Wells, DC., Liber Albus I, ff. 2-64

s. xiii med., Wells

Type of MS.: Cartulary
Davis no.: 1003
Bibliography: cf. Harmer, Writs, p. 486
Related MSS: Partly transcribed in B.M., Harley 6968 (s.xvii)
Comment: c. 1240
Provenance:

Charters contained:

S1112, f. 14r-v: A.D. 1061 x 1065 (? 1061). Writ of King Edward declaring that Bishop Giso is to have the bishopric of Wells and everything lawfully belonging thereto as fully and completely as any of his predecessors. s. xiii med.

S1116, f. 14r-v: A.D. 1061 x 1065. Writ of King Edward declaring that Alfred has sold to Bishop Giso his land at Litton, Somerset. s. xiii med.

S1111, f. 14r: A.D. 1060 x 1061 (? 1061). Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to his priest Giso the bishopric at Wells and everything pertaining thereto, with sake and with soke, as fully and completely as ever it was held by Bishop Duduc or any bishop before him. s. xiii med.

S1163, f. 14r: A.D. 1066. Writ of King Harold declaring that Bishop Giso is to have judicial and financial rights as fully and completely as ever he did in King Edward's time. s. xiii med.

S1111, f. 14v: A.D. 1060 x 1061 (? 1061). Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to his priest Giso the bishopric at Wells and everything pertaining thereto, with sake and with soke, as fully and completely as ever it was held by Bishop Duduc or any bishop before him. s. xiii med.

S1163, f. 14v: A.D. 1066. Writ of King Harold declaring that Bishop Giso is to have judicial and financial rights as fully and completely as ever he did in King Edward's time. s. xiii med.

S1115, f. 17v: A.D. 1061 x 1065. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has given to Bishop Giso for the maintenance of his canons at St Andrew's, Wells, land at Wedmore, Somerset, and the bishop is to draw up a privilegium concerning this. s. xiii med.

S1241, f. 17v: A.D. 1066 x 1075. Writ of Queen Edith, declaring that she has given to Bishop Giso for his canons at St Andrew's, Wells, the land at Mark, Somerset. She requests a judgement on Wuduman, to whom she entrusted her horses and who has withheld rent for six years. s. xiii med.

S1113, ff. 17v-18r: A.D. 1061 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that Bishop Giso is to discharge the obligations on his land at Chew, Somerset, now at the same rate as his predecessor had done. s. xiii med.

S1240, f. 18r: A.D. 1061 x 1066. Writ of Queen Edith declaring that Bishop Giso is to have the land at Milverton, Somerset, as fully and completely as she herself possessed it. s. xiii med.