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[[[[[[[westch435. Confirmation, to take effect after their deaths, by Rose the cushionmaker and Ralph Mauduit, to provide lights for the Lady Altar, for the soul of H II and for their own, of a messuage in the vill of Westminster which they held of Gerard of Mitcham, and which he granted and confirmed to them by charter, lying between the stone house of Roger Enganet and the land of Peter of Wenden, to be held by the Lady Altar at an annual rent of 4s. due to Roger Enganet. Rose and Ralph will render to the altar is. 2d. annually. [Temp. John]
Sciant [presentes et futuri] quod ego Roe[isia la custerere et ego Radulfus Mauduit dedi]mus et conc[essimus et presenti] carta nostra confirma[vimus, post decessum nostrum, Deo et altari Beate Marie] ecclesie W[estrnonasterii ad lulminarium inveniendum, pro anima [Regis Henrici et pro salute animarum] nostrarum, unum masagium cum pertinenciis in villa Westmonasterii quod t[enuimus de Gerardo de Miggeham,] scilicet: masagium quod est inter domum lapideam Rogeri Engan[et, et terram Petri de Wand]ene, et quod idem Gerardus nobis dedit et concessit, et carta sua confirmavit [pro donatione] sex marcarum in gersummam. Habendum et tenendum Deo et eidem altari, libere et [quielte, integre et plenarie, in perpetuum, sine omni calumpnia nostri vel heredum nostrorum, per liberum servicium [quatuor] solidorum reddendorum Rogero Enganet ad iiir terminos anni, scilicet: ad Natale Domini xijcim denarios; et ad Pascham xijcim denarios; et ad Festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste xifirn denarios; et ad Festum [Sancti M]ichaelis xijcim denarios. Et de predicto me[sagio sin]gulis annis persolvemus predicto altari quatuordecim [denarios], ad duos anni terminos, scilicet: ad Pascham septem denarios, et ad Festum Sancti Michaelis septem denarios. [Hanc autem d]onationem et concessionem donavimus et concessimus pro salute anime Regis Henrici [et animarum nostrarum]. Et ut hec nostra dona[tio et con]cessio rata sit et stabilis permaneat, [earn sigillorum nostrorum] appositione corroboravimus. Hiis testibus: Henrico Sumer; Od[one aurifabro]; Ricardo Testard; Stephano de Berking' ; Gaufrido de Cruce; Wimundo pistore; [Johanne filio Edw]ardi; Nicholao filio Gaufridi; Petro de- Wandene; Thoma vinitore; [Ricardo filio Edmundi, et mult]is aliis.
MSS: (1) WAM 17438.
17.4 x 12.9 cm; remains of slit; severely damaged; missing text supplied from WAD.
WAD, f. 550r—v.
Rubric: Carta Roeysie la custere et Radulfi Mauduyt de uno mesuagio in villa Westmonasterii.
Pd: Mason, 'The Mauduits and their Chamberlainship', 23, from WAD. Note: Ralph was prob. a kinsman of the royal chamberlain, Robert Mauduit (cf. Mason, 'The Mauduits and their Chamberlainship', 6-7, 9), and was in the royal service towards the end of H II's reign (PR 34 H 17). |