say_v semen_n ecclesiae_fw-la the_o seed_n or_o corn_n of_o the_o church_n which_o i_o find_v word_n for_o word_n in_o very_o old_a french_a in_o a_o short_a glossary_a upon_o unusual_a english_a word_n in_o the_o ancient_a charter_n or_o in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n alred_n alfrid_n edward_n and_o knute_n chirchesed_a vel_fw-la chircheomer_n well_fw-mi chircheambre_fw-fr un_fw-fr certain_a de_fw-fr ble_a batu_n r_o checun_fw-fr hume_n devoyt_n au_fw-fr ceus_fw-la de_fw-fr bretun_n e_fw-la de_fw-la englis_fw-la a_fw-fr le_fw-fr eglise_fw-fr le_fw-fr jur_fw-fr seint_a martin_n mes_fw-fr pus_fw-la le_fw-fr venue_n de_fw-fr norman_n etc._n etc._n donewint_fw-la sulum_fw-la la_fw-fr velie_a ley_fw-fr moysi_n &_o ratione_fw-la primitiarum_fw-la sicun_fw-fr lein_fw-fr truve_fw-fr en_fw-fr le_fw-fr lettris_n cnut_n kilenveya_n a_o rome_n c_o '_o est_fw-fr dit_fw-fr chirchese_v quasi_fw-la semen_fw-mi ecclesiae_fw-la the_o letter_n itself_o be_v in_o ingulphus_n but_o it_o be_v not_o send_v 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 first_o of_o all_o bishop_n of_o soissons_fw-fr and_o afterward_o make_v a_o monk_n and_o prior_n of_o cluni_fw-la and_o then_o prior_n of_o savenni_fw-la after_o which_o because_o he_o be_v cousin_n to_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o the_o count_n of_o aquitain_n the_o same_o count_n give_v he_o abbatiam_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n angeli_fw-la from_o whence_o he_o take_v his_o denomination_n and_o he_o be_v crafty_a cunning_a and_o ingenious_a afterward_o get_v the_o archbishopric_n of_o besenscun_fw-fr but_o stay_v there_o no_o more_o than_o three_o day_n for_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o enough_o but_o get_v the_o bishopric_n de_fw-fr senites_n where_o he_o stay_v about_o seven_o day_n and_o out_o of_o this_o preferment_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o besenscun_fw-fr the_o abbot_n of_o cluni_n get_v he_o expel_v he_o get_v therefore_o be_v never_o quiet_a to_o be_v collector_n of_o peter-pence_n in_o england_n where_o he_o obtain_v this_o abbey_n of_o burch_n by_o pretend_v he_o be_v very_o old_a past_a labour_n and_o toil_n unable_a to_o bear_v the_o war_n and_o trouble_n of_o his_o own_o country_n and_o will_v quit_v his_o abbey_n there_o of_o st._n john_n de_fw-fr angeli_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o abbot_n of_o cluni_n and_o will_v here_o take_v up_o his_o rest_n there_o be_v another_o thing_n also_o that_o have_v a_o great_a stroke_n in_o his_o preferment_n for_o beside_o he_o be_v near_o of_o kin_n to_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o forename_a discourse_n seem_v to_o have_v truth_n in_o it_o he_o be_v the_o principal_a witness_n to_o make_v oath_n in_o a_o difference_n between_o the_o king_n nephew_n the_o duke_n of_o normandy_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o count_n of_o anjoy_n upon_o all_o these_o score_v the_o abbey_n be_v bestow_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o year_n mention_v by_o mr._n g._n so_o john_n abbot_n also_o in_o his_o chron._n ms._n an._n mcxxviii_o henricus_fw-la abbas_n andagavensis_fw-la precibus_fw-la optinuit_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la henrico_n abbatiam_fw-la burgensem_fw-la what_o walter_n of_o witlesea_n say_v of_o spectres_n see_v that_o year_n he_o come_v to_o the_o abbey_n he_o have_v out_o of_o hugo_n who_o say_v hoc_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la falsum_fw-la quia_fw-la plurimi_fw-la veracissimi_fw-la homines_fw-la viderunt_fw-la &_o audierunt_fw-la cornua_fw-la he_o stay_v