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" Henry, by the gi'ace of God king of England, lord of Ireland, 

 duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, coaut of Anjou — To the 

 archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, counts, barons, justiciaries, 

 foresters, viscounts, provosts, agents, and all manner of bailiffs, 

 and to his faithful subjects in general. Salutation : Know ye that 

 we have piously granted to St. Peter of Bath, and to the Prior 

 and Monks of that church ; also to St. Andrew of Wells, and the 

 Dean and Canons of that chiu-ch ; also to St. Mary of Glastonbury, 

 and the Abbot and Monks of that place ; also to our venerable father, 

 Joscelin, Bishop of Bath, and to his successors — That they them- 

 selves and all their own men shall be exempt in perpetuity from 

 Toll through all our royal demesnes, in respect of all articles that 

 they may buy or sell ; without prejudice to the Toll due to us and 

 our heirs, from all feudal tenants of the aforesaid Bishop, Abbot 

 and Monks of Glastonbury, Dean and Canons of Wells, Prior and 

 Monks of Bath, and their successors, not holding of them in chief. 

 Wherefore we will and command that the aforesaid, the Bishop, 

 the Abbot and Monks of Glastonbury, the Dean and Canons of 

 Wells, the Prior and Monks of Bath, and their successors, and aU 

 their own men, shall have the aforesaid liberty in perpetuity; 

 without prejudice to the Toll payable to us and our heii-s, from all 

 tenants of the aforesaid Bishop, Abbot and Monks of Glastonbury 

 Dean and Canons of Wells, Prior and Monks of Bath, and their 

 successors, who do not hold of them in chief, as is aforesaid. And 

 we forbid, on pain of forfeit to us, that any one disturb or molest 

 them in this matter. 



" Witnesses : the venerable fathers, Richard Bishop of Durham, 

 Walter Bishop of Carlisle, our Treasurer ; Hubert de Burg, Earl 

 of Kent, our Justiciary ; John de Munemue ; Stephen de Segi-ave ; 

 Ralph de Turbeville ; Hugh le Spencer ; Henry fitz-Aucher ; 

 Richard de Gray ; Henry de Capella ; and others. 



" Given, by the hand of the venerable father Ralph Bishop of 

 Chichester, our Chancellor, at Fulham, on the fifteenth day of 

 May, in the thirteenth year of our Reign." 



I sent this Charter to Professor Stubbs to ask him, among other 

 things, if he could tell lue the conventional equivalent for the 

 phrase " intuitu Dei." I will read part of his answer : — 



