Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre

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Beatrice abbess of Lacock and Sir William Bluet, knight,
striving to make abundantly clear the bonds of mutual
affection and indeed kinship... have agreed to make an
exchange of lands between them. 332
In this agreement William granted to the abbess a spring on his land
in Lackhams lee (Lachameslie) with liberty to prepare, inclose and
strengthen it, and to make a watercourse across William's land.
Sometime later William granted the abbess the right to run a
watercourse from Bowden to the Abbey, crossing the land of his men
of Bewley . 333
This man of Bewley may have been one Robert de Holta 334 , son of Richard,
who granted to
Beatrice abbess of Lacok of free power to dig and conduct
her water across or beneath the land which he holds of the
fee of Sir William Bluet, and to repair her conduit
wheresoever and whensoever she wishes without hindrance
for ever. 335
This charter does not have any of the witnesses that signed the
agreement between William Bluet and Beatrice, which may mean it was
completed at a different time.
331
Rogers KH (ed) (1978) Lacock Abbey Charters WRS 15 p44, no. 157
dated 1257-1283
332
Dugdale provides a transcription of the latin charter [Monsticon vol VI p504 fn
b] which starts Beatrix abbatissa de Lacok et Wilielmus Bluet miles fecerunt inter
se excambium terrarium. Dugdale’s version is considerably shorter than that given
by Rogers (previous fn)
333
Harvey B and Harvey, R (1981) The Early History of Bewley Court ; Part 1
History WAM vol 81 pp63-64
334
Ralph de Holta was Abbey Steward in Ela‘s time Victoria County History
Wiltshire III p312
335
Rogers KH (ed) (1978) Lacock Abbey Charters WRS 15 p25, no 50, dated
1257-