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406. Notification by Edward, reeve of Westminster, that he has confirmed to Ralf Clerk and his heirs that messuage which Sawal the clerk bought from Brungar the champion and later demised to Ralph Hure!, from whom Edward bought it. The messuage lies between the land of William Fiz and that of Ralph of Seven Fountains, which Albin the clerk holds of him, and is to be held of Edward and his heirs in perpetual inheritance, at an annual rent of 3s. 4d. Ralph Clerk, so called not from his office, but as his cognomen, gave a gersum of 3s. [Late 12C, ante 1197]
Sciant tam presentes quam futuri quicumque hanc cartam viderint vel audierint, quod ego Aedwardus [prepositus Westmonasterii concessi et hac pre]senti carta mea confirmavi Radulfo Clerico et heredibus suis masagium illud quod oh m Sawal[us clericus emerat de Brungaro Athleta], quod etiam ille Sawalus clericus postea dimisit Radulfo Hurel, de quo ego illud masagium emi, quod iacet [inter terram Willelmi Fiz' et terram Radulfi de] Septem Fontibus, quam Albinus clericus tenet de eo, tenendum de me et de heredibus meis perpetua heredita[te; reddendo inde annu]atim pro omni servitio xl denarios ad quatuor statutos terminos anni, scilicet: ad Natale Domini x denarios; et ad Pascha x denarios; [et ad Nativitatem Sancti] Johannis Baptiste x denarios; et ad Festum Sancti Michaelis x denarios. Pro hac autem concessione et huius carte mee confirmatione, predictus Radulphus Clericus, non officio ita vocatus sed cognomine, dedit michi ad gersummam iij solidos. His testibus: Rogero capellano ; Albino clerico; Gocelino fabro; Alano et Johanne, filiis meis; Randulfo Fiz', coco, et Ricardo filio eius; Willelmo filio [Asketini]; Wimundo pistore; Hugone filio Richeri de Fonte, et Galfrido de Cruce, fratre eius; Willelmo Chanterel, Willelmo Albo [presbitero, qui hanc cartam] scripsit, et multis aliis.
MSS: (1) WAM 17314 (damaged).
24 x 10 cm; t.u. 2.7 cm.
Fold with slit, tag and seal missing.
Endorsed: (a) Capella (13C). (b) Carta Edwardi prepositi de uno mesuagio dato Radulfo Clerico (12C). (c) Westmonasterii capella lxxxiij (14C).
WAD, f. 555, from which the gaps in the original are filled.
Date: Edward styled himself as 'formerly reeve' in 1197 (446; Richardson, 'William of Ely', 84-85). He was in office in 1190 (PR 2 Ric. I, 157).
Note: Brungar the champion was perhaps a professional duellist, employed in judicial duels (cf. The Treatise on the laws and customs of the realm of England commonly called Glanvill ed. G. D. G. Hall (1965), 23— 5 , 28). |