Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham : being grassmen's accounts and other parish records, together with documents relating to the hospitals of Kepier and St. Mary Magdalene.

  • St. Giles (Parish : Durham, England)
Date:
1896
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Credit: Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham : being grassmen's accounts and other parish records, together with documents relating to the hospitals of Kepier and St. Mary Magdalene. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    DOCUMENTS RELATING TO S. MARY MAGDALEN HOSPITAL. I. Composition between the Convent of Durham AND Kepyer Hospital.^ [Durham Treasury, 6'° ^'^ Elemos., No. 12]. Hospitale S. Mariae Magd. juxta Kipyer. Radulfus de Elvet monacus procurator hospitalis Sancti Egidii de Kipyer et fratres ejusdem loci omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit aeternam in Domino salutem. Noverit uni- versitas vestra quod cum aliqua esset contencio inter Priorem et Conventum Dunelmensis ecclesiae et nos de terra nostra de Aymundestun et de Hurtheworthe quam Gilbertus Haunsard nobis dedit ad sustentacionem unius capellani qui pro defunctis imperpetuum divina celebraret in excambium medietatis villae de Chyrtun in Nortumbria quae quondam fuit Johannis de Hameldun et quam idem Johannes cum quibusdam aliis terris dedit Priori et Conventui Dunelmensis ecclesiae ad sustentacionem trium sacerdotum qui divina celebrarent imperpetuum, Ita tamen quod Henricus et Walterus fratres ejus et eorum heredes dictarum terrarum firmarii essent feudarii et dictis Priori et Conventui Dunelmensis Ecclesiae redderent novem marcas annuas inde ad dictum servicium faciendum, et idem Prior et Conventus Dunelmensis ecclesiae illud servicium recusarent faciendum, et sic ad nos verteretur excambium medietatis villae de Chyrton, scilicet terra de Aymundeston et de Hurtheworthe per Radulfum de Elvet monacum procuratorem nostrum. [Il/ico autemP] per G. Haunsard et Walterum de Hameldun tandem inter nos amicabilis intervenit composicio in hunc modum, scilicet quod nos unanimi voluntate et consensu concessimus et dedimus Priori et Conventui Dunelmensis ecclesiae redditum annuum trium marcarum convertendum in pios usus per manum elemosinarii sui pro anima dicti ''^h^P^'PO^t of this document, with its importance as throwine light on the ongm of S Mary Magdalen Hospital, has been noted in the Introduchon under Hospital of S. Mary Magdalen. Its date (not given) appears to have been before the middle of the thirteenth century ^ ^