Letter CDLVII. on behalf of the monasteries of Luxeuil and S. Evre

Letter or Charter of the same Bernard

This is the compromise between the Abbots of Luxeuil and Saint Evre concerning the church of Galdouis-Curtis.¹

1. Bernard, called Abbot of Clairvaux, to whom the lord Pope² has committed the cause between the Abbots of Luxeuil and Saint Evre³ for decision; have brought that cause to a close by way of agreement in the following manner.

It is agreed that they of Saint-Evre should have the entire tithe of Galdouis-Curtis; but that those of Luxeuil shall have the church itself, and all things belonging to it except the tithes, resigning any right that they may have in the church of Basigni which they held of Saint-Evre. But all the annual dues which the church of GaldouisCurtis owes, whether to the Bishop or his assistants, those of Saint-Evre shall discharge entirely each year. This was done under the advice of the venerable Bishops Godfrey of Langres and Hatto of Troyes, and of the religious persons who were invited for this purpose by me, whose names are:

William, Abbot of S. Martin at Troyes, Baldwin, Abbot of Chatillon, Stephen, Abbot of Trois Fontaines, Baldwin, Abbot of La Crete, Guy, Abbot of Charlieu.⁴

Footnotes

1. [From the original at Saint-Evre. Written A. D. 1140.] ↩

2. [Innocent II.] ↩

3. [The Abbot of Luxeuil at that time seems to have been Josceran; that of Saint-Evre Peter or Durand.] ↩

4. [To this document was appended a seal, but it is worn away by time.] ↩