The Statutes of the Realm/Volume 1/Charters of Liberties/2
CARTA
REGIS STEPHANI.
ANNO REGNI PRIMO.
A.D. MCXXXVI.
Carta Stephan̄ Reg̃ de Lib̴tatibꝫ Eccl̵ie Angl̵, & Regni.[1]
Ego Stph̴s d̵i gr̃a assensu cleri & popl̵i ī regē [angloꝝ[2]] electꝰ, & a W. Cantuar̃ Archiep̃o, & Sc̃e Romane eccl̵iæ legato ꝯsecatꝰ, & ab Innoc̃ sc̃e romane sed̵ pontifice ([3]) ꝯfirmatꝰ; respectu & amore d̵i sc̃ā eccl̵iā lib̴ā ẽe, ꝯcedo, & debitā rev͛entiā illi ꝯfirmo. Nich̴ me ī eccl̵ia, vl̵ rebꝰ eccl̵iasticis simoniace acturū, vl̵ ꝑmissurū [ẽe[4]] ꝓmitto. Eccl̵iasticarū ꝑsonarū & õiū clericoꝝ, & rerū eoꝝ Justiciā & potestatē & distibutiōē [Honoꝝ[5]] eccl̵iasticoꝝ ī manu ep̃oꝝ ẽe, ꝑhibeo & ꝯfirmo. Dignitates eccl̵iarū pivilegiis earū ꝯfirmatas, & ꝯsuetud̵ earū antiqo tenore habitas; inviolate man͛e statuo & cōcedo. Om̃s eccl̵iarū possessiōes & tenuras qas die illa habuer̃t qa [W. rex avus m̃s[6]] fuit vivus & mortꝰ; sine õi calūpniantiū reclamatiōe, eis lib̴as & absolutas ẽe, ꝯcedo: Si qid vo de habitis vl̵ possessis an̄ mortē ejꝰdē regis, qibꝰ mo careat eccl̵ia, deinceps [repetierit,[7]] indulgentiæ & dispensatiōi meæ, vl̵ restituendū vl̵ discutiendū reservo. Quec̃qꝫ vo pꝰ mortē ipsiꝰ reg̃ lib̴alitate regū, [vl̵[8]] largitiōe pincipū, oblatiōe [vl̵[9]] cōꝑatiōe, vl̵ qalibet tansmutatiōe fideliū eis collata s̃t, ꝯfirmo. Pacē & Justiciā, me in õibꝰ facturū, & ꝓ posse meo, ꝯservaturū eis ꝓmitto. Forestas qas [W.[10]] avus m̃s & [W.[11]] avuncl̵s m̃s instituer̃t & [h̴uer̃t,[12]] ([13]) mi reservo. Cet͛as ([14]) om̃s qas rex H. suꝑaddidit; eccl̵iis & regno [qietas[15]] reddo & ꝯcedo. Si qis ([16]) ep̃s vl̵ abbas, vl̵ alia eccl̵astica ꝑsona, an̄ mortē suā [ratioabilit͛ sua[17]] distibuerit, vl̵ distibuenda statuerit; firmū man͛e ꝯcedo. Si vo morte p͛occupantꝰ fuerit; ꝓ salute āīæ ejꝰ, eccl̵ie ꝯsilio eadē fiat distibutio: Dū vo sedes ꝓpiis pastoribꝰ vacuæ fu͛int; [ipsas[18]] & earū possessiōes om̃s ī manu & custodia cl̵icorū vl̵ ꝓboꝝ hōīū ejꝰdē eccl̵iæ [ꝯmittā;[19]] donec pastor canonice substituatr. Os̃ exactiōes & Injusticias, & Mescheningas, sive ꝑ vicec̃, vl̵ [ꝑ[20]] alios