DERLEY ABBEY CHARTERS PRESERVED AT BELVOIR. 35 



without the vill. Warranty. For this donation, concession, 

 confirmation, and warranty, the said canons gave to me twelve 

 marks of silver. In testimony, &c. Sealing. Witnesses : Sir 

 Robert le Vavassiir, Sir Geofifry de Stoke,* Sir Thomas Hanselin, 

 knights, Raniilph de Wakebrugge, Peter de Vlkerthorpe, Will, de 

 Luy of Pentrich, Ralph de Winnefeld, Will, de Normanton, 

 John de Plawstowe, John de Lowes, and others." 



The seal has an ear of wheat with its fronds 

 arranged as a conventional fleur-de-lis. Inscr. :_ 

 " + SIGILL R.\DVLF FILII RADVLFI." Of 

 white wax and circular. 



(27) jtVnow ye, &c., that I, Ralph, son of Ralph de Wystantun, 

 have given, granted, and confirmed, &c., to God and the church 

 of the B. Mary of Derley, and the canons serving God there, for 

 the health of my soul and of my ancestors and successors, thirty- 

 four acres of land in the territory of Wistanton, measured by the 

 perch of eighteen feet, near the land which my father gave to the 

 same canons, towards the west, viz., by these bounds : — From the 

 land of Agenale by the Blakebroch, as far as the bounds made on 

 the assart called Kaperim ; and from the assart Kaperim, by the 

 bounds made unto Neumedue ; and whatsoever is contained 

 within the aforesaid boundaries in free, pure, &c., alms, with all 

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

 in wood, and plain, and in everyplace, and with housebote, haybote, 

 and firebote, and with their men, by the view of my foresters, 

 which, if my foresters within three days shall not make, it shall be 

 lawful to the Abbot and canons and their men to take housebote, 

 haybote, and firebote, without any action or impediment, except 

 my own enclosure, where, if the cattle of the aforesaid abbot and 

 canons, or of their men, by reason of the weakness or destruction 

 of my fences, enter in, they may not be taken, except custody is 

 made where they are fed, but they shall be removed peacefully 

 and without blame. Warranty. Sealing. Witnesses : Robert de 



* Gcoffry de Hanselin of Stoke, Notts. 



