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Add Ch 34040
- Record Id:
- 040-002182686
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002181667
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000504.0x000308
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140630.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 34040
- Title:
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Charter of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to Sawtry Abbey, 7 June 1205
- Scope & Content:
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Notification of King John granting to Sawtry Abbey the right to enclose for their sole use, excepting royal hunting, the woods of Sawtry, Southwic, Totenhoe and Gothil.
Witnessed by Ranulf de Blundeville, earl of Chester and earl of Lincoln (d. 1232); David, earl of Huntingdon and lord of Garioch (d. 1219); William Longespée, earl of Salisbury (d. 1226); Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester (d. 1211); William III de Briouze (d. 1211); Hugh de Neville (d. 1234); William Brewer (d. 1226); Robert Fitzwalter (d. 1235); Saer de Quincy, earl of Winchester (d. 1219).
Given by the hand of Hugh of Wells, Archdeacon of Wells and Bishop of Lincoln (d. 1235), at Stoke [Bishopstoke, Hampshire] on 7 June, 7 John [1205].
Endorsed on the dorse, 'Annotata est libertas carte istius de minutis particulis foreste in rotulo d. Hen. III. [1223-4]'.
Enrolled in London, The National Archives, C 53/7 (Charter Roll 7 John), membrane 10. Printed edition of enrolment in Hardy, Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londoniensi asservati 1199–1216, pp. 154-55.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002181667
036-002182685
040-002182686 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 33047-34933 : CHARTERS and (34,270-34,933) Rolls chiefly relating to the Benedictine Abbey of Ramsey and the Cistercian Abbey of Sawtry
Add Ch 34040-34088 : Co. Huntingdon: Sawtry, 1205-1582.
Add Ch 34040 : Charter of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to Sawtry Abbey, 7 June 1205 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002181667[0084]/036-002182685[0001]/040-002182686
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 33047-34933
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140630.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1205
- End Date:
- 1205
- Date Range:
- 7 Jun 1205
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 205 x 220 mm (written space: 165 x 205 mm).
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Bishopstoke, England.
Provenance:
The Cistercian abbey of Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, England.
Purchased from William Henry Fellowes (b. 1848, d. 1925), 2nd baron de Ramsey, by the British Museum, 6 August 1888, together with Add Chs 33047-34933, for £200.
- Publications:
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T. D. Hardy (ed.), Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londoniensi asservati 1199–1216 (London: Records Commission, 1837), pp. 154-55.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum, 1894), pp. 351-55.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)