| Description | From: Thomas, prior of St Gregory's Priory, Canterbury; the official of Canterbury; the penitentiary of Canterbury [papal judges delegate]
Recites commission of Pope Gregory [IX], dated 18 Jun 1229 at Perugia ('perusii'). This states that the prior and convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory have complained that the prior and convent of Holy Trinity [Priory, Aldgate], London, William of Charton ('Cherintun''), knight, and others, boths clerks and laymen of the dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester have injured them in tithes, possessions, rents and other matters. The pope commands Prior Thomas, the official and the penitentiary to deal with the case.
The parties were summoned. The priory, by its proctor, claimed the great tithes of corn and hay on its demesne within Farningham parish ('Frenigeham') and sought to restore the chantry in its chapel of Farningham for 3 days a week.
It was agreed that William will pay the priory the greater tithes. He will also pay the lesser tithes, a rent of 20s, payable as specified, and 2 seams ('summa') of corn, 1 of wheat and 1 of barley, to the chaplain serving the chapel for his maintenance. William will also assign 10 acres of land, with the acre the chaplain had before, to the priory for the maintenance of the chaplain, 60 perches long and 26 perches 5½ feet wide, extending from the grove next to the cross ('crux') which was of Richard london', lying with the king's highway from Farningham to 'Gorstindun'' to east.
Details of the services to be provided by the chaplain, including references to music ('nota') and the ringing of bells ('pulsatio'). The chaplain shall have 1 key to the chapel and whoever is in the place of the lord shall have another, so that the goods of the chapel shall remain in the lord's house. The lord shall provide the chapel with books, vestments, ornaments and everything except wine, consecrated hosts and a wax candle for mass. The chapel shall not have a cemetery, holy oils, chrism or a font ('baptisterium'). The dead are to be buried at Farningham church, unless from devotion they choose to be buried elsewhere. The lord and lady and their household ('familia') living in the court ('curia') of Farningham are to receive spiritual rights ('ius') from the chaplain serving the chapel, except baptism which shall take place in Farningham church, and extreme unction, which they shall receive from the chaplain of Farningham.
William is released from the annual payment of 8s which he used to pay in the priory's treasury for the tithes of Farningham church and for any other payments if they were made for the chantry.
Given at Canterbury Cathedral.
Endorsed with description and note of registration in late 13th cent hands, '. brunyng' in 14th cent hand and 'Fremyngham' in 16th cent hand. |