MS. Ch. Berks. 5

Clapcote. Geoffrey the Cook of Wareng’ grants to W⟨allingford⟩ in free alms 7 acres of arable land and all his other land in C⟨lapcote⟩ , lying in ’peecam de W.’ on the North, free of all secular service, ’ego enim et heredes mei eam acquietabimus per officium nostrum in coquina’ ... For this gift made for the souls of Brian fitz-Count , his lord, and the lady Matilda his wife, he has received from the monks 60/-, and his son half a mark. Witnesses: Thomas Balle , Geoffrey de Yvoi , Nicholas son of Turolde , Thomas de Uruvall , Hugh de Yvoi , Ralph of Alu ’b, Hamo Purun , Gilbert Basset , Matthew of Sottewelle , Andrew son of Peter , William son of Richard , James son of Nicholas , Andrew the clerk . ⟨1127–50.⟩