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1 Published online by Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Homepage: William I gives one hundred pounds, shortly before his death, to the church of St Andrew, Rochester, Textus Roffensis, ff. 210r 210v Translated from Latin and edited Abstract: William, great king of the English, father of William, king of the same people, esteemed so much the Rochester church of Saint Andrew that he gave to it, at the moment of his imminent death, one hundred pounds, besides bequeathing a royal tunic, a special ivory horn, and also one dossal with a silver-gilded frame To cite this report: Monk, C. (2018) William I gives one hundred pounds, shortly before his death, to the church of St Andrew, Rochester: ; Translated from Old English. Rochester: Rochester Cathedral Research Guild. To link to this article: Published online: 6 th April 2018 General Queries: jacob.scott@rochestercathedralresearchguild.org Produced by permission of. All rights reserved to the author. Any views and opinions expressed in this work are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of either the Research Guild or the Dean and Chapter.

2 Textus Roffensis, Rochester, Cathedral Library, MS A. 3. 5, f. 210r Published online by the Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 2 of 5

3 Textus Roffensis, Rochester, Cathedral Library, MS A. 3. 5, f. 210v Published online by the Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 3 of 5

4 William I gives one hundred pounds, shortly before his death, to the church of St Andrew, Rochester, Textus Roffensis, ff. 210r 210v Translated from Latin by Dr Christopher Monk 2018 Date: c THE GIFT OF THE GREAT KING WILLIAM 2 William, great king of the English, father of William, 3 king of the same people, esteemed so much the Rochester church of Saint Andrew that he gave to it, at the moment of his imminent death, one hundred pounds, besides bequeathing a royal tunic, a special ivory horn, and also one dossal with a silver-gilded frame. 4 For this, and for his many other privileges benevolently bestowed upon our church, we established a festal anniversary to take place every year. 5 1 This document was likely copied from an earlier original by the principal scribe of Textus Roffensis around William I ( the Conqueror ), r , died 9 th September William II ( Rufus ), r Dossal, an altar piece, or hanging, often of cloth, placed so as to rise from the back of the church altar. 5 Presumably, the anniversary of his death. Published online by the Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 4 of 5

5 Latin text, directly from Textus Roffensis The digital facsimile of this text is located at: Type n427 into the page search box. The text begins with the rubric (red ink), four lines from the bottom of the right-hand folio, and continues overleaf as far as the next rubric. The layout approximates that of the manuscript: the display letter has been represented; and single words which are split over two lines are hyphenated. Punctuation has been modernised. Word-division and capital letters have been normalised. Scribal abbreviations have been expanded and are indicated by italics. [f.210r] W Donum Willelmi magni regis. illelmus 6 rex Anglorum magnus, pater Uuillelmi regis eiusdem gentis, Hrofensem ęcclesiam beati Andreę in tantum dilexit, [f.210v] ut imminente articulo mortis suę centum ei libras donaret, regiam quoque tunicam, propriumque cornu eburneum, dorsale etiam unum, cum feretro deargentato dimitteret. Pro quo et aliis eius multis beneficiis, nostrę ęcclesię ab eo benigne impensis, eius anniuersarium constituimus debere singulis annis festiue fieri. 6 Willelmus Published online by the Rochester Cathedral Research Guild Page 5 of 5