About 1140. Confirma|tion to Godstow by Pain of Caurcis, overlord, of the grant (no. 767) of 'the isle.'
THE sentence of thys chartur is, that Pagane of Caurcis wyllyd to be knowe to all men, that he grauntyd & gaf, Also confermyd with hys chartur, a medewe that is callyd the yle, the whyche lyeth be-twene temse [i.e. Thames.] & the medewe of syr water [i.e. Walter.] of chaldfeld, to god & to the church of Godstowe, & to the mynchons there seruynge god, in-to pure & perpetual almys for hym & hys eyerys, & the sowles of hys aunceturs; that is to sey, the seyd medewe to be holde of hym & of hys heyrys for euyr, frely & quietly & worshypfully fro all seruice, & fro all quarell, & playntys; &, for-asmuche as he wyllyd thys gyft to be ferme & stable, he strengthyd hyt by the puttynge to of hys seele: these beynge wyttnes: & is with-out date.
About 1140. Fuller con|firmation to Godstow, by Pain of Caurcis of 'the isle.'
THE sentence of thys chartur is, that Pagan of Caurces Willid to be know to all men that he grauntyd & confermid with hys chartur the gyft that hys aunceturs madyn to Robert of Meisi of a medewe that is callyd the yle, the whyche medw the same Robert gaf to Robert of Euercy, & that same Robert of euercy gaf to god, & to the churche of Godstowe, & to the Mynchons there seruyng god: wherfore the forseyd Pagane of Caurces willid & grauntyd, for hym-self & hys heyrys, that the forseyd mynchons shuld haue & hold the forseyd medewe, in-to pure & perpetual almys, as the charters of Robert of meisi & Robert of Euerci by-fore I-myndyd wytnes, the whyche the fore-namyd Mynchons hauyn ther-of: so yet þat, for the lacke and defawte of the forseyd Robert of Meysy & Robert of Euerci or of her heyrys, noþer [folio VIb(18b)] , I [Lapse into first person of the Latin.] , pagan a-foreseyd, ne none of myn [Lapse into first person of the Latin.] heyrys, may aske ony thynge in the foreseyde medewe, but that they shalle haue hyt & holde hyt in-to pure & perpetual almys as it is a-fore-seyd, sauynge the seruice of that medewe callid the yle dewe to me & myn [Lapse into first person of the Latin.] heyrys: these beynge wytnes: & is with-out date.
