afore the forsaid x. shillings were I-restored to the said Iames or to his assignes, by the sight or vewe of lawfull good men. In-to witnesse of this thyng to a good suerte to be had, without ony cauelacion or agaynseiyng, to this partid charter they put to ther seales, & cetera.
1247. Confirma|tion to Godstow, by Robert son of Race, of the leases granted by his mother: viz. that in no. 482, and that of another yardland, in con|sideration of £2 6s. 8d. for mar|riage-por|tions of his sisters.
THE sentence of this charter is, that Robert fitȝ Race of Mildecombe, for hym and his heires, graunted and with this present writyng confermed the couenant I-made, bitwene moolde his modir of the one [part] and Iames hawncy ['Iacobus de Hawncia' in the Latin.] at that tyme Steward of Godestowe of the other parte, of j. half yeld [In error for 'yerd,' 'yerde.'] of lond, with his pertynentis, of his [In error for 'her.'] dowry, that is to sey, that [i.e. that half-yardland which Jeffrey the smith once held.] Geffrey Smyth somtyme held, and [i.e. and of (Latin 'de').] j. place of a curtelage, and [i.e. and of (Latin 'de').] pasture to an hundred shepe at the lest in the commune pasture of Mylde|combe contynuelly, and yf [The Latin is: 'si uoluerunt, qualis|cunque in posterum de pastura fiat ex|tensio sive amensuratio, quam dicta dimidia virgata' (had assigned to it). Apparently meaning, 'not only in the existing common pasture, but, on any extension of pasture, also in the additional pasture assigned to the half yardland.' The translator has read 'no|luerunt,' the initial letter being ambiguous.] he wille not what-so-euer afterward strecchyng or metyng be of the pasture; and of the said half yerd|lond with his pertynentis, with the forsaid place of curtilage, and with the forsaid pasture to an hundred shepe at the lest, his modir Moolde toke hit with her owne assent and wille to the said Iames and to his assignes, and specially to the abbesse of Godestowe and to the couent of the same place, but [i.e. unless.] the sai Iames wille otherwise assigne the said ferme: To be had and to be hold, to the said Iames or to whom-so-ever he wille assigne them, after that the charter reporteth and witnessith that the said Iames had of Moold his modir and of hym: he graunted also and confermed the couenaunt I-made, [folio 91] bitwene the said moold his modir and of [Omit 'of.'] hym of the one partie and Iames aboue I-named of the other parte, of j. yelde [In error for 'yerd,' 'yerde.'] lond and j. half, for [half] of the sheves and for half of the chaumy [The Latin is: 'de medietate chamini in dicta virgata et dimidia' (yearly growing).] . And the said Robert and his heires shold aquyte warantiȝe and defende the
