Almsgiving for Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester, c.1235

Almsgiving for Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester, c.1235

Translation from Latin of Custumale Roffense, c.1235, folios 66v-67r by Jacob Scott.

This details the dues to be paid as alms to the poor on the anniversary of Gundulf.

Transcription

66v (select folio number to open facsimile)

De Gundulfo episcopo Roffensi. Elemosina in anniversario patris nostri Gundulfi episcopi
pauperibus distribuenda. Frendesberia XXVII denarios.
Denitune novem denarios.

67r

Suthflete oaodecim denarios.
WIdeham octodecim denarios.
Hedenham quatuor solidos.
Celerarius quadraginta denarios.
Sacrista quadraginta denarios.
Camerarius quadraginta denarios.

Translation

For Gundulf Bishop of Rochester:

Alms on the anniversary of Bishop Gundulf to be distributed to the poor.
Denton 11 shillings.
Southfleet 11 shillings.
Wouldham 8 shillings.
Haddenham 4 shillings.
The cellarer 40 shillings.
The sacrist 40 shillings.
The Chamberlain 40 shillings.