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Ælfwine grants a half burgage pertinent to Borstal

Ælfwine grants a half burgage to the monks at St Andrew’s, Rochester, pertinent to Borstal. Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis folio 200r by Jacob Scott (pending review).

Ælfwine grants a half burgage to the monks at St Andrew’s, Rochester, pertinent to Borstal. Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis folio 200r by Jacob Scott (pending review).


Transcription


200r (select folio number to open facsimile)



Similiter et Ælfuuinus filius dirgiuę dedit
dimidiam hagam pertinentem ad borchstel-
lam monachis sancti andreę, et ideo impe-
trauit in articulo mortis pannos mo-
nachicos, et totum seruitium ab eis sicu-
ti pro fratre.



Translation


Similarly, Ælfwine the son of Dirgue gave half a haga pertaining to Borstal to the monks of Saint Andrew, and therefore he obtained in the moment of his death cloths of the monks, and the whole service from them as for a brother.


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