1 8 DERLEY ABBEY CHARTERS PRESERVED AT BELVOIR. 



The following charters preserved at Belvoir are by Hubert fitz 

 Ralph, lord of Crich, etc : — 



(4) ClDo all the sons of Holy Mother Church, Hubert, the son 

 of Ralph, saluting. Know ye that I, being moved by divine charity, 

 and for my welfare and for the souls of my predecessors, have 

 given, and, by this my present charter, confirmed to God and to 

 the church of the blessed Giles of "Search" (Scarcliff) that 

 increment of the orchard and land which Matilda my mother 

 first gave to Peter, priest of Scarcliff; that, viz., which lies between 

 the orchard which was the aforesaid Peter's, and the messuage of 

 William the son of Gregory towards the north. These being 

 witnesses : Walter, abbot of Derley, Elias, the prior of the same 

 place, Thomas, a canon, Geoffrey de Musters, and another 

 Geoffrey de Musters, Rich, de Brademare, Will, de Bradmare, 

 Herbert Torcard, Will, de Cruche, and Paganus his brother, 

 John his seneschal, William Sune, Hubert de Nottingham, and 

 many others." 



An oval seal, with a full-length figure, apparently 



of a female holding a staff (? spear) in one hand, 



and resting the other on a (?) /r^^. " S. l^VBSRTI 



FIL RADVLFI." 



The advowson of the church of Scarcliff was given to Darley 



Abbey by Hubert fitz Ralph. The foregoing document must 



have fallen to the monks through this bequest. 



(5) Qbo all the faithful in Christ to whom the present writing 

 may come, Hubert fitz Ralph saluting. Know ye all that I have 

 given and conceded, and by my present charter confirmed, in 

 pure and perpetual alms, to God and Saint Mary of Derley, and 

 to the canons serving God there, one acre of land under " Colle 

 of Cruch," and six acres of mea low under the way which leads 

 to " Wistaneston " (Wessington), between Farmannescroft and 

 the ditch against Morwode, for their will, and for their use, 

 inclosed, and held freely, quietly, and peacefully, without any 



