TABLE OF THE CHARTERS.
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Entry, in the Red Book of the Exchequer at Westminster, fo. 234, of the Letters Testimonial which are referred to at the End of the Charter. These Letters Testimonial begin thus: Mnibus xp̃i fidelibus ad quos p͛sens scriptū ꝑven͛it: Stepħus Dei gr̃a Cantuar̃ Archiep̃s tocius Anglie pimas & sc̃e Rom̄ Eccl̵ie Cardin̄, Henr̃ eadem gr̃a Dublin̄ Archiep̃us, Wil̴l̴mus London̄, Petrꝰ Winton̄, Joscelinꝰ Bathon̄ & Glaston̄, Hugo Linc̃, Walt͛us Wigorn̄, Wil̴l̴s Coventr̃ & Benedc̃us Roff̴, divina miserac͠one Ep̃i, & Magr̃ Pandulfus domini p̃p subdiaconus & familiaris sal̵t̃m in dño. Sciatis nos inspexisse cartam quam dominus nr̃ Johannes Illustris Rex Anglie fecit Comitibʒ, Baronibus & liberis hominibʒ suis Anglie de liƀtate sc̃e eccl̵ie & liƀtatitibus & liberis consuetudinibʒ suis eisd̵ ab eo concessis sub hac fora. The whole Charter is then recited at Length, and the Letters Testimonial end thus:
Et ne huic forme p͛dc̃e aliqid possit addi vl̵ ab eadem aliq̃ possit subtahi vl̵ minui, huic scipto sigilla nr̃a apposuimus. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Charter, in the Archives of Durham Cathedral, from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, page 27—36, was printed. The Various Readings are from an Entry in the Red Book of the Exchequer at Dublin, fo. 69, of a Charter of the same Date transmitted to Ireland. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Charter, with the Seals of the Legate and the Earl Marshal remaining annexed, in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, MSS. Furney, No. 5, from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, page 37—46, was printed. | ||||
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The Text is printed from a Charter, with the Seal of the Legate remaining annexed, preserved in the Archives of Durham Cathedral. This Charter has been in Part destroyed by Time or Accident. The Words and Letters requisite to supply the Deficiencies are suggested from Copies of the Charter of the Forest in Lib. X. fo. 18, at the Exchequer at Westminster; in the Black Book of the Cathedral of Christ-Church, Dublin; and in the Domesday Book of the Cathedral of York. The Words and Letters so suggested are printed in the Italic Character.
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The Text is printed from a Charter in the Archives of Durham Cathedral, with the Great Seal remaining annexed. This Charter has been injured by the Accident of some Ink having been thrown over it; Some Words and Letters are therefore nearly illegible. These have been ascertained by the Aid of the Ledger Book, Cartm I. fo. 194, in the same Archives.
An Engraved Copy is subjoined.
The Various Readings marked W. are from the Charter of this Date, from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, page 47—59, was printed. That Charter is preserved in the Evidence Tower at Lacock Abbey, in the County of Wilts: It is indorsed with the following Words: Ex deposito militū Wiltisir̃. Henr̃ Reg̃ fil̵ Joħ Reg̃ de liƀtatibʒ & qibusdā ꝯsuetudinibʒ ꝑ Angliā ꝯstitut̃. The Various Readings marked R. are from an Entry in the Red Book of the Exchequer at Westminster; fo. 183. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Charter in the Archives of Durham Cathedral, with the Great Seal remaining annexed, from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, page 60—67, was printed. This Charter has been in Part destroyed by Time or Accident. The Words and Letters deficient have been supplied from an Entry of the Charter in the Ledger Book, Cartm III fo. 211, in the same Archives: These are inserted within Brackets. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Charter, with the Great Seal remaining annexed, preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, MS. Furney, No. 6, from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, pages 68, 69, was printed. The Various Readings are from an Entry on the Charter Roll in the Tower of London, 21 Hen. III. m. 7. | ||||
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The Text is printed from a Charter in the Volume of the Cotton MSS. Augustus II. No. 51, in the Volume. Some apparent Errors in this Charter, and several Instances in which it differs from all the preceding Charters, are specified in the Notes. | ||||
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The Text is printed from the Charter Roll in the Tower of London, 49 Hen. III. m. 4; from which the Copy in Blackstone’s Charters, Quarto Edition, page 74—78, was printed. The Various Readings are from Copies of the Charter in Cotton MS. Claudius D. II. fo. 137 or 124; and in a Manuscript No. 70, in the Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; which Copies agree with each other.
In Addition to this Charter of Confirmation, it appears that the Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest were at the same Time confirmed and renewed by Charters, in the Nature of Charters of Inspeximus, in which they were respectively recited at Length; and that such Charters were transmitted to the several Counties. It is not known that any of these Charters have been preserved, or are now in Existence: But in the Manuscript No. 70. in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and also in the Cotton MS. Claudius D. II. are inserted the Introductory and concluding Forms of the Charter of Inspeximus of Magna Carta, as sent to the County of Middlesex, under Date of 14th March 49 Hen. III: The Charter of 9 Hen. III. is there merely referred to, and not fully recited; and a Note is added, that the Charter of the Forest was in like Manner confirmed.
In the Harleian Manuscript, No. 489, in the British Museum, are Copies of the Two Charters of Inspeximus at length, as sent into Somerset and Dorset, dated March 13th, respectively reciting the Whole of the Charters 9 Hen. III. The following is the Form of the Introduction and Conclusion to Magna Carta:
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