one_o year_n in_o the_o monastery_n and_o receive_v homage_n and_o money_n of_o the_o milites_fw-la and_o of_o the_o whole_a abbey_n but_o do_v not_o the_o least_o good_a for_o he_o send_v and_o carry_v all_o to_o his_o abbey_n beyond_o sea_n whither_o he_o go_v by_o the_o king_n licence_n and_o have_v stay_v there_o a_o whole_a year_n he_o return_v hither_o and_o say_v he_o have_v absolute_o quit_v his_o other_o abbey_n for_o good_a and_o all_o as_o we_o speak_v the_o same_o year_n come_v petrus_n abbot_n of_o cluni_n into_o england_n and_o be_v honourable_o receive_v by_o the_o king_n command_n in_o all_o the_o monastery_n particular_o here_o at_o burch_n whither_o he_o come_v to_o see_v henry_n who_o complemented_a he_o high_o and_o promise_v he_o will_v procure_v the_o abbey_n of_o burch_n to_o be_v make_v subject_n to_o that_o of_o cluni_n with_o which_o hope_n peter_n go_v home_o the_o next_o year_n henry_n get_v together_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o go_v beyond_o sea_n again_o where_o the_o king_n then_o be_v who_o he_o make_v believe_v that_o he_o be_v command_v by_o the_o abbot_n of_o cluni_n to_o come_v and_o resign_v his_o abbey_n of_o st._n john_n de_fw-fr angeli_fw-la to_o he_o and_o then_o he_o will_v return_v free_a from_o that_o care_n into_o england_n so_o he_o go_v thither_o and_o there_o stay_v till_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n john_n baptist_n and_o the_o next_o day_n after_o the_o monk_n choose_v another_o of_o their_o own_o body_n into_o his_o place_n and_o install_v he_o singing_z te_fw-la deum_fw-la and_o do_v all_o other_o thing_n necessary_a for_o that_o end_n expelling_a henry_n by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o count_n of_o anjoy_n with_o great_a disgrace_n and_o detain_v all_o that_o he_o have_v there_o where_o he_o have_v do_v no_o more_o good_a than_o in_o other_o place_n all_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n that_o he_o have_v govern_v they_o be_v thus_o cast_v out_o he_o go_v to_o cluni_n where_o they_o keep_v he_o prisoner_n the_o abbot_n and_o monk_n be_v very_o angry_a with_o he_o say_v he_o have_v lose_v the_o abbey_n of_o st._n john_n by_o his_o folly_n nor_o will_v they_o let_v he_o stir_v out_o of_o door_n till_o by_o his_o craft_n he_o again_o deceive_v they_o with_o promise_n and_o oath_n that_o if_o they_o will_v permit_v he_o to_o return_v into_o england_n he_o will_v subject_v the_o abbey_n of_o burch_n to_o they_o and_z as_o hugo_n word_n be_v ibi_fw-la construeret_fw-la priores_fw-la &_o secretarios_fw-la &_o cellerarios_fw-la &_o camerarios_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la commendaret_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la eorum_fw-la intus_fw-la &_o foris_fw-la by_o which_o agreement_n he_o get_v into_o england_n whither_o the_o king_n also_o return_v out_o of_o normandy_n unto_o who_o henry_n come_v and_o accuse_v the_o monk_n of_o burch_n to_o he_o very_o heavy_o though_o with_o out_o any_o truth_n in_o order_n to_o his_o end_n of_o subject_v they_o to_o cluni_n the_o king_n in_o great_a anger_n send_v for_o they_o to_o bramtun_n where_o a_o plea_n be_v manage_v against_o they_o with_o so_o much_o art_n that_o the_o king_n be_v almost_o deceive_v but_o god_n step_v in_o to_o help_v they_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o bishop_n there_o present_a particular_o lincoln_n and_o the_o baron_n who_o understand_v his_o fraud_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o desist_v but_o be_v thus_o defeat_v endeavour_v to_o make_v his_o nephew_n gerardus_n abbot_n of_o burch_n that_o what_o he_o can_v not_o do_v by_o himself_o may_v be_v effect_v by_o he_o all_o which_o make_v the_o life_n of_o the_o monk_n very_o uneasy_a till_o the_o king_n at_o last_o understand_v his_o knavery_n
