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counts for "xx lib. de tensamento de Mathiaco," out of them, the manor of Morimont had been given to the abbey of Beaubec, and Hugh de Massy, during the episcopacy of Rotrou, likewise gave a portion of the tithe to Clair-ruissel, with the consent of Hugh de Gournai, who himself added other benefactions.

The following charters in the archives at

Rouen have reference to these donations in the parish of Massy.

No. 17.

Rotrodus Dei gratia Rothomagensis Archiepiscopus presentibus et futuris salutem. Notum esse volumus universis quod Hugo de Mascy quicquid habebat in decima de Mascy assensu Hugonis de Gornaco in manu mea liberum posuit. Et nos utriusque petitione eandem decimam donavimus in libera et perpetua elemosina dilectis filiabus nostris sanctimonialibus de Fontisebraldi qui morantur apud Goisleni fontem. Ut ergo eam quiete et sine contradictione possideant presenti scripto et sigilli nostri munimine confirmavimus.

No. 18.

Notum sit omnibus presentibus et futuris quod ego Hugo de Gornaio dedi et concessi in perpetua elemosina ecclesie Beate Marie Claririvuli pro salute anime mee et antecessorum meorum quandam masuram in villa de Masci, absque ulla consuetudine tenendam et in perpetuum habendam. Et ut ratum et inconcussum permaneat, et predicte moniales ibidem Deo servientes predictam masuram libere et quiete possideant, cartam istam sigilli nostri

* Tensamentum, the tax paid for protection by the vassal to the lord.

munimine fecimus roborari. Super his autem testes adfuerunt Johannes de Hosdenc, Guillelmus de Bezencourt, Nicholaus Fruissel et alii.

No. 19.

Notum sit omnibus tam presentibus quam futuris quod ego Hugo de Gornaio sanctimonialibus de Claro-fonte in perpetuam elemosinam apud Mascheium juxta Quesquanium + VIII. acras terre concessi pro anima mea et pro animabus patris et matris mee concessi et dedi. Sciendum est quod mihi propter illam terram VII. libras Andegavensium dederunt et annuatim decem solidos ejusdem moneti reddant.

Testes, Johannes de Hosdenc et Warnerius de Hosdenc, Warnerius de Malneio, Warnerius le Camberlene, Willelmus de Belliere.

No. 20.

Hugo de Gornaio omnibus hominibus salutem. Sciant tam futuri quam presentes quod ego Hugo de Gornaio dedi et concessi in perpetuam elemosinam ecclesie Sancte Marie de Claro-Rivulo et sanctimonialibus ibidem Deo servientibus quidquid habeo redditus in molendino comitis de sub Belsalt, et redditum decem solidorum Andegavensium quos ipse predicte sanctimoniales mihi debebant apud Macheium de terra des Les Hayes, et moutam‡ de decimis Mæcheii, et predictis sanctimonialibus in perpetuum dedi et concessi illas moutas scilicet que eis pertinent. Quod ut ratum et immobile permaneat per presentem chartam impressione sigilli mei corroboratam confirmavi. Testes Johannes de Hosdenc, Garnerus de Hosdenc, Guillelmus de Bellaria, Gilbertus de Tillia, Gilbertus de Boellis.

+ Le Quesnoy is a hamlet of Massy.

Mouta or molta, mill tax.

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APPENDIX XXI.

deed of giFT OF THE MANOR OF SWATHINGS IN NORFOLK, TO ROBERT THE BURGUNDIAN, FROM HUGH DE GOURNAI IV. DATED AT LA FERTÉ.

No. 1.

Vitis Calthorpiana, Harl. MSS. 970. Brit. Mus.

Hugo Senior de Gorneio omnibus hominibus Francis et Anglis atque universis fidelibus salutem. Notum esse volo tam presentibus quam futuris quod donavi Roberto Burgundensi manerium de Swathings cum omnibus pertinentibus suis in ecclesiis, in boscis, in planis, in aquis, et in cunctis aliis rebus in feodo et hereditariè, ipsi et heredibus suis, tenendum de me et heredibus meis libere et quiete ab omnibus servitiis et exactionibus, statuto redditu 20s. sterling pro omnibus omnino servitiis et exactionibus. Hoc autem dedi illi pro homagio et servitio suo. Et ipse mihi pro recognitione donavit equum. Testibus Geraldo Calebut, Willelmo de Sancto Carseneto, &c. Hæc donatio facta erat apud Feritatem coram hominibus meis.

No. 2.

Confirmation of the above by Hugh de Gournay Junior or V. to Hugh, the son of Robert the Burgundian. Dated at the house of Robert Burnel, at Neufchatel de Dreincourt. Ibidem.

