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There is no known surviving copy of the treaties.
At least one surviving manuscript copy is catalogued by the National Library of Wales, so saying no copy is known is incorrect.
Full reasoning
This sentence is contradicted by published manuscript-catalog evidence.
The National Library of Wales catalog entry for Peniarth MS 381 states: "On the last page is a copy of the Treaty of Lambeth, 1217, between Henry III and the Dauphin." That is a surviving copy of the treaty text.
A modern scholarly article by Nicholas Vincent likewise says the so-called Treaty of Lambeth is "known only from unofficial (and in some senses contradictory) sources surviving in Rouen and Aberystwyth." In other words, surviving manuscript witnesses do exist, even if no sealed original survives.
So the accurate distinction is: no original may survive, but it is wrong to say that no surviving copy is known at all.
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- National Library of Wales, Peniarth Manuscripts Collection
Peniarth MS 381 ... On the last page is a copy of the Treaty of Lambeth, 1217, between Henry III and the Dauphin.
- Nicholas Vincent, 'A Newly Discovered Anglo-Lusignan Truce (8 January 1222)'
The so-called ‘Treaty of Lambeth’ ending the Civil War of 1215-17 is known only from unofficial (and in some senses contradictory) sources surviving in Rouen and Aberystwyth.