forty_o day_n of_o penance_n that_o have_v be_v enjoin_v they_o and_o he_o also_o confirm_v such_o indulgence_n as_o have_v be_v grant_v by_o any_o of_o his_o suffragans_fw-la it_o bear_v date_n from_o croyland_n the_o thursday_n before_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n michael_n there_o have_v be_v the_o like_a indulgence_n grant_v a_o little_a before_o by_o hugo_n balsom_a biship_n of_o ely_n to_o those_o who_o out_o of_o devotion_n go_v pious_o to_o visit_v the_o arm_n of_o st._n oswald_n and_o other_o relic_n in_o this_o church_n etc._n etc._n to_o who_o he_o grant_v 30._o day_n relaxation_n of_o penance_n date_v 11._o kalend._n sept._n 1253._o another_o there_o be_v of_o will._n bishop_n of_o ossory_n grant_v ten_o day_n indulgence_n as_o i_o note_v before_o to_o those_o that_o visit_v this_o church_n on_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o dedication_n before_o mention_v all_o which_o show_v the_o true_a nature_n of_o indulgence_n which_o be_v only_a relaxation_n of_o penance_n and_o that_o other_o bishop_n grant_v they_o as_o well_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o they_o also_o sometime_o canonize_v a_o person_n for_o a_o saint_n i_o have_v transcribe_v they_o all_o and_o set_v they_o down_o in_o the_o appendix_n together_o with_o a_o indulgence_n of_o oliver_n sutton_n some_o year_n after_o wherein_o he_o grant_v a_o merciful_a relaxation_n to_o all_o those_o that_o on_o certain_a time_n shall_v devout_o come_v to_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n in_o her_o chapel_n in_o the_o monastery_n of_o burgh_n which_o he_o have_v new_o consecrate_v the_o same_o boniface_n on_o the_o same_o day_n and_o year_n direct_v his_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n mention_v a_o constitution_n of_o the_o council_n hold_v at_o oxford_n which_o excommunicate_v all_o those_o who_o either_o violate_a or_o disturb_v the_o ecclesiastical_a right_n and_o liberty_n which_o he_o be_v desirous_a to_o maintain_v by_o these_o present_n command_v that_o all_o the_o disturber_n or_o violater_n of_o the_o right_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n of_o st._n peter_n de_fw-fr burgo_n which_o have_v be_v grant_v by_o the_o king_n of_o england_n or_o any_o other_o person_n shall_v public_o and_o solemn_o in_o general_a and_o by_o name_n be_v excommunicate_v when_o it_o appear_v they_o be_v guilty_a of_o such_o disturbance_n or_o violence_n about_o this_o time_n i_o suppose_v it_o be_v that_o polebroke_n before_o mention_v out_o of_o which_o the_o ten_o pound_n for_o find_v the_o five_o hogshead_n of_o wine_n be_v pay_v be_v purchase_v by_o this_o abbot_n the_o whole_a history_n of_o which_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o monasticon_fw-la out_o of_o a_o register_n of_o this_o church_n in_o sir_n joh._n cotton_n library_n which_o say_v that_o eustachius_n vicecome_v founder_n of_o the_o church_n of_o st._n marry_o de_fw-fr huntingdon_n hold_v two_o fee_n de_fw-fr honore_n burgi_n in_o clopton_n polebroke_n catworth_n etc._n etc._n which_o estate_n come_v afterward_o to_o one_o will._n de_fw-fr lovetot_n and_o then_o to_o his_o son_n richard_n who_o hold_v these_o two_o fee_n in_o king_n richard_n the_o first_o be_v time_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o charter_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n which_o confirm_v to_o the_o abbot_n of_o burgh_n among_o other_o land_n duo_fw-la feoda_fw-it