The Chartulary of St John of Pontefract: From the Original Document in the Possession of Godfrey Wentworth, Esq., of Woolley ParkRichard Holmes The prosperous Cluniac priory of St John the Evangelist, Pontefract, was founded around 1090 by Robert de Lacy, remaining subject to its mother-house of La Charité-sur-Loire until the fourteenth century. The charters in this two-volume work have been arranged by type: seigniorial charters; episcopal and papal charters; royal charters; and those relating to priory property, arranged geographically according to proximity to Pontefract. The chartulary is particularly valuable for topographical studies and local and family history - in many cases the names of all witnesses have been transcribed. The manuscript was originally compiled in the first half of the thirteenth century, with additions made on blank leaves over the following centuries (not included by the editor). Volume 1, published in 1899, comprises the first 45 folios, containing 233 charters, and an introduction on the history of the priory and the de Lacy family. Each Latin charter is preceded by a brief English summary. |
Contents
Chronology of the First House of De Lascy page 2 | 2 |
Confirmation of Barnsley | 34 |
Amended List of Officials of the church of York page 53 | 53 |
Confirmation of the town of Dodworth | 59 |
5 Folios | 93 |
Folio 22 | 115 |
Quitclaim of the rent | 146 |
Rent of 3 | 152 |
PONTE F RA | 210 |
167 | 218 |
4 Folios | 219 |
173 | 226 |
Ten acres in the territory of Pontefract | 229 |
Cyrograph between Hervey and Roger clerk of Ledsham | 239 |
Ketel pedigree page 247 | 247 |
Charter of Peter de Brus I to Healaugh of | 265 |
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Aberford acras acras terre Adam aforesaid monks Ailric aliis annuatim archbishop bovatas terre bovate bovate of land brother carta mea confirmavi carucate charter Chartulary church confirmation confirmed Darrington dedi denarios deo et sancto dicti dimidiam domino ecclesiam Fasciculus father filii filio filius filz'o first fitz five futuri quod ego Gilbert grant hac presenti carta heirs Henry Henry Wallis heredes mei heredibus meis heredum meorum Hervey Hiis testibus Hugh Hugone I/Vz'llelmo ibidem deo servientibus Johannis de Pontefracto Jordan Kellington Kippax Knottingley Know present Lascy Ledestona Ledsham Ledstone lord manor Methley mihi monachis ibidem deo omnes homines omni omnium antecessorum Parlington pedigree perpetuam elemosinam Pontefract Pontefracto et monachis predictis monachis prefatis monachis presentes et futuri presenti carta mea prior puram et perpetuam quam quieta Ricardo Richard Roger Rogero salute anime mee sancto Johanni Sciant presentes scilicet seneschal Silkstone Stapleton Swillington terram toft toftum unam villa Walter warentizabimus Whitwood Willelmi William witnesses