34 DERLEY ABBEY CHARTERS PRESERVED AT EELVOIR. 



the cliurch of the B. Mary of Derley, and the canons serving God 

 there, in free, quiet, pure, and perpetual alms, all the land which 

 Ralph de Wistoneton, my father, gave with his body, with all liberties 

 and free customs according to the tenor of his charter which they 

 had of my father. And lest concerning the rest, any dispute or 

 misunderstanding concerning the said lands should ever be moved 

 between the canons and myself or my heirs, the limits of the afore- 

 said lands by these fixed boundaries I have declared, viz., From 

 the ditch where the river of Mose-welle enters in the open fields, 

 and thence by the aforesaid river near the potter's house as far as 

 the willow near the meadow which was in dispute, and from 

 thence between the arable land and the meadow by bounds made 

 as far as the alder tree, signed (? with a cross) upon Blakebroc 

 and from thence by Blakebroc as far as the land which I gave to 

 them, and from thence by the hedge and ditch which encompasses 

 the Newmedue and Foxes holes, and the land which Ralph 

 Berrecharius ( sheepfolder or shepherd) held, and the Newefeld as far 

 as the afore named river. To perpetuate the present confirmation 

 I have affixed my seal to this writing. These witnessing : Rob. 

 de Alvelia, Rob. de Brunesley, Peter de Ulketorp, Rog. cleric de 

 Derby, Will, de Lu, Alex, de Lowes, Ralph de Parwiteleg, and 

 others." 



A circular seal with a fleur-de lis of a wheat ear 



with two pendant leaves. Legend — " + SIGILL 



RADVLFI RADVLFL" 



(26) Jh.now ye, <S:c., that I, Ralph, son of Ralph deWystanton, 

 have given, conceded, and by my present charter confirmed to 

 God and the church of the B. Mary of Derley, and the canons 

 serving God there, Maurice, son of Robert the carpenter, 

 my native with all his following, and with all his chattels, and two 

 bovates of land, with the appurtenances which the same Morice 

 held in the vill and territory of Wystanton. Holding and having 

 to the same canons in free, pure, quiet, and perpetual alms, 

 with all their appurtenances, liberties, and easements, within and 



