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JCMR/Gray 1- . . . 383/Gray 1-10/4c
Title
Confirmation of charter Gray 4b (charter of King Malcolm)
Date(s)
- July 1162-summer 1163 (Before Gray 4d. Given between Thomas' election to the Archbishopric of Canterbury in 1162 and the death of King Malcolm of Scotland in 1165; he is referred to simply as 'rex Scocie'. See Nuns and goldsmiths, p. 61 n. 12.) (Creation)
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Seal is missing
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(c. 1118 - 1170)
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Thomas identifies himself as 'humble minister of the church of Canterbury' (Thom[as] Dei gratia Cantuariensis Ecclesie minister humilis)
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Archbishop Thomas Becket confirms the grant by King Malcolm IV of 10 acres of land at Grenecroft to the nuns, along with general confirmation of their lands. Witnesses: Robertus Archidiaconus Oxineford' (Robert, the Archdeacon of Oxford), Magister Philippus de Caun' (Master Philip de Calne?), Magister Herbertus de Boseham (Master Herbert de Boseham), Rob(ertus) capell(anus) et Williamus capell(anus) (Robert the chaplain and William the chaplain), Williamus de Leigrecest'
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Publication note
Published in Gray (1898), p. 77; Cheney, Jones, English Episcopal Acta, II (1986), no.3, pp. 2-3 and facs. pl. I.
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former reference
Caryl A.2
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- Malcolm IV (1141-1165) King of Scotland (Subject)