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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Thank you,
    Mark S. Harris                  AKA:  Lord Stefan li Rous
    RSVE60@email.sps.mot.com              stefan@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@epamail.epa.gov]

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