburgh: Printed for the editor by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1914), I, pp. 340-41 (no. 438) [transcription].
H.I. Bell, 'A List of Original Papal Bulls and Briefs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum', English Historical Review, 36 (1921), 393-419, 556-83 (p. 397).
Papsturkunden in England, ed. by Walther Holtzmann, Abhandlungen der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, new ser. 25, 3rd ser. 14-15, 33, 3 vols (Berlin: [no pub.], 1930-52), I, p. 173, no. 13.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alexander III, Pope, c 1100-1181,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000455381808,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/307158035
Geoffrey, Dean of Rouen, fl 1162
Henry II, King of England, Duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine, 1133-1189 - Places:
- Kilham, Yorkshire
Rouen, France - Related Material:
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Previous description from the Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years MDCCCCVI-MDCCCCX (1912), p. 282:
"BULL, of Pope Alexander III. to Geoffrey, Dean of Rouen, and the Chapter, confirming the grant by King Henry II. of a moiety of the manor of Kilham, co. York; v. kal. Dec. [1162]. With leaden bulla."
Further details from old catalogue entry:
"Rouen, France: Bull to the Dean and Chapter: 1162.
Alexander III; Pope: Bull to the Dean and Chapter of Rouen: 1162.: Lat.
Kilham, Yorkshire: Papal confirmation of grant of moiety of the manor: 1162.
Geoffrey, dean of Rouen: Papal Bull to: 1162.
Henry II of England: Papal confirmation of grant by, in Kilham, co. York: 1162."