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40 HISTORY OF CORN MILLING: vol. iv.
^* ^^^ ^^^^ evidence is a charter by Henry I. ;
SHREWSBURY
ABBEY and whatever opinion we may entertain as to the
MILLS. , , .
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abbey possessing the multure of the city
' ' '
in virtue
4. City Multure
Qf Roofer's ^ charter, there can be no doubt as to its
re-granted,
in his own
. c. II20. grant, or rather re-grant, by Henry
personal right as Earl of Shrewsbury. Owen and
Blakeway state that this charter remains in the
chartulary, but, as with most of the other of these
documents which they discuss, they do not print
it. They state that it is granted by '' rex Henricus
comitatum in proprio tenens domino," acting,
as we
have said, in his capacity of manorial lord ; and
conferring on the abbey the manorial milling rights
of the town. The following is the clause bestowing
these :—
Monast. Ang., Omnia ista suprascripta gloriosus rex Henricus coram omni
i- 3^2 consilio suo apud Londoniam se proprio signo et sigillo con-
(Fund. et Dot. firmavit. . . . Concessit quoque monachis molturam totius civitatis
•^
Salopesbiriae praecipiens ut nullus in toto circuitu civitatis nee
in uno ponte nee in alio molendinum faceret nisi monachi vel
cui ipsi concesserunt.
Testibus Richardo Londiniae episcopo &c.
All the foregoing the illustrious King Henry [I.], before his
entire council in London, with his signature and seal confirmed.
He conceded also to the monks the multure of the whole city of
Shrewsbury, directing that within the entire circuit of the city,
neither at one bridge nor the other, none should make a mill
except the monks, or any whom they have authorised.
Witnesses, Richard, Bishop of London,* &c.
5. Grant con- 5. In 1227 Henry HL fully confirmed this grant
firmed, 1227. ^f ^j^^ multure by Henry L :—
Monast. Ang., Henricus &c. Sciatis nos concessisse &c. abbati et monachis
i- 382^ Salopesbiriensis ecclesia has subscriptas terras et decimas et
(Ex. Reg. Abb.) ecclesias : . . .
De dono comitis Rogeri vicum unum juxta eandem abbatium
scilicet Biforegatam cum omnibus molendinis et redditibus ad
vicum ilium pertinentibus. . . .
* One of Earl Roger's sons, mentior.ed elsewhere in the HiUoria as
** Richardus de Belniesio qui postea Londinoe episcopus factus est.'