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Hubert le Redere de Rydelingfeld to his brother Roger his rights in messuage in the suburbs of Cambridge, towards the nuns' house, which was given to him by William, son of Adam Carpenter. Consideration: Roger gives up to Hubert his rights in the lands they hold jointly of Sewall de Westhawen in the fields of Eye and in a tenement in Beningham they had from Peter Fradsham. Witnesses: John But, Mayor of Cambridge, John Portehors, Hervey Pilet, John de Bouer, Richard Crocheman, Henry Scrivener? (scriptor), Roger Popelot, Peter Mason (Cimentarius) et aliis.

Absolon Ampe leases to Reginald de Fordham his lands in the parish of All Saints lying between that formerly of Ralph Swane and the small lane leading to the river bank, 50 ft and 40 ft on the boundary by 147 ft. Rent: 4s; gersuma: 2 marks of silver. Witnesses: Robert Seman, Andrew de Winepol, Everard, R(ichard?), Eustace, brothers of the above; Michael, son of Ordgar, Hubert, son of Hornman, Richard Crocheman, Richard de Fordham, Gerard Parm[in]t[er]?, Ralph Ydfot, Alan, grandson of Hilgar, Ralph, son of Geoffrey, Ralph de Bramton, Bernard, son of Edei, Richard Potter.

Simon the Chamberlain (Camerarius) of E[ustace], Bishop of Ely, grants the nuns a rent of 2s per annum paid by Hervey son of Eustace of Cambridge and his heirs out of a rent of 11s 6d due from land which Simon bought from William son of Levesune and his mother Thura, between land of Hervey and that of Cuna. Nuns to have the right to distrain for non payment of rent. Witnesses: Hugh de Bodegesham official, Geoffrey chaplain of Dodington, Nicholas official clerk, Eustace de Eye, Robert Engaine, William Merchet, William Bonet, Walter de Aswell, Fulk Crocheman, Morice Russ, Walter son of Scolice (Scolastica?) et multis aliis.

Sturmi, of Cambridge, to the Church of the Blessed Mary, Mother of God, and St Radegund of Grenencroft, and to the nuns serving it, the advowson of the Church of All Saints in the town of Cambridge. Donation made with the consent of his wife and his heirs for the salvation of King Henry (II) and his heirs and for the souls of the faithful departed. Witnesses: Roger, Dean; Robert de St Clement's; Absalon, priest; Nicholas, brother of Hervey; Walter, priest; Peter, priest, son of Geoffrey; Simon, priest; Eudo Pilat; Gilbery de Scretitoner, Robert de Gurnai, Fulk Crocheman, Selid Macherrer, Robert, son of Ordinar de Haverhill; Azo, Sturmi's son in law; Hugh Pilat, Aelard, son of Orgar; John Crocheman, Richard, son of Nicholas; Gaimar; Peter medic.

John, son of Geoffrey Godard, with the consent of Eva, his wife, to the nuns a rent of 2s out of land lying between the land of Andrew de Middleton and the river bank, abutting on the land of Algar de Well and that of John le (Oste), and if he die childless, the reversion of the land to the nuns, except for a small room next the land of the aforesaid Andrew. Also a rent which Richard de Tredde paid him viz. 4d. Witnesses: Thomas Tuilet, Robert de St Edmund's, Eustace, son of Hervey, Master (Magister) Bartholomew, son of Ralph, Nicholas, son of Ralph, Walter Crocheman, John Goging, John Potekin, John Alvevechild, William Tui(let?), Robert Hubert, Childman, Nicholas, his son, John de Berton et aliis.

Prioress Elena and the nuns to Roger le Redere of Cambridge, land between the Nuns's Croft and the land of Henry Scrivener? (scriptor), abutting on the highway and the nuns' land. Rent: 4s. Witnesses: Robert Tuylett, Mayor of Cambridge, Robert Matefrey, Michael Wuleward, Redemichel, Walter de Fulburn, bailiffs, John Porthors, Richard Crocheman, John Goldring et multis aliis.

Prioress Amicia de Driffeld and the nuns give to Richard, son of Walter Crocheman, a tenement between Pilates Lane and land of said Richard Crocheman, abutting on the highway and land of Thomas de Luchefeld. Rent: 6d; consideration: 1 mark. Witnesses: Bartholomew Gogging, Mayor of Cambridge, John Martyn, Richard Laurenz, William Tuylett, William, his son, John Portehors, Henry de Bertun, William Elyot, Hervey Dyer, John Palefreyer, Gerard Attepond, Robert Sarend, John, vicar of All Saints, Thomas, our clerk, Henry, our servant et aliis.

