Identity |
B185 |
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Title |
Notification of the King’s grant of protection to the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Preston |
Beneficiary |
Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Preston (Institutions) |
Date of issue |
28 February 1206 |
Place of issue |
Chester (Places) |
Sources |
B = PRO DL 36/3/66 pp.15-16, from a disbound cartulary of the Preston leper hospital, s.xiv. C = PRO DL 42/1 (Great Coucher Book Volume 1) fo.87r, s.xv in. |
Printed |
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Comment |
Dated 29 February 1206 Cf. Henry II no.2104, and RLP, 59b |
Ioh(an)nes Dei gratia rex Anglie dominus Hibernie et dux Normann(ie) Aquit(anie) com(es) Andeg(auie) archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, com(itibus), baron(ibus), iustic(iis), vic(ecomitibus) et omnibus ministris et fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis quod hospital(is) sancte Mar(ie) Madg(alene) de Preston’ et leprosi ibidem comorant(es) sunt in manu et custodia et protectione nostra, et ideo precipimus quod manuteneatis, custodiatis et protegatis dictum hospital(em) et ipsos leprosos et omnes res suas et possessiones suas quas habent sicut nostras dominicas, ita quod nullam iniuriam vel molestiam vel grauamen eis enim faciat(is) vel ab aliquo fieri permittatis, et si quis eis super hoc foreffacere presumpserit, eis sine dilatione id emendare faciat(is) sicut littere Henr(ici) regis patris nostri patentes quas in(de) habent rationabiliter testantur. Teste me ipso apud Cestr’ xxix. die Febr(uarii) anno regni nostri viiº.
Notification that the king has granted his protection to the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Preston, and the lepors there.