Gundulf affirms the grant of land by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux

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Gundulf affirms the grant of land by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux

September 28, 2022

Gundulf affirms the grant of land by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, to the Church of St Andrew and its monks. Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis, folios 211v-212r by Jacob Scott (pending review).

Transcription


211v (select folio number to open facsimile)



Gundulfus rofensium gratia dei episcopus, haimo-
ni uicecomiti et omnibus baronibus regis
de cænt francigenis et anglis, salutem et
benedictionem dei et suam quantum potest.



212r



Volo uos omnes scire me iam quietum esse aduer-
sus regem de illa cambitione terrę quam ei promi-
si post uuærram rofę, pro illis tribus acris quos
odo baiocensis episcopus dedit ęcclesię sancti andreę
et monachis nostris ad faciendum ibi ortum suum
iuxta murum deforis uersus australem par-
tem ciuitatis forinsecus, qui iam inclusi sunt
muro circumquaque. Et illos tres acros ter
quos pro illis tribus dedi regi in cambitionem
liberaui iam ministris uicecomitis, Rodberto
scilicet de sancto amando, et Rodberto latimier,
et ælfuuino fratre eius preposito de cetham, et gren-
toni de rouecestra, de nostra dominica terra de
burchestealla, presentibus testibus istis, Ans-
goto de rouecestra, Gosfrido talebot, Gois-
frido de ros, Radulfo pincerna adę, Rodul-
fo clerico, et aliis multis de nostra familia et
de ciuibus eiusdem uillę.



Translation


Gundulf, by the grace of God, bishop of Rochester, to Hamo the sheriff and to all the king's barons, both French and English, greetings and blessings from God and his family. I want you all to know that I am now at peace with the king on that level of land I promised him after Rochester, for those three acres which the bishop of Bayeux has given to the church of St. Andrew and our monks, to make its origin there by a wall outside on the south side of the city. which were now enclosed in a wall on every side. And those three acres of land, which I gave to the king in exchange for those three, I have already delivered to the ministers of the sheriff, namely, to Robert of Saint Amando, and to Robert Latimer, and to his brother Ellwin, the provost of Etham, and Grenton of Rochester, of our lord's land at Borstal, those present witnesses, Ansgot of Rochester, Geoffrey Talebot, Goisfrid of Ros, Ralph the servant of Adam, Rudolf the clerk, and many others of our family and citizens of the same town.


 

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