654 Notification by Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry, to John the Marshal and to the sheriff of Wiltshire and the men of Marlborough, that she has given to Reading Abbey, for the health of her soul and those of King Henry I and all her kinsmen, the land of Herbert son of Fulcher, who has become a monk at Reading, with houses and all appurtenances. The abbey shall hold it as freely as it holds all its other possessions given by her father and as Herbert held it [Feb. × Apr. 1141]

Af 15v; Bf 19v

Pd. Regesta, iii. 258 (no. 700)

His testibus: H(enrico) episcopo Wintonie, et A(lexandro) episcopo Lincoln (ie), et R(oberto) comite Gloec(estrie), et Milone constabulo, et Hunfr(edo) de Buhun dapifero. Apud Radingiam.