MS. Ch. Oxon. Oseney 143b

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Language(s): Latin

Confirmation by King Edward I of Magna Carta and the Carta de foresta. Dated at Westminster, 28 March, 28 of his reign (1300). Regarded by Vincent (2015) as 'a contemporary exemplification rather than ... a product of the royal chancery'.

Physical Description

Form: sheet
Support: parchment
Seal: Seal (detached, kept separately) of John, abbot of Oseney Legend: ‘S' FRIS' IOH'IS DI GRA ... BATIS OSEN ...’ (MS. Ch. Oxon. Oseney 143b*)

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Archive of Abbey of St Mary, Oseney

Record Sources

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], 348 [Google Books]
J. Gilbert Wiblin, Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices), May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 115

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Bibliography

    Nicholas Vincent, Magna Carta: Origins and Legacy (Oxford, 2015), no. 24 (pp. 254-5).

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Last Substantive Revision

2020-10: First online publication

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