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(Cartulaire de l’abbaye de Saint–Père de Chartres, ed. M. Guérard. [2 vols. Paris, 1840], II, pp 391-2, CAPITULUM CLXXVII) [Before
1150] [Nota Bene: The new material herein is under Copyright.] De anniversario
abbatis Udonis. Brother Udo, Abbot of the monastery of St. Peter of Chartres makes known to all present and future by this charter that, by the common consent of all, in the chapter of the monks, it has been done and confirmed that, at the end of his present life, there shall be a solemn celebration of the anniversary of his death each year, including a splendid feast for the brothers. To pay for
this, a rent of 35s. which this church has on a vinyard in the place
called Barbou, which vinyard came from the family
property of the Abbot and had been given, on his council, by his uncle
William when he came to St. Peter’s to become a monk.[1] If this
revenue is not enough to pay for the feast, then 14s. from the rent
which the monks have from Udo’s worldly brother, Haimeric (Chenard)
on the market of Chartres shall be used, as well as 10s. rent on the
port of Conflans(sur-Seine?) which the abbey also has each year from Mabilia,
mother of the monk Guido. And if, incredibly, the rent from the vinyard and that from the market and that from the port should not be enough to pay for this feast, then the alms which the refectory of the monks possesses from the ovens, vinyards and mills of Orléans shall be used. This is decreed and confirmed in the Chapter of the monks, by the Authority of Almighty God –Father, Son and Holy Spirit– and of Maria, the most Glorious Mother of God, and of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of our most Holy Master Benedict and of all the Saints, and by our own Authority. In nomine sancte et individue Trinitatis, Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Ego frater Udo, abbas humilis monasterii sancti Petri Carnoti, et omnes quibus, auctore Deo, presideo fratres, tam futuris quam presentibus, scripto presenti notum fieri volumus, quod communi assensu et benivolentia omnium, in capitulo nostro statutum sit et confirmatum, quatinus, postquam vite presentis consummavero cursum, nostrum per annos singulos sollempniter celebretur anniversarium. Statutum etiam in eodem capitulo est et confirmatum, ut semper in die anniversarii nostri splendida refectio paretur fratribus de XXV solidis census quos de quadam vinea, quam ego ecclesie nostre annuatim habemus. Est autem vinea ista apud locum qui Barbou [392] vocatur sita; est etiam de patrimonio nostro: Guillelmi enim avunculi nostri fuit, qui, per consilium nostrum, apud [nos] ad monachatum venit. Si autem hujus vinee census aliquo modo creverit, quantumcunque magnus fuerit, totus semper ad anniversarium nostrum faciendum servabitur, nec quicquam de eo unquam, nisi in anniversario nostro, expendetur. Si vero occasione aliqua contigerit, ut census predictus de vinea ista haberi non possit, XIIII solidi census quos, in Carnotensi foro, de elemosina Haimerici, fratris nostri carnalis, annuatim habemus, et X solidi quos similiter habendos singulis annis Mabilia, mater Guidonis monachi nostri, in portu quem apud Confluentium habet donavit nobis, sumentur, et in die anniversarii nostri ex eis fratribus refectio queretur. Et si, quod nunquam fieri posse credimus, evenerit, ut nec de predicte vinee censu, nec de illo quem in foro habemus censu, nec de solidis X quos habemus in portu, refectio fratribus parari possit, de elemosina quam apud Aurelianis in furnis, vineis et molendinis, providentie nostre et consilio et auxilio, ecclesia nostra amissam recuperavit, cellerario coquine XXV solidi tribuentur, unde fratres abundanter et splendide reficiantur. Actoritate Dei omnipotentis
Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, et gloriose Dei genitricis Marie,
et beatorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli, et sanctissimi magistri nostri
Benedicti, omniumque sanctorum et nostra actoritate, hoc in capitulo
nostro confirmatum et in perpetuum servandum decrevimus et instituimus,
omnibus idem volentibus et confirmantibus. Si quis autem unquam hanc
institutionem nostram violare temptaverit, Deo et sanctis ejus et
nobis omnibus inobediens erit, et sciat in tremendi judicii die se
pro inobedientia sua esse dampnandum, nisi inobedientiam per penitentiam
et congruam satisfactionem correxerit. CSP 341 [Ibid.,
p. 341, "CAPITULUM CXIII.]
[Apparently
datable only by the abbacy of Abbot William, 1101-1129. However, it
is of interest that another nephew of this William Pullus,
Udo —who was soon to become the sucessor of Abbot William—
is not mentioned in this act, neither in its text, nor among the witnesses
to it, even though Abbot Udo later claimed (in CSP391-2, above) that
he had been responsible (per
consilium nostrum) for his uncle's gift. It is tempting,
therefore, to see this act as being, somehow, part of the causal chain
which led to the election of Udo, in which case we might place it
in the last years of Abbot William, near 1129.] De arpenno et quadrante vinee apud Barbou, Before 1129, William Pullus, canon of St. Mary of Chartres, ill and near death, wishing to become a monk, gave St. Peter’s of Chartres an arpent and a quarter of vinyard at the place called “Barbou,” located between the burg of St. Peter’s and the burg of St. Martin’s of Chartres. His nephews, Godfrey, Haimeric and Garin came to the chapter of the monks and, in the presence of Abbot William, consented to this gift and (swore to) defend it against all claims. Presentibus et futuris hujus cenobii fratribus notum esse volumus, quod Guillelmus, agnomine Pullus, sancte Marie canonicus, quem infirmum et morti proximum suscepimus et monachum fecimus, dedit nobis unum agripennum vinee et unum quadrantem, inter burgum sancti Petri et burgum sancti Martini de Valle, in loco qui dicitur Barbo; nepotibus suis Gaufrido, Haimerico, Garino, in capitulo nostro, in presentia domni Guillelmi abbatis, concedentibus, et defensionem suam adversus omnem calumpniam pollicentibus Hujus concessionis testes sunt: Suggerius, Rainaldus de Bercheriis, Frodo pelliparius, Albertus carpentarius, Sanccio, Rainaldus lavandarius, Benevenit, Durandus pistor. Hii sunt testes concessionis Gaufridi et Haimerici. Concessionis autem Garini, non enim simul concesserunt, sunt hii testes: ex parte illius, Haldricus miles, de Braiolo; ex parte nostra, Boschetus, Odo pistor, Belinus, Rainaldus pistor, Wasco, Rainaldus. [1] The donation of the cens of the vinyards of Barbou is recorded in a notice which purports to be from the time of Udo’s predecessor, Abbot William (1101-1130; CSP 341, transcribed below). It is perhaps interesting to note that in that document Udo is not mentioned at all, either in the text nor in the list of witnesses, though William’s nephews’– Udo’s brothers’– consent to the gift are an important part (the raison d’être?) of the charter.
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