1140s or early 1150s
Durham Cathedral Archives, Durham
From People of Medieval Scotland
Walterus del bois vniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis clericis et laicis salutes in Christo .| Sciant tam posteri quam presentes me dedisse et concessisse et hac mea carta confirmasse| deo et sancto cuhtberto et monachis eius de dunelmo pro salute anime mee et vxoris mee| et antecessorum et successorum meorum tres acras terre in campo de karruderes ad taue-|naus in puram et perpetuam elemosinam liberam et quietam ab omni seculari ser-|uicio et consuetudine et exactione . ita libere et quiete sicuti ulla elemosina liberius| et quiecius ab aliquibus de meis paribus infra regionem scotie alicui sancto datur . His| Testibus . Ricardo filio meo . Alano nepote meo . Radulfo de Wausant . Roberto de| lithum . Padino preposito . Waltero nepote Willelmi de Spaine . Vhtredo de Neutona . et| multis aliis .
Walter del Bois, to all sons of Holy Mother Church, clerk and lay, greeting in Christ. Let present and future know me to have given, granted, and by this my charter to have made firm, to God and Saint Cuthbert, and to his monks of Durham, for the salvation of my soul and of my wife's, and of my ancestors' and successors', three acres of land in the field of Carruthers at 'Tavenaus', in pure and everlasting alms, free and quit from all secular service, custom, and demand, as freely and quitly as any alms is most freely and quitly given to any saint by anyone from my territories within the region of Scotland. With these witnesses, Richard my son, Alan my nephew, Ralph of Wassand, Robert de Lithum, Paitin the provost, Walter the nephew of William of Spain, Uhtred of Newton, and many others.
