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/1686
grant of the chruch of shoreditch [soredich] situated next to the city of london by william [of ste mere eglise] bishop of london to benedict [of sawston] precentor of st paul’s and to his successors in the office of precentor which king john freely assigned to the said precentor by william’s petition and assent
1204
seal edge defective
date witnesses incld alard [de burnham], dean, m john [ of kent] chancellor, richard [de hengham] archdeacon of essex and richard [of ely] archdeacon of colchestre benedict of sawsont was precentor 1204-1214/5
see a14/690
[[EMC 58. Confirmation by William de Ste. Mère Église, bishop of London, to Benedict, precentor of St. Paul's, and his successors, of the church of St. Leonard, Shoreditch.
Date : March 1204.1
MSS. : A 14/1686-7-8 (originals) ; Liber A, fo. 5b (No. 53). Printed : Newcourt, I, 97 (with omissions).
Omnibus Christi fidelibus 'ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit Willelmus dei gratia Lond' episcopus . salutem in eo qui est vita 7 salus. Ad vniuersitatis uestre noticiam uolumus peruenire . nos concessisse 7 auctoritate qua fungimur episcopali confirmasse. Benedicto 2 precentori ecclesie beati 3 Pauli Lond' 7 successoribus eius in eadem ecclesia in officio precentorie ministraturis ecclesiam de Soredich 4 iuxta ciuitatem Lond' sitam cum pertinenciis suis. quam venerabilis dominus Iohannes dei gratia illustris rex Anglorum precentorie prefate ecclesie Lond' . de peticione 7 assensu nostro inperpetuum liberaliter assignauit. Quod ut stabile 7 inconcussum perseueret inperpetuum presenti scripto 7 sigilli nostri apposicione 5 duximus confirmandum. Hiis testibus. Alardo decano ecclesie Lond'. Ricardo archidiacono Esex'. Ricardo archidiacono Colecestr'. magistro Iohanne cancellario. magistro Ranulfo 7 magistro Gileberto canonicis. Gerardo 7 Ricardo capellanis. Henrico de Poterne. magistro Michaele. Willelmo de Haffeld. Iohanne de Waltham 7 pluribus aliis.
Endorsed : confirmacio Willelmi London' episcopi Jacta precentorie super
ecclesia de Shoredich [r3th century].
Size : 6' X 4-r, episcopal seal attached to tag.
t WILLELM . . . NDONIENSIS EPISCOPVS Counterseal. t Willelmi signo secretum triplicesimo
A 14/1687 : Endorsed : super ecclesia de Shoredich appropriata
precentorie [i3th century].
Size : 5 3/4" x 2 3/4". Fragment of episcopal seal attached to tag.
A 14/1688 : Endorsed : super ecclesia de Sordich' collata precentori
sancti Pauli 7 eius successoribus [1.3th century].
Size : 6-i" x 3-i". Fragment of episcopal seal attached to tag. |