Records of Knights/Soldiers of the Rochester episcopate, c.1340

Scribal note by Dr Christopher Monk: This is not written by the original scribe.

Transcription

217r (select folio number to open facsimile)

De numero militum huic episcopatus
Goffridus talebot .i. militem. Hesto .i. militem.
Godefridus de falcheham .ii. militem. Si-
mon dimidium militem. Rannulfus constabularius
dimiduim militem. Hugo de stoches dimiduim
militem. Margarita dimiduim militem. Willelmi de
meidestane dimiduim militem. Hugo fr’ ei’ dimi-
dium militem. Geroldus fili feran de lameha
dimiduim militem. Willelmi camerarius dimiduim militem.
Gicardus de hedenham debet .iii. partes
uni militem. Osmundus .iii. partes. Gerardus de
stanis .iiii. partes militem. Rogerus de derenteford
.iiii. partem militem. Gerardus de giselham .ii. par-
tes militem. Et Radulfus brutin. terciam. Rodbertus
de uuldeham .iiii. partem miltus. Turstinus de
hallingis .iiii. partem militem. Adam .iiii. par-
tes militem. Inter Willelm de buneuesca. Et Ro[d]bertus;
nepotem .iii. partem militem ita quod Wills
faciet .iii. partes et rodbertus .iiii. Paganus
filius Warin .iiii. partes militem. Tidboldus de
e[a]stuna .i. militem. Wlfgeat de bromlega
.vi. partes militem. Rogeri harag’ .viii.
partem militis.

Translation

Concerning the number of soldiers of the episcopate:

Gosfrid Talebot, one soldier.
Hesto, one soldier.
Godfrey of Falkenham, two soldiers.
Simon, half a solider.
Randulf the constable, half a soldier.
Hugo of Stoke, half a soldier.
Margaret half a soldier.
William of Maidstone, half a soldier.
Hugo fr’ ei’ half a soldier.
Gerald the son of Feran of Lenham[?], Half a soldier.
William the chamberlain, half a soldier.
Richard of Haddenham has three quarters of one soldier.
Osmund, three quarters.
Gerard of Stanis[?], four parts.
Roger of Darenth, four parts of a soldier.
Gerard of Giselham, two parts of a soldier.
And Ralph Brutin[?] the third.
Robert of Wouldham, four parts of a soldier.
Turstin of Halling, four parts of a soldier.
Adam, four parts of a soldier.
Between William of Buneuesca[?], and Robert his grandchild[?], three parts of a soldier so that Wills will make three parts and Robert four.
Paganus, son of Warin, four parts of a soldier.
Theobald of Estuna, one soldier.
Wlfgeat of Bromley, Four parts of a soldier.
Roger Harag’, eight parts of a soldier.