The archbishop's holding in Clotherholme is not specifically mentioned in the Survey, and appears to have been involved in an adjacent town, probably Sutton. Ulwine, who is not named elsewhere in the Survey, had a manor in "Cludun" of 1 carucate, which belonged to the fee of William de Percy in 1086. There is no trace of this tenement in the "Percy Chartulary," so that it would appear to have passed at an early date by sale or exchange to the archbishop's fee. Godwin de Clud[er]un was the father of Dolfin. His gift to Fountains was confirmed by archbishop Henry. Dolfin probably succeeded his father after 1150. He occurs in 1193 with other tenants of the archbishop in default as surety for William Marshal. He was amerced 10s. in 1195 for a false presentment. There is a charter of his, and another of Robert his son, in "Memorials of Ripon" (i, 99). 84. Grant by Bernard the clerk of Ripley to St. Peter's Hospital, York, of land in Erburghouet, near Nidd. 1190-1210. Chartul. of St. Leonard's; Rawl. B455, f. 91d. Notum sit omnibus tam futuris quam presentibus quod ego Bernardus clericus de Rippeleia et heredes mei concessimus et dedimus Deo et pauperibus hospitalis Sancti Petri Eboracensis tres acras terre de cultura nostra in Erburghouet juxta Nihd, in puram et perpetuam elemosinam, liberam, solutam et quietam ab omni humano servitio preter orationes pauperum. Hoc fecimus pro salute animarum nostrarum et pro animabus patrum nostrorum et matrum nostrarum et omnium antecessorum nostrorum ut simus participes omnium bonorum et orationum que fiunt in illa sancta domo in vita et in morte. Hiis testibus: Radulfo capellano, Henrico capellano, Johanne capellano, Roberto filio Petri, Willelmo de Eboraco filio Bernardi, Nicholao, Normanno fratribus Bernardi, Cnuth, Godwino cementario, Martino Malherba. 85. Grant by Hugh Burd[on] to the monks of St. Mary's, York, of 4 bovates in Fridaythorpe which Norman de Sixtendale held, saving forinsec service and socage due for the land to the church of St. Peter. c.1150-c.1175. Chartul. of St. Mary's, York (John Rylands Library), f. 364d. Notum sit omnibus audientibus vel legentibus literas has quod ego Hugo Burd[on] cum consilio et concessu heredis mei Rogeri et filii mei Ernisii et ceterorum amicorum meorum concessi et dedi ecclesie Sancte Marie Eboracensis et monachis ibidem Deo servientibus in liberam et perpetuam elemosinam iiijor bovatas terre in Fridaythorp quas Normannus de Sixtendale de me tenuit salvo forensi servitio quod debent pro eadem terra domino meo et salvo socagio quod pro eadem terra debent ecclesie Beati Petri. Testibus hiis, Joscelino capellano, Roberto de Beec, Jordano filio Ernisii et Roberto fratre ejus, Roberto filio Aze, Gamello de 2 ib., 7 Ric. I. 1 Pipe R., 5 Ric. I. Ungtorp, Petro de Wiverestorp, Reginaldo Pugilo, Thoma de Hoceby, Radulfo de Kirkeby, Gauffrido de Ketelesby et aliis multis. Norman de Sezevals rendered account of £93, 6s. 8d., and Thomas his son of 10 marks in 1163, under the heading of "New Pleas and New Agreements." Roger, son and heir of Roger Burdun, was a hostage for Henry de Nevill of Brancepeth in 1216.3 The land which Hugh Burdon gave to St. Mary's was evidently part of the 1 carucate of which the soc belonged to the archbishop's manor of Bishop Wilton at the Survey. 86. Grant by Roger, archbishop of York, to the sisters (of the hospital) of Killingwold-graves, in compassion of their poverty, of the tithes of his ridding of Bimannescough. Given at Beverley, on the Nativity of Peter and Paul, the apostles [29 June], 1169. Patent R., 1 Edw. III, pt. 2, m. 9; Pd. in Mon. Angl., vi, 650. R[ogerus] Dei gratia Eboracensis archiepiscopus, apostolice sedis legatus, omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis salutem. Ad universitatis vestre notitiam pervenire volumus quod nos, considerata pauperum sororum de Kynewaldgrave calamitate et miseria earum inopie, pietatis intuitu et caritatis affectu ex parte subvenire cupientes, pro salute anime nostre et predecessorum nostrorum concessimus et donavimus eisdem sororibus in perpetuam et puram et quietam elemosinam omnes decimas totius essarti nostri de Bimannescouge; et ne hec nostra concessio et donatio in posterum alicujus malicia perturbari, nec predictas super eisdem decimationibus sorores in aliquo vexare possit, easdem eisdem presentis scripti munimine, et sigilli nostri testimonio, confirmamus. Hiis testibus, Gaufrido