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Dispute about the Church of Frome

1197 1Acc Reg 215

1 deed

The item records a dispute between Richard dean of Salisbury on the one part, and W de Witefeld and his wife Matilda de Monasteriis on the other, about the church of Frome which the said Dean claimed belonged to the prebend of Cermenister [Cherminster]. The right of patronage of the said church of Frome was to remain with the said W and Matilda and their heirs, as it had belonged to Matilda's predecessors from ancient times. When the church was vacant the said W and Matilda were to present a suitable person to the said Dean and his successors canons of Cherminster. And the said church of Frome would have the right of burial of its parishioners in its cemetery, as granted by Bishop Herbert and with the agreement of the Dean. The church would receive oil and [myrrh] from the church of Cherminster. Furthermore any ecclesiastical cause which arose in Frome would be dealt with before the said Dean and his successors the canons of Cherminster [?as if before the Archdeacon]. The parsons and chaplains serving in the church would swear canonical obedience to the Dean and his successors canons of Cherminster. W and Matilda for the salvation of their souls and those of their ancestors gave 6 acres of the manor of Frome in Lichforlag to the church of Cherminster in alms and confirmed it with their charter. For greater security of the agreement, both the Dean and W and Matilda appended their seals, and at the petition of both parties, so did the Chapter. The witnesses were D[aniel] de Longo Campo canon of Salisbury, John chaplain of the Dean, Richard de Mapald[a], Robert Belet and Ralph his son, Turstin the priest, Philip Crubbe, Walter de Walt[er], Roger C[?atte], Reginald Loke, Robert de Monasteriis, Nicholas, William the baker, Ralph, servants, William de Witefeld etc.

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Material: parchment

Poore, Richard
de Longo Campo, Daniel
de Monasteriis, Matilda
Bere and Cherminster