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London Metropolitan Archives CLC/313/L/H/001/MS25121/1687

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Held by	London Metropolitan Archives
Reference	CLC/313/L/H/001/MS25121/1687
Date (Digisig)	1204
Location (Digisig)	London
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Part	10538338
Event	10538338
Description (Repository)	/1687 differnet hand but contemporary copy of /1686 with episcopal seal fragments [[[[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.