preposito Beverlacensi, etc. Data Beverlaci per manum Walteri clerici domini archiepiscopi in natali beatorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli, anno ab incarnatione Domini MCLXIX, regni vero Henrici secundi xv, archiepiscopatus autem Rogeri Eboracensis archiepiscopi xv. Archbishop Geoffrey Plantagenet gave to the sisters of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalene of Killingwoldgraves 30s. yearly from the rent of Beverley for their clothing. Walter de Gray also augmented the endowment. Important omissions from this charter will be found on page 170. (b) BEVERLEY TOWN AND MINSTER 87. Writ of Edward the Confessor to earl Tostig and the thegns of Yorkshire declaring the archbishop of York to be the sole lord of Beverley under the king; minster-life is always to be observed there. 1055-1064. Charter R., 4 Edw. II, m. 20; Lansd. MS. 446, f. 89. Pd. in Thorpe, Diplomatarium, p. 391. + Eadweard cyngc gret Tostig eorl and ealle mine pegenas on Eoferwicscire freondlice, and ic cyde eow þæt hit is min unna 1 Perhaps "Hooeby." 3 K. de Fin., 572. 2 Pipe R., 9 Hen. II, 59. 5 ib. and min fulle leafe þæt Ealdred arcebiscop þæt he dihte privilegium to þam landan þe ligcað innto S'ce Johannes mynstre æt Beferlict. And ic wille þæt þæt mynstre and seo circ pe ðider innto hirð þæt hit beo swa freols swa ænig oder mynster is æt eallan þingan, and loc hwile bisceop dærofer byð þæt hit beo him underpeod and þæt he beo þærto geheald and mund under me þæt þær nan mann nan þing on ne teo butan he and þæt he na geþafige þæt man panon ut do ænig þæra þinga das be þær mid rihte to gebyrao swa swa he wille beon wið Godd geborgen and Sanctus Johannes and eallra dæra halgena be seo halige stoww is foregehalgod. And ic wille þæt þær æfre beo mynstrelif and samnung þa hwile þe ænig mann leofað. The following is a translation: I Edward the king greet Tostig the earl and all my thegns of Yorkshire in friendly wise, and notify you that it is my permission and full leave that Ealdred the archbishop draw up a privilege as to the lands that lie into St. John's minster at Beverley. And I will that that minster and the church that thereunto belongs be as free as any other minster is as to all things, and whatever bishop may thereover be that it be to him subject and that he be thereto keeper and protector under me so that there no man but he may draw anything in and that he suffer not that any take out thence any of those things that thereto with right belong, so as he will be safe as regards God and St. John and all those saints to whom the holy place is forehallowed. And I will that there ever be minster-life and assembly the while that any man live. 88. Writ of William I to earl Morcar, Gamel son of Osbern, and the barons of Yorkshire, notifying them of his grant to archbishop Aldred to assert his right to the lands belonging to the church of St. John of Beverley, and that they shall be free from the demands of the king or his ministers. 1066-1069. Harl. MS. 560, f. 23d. Willelmus rex Morcaro comiti et Gamello filio Osberni et omnibus baronibus suis Eborasyre salutem. Notifico vobis quod ego concessi Aldredo archiepiscopo dictare privilegium ad omnes illas terras que adjacent ad ecclesiam Sancti Johannis de Beverlaco et volo ut tota illa terra libera sit adversum me et adversum meos prepositos et adversum omnes homines preter archiepiscopum et presbiteros ejusdem ecclesie. Morcar, or Morkere, was elected earl of the Northumbrians, on Tostig's deposition by the gemôt at York, on 3rd October 1065.1 Morcar submitted to the Conqueror at Warwick in 1068, but joined the insurgents at Ely in 1071. Here he submitted on a promise of being received to the king's peace, a promise which was not kept, and Morkere remained a prisoner in Normandy during the remainder of the Conqueror's reign,3 but was released for a few days during the king's mortal illness. William II took him to England, but at once placed him in confinement." The demesne of the crown in Yorkshire consisted almost entirely of the forfeited possessions of earl Morkere, namely the manors and socages of Pickering, Easingwold, Pocklington, Great Driffield and Market Weighton. Other manors were granted away either by the Conqueror or his sons, namely Welton to the bishop of Durham, Gate Fulford to Count Alan of Britanny, Kilnsea, Hornsea, and other Holderness manors to Drew de la Beuvrière, Bridlington to