The Cartulary of Newnham Priory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2023
Summary
Confirmation by William de Beauchamp of grants made or confirmed by his father, the founder (5-21); with confirmation of grants by himself and by about a hundred other donors of property in Goldington, Cardington, Wootton, Willington, Cople, Southill, Stagsden, Renhold, Ravensden, Gt. Barford, Roxton and Stotfold; and laying down procedure to be followed in a vacancy; apparently a later conflation of two or more originals of approximate dates 1220-60.
Magna carta de omnibus prebendis et possessionibus.
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis presentibus et futuris Willelmus de Bellocampo salutem. Nouerit uniuersitas vestra quod ego pro salute anime mee et omnium predecessorum et successorum meorum dedi concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmaui deo et ecclesie sancii Pauli de Newenham’ et canonicis meis regularibus ibidem deo seruientibus et eorum successoribus ecclesiam sancti Pauli de Bedeford’ cum omnibus prebendis et possessionibus et libertatibus eidem ecclesie pertinentibus in puram et perpetuam elemosinam liberam et quietam ab omni seculari seruicio et consuetudine et exactione.
Iste autem sunt possessiones : ecclesia de Kerdington’, ecclesia de Wyliton’, ecclesia de Southgiuel’, ecclesia de Hatteleia, ecclesia de Wutton’, ecclesia de Stacheden’, ecclesia de Aspeleia, ecclesia de Goldyngton’, ecclesia de Rauenesden’, ecclesia de Ronhale, ecclesia de Bereford’, ecclesia de Turueya cum omnibus decimacionibus et aliis pertinenciis predictarum ecclesiarum.
Item concessi eis duas partes decimarum in molendinis et pannagiis et in ceteris dominiorum meorum de Stotfald’, de Haunes, de Kaysho, de Lincelade, de Eueresholt, de Hunesdon’, de Puttenho, de Calworth’, de Aspeleya, de to to feodo meo in Holewell’, et unam marcam argenti per annum de molendino de Lincelade, et duas partes decimarum unius hide et dimidie in Chikesand’ de terra que fuit Ricardi Monachi, et decimam dimidie hide in Hou ton’ de terra Nigelli Malerbe, et decimam quam Jordanus presbiter tenuit in territorio de Haunes, et decimam molendini monachorum de Bermundesheye in Bedeford’, et decimam molendinorum de Bideham’, de Risingho, de Ranhale, de Wyliton’, de Kerdington’. Item concessi eis to turn molendinum Golde, et molendinum quod dici tur de castello Bedeford’, cum nono molendino quod pater meus ibidem construere fecit, cum locis et stagnis in quibus dieta molendina construuntur et cum toto stagno a molendinis castelli Bedford’, cum salicibus et arboribus in eodem crescentibus usque ad stagnum Joelis ad plantandum et assartandum et emendandum quociens et quandocumque voluerint, liberum et solutum* ab omni seculari seruicio.
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- The Cartulary of Newnham Priory , pp. 1 - 219Publisher: Boydell & BrewerFirst published in: 2023