ECR 56 011
Reference code
ECR 56 011
Title
Lyminster, Sussex: Letter concerning the provision of a vicar
Level
Item
Date
18 February 1242 - 18 February 1243
Content description
Letter from Geoffrey, bishop of Seez, to Ralph, bishop of Chichester, requesting that he postpone the provision of a vicar in the church of Leominster, whom he is proposing to create anew there, until the abbess of Aumenesches shall again be able to cross the seas to England, which at the present time of discord and turbulence she is unable to do. He reminds the bishop of Chichester that he is Geoffrey of Maeto, formerly canon of Rouen, who has ofter enjoyed the hospitality of the bishop of Chichester.
S. Pierre sur Dives.
18 Feb 1242 - 3.
Seal, pointed oval, 50 (originally about 60) x 40mm, green wax, on tongue, chipped away at top left and bottom right. The bishop robed, left hand holding staff, right hand raised in benediction.
Counter seal, round, 24mm, a hand in benediction.
S. Pierre sur Dives.
18 Feb 1242 - 3.
Seal, pointed oval, 50 (originally about 60) x 40mm, green wax, on tongue, chipped away at top left and bottom right. The bishop robed, left hand holding staff, right hand raised in benediction.
Counter seal, round, 24mm, a hand in benediction.
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