Transaction: Bequeathing/will-making, Grant and GiftBeorhtmær 17.bequeathing land to Canterbury, Christ Church

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Description Beorhtmær 17 of Gracechurch (London) to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of reversion of land (at Gracechurch) with All Hallows Church, after the death of his wife, Eadgifu 19, and his sons, Eadmær 13 and Æthelwine 50.
Year 1052 x 1070
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Here is declared in this document the agreement which Beorhtmær of Gracechurch has made with Archbishop Stigand and with Godric the dean and with all the community at Christchurch, Canterbury. He has granted to Christ, to be held by Christchurch after his death and that of Eadgifu his wife and after the death of his children, Eadmær and Æthelwine, the homestead which he occupies and the church of All Hallows with all the endowments which they have bestowed upon it, for the redemption of their souls, on these terms, that the community shall see to it that the service which belongs to the church neither ceases (?) nor falls off in view of the endowments of the church. The witnesses of this are Leofstan the portreeve and Bishop [William] and Æthelwine Stikehare and many other thegns both within the city and without.

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