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[[[[[westch 386. Grant by William Turpin of King Henry's chamber to Rose his wife of all his land outside Ludgate, with its stone houses and appurtenances, which was held by Osmund the carter and Ermengard his wife and of which they made him heir in the King's Court. Rose is to have the land freely by paying is. 6d. a year to the nuns of Clerkenwell and 4s. to Roger de Friville and his heirs at Michaelmas and 2s. to Ralph de Rosei at two terms. Rose can give this to any church she pleases for the souls of herself, of her husband and of King Henry. [c. 1177]
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus Turpin de camera Domini Regis Henrici dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Roesie uxori mee pro servitio suo totam terram meam extra Ludgate cum domibus lapideis et omnibus pertinentiis suis: quam videlicet terram Osmundus caretarius et Ermengarda uxor eius tenuerunt, et de qua terra me fecerunt heredem in curia domini mei Regis Henrici, de predicta terra cartas quas habuerunt michi resignantes. Habendam et tenendam predicte Roesie libere et quiete, integre et honorifice, absque reclamatione omnium heredum meorum, reddendo scilicet de prefata terra: monialibus de Clerchenewelle decem et octo denarios per annum pro omni servitio; et Rogero de Frivile et heredibus suis iiij solidos ad Festum Sancti Michaelis singulis annis; et Radulfo de Rosei et heredibus suis duodecim denarios ad Pascha et duodecim denarios ad Festum Sancti Michaelis singulis annis pro omni servitio. Predicta vero Roesia, cum in fata decesserit vel in vita sua, si ei placuerit, secundum promissionem et conventionem inter nos factam, pro animabus nostris et pro anima domini mei Regis Henrici, ecclesie cui voluerit ad honorem Dei et Beate Virginis Marie predictam terram cum pertinentiis suis et in puram et perpetuam dabit elemosinam, absque omni calumpnia et reclamatione heredum meorum. Ut autem hec mea concessio et donatio rata et stabilis permaneat, eam presentis scripti testimonio et sigilli mei appositione roboravi. His testibus: Willelmo filio Radulfi, senescallo de Normannia; Stephano, senescallo de Andegavia; Mansero Biset; Willelmo Crevequor; Willelmo de Hastinges; Willelmo Malet; Sahero de Quenci; Ricardo Giffard; Philippo de Windlesores; Roberto de Broc; Radulfo Purcel; Bernardo coco, et multis aliis.
MSS: (1) WAM 13844.
16 x 11.2 cm; t.u. 1.1 cm.
Seal: fixed by tag of brown tape; orange; 4.3 x 2.6 cm; key on obverse; legend: + SIGILL WILLELMI TURPIN.
Endorsed: (a) Willelmus Turpin dat Roesie uxori sue totam terram suam cum pertinentiis extra Lutgate (14C). (b) Ludgate: capella iiij (14C).
WAD, f. 560v.
Date: Manasser Biset d. 1176 x 1177 (Sanders, 5). William Fitz Ralph's term as seneschal of Normandy had prob. begun by that date (C. H. Haskins, Norman Institutions, Harvard Historical Studies XXIV (1925), 180). The attestation of Stephen seneschal of Anjou is that of Stephen de Tours alias de Marzai, known to have been in office c. 1180-1189 (Eyton, Itinerary, 235, 297. No predecessors are listed).
Note: Cart. Clerkenwell, no. 306, dated by the editor 'shortly before 1187', must in fact antedate this charter. |