courtes or Wapentakes, will not admitte the said lawe to be don in the forme aforeseid, or elles in enywise disobey or observe not th' entent of the premisses on theire partie afore reherced to be doon, or omyt1 or, on theire partie, do the contrarie to any of the2 premisses, than the same bailiffe, stywarde, or officere so offendyng, forfeit for every tyme that he shall hap to do the contrarie, or offende in eny of the premisses before reherced on theire partie to be doon, xxli.: And every man that will sue in this case mowe have a writte of dette, and declare upon this acte and ordenaunce, and he to have the oon halfe for his labour and the soveraine lord the king the other halfe of the same xxli. And youre seid besechers shall evermore pray to God for youre gode and high3 astate.

Inspeximus, insuper, quendam assensum eidem peticioni, per communes regni nostri Angliæ in eodem parliamento existentes factum, et in peticione prædicta specificatum, in hæc verba :A cest bille les Communes sount assentuz.

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Inspeximus, etiam, quandam responsionem eidem peticioni, per nos, de avisamento et assensu dominorum spiritualium et temporalium, in dicto parliamento similiter existentium, necnon auctoritate ejusdem parliamenti factam, et in dorso peticionis prædictæ insertam, in hæc verba :-Soit fait come il est desire.

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Nos autem tenores statutorum, peticionis, assensus et responsionis prædictorum, ad requisitionem prædicti abbatis, duximus exemplificandas, per præsentes.

In cujus rei testimonium, has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso, apud Westmonasterium, quinto die Marcii, anno regni nostri tricesimo quarto.

FAUKES.

Examinatur per

JOHANNEM FAUKES
THOMAM IVE

} Clericos.

A large portion of the great seal, in white wax, is appended.

(6) See the Act, in Stat. of the Realm, vol. ii. p. 375, collated with the petition of the abbot and convent of Fountains, 33 H. VI., as entered on the Rolls of Parliament: "Item cum in dicto parliamento, per Abbatem et Conventum Monasterii beatæ Mariæ de Founteyns, in com. Ebor., lamentabiliter extiterit intimatum, de eo quod cum ipsi et eorum prædecessores, de tempore non modico, contra conscientiam, absque causa per actiones fictas graviter implicitati et vexati fuerint, et ad tunc indies existerent, in diversis Curiis Wapentachiorum et aliis Curiis Baronum, ad numerum viginti et ultra," &c.

XXXII.-CONFIRMATIO REGIS EDWARDI QUARTI QUORUMDAM LITERARUM PATENTIUM REGIS RICARDI SECUNDI, PRO ABBATE DE FONTIBUS, PER REGEM EDWARDUM QUARTUM, CONCESSA. -[Ex orig. penes Comitem de Grey et Ripon.]

Edwardus, Dei gratia, rex Angliæ et Franciæ et dominus Hiberniæ, omnibus ad quos præsentes litteræ pervenerint, salutem. Inspeximus litteras patentes domini Ricardi, nuper regis Angliæ secundi post conquestum, factas in hæc verba: Ricardus Dei gratia, etc. Inspeximus cartam domini Edwardi nuper regis Angliæ, avi nostri, factam in hæc verba: Edwardus Dei gratia, etc. Inspeximus cartam celebris memoriæ domini Ricardi quondam regis Angliæ, progenitoris nostri, in hæc verba: Ricardus Dei gratia, etc. Sciatis nos, pro anima patris nostri et pro salute nostra, et matris nostræ, et fratris nostri Johannis, etc.-[ Ut supra, No. xxix. p. 47.] In cujus, etc. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, quinto die Maij, (sic) anno regni nostri nono. Inspeximus, etiam quasdam alias litteras patentes dicti domini Ricardi, nuper regis Angliæ, factas in hæc verba :

