Grant-example-msg - 1/12/93
Example of a period Grant-for-life.
NOTE: See also the files: calligraphy-msg, alphabets-msg, parchment-msg,
quills-msg, inks-msg, p-lawyers-msg.
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Mark S. Harris AKA: Lord Stefan li Rous
RSVE60 at email.sps.mot.com stefan at texas.net
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Date: January 12, 1993
Greetings my Lord Stefan! I pray this note finds you well and prosperous.
>Are you planning to make this translation available when you are finished,
>my lord?
It hadn't occurred to me that anybody else would be interested in seeing it.
>For I would like to have a copy for myself. Even better would be the
>permission to make it available along with my other SCA files. I would
>be happy to keep any copyright notice intact with any copies I distribute.
That is certainly acceptable. The reason I wanted to translate it in the first
place is that I would like to see it used here in Windmaster's to reward gentles
by granting them land within the barony. Of course it would mean nothing from a
precedence standpoint, but I would much rather receive a manor (even a virtual
one) than a baronial order. At any rate, here is original text as well as the
translation. -RdG
Here is the original text:
Henri de Lascy conte de Nichole e conestable de Cestre seignur de Ross e de
Reweynok' a tuz ceus ke cest escrit verront ou orront saluz en nostre Siegnur.
Sachez nus aver done e graunte par cest nostre present escrit a John le Chapman
nostre warenner de Hengstrigg' tote la terre e le tenement ke William le
Warenner jadis tint de nus en nostre maner de Kingeston' en Dorsete; a aver e a
tenir de nus e de nos heirs ou a nos assingnez ou dit Johan a tote sa vie;
rendaunt ent par an a nus e a nos heirs ou a nos assingnez vint souz
desterlings; cest asaveir a la Purification de Nostre Dame a la Nativite de
Seint Johan le Baptistre e a le Seint Michel par owel porcions pur tote manere
de servises a nus e a nos heirs appenduanz; e nus Henri de Lascy e nos heirs la
devauntdite terre e tenement au dit Johan a tote sa vie en la forme avauntdite
garantiroms. En tesmoine de queu chose a cest escrit endente a la partie
demoraunt vers Johan avoms fet mettre nostre seel.
Here is the translation:
Henry de Lascy (Lacy?) count of Nichole and constable of Chester, lord of Ross
and of Reweynok [1] to all those who this writing see or hear, greeting in Our
Lord. Know that we have given and granted by this our present writing to John le
Chapman, our warrener of Hengstrigg, all the land and the tenement that William
the Warrener had held of us in our manor of Kingeston in Dorset; to have and to
hold of us and of our heirs or of our assigns to the said John for all his life;
rendering therefore to us and our heirs or to our assigns twenty sous [2]
sterling; they to be rendered at the Purification of our Lady, at the Nativity
of St. John the Baptist, and at (the feast of) Saint Michael in equal parts for
all manner of services to us and to our heirs appertaining; and we, Henri de
Lascy, and our heirs the aforesaid land and tenement to the said John for all
his life in the aforesaid way do warrant. In witness whereof on this 'escrit
endente' (indenture) on the portion delivered to John [3] (we) have made fixed
our seal.
NOTES:
[1] I think this is probably a French spelling of Roanoke.
[2] shillings
[3] This was originally a two piece document, with the same text on the upper
and lower half separated by the word SCRIPTUM in gothic caps. The document was
separated horizontally through the center of the word with the upper half on the
bottom margin of one piece and the lower half on the upper margin of the other
piece. One piece was given to the grantee and the other remained with grantor.
The original was executed in 1291.
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Richard du Guesclin |Catapultum habeo. Nisi
Elvegast, Windmaster's Hill |pecuniam omnem mihi dabis,
Atlantia |ad caput tuum saxum imane
|mittam.
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Jim Davis [davis.jim at epamail.epa.gov]
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