Magna Carta Hiberniae 1216
MAGNA CARTA HIBERNIAE 1216 | ||
1 HENRY III. A.D. 1216. | ||
THE GREAT CHARTER OF IRELAND. | ||
HENRY, by the grace of God; King of England, lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, provosts, ministers, citizens, bailiffs, and his faithful people, greeting. Know yo that we, having regard to God and for the salvation of our soul and [the souls] of all our ancestors and successors, to the honour of God and for the exaltation of Holy Church and the amendment of our kingdom, by the advice of our venerable fathers, the lord Gualo, cardinal priest by the title of St. Martin, and legate of the Apostolic See; P[eter] of Winchester; R. of St. Asaph; J[ocelyn] of Bath and Glastonbury; S[imon] of Exeter; R[ichard] of Chichester; W[illiam] of Coventry; B[enedict] of Rochester; H[enry] of Llandaff; ... St. David’s; ... of Bangor; and S[ilvester] of Worcester, bishops; and of the nobles, William Marescal, earl of Pembroke, R[alph], earl of Chester; W[illiam] de Ferrars, earl of Derby; W[illiam], earl of Albemarle; Hubert de Burgo, our Justiciar; Savaric de Malo Leone; William Bruere, the father; William Bruere, the son; Robert de Curtenai, Falk de Breute, Reginald de Vantort, W[alter] de Laci, Hugh de Mortimer, John of Monmouth, W[alter] de Beuchaump, W[alter] de Clifford, R[obert] de Mortimer, William de Cantilupo, Matthew son of Herbert; John Marescal, Alan Basset, P[hilip] de Albuniaco, John Lestrange, and other our lieges. | ||
1 Interlined. | ||
2 The Red Book reads London, while Statutes of the Realm has Landav, which is correct, as Henry was Bishop of Llandaff, 1191-1219. The Bishop of London in 1216 was William de S. Mere l’eglise. | ||
3 So in Red Book. In 1216 Gervase was Bishop of St. David’s, and Cadwgan of Bangor. |