A letter of donation
Sender
Clementia of Burgundy, countess of FlandersRobert II, count of Flanders
Receiver
The faithfulTranslated letter:
The count and countess give the abbey at Bourbourg a land at Staple.
Be it known to the faithful that I Robert, count of Flanders, and my wife, Clementia, gave sixty six measures (jugera) of land in Staple, also land in the castellany of Bourbourg, which Folquin held in fief and in allod and freely gave up to me before my barons; also the land of orphans which Jordan Grossus held from me in fief he gave up to me, I gave to the holy church of Mary of Bourbourg, for the use of nuns serving God there, and I connected with the impression of my seal, with these witnesses: Bertulf, provost of Bruges; Themard, castellan of Bourbourg; Froulf, castellan of Bergen; Thibaut, Arien. In the 1110th year of the Lord.
Original letter:
Quibusque notum sit fidelibus, quod ego Robertus, Flandrensium comes, et uxor mea, Clementia, sexaginta sex iugera terre in Stapla, terram etiam in castellania Broburgensia, quam Folquinot tam in feodo quam in allodiis tenuit, et michi coram baronibus meis libere resignavit; terram quoque orphanorum quam lordan Grossus de me in feodum tenuit, michique resignavit, dedi ecclesie sancte Marie de Broborc, ad usus sanctimonialium ibidem Deo servientium, et sigilli mei impressione continuavi, hiis testibus: Bertulfo, preposito Brugensi, Themardo, castellano Broburgensi; Froulfo, castellano Bergensi; Tebaldo, Ariensi. Anno Domini M°.C°. X°.
Historical context:
The count and countess give the abbey at Bourbourg lands formerly held in fief by Folquin, as well as land formerly held by Jordan Grossus.
Printed source:
Un cartulaire de l’abbaye de Notre Dame de Bourbourg, ed. Ignace de Coussemaker (Lille: Cucoulombier, 1882-91), 1.8, #10; F. Vercauteren, Actes des Comtes de Flandres, 1071-1128 [Brussels: Palais des Academies 1938], #47, p.123-24.