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distant_a from_o his_o oratory_n of_o croyland_n which_o afterward_o improve_v into_o a_o monastery_n the_o place_n from_o she_o be_v call_v pegekyrke_n now_o peykirk_n and_o have_v land_n bestow_v upon_o it_o by_o edmund_n athebing_n which_o of_o they_o do_v not_o appear_v who_o give_v for_o the_o redemption_n of_o his_o own_o soul_n and_o of_o his_o wife_n and_o of_o siwerthus_n a_o little_a country_n gift_n as_o he_o call_v it_o of_o land_n in_o a_o place_n call_v pegecyrcan_a to_o the_o new_a monastery_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n and_o our_o lady_n and_o all_o the_o saint_n viz._n one_o mansa_fw-la and_o a_o half_a in_o that_o village_n and_o three_o perch_n in_o waltun_n &c_n &c_n swapham_n fol._n cxxxi_o it_o be_v a_o very_a remarkable_a charter_n both_o for_o the_o preface_n and_o for_o the_o blessing_n and_o curse_n annex_v in_o the_o conclusion_n which_o therefore_o i_o have_v represent_v to_o the_o reader_n entire_o in_o the_o appendix_n what_o other_o benefaction_n they_o 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pegelandians_n and_o the_o power_n of_o earl_n godwin_n against_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o poor_a so_o his_o word_n be_v praevalente_fw-la contra_fw-la justitiam_fw-la pegelandensium_fw-la abbatis_fw-la burgi_n pecunia_fw-la &_o super_fw-la simplicitate_fw-la pauperum_fw-la godwini_fw-la comitis_fw-la potentia_fw-la but_o if_o we_o compare_v what_o he_o say_v with_o the_o chron._n of_o john_n abbot_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o this_o suit_n be_v commence_v long_o before_o this_o in_o the_o time_n of_o kenulphus_n and_o continue_v more_o or_o less_o till_o the_o time_n of_o leofricus_n who_o die_v just_a before_o the_o conquest_n i_o will_v set_v down_o both_o their_o word_n and_o so_o leave_v it_o chron._n joh._n abbatis_fw-la burgi_n ms._n mxlviii_o wolgatus_fw-la abbas_n de_fw-fr peykirke_n amisit_fw-la sedem_fw-la abbatiae_fw-la suae_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la maneriis_fw-la dicto_fw-la monasterio_n quondam_a pertinentibus_fw-la per_fw-la judicium_fw-la regis_fw-la 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adsummum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la as_o fleta_n say_v but_o to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o england_n as_o he_o be_v come_v from_o rome_n 1031._o wherein_o he_o desire_v they_o that_o before_o he_o arrive_v in_o england_n all_o the_o due_n which_o by_o ancient_a law_n be_v owe_v to_o the_o church_n may_v be_v pay_v and_o after_o the_o rest_n he_o mention_n the_o ten_o of_o the_o fruit_n in_o august_n and_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n martin_n the_o first-fruit_n of_o the_o seed_n call_v kyrkset_a so_o his_o letter_n conclude_v et_fw-la in_o festivitate_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n primitiae_fw-la seminum_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la sub_fw-la cujus_fw-la parochia_fw-la cuique_fw-la degit_fw-la quae_fw-la anglice_fw-la kyrkeset_fw-la nominatur_fw-la ingulph_n p._n 61._o edit_fw-la oxon._n etc._n etc._n this_o description_n of_o their_o land_n and_o good_n conclude_v with_o a_o customary_a of_o their_o tenant_n villani_n cottarii_n and_o sochemanni_n in_o every_o manor_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n which_o while_o the_o king_n hold_v in_o his_o hand_n he_o give_v away_o as_o mr._n g._n observe_v the_o manor_n of_o pithtesle_n for_o the_o same_o sum_n of_o money_n which_o the_o late_a abbot_n have_v give_v he_o to_o confirm_v it_o deo_fw-la &_o sancto_n petro_n &_o monachis_fw-la sigillo_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la and_o the_o person_n to_o who_o the_o king_n grant_v it_o it_o may_v be_v further_o observe_v be_v one_o employ_v to_o take_v the_o forename_a account_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o church_n viz._n richard_n basset_n or_o bass_v this_o abbot_n be_v commemorate_a upon_o the_o 10._o of_o november_n on_o which_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o kalander_n be_v depositio_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr sesse_n abbatis_fw-la &_o anniversarium_fw-la henrici_fw-la talbot_n etc._n etc._n henricus_fw-la de_fw-la angeli_fw-la his_o story_n be_v tell_v more_o perfect_o by_o hugo_n in_o this_o manner_n he_o be_v 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