Prioress Elena and the nuns give to Richard Crocheman a messuage between his own land and land formerly held by John le Seenz, abutting on the highway and the land of Durant le Lung. Rent: 4s; gersuma: 2 marks. Witnesses: John But, Mayor of Cambridge, Roger de Weresfeld, Robert de Maddingley, John Palfreyman, Simon de Bradelee, bailiffs, John Martin, Master Thomas Tullyet, Richard Laurence, junior, Robert Mattefrey, Richard Bateman, senior, William Seman, John de Byr, Samuel Goldsmith, Walter Pilat et aliis.

Prioress Milisentia and the nuns give to Ernest Mercer (Mercator) a messuage between land of Cate Crocheman and land formerly of Richard Bulloc, abutting on the highway and on land formerly held by Duront le Lung. Rent: 4s, gersuma: unspecified. Endorsed 'now held by William Horwod'. Witnesses: Thomas Tuylet, Robert de St Edmund's, William Tuylet, Robert Hubert, Anger Russ (Ruffus?), Richard son of Henry, Robert Crocheman, John Goggyng, Thomas Plote, Reginald Serwynt et aliis.

Walter son of Segar, chaplain, acknowledges receipt from Prioress Letitia and the nuns of the land formerly held of them by his father Segar, with the right to assign or to bequeath it by will. Rent: 14d. and 2 capons; gersuma: 1/2 mark (6s. 8d.). Witnesses: Dn. Richard de Histon (25) and Dn. Richard de Stanton, chaplains, John Crocheman, Mychael Malerbe, Walter de Wilburham, William Doy, Gregory son of Edward, Richard son of Jordan, Ralph Marshall.

Maud, daughter of Michael de Wyttlesford, to Henry Martyn, of Wllyngham (sic), clerk in Cambridge, and Alice le Longe Locci (Longleat?), his wife, land in the suburbs of Cambridge, between the land of Richard Mareschal on the west and the land of Warin le Latimer on the East, abutting on the Nuns' croft to the north, which land was formerly held by Clement, son of Joseph Cuttyng of Edywethorp (Edingthorp) from Agnes de Norfolk. Rent: 2s, gersuma: 40s. Witnesses: John Buth, Mayor of Cambridge, John Portehors, Michael Pylat, Richard Bateman, junior, John Gerunde, bailiffs, Richard Crocheman, Hervey Pylat, Roger Pupelat, Roger le Redere, Thomas, clerk of St Radegund, Thomas de Wynepol, clerk, et aliis.

Mariota, widow of Richard de Berton, burgess of Cambridge, to Matilda (Maud), her daughter, a messuage in Milne street (melnestrate), opposite the church, lying between a tenement of Sir (Dominus) Alberic de Saltreya and one of William Pittock, held of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to the north, and a shop and yard in Pyrones Lane to the south, abutting on the east on a tenement of Matilda (Maud) de Walda and one of Derota la Parchiminere, and to the west on the street (Milne St.) and on the yard of the aforesaid shop (the shop and yard are specifically exempted from this gift). Rent: 1d as hagabel and 1d to Mariota. Witnesses: John But, mayor of Cambridge, Thomas Tuylet, Richard Crocheman, John Golding, Stephen Hunne, bailiffs, John Martyn, Bartholomew Gogging, John de Brancketre, Robert le Steresman, Mylo de Trumpington, John Prentyz, John Hockele et aliis.

Richard Porthors of Cambridge for the sake of his soul, and for those of his father John de Berton and his wife Agnes gives to the nuns a rent of 13d for a messuage held of him by John Waubert near the Hospital, lying between messuage formerly of Walter Pilate and the King's Lane. The grant is for the souls of his father and mother, and in payment of arrears of 2s for rent due to the nuns from his late father, John, for a tenement in St Clement's parish. Witnesses: John But, Mayor of Cambridge, Master Thomas Toylet, Richard Laurence, Robert Toylet, Henry Toylet, Bartholomew Gogging, John Martyn, Richard Crocheman, Richard Bateman et aliis.

Alberic, son of Eustace of Madingley, for the souls of himself, his father, his ancestors, his wife Mabil and his heirs, to the nuns of St Radegund 2 acres of his land lying in Madingley fields, of which 4 selions abut on Leford Havedlong between the land of Maurice Russ (Ruffus) of Cambridge and the land of Henry de Berton, formerly belonging to Eustace the Smith; 1 selion abuts on the road to the meadow, lying between the land of Reginald Carpenter and the land of the aforesaid Alberic, and 1 selion abuts on Bernoldsdich, lying between the land of John de Senigey and the land of Walter Blancpain. Witnesses: William de Burdeley, William, his son, Roger Sprot, Hervey Grim, William, his brother, Maurice Russ (Ruffus), Allard __garius, Hervey, son of Eustace, Robert Seman, Adam Weriel, John Crocheman, Richard Atgate (de Porta), Bartholomew Tailur, Geoffrey Potekin, Henry, son of Elias, Geoffrey, son of Eustace, Warin, son of Tangar (or Targar), Astin, son of Eustace, John, son of Robert, Richard, his son, Eustace Smith (faber), John of Seningey, Walter de Coteham et multis aliis.