in_o clopton_n &_o pertinentiis_fw-la which_o be_v hold_v by_o richard_n de_fw-fr lovetot_n who_o have_v two_o son_n william_n and_o nigell_n and_o three_o daughter_n amicitia_n rosia_n and_o margeria_n william_n die_v without_o issue_n the_o estate_n come_v to_o nigel_n who_o be_v a_o benefice_a clergyman_n it_o come_v upon_o his_o death_n to_o the_o three_o sister_n the_o two_o elder_n of_o which_o though_o marry_v have_v no_o share_n in_o these_o fee_n but_o they_o fall_v to_o the_o young_a who_o be_v marry_v to_o richard_n patrick_n and_o by_o he_o have_v a_o son_n and_o a_o daughter_n william_n and_z margery_z she_o marry_v to_o will._n de_fw-fr vernon_n and_o her_o brother_n william_n give_v all_o his_o share_n in_o the_o estate_n which_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o hugo_n fleming_n and_o tho._n smert_n and_o their_o heir_n who_o do_v homage_n to_o will._n patrick_n for_o it_o to_o his_o sister_n margery_n who_o after_o his_o death_n in_o her_o free_a widowhood_n give_v and_o grant_v all_o the_o homage_n and_o service_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a fleming_n and_o smert_n and_o their_o heir_n to_o john_n de_fw-fr caleto_n abbot_n of_o burgh_n by_o her_o deed._n and_o afterward_o rob._n fleming_n feofavit_fw-la praedictum_fw-la johannem_fw-la abbatem_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o tenementis_fw-la quae_fw-la habuit_fw-la in_o polebroke_n per_fw-la chartam_fw-la which_o charter_n i_o find_v in_o our_o record_n here_o remain_v wherein_o rob._n de_fw-fr flemenk_n give_v to_o john_n de_fw-fr caleto_n his_o tenement_n in_o polebroke_n and_o the_o advouson_n of_o the_o church_n in_o this_o year_n king_n henry_n grant_v the_o very_a same_o charter_n to_o this_o church_n which_o richard_n the_o first_o have_v do_v confirm_v all_o their_o land_n in_o the_o several_a county_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o name_n it_o bear_v date_n at_o windsor_n 12_o junii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la 37._o the_o like_a for_o their_o liberty_n in_o which_o be_v the_o fair_a for_o eight_o day_n and_o the_o eight_o hundred_o etc._n etc._n and_o for_o their_o wood_n in_o the_o next_o year_n 1254._o three_o neighbour_a abbot_n die_v as_o i_o find_v in_o the_o chron._n of_o john_n abbot_n viz._n thomas_n de_fw-fr wells_n abbot_n of_o croyland_n david_n abbot_n of_o thorney_n and_o william_n abbot_n of_o ramsey_n pope_n innocent_a the_o iv_o die_v also_o and_o in_o this_o year_n there_o be_v a_o aid_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n ad_fw-la primogenit_fw-la fill_v suum_fw-la militem_fw-la faciend_n for_o the_o make_v prince_n edward_n a_o knight_n an._n regis_fw-la hen._n 38._o sc_fw-la de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la scuto_fw-la de_fw-la honore_n burgi_n xl._n sol._n every_o knight_n fee_n of_o the_o honour_n of_o burgh_n pay_v forty_o shilling_n which_o be_v receive_v by_o one_o of_o the_o friar_n rich._n de_fw-la london_n so_o the_o title_n of_o this_o account_n run_v in_o our_o book_n fol._n ccclxxi_o recept_n fratris_fw-la r._n de_fw-fr lond._n de_fw-fr denariis_fw-la auxilii_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la h._n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o follow_v the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o knight_n and_o their_o payment_n the_o first_o be_v galfridus_n de_fw-fr sancto_n medardo_n who_o pay_v twelve_o pound_n and_o therefore_o have_v six_o knight_n fee_n the_o second_o radulph_n de_fw-fr kamey_n who_o pay_v as_o much_o etc._n etc._n i_o have_v not_o room_n for_o the_o rest_n who_o be_v two_o and_o fifty_o