Reference
X86/5
Title
[Document presented July 1946 and returned to Essex County Council at their request, Feb 1948]
Part of Privilege of Pope Alexander III to prior Roger and nuns of Chicksand Priory confirming liberties and immunities, and possessions;-
Date free text
6 Nov 1847
Production date
From: 1847 To: 1847
Scope and Content
Chicksand: church with appurtenances and land
Maulden: ?
Campton: ?
The bridge "sub curia vestra" ? Chicksands or Campton
Wood, field etc.: ?
Church of ? (?Keysoe or Stotfold)
Church of Linslade with appurtenances
Church of Cople
Chapel of St [?] the Evangelist and land in Swineshead
Land in Standen (Hertfordshire)
Chapel of St Thomas (Meppershall - see B.H.R.S. I.102)
Pasture etc. in Molesworth (Huntingdonshire)
Grange of Chippenham (Cambridgeshire)
Refers to Henry II's charter confirming properties and immunities 1163-79 (B.H.R.S. I. 118-25) 1163-79, possibly 25 Jun 1178]
Copy of notes made by Professor Cheney on this and other documents found therewith, used as covers to Essex Court Rolls
1 and 2 are two separate quarters (top left-hand and bottom right-hand) of a solemn privilege of Pope Alexander III in favour of the Gilbertine house at Alvingham in Lincolnshire, issued between 25 March and 19 September 1178 and probably 25 June 1178, printed by W Holtzmann, "Papsturkunden in England", I ii 425-7
3 is the top left-hand quarter of a solemn privilege of Pope Alexander III in favour of the Gilbertine house of Chicksand in Bedfordshire, probably issued at the same time as the preceding document
4 is the top right-hand quarter of a solemn privilege probably of Pope Celestine III in favour of the Gilbertine houses of Watton and Walton in Yorkshire. If the ascription to Celestine III is correct, there are reasons for suggesting June-July 1192 as a probable date
5 is a part of the right-hand side of a solemn privilege issued by Pope Calixtus III on 1 January 1457, proclaiming the canonization of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury (died 1099). This document is known from a copy printed by A R Malden in "The canonization of St Osmund" (Wiltshire Record Society, 1901)
For transcript see Bull: [last?] Hist. Rec. for 1946
[Volume xxi. No.62]
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