A letter from Aleide

Translated letter:

I, Aleide, by the grace of God countess of Holland, greetings in Christ to all who will see the present page.  Let it be known to all that for the remedy of my soul and of my husband, count Theoderic of pious memory, I conferred on the church of St. Mary of the Island at Heimond, where we had previously conferred a minor tithe, three iugera, measured according to the greater staff by which fields are computed, with the ancient ridge contiguous to them, to be possessed freely and perpetually by that church. 

That this donation remain firm and untroubled, I strengthened it with the impression of my seal and protected it with the subscribed witnesses, namely lord Arnold abbot of Berne, prior Theoderic, lord Arnold of Heusden, lord John Persin and Arnold Spiker his brother, and Alard Corper.

Original letter:

Ego Aleydis, Dei gratia comitissa Hollandie, universis presentem paginam inspecturis salutem in Christo.

Notum sit omnibus quod pro remedio anime mee atque mariti mei, pie memorie comitis Theoderici, contuli ecclesie beate Marie de Insula super Hoymunth, ubi eis prius contuleramus minutam decimam, tria iugera, mensurata secundum maiorem virgam qua conducunter agri, cum antiquo aggere eis contiguo, ab eadem ecclesia perpetuo et libere possidenda.

Ut ergo hec donatio rata perseveret et inconvulsa, mei eam impressione sigilli roboravi et testibus subscriptis communivi, videlicet domno Arnoldo abbate Bernensi, Theoderico priore, domno Arnoldo de Husden, domno Iohanne Persin et Arnoldo Spiker fratre eius, et Alardo Corper.

Historical context:

The countess donates a plot of land to the church of St. Mary of the Island for the soul of her dead husband and her own. This gift of the countess’s land to the monastery is acknowledged and approved by her brother-in-law, William, count of Holland, in #370, dated 1216. 

Printed source:

Oorkondenboek van Holland en Zeeland tot 1299, ed. A.C.F.Koch, 1.549-50, #369. 

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