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[[[[[[[westch447. Confirmation by Simon son of William of Hanslope, with the assent of Clarice his mother, to Lucy, widow of Richard of Barking, of all his land in the vill of Westminster, in Tothill Street and the curtilage adjoining it, which is of the fee of Avice of Longditch, namely the land formerly belonging to Geoffrey the priest of Tothill, which William of Hanslope held of John son of Edward, as half a messuage and lying between the land of Wlveva the laundress and that of Adam of Sunbury. Simon has restored to Lucy the charters concerning that land. Lucy will render 1 lb cumin annually to Simon, and 2s. 6d. to John Fitz Edward as chief lord of the fee, for the curtilage, concerning which Simon has restored the cirograph to Lucy, who will also provide for the abbot, one day in the year, a man to cut hay or gather fodder. Dislodgement prohibited. Lucy may designate as her heir any man or woman she chooses. Gersum of 6 marks (£4). [Temp. John]
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Simon filius Willelmi de Hamslape, assensu et voluntate Claricie matris mee, dedi et concessi et hac mea presenti carta confirmavi Lucie que fuit uxor Ricardi de Berkinges totam terram meam quam habui in villa Westmonasterii in vico de Tothulle, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis et edificiis, et cum quodam curtilagio predicte terre adjacente que est de feodo Avicie de Langedich, videlicet; totam terram illam que fuit Galfridi presbiteri de Tothull', et quam Willelmus pater meus de Johanne filio Edwardi tenuit pro medietate unius mesagii, et que terra iacet inter terram que fuit Wlveve la lavendere ex una parte, et inter terram Ade de Sunnebur' ex alia parte, quam de eodem feodo tenet pro medietate unius mesagii , de qua videlicet terra prefate Lucie cartas reddidi. Habendam et tenendam de me et heredibus meis sibi et heredibus suis in perpetuum in feodo et hereditate, bene et in pace, libere et quiete, integre, plenarie, et honorifice. Reddendo de prefata terra annuatim mihi et heredibus meis unam libram cumuli in villa Westmonasterii in termino Pasche pro omni servitio et exactione, et Johanni filio Edwardi et heredibus suis triginta denarios tamquam capitali domino feodi illius ad duos terminos anni, scilicet ad Pascha xij denarios ex una parte, et tres denarios ex alia parte, pro prefato curtillagio, unde prefate Lucie cyrographum reddidi; et ad Festum Sancti Michaelis prefato Johanni et heredibus suis xij denarios ex una parte, et tres denarios ex alia parte, pro prefato curtilagio pro omni servitio et exactione, salvo servitio domini abbatis, scilicet: inveniendi unum hominem uno die tantummodo in anno ad fenum illius levandum, vel segetes colligendas ad cibum abbatis. Et sciendum quod nec ego Simon nec heredes mei aliquid amplius de prefata terra poterimus exigere nisi tantum prefatam libram cumini singulis annis termino statuto. Hec poterimus prefatam Luciam aliquo modo de prefata terra dehospitari causa nos, vel aliquem alium ibidem hospitandi. Prefata vero Lucia de prefata terra libere poten t de quocumque homine vel de quacumque femina voluerit heredem sibi constituere aut ubi voluerit assignare absque reclamatione vel contradictione mei vel heredum meorum, salva predicta libra cumini quam mihi solvet vel cui assignavero. Et ego Simon et heredes mei prefatam terram cum omnibus pertinentiis suis predicte Lucie et heredibus suis finabiliter warantizabimus contra omnes homines et omnes feminas per predictum servitium. Pro hac autem donatione et concessione et carte mee confirmatione dedit mihi prefata Lucia sex marcas argenti in gersumam. Ut autem hec mea donatio et concessio firma sit et stabilis, earn presentis scripti testimonio et sigilli mei appositione roboravi. Hiis testibus: Ricardo de Dol, tunc senescallo ; Odone aurifabro, tunc preposito; Radulfo Rufo; Radulfo le Chauv; He,nrico Sum[er]; Galfrido camerario; Roberto de Crokesleg' ; Adam nepote episcopi ; Wimundo pistore; Alexandro de Eya; Ricardo filio Eadmundi; Alexandro le Fundur; Thoma de Sancto Johanne de Eya; Simone pictore; Hugone Chanterel; Nicholao de cellario ; Roberto de Cleigate; Galfrido fabro; Johanne parmentario, et multis aliis.
MS: BL Harleian Charter 51 C 47.
22.1 X 14.8 cm; t.u. 2 cm.
Seals: green: (1) 4 cm diameter; eagle; legend: SIG[ILLUM SIMONI]S FIL WILL DE HAMSL. (2) Fragment.
Endorsed: (a) Berkinges Tothull' (13C). (b) Westmonasterii (modern).
Date: Attestation of Adam the bishop's nephew.
Note: By comparison with the related charter of Edward the reeve (446) it is clear that William of Hanslope was alias William 'of the Temple'. |