jS THE CERNE CARTULARY. 



Jocelyn, by the Grace of God, Bishop of Salisbury, to all the 

 faithful, Greeting in the Lord. Know all of you that, trusting in 

 the Divine mercy, we grant 20 days indulgence for confessed 

 sins to all who, with pious devotion, shall have visited the church 

 of Cerne at the yearly feasts of the blessed Peter, chief of the 

 apostles, and the blessed Edwold the Martyr, or within the 

 15 days following, and declare them participators in the prayers 

 and benefits of the church of Salisbury. Farewell. 



In the year of our Lord 1311, on the i4th of June, the day of 

 S. Basil Bishop and Martyr, the Lord Gilbert, Bishop of 

 Annadown, in Ireland, dedicated an altar in the chapel of the 

 Abbot of Cerne in honour of SS. Stephen and Laurence the 

 martyrs, and of S. Katherine the virgin. And he granted 

 20 days of indulgence on the yearly feast of each. 



Also in the same year, on the morrow of S. Basil, the same 

 bishop of Annadown dedicated the whole chapel of the Infirmary 

 of Cerne in honour of the glorious Virgin Mary and of S. 

 Margaret and of S. Apollonia, and granted 30 days of indulgence 

 for ever to all coming thither at the yearly feasts of each of them. 



In the year of our Lord 1318, on the i5th March, Roger of 

 Morteval, Bishop of Salisbury, dedicated the great altar of the 

 church of the monastery of Cerne in honour of Mary, the 

 mother of God, and S. Peter, chief of the apostles, and he 

 granted for ever an indulgence of 40 days at each of their feasts. 



Be it remembered that, in the year of our Lord 1396, on the 

 1 2th day of the month of November, the Lord Henry, Bishop 

 of Annadown in Ireland, the suffragan of the Lord Richard 

 Medford Bishop of Salisbury, dedicated two altars in the chapel 

 of Nether Cerne ; namely, the great altar in honour of All Saints 

 and an altar in the south part or aisle of the same chapel in 

 honour of S. Etheldreda the Virgin : in the time of Robert, the 

 24th abbot, the office of Sacristan being in the hands of the 

 same abbot. 



Folio la. To his illustrious Lord, Henry, King of England, Robert, the 

 humble minister of the church of Cerne, greeting and faithful 

 service. We notify to your Highness what are the Knights' fees 



