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Broughton Gifford — Copy of Deed. 



patronatus capelle de parua Brochtun' 

 controuersia mota esset tandem partes 

 in dominum Robertum Sarum Episco- 

 pum et dominum Stcphanum ' Archi- 

 diaconum Wilteshir compromiserunt. 

 Qui uero postmodum habito tractatu et 

 cousilio pleniore super ipso iure quod 

 partes in dicta capella se habere dicunt 

 taliter ordiuaverunt. Videlicet quod 

 ipsacapella de parua Brocbtuu' ad don- 

 acionem predictarum Abbatisse et 

 Conuentus Saneti Edwardi in per- 

 petuum spectabit tanquam membrum 

 maioris Brocbtun'. Predicti autem 

 Monachi- a prestacione decimarum dua- 

 rum bydarum terre quas babent infra 

 limites Parocbie illius capelle de quibus 

 scilicet decima consueuit prestari in per- 

 petuum censeantur immunes. Monacbi 

 uero ipsi in ipsam capellam liberum 

 babebunt ingressum ut diuina si volunt 

 celebrent in eadem. Salua omnimoda 

 indempnitate Rectoris ipsius capelle qui 

 pro tempore fuerit. Ut autem bee 

 ordinacio stabllis et inconcussa futuris 

 temporibus preseueret de consensu 

 Eogeri Harding' * tunc rectoris ipsius 

 capelle qui signum suumpresentiscripto 

 apposuit confectum est inter partes 

 cyrograpbum bipartitum sigillis ipso- 

 rum necnon et dictorum domini E. 

 Sarum Episcopi et S. Arcbidiaconi 

 Wilteshir bine inde signatum. 



about the right of patronage of the 

 Chapel of Little Broughton, at lengtb 

 the parties compromised the matter into 

 the bands of Robert, Lord Bishop of 

 Sarum ; and Stephen the Reverend 

 Archdeacon of Wilts ; who indeed) 

 having held somewhat full deliberation 

 and advice about the said right, which 

 the several parties claim over the afore- 

 said Chapel, thus decided : — To wit — 

 that the said Chapel of Little Broughton 

 shall pertain to the patronage of the 

 aforesaid Abbess and Convent of S. Ed- 

 ward as though a part of Great Brough- 

 ton ; But that the aforesaid monks shall 

 for ever be reckoned free from payment 

 of the tithes, on the two bides of land 

 which they hold within the bounds of 

 the said parish, of which the tithe was 

 wont to be paid to the said Chapel : 

 Provided, that the said monks have free 

 ingress to the said Chapel, if they wish 

 to celebrate the divine mj-steries in the 

 same ; saving in all ways the rights of 

 the Rector of the said Chapel for the 

 time being ; yet, that this indentui'e 

 shall remain binding in future time 

 with the consent of Roger Harding, the 

 then Rector of the said Chapel, who has 

 placed bis seal to present deed ; signed, 

 sealed, and delivered by the said parties 

 by an official deed signed in duplicate 

 by the aforesaid Lord Bishop of Sarum 

 and Stephen, Archdeacon of Wilts, with 

 their signatures on this side and that. 



The seal of Bishop Robert Bingham, in white was, is very fairly preserved. 

 The Archdeacon's seal is lost. 



* Tanner's " Notitia," under Monkton Farleigb, gives the following references : 

 Cart. II., Hen. IIL, p. LM.,134; Claus. r2,Hen.IlI.,m.5.,"d.proii.hidisterrffi 

 in Broughton Parva " ; Claus. 13 Hen. III., m. 13, "demanerde.Brougbton Parva." 



- Stephen, Archdeacon of Wilts. See Jones' Fa.sii, list of archdeacons, p. 170. 

 He was present in 1227 at the election of Robert Bingham as Bishop of Sarum, 

 was still Archdeacon in 1243, but died before 124-5. He was also Rector of 

 Easton, and is said to have founded the priory there, see Jackson s Aubrey, p. 382. 



^ For pedigree and connection of the Hardings with Broughton GifEord see 

 Eev. J. Wilkinson's History of Broughtos Gifford, Wilts Mag., vol. vi., p. 11. 



