TABLE OF THE CHARTERS.
The Charters, of which the Titles are here distinguished by an Asterisk (*)
are not inserted in
Sir William Blackstone’s Edition of The Charters.
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The Text is printed from the Textus Roffensis, fo. 96, in the Archives of Rochester Cathedral; from Hearne’s Publication whereof the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, Introd. pa. iv. in the Notes, was printed.
The Various Readings marked R. 1. are from the Recital of the Charter at the Beginning of the Laws of Henry I. entered in the Red Book of the Exchequer at Westminster, fo. 16, with the Title De liƀtate eccl̵ie & tociꝰ Angl̵ obs͛vanda Leges Henrici: another Entry of the Title on the same Leaf adds pimi fil̵ ꝯquestoris. The following is the Introductory Sentence at the Head of these Laws; after which the Charter immediately succeeds:
Hec sunt deniqꝫ beata pacis ac liƀtatis exoptate gaudia, quibʒ toti regno suo gl̵osꝰ Cesar Henricus in divinis legibʒ & scl̵aribʒ institutis, Sciptis et bonoꝝ oꝑum exhibicionibʒ irradiat mod̵atus, justus, fortis, pudens, quem Deus felicibʒ auspiciis & salutari q̃s corꝑeis & aĩe ꝓsꝑitate cum ꝯjuge sua inclita Matilde scd̵a & eoꝝ liƀis longis scl̵oꝝ scl̵is & et͛na pace gentis nr̃e faciat imꝑare. The Various Readings marked R. 2. are from a Copy of the Charter, as sent into Worcestershire, entered in the same Red Book, fo. 163, b, with the Title Carta ℞ H. pimi fil̵ ℞. W. de liƀtatibʒ cōcessis Anglis [two earlier Entries of the Title, almost obliterated, add in sua coronac͠oe] & h̴uit quilibet Comitatꝰ talem. | ||||
DE LIBERTATIBUS ECCLESIE ANGLICANE, ET REGNI.
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The Text is printed from a Charter in the Archives of Exeter Cathedral, having Part of the Great Seal remaining annexed.
An Engraved Copy is subjoined.
The Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, Introd. pa. v. in the Notes, was printed from that given in Hearne’s Notes to Gulielmus Neubrigensis, pa. 711, as from a Charter in the Hands of Mr. Hearne. The Various Readings marked H. are from Hearne’s Printed Copy. Those marked C. are from Entries in Two Register Books in Canterbury Cathedral, Reg. V. fo. 14.; & Reg. IX. fo. 72. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Cotton MS. Claudius D. II. fo. 75 or 68, b, in The British Museum.—In Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, Introd. pa. v. in the Notes, it is stated that a Copy of this Charter is entered in the Red Book of the Exchequer at Westminster: In the Octavo Edition, pa. ix, this Assertion is corrected; and the Copy is given as from the Cotton MS. On diligent Search, no such Article has been found in the Red Book. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Cotton MS. Claudius D. II. fo. 79, or 70, b.—The Various Readings are from the Copy printed in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, pa. vi. in the Notes, as from the Red Book of the Exchequer; but on diligent Search no such Article has been found there. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Register Book V. fo. 14, b, in the Archives of Canterbury Cathedral.—The Various Readings marked IX. are from the Register Book IX. fo. 78, in the same Archives.—Those marked R. are from an Entry in the Red Book of the Exchequer at Westminster, fo. 273, b, of a Bulle of Pope Innocent III. reciting and confirming this Charter.—From an Entry in the same Red Book, fo. 267, b, it appears that this Bulle was brought into the Exchequer for safe Custody, on the 20th of April, An. 8 Edw. II.—The Bulle is dated Lateran̄ 3 kl̵ April̵, pontificatus nr̃i anno octavo decimo. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Original under the Seal of King John, now preserved in The British Museum; Donation MSS. No. 4838; having been placed in that Repository by Earl Stanhope, in the Year 1769. This appears to be the identical Instrument, formerly in the Possession of Archbishop Laud, and afterwards of Dr. Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, page 1—9, was printed. A few Letters now worn out or illegible are supplied, in the Italic Character, from Blackstone’s printed Copy.
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The Text is printed from a Charter in the Archives of Lincoln Cathedral; indorsed with the Word Lincolnia repeated on Two Folds of the Charter; and also, in a Hand-writing more modern than the Charter, with the following Words; Concordia int͛ Regem Joh̴em & Barones ꝓ concessionn̄e liƀtatū eccl̵ie & regni Anglie.
An Engraved Copy is subjoined.
The Various Readings marked C. 1. C. 2. are from Two Charters among the Cotton MSS. preserved in The British Museum. C. 1. refers to the Charter from which an engraved Copy was made by Pine, and from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, page 10—24, was printed: It is now secured with a Frame and Glass; and some Part of the Great Seal remains annexed; but the Whole is considerably injured.—C. 2. refers to a Charter bound up, with other original Instruments, in a large Volume; Augustus II. No. 106, in the Volume. The Various Readings marked R. are from an
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