Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776Reilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
In this lawsuit, King Henry I ordered a bishop and sheriff to
put another bishop in possession of certain churches according to the
verdict of twelve men: " Henry, by God's grace, etc. to H(erbert),
bishop of Norwich, and Robert the sheriff, greeting. I order that you
let Richard, bishop of London, have the churches of Blythburgh and
Stowe with all the customs that belong to them as twelve among the
better men of the hundred will be able to swear and as I ordered in my
other writ. And let this not be left undone because of my voyage to
Normandy, and let him hold them in peace and honour with suit, soke,
toll and team and infangthief and with all other customs, as ever any
of my predecessors most honourably and most quietly held them. Witness,
etc."
In this lawsuit, King Henry I grants that an abbot should
continue to have his mint after his moneyer suffered punishment like
all the others in England: "Henry, king of the English, to Everard
bishop of Norwich, Robert fitz Walter and all his barons and lieges,
French and English, of Suffolk, greeting. I grant that, justice having
been done to his moneyer as was done to the other moneyers of England,
the abbot of St. Edmunds shall have in the vill of St. Edmunds his
mint, moneyer and exchange as he used to have it before. Witnesses:
(John), bishop of Lisieux, (Bernard), bishop of St. David's and Robert
de Sigillo, At Rouen."
In this lawsuit, King Henry I held proven the ownership of
certain wood and land: "Henry, king of the English, to the bishop of
Lincoln and the sheriff and the barons and faithful, French and
English, of Bedfordshire, greeting. Know that Abbot Reginald of Ramsey
has deraigned in my court to the advantage of the church of Ramsey the
wood of Crawley and the land pertaining to it against Simon de
Beauchamp, about which they were in dispute, and the aforesaid abbot
gave to Simon 20 marks of silver and two palfreys [riding horses] so
that Simon granted them to him out of goodwill and gave up his claim.
And I will and firmly order that the aforesaid church of Ramsey shall
hold that wood and the aforesaid land belonging to the wood well and in
peace, honourably and by perpetual right. Witnesses: bishop Roger of
Salisbury and bishop Alexander of Lincoln, King David of Scotland,
Geoffrey the chancellor, Earl Robert of Leicester, Adam de Port, Hugh
Bigod, William d'Aubigny the butler, Geoffrey de Clinton, William of
d'Aubigny Brito."
Chapter 6
The Times: 1154-1215
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