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

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m $im--^i m m '•«•A '<^>w- <'S ^m ^-?"^*^::>«> VT.'. :« vfS.ii^:>t .*:-'-v ?<<; r^.v; ,>,i;.' ;;'V;;i:...;:: > !''•% :<^:-^iirty m 'y/. k< :J.I'3 f^ 1 .''M "^.? r-"^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from University of Toronto http://www.archive.org/details/regestaregumang01grea REGESTA WILLELMI CONQUESTORIS ET WILLELMI RUFI 1066-1100 11 k 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 WUn THE ASSISTANCE OF WHITWELL, R. J. B.Litt. OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON TRESS M DCCCC XIII ^y^^'T'7 i^io^^sr) llifjy /??(,? 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 ; A 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. ; PREFACE vi 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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