World History

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Claim of Abbot of St. Augustine to Customs at Newington.

1094. (Latin text, Bigelow, Placita, p. 66. Translation by the editor.)

William son of King William to the sheriff of Kent, greeting. Cause to be declared by the men of the hundred of Middleton what customs the abbot of St. Augustine ought to have in the vill of Newington, and what he formerly had. And make him to have such without delay, and particularly concerning that aid as he formerly had it. Witness the bishop of Salisbury, at Westminster.