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 178 Readings in European History 79. Record of a grant made by Abbot Fari- tius to Robert, a knight. SO. The count of Champagne grants a fief to the bishop of Beauvais (1167). 81. Ponsof Mont-Saint- Jean be- comes the man of the countess of Champagne by accept- ing a money fief. Abbot Faritius also granted to Robert, son of William Mauduit, the land of four hides in Weston which his father had held from the former's predecessor, to be held as a fief. And he should do this service for it, to wit : that whenever the church of Abingdon should perform its knight's service he should do the service of half a knight for the same church ; that is to say, in castle ward, in military service beyond and on this side the sea, in giving money in proportion to the knights on the capture of the king, and in the rest of the services which the other knights of the church perform. He also did homage to the same abbot. This land previously did the service of three weeks yearly only. In the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, Amen. I, Louis, by the grace of God king of the French, make known to all present as well as to come, that at Mante, in our presence, Count Henry of Champagne conceded the fief of Savigny to Bartholomew, bishop of Beauvais, and his successors. And for that fief the said bishop has made promise and engagement for one knight, and justice and service to Count Henry ; and he has also agreed that the bishops who shall come after him will do likewise. In order that this may be understood and known to posterity, we have caused the present charter to be corroborated by our seal. Done at Mante, in the year of the Incarnate Word 1167; .present in our palace those whose names and seals are ap- pended : seal of Count Thiebault, our steward ; seal of Guy, the butler; seal of Matthew, the chamberlain ; seal of Ralph, the constable. Given by the hand of Hugh, the chancellor. I, Pons of Mont-Saint-Jean, make known to all, both pres- ent and future, that since I have long been the man of my beloved Lady Blanche, countess of Champagne, for twenty pounds assigned to the fair at Bar, and since later both the countess and my dear lord have added other twenty pounds assigned to the same fair and gave me three hundred pounds in cash, I swore by the saints that I would in good faith aid them and their heirs with my people and fortifications.