Letters489 Letter CDLXXXIX (Between A. D. 1132 and A. D. 1136. 3)

Hatto, Bishop of Troyes, at the request of Hugo, Bishop of Auxerre (Burgundy; Yonne), and Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, grants the Church of Clerey and the Church of Faux-Fresnay to the Monastery of Monstier-Ramey.

1 This remarkable letter was addressed to some one under monastic rule. But beyond this there are no internal evidences from which we can come to any conclusion as to the individual (E.)

2 Migne Tom. iv. Col. 1919. The original is on parchment, without date: On the back is written: “A donation is made of the Churches of Clerey and Faux-Fresnay/’ The seal, which hung by a double strap in parchment, is wanting. Archives of L’Aube, Collection of Moutier-Ancey.

3 