A letter from Adam, lord of Beaumont
Sender
Adam, lord of BeaumontReceiver
Blanche of Navarre, Countess of ChampagneTranslated letter:
To his dearest lady and noble beloved, as much as possible, countess palatine of Champagne, Adam, lord of Beaumont, her knight in all things, [sends] reverent greeting and honor. I notify you [for us] by the present letters that lord Robert Mauvoisin gave and granted to his brother Ebrard of Villeperrot and his heirs his fief of Collemiers which he held from us. I ask you therefore that you received said Ebrard of Villeperrot as your man for said fief, since I and my wife Isabel wish and grant this donation and agree to and accept it.
Original letter:
Karissime domine sue et quamplurimum dilecte nobili comitisse Campanie palatine. A(dam) dominus Bellimontis miles ad omnia suus salutem reverentiam et honorem. Presentibus litteris nobis [sic] notifico, quod dominus R(obertus) Malus Vicinus donavit et concessit Ebrardo de Villaperor fratri suo et heredibus suis feodum suum de Colermariis quod de nobis tenebat. Ego enim vobis mando, quatinus predictus E(brardus) de Villaperor de iam dicto feodo in hominem recipiatis, quia ego et Ysabella uxor mea donationem istam volumus et concedimus, et illam gratam habemus et acceptamus.
Historical context:
One of the countess’s men asks her approval for a donation made by one of his men.
Printed source:
The Cartulary of Countess Blanche of Champagne, edited by Theodore Evergates, © The Medieval Academy of America 2010 (University of Toronto Press, 2009), 57-58, #28. Reprinted with permission of the press.