English Charter, grant of land by Roger, Earl of Warwick, 12th century

R[OGER DE NEWBURGH, D.1153], EARL OF WARWICK, GRANTS TO MASTER JOHN £4 10S YEARLY FROM THE RENTS OF THE BOROUGH OF WARWICK, LAND FROM LONGBRIDGE, AND THE RIGHT TO HOLD A MANORIAL COURT, IN LATIN

[England (Longbridge or Warwick?), between 1119 and 1153]

manuscript on vellum, single sheet, c.125x170mm, of which the lower 20mm is folded up and threaded with a seal-tag, not ruled, 9 lines written in Latin in a fine Romanesque book-hand, 6 lines of main text and three lines of witnesses, endorsed ‘longbridge’ and ‘Registratur .8.’, one horizontal and three vertical creases, worm-holes in the lower margin and one in the text area, stains not affecting legibility, seal missing

The first witness is Roger’s wife, Gundrada (whom he married at an unknown date before 1135); the others include William Giffard, Nigel of St Mary’s [Warwick], and William de Ardena. The text is printed in The Cartulary of St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick, ed. by C.R. Fonge, 2004, pp.19–20.