Walter de Gant, Burton Agnes to Geoffrey Bainard and then to Brus, and Warter to Roger Fitz-Gerold. Gamel son of Osbert is frequently mentioned in the Survey of Yorkshire,5 first as lord of Cottingham, possessing soc, sac, tol and team, and all customs in Cottingham, then as the holder of large estates chiefly in the East Riding, and lastly as the vendor to archbishop Aldred, after the Conquest, of 4 carucates of land in Risby, near Beverley. It is not improbable that Forne of Skirpenbeck was his brother. Ulf, son of this Forne, retained part, at any rate, of his patrimony, and was a benefactor to St. Mary's, York.' In the Survey of Yorkshire, under the "Claims," there is mention of several charters or writs issued by the Conqueror in favour of archbishops Aldred and Thomas I.8 89. Writ of William I to all his thegns of Yorkshire, both French and English, stating that he has given to Beverley church soc and sac over all lands held in the time of King Edward and over those also since acquired by archbishop Aldred. The minsterlife is to continue there. 1066–1069. Charter R., 4 Edw. II, m. 20 (inspeximus). Pd. in Thorpe, Diplomatarium, p. 438. See Davis, Regesta, i, 31. + Willelm cynge gret ealle mine þegenas on Eoferwicscire Frencisce and Englisce freondlice. And ic cyde eow þæt ic hæbbe gegyfen S'ce Johanne æt Beuerlic sac and socna ofer eallum þam landum þe wæron gyfene on Ædwærdes dæg cynges innto S'ce Johannes mynstre and eac ofer þæm landum de Ealdred ærcebiscop hæfð siopan begitan on minan dagan þider inn. On witword oode on caupland beo hit all freo wið me and wið æghwilcum men butan dam biscope and dam mynster preosten. And ne beo nan man swa deort þe hit undo þæt ic hebbe gecydet Criste and S'ce Johanne. And ic wylle þæt dær beo æfre mynsterlif and canonica samnung ða hwile þe ænig man leofað. Godes bletsunge beo mid eallum cristenum mannum de filstað to þes halgan weordscipe. Amen. 1 Freeman, Norman Conq. (3rd. ed.), ii, 491. 3 ib., 474. Usually as Gam' or Game. 7 ib., 183. 2 ib., iv, 193. 4 Florence of Worcester, a. 1087. • V. C. H. Yorks., ii, 293 8 ib., 293, 293b bis, 2956. The following is an translation : I William the king greet all my thegns in Yorkshire French and English in friendly wise. And I notify you that I have given St. John at Beverley sac and soc over all those lands that were given in Edward's day the king to St. John's minster, and eke over those lands that Ealdred the archbishop has since obtained in my days thereinto. In "witword" or in "caupland" be it all free with regard to me and with regard to all men whatsoever but the bishop and the minster-priests. And be no man so daring as to undo that which I have notified to Christ and St. John. And I will that there be ever minster-life and canons' assembly while that any man lives. God's blessing be with all Christian men that aid the honour of the saint. 90. Writ of Henry I to Gerard, archbishop, Osbert, sheriff, and the barons of Yorkshire, notifying them of his grant to the church of St. John of Beverley of the customs which it had in the time of King Edward and William I, and of acquittance of geld, if proof were shown that it paid no geld in the time of his said predecessors. 1102-1106. Harl. MS. 560, f. 24. Henricus rex Anglorum Girardo archiepiscopo et Osberto vicecomiti et omnibus baronibus de Euerwica syra Francis et Anglis salutem. Sciatis quod concessi ecclesie Sancti Johannis de Beverlaco easdem consuetudines quas nunquam meliores habuit temporibus antecessorum meorum, regis videlicet Edwardi et patris mei. Et si ipsa poterit monstrare per probos homines et antiquiores totius vicecomitatus quod ipsa non geldavit tempore regis Edwardi et patris mei volo et precipio ut quieta sit, pro animabus antecessorum meorum. Teste Waldrico cancellario et Rogero Bigot per Edwardum filium comitis, apud Wintoniam in Pascha. 91. Mandate of Henry I directing that the land of St. John shall pay no geld if it paid none in the time of King Edward and William I; and confirmation of the customs and liberties which St. John's had in the time of King Edward and William I. 1100-1114. Charter R., 4 Edw. II, m. 20. Pd. in Cal. Ch. R., iii, 140; Hist. MSS. Henricus rex Anglorum O[sberto] vicecomiti et omnibus baronibus de Ewrewicscira salutem. Volo et precipio ut terra Sancti Johannis non geldet si ipsa non geldavit tempore regis Edwardi et patris mei, set sit quieta sicut homines comitatus inde |