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A letter to Peter Raynald and his brother

Sender

Bernard Ato VI
Guillelma of Montpellier

Receiver

Peter Raynald

Translated letter:

Chirograph, divided by letters of the alphabet, in which it is noted – in the year 1170 from the incarnation of the Lord – that Guillelma viscountess of Nîmes and B. Ato, her son, gave a cliff situated at Torril, to Peter Raynald and Stephen his brother to receive according to the usual conditions.  “Witnesses of this are:  Bernard Magister, Bertrand Guirald, with four others.  Peter the Small, commanded by both sides, wrote it.”

Original letter:

Chirographum, per litteras alphabeti divisum, quo notum fit, -- anno ab incarnatione Domini M.C.LXX. -- Guillelmam Nemausensem vicecomitissam et B. Atonem, ejus filium unam costam, sitam apud Torril, Petro Rainaldo et Stephano ejus fratri ad acaptum, solitis conditionibus, donasse. – “Hujus rei sunt testes:  Bernardus Magister, Bertrandus Guiraldus, cum quatuor aliis.  Petrus Petiti scripsit, mandatus ex utraque parte.”

Historical context:

This records a charter in which the viscountess and her son give a piece of land to a man and his brother.

Printed source:

Layettes du Trésor des Chartes,  1.99, #230.

Date:

1170