Colne Charter 18
Richard, by the grace of God bishop of London, to the Holy Mother Church and all her sons, greetings.
We notify your community that we, by the authority of our office, have confirmed to the
church of S. Mary of Colne all the benefits that our lord
Robert, bishop of London, our predecessor, confirmed to the same church of Colne on the occasion of its dedication, half the town of Colne Miblanc in all things and one half of the mill and church with all its appurtenances, and the church of S. Andrew of Earls Colne [Alberic’s Colne] with all its appurtenances and the tithe of the demesne and the tithe of the fishpond in the park and the tithe of the mill and all that
King Henry by his charter confirmed, and to the church of Dovercourt with all its appurtenances, and to the church of Belchamp with all its appurtenances, and to the church of Kensington with all its appurtenances, and two parts of the church of Waldingfield with all its appurtenances from the donation, namely, of
Ralph son of Adam and
Roger de Ver, and the whole tithe of the demesne of
Roger de Ver and
Ralph son of Adam, and two parts of the demesne tithe of Hedingham and of everything whereupon a tithe should issue, and similarly of Aldeham and of Lavenham and of Roding, and in Grimbald’s Roding the whole tithe of the demesne and church with all their appurtenances, and two parts of the tithe of two fields of
Hubert Despencer in Tagalea and what remains whereupon a tithe should issue, and two parts of the tithe of
William de Bures, and two parts of the tithe of Havechesha-
William son of Richard, and one half the demesne tithe of Weald and of Wadenhoe, and one half of the tithe of
Thiel, knight of Aldham, and a third part of the tithe of
Ernald of Toppesfield and
Warren Grosvassal and
Ralph de Hosden; and, indeed, from the mills of the ford, twenty shillings, from the mill of Aldham ten shillings, from the mill of Hedingham twenty shillings, and from
Stephan de Bellus Campus twenty shillings, from Burgate fifteen shillings, from
Roger de Montecanesy fourteen shillings and three pennies and two acres and one half of the meadow, from
Roger son of Gunter ten shillings, from
Richard son of Picard four shillings, from
Robert son of Maurice and of
his mother four shillings, from
Liveva of the Ford three shillings, at Sudbury four shillings, at Roding thirty-two pennies, at Colchester sixteen pennies, from the land of
Algodi five shillings, from the
priest Ailward and
Atselmus eighteen pennies for the land that
William de Chennei gave, from
Godfrey de Ver forty shillings, from the
countess Rahesa forty shillings, from
Richard de Sartis eight shillings and the tithe of the mill at Hunts Hall and four acres in Pebmarsh, from
William son of Oto thirty-four pennies, and an acre of meadow that
Ernald Anglicus gave in Tey from
Herveo de Vals three acres at Belchamp and an acre of
Peter de Haldestune. All those things, indeed, that the aforesaid monks of the church of Colne may have justly and reasonably acquired or may acquire in the future, we confirm by this our charter, and we forbid that anyone should presume to disturb or interfere with them under pain of incarceration.
Witnesses:
Archdeacon Ailward,
Master Hugo,
Lucian the clerk. /
Rodbert the deacon, and
William, priest of Colne de Miblanc, and
Helia, chaplain of Colne.