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XXXVII. Observations on some antient Methods of Conveyance in England; by Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary: in a Letter addressed to Matthew Raper, Esq. F.R.S. V.P.

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In the third volume of the Archaeologia I find a partial illustration of a passage in the History of Ingulphus. Speaking of the Customs introduced into this country after the Norman conquest, the historian says, “Conferebantur etiam primo multa prædia nudo verbo, absque scripto vel charta, tantum cum domini gladio, vel galea, vel corñu, vel cratera: et plurima tenementa cum calcari, cum strigili, cum arcu; et nonnulla cum sagitta. Sed hæc initio regni sui; posterioribus annis immutatus est iste modus.” “At first, many estates were conveyed by bare word, without any writing or charter, but merely by the sword, helmet, horn, or cup of the possessor. Many tenements were transferred by a spur, a horse-comb, a bow, or even an arrow. This was at the beginning of the Norman reign. In later years the custom has been changed.”

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Archaeologia , Volume 17 , 1814 , pp. 311 - 319
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1814

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page 311 note a Hist. Ingulphi. ed. Gale, p. 70.

page 312 note b Blomef. Norf. vol. v. p. 1106. ex Reg. Pincebeck, fol. 181. pen. Episc. Norw. nunc Bibl. Univ. Cant. Reg. Sacr. fol. 44. &c. This had before been done by Edward the Confessor, if what the Abbat pleaded in the 22d year of Edward III. was true. “Et idem Abbas astendit aliquam Chartam regiam quæ testatur donationem fieri dictæ Abbatiæ, de térris et tenementis prædictis, habendis in liberam puram et perpetuam eleemosynam, in forma in dicto Brevi suggesta, sed allegat quod sanctus Edwardus quondam Rex Angliæ, progenitor vester, dedit et concessit Deo ac Sancto Edmundo ac Monachis domus illius Deo ibidem servientibus dicta terras et tenementa in Brok per quendam Cultellum, quem dicit ipsum Sanctum Edwardum fixisse super altum Altare Mon. dictæ Abbatiæ et ibidem dimisisse in perpet. mem. duraturam, et quam quidem donationem sic fieri pretendit verificare per patriam.” Mich..Record. 22 E. 3. Rot, 11. b, Norf.

page 312 note c Blomef. Norf. Ibid, p. 789.

page 313 note d Doraesd. tom. i. fol. 182 a.

page 313 note e Madox Formul. Anglic. Diss. p. ix.

page 314 note f Monast. Angl. tom, i. p. 49.

page 315 note g MS. Cole. Brit. Mus, vol. XLI. p. 321.

page 315 note h Donum Domini Thomœ Multon de Ecclesa de Weston tradito Cultello plicato.

Thomas de Multon omnibus Hominibus suis Francis et Anglis, et omnibus Ecclesiæ Catholicæ fidelibus salutem. Noscat Universitas vestra me, in exequiis Patris mei apud Spalding, Capitulum Sancti Nicholai ingressum coram Fratribus meis, et Matre mea, et Sororibus, et Amicis meis, et hominum multitudine tunc ibidem collocata, Ecclesiam de Weston, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis Deo et Sanctæ Mariæ, et Sancto Nicholao, et Monachis ibidem Deo servientibus, pro anima patris mei, et pro animabus predecessorum meorum in perpetuam Eleemosynam dedisse, et Gaufrido Priori Nigellum prænorninatæ Ecclesiæ personam per manum commendasse. Postea inde egressus, ut quod sic verbo fuerat sansitum, opere cunctis pateret certificatum, eandem Ecclesiam cum decimis et elemosinis, terris, et omnibus eidem pertinentibus, super Altare Dei et Sanctæ Mariæ et Sancti Nicholai Cultello meo proprio optuli, qui super eodem Altare plicatus, in Secretario repositus est, in hujus rei testimonium observandum. Deinde de Ecclesia rediens, et in Capitulum iterum veniens, fui Frater et Particeps Beneficiorum totius Ecclesiae, hiis videntibus et audientibuss Abbatc Everardo de Croilaud, Galfrido Priore, Ricardo Lumbard, et aliis.”

See Cole's MSS. Brit, Mus. vol. XLI. p. 386. The date of this deed is supposed to be about the year 1160.

page 316 note i MS. Cole. Brit. Mus, vol. xxxiv. p.79.

page 316 note k v. Investitura.

page 316 note l Script, X. Twysd, p.

page 316 note m Hist. St. Paul's, fol. Loud 1658. p. 8.

page 317 note n MS. Donat, Brit. Mus. 4936, fol. 62.

page 317 note o Mon. Angl. tom. ii. p. 1056. So Walter de Leites granted and quit claimed to William Mareschall Earl of Pembroke, in Curiá suâ, Terram de Winton [or Wutton] per fustem et per baculum. Madox Formul. Angl. Diss. p. x.

page 318 note p P. 281.

page 318 note q Formul. Anglic, num. c.