...Beyer's Hoyal Charters and Letters Patent, ficc. to Bristol," grants tut1 city ot Dublin to Bristol. " I have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed to my men of Bristow my city of Dublin for them to inhabit. Therefore I will and strictly enjoin that...

...meo milii et hceredibus mcis. Know all men present and to come, that I John, constable of Chester, have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed to Hugh Dutton and to his heirs the magistracy over all debauchees and prostitutes, throughout Cheshire,...

...shall see or hear this present writing, Thomas, son of Cospatrick, sendeth greeting. Know ye, that I have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed, to God and St. Mary Magdalene, and the Canons of Preston, who are of the order Premonstratenses, in...

...(annexed to No. 1.) ALL persons present and to come, KNOW that I, Roger de Lascy, constable of Chester, have given and granted, and by this my present charter, have confirmed to my burgesses of Pontefract, who have landin the moor, one hundred and eighty and' fourteen acres...

...Translation. Adam de Lamberton, to all people and friends, greeting — Know ye both present and to come that I have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed to Galfrid de Hesswell, my grandson,* the whole third part of my whole land of Lamberton in meadows...

...Whalley : — " Know all men, as well present as future, that I, Roger de Lacy, constable of Chester, have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed, to God and the Blessed Mary, and to my abbot and monks of the Benedictine place of Standlawe, four...

...ituih of feoffment was merely the record or written evidence ; hence the language of the instrument " have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed," and hence, perhaps, the prevailing practice of employing operative words in the past and present tense,...

...propriis quociens p'munit' fu'." Know nll present and future, that I, Jobu Gaunt, Dake of Lancaster, have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed, unto Jobu Northrop of Manyngham, three messuages and six oxgangs of land, and sufficient common of...

....raonachis de Stratmarkell villam qua; vocatur Llynhequestel .... ad construendum ibidem monasterium." [" I have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed, to the monks of Stradmarchell the ville called Llynhequestel" (evidently the monkish latinized form...

...coarctalione hœredum, liberé et quiete, <tc. Know [all] men, present and future, that I, (such a one,) have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed to (sucli a one,) in consideration of his homage and service, (so much land,) with the appurtenances,...