# The Statutes of the Realm/Volume 1/Charters of Liberties/2

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CARTA REGIS STEPHANI.
ANNO REGNI PRIMO.
A.D. MCXXXVI.
Carta Stephan̄ Reg̃ de Lib̴tatibꝫ Eccl̵ie Angl̵, & Regni.
Ego Stph̴s d̵i gr̃a assensu cleri & popl̵i ī regē [angloꝝ] electꝰ, & a W. Cantuar̃ Archiep̃o, & Sc̃e Romane eccl̵iæ legato ꝯsec$^a$tꝰ, & ab Innoc̃ sc̃e romane sed̵ pontifice ꝯfirmatꝰ; respectu & amore d̵i sc̃ā eccl̵iā lib̴ā ẽe, ꝯcedo, & debitā rev͛entiā illi ꝯfirmo. Nich̴ me ī eccl̵ia, vl̵ rebꝰ eccl̵iasticis simoniace acturū, vl̵ ꝑmissurū [ẽe] ꝓmitto. Eccl̵iasticarū ꝑsonarū & õiū clericoꝝ, & rerū eoꝝ Justiciā & potestatē & dist$^i$butiōē [Honoꝝ] eccl̵iasticoꝝ ī manu ep̃oꝝ ẽe, ꝑhibeo & ꝯfirmo. Dignitates eccl̵iarū p$^i$vilegiis earū ꝯfirmatas, & ꝯsuetud̵ earū antiq$^o$ tenore habitas; inviolate man͛e statuo & cōcedo. Om̃s eccl̵iarū possessiōes & tenuras q$^a$s die illa habuer̃t q$^a$ [W. rex avus m̃s] fuit vivus & mortꝰ; sine õi calūpniantiū reclamatiōe, eis lib̴as & absolutas ẽe, ꝯcedo: Si q$^i$d v$^o$ de habitis vl̵ possessis an̄ mortē ejꝰdē regis, q$^i$bꝰ m$^o$ careat eccl̵ia, deinceps [repetierit,] indulgentiæ & dispensatiōi meæ, vl̵ restituendū vl̵ discutiendū reservo. Quec̃qꝫ v$^o$ pꝰ mortē ipsiꝰ reg̃ lib̴alitate regū, [vl̵] largitiōe p$^i$ncipū, oblatiōe [vl̵] cōꝑatiōe, vl̵ q$^a$libet t$^a$nsmutatiōe fideliū eis collata s̃t, ꝯfirmo. Pacē & Justiciā, me in õibꝰ facturū, & ꝓ posse meo, ꝯservaturū eis ꝓmitto. Forestas q$^a$s [W.] avus m̃s & [W.] avuncl̵s m̃s instituer̃t & [h̴uer̃t,] m$^i$ reservo. Cet͛as om̃s q$^a$s rex H. suꝑaddidit; eccl̵iis & regno [q$^i$etas] reddo & ꝯcedo. Si q$^i$s ep̃s vl̵ abbas, vl̵ alia eccl̵astica ꝑsona, an̄ mortē suā [ratioabilit͛ sua] dist$^i$buerit, vl̵ dist$^i$buenda statuerit; firmū man͛e ꝯcedo. Si v$^o$ morte p͛occupantꝰ fuerit; ꝓ salute āīæ ejꝰ, eccl̵ie ꝯsilio eadē fiat dist$^i$butio: Dū v$^o$ sedes ꝓp$^i$is pastoribꝰ vacuæ fu͛int; [ipsas] & earū possessiōes om̃s ī manu & custodia cl̵icorū vl̵ ꝓboꝝ hōīū ejꝰdē eccl̵iæ [ꝯmittā;] donec pastor canonice substituat$^r$. Os̃ exactiōes & Injusticias, & Mescheningas, sive ꝑ vicec̃, vl̵ [ꝑ] alios q$^o$slib& male inductas; funditꝰ exstirpo. Bonas Leges & antiq$^a$s, & justas ꝯsuetud̵, in m$^r$dr̃, & plac̃, & aliis causis observabo & observari p͛cipio, & ꝯstituo. H̴ oĩa ꝯcedo, & ꝯfirmo, salva regia & justa dignitate mea. T⟨ꝫ⟩. W. cantuar̃ archiep̃o, & Hug̃ Roth̴ archiep̃o, & Henr̃ Wint̃ ep̃o, & Rog̃o Sar̃ ep̃o, & A. Linc̃ ep̃o, [& Nig̃ Eliens̃ ep̃o,] & Evrard̵ Norwic̃ ep̃o, & [Sim̄ Wigorn̄ ep̃o,] & Bern̄ ep̃o [de S. d̵d̵.] & [Audoen̄ ebroic̃ ep̃o,] & Ric̃ Abrinc̃ ep̃o, & Rob̴ Heref̴ ep̃o, & Joh̴e Rouec̃ ep̃o, & Athelulf̴ carlol̵ ep̃o, & Rog̃o Canc̃, & Henr̃ nep̃ Regis, & Rob̴ Com̄ Gloec̃, & Wil̴l̴o Com̄ de Warenna, & Rann̄ Com̄ Cestr̃, & Rob̴ Com̄ de Warewic, & [Rob̴to & de Ver̃,] & Milon̄ de Gloec̃, & Brient̃ fil̵ Com̄, & Rob̴to de Oilli, Conestab̴l̵is, & Wil̴l̴o mart̃, & Hug̃ bigot̃, & [Hunfr̃ de Buhun̄,] & [Sim̄ de Belcāp] [dapifer̃,] & Wil̴l̴o de Albin̄ & Eudon̄ mart̃ [pincern̄,] & Rob̴ de ferrer̃, & Wil̴l̴o [peur̃,] [de Notingeh̴,] & [Sim̄ de Saintliz,] & W. de [Albaiñ,] & Pag̃ fil̵ Joh̴is, & Ham̄ de sc̃o Claro, & [Ilb̴to] de Laceio. Ap̃ Oxenef̴ Anno [ab Incarnatione dñi] M.C.xxxvj. [Sꝫ Regni mei primo.]
* ↑ In dorso Cart{{subst:ae}}.
* ↑ Anglie C.
* ↑ postmodum H.C.
* ↑ deest C.
* ↑ bonoꝝ C.
* ↑ Willelmus avus meus rex Angl̵ H.Wil̴l̴s Rex Angl̵ avus meus C.
* ↑ repecierit H.C.
* ↑ deest H.C.
* ↑ deest H.
* ↑ Willelmus rex H.C.
* ↑ Willelmus secundus H.C.
* ↑ tenuerunt H.
* ↑ illas C.
* ↑ vero H.
* ↑ quiete C.
* ↑ autē C.
* ↑ sua rationabiter H.
* ↑ ips{{subst:ae}} H. C.
* ↑ committantur H.C.
* ↑ deest H.
* ↑ vero H.C.
* ↑ desunt H.
* ↑ S. Episcopo Wirec̃, H.C.
* ↑ Sancti David, H. C.
* ↑ A. Episopo Ebr̃, H.And̵ Ep̃o Eborac̃, C.
* ↑ et R. de Fisc̃, H.
* ↑ Rob. de Ver̃, H: R. de Ver̃, C.
* ↑ V. de Buh̴, H.Humfr̃ de Bohun, C.
* ↑ S. de Belloc̃ H.C.
* ↑ dapiferis C: dap̃ H.
* ↑ Pinc͛nis C: Linc̃ H.
* ↑ Penr̃, H.
* ↑ desunt H. C.
* ↑ S. de Sancto Licio, H.S. de Silva Necti, C.
* ↑ Albam̄, H.
* ↑ J. H.
* ↑ Dominic{{subst:ae}} Incarnacionis H.
* ↑ in communi concilio H.