qoslib& male inductas; funditꝰ exstirpo. Bonas Leges & antiqas, & justas ꝯsuetud̵, in mrdr̃, & plac̃, & aliis causis observabo & observari p͛cipio, & ꝯstituo. H̴ ([21]) oĩa ꝯcedo, & ꝯfirmo, salva regia & justa dignitate mea. T⟨ꝫ⟩. W. cantuar̃ archiep̃o, & Hug̃ Roth̴ archiep̃o, & Henr̃ Wint̃ ep̃o, & Rog̃o Sar̃ ep̃o, & A. Linc̃ ep̃o, [& Nig̃ Eliens̃ ep̃o,[22]] & Evrard̵ Norwic̃ ep̃o, & [Sim̄ Wigorn̄ ep̃o,[23]] & Bern̄ ep̃o [de S. d̵d̵.[24]] & [Audoen̄ ebroic̃ ep̃o,[25]] & Ric̃ Abrinc̃ ep̃o, & Rob̴ Heref̴ ep̃o, & Joh̴e Rouec̃ ep̃o, & Athelulf̴ carlol̵ ep̃o, & Rog̃o Canc̃, & Henr̃ nep̃ Regis, ([26]) & Rob̴ Com̄ Gloec̃, & Wil̴l̴o Com̄ de Warenna, & Rann̄ Com̄ Cestr̃, & Rob̴ Com̄ de Warewic, & [Rob̴to & de Ver̃,[27]] & Milon̄ de Gloec̃, & Brient̃ fil̵ Com̄, & Rob̴to de Oilli, Conestab̴l̵is, & Wil̴l̴o mart̃, & Hug̃ bigot̃, & [Hunfr̃ de Buhun̄,[28]] & [Sim̄ de Belcāp[29]] [dapifer̃,[30]] & Wil̴l̴o de Albin̄ & Eudon̄ mart̃ [pincern̄,[31]] & Rob̴ de ferrer̃, & Wil̴l̴o [peur̃,[32]] [de Notingeh̴,[33]] & [Sim̄ de Saintliz,[34]] & W. de [Albaiñ[35],] & Pag̃ fil̵ Joh̴is, & Ham̄ de sc̃o Claro, & [Ilb̴to[36]] de Laceio. Ap̃ Oxenef̴ Anno [ab Incarnatione dñi[37]] M.C.xxxvj. [Sꝫ Regni mei primo.[38]]
- ↑ In dorso Cart{{subst:ae}}.
- ↑ Anglie C.
- ↑ postmodum H.C.
- ↑ deest C.
- ↑ bonoꝝ C.
- ↑
Willelmus avus meus rex Angl̵ H. Wil̴l̴s Rex Angl̵ avus meus C. - ↑ repecierit H.C.
- ↑ deest H.C.
- ↑ deest H.
- ↑ Willelmus rex H.C.
- ↑ Willelmus secundus H.C.
- ↑ tenuerunt H.
- ↑ illas C.
- ↑ vero H.
- ↑ quiete C.
- ↑ autē C.
- ↑ sua rationabiter H.
- ↑ ips{{subst:ae}} H. C.
- ↑ committantur H.C.
- ↑ deest H.
- ↑ vero H.C.
- ↑ desunt H.
- ↑ S. Episcopo Wirec̃, H.C.
- ↑ Sancti David, H. C.
- ↑
A. Episopo Ebr̃, H. And̵ Ep̃o Eborac̃, C. - ↑ et R. de Fisc̃, H.
- ↑ Rob. de Ver̃, H: R. de Ver̃, C.
- ↑
V. de Buh̴, H. Humfr̃ de Bohun, C. - ↑ S. de Belloc̃ H.C.
- ↑ dapiferis C: dap̃ H.
- ↑ Pinc͛nis C: Linc̃ H.
- ↑ Penr̃, H.
- ↑ desunt H. C.
- ↑
S. de Sancto Licio, H. S. de Silva Necti, C. - ↑ Albam̄, H.
- ↑ J. H.
- ↑ Dominic{{subst:ae}} Incarnacionis H.
- ↑ in communi concilio H.