Margaret, widow of Henry Vivien, to the nuns 2 1/2 acres in Cambridge fields: 1 acre contains a headland and 3 selions lying between the land, which Alice, widow of Richard, son of Jordan, holds on dower, and the land of the Hospital of St John, which formerly belongs to Stephen Cordwainer; of the 1/2 acre 1 rood between Alice's land and that of the Hospital of St John; 1 rood in the same furlong between Alice's land and that of Childman; 1/2 acre between land of Hervey de Newenham, and Childman in Petitesput; one rood abuts on Gretho, between land of Eustace, son of Hervey, and that of Childman; 1 rood abuts on the road to St Neots (Maddingley Rd.), between land of Eustace, son of Hervey, and the hospital of St John. Rent: 3d. Witnesses: Robert Seman, Adam, son of Eustace, Eustace, son of Hervey, Thomas Tuillet, Michael Malherbe, William Pilate, Ralph, son of Henry, John Alvevechild, William Brace, William Chrocheman et aliis.

Simon Godelote and Eleanor (Alianora), his wife, to the church of St Mary the Virgin and St Radegund and its nuns, for the salvation of their souls, their messuage in Cambridge in St Andrew's parish that Simon bought of Geoffrey, son of Orgar (381a, b), lying between the land which Robert Seman holds of the convent of Chikesand and the land of Thomas Taxstede; rent: 2s 6d to Barnwell Priory. Also a shop in Cambridge market, between a shop of Walter Corde and that which Henry, son of Hugh, holds of the donor (i.e. Simon Godelote). Also the moiety of the land in Milne Street, which Alice, daughter of John de Estfled, gave him, extending from the highway to the stream and lying between the land which Ralph Pepergos holds of Reginald de Seldford and that which Algar Brest holds of the Church of Trinity; rent: to the said Alice a pair of gloves, value 1/2d. Also a shop held by Henry, son of Hugh, between a shop belonging to the donor and that of William, son of Henry; rent: to John de Berton 2s. Also: 1 1/2 roods of land at Fartewell that Matilda (Maud), daughter of Baldwin, gave him, lying between land of John Gamel and that of William Lefwin; rent: to the said Maud a pair of gloves, value 1/2d. Also land at Grantchester: 1) 1 1/2 roods in Grantchester fields, given by Everard Atehyl of Grantchester, lying between land of Alberda, widow of the said William, and land of Maud de Cotes, abutting on Fartewell; rent: to Everard a pair of gloves; 2) 2 selions in Smalmad, which he holds from Everard, son of Roger, which two selions were given by the said Maud, daughter of Baldewin; rent: 1d . 3) 1/2 acre in Grantchester fields which Robert, son of Geoffrey of Caxton, gave him, the and lies between land of William de Fasington and land of John de Ferknes, and abutting on land of Roger de Neunam; rented to the said Robert: 1d. 4) 1 selion in Grantchester fields in Smalemade, between 2 selions of Maud, daughter of Baldwin, which was given by Everard, son of Roger; rent to the said Everard: 1/2d. 5) 1/2 acre in the same field, lying between land of Peter, chaplain, and Long Ditch, which he had from William, son of Alan Edward, one side abutting on land formerly of the Earl of Pembroke, the other abutting on Fulbrook; rent to the said William: 1d. Also 1/2 rood in Cambridge fields, which he had from Maud, daughter of the late Hugh Kirman, lying between land of Ralph, son of Henry, and abutting on Copper Cross, by a tenure of Walter Sissard; hagabel 1/2d. Witnesses: Roger de Wykes, John le Rus, Robert de St Edmunds, Thomas Tuyllet, William Tuyllet, Nicholas Childman, Walter Crocheman, William de Neu[n]ham, Ernest Mercer (Mercator) et aliis.

Walter Scissart to the nuns the land which he bought of Robert, son of Ormar in St Benet's parish; also land in St John's parish which he bought of Hildebrand Gabart. Rent: to the heirs of Robert, son of Ormar, 6d, for the tenement in St Benet's parish; to the King 2d for the tenement in St John's parish. Witnesses: Fabian, priest, Simon, priest, Hervey, son of Eustace, Robert Seman, Richard Crocheman, provost, Hervey, son of Martin, Michael, son of Hervey, Geoffrey, son of Ralph, William, son of Edward, William, son of Scolace, Maurice, son of Maurice, et multis aliis.

William de Nunancurt to John Crocheman the land in St Michael's parish Walter Punch holds of him, lying between the land of St Michael's church and that which Maurice, son of Alberic, holds of the monks of Ely. Gersuma: 10s and to his wife a gown; rent: 26d. Witnesses: Fulk Crocheman, Richard de Spotingdon, Richard Crocheman, Roger de Nunancurt, ___, son of Richard, Robert le Waleis, Everard de Winepole, Simon de Wigehale, Benedict de London et aliis.