by Jill Blackwell Hughes, BA Thesis submitted to the University of ...

920 (1236. ]1 Copy of a charter of Br. Andrew,
prior, and the cony. of Norton to Hugh son of Hugh
de Dotton and his heirs
[1] granting all the dead wood from Brewood to
give or sell, saving forever to the house and
brothers all the necessities for building and
burning by view of his forester without other
hindrance of the forester and without the
destruction of the wood;
[2] remitting all their rights of common in
'Hulteleth' wood, except for 60 pigs and 60
cattle;
[3] providing a chaplain to celebrate mass forever
at Poolsey and one lamp burning at mass and at the
service for the souls of his father and mother,
their ancestors and heirs;
[4] granting an adequate right of way for all
necessities without loss of corn and hay unless
some other loss should occur;
[5] remitting the five marks which they were
demanding for his father's will and which he was
obliged to pay.
Witnesses, J(ohn] de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, Roger
de Cestr', Henry de Longchamp, Geoffrey son of
Adam de Dotton, Geoffrey de Clifton, Gilbert de
Lymme, Graham de Lostok, Hubert, parson of
Donington, William, lord of Desborough, Ranulf
Starki, William the clerk and many others.
PRIVENIENDO CAPELLANO IN CAPELLA DE PULLISHEY2
PULLISHEY.
3 Omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis
frater Andreas prior de Norton et ejusdem loci
conventus salutem.
(1] Noverit universitas vestra nos dedisse et hac
1. For the date see J. P. Greene, Norton Priory
(Cambridge, 1989), pp. 9,10; G. Ormerod, The
History of the County Palatine and City of
Chester, 2nd edn., ed T. Helsby, 2 vols. (London,
1882), i, pt. ii, p. 643; an Andrew occurs as
prior of Norton 1224-31 and 26 August 1238, see
The Heads of Religious Houses in England and
Wales, 940-1216, ed. D. Knowles, C. N. L. Brooke
(Cambridge, 1972), p. 178; MRA, no. 529; VC
Chester, iii, p. 170; John de Lacy was recognised
as earl of Lincoln on 22 November 1232 and died 22
July 1240, see HBC, p. 470; DNB, xi, p. 380.
2. 'Pullishey' crossed through.
3. 'Priveniendo... Pullishey' added by a later hand
and crossed through in red ink or pencil.
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