Hugo de Gorney filius Hugonis de Gorney omnibus hominibus suis, Gallicis et Anglicis,

* Junior does not necessarily imply, in the life-time of his father, but the second of the name, coming one after the other. Saint Louis, Louis the IXth., was frequently called Louis Junior, or Le Jeune, as succeeding Louis VIIIth. See M. Deville's Account of St. George de Boucherville, p. 73.

salutem. Notum facio presentibus et futuris quod ego reddidi et concessi et dedi et hac carta confirmavi Hugoni Burgundensi filio Roberti Burgundensis manerium de Swathings cum omnibus pertinentibus suis sicut pater suus de me tenuit, scilicet in ecclesiis, in terris, in boscis, in planis, in aquis, et molendino et in pasturis et omnibus aliis rebus que pertinent ad manerium in feodo et hereditario sibi et hereribus suis tenendum de me et heredibus meis libere et quiete reddendo inde annuatim statuto redditu de 20 solidis sterling pagandum ad festum Sancti Ylderverti pro omnibus servitiis et exactionibus. Testibus Alveredo de Sancto Martino, Willelmo de Hoecourt, Lodovico de Gournai, Thoma de Gorney, Roberto de Mor. timer; et facta erat charta hæc in domo Radulphi Burnell apud Novum-castellum de Drien

cour.

No. 3.

Confirmation of the above by King Henry II. Henricus Dei gratia Rex Anglorum, et Dominus Normannorum et Aquitaniæ et Andegaviæ, archiepiscopis, episcopis, comitibus, baronibus, vicecomitibus et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis me ad petitionem Roberti Burgundensis concessisse et presenti charta mea confirmasse Hugoni filio ipsius Roberti donationem quam ipse Robertus pater suus ei fecit consilio et assensu meo de terra sua de Swathings quam idem Robertus ei dedit, &c. ut supra. Datum apud Claret, &c.

That these Burgundians were among the number of the vassals of the Gournays in

Normandy is proved by the foundation charters of the abbey of Beaubec, and priory of Clairruissel. William le Bourguignon is mentioned in that of the former, (App. XVIII. p. 100,) as holding lands near Massy, and in that of Clairruissel by Hugh de Gournay and Melisandra his wife, amongst the gifts added to the foundation, "Ex donatione hominum nostrorum," is, "Ex dono Aelelmi Burgundensis et Haewise uxoris sue pro filia sua Erembure, totam terram quam habebat in Mesnillo-Aelelmi, &c." (App. XX. p. 112.) Robert le Bourguignon, to whom Hugh de Gournay IV. gave the manor of Swathings or Hardingham in Norfolk, founded a hospital at Neufchatel, in Normandy.* He was buried in the chapel of this hospice, which was destroyed in the French Revolution, but

the head of his effigy was found amongst the ruins, and is preserved in the museum at Neufchatel.

The documents above cited give us four of this family apparently in succession:

William le Bourguignon held lands near Massy about 1147.

Aelelmus, or Aleaume le Bourguignon gave all his land at Mesnil-Aleaume to Clairruissel before 1164.

Robert le Bourguignon, to whom Hugh de Gournay IV. gave manor of Swathings, founded hospital at Neufchatel, temp. Hen. II.

Hugh le Bourguignon, son of Robert, to whom Hugh de Gournay V. gave manor of Swathings, temp. Hen. II.

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CHARTER OF HUGH DE GOURNAY IV. CONFIRMING THE GIFT OF PAIN OF WELLEBOF TO THE ABBEY OF ST. SAUVEUR. FROM THE CHARTULARY OF ST. SAUVEUR, IN POSSESSION OF M. DE GERVILLE OF VALOGNES.

Sciant omnes tam presentes quam futuri quod Ego Hugo de Gornaco concedo et confirmo omnem terram quam dedit Paganus de Wellebof in Novavilla super Depam abbatie

Sancti Salvatoris in Constantino in quo effectus est monachus, sicut concessit Girardus pater meus cum quo porrexit in Jerusalem. Concedo *Duplessis, Haute Normandie, vol. I. p. 148.

etiam quidquid pertinet ad ipsam terram scili- | ex parte mea: Willelmo, Girardo de Mal

cet partem ecclesie, molendini, nemoris et prati

pro anima patris mei et matris mee et anima

mea BEATRICISQUE uxoris mee et Hugonis

chenci, Roberto de Martineio, Gaufrido de Sancto Laurentio. Ex parte Abbatis, Osmundo de Briquebosc, Radulpho Extricardo, Willelmo

filii mei et omnium antecessorum meorum salva | Nigro, Rogero. rectitudine hominum meorum. His testibus

APPENDIX XXIII.

ON THE FAMILIES OF VERMANDOIS AND COUCY.

No. 1.

