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The Bluets 78 time 331 starts 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-
The Bluets 79 Agreements such as this were not unusual but it is worth noting as the records concerning this watercourse provide much of the Wiltshire information about William. Although the phrasing given by the Harveys appear to suggest this was a new enterprise, Lacock Abbey charters indicate otherwise. In an earlier agreement (dated sometime between 1257 and 1270) William and Beatrice agreed that she may freely mend the watercourse or aqueduct so that the aqueduct and watercourse continue in the same place and state in which they are now contained and disposed 336 (It is noted that the water supply to the Abbey still comes in via a pipe across these same lands). It is interesting to note that one of the witnesses to this charter was Sir Ralph Bluet - whether this is William‘s brother, or the grandson who held Lackham in 1316 is unknown. The abbey workers didn‘t have carte blanche when working on others land, damage had to be paid for, in a charter of 1280 it was agreed that If William or his men suffer damage or detriment from the conduit, the abbess to make reasonable amends by the consideration of lawful men 337 Things did not always go smoothly between William and Beatrice however - in 1264 there had been problems with the cutting off of the watercourse to the mill standing within the close of the Abbey and about the turning back of the water as far as William‘s free tenement [location unknown] and about damage of the whole path called Churigwei [Church or Carriage Way?] across Snailsmede 338 and of the street extending from the Abbey as far as Beulie" 339 336 Rogers KH (ed) (1978) Lacock Abbey Charters WRS 15 p25 no 49 dated 1257 –70 337 Rogers KH (ed) (1978) Lacock Abbey Charters WRS 15 p25, no 51, dated 1280-08 338 "Snaylesmede” is the name of the level meadow between Lacock village and the River Avon that is the site of Lacock Abbey Victoria County History Wiltshire IV p 304 339 Rogers KH (1978) Lacock Abbey Charters WRS 15 p47, no. 169 dated c1264
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The Bluets 135 WRS Devizes vol XXVI
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