Consecration, 1138/9 Consecration of Godstow by Alexander, bishop of Lin|coln, built by Edyve with her own money, in presence of King Stephen and his queen. Recital of early benefactions, including (not mentioned in separate deeds) gifts by the following:— Matilda of Boulogne, queen consort; prince Eus|tace; arch|bishop Theo|bald; Herebert, Abbot of West|minster; In|gulph, abbot of Abingdon; John of St. John, in Wolvercote; Milo of Glou|cester; Oxford city; Seuar, of Oxford. Confirmation by the pope's legate by the primate and his suffragans. Anathema against violators. Grant of in|dulgence. Confirma|tion by the mother church of Lincoln.
THE sentence of thys letter testimonial makyth mension that Alexander, busshop of lincolne, dedified [In all these deeds the Exchequer MS. (Latin) has the first person, and is there|fore much clearer. Here the English version is very brief. There is no word exactly corresponding to this: the nearest phrase being 'misterium dedicationis.'] and halowed the chyrche of Godstowe the yer of our lord anno Mo. C. xxxviij., the fowrthe yer of the reygne of kynge Stephyn, the tyme of Edyue Abbas, that noble modyr, that [The Latin gives more prominence to the co-operation of benefactors contemporary with the foundress: 'loci illius ecclesiam proprio sumptu et labore collatisque fide|lium elemosinis . . . a primo lapide pru|denter edificavit.'] with hyr propur labour costys and almys edified the sayd churche in the honour of oure lady and seynt Iohn Baptist fro the fyrst ston, beynge present the seyd kynge Stephyn and hys quene Matild, with mony erels, barons, lordys, & busshoppys in the seyd lettyr rehersyd.
Also it makyth mension of the grete yftys that the seyd lordys indowyd the seyde churche. The kynge grawntyd, of hys propur lorshyp, C. shillings valour in land in the [folio II(14)] stret callyd walton; Also Matild the quene, x. mark worth lande; Also Ewstachius her son, yerly C. shillings in money, vn-to the tyme that he myht purchas so moche land & valour; Also Theobald, busshop of Cawntyr|bury in lifelode, C. shillings; Also the seyd alisawnder, busshop of lincolne, of the tol of Banbury ȝerly C. shillings; Also Robert, busshop of exetur, yerly xl. shillings, viz. xx. shillings in a pension of seynt Mari chyrch of Glowcetur I-callid the Crist, & xx. shillings in a pension of the churche of farindon in hampton-shyre; Also Roger, busshop of Salisbury, a mylle I-callyd boye-mille with the lande that lyeth ther-to; Also the Abbot of Westmynster, yerly lx. shillings; Also Ingulf, the Abbot of Abendon, lx. shil|lings; Also John of seynt John, a mille of iiij lj. of rent in wlgarcote, & the mansions of ij men with the pertin|ence, & a parcel of land a-fore the yate of the forseyd chyrch in the yland that lyeth bytwene ij. waters, & half
