Confirmation by William de Sancto Johanne, to the convent of St. Pancras, Lewes,...

Confirmation by William de Sancto Johanne, to the convent of St. Pancras, Lewes, of the grant which his father, Roger de Sancto Johanne, made to the said convent, in frank almoin, of the church of Compton (Comthonia); with agreement between the said convent and William, made in the presence of Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, that after Hugh, chaplain of the earl of Warenne, the present holder of the said church, the monks shall not present any clerk to the said church who will not minister in the said church, always in his own person, and be faithful to the convent in all things. Witnesses:- Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, Master Girard, Sir Robert de Novo Burco, Gualeran, archdeacon of Bayeux, and others (named). Endorsed: 'De rapo de Arundel, Cycestr' dioc'.' Sussex. [1171-1183]