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JOHN I (1167-1216), King of England, as Count of Mortain. Manuscript document with seal of John, Count of Mortain, to Bertram de Verdun. Rouen, [c.1189]. In Latin, one page (text: 130 x 179mm; seal: 80mm in diameter). 12 lines on vellum (tears at creases; edges of seal chipped; later annotation to bottom margin). Framed. Provenance : Barnet Gallery (label on reverse) – Sotheby’s, 24 June 1986, lot 65 – Sotheby’s, 20 June 1989, lot 28 – The Helmut N. Friedlaender Collection. A charter of King John I as Count of Mortain to Bertram de Verdun, with a well preserved seal. This charter grants to the crusader Bertram de Verdun all the land at “Charenc” (possibly modern Chérénce-le-Roussel or Chérénce-le-Héron)—formerly belonging to William Peverel. The witnesses include Robert de Beaumont John Marshall William de Wenneval, Roger de Planes, and Richard Aaron. The seal depicts John on horseback brandishing a sword, with the inscription [SIG]ILLUM IO[HANNIS F]ILII.REGIS AN[GLIE ET DO]MINI.HIB[ER]NIE—see Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum II, nos. 6323-6327; Patterson, pl. XXXIIa