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 286 ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS FOR THE BIOGRAPHY OF Carta domixi Walteri, Archidiaconi Oxinfordexsis, facta convehtdi de godestow, in dedicacioxe ecclesie." GoDSTOw Cartulary, amo>:gst the Records of the Qcteen's Remembrancer, (Carlton Ride Office,) fol. 5. Walterus, Oxinefordensis Archidiaconus, omnibus fidelibua Sancte Ecclesie salutem. Notifico caritati vestre, quod concessi couTentui de Godestowe, et monialibus ibidem Deo serv'ientibus, omnem libertatem quara Archidiaconus concedere potest, scilicet, ut ab omui Archidiaconali exac- cione, sive aggravacione, ut iu hospiciis exigendis, aut capellanis implacitandis, ceterisve ministris in causam ducendis, libera sit predicta Ecclesia et prorsus quieta. Oleum quoque crisma et sanctum et infirmorum sine exaceione habeat. Abbatissa eciara capellanos suos ponat, et habeat, ita ut ipsa voluerit, ad sinodos sive ad capitula non eant, nee [Archidiacono nec]^ Decano aut eorumdem ministris, nisi voluntarie, respondeant. Capellani quoque sui, si perverse egerint, convocet abbatissa ad ecclesiam suam, vicinos suos elegerit presbiteros, quorum judicio aut corrigat eos, aut eiciat. Curam etiam monialium suarum, absque scitacione alicujus archidiaconi sive decani, habeat. Hujus libertatis si quis temerario ausu violator aut destructor extiterit, perpetui anathematis sentencie subjaceat, nisi resipuerit, et con- dignam satisfaccionem egerit. Hujus rei existunt Testes, Rodbertus, Exoniensis Episcopus ; ■* Ricardus, Abbas Elemosine ; ^ Reginaldus, Abbas Eveshamie,® Walterus, Abbas Egenesham. Ra.dulphus de Monem', Magister Gaufridus Arturus, Rodbertus, Prior Oxinefordensis, Rodbertus capellanus, Ansket' presbiter, Willelmus Capellanus, Reginaldus filius Comitis et fihi sui, Willelmus de Keisur, Humfridus Clericus, Andreas Clericus, Hugo de Keisur, Willelmus filius Walteri, Simon de Gerard' Molend', Xichol' Basset, Nigell' del Broc, Radulphus de Broc, Willelmus filius Godefridi, Willelmus Luvel. ■' The dedication of the church of Godstow took place in the reign of Stephen, in the presence of the King and Queen, Theubald, Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Saruni, Worcester, Exeter, Bath, and Constance, on the Vigil of Easter, a.d. 1138. (April 2.) See the dedication charter of Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, reciting the benefactions made on that occasion, amongst which it is re- corded — " Galterus, Archidiaconus Oxine- fordie, dedit decimam dominii sui de Cudeslaua." — Mon. Angl, new edit, vol. iv., p. 362 ; ex Regist. in Scacc. ex parte Remem. Reg. An English version is also found in the English Register, among the MSS. Rawlinson, in Bodley. ^ These words, apparently requisite to complete the sense of this clause, had probably been omitted by the wTiter of the Cartulary. King Stephen, as appears by his Charter in the Register in the Remem- brancer of the Exchequer's office, gave to the church of Godstow — " De meo proprio doniinio c. solidatas in vico qui dicitm- Waltona." In the ancient manor of Walton, North of Oxford, a name now presers-ed in that of Walton Place, near Worcester College, the church of St. Giles was situated, erected by Alwin, or " El- winus, filius Godegosii," as Rous states, about the time of the Conquest. He appears, however, amongst the donors in the Dedication Charter of the church of Godstow, in 1138, and in that of King Richard I., he is specially named as the Founder of St. Giles's church. This charter of Archdeacon Walter may pro- bably be assigned to that date, circa 1138. Edit. 1128 or 1138. Ob. 1150. 5 Eleemosj-na, le petit Citeaux, a Cis- tercian abbey foimded in 1121, sitnate between Chartres and Blois. Richard occurs Abbot of this house in 1147, till about 1156. Gallia Christ., torn. viii. 1397. Waverley and Tintem were offsets from this abbey. ^ Reginald was Abbot of Evesham ; oh. 1149.
 * Robert Chichester, Bishop of Exeter,