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486. Confirmation, in pure and perpetual alms, by Hugh son of Ingulf to the church of Westminster and the monks, of half an acre in South Lambeth (Surr.), next to the land of Walter the brewer, in the land called Hide, in order to link up the water-course of the Winterburn with the Thames. The abbot and convent gave him a gersum of two marks (£1. 6s. 8d.). [Temp. John]
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Hugo filius Ingulfi dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Deo et ecclesie Westmonasterii et monachis ibidem Deo servientibus, in puram et perpetuam elemosinam, dimidiam acram terre in Sudlamhee que jacet iuxta terram Walteri le bracur, in terra que vocatur Hida, ad entrahendum cursum ague de Winterburne usque ad Tamisiam. Habendam et tenendam de me et heredibus meis bene et in pace, libere et quiete, integre et plenarie inperpetuum, absque omni seculari servicio et exactione. Et ego Hugo et heredes mei warantizabimus et aquietabimus predictam dimidiam acram [versus]' dominum fundi et versus omnes homines. Et pro hac donatione et concessione et carte mee confirmatione, abbas et conventus dederunt michi duas marcas argenti. Hiis testibus: Willelmo Eliensi, domini regis tesaurario; Magistro Benedicto; Gocelino marescallo; Willelmo de Neketon; Reginaldo de Cronhull'; Thoma de Chimilli; Rogero Foliot; Uliano Cheinduit; Pentecoste de Wendlswrth'; Amauricio; Jacobo ostiario; Nicolao filio Galfridi, et multis aliis.
MSS: (1) WAD, f. 164r—v.
Rubric: Carta Hugonis filii Ingulfi de dimidia acra terre in Suth Lambheye.
versus supplied from copy.
WAM 1808: paper copy made temp. Dean Gabriel Goodman (1561-1601).
Endorsed: (a) A piece of evidence of the manor of Batteirsesby. (b) Land given to the abbey to pusche the water . . . in the Thame.
Marginalia: (1) Memorandum de cursu ague de Winterborne prope Southlambeth. (2) Extracta et concordata cum libro vocato Domesdaie boke folio 171. (3) Gabrielle Goodman. (4) Per me Robertum Allatt Registrar decano et capitulo Westmonasterii.
Note: Text is entered in WAD on a folio headed Battersea. This transaction was prob. designed to facilitate the water-transport of produce from the abbey's manors in Surrey. |