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465. Notification by Geoffrey, count of Perche, that, with the assent of his wife Matilda, he has confirmed the gift which Sweyn of Essex, grandfather of Henry of Essex, made to St Peter and the abbot and convent of Westminster, comprising an annual rent of £.3 in the viii of Wheatley (Essex), payable by his bailiffs, which the convent are to hold as honourably as they ever did. [1191 x 1202]
Sciant tam presentes quam futuri quod ego Gaufridus, Dei gratia comes de Pertico, divine pietatis intuitu, concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi, consensu Matildis uxoris mee, donationem illam quam Swanus de Essexa, avus videlicet Henrici de Essex', dedit et concessit Deo et Sancto Petro et abbati et conventui Westmonasterii, videlicet sexaginta solidatas redditus in villa de Wateleya finabiliter, singulis annis percipiendas a baillivis meis, qui pro tempore fuerint, Dominica scilicet in Ramis Palmarum ad mandatum pauperum faciendum proxima die Jovis. Volo autem et firmiter precipio quatinus prefatus conventus Westmonasterii libere et quiete et honorifice prefatum redditum habeant, sicut unquam alicuius tempore malls et liberius habuerunt. Precor vero et obtestor omnes successores meos ne ipsi ullam infractionem huic mee concessioni faciant vel fieri permittant. Ut autem hec mea concessio futuris temporibus stabilis et rata permaneat earn presentis scripti testimonio et sigilli mei attestatione roboravi. Hiis testibus: Hugone de Taber', senescallo meo; Ricardo filio Willelmi; Johanne de Rokesford; Rogero de Longo Ponte; Odone de Lormar'; Hugone de Polestede; Hugone filio eiusdem; Johanne del Het; Laurentio de Pakelesham; Johanne de Perdiz, et pluribus aliis.
MS: WAD, ff. 496v-497.
Rubric: Carta Gaufridi comitis de Pertico de sexaginta solidatis redditus in villa de Wateleya.
Pd: Gilbert Crispin, 50 (extracts).
Date: Tenure of title of Geoffrey III, count of Perche, 1191 x ante 1202 (V. de Sairit-Allais, L'Art de Vérifier les Dates des Faits historiques, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et autres ancients Monuments, XIII (Paris, 1818), 180-181).
Note: The lands of Henry of Essex escheated to H II in 1163 (Sanders, 121, 139). The king's daughter Matilda, wife of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, had a daughter, another Matilda, who married the future Count Geoffrey in 1189 (Saint-Allais, ibid.). As her marriage portion, the younger Matilda conveyed to the count of Perche part, at least, of the lands formerly held by Henry of Essex (Sanders, 121). |