| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/F/66 |
| Title | Grant at fee farm |
| PreviousNumbers | F 5 (Norris); F 81 (late 19th c) |
| Date | [1154x1189] |
| Description | From: Robert of Béthune ('betuna'), advocate of Arras ('atrebates')
To: the abbot and convent of Faversham Abbey
The whole of his land of 'messewella' [unidentified, possibly in manor of Tring, Hertfordshire, which was granted to Faversham Abbey by Queen Matilda]. For an annual payment of £10, payable as specified. For this the abbey has also paid 100 marks. The grant is made with the consent of his sons, Robert, William, Baldwin, John and Conon and is for his soul and the souls of his wife Alice, all his ancestors and all his friends. Confirmed by King Henry son of the empress [Henry II]. No date. [Date: Henry II's dates. There are references to Robert of Bethune in the Pipe Rolls for 1176 and 1182 - see R W Eyton, Court, household and itinerary of King Henry II (London, 1888), pp205 and 248.]
Witnesses: Ilbert de Carenieco; John de Fossa; Baldwin de Fossa; Robert the reeve ('prepositus'); John the clerk; William de Foroud; Pagan son of Odomerus; Robert basset; William, son of Robert basset; Mgr Adam; Richard peiforere; Ralph de Fisseburna; Hamo de gravenel; Richard son of Helto ('Heltonis' in gen); Herbert de herteia; John de Sezanna; Geoffrey the reeve ('prepositus'); Albinus; Albricus
Endorsed 'Carta de Messewell'' in 12th cent hand. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Parchment, 1m, stained, remains of red and white seal cords |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Related Material | Another version printed: J Caley, H Ellis and B Bandinel (eds), Dugdale's Monasticon IV (London, 1846), p575, as no10 |
| Publication Note | Transcribed in C R Broughton, 'Faversham Abbey' (MA thesis, 1952), p121 appendix 4 |