Home>>>History of the Manor>>> The charter of Milo, Constable of Gloucester:
Milo, Constable of Gloucester, to Simon, by the grace of God, Bishop of Worcester, and to Robert, Bishop of Hereford, and to all the Barons of Worcestershire and Herefordshire, and all the faithful of holy church, greetings. We will it to be known to all people present and to come, that I, for the good of my soul, and of the souls of my ancestors, have by the hand of Robert, Bishop of Hereford, given to God and St. Mary, and to the Canons of the church of Llanthony, in perpetual alms, the church of Burchelle with all benefits thereunto belonging, one hide in Gloucester free from all services, a meadow called Castlemead, the tithes of hay of the meadow of Prestenham, the tithes of all fish in the water and mill of Quedesse, and in the moat round the castle, the church of St. Owen with all its appurtenances. These particulars following are appurtenant to the said church, and were given by my ancestors, Roger of Gloucester and Walter the Constable; to wit, a chapel within the castle, a small piece of land upon the bank of Severn to find a light to the said chapel; all offerings which shall be made by the keepers of the tower, and of the castle, and of the Barons residing there; a moiety of all offerings given by myself or my family if my chaplain shall be present, but the whole of my offerings if my chaplain shall be absent; also the chapel of St. Kyneburg, and all the parish in the hand of the Constable within the south gate, and all the parish without the said gate, and all the land which Roger de Tochelem and Richard the chaplain held within the said gate or without; the tithes of all the fish taken in the fishery under the castle; the chapel of Heccamstude, with the tithes of all the villains in all things; the chapel of Quedresse, with the tithes of the demeans and all things, and the tithes of all the villains in all things, and a small piece of land to collect the tithes; two parts of the tithes of Caldecot in all things, all the tithes of Wadon, all the tithes of the manor of Brocrup in all things, and of all the villains, with a small parcel of land to collect the tithes; all the tithes of the manor of Longford, and the tithes of the orchard of Covesl; all the tithes in the manor of Suthan in all things, and a small parcel of land to collect them; all the tithes of Hide in Gloucester in all things, two parts of the tithes of the manor of Bernington in all things, two parts of the tithes in Coleburn Sampson two parts of the tithes of Elias Loholt of Colesborn; the chapel of Elmor, with all the tithes of the demeans in all things, with all the tithes of the villains, with a small parcel of land to collect the tithes; two parts of the tithes of Cerney, all the tithes of Cuckerton’ the church of Tocheham, with its appurtenances; all the tithes of the manor of Tocheham, with its appurtenances; half the all the manor of Lotheridge and of the manor of Cireton; all the tithes of Sutgrove Restald. And I made the grant of all the said tithes to the Canons of Llanthony of the church of St. Mary at Gloucester, upon the same day and hour as the church was dedicated, in the year of our Lord 1137. Witnesses; Simon, Bishop of Worcester, Robert, Bishop of Hereford, Robert Abbot of Tewkesbury, Serlo, Abbot of Cirencester, William de Mara, William De Bercale, Alan son of Main, Roger son of Richard, Richard Wicet, Roger Wicet Roger de Tocheham.
Afterwards I gave unto them the church of Berton near Winchester, with half a hide of land belonging to it; both of which were part of my fee, descended to me from my ancestors, and now in my possession. And in the year 1141, being at Bristol, and being made consul thereof, I game them the manor of Hethamstede, with the meadows and all its appurtenances by land or by water, free and discharged from all service and custom, in as full and free manner as my father or self did at any time hold the same. This donation I and my wife Sybille, and my sons Roger, Walter and Henry, did make in the church of the Canons of Gloucester. Roger, who is now married, took an oath upon the alter of St. Mary, and upon the four evangelists, that he would never hereafter give them any disturbance concerning that manor, and would never do them any damage or diminution in anything, either by himself or any other; and my son Walter took the same oath. This was some days after my return from Bristol, in the presense and attested by my said sons, by Drogo the steward, Robert Corbet, William de Bercale, Aan son of Main, Hugh de Heseley, Turstin son of Simon, William Britton, Roger the Little, Radulph Avenel, Walter de Broseley, Robert son of Hugh. The witnesses to the first donation at Bristol were the Empress, Robert, Earl of Gloucester, Brien son of the Earl, Robert son of Martin. I likewise gave them half the fishery at Haspool which belongs to the said manor, with the fishing-places on one side or the other belonging to it. And not long after, I gave unto them the other moiety of that fishery, by delivering a golden ring upon the alter, in the same church; which I did in gratitude for the recovery of my son Roger. Two years afterwards, when my son Walter lay sick with them, I then gave them a meadow in Elmore, which Roger of Tocheham had granted out of a grove; and in this gift I particularly assigned a rent to find a light before the body of our Lord upon the alter, as I had promised them before, and had made also a vow unto God.
