ON THE CHARTERS OF CLEEVE ABBEY. 23 
particulars of the gift. Literally translated it is as 
follows :— 
(II.) “To Richard, by the grace of God illustrious King of 
England, Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, Barons, and 
to all free men of the realm, and to all sons of Holy Mother 
Church, William de Romara wisheth health. Know ye 
that I have granted, and given, and by this present charter 
have confirmed to God, and S. Mary, and the monks of 
S. Laurence of Revesby, in the hand of Hugh Abbot of 
the same place, to found an abbey of the order Cistertian, 
for the health and for the soul of my liege Richard, King of 
England, and for the soul of K. Henry his father, my lord, 
who brought me up, and of all my ancestors and heirs, and 
for my own soul, and of Philippa my wife, and for the 
souls of all our ancestors and of our heirs, and of our suc- 
cessors, for a pure and perpetual alms, all my land of 
Clyve, in the vill and out of the vill, with all its appurte- 
nances; to wit, the whole demesne, with all my rusties 
residing in the same vill, and with the lands which they 
hold plenarily in woods and flats, and meadows and 
pastures, and waters and mills, and roads and paths, and 
all the liberties and free customs pertaining to the aforesaid 
vill; but my free men of the same vill, and their service, 
I have retained in my own hand. All the other things 
aforesaid I have granted, and given to the aforesaid monks, 
for a pure and perpetual alms, free and quit of all customs, 
and pleas, and causes, and quests, from myself and my heirs 
and my successors, and released from all land service, and 
secular exaction, for ever ; to be held so well in peace and 
honorably, as any alms can be freely, quietly, and honor- 
ably, by any one given or held. And I and my heirs and 
successors will engage to maintain all these things to the 
aforesaid monks against all men. These are witnesses : 
