ECR 39 08
Reference code
ECR 39 08
Title
Royal Patents: Inspeximus of Foundation and Endowment Charters
Level
Item
Date
25 January 1442
Content description
Inspeximus of the foundation charter of 11 October 1440 and the endowment charter of 25 March 1441, and confirmation of the same with the authority of Parliament. And grant to the Provost and College of the chattels of their men and of many other rights and privileges. Witnesses: H., archbishop of Canterbury, J., bishop of Bath and Wells, chancellor, W. bishop of Lincoln, and W. bishop of Salisbury, Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, John, duke of Norfolk, John, earl of Huntingdon, Humphrey, earl of Stafford, William, earl of Suffolk, John Lescrop, Ralph Cromwell, treasurer, and Ralph Botiller, Knights, and master William Lyndewode, the King's clerk, keeper of the privy seal.
The Great Seal, green wax, chipped away at top left, on plaited blue and white silk cords and gold thread, in metal skippet.
The document consists of two large membranes. The initial H. contains an illuminated portrait of the King enthroned, holding a patent from which hangs a green wax seal. A crown above, supported by horned animals, beneath the crown a scroll on which is written DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGE. On the left of the King's portrait, a shield of the royal arms, surrounded by the Garter and surmounted by a crown, all in gold, blue and red. To the right of the King, a shield of the arms of Edward the Confessor, gold on blue; and on the right side of the document, a shield of arms, East Anglia or St Edmund. Elaborate penwork on the top line.
The Great Seal, green wax, chipped away at top left, on plaited blue and white silk cords and gold thread, in metal skippet.
The document consists of two large membranes. The initial H. contains an illuminated portrait of the King enthroned, holding a patent from which hangs a green wax seal. A crown above, supported by horned animals, beneath the crown a scroll on which is written DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGE. On the left of the King's portrait, a shield of the royal arms, surrounded by the Garter and surmounted by a crown, all in gold, blue and red. To the right of the King, a shield of the arms of Edward the Confessor, gold on blue; and on the right side of the document, a shield of arms, East Anglia or St Edmund. Elaborate penwork on the top line.
Existence and location of copies
ECR 39/180
Publication note
Printed in full in Heywood and Wright pp.393 to 414
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