Identity |
B104A1 |
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Title |
Notification to John bishop of Norwich and Geoffrey fitz Peter that it has been established by inquest that the church of Orford is a chapel belonging to the mother church of Sombourne which is of the gift of the bishop and church of Ely |
Beneficiary |
Orford, church of (Institutions) |
Date of issue |
27 February 1202 |
Place of issue |
Caen (Places) |
Sources |
A1 = EDC/1/B/26 A.i. (s.xiii) 34 (s.xvii) A2 = EDC/1/B/27 (B104A2) |
Printed |
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Comment |
survives in original - link |
Iohannes Dei gratia rex Angl(ie) dominus Hybernie dux Norm(annie) Aquit(anie) comes Andeg(auie) venerabili in Cristo patri I(ohanni) Norwic’ episcopo et Gaufr(ido) fil(io) Petri com(iti) Essex’ salutem. Sciatis quod ex inquisitione quam nobis misistis quam fecistis fieri per preceptum nostrum de ecclesia de Oreford’ bene perpendimus ecclesiam illam esse capellam pertinentem ad matricem ecclesiam de Suburn’ que est de donatione episcopi Elyen’, et ideo ius patronatus illius reddidimus eidem episcopo et ecclesie Elyen’ tamquam ius suum. T(este) me ipso apud Cadom’ xxvii. die Febr(uarii).
Notification to John bishop of Norwich and Geoffrey fitz Peter earl of Essex that it has been established by inquest that the church of Orford is a chapel belonging to the mother church of Sombourne which is of the gift of the bishop and church of Ely, and that the king has restored the right of patronage to the bishop of Ely.