"In the year 1164 from the incarnation of our Lord, in the fourth year of the papacy of Alexander, and the tenth year of the most illustrious king of England Henry II, in the presence of that same king, was made this record and acknowledgment of a certain part of the customs, liberties and rights of his predecessors, to wit, of King Henry his grandfather and others, which ought to be observed and maintained in the realm."

The Constitutions of Clarendon, January 1164. A written statement of royal customs governing the relationship between the Crown and the Church, drawn up by Henry II and presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket.