Herfast, afterwards Bishop of Elmham 1068 Osbern, afterwards Bishop of Exeter 1070–1074 Osmund, afterwards Bishop of Salisbury 1074–1078 Maurice, afterwards Bishop of London 1078–1083 William de Beaufoe, afterwards Bishop of Thetford 1083–1085 William Giffard 1086–1090 Robert Bloett 1090 Walderic 1093 William Giffard 1094–1101 Roger Le Poor 1101–1103 William Giffard 1103–1104 Walderic 1104 Ranulph 1108–1123 Geoffrey Rufus 1124–1135 Roger Le Poor 1135–1139 Philip 1139 Thomas à Beckett 1154–1162 Ralph de Warneville 1173–1181 Geoffrey, the King’s son 1181–1189 William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely 1189–1197 Eustace, Bishop of Ely 1197–1199 Hubert Walter 1199–1205 Walter Grey 1205–1213 Peter des Roches 1213–1214 Walter Grey 1214 Richard de Marisco 1214–1226 Ralph Neville 1226–1244 Walter de Merton 1261 Nicolas de Ely 1263 Thomas Cantelupe 1265 Walter Giffard 1265 Godfrey Giffard 1267 Richard Middleton 1269–1272 Walter de Merton 1272 Robert Burnell 1273–1292 John Langton 1292 William Greenfield 1302 William of Hamilton 1304 Ralph Baldock 1307 The witnesses were chosen from the King’s chief officers, with a few local magnates. This will sometimes be a valuable guide to locality when the county is not named. But as a rule the name of the county is written on the margin, and also the name of the place, together with a brief index of the contents of the charter. [Illustration]