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LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL: DEAN AND CHAPTER CLC/313 Reference Description Dates CHARTERS Original and copy royal charters and other items, ca1099-1685 (UNCATALOGUED) CLC/313/A/002/MS08762 Charter by King Edward III to St Paul's [1338] June 5 Available only with advance Cathedral, being an inspeximus of grants by In Latin, and notice and at the discretion of the previous monarchs Anglo-Saxon LMA Director Historiated initial letter shows sovereign handing the charter to St Paul. From the initial springs an illuminated bar border with foliage sprays. Not deposited by St Paul's Cathedral. Purchased by Guildhall Library in 1967 1 membrane; fragment of Great Seal on original cord in seal bag Former Reference: MS 08762 CLC/313/A/003/MS11975 Conge d'elire from George III to the Dean and 1764 May 25 Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral for the election of Richard Terrick, bishop of Peterborough, to the see of London Deposited by the London Diocesan Registry 1 sheet Former Reference: MS 11975 CLC/313/A/004/MS25183 Copy of petition from the Dean and Chapter of [1371? - 1435? St Paul's Cathedral to the Crown requesting ] grant of letters patent In French Original reference: A53/25. Undated (late 14th or early 15th century) 1 roll, parchment Former Reference: MS 25183 A53:25 CLC/313/A/005/MS25272 Charter roll, probably compiled during the late [1270 - 1299?] 13th century, recording thirty 11th and 12th In Latin and century royal writs granted to the Cathedral English See Marion Gibbs, "Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London", Camden Society, 3rd series, vol.58 (1939) for a discussion of the charter roll. Original reference: A69. For further information see G.R.C. Davis, "Medieval cartularies of Great Britain" (1958) no.598 2 items: 1 roll, parchment (Ms 25272); and photostat copy (Ms 25272A) Former Reference: MS 25272 A69 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL: DEAN AND CHAPTER CLC/313 Reference Description Dates CLC/313/A/005/MS25272A Charter roll, probably compiled during the late [1270 - 1299?] 13th century, recording thirty 11th and 12th In Latin and century royal writs granted to the Cathedral English See Marion Gibbs, "Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London", Camden Society, 3rd series, vol.58 (1939) for a discussion of the charter roll. Original reference: A69. For further information see G.R.C. Davis, "Medieval cartularies of Great Britain" (1958) no.598 2 items: 1 roll, parchment (Ms 25272); and photostat copy (Ms 25272A) Former Reference: MS 25272A A69 STATUTE AND EVIDENCE BOOKS LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL: DEAN AND CHAPTER CLC/313 Reference Description Dates CLC/313/B/001/MS25504 Cartulary, statute and evidence book, known as [1100 - 1335?] Digital surrogate available "Liber L"; contents compiled early 12th-early In Latin 14th centuries, containing inter alia copies of charters from the reign of Ethelbert (860-6) onwards, manorial inquisitions and church visitations, 1181-1252, for Dean and Chapter estates in the City of London, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex and cathedral statutes, (?)13th century$n[Section 1]; the folios in this section (except ff2r-3r), with the first 56 folios of the volume, are in 12th century hands and probably formed a separate item before being bound into this book. Sample images are available to view online via the Player and show a survey of the cathedral’s London estates, made about 1127, and arranged by ward. In all, about twenty-three wards are recorded (some of the wording is unclear), most of them by reference to their alderman but some by local names: for example, ‘warda alegate’ (Aldgate) or ‘warda fori’ (CheapWard). It shows that the idea of geographical subdivisions certainly existed by this time but probably dated back well before the Norman Conquest. The entire volume can be viewed in full at London Metropolitan Archives. f.2r-3r (these folios have 20th century foliation only): index to ff.1/5r-147/129v, (?)14th century. ff.1/5r: list of manors rendering "firmae", payments in kind to the canons, in the time of Dean Wulman (1086 x 1107), transcribed by W.H. Hale in "Camden Society", 1st series, vol.69 (1858) p.152; details of the weight of a St Paul's loaf in the time of Ailward Rufus (Archdeacon of Colchester, 1142-54), transcribed by W. Sparrow Simpson, "Registrum statutorum ... cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londinensis" (London 1873) pp.176-7. ff.1/5v-13/17r: copies of royal charters concerning manorial lands and privileges at Barling, Chingford, (?) Lagefare, Navestock, Runwell and Tillingham (all Essex), and Cockhampstead (in the parish of Braughing), Hertfordshire, ca.860-ca.1087. Transcribed