CHARTERS

RELATING TO ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.

I.

Grant by GILBERT TYSON of Land and Tythe to the Church of SELBY; in the time of the Conqueror or his successor.

NOTUм sit omnibus fidelibus quod ego GISLEBERTUS TISUN, concessu uxoris mee et filiorum meorum, dedi ecclesie sancti Germani de SALEBI, pro anima domini mei WILLIELMI Regis et MATHILDIS Regine, et pro redemptione anime mee et uxoris mee et omnium liberorum meorum, duas carucatas terre in villa quæ GUNDEBI dicitur, cum omnibus quæ illi adjacent: et illam decimam quam habeo in AIGRUNA et in ALVELEIA: et viii. bovatas terre in villa quæ LUND dicitur. Hoc autem ea condicione feci, ut in eadem ecclesia sim plenarius frater. Quidam etiam ex hominibus meis nomine SUANUS dedit memorate Ecclesie unam carucatam terre in DUFFELD. Quod ego concessi et concedo. Teste Thoma Archiepiscopo. Testibus Adam filio meo et Willielmo et Everardo capellano. et Ricardo Tisun et Uctredo filio Alwini. et Suano et Ro: filio Widonis. et Maino.

An imperfect and incorrect copy of this Charter is in the Monasticon (Ed. 1682, vol. i. p. 372; and New. Ed. vol. iii. p. 500), but so imperfect and incorrect as to render highly expedient and necessary the present republication of it, from that which there is reason to believe is the written record of the transaction made at the time.

The Church of Selby was founded by the Conqueror in honour of Saint German, of whom a very full and curious account is given by an early writer, whose work is to be found in Labbe's Collection of Historic Remains. Gilbert Tyson held of the Conqueror many manors in the counties of York and Nottingham, and one in the county CAMD. Soc. 8.

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of Lincoln. The gift, of which this is the record, was made very soon after the foundation.

Gunby, Lund, and Duffield lie on the Derwent, at a short distance from the Abbey. Alveleia is probably the place called Alvengi in Domesday, where a church is named, and is now Ella (Kirk-Ella), so changed is the topographical nomenclature of England since the Conquest. Burton, who wrote before Domesday Book was made accessible by the press, was unable to identify the Aigruna (or Aigrum, as he prints the word), Mon. Ebor. p. 389: but it is clearly the place in Tyson's Nottinghamshire fee which stands first in the Domesday Survey, where it is called Aigrun. There was a church and presbyter. It is the modern Eykring.

The Alwin, whose son Uctred was a witness, is doubtless the Saxon of that name who held many of the manors in the East Riding of Yorkshire which were given to Gilbert Tyson.

This grant was made in the time of Archbishop Thomas. There is in the Monasticon another by the same benefactor, to which Aldred the predecessor of Thomas is a witness. By this charter he gave two carucates in Polkerthorpe (Folkerthorpe) with lands at Gunby and Lund.

For the second grant he was, we see, to be admitted to the full privileges of a brother of the house.

II.

Confirmation by ROBERT BISHOP OF LONDON of a Grant of Lands in SOUTH MINSTER, in his fee, in the reign of Stephen.

ROBERTUS Dei gratia LONDONIENSIS episcopus, omnibus suis hominibus Francis et Anglicis tam præsentibus quam futuris salutem. Notum sit vobis quod WILLIELMUS DE BURSTEDE donavit PAGANO DE STANFORD et suis heredibus totam suam terram quam tenet de nostro feodo in SUDMENISTRE, cum omnibus pertinentiis: tenendam de illo et suis heredibus per servicium quinte partis unius militis, pro suo servicio et pro suo homagio et pro x marcis argenti et uno caballo falvo, precii centum solidorum, quos GODFRIDUS meus cognatus et prædictus PAGANUS suus frater dederunt prædicto WILLIELMO. Et ego per peticionem prædicti WILLIELMI Concessi et præsenti carta mea confirmavi ut sua donatio sit stabilis. Quare volo et firmiter præcipio quod prædictus PAGANUS et heredes sui habeant et teneant predictam

terram cum suis pertinentiis in bene et in pace libere et quiete honorifice et integre. Hii sunt testes Rogerus Brunus. Willielmus de Wokendune. Robertus de Baud. Simon suus filius. Willielmus Baard. Walterus suus frater. Walterus de Alcorne. Ricardus filius Tole. Willielmus filius Wimundi. Robertus Niger. Willielmus de Chaldene. Henricus de Patem. Ricardus de Furnaus. Robertus Baard. Rogerus de Peleham. Willielmus de Sarneres. et multis (sic) alii.

South Minster is in Essex; a very ancient endowment on the Bishop of London. The charter is chiefly remarkable for the style of the Bishop, and of the persons to whom it is addressed, in which there may seem to be an imitation of the phrase of the royal grants of the time.

The name of Robert has sometimes the addition De Sigillo. He was consecrated, according to Le Neve's Fasti, in 1141, and died in 1150 or 1151. He was an "ancient friend" and devout admirer of Saint Bernard: Godwin, 4to. 1616, p. 235. In this Charter we have persons mentioned who were of his kindred.

III.

Documents relating to the subjection of the Houses of ST. MARY OF DUBLIN, and of BASINGWERK, to the House of BUILDWAS, with a Certificate of the Abbots of COMBE, MIRAVAL and STANLEY to the House of CISTERTIUM: A. D. 1156, 1176.