in_o all_o some_o of_o which_o have_v but_o half_a fee_n and_o other_o less_o in_o this_o year_n it_o be_v also_o that_o the_o king_n send_v his_o justice_n into_o many_o place_n in_o england_n to_o do_v 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septem_fw-la carrucata_n terrae_fw-la in_o walcote_n duabus_fw-la bovatis_fw-la minus_fw-la &_o in_o alcheburn_n unam_fw-la carrucatam_fw-la &_o totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o in_o normandy_n unam_fw-la carrucatam_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la super_fw-la fluvium_fw-la humbre_fw-mi william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o his_o confirmation_n ibid._n pag._n cix_o petente_fw-la abbate_n brand_n say_v the_o same_o concern_v the_o number_n of_o plough-land_n in_o that_o place_n hold_v by_o the_o monastery_n sub_fw-la rege_fw-la edwardo_n most_o of_o which_o it_o shall_v seem_v by_o a_o trial_n which_o john_n deeping_n abbot_n of_o this_o church_n have_v about_o the_o land_n in_o those_o town_n in_o the_o 13_o year_n of_o hen._n 4._o be_v part_n of_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o abbey_n from_o its_o foundation_n and_o be_v alienate_v perhaps_o be_v again_o restore_v or_o redeem_v by_o brand_n and_o his_o brethren_n before_o mention_v for_o that_o abbot_n then_o before_o the_o king_n judge_n at_o 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the_o second_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n he_o give_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o king_n a_o great_a deal_n of_o land_n and_o rent_n and_o service_n in_o several_a town_n which_o be_v therein_o name_v for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o sacrist_n and_o for_o the_o building_n and_o repair_v of_o the_o monastery_n ibid._n fol._n 100_o this_o be_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o government_n when_o richard_n priest_n of_o castre_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o change_v his_o life_n and_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o monk_n prevail_v with_o this_o abbot_n by_o his_o own_o and_o other_o entreaty_n to_o receive_v he_o into_o the_o monastery_n of_o burch_n according_o he_o come_v on_o a_o day_n appoint_v 1133_o which_o be_v the_o first_o year_n of_o martin_n into_o the_o chapterhouse_n and_o there_o before_o the_o abbot_n and_o all_o the_o monk_n make_v it_o his_o humble_a petition_n that_o they_o will_v receive_v all_o he_o have_v viz._n the_o church_n of_o castre_n which_o he_o then_o 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permit_v the_o burial_n of_o his_o father_n which_o have_v be_v already_o make_v at_o scottun_n hâc_fw-la vice_fw-la for_o this_o time_n and_o that_o in_o like_a manner_n they_o will_v be_v please_v hâc_fw-la vice_n to_o remit_v the_o mortuary_n due_a to_o they_o and_o according_o the_o abbot_n and_o convent_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o love_n which_o the_o aforesaid_a robert_n bear_v to_o they_o do_v for_o that_o time_n allow_v the_o burial_n and_o release_v the_o mortuary_n de_fw-fr gratia_fw-la &_o liberalitate_fw-la sva_fw-la dat._n apud_fw-la burgh_n in_o crastino_n sancti_fw-la barthol_n an._n dom._n mcclxx_o quinto_fw-la in_o the_o year_n mcclxx_o octavo_n there_o be_v the_o like_a case_n with_o the_o first_o only_o with_o this_o difference_n that_o emma_n the_o wife_n of_o galfridus_n de_fw-fr sancto_n medardo_n die_v about_o michaelmas_n at_o the_o manor_n of_o osgoteby_n and_o the_o same_o w._n de_fw-fr wodeford_n sacrist_n of_o burg_n present_v himself_o be_v ready_a to_o 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