English Episcopal Acta 31, Ely 1109-1197Nicholas Karn, David Michael Smith, British Academy This latest addition to the English Episcopal Acta series brings together for the first time edited versions of more than 170 charters in the names of the four bishops who held the see of Ely (comprising historic Cambridgeshire) from its foundation in 1109 to 1197. These four bishops - Hervey, Nigel, Geoffrey Ridel and William de Longchamp - were amongst the most distinguished in twelfth-century England and their charters bear on many aspects of the social, economic, legal, ecclesiastical and monastic history of this period. The charters especially illustrate the position of the bishops as feudal lords, and their complex and often controversial relations with the monks of their cathedral. Of the four bishops in office before 1197, two held important secular office alongside their episcopal appointments, most notably William de Longchamp, justiciar and effective regent of England while King Richard I was absent during the Third Crusade. Acta issued in connexion with these secular offices are included in the volume, and make an important contribution to the understanding of the delegation of royal power and secular government far beyond the diocese of Ely. An extensive introduction contextualises the acta in the development of the cathedral church and the diocese of Ely. |
Contents
LIST OF PLATES | ix |
PRINTED BOOKS AND ARTICLES CITED | xvii |
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS | xlix |
ACTA OF BISHOP HERVEY | 1 |
ACTA OF BISHOP GEOFFREY RIDEL | 191 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abbey and Bishopric abbot addressed aliis Archbishop Archbp archdeacon archdn archidiacono attests autem Bishop Nigel bishop of Ely Bodl Bp Hervey Bp Nigel Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canterbury Cart carta cartulary chancellor Chatteris Chronica church of Ely classmark clerico clerks concessisse confirmation dated diocese documents Domesday Book eius eiusdem Ely Cathedral episcopal Etheldreda Fasti filio Final Concord formerly fo Geoffrey Geoffrey Ridel Gesta grant gratia Elyensis episcopus Henrici Henry Henry II Hervey's hominibus Hugh inspeximus Itinerary King lands Laud miscellaneous 647 legate letter Liber Eliensis London Longchamp magistro manor monachis monks monks of Ely Nigellus Dei gratia nobis Notification omnibus Oxford Pipe Roll predicti quam quod Ralph of Diss Regesta Robert Roger of Howden s.xiv s.xv s.xviii salutem Seals charter sicut St Etheldreda surviving terra Theobald Thomas Becket Thorney transcript VCH Cambs vestre Walter Walter of Coventry Westminster Willelmo William Witcham witness-lists