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© r i g i n a I B o c mu e n t s. By the kindness of the Rev. the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College, tln-ongh the Rev. W. II. Gunner, vc are enabled to print the following charter of Ilbert de Laci, " foun- der of the castle and honour of Pontefract," which is pre- served among their muniments. It is in many respects a valu- able document ; we learn from it the name of Ilbert's Avife, and the fact that he survived his son Hugli^, It possesses also additional curiosity from being attested by the signs manual of William the Conqueror, of Ilbert and of Hadrude his wife. Of the two fu-st, and of the seal, fac-similes are here given. ^ Kl^ SEAL OF ILBERT DE L&CI. " Thus furnishing an addition to the pedigree of Laci, given in Hunter's South York- shire, vol. i. p. 3.32.