![JOHN, (King of England, 1199-1216). Document, Caen, 6 July 1 John [1199], a charter in favour of the monks of the abbey of le Voeu, exempting them from tolls, and asserting their royal protection, given by the hand of Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor, and witnessed by the bishops of Ely, Bath, Bayeux and Lisieux, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Roger de Thoen and Richard de Humez, in Latin in a fine clear charter hand, contemporary endorsements on verso, ink on vellum, one page, approximately 195 x 192mm (two slight tears at foot of document, seal lacking).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/CKS/1999_CKS_06222_0223_000(122310).jpg?w=1)
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JOHN, (King of England, 1199-1216). Document, Caen, 6 July 1 John [1199], a charter in favour of the monks of the abbey of le Voeu, exempting them from tolls, and asserting their royal protection, given by the hand of Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor, and witnessed by the bishops of Ely, Bath, Bayeux and Lisieux, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Roger de Thoen and Richard de Humez, in Latin in a fine clear charter hand, contemporary endorsements on verso, ink on vellum, one page, approximately 195 x 192mm (two slight tears at foot of document, seal lacking).
Having been crowned king of England at the end of May, John had arrived in Normandy in late June with a considerable force to enforce his claims to the French part of his inheritance, and shortly afterwards secured the first of a series of unsteady truces with Philip of France. The foundation referred to in the charter is likely to be the Cistercian abbey at le Valasse or le Voeu near Bolbec in the diocese of Rouen, whose church had been consecrated only in 1181 by Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, one of the witnesses here. A possible alternative recipient is the Augustinian abbey at Cherbourg, which was also known as Notre-Dame du Voeu. Amongst the signatories is Savaric FitzGeldwin, the last bishop of Bath before the see was combined with first Glastonbury and later Wells.
Having been crowned king of England at the end of May, John had arrived in Normandy in late June with a considerable force to enforce his claims to the French part of his inheritance, and shortly afterwards secured the first of a series of unsteady truces with Philip of France. The foundation referred to in the charter is likely to be the Cistercian abbey at le Valasse or le Voeu near Bolbec in the diocese of Rouen, whose church had been consecrated only in 1181 by Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, one of the witnesses here. A possible alternative recipient is the Augustinian abbey at Cherbourg, which was also known as Notre-Dame du Voeu. Amongst the signatories is Savaric FitzGeldwin, the last bishop of Bath before the see was combined with first Glastonbury and later Wells.