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385. Notification by Richard Blund of London that, for the health of his soul, those of his parents, wife, children, his nephew Robert, of all their ancestors and benefactors, and of all the faithful departed, he has confirmed in perpetual alms, to St Peter of Westminster and the convent, for pittance, one of his stalls in the parish of St Nicholas Shambles, lying towards the west, in front of the house formerly belonging to Geoffrey of Arden. He asks that his name should be inscribed in the martyrology. [Mid 12C]
Ricardus Blundus de London' omnibus Francis et Anglicis hoc scriptum audientibus, salutem in Christo. Notum sit vobis quod ego, pietatis intuitu et pro salute anime mee, et pro anima patris mei et matris, et pro anima uxoris mee et meorum infantium, et pro anima Roberti nepotis, et pro animabus omnium antecessorum nostrorum et nostrorum benefac. torum, et pro animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum, dedi et concessi et hac mea confirmavi carta ecclesie Sancti Petri de Westmonasterio et toti conventui ibidem Deo servienti, unum de stallis meis quos habui in parochia Sancti Nicholai ad Mazatriam, scilicet ilium qui jacet apud occidentalem partem et qui est ante domum que fuit Galfridi Darden', in perpetuam elemosinam finabiliter, sine ullo retenemento michi vel heredibus meis, ad illorum pitanciam sine fine, scilicet unum illorum quem Willelmus Hiberniensis tenuit de me. Et omnes illi qui hanc elemosinam alibi ponent nisi ad predictam pitanciam excomunicati sunt. Et ego peto quod nomen meum scriptum sit in martilogio. Hiis testibus: Petro capellano de Colcherch'; Walerammo filio Meilla'; Huberto nepote Galfridi; Willelmo filio Roberti; Roberto fratre suo; Alexandro filio Fauk[alsio]; Galfrido de Soam; Margareta, et multis aliis.
MS: WAD, 1. 602.
Rubric: Carta Ricardi Blundi de London' de uno stallo in parochia Sancti Nicholai ad Mazatriam. Marginalia: London'.
Date: The grantor's nephew is possibly the Robert Blund who was sheriff 1196-7 (Beaven, Aldermen, 364). |