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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2375/D/D/12/1
Former ReferenceD2375/M/286/1
TitleDeed of gift by Robert son of Nigel to the canons of Calke, of land in Chegwrthia [Kegworth, Leicestershire]
Date[12th cent]
DescriptionComprising 32 acres and a house at on the entrance to the vill from the west and south sides
Endorsed "B"
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorHarpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey
FormatDocument
Physical DescriptionPartially damaged by damp, but mostly legible
LanguageLatin
Transcript or IndexTRANSCRIPTION
1. Omnibus filiis Sancte matris ecclesie Robertus filius nigelli sal(?) Not’i(?) vobis sit me dedisse deo
2. concessisse ei patimonio ( patrimonio?) meorum hereditate mea deo et Sancte marie et Sancto egidio et canoni
3. de calc terram duorum bibulcorum(?) in chegwrthia cum una mansura que – ad introitum
4. ville ex parte occidentali et ex meridies parte vie scilicet triginta(?) duas acras xvi(?) ex una
5. parte ….(?) et xvi(?) et alia parte imperpetua elemosina salute anime mee uxoris mee
6. patris et matris mee fratrem et sororam et omnino antecessorum meorum liberam et quieta ab omni servicio
7. et consuetudine et ab omnibus querela et placitis et ab omnibus que ad me pertinent sicut liberi
8. ac mea ulla elemosina dari potest. Ista terra liberi – ab omni forinseco servicio ex
9. –cepto servicio regis. Ista divisit Willelmus frater meus prefatis canonicis et mater mea sep
10. –to(?) suo confirmavit Teste Thoma sacerdote et domino Willelmo et Aliz uxore eius et Willelmo
11. filio eius et Hamone de bordern et Gilberto clerico de malpas et Roberto clerico de chegworthia et Thoma le dispenser de luteburh et Galfrido de Id..ce(?) et Roberto filio Hardulfi
12. le Bac formentin(?) fratr(?) eius et Ricardo filio Nicholai de corp et Ricardo filio serlonis de lich
13. …..(?) et Willelmo clerico de bawa et Henrico obsti.. aria(?) et Willelmo maillard et Roberto
14. fratre eius et hamone pistore et Alvredo dapifere Willelmi patris et Sampsone armigero
15. eius et Ricardo filio fulconis et Ricardo t’ine(?) et Turstano hoi(?) et pluribus aliis
Endorsement: Caroa Ro'ti filii Nigelli de t'ra de Kegwrthe

TRANSLATION
To all the sons of the holy mother church: ye should know that I, Robert, son of Nigel sal(?) have given to God and granted my patrimony by inheritance to God and St. Mary and St. Egidius and the canons of Calc land of two ploughlands in Chegworth, with one dwelling house (or tenement) at the entrance to the vill on the western side and to the southern side of the highway, namely thirty(?)- two acres (xvi) on one side and (xvi) on the other side in perpetual alms for the salvation of the souls of myself my wife, my father and mother, my brother(s) and my sister(s) and all my ancestors. These alms should be free and quit of all customary services and all legal actions and pleas insofar as they pertain to me. This land is free of all external services, except for service to the king. William, my brother, the canons and my mother have confirmed the boundary (of this land).
Witnessed by Thomas the priest and lord, William and Alice his wife and William his son and Hamone de Bordern and Gilbert the clerk of Malpas and Robert the clerk of Chegworth and Thomas the steward (or burser) of Luteburh and Geoffery de Id..ce(?) and Robert son of Hardulf le Bac formentin fratr..(?) and Richard son of Nicholas de corp and Richard son of serlonis(?) de Lich……. and William the clerk of Barwa and Henry obsti…aria(?) and William Maillard and Robert his brother and Hamone the miller and Alfred the steward of William the father(?) and Sampson his squire and Richard the son of fulcon(?) and Richard Ti’ne and Thurston hoi….(?) and many others.
AcknowledgementsTranscribed and translated by researchers working with National Trust volunteers at Calke Abbey, 2020.
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