Identity |
B176 |
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Title |
Mandate to the justices of Ireland commanding the restoration of fugitive serfs of St Mary’s Abbey Dublin |
Beneficiary |
St Mary's Abbey Dublin (Institutions) |
Date of issue |
12 May 1204 |
Place of issue |
Southwick (Hampshire) (Places) |
Sources |
B = Oxford, Bodleian Library ms. Rawlinson B.495 (Cartulary of St Mary’s, Dublin) fo. 35r, s.xiv. |
Printed |
(from B) Chartularies of St. Mary’s Abbey, Dublin, ed. J. T. Gilbert, 2 vols. (London, 1884), 90, no. 65a |
Comment |
Iohannes Dei gratia rex Angl(ie) dominus Hybern(ie) dux Norm(annie) Aquitan(ie) comes Andeg(auie) iustic(iario) Hybern(ie) salutem. Mandamus vob(is) quod sine dilatione faciatis habere abbati sancte Mar(ie) Dublin' natiuos et fugitiuos suos cum omnibus catallis suis et cum tota sequela sua ubicumque inuenti fuerint in bailliua vestra nisi sint in dominico meo qui fugerunt de terra sua post captionem Dublin', et prohibemus ne quis eos iniuste detineat super forisfacturam nostram. T(este) me ipso apud Suwic' xii. die Maii.
Order to the justices of Ireland that they deliver to the abbot of St Mary’s Dublin his fugitive serfs, who fled from his land after Dublin was taken, with all their chattels, wherever they are found in his bailiwick, unless they are in the king’s demesne.