William I affirms his grant of Freckenham to Archbishop Lanfranc, 1071
William I affirms his grant of Freckenham (in Suffolk) to Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1071. Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis, folio 170v-171r by Jacob Scott (pending review).
The Latin document begins on 170v with a purple display initial ‘W’ (‘Willelmus gratia dei rex Anglorum’, etc: ‘William, by the grace of God the king of the English ...’) and continues to line 3 of 171r (jpeg 351). This is immediately followed by a translation in Old English, beginning with an enlarged red-and-black ‘W’ (‘Willelm kyng’, etc: ‘William king ...’)
Transcription
170v (select folio number to open facsimile)
Willelmus De frachenham.
gratia dei rex anglorum, episcopo erfasti, Balduino
abbati, picoto et rotberto malet uicecomitibus,
et cęteris fidelibus meis salutem. Sciatis quod
ego concessi archiepiscopo lanfranco manerium
qui uocatur frachenham, sicuti heroldus tene-
bat ea die quando ( ) mare transiui, et
sicuti turbertus et gotinus ab ipso heroldo
tenebant, in omnibus terris, pratis, paschuis,
syluis, rusticis et sochemannis, et cęteris omnibus.
Willelm kyng gret erfast biscop, 7 baldewine abbod,
⁊ picot scirgerefan, ⁊ rodbært malet, ⁊ eal-
le þa þegenas þær þis gewrit to cymð fre-
ondlice, ⁊ ic kyðe eow þæt ic an lanfrance ar-
-cebiscope þæt land æt fracenham swa full ⁊ swa forð
swa harold hit fyrmest hæfde þæs dæges
þe ic fyrmest fram ofer sæ com, ⁊ swa swa
þurbearn ⁊ goti of harolde heolden on eal-
lan landan, ⁊ mæde ⁊ læse, ⁊ weode, ⁊ genea-
tas ⁊ socnmen, ⁊ ealle þing þe þær to geby-
riað.
Translation
Concerning Freckenham:
William, by the grace of God the king of the English, the bishop of Erfastus, Baldwin the abbot, the sheriffs, Picotus and Robert, and the rest of my faithful, greetings. Know that I have granted to Archbishop Lanfranc the manor which is called Frachenham, as the Herald held on that day when I passed the sea, and as Turbert and Gotinus held by the Herald himself, in all the lands, meadows, pastures, woods, peasants and sochemen, and all the rest.
William the Great, Bishop Erfast, Abbot Baldwin, and Picot scirgerefan, and Robert malet, and all the rest of my… faithful, and know that I have granted to Archbishop Lanfranc part of the land at Frackenham, as Herold held on that day when I passed the sea, and of that that Gotinus held by Herold in all the lands, meadows, pastures, woods, peasants, socheman, and all…