The ancient Counts of Vermandois were a branch of the Carlovingian race. Bernard King of Italy, grandson of Charlemagne, who lost his kingdom and his life in his rebellion against his uncle Lewis le Debonnaire, had a son Pepin Lord of Peronne, whose son Herbert was first Count of Vermandois; from him descended Herbert fourth Count of Vermandois, who had a son an idiot, and a daughter Adele, who inherited his possessions and was married to Hughes of France, third son of Henry I. King of France, and Anne of Russia his Queen. One of the daughters of this marriage was Beatrix wife of Hugh de Gournay; the son was Raoul Count of Vermandois, who married first Alianor sister of Thibauld fourth Count of Champagne, whom he repudiated at the instance of Lewis le Jeune, and hence the war between that king and the Count of Cham

* Perhaps this witness Willelmus, without any addition, may be some near relation of Hugh the donor. Probably William, father of Matthew de Gournay. See Part II. of this Record.

pagne. Raoul married secondly Petronilla de Guienne, sister of the celebrated Alianor, successively wife of Lewis le Jeune and King Henry II. of England. He was one of the regents of France when his cousin and brotherin-law Lewis went to the Holy Land in 1147. The son of this Raoul died without children, and his daughters divided the inheritance. The Carlovingian line of this royal house of Vermandois are said to have borne for arms,

Chequy or and azure; the Capetian race, Chequy or and azure, with a chief of France.†

† Pere Anselme's Hist. Geneal. de France, vol. i. pp. 48 and 531; Moreri's Dict. Supplement, art. Vermandois; Sismondi, Hist. des Français, vol. v. pp. 262 and 324; L'Art de Verifier les Dates.

PEDIGREE OF VERMANDOIS.
Charlemagne, Emperor of the West, 800.

Lewis the Debonnaire, Emperor of the West,
Ancestor of the Kings of France.

Adelaide.
Atale.
Gundrade.

Bernard, ob. s. p.

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Bernard King of Italy, took arms against his uncle Lewis, N. N. his eyes were put out and he died three days after, 17 April,

818.

IN.

N.

Pepin, Lord of Peronne and St. Quintin, young at his father's death.=
Herbert, 1st of the name Lord of Peronne and St. Quintin, N. N.
killed by the followers of Baldwin Lechauvelt, of Flanders,
in 902.

N. N. wife of Ud-
don, brother of
Herman Duke of
Swabia.
Herbert de Vermandois, Count of Trois et
de Meaux, ob. 993, mar. Ogive of Eng-
land, widow of Charles the Simple, and
left issue.

Herbert 2d, Lord of Peronne and St.
Quintin, Count of Vermandois; im-
prisoned Charles the Simple, King of
France, at Peronne; died in 943.

Robert de Vermandois, mar. Adelaide, dau.
of Gilbert Duke of Bourgoine; left issue.
Eudes de Vermandois, Count of Viennois;
ob. 944, s. p.

Hughes, Archbishop of Reimes.

Hilebrande,
dau. of Ro-
bert Duke
of France.

Alix, wife of Arnould
Count of Flanders.
Leusgarde, 2d wife of
Richard I. Duke of
Normandy, 2d Count
of Tours, Blois, and
Chartres.

Pepin, 1st Count N. N. of Vermandois.

Pepin, 2d N. N.
Count of
Senlis and
Valois.

Albert 1st,
Count of
Verman.
dois, died
very old in
988.

Gerberge de
Loraine,
dau. of Gil-
bert Duke of
| Loraine.

Beatrix, mar. Robert King of France.

Adele, Countess of Valois, mar. Gautier 2nd Count of Vexin and Amiens.

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St. Thibault. Othon Count of Vermandois after his brother, living Pavie. Albert 2d, Count of Ver. Emma. in 1043. mandois, ob. s. p.

Pierre.

1 w. Gertrude. Herbert 4th, Count 2 w. Adele Countess of Cressy and
of Vermandois. Valois, dau. of Raoul 2d Count.

Simon the Insensé, "Imbecile," disinherited; his posterity took the name of St. Simon.

Simon Bishop
of Noyon, died
returning from
Palestine,
1148.

Hughes, a monk, founded the order de la Trinité de la Redemption des Captifs, and was canonized in 1677.

Eudes, called Pied de Loup,
Lord of Ham; left issue.

Adele Countess of Ver-Hugues de France, called the Great; founded the second mandois; she married, race of the Counts of Vermandois; 3d son of Henry I. King 2nd, Renaud Count of of France by his Queen Anne of Russia; died of wounds at Clermont en Beauvosis. Tarsus in Asia Minor 1102.

1 w. Alienor,
sister of Thi-
bault, Count
of Champagne
(repudiated).

Raoul, called Le Jeune et le Lepreux, ob.1163, s. p.

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Raoul I. Count 2 w. Petronilla Henry Lord Mahaut, mar. to Raoul Seigneur

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Elizabeth Countess
of Valois, wife of
Philip d'Alsace,
Count of Flanders,
died in 1182.

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Eleanor, Countess of St. Quintin et
Dame de Valois, mar. 1st, Geofroi
de Haynault, Count of Osnavant;
2nd, William fourth, Count of Ne-
vers; 3d, Matthew d'Alsace, Count
of Bologne; 4th, Matthew Count
of Beaumont sur Oise.

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