circa 1204 X circa 1208
Durham Cathedral Archives, Durham
From People of Medieval Scotland
Omnibus sancte matris eccllesie fidelibus clericis et laicis tam presentibus quam futuris Rodbertus . dei gratia| sanctiandree episcopus salutem . Notum sit uobis omnibus quod nos concessimus et quantum ad episcopalem aucto-|ritatem pertinet presentis carte attestatione et munimine confirmauimus donationem illam| quam Gospatric frater Dolfini concessit et dedit in perpetuam elemosinam deo et sancto Cuthberto et mona-|chis ipsius . scilicet Hederham cum ecclesia . et uilla que dicitur Nesbit . cum aquis . pratis et pascuis et molendi-|nis et omnibus aliis rebus que ad easdem uillas pertinent sicut carta Regis et carta Gospatrici testantur .| Notum quoque sit uobis omnibus quod nos episcopali auctoritate et presentis carte munimine concessimus| et confirmauimus deo et sancto Cuthberto et monachis ipsius ecclesiam de Swintun et ecclesiam de Fiswic| in perpetuam elemosinam . Et hoc fecimus prece et consilio uenerabilium fratrum nostrorum Rodberti prioris sancti| Andree . Thoma prioris de Scona . Osberti prioris de Gedewrtha . Osberti prioris de sancta Cruce . Ade capel-|lani regis de Rochesburh . et multorum aliorum nobiscum residentium in sinodo que sedit apud Berwic| . viii . kal’ Nouembris . Anno ab incarnacione domini . Mo . Co . Lo .
To all the faithful of holy Mother Church, clerk and lay, as well present as future, Robert, by the grace of God bishop of St Andrews, sends greeting. Be it known to you all that we have granted and, so far as it belongs to episcopal authority, have made firm by the testimony and guarantee of the present charter the donation which Cospatric brother of Dolfin granted and gave in everlasting alms to God and Saint Cuthbert and his monks, that is, Edrom with the church, and the toun which is called Nisbet, with waters, meadows and pastures and mills, and all other things that belong to the same touns, just as the charter of the King and of Cospatric bear witness. Be is also known to you all that we, by episcopal authority, have granted and made firm to God and to Saint Cuthbert and to his monks, the church of Swinton and the church of Fishwick, in perpetual alms. And this we have made by the prayer and counsel of our venerable brothers, Robert the prior of St Andrews, Thomas the prior of Scone, Osbert the prior of Jedburgh, Osbert the prior of Holyrood, Adam the king's chaplain at Roxburgh, and many others residing with us at the synod which sat at Berwick on the 8th of the kalends of November [25 October], in the year of the Lord's incarnation, 1150.
