Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066-1154. Volume I : Regesta Willelmi conquestoris et Willelmi Rufi, 1066-1100

212 Pages·1913·16.662 MB·English

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REGESTA WILLELMI CONQUESTORIS
ET WILLELMI RUFI
1066-1100
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBUROH GLASOOW NEW YORK
TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY
HUMPHREY MILFORD M.A.
PUBLISIIER TO TIIE UKIVEESITY
I
REGUM
REGESTA
ANGLO -NORMANNORUM
1066-1154
VOLUME
I
REGESTA WILLELMI CONQUESTORIS
ET WILLELMI RUFI
1066-1100
EDITED WITH
IXTRODUCTIONS NOTES AND INDEXES
BY
H. W. DAVIS, M.A.
C.
FELLO^\' AND TLTOR OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD
SOMETIME FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE
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THE ASSISTANCE OF
WHITWELL,
R. J. B.Litt.
OXFORD
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PREFACE
Tms is the first of three volumes covering the period of the
Anglo-Norman kings (1066-1154). The second and third volumes
are far advanced, and will shortly be in the press. The object of
the series is to give a calendar, chronologically arranged ^ and
critically annotated, of the royal acts of the period, and of some
cognate documents which are valuable for the historian. The first
care of the editor has been to call attention to materials which
illustrate the development of law and institutions. But the interests
of the genealogist and the topographer have not been neglected.
Pains have been taken to record the names of persons, and the
more important names of places, which are mentioned in the docu-
ments. The collection includes charters issued in and for Normandy.
Norman archives have not been searched for the purpose, since the
Norman material is being collected by Professor Haskins. But it
seemed advisable to calendar such Norman charters as have been
printed or are to be found in English manuscripts for many of
;
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these charters throw useful sideHghts upon Enghsh history. few
letters and charters which do not emanate from the royal or ducal
chancery, and which are not even attested by a sovereign, have been
added on account of their intrinsic interest. It seemed best, for
practical purposes, to cast a wide net in collecting materials, and to
include any documents which were of obvious historical importance.
The present volume is the shortest of the three. The chartei^s
of William I and William II are relatively few and they have
;
attracted tho curiosity of Enghsh and French scholars from the
seventeenth century onwards. Still there are gleanings of unpub-
lished material to bc made, even for these reigns. It will bo found
that our appendix contains ninety-two documents, of wliich most
are here edited for tlie first time. Tlie second vohnne, containing
the chartors of Henry I, will be cfjnsi(lera)>ly richcr in now
' In th<5 preHcnt voUitnc the order i» not alwiiyH Htrirtly chronolof^ical ; but (hia is an
accidcnt duo to the fact tbat certain cbartera could not l»*: finully •iutcd tili tiii; wiiole HcrioH
waa in print.
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PREFACE
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document.s. The chaiiei-s of Stephen form a smaller and less
valuable series but the third volume will also contain the charters
;
issued by the Empress Matilda and by Henry of Anjou in the years
1135-54.
No collection of this kind can boast of being definitive. But tliis
calendar embodies the results of considerable researches among the
manuscript sources to be found in the Record Office, the British
Museum, the Bodleian Library, the muniments of Lincoln, Ely,
Canterbury, York, Durham, and Westminster Abbey. From the
responsible officials of these collections the editor has received much
valuable information and counsel it is not tlieir fault if he or his
;
helpers have failed to notice relevant documents. Whatever
lacunae may be detected in the calendar, he hopes that it will at
least serve as a basis for future research. And it may be claimed
that, even where the calendar deals with material already known
and printed, it will be found useful as calling attention to eiTors of
the printed texts, as correcting accepted dates, and as discussing the
authenticity of questionable charters.
The calendar was planned in 1904 by a group of Oxford mediae-
valists, who at that time felt tlie need of such a guide to assist
them in their private researches. The original idea was to make
a hand-list of the printed documents the persons interested were
;
each asked to undertake the examination of some definite part of
the relevant literature. The present editor undei-took to direct the
work and to co-ordinate the material. But the pressure of other
duties prevented all but one of his collaborators from giving regular
assistance, after the preliminary stages of the work were finished.
Othei*s, however, came to his aid and owing to tlieir friendly
;
encouragement the scheme developed. He is undor obHgations
to many scholars for copies of documents, for notices of printed
material, and for critical observations. He would in particuhn- offer
liis thanks to Mr. F. Morgan of Keble College Professor Stenton of
;
l^cading Mr. Crastcr of thc i^odloian Library the Rev. H. E. Salt<?r
: ;
of the Oxford Historical Society (who lent most liborally from his
invaluable store of transcripts); Messi*s. Crump, Fowler, and Johnson
of the 1'ublic Rccord Oftiee Mr. K. Bayley, the keeper of the
;
Durham muniments Dr. Armitage Robinson, Dean of Wells
;
Canon Moore of Canterbury Dr. R. L. Poole, the editor of the
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