D 3 Latin. Undated, but not later than 1139, when Roger Pauper, presumably the witness R., ceased to be chancellor of England. An early deed and therefore given in full. Stephen, king of the English, to the bishop of Durham and to the justices and barons and all his faithful of the Bishopric of Durham, greeting. Know that I have granted to William canterario in fee and inheritance the land of Chillau and Plauswrde and Burdon, and the land and the houses in Durham of the inheritance of his wife, as Geoffrey, bishop of Durham gave and granted them to him for his service (pro servicio suo cum uxore sua), and by his charter granted, and as the charter of St. Cudbert witnesses and corroborates the gift of the bishop. And I wish and command that freely and in peace he may hold, in wood and in plain, in the borough and beyond the borough, in meadows and pastures, in the road and paths, in every place and thing, with soc and sac the right to hold courts and administer justice, and tol liberty to buy and sell within the precincts of the manor and team ‘The team of the Anglo-Norman charters seems to he the right to hold a court into which foreigners, i.e. persons not resident within the jurisdiction, may be vouched’, Pollock and Maitland, History of English Law, and infangtheft the right to hang a thief caught ‘hand having or back bearing’, and all other their customs and liberties, as charters testify. Testibus R. cancellario, W. Martel, R. de Ver et R. filio Ric. At Westminster. Seal missing.