Godric, son of Ælwine, gives a half burgage of the king’s land
Godric, son of Ælwine, brother of Ælric the priest, gives a half burgage of the king’s land to the monks at St Andrew’s, Rochester. Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis, folio 200r by Jacob Scott (pending review).
Transcription
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Godricus filius æluuini frater etlrici
presbiteri dedit et ipse similiter dimidiam
hagam de terra regis pertinentem ad prępo-
situram ipsius, pro eo quod monachi sancti andreę
iuxta petitionem suam dederunt ei
pannos monachiles in articulo mortis
suę, et totum seruitium fecerunt pro eo sicuti
pro fratre et benefactore. De qua terra debent
monachi dare praeposito regis de gabla
xv. denarios in tercia feria pascę primae
septimanę, et sex ad festiuitatem sancti
petri mense augusto.
Translation
Godric, son of Ælwine, gave to the brother Etlric the priest, likewise and similarly gave half a haga of the King’s land belonging to his prefecture, because the monks of Saint Andrew, according to his request, gave him monastic cloths at the moment of his death, and did the whole service in his place as his brother and benefactor. On which land the monks ought to be the prefect of the king concerning gabla 15 pennies on the third Friday of the first week of September, and six at the feast of Saint Peter in the month of August.