Ricardus Dei gratia, etc., omnibus ad quos præsentes litteræ pervenerint, salutem. Inspeximus litteras patentes Johannis de Moubray, nuper domini Însulæ de Haxiholm et Honoris de Brembrem, factas in hæc verba: Omnibus sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis, etc. Johannes de Moubray, etc., salutem in domino sempiternam. Noveritis nos inspexisse quandam cartam confirmationis claræ memoriæ domini Johannis de Moubray, patris nostri, factam abbati et monachis de Fontibus in hæc verba: Omnibus sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis, etc.-[Ut infra, inter cartas de KirkbyMalzeard.] Inspeximus etiam quasdam alias litteras patentes ejusdem Johannis de Moubray, similiter factas in hæc verba: Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Johannes de Moubray, dominus Insulæ de Haxiholm et Honoris de Brembrem, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Inspeximus quoddam scriptum indentatum claræ memoriæ domini Johannis de Moubray, patris nostri, cujus tenor sequitur in hæc verba : Cum mota

esset controversia inter dominum Johannem de Moubray, ex una parte, et abbatem et conventum de Fontibus ex alia, super quibusdam quærelis et articulis liberam chaceam dicti domini Johannis, de Niderdale tangentibus, etc.-[ Ut infra, inter cartas de Dacre.] In cujus, etc. Teste meipso, apud Westmonasterium, quinto die Marcii, anno regni nostri nono.

Nos autem litteras prædictas ac omnia et singula in eisdem

contenta, rata habentes et grata, ea, pro nobis et hæredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, acceptamus et approbamns, ac dilectis nobis in Christo, nunc abbati et monachis loci prædicti et successoribus suis, tenore presentium ratificamus et confirmamus, prout litteræ prædictæ rationabiliter testantur. In cujus rei testimonium, has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso, apud Westmonasterium, vicesimo quinto die Novembris, anno regni nostri primo.

Pro undecim libris solutis in hanaperio.

Examinatur per

KIRKEHAM.

ROBERTUM KIRKEHAM, et
WILLIELMUM MORLAND. clericos.

A fine impression of the great seal in green wax, but somewhat injured behind the equestrian figure of the king, is appended to this charter by a plaited cord of blue and white silk, interwoven with gold thread yet untarnished.

XXXIII.—DE CONFIRMATIONE, PRO ABBATE DE FONTIBUS.-[Ex Rotul. Pat., 23 Henr. VII., p. i. m. 5.]

Rex omnibus ad quos, etc., salutem. Inspeximus cartam domini Henrici, nuper regis Angliæ primi, progenitoris nostri, factam in hæc verba: Præcipio quod equi et homines, et omnes res abbatiæ de Fontibus et monachorum ibidem Deo servientium, sint quieti de thelonio, etc.-[ Ut supra, No. iii. p. 3.]

Inspeximus etiam cartam Henrici nuper regis Angliæ secundi, progenitoris nostri, factam in hæc verba: H[enricus] rex Angl. et dux Normanniæ et Aquitaniæ et comes Andegaviæ, justiciariis, vicecomitibus, et ministris suis de Eborascira, salutem. Sciatis me concessisse et confirmasse abbatiæ sanctæ Mariæ de Fontibus, omnes possessiones et omnes res suas quas juste tenent, etc.—[Ut supra, No. v. p. 5.]

Inspeximus etiam cartam domini Edwardi nuper regis Angliæ primi, progenitoris nostri, factam in hæc verba : Edwardus, Dei gratia, rex Angliæ, etc., archiepiscopis, episcopis, etc., salutem. Sciatis nos concessisse, et hac carta nostra confirmasse, dilectis nobis in Christo, abbati et conventui de Fontibus, quod ipsi et successores sui imperpetuum habeant liberam warrenam in omnibus dominicis terris suis de Morker, Somerwych, etc.— [Ut supra, No. xii. p. 19.]

Inspeximus etiam quandam aliam cartam ejusdem domini

Edwardi, nuper regis Angliæ, factam in hæc verba: Edwardus, Dei gratia, rex Angliæ, archiepiscopis, episcopis, etc., salutem. Sciatis nos concessisse et hac carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto nobis in Christo, abbati de Fontibus, quod ipse et successores sui imperpetuum habeant liberam warrenam in omnibus dominicis terris suis de Balderby, Marton-super-Moram, etc.—[Ut supra, No. xiii. p. 20.]