VENERANDO fratri et amico RANNULFO abbati de BILLEWAS ejusdemque loci conventui, Frater RICARDUS dictus abbas et Conventus SAVIGNEI salutem et dilectionem. In nomine domini nostri JESU CHRISTI Committimus atque concedimus vobis et domui vestre curam et dispositionem domus nostre SANCTE MARIE DUBLINE imperpetuum habendam ; ut vos et domus vestra, secundum tenorem ordinis Cisterciensis, curam ejusdem domus quasi filie vestre et a vobis egresse, in omnibus et per omnia habeatis; et ipsa vobis et domui vestre tanquam matri sue juxta eundem tenorem ordinis Cisterciensis semper et ubique respondeat et obediat. Facta est autem hæc nostra commissio atque concessio in communi capitulo Savignei anno ab incarnatione domini

Mo. Co. L°. vjo, sexto kalendas Decembris. Teste Arraudo priore et Gaufrido suppriore et Unfrido cantore et Roberto et Guillelmo et Gaufrido cellarariis et Hugone sacrista et Roberto magistro noviciorum et Hugone infirmario et Christiano hospitali et Guillelmo portario et universo capitulo.

OMNIBUS Abbatibus atque Conventibus ad ecclesiam SAVIGNEI pertinentibus, Frater R. dictus Abbas et Conventus SAVIGNEI, salutem. In nomine salvatoris nostri JESU CHRISTI notum sit vobis omnibus præsentibus atque futuris, quod nos concedimus imperpetuum ecclesie de BILLEWAS et domino RANULFO Abbati atque conventui, abbatiam de BASINGUERS cum omnibus pertinentiis suis. Ita ut ecclesia de BULDWAS ecclesie de BASINGVEC provideat atque subveniat in omnibus et de omnibus sicut mater filie secundum ordinem Cisterciensem. Et ecclesia de BASINGUERC ecclesie de BILLEWAS respondeat et obediat in omnibus et de omnibus sicut filia matri juxta eundem ordinem. Facta est autem hæc nostra concessio in capitulo Savignei anno ab incarnatione domini Mo. Co. Lo. vijo. Teste Rogero priore et Gaufrido suppriore Roberto et Gaufrido cellarariis et Roberto magistro novitiorum et Hugoni sacrista Rogero hospitali et Hugoni portario et toto capitulo.

FRATER GUILLELMUS SAVIGNEI dictus abbas, omnibus abbatibus ad SAVIGNEUM pertinentibus, salutem. Notum vobis facimus quod postquam audivimus abbatem MATHEUM de BASINGUEC querimoniam fecisse in capitulo Cisterciensi de Abbate RANNULFO de BILLEWAS, quod abbatias de BASINGUEC et de DUBLINA quas per SAVIGNEIUM habebat, contra formam ordinis tenet, utrisque mandavimus propter bonum pacis ut ante tempus capituli sequentis SAVIGNEI se præsentarent. Et ipsi sic fecerunt. Auditis itaque in capitulo SAVIGNEI querelis et gravaminibus abbatis MATHEI de BASINGUEC et responsis abbatis RANNULFI de BILLEWAS et cartis quas in eodem capitulo ab

abbate R. DE CURCI et conventu suo de prædictis abbatiis transactis plusquam xx annis acceperat, dignum duximus cum abbatibus qui aderant et cum senioribus nostris secretius inde tractare. Tunc rogavimus eos uti se ex toto consilio nostro et providencie committerent, et consenserunt. Nos autem, illis remotis, considerantes discrecionem et prudentiam antecessorum nostrorum qui præfatas abbatias abbati R. et Conventui de BILLEWAS tradiderunt et cartis confirmaverunt, propter necessarias causas et utiles dignum judicavimus quicquid super hæc fecerunt ratum et firmum haberi imperpetuum. Pace igitur inter eos reformata in communi capitulo nostro præsentibus Abbatibus GALTERO de NEHT et MOYSE de VETERI VILLA commendavimus abbati RANULFO de BILLEWAS omnem curam et ordinacionem predictarum domorum sicut filiarum suarum sicut antecessores nostri prius commendaverant et ejus carte testantur. Injunximus quoque Abbati MATHEO de BASINGUEC et Abbati A. de DUBLINA ut ipsi et domus sua ex toto intendant et obediant abbati et domui de BULDEWAS sicut filii patri et sicut filie matri. Facta sunt hæc in capitulo Savignei abque ulla contradictione. Hiis testibus Roberto priore et suppriorel* Petro et Stephano de Furnesia. Josleno qui ibi fuerat Abbas Ramaldo de Cham et toto capitulo.

FRATER A. dictus abbas CISTERCII omnibus abbatibus ad CISTERCIUM pertinentibus salutem. Sciatis nos præsenti carta nostra confirmasse abbati et conventui de BILLEWAS abbatias de BASINGUEC et de DUVELINA sicut primum dilectus filius noster RICARDUS DE CURCI cum esset abbas SAVIGNEII et postea venerabilis frater noster GUILLELMUS DE TOLOSA factus abbas ejusdem loci eas eis in capitulo SAVIGNEII concesserunt et cartis suis confirmaverunt. Volumus itaque et statuimus quicquid super hæc fecerunt ratum et firmum haberi imperpetuum. Hiis testibus Ricardo abbate Belbec. Simone abbate de Sancto An

* Sic.