William II confirms Countess Goda’s gift of the manor at Estuna

William II confirms Countess Goda’s gift of the manor at Estuna to St Andrew’s, Rochester, and to Bishop Gundulf. Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis, folio 181r by Jacob Scott (pending review).

Historical point: Countess Goda was the half-sister of Edward the Confessor and the only woman mentioned in the cartulary that makes a donation independently of her husband.

Transcription

181r (select folio number to open facsimile)

Willelmus rex anglorum. Walterio
uicecomiti . et omnibus baronibus
suis francigenis et anglis de comitatu de
glocestra . salutem. Sciatis me de dis-
le ęcclesię sancti andreę de rouecestra et
episcopo gundulfo manerium estuna .
quod fuit godę comitissę . et quicquid
ad illud pertinet ita solidum et liberum
et quietum . sicut ipsa comitissa habuit
illud unquam melius . et sicut ego ipse
etiem illud habui in meo dominico cum
omnibus consuetudinibus quę anglice
nominantui . soca . et saca . toln . et team .
et infangene theof . et hoc facio pro ani-
ma patris mei . et matris meę . et pro a-
nima mea. Testimonio Walcelini episcopi
wintoniensis . et Rodbera episcopi lincolien-
sis . et Willelmi concentit . et Rannulfi
cappello . et eudonis dapiferi . et Roge-
ru bigot . et hugonis de evermou;

Translation

William, King of the English, to Sheriff Walter and to all his barons of France and England in the country of Gloucester, greetings. Know that the Church of Saint Andrew in Rochester and Bishop Gundulf have the manor of Estuna, which belonged to Countess Goda, and whatever pertains to it in shillings, free and peacefully, just as the countess had and better, and as I also had it in my domain with all the customs which I have in English named soca, and saca, toln, and team and the infringement thereof, and this I do for the soul of my father, and my mother, and for my soul. Witness by Walcelini Bishop of Wichester, and Robert Bishop of Lincoln. And William concentit, and Randulf of the chapel, and Eudonis the servant, and Roger Pigot, and Hugo of Evermou.