MS. Ch. Glouc. 26

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Letters patent of King Edward I, referring to his confirmation of Magna Carta and the Carta de Foresta, ordering that they should be strictly observed, and granting that any statutes contrary to them should be null and void. Dated at Lincoln, 14 Feb., 29 Ed. I (1301).

Physical Description

Form: sheet
Support: parchment
Seal: Great seal of Edward I.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Gloucester, St Peter's Abbey.

Richard Furney (d. 1753).

Given by Furney; received in 1755.

Record Sources

Summary description by Matthew Holford, July 2023. Previously described in W. H. Turner and H. O. Coxe, Calendar of charters and rolls preserved in the Bodleian library (Oxford, 1878) [annotated copy, Bodleian Library R.Ref.741], 81-82 [Google Books]

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Bibliography

    C. Bémont, Chartes des libertés Anglaises: 1100-1305 (Paris, 1892), p. 109 (no. xvi)
    Nicholas Vincent, Magna Carta: Origins and Legacy (Oxford, 2015), p. 270 (no. 42)

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2024-11: Add bibliography, provenance.

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