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From: Renia <>
Subject: Re: Edward I Patent (1288) for Sale on Ebay
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:07:25 +0000
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I'm a bit surprised that a document such as this is on general sale. It would be
interesting to know its provenance, and how it made its way out of the public
records.

Renia

Richard Cochran wrote:

> 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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