Henry IIIs Ban

Þe sent ute folloƿing þe  of Oxford. Backgrund on King Henry III - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England - and þe of Oxford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisions_of_Oxford

King Henry IIIs - 18þ, 1258

Henry, þruge Gods, King in England, Lord in Ireland, in Normandy and Aquitaine, and Earl in Anjou, sends greetings to all his  underlings, learned and unlearned in. Ye knoƿ þat all ƿell, þat ƿe ƿisc and hƿat ure, all or þe   of þem, hƿo are ceosen by us and þe lands folk in ure kingdom, haf done and scall do, þat in þe  of God and in ure , for þe lands , þruge þe  of þe aforesaid , þey be steadfast and lasting in all þings forefer ƿiþute end. And ƿe all ure  in þe  þat þey oƿe us, þat þey steadfastly hold and sƿear to hold and  þe laƿs þat haf been made and þose þat are yet to be made by þe aforesaid, or þruge þe   of þem, as it is said before. And þat þey eac help one anoþer to do by þe oaþ and to  þeir rigts and do  toƿards all men. And þat þey no land or anyþing hƿereby þis  can be  or ƿorsened in any. And if any or many are against þis, ƿe ƿisc and þat all ure  hold þem as  foes. And for þat ƿe ƿisc þis be steadfast and lasting, ƿe send yeƿ þis open ƿrit, ƿiþ ure, to hold amongst yeƿ in hoard. Ƿitnesses ureselfes at Lundon, þe eigteenþ day of þe munþ of, on þe tƿo and fourtieþ year of ure. Þis ƿas done before ure sƿorn : Boniface, Arcbiscop in Canterbury. Ƿalter of Canteloƿ, Biscop in Ƿorcester. Simon of Montfort, Earl of Leicester. Richard of Clare, Earl in Gloucester and in Hertford. Roger Bigod, Earl in Norþfolk and Staller in England. Pierre of Savoy. William of Fort, Earl in Albemarle. John of Plessis, Earl in Ƿarƿick. John, Geoffries sun. Pierre of Montfort. Richard of Grey. Roger of Mortimer. James of Audley, and before enuge oþers. All þe ƿords are sent into efery oþer scire ofer all þe Kingdom of England and into Ireland too.