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King William notifies Earl Morcar and Gamel fitzOsbern and all his barons of Yorkshire that he has granted that Archbishop Eadlred should draw up a privilegium for the lands belonging to the church of St John of Beverley and that they shall be free from the demands of the king, his reeves, and all his men, except for those of the archbishop and priests of the church.

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Scholarly Source Dating 1066 x 1086

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Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event Bates33    King William 1 notifies Henry 6 de Ferrers and Hearding 2 the sheriff that he has granted Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbys., to the abbey of Burton as freely as Earl Morcar 3’s mother [Ælfgifu 23] held it. He wills that his clerk Ealdwine 8 (Aildwinus / Longuinus) shall hold it of the church.