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From: Richard Cochran <>
Subject: Edward I Patent (1288) for Sale on Ebay
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:09:07 -0500
In-Reply-To: <200101302334.f0UNYxH04021@lists2.rootsweb.com>


I noticed an unusual item on Ebay for sale today. It might have some
genealogical interest to some. The item has been scanned and translated,
as follows:

"Edward, by the grace of God king of England, Scotland, Ireland, Duke of
Aquitane, to all his vassals and faithful servants, to them the present
letter shall
come [...]. Known that as our well-beloved kinsman and faithful servant John of
Bretagne, Count of Richmond, on our service was lately taken by the Scots and
is til now detained by them. Therefore with a view to the [...] of loss
to the
Count aforesaid we have prescribed and granted to Thomas of Hencotes and
Richard of Swaffham during his absence to act as attorneys for him and his
county, settling or forwarding on behalf of the Count himself, or his
County, in
any courts of England. And we have further granted that the aforesaid Thomas
or Richard or either of them being present in lieu of the Count himself
being able
to appoint as attorney whomever (in plural or singular) they desire in our
court
before us in all such suits and plaints, to prosecute or defend, initiate a
forward
[...] in the same year as aforesaid. In witness to such matters we have had
these
letters to be prepared to be valid for one year and to be of no effect
after the
arrival at the Court in England after [...] his delivery from the hands of
the Scots
--- By Me, at Thorp Episcopi, the Eleventh Day of June, in the Sixteenth
Year of
My Reign [1288]."

The item [Ebay # #548075028] is up to over $800, and going soon. I have a
copy of the scan (Ebay generally purges them soon after the sale) if
anyone's interested.

Richard Cochran
Big Rapids, MI

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