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A letter to Aymery of Rochefort

Sender

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Receiver

Aymery of Rochefort

Translated letter:

Letter(s) of Eleanor, queen of England, duchess of Normandy and Aquitaine, by which she confers the town of St. Amand beside the shore of the sea on lord Aymery of Rochefort as well as the land which Hugh of Thouars possessed in the fief of Benso.  In the year of the incarnation of the Lord 1203.

Original letter:

Litterae Alienoris reginae Angliae, ducissae Normanniae et Aquitaniae, quibus Aimerico Rupisfortis domino in feodum confert burgum S. Amandi juxta littora maris et terram quam Hugo de Toarcio in feodo Bensonis possidebat.  Anno incarnationis Dominicae M.CC.III. 

Historical context:

This letter was in the Rouleau of Poitiers, but is no longer found in the Layettes, so the editor took the summary from the inventory of Dupuy.

Printed source:

Layettes du Trésor des Chartes, 1.247, #705.

Date:

1203