BIB_ID
80646
Accession number
MA 1217
Creator
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135.
Display Date
[1124-1131?].
Credit line
Purchased, 1947.
Description
1 item : vellum ; 24.8 x 19.9 cm; vellum tongue: 15.1 cm
Notes
14 lines.
The grant is undated however typed notes bound in indicate it was likely between 1124 and 1131.
William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, one of the signers, later married Henry I's widow.
Witnessed by: William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel; Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk; Humphrey, Baron de Bohun; William de Buis; William Crassus; Gaufridis, Archdeacon of Bayeux; Randulf de Gernons, Earl of Chester; Richard de Bruix, Bishop of Coutances; Robert, Earl of Gloucester (Henry's son); Robert of the Seal (a clerk in the Chancery of Henry I; and Ralph Taison.
The grant is undated however typed notes bound in indicate it was likely between 1124 and 1131.
William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, one of the signers, later married Henry I's widow.
Witnessed by: William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel; Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk; Humphrey, Baron de Bohun; William de Buis; William Crassus; Gaufridis, Archdeacon of Bayeux; Randulf de Gernons, Earl of Chester; Richard de Bruix, Bishop of Coutances; Robert, Earl of Gloucester (Henry's son); Robert of the Seal (a clerk in the Chancery of Henry I; and Ralph Taison.
Provenance
Purchased from J.F. Drake in 1947; from the Shattuck Collection auctioned at Parke-Bernt, March 25, 1947, Catalog 852, Lot, 96.
Summary
Confirming a grant of property made by Simon de Bosville to the Abbey of St. Stephen at Caen.
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