Land in connection with the Church of St Mary’s at Lambeth
William II grants land to St Andrew’s, Rochester, in connection with the Church of St Mary’s at Lambeth. Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis, folios 211r-211v by Jacob Scott (pending review).
Transcription
211r (select folio number to open facsimile)
De lamhytha. + QVISQVIS deo seu pro deo aliquid pręstat,
non hoc ipsum a se alienat, sed melius
sibi ipsi in posterum reseruat. Qua
spe ductus ego Willelmus dei gratia rex anglo-
rum trado de iure meo ęcclesię rofensi sancti an-
dreę apostoli ęcclesiam sanctę marię de lamhytha,
de me semper et de successoribus meis cognoscen-
dam et tenendam, cum omnibus quę ad eandem ęcclesiam
pertinent, tam in terris, siluis, aquis, pratis,
quam in omnibus aliis rebus tam intra burgum
quam extra, saca, et socne, toll, et team, cum
aliis consuetudinibus quas comitissa GODA
prius habuit, et ego hactenus in dominio meo
habui. Et hoc concedo pro salute animę meę,
patris mei, et omnium parentum meorum, et pro re-
stauratione damni quod eidem ęcclesię licet
inuitus intuli, pro conquirendis inimicis meis
qui intra iam dictam ciuitatem contra me et
contra regnum meum iniuste congregati erant,
de quibus omnipotens deus sui gratia uictoriam michi
contulit. Hanc ergo donationem propria manu signo
et confirmo, presentibus testibus et assentientibus
de baronibus meis, Thoma archiepiscopo eboracensi,
Rogero comite scropesbyriensi, Henrico comi-
te uuaruuicensi, Henrico de ferrariis,
Rogero bigoto, Iuone taillebosc, Willelmo peurel,
et aliis pluribus.
Translation
Concerning Lambeth:
+ Whoever does anything for God, does not alienate himself from Him, reserves the best for himself for the future. By this hope I, William, by the grace of God king of the English, hand over to my rights to the church at Rochester, the Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the church of Saint Mary at Lambeth, always concerning me and my successors to know and hold, with all things that belong to the same church, both on earth, forest, water, meadows and all other things both within the borough and outside, sac, and socne, toll, and team, among other customs which Countess Goda had before, and I have hitherto held it in my dominion. And I grant this for the safety of my soul, of my father, and of all my parents, and for the restoration of the damage which I had, though unwillingly, to that church, for seeking out my enemies who had within the said city unjustly gathered against me and against my kingdom, of whom the grace of Almighty God conferred victory on me. Therefore I confirm this gift with the sign and my own hand, with the present witnesses and assent of my barons, Thomas, archbishop of York, Roger earl of Scropebyry, Henry Earl of Warwick, Henry the blacksmith, Roger Bigot, Iono Tailley, William Peurel, and many others.