ABSTRACT
May it be known to all gathered in the bosom of the church of the holy mother, both at present and in future, that we, Bernard and Odo, brothers, for the remission of our sins, setting out with all the others on the journey to Jerusalem, have made over for 100 solidi to Artald, deacon of Lordon, a manor known as Busart, which we were holding in the county of Macon, in the village of Flagiaco, with everything that pertains to that manor, namely, the houses, the buildings, elds, woods, vines, meadows, pasture, streams and the water channels that ow around them and the cultivated and uncultivated land. We are making this arrangement on the condition that if, in the course of the pilgrimage that we are undertaking, because we are mortal and may be taken by death, the manor, in its entirety, may remain under the control of St Peter and the monastery of Cluny, which is under the reverend father Hugh. But if we may have returned and come back to the manor, we may keep it in our lifetime, but after our death this may forestall a claim by any of our heirs, and it will pass in its entirety, without objection, to St Peter and to Cluny, for our well being and that of all our relatives, living or deceased, and be the place of our burial. The boundaries of this manor are the public road and, on three sides, the land of St Peter [Cluny’s land]. If, however, another lays claim to this gift, not only is it protected from that which is sought, but may he suffer every curse [malediction] and perpetual excommunication from God and the holy apostles for his sins, unless he recovers his senses. Signed by Bernard and Odo who made this donation and gift; Humbert Ungri, Ili of Craia, his brother Hugh of Merule, who has a sister, and many others.
