MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. O. 364

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Language(s): Latin

Oxford, All Saints' parish. Geoffrey de Clinton confirms to Oseney the land which Elwi, son of Snelling, gave. 1133-1154

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Seal: The seal is 2 1/4 inches in diameter. Grey wax varnished light brown. In the Calendar of Documents in France (ed. Round), p. 299, a description is given of the seal of the younger Geoffrey de Clinton. The device is the same as this seal, but the spelling of the legend is not the same. A winged monster, with the head of a horse and the tail of a lion, pouncing on a monster, with claws, a lion's tail, and apparently the head of a bull Legend: ‘SIGILLV GALFRIDI DE GLI[]TVNIA CAMERARII REGIS’

Record Sources

N. Denholm-Young, Cartulary of the Mediaeval Archives of Christ Church, Oxford Historical Society o.s. 92 (1931), p. 3

H. E. Salter, Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, 6 vols. (1929-1936), 1, no. 488 (p. 425)

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-02: First online publication