The original deeds or grants of land to abbeys are seldom met with among private documents. The wording differs little from that of an ordinary grant, except that the donor gives for the good of his soul and the souls of his ancestors. Sometimes very interesting details may be gathered from the foundation deeds of chantries, with the appointment of a priest to celebrate Mass and offer up prayers for the dead, receiving in return a salary derived from lands or else given at once in money. Original grants from the Crown to abbeys are seldom dated the day or year they were written, except that they conclude with the names of the bishops attesting them and the witnesses who were present, although sometimes the King’s reign is given, or the episcopal year of the archbishop or diocesan bishop. The names of the English archbishops and bishops are important as supplying the date of undated charters. Of the latter the contracted names of the sees are all given in Wright’s ‘Court-hand Restored,’ but neither there nor in any other book is mention made of the Norman bishops,[5] who frequently appear as witnesses to monastic charters. _Bishoprics of Normandy, etc._ Name of See. Modern Name. Archbishopric: Rothomagensis. Rouen. Bishopric: Baiocensis. Bayeux. „ Abrincatensis. Avranches. „ Lexoviensis. Lisieux. „ Ebroicensis. Evreux. „ Cadomensis. Caen. „ Sylvanectensis. Senliz. „ Bellovacensis. Beauvais. „ Atrebatensis. Arras. „ Constantiensis. Coutances „ Sagiensis. Séez. „ Ambianensis or Samarobrivensis. Amiens. As likely to be a help towards affixing the date of undated charters I append a list of the archbishops and chancellors of England from the Conquest to the fourteenth century; also a few of the bishops of the same period. _Archbishops of Canterbury._ Stigand 1052–1070 Lanfranc 1070–1089 Anselm 1093–1109 Ralph of Escures 1114–1122 William of Corbeil 1123–1136 Theobald 1139–1161 Thomas à Beckett 1162–1170 Richard 1174–1184 Baldwin 1185–1190 Reginald Fitz Joscelin 1191 Hubert Walter 1193–1205 Stephen Langton 1207–1229 Richard le Grand 1229–1231 Edmund Rich 1234–1240 Boniface of Savoy 1245–1270 Robert Kilwardby 1273–1278 John Peckham 1279–1292 Robert Winchelsey 1294–1313