DERLEY ABBEY CHARTERS PRESERVED AT BELVOIR. 1 9 



exaction or secular service, for the welfare of my soul, and of 

 Edilene my spouse, and of our predecessors and successors. 

 These being witnesses : John, chaplain of Cruch, Robert de 

 Eincourt, Geoffrey de Monasteriis (Musters), Swano de Cruch, 

 Robert son of Fulcher, Hugh Walens, Simon de Bedeford, Ysaac, 

 and more." 



Seal of green wax. An oval impression with 



the same device as the last. "S. HVBaRTI FILI 



RADVLFI." 



(6) Qyo all the sons of Holy Mother Church, Hubert, son of 

 Ralph, saluting. Know all of you, that I, in exchange, have given 

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

 and the church of the Blessed Mary of Derley, and the canons 

 serving God there, one perch and a half of my domain, viz. : 

 from the mount of Saint Thomas unto the land of the aforesaid 

 canons, extending before their grange. This is in exchange for 

 the land of the aforesaid canons of tiieir culture, extending from 

 the mount of S. Thomas as far as Morwellesiche, viz., a perch 

 and a half. And in testimony of this thing, to this present 

 writing I have affixed my seal. These being witnesses : Herbert 

 Torkarht and William his brother, Will, de Cruche, and Will. 

 (? Ulfus) his brother, Jordan de Dethek, Alexander de Lavves, 

 Geofifry de Plaustowe, Alan the cook, and others." 



Seal, the same as the preceding. 



(7) Jiinow ye all, as well present as future, that I, Hubert fitz 

 Ralph, have given and conceded, and by this my charter con- 

 firmed, to Suan^ the son of Orme, and his heirs, fourteen acres 

 of land and a half, with the appurtenances in Cruch, measured 

 by the perch of twenty feet, between " Thurlokebotham " and 

 " Scl)ardvveie." Holding to him and his heirs, of me and my heirs, 

 in fee and heirship, with free common in wood and plain, freely, 

 quieily, and honourably ; paying yearly to me and my heirs for 

 all services, customs, and demands, four shillings and sixpence ; 