by W. Dugdale, "History of St Paul's Cathedral" (3rd edition, 1818, with additions by H. Ellis), pp.288-98. ff.13/17v-26/30r: copies of royal charters concerning the Cathedral's privileges and its land in London, ca.1087-ca.1141. Transcribed by H. Maxwell Lyte in the Appendix to the 9th report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1883), see pp.121-5 of the annotated proof copy held at the Manuscripts Section enquiry desk. The book was probably bound in its present form in the late 13th or early 14th centuries but may have originally comprised a number of separate items. The folios at the very beginning of the book have 20th century foliation. Medieval and 20th century foliation is employed throughout the remainder of the volume. For further information see G.R.C. Davis, "Medieval cartularies of Great Britain" (1958) no.596 ff.32/36r-38/42r: copies of deeds concerning the manors of Barling, Belchamp St. Paul, Navestock, Runwell, Wickham St. Paul (all in Essex), Caddington (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire), Kensworth (Hertfordshire), and Twyford (Middlesex), 12th century. Transcribed by W.H. Hale in "Camden Society", 1st series, vol.69 (1858) pp.123-135. ff.38/42v-40/44v: copy of agreement concerning land in Bedford (Bedfordshire) and Kensworth (Hertfordshire) between William Bocland and Andrew Bucc, mid 12th century; copy of confirmation by the Bishop of London of grant of land in Abberton (Edburgheton), 1142; copy of lease of Chingford Manor, Essex, mid 12th century, transcribed by W.H. Hale in "Camden Society", 1st series, vol.69 (1878), p.135;. copy of a grant of a moiety of Wigley Marsh (Weeley, Essex) by the Dean of St Paul's to Hugh de Inga, 1111 x 1138; copy of a lease for life of Saloman's land at Belchamp St. Paul, Essex, by the canons to William, son of Humphrey, 1138 x 1154; copy of deed concerning land lately held of the canons by Ailward, 1104, transcribed in the Appendix to the 9th report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1883), see p.130 of the annotated proof copy held at the Manuscripts Section enquiry desk. ff.40/44v-41/45v: copies of deeds concerning land at Sandon, Hertfordshire, and Wigley (Weeley), Essex, late 11th-early 12th centuries. Transcribed in the HMC 9th report, see pp. 130-1 of the annotated proof copy held at the Manuscripts Section enquiry desk. ff.41/45v- 42/46r: copy lease of Yardley (alias Ardeley) manor, Hertfordshire, 1141. Transcribed by W.H. Hale in "Camden Society", 1st series, vol.69 (1858), pp.135-6. ff.42/46r-v: copy of land grant at Belchamp St. Paul, Essex, by the canons to Richard the chaplain, early 12th century; copy of lease for life of Yardley (alias Ardeley) Manor, Hertfordshire, by the Chapter to Adam, son of Saric, mid 12th century. ff.42/46v-43/47r: copy of land grant at Twyford, Middlesex, 1114. Transcribed by W.H. Hale in "Camden Society", 1st series, vol.69 (1858), pp.127-8. ff.43/47r-v: copy of land purchase at Navestock Manor, Essex, mid 12th century. Transcribed by H. Maxwell Lyte in the Appendix to the 9th report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1883), see p.131 of the annotated proof copy held at the Manuscripts Section enquiry desk. ff.43/47v: copy of lease for life of land at Sandon, Hertfordshire, by the Canons to Mabel, widow of Galiunc, early 12th century. ff.44/48r: copy of land grant in Runwell, Essex, 1142 x 1152. Transcribed in the HMC 9th report, see p.131 of the annotated proof copy held at the Manuscripts Section enquiry desk. ff.44/48v: copy of land grant in Tillingham, Essex, by the Dean and Chapter to Gerard, priest of St Lawrence, 1142 x 1154; copy of land grant at Navestock, Essex, mid 12th century. Transcribed in the HMC 9th report, see p.132 of the annotated proof copy. ff.44/48v- 46/50v: copies of deed concerning land at Caddington, (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire), conveyed to Markyate Priory, (Hertfordshire), by the Dean and Chapter, 1145; copy of lease of Yardley (alias Ardeley) Manor, Hertfordshire, mid 12th century, transcribed by W.H. Hale in "Camden Society", 1st series, vol.69 (1858), pp.136-8. ff.46/50v: 14th century copy of the confirmation by the Bishop of London of an assignment to St Paul's of the churches of Barling, Heybridge, Navestock (all in Essex), and [West] Drayton (Middlesex), for the maintenance of Cathedral lights and those of Belchamp St Paul, Kirby le Soken, Thorpe le Soken, Tillingham, Walton le Soken (all in Essex), and Chiswick and Willesden (Middlesex), to maintain the residentiary canons, 1258. ff.47/51r-50/54v: measurement or survey of Cathedral property in London, ca.1130. Facsimile and translation in J.E. Price, "Descriptive account of Guildhall" (London 1886) pp.16-21, and transcription in H.W.C.