Inspeximus, insuper, cartam domini Edwardi nuper regis Angliæ tercii, progenitoris nostri, factam in hæc verba: Edwardus, Dei gratia, etc., omnibus ad quos, etc., salutem. Sciatis quod, cum nuper pro eo quod, dilecti nobis in Christo, abbas et conventus de Fontibus, concesserunt, ad requisitionem nostram, Johanni de Waltham, nuper nuncio nostro, jam defuncto, quandam sustentationem, etc.-[ Ut supra, No. xxv. p. 44.]

Inspeximus etiam quasdam literas patentes domini Henrici, nuper regis Angliæ sexti, progenitoris nostri, factas in hæc verba: Henricus, Dei gratia, rex Angliæ, etc., omnibus ad quos, etc., salutem. Inspeximus literas patentes domini Ricardi nuper regis Angliæ, prædecessoris nostri, factas in hæc verba: Ricardus, Dei gratia, rex Angliæ, omnibus ad quos, etc.—[ Ut supra, No. xxx. p. 48.]

Nos autem literas, cartas, concessiones et confirmationes prædictas, et omnia et singula in eisdem contentis, rata habentes et grata, ea, pro nobis et hæredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, acceptamus, ac dilectis nobis Marmaduco, nunc abbati et conventui loci prædicti, ratificamus et confirmamus, prout litteræ et cartæ prædictæ rationabiliter testantur. In cujus, etc. T. R., apud Westmonasterium, xx° die Februarij.'

(I) The rest of the Royal Charters, consisting of confirmations of grants of land and licenses of Alienation in Mortmain, will be found under the subsequent heads of the places to which they relate.

I. PRIVILEGIUM

INNOCENTII II. DE PROTECTIONE, IMMUNITATE DECIMARUM, RECEPTIONE LIBERARUM PERSONARUM, DE NON RECEPTANDO FUGITIVOS NOSTROS, NEC INTERDICENDO LOCUM NOSTRUM, ET DE CELEBRANDO DIVINA TEMPORE INTERDICTI ETC.2

INNOCENTIUS episcopus, servus servorum Dei, dilectis filiis Ricardo, abbati monasterii sanctæ Mariæ de Fontibus, quod archiepiscopatu Eboracensi situm est, ejusque fratribus, tam præsentibus quam futuris, regulariter substituendis imperpetuum.

(1) The engraving represents the obverse and reverse of a bulla or leaden seal of pope Innocent III.-A.D. 1198-1216-found a few years ago among the ruins of Fountains, and supposed to be the only remaining vestige of the original papal bulls granted to the monastery.

(2) The ensuing series of PAPAL BULLS is taken from the REGISTER OF THE PRIVILEGES OF FOUNTAINS, mentioned in the first note of the present volume. This manuscript, which records much interesting matter that otherwise would have perished, is divided into three parts. The first contains the royal charters recited in the previous pages, with some other documents, the purport of which has also been noticed. The second part consists of copies of thirty-nine bulls relating specially to Fountains; and of eighty others of a provincial or a general character, interpolated in the series, which directly affected its interests. This division, reduced to chronological order, furnishes the present text--the bulls relating, eo nomine, to Fountains, being printed in extenso-and the rest in a form more or less abbreviated, according to their importance or their absence from any printed work. The third section consists of a transcript of the Bullarium or Register of the general privileges of the Cistercian Order, compiled by Jean de Cirey, abbot of Citeaux, in the year 1490, and printed in the next year at Dijon, in a small quarto volume without title or imprint, but with the following colophon : "Opere et impensa reverendissimi in Christo patris et domni, domni Johannis abbatis Cistercii, sacræ theologiæ eximii professoris: ad usum sacratissimi ordinis filiorum consolationem et profectum, hoc opus plurium summorum pontificum privilegiorum, quibus dictus sacer ordo Cisterciensis amplissime contra omnes injurias et insultus, privilegiatus est et munitus; emendatissimæ et integerrimæ impressum Divione per magistrum Petrum Bethlinger Alemannum, anno Domini Mo CCCC. nonagesimo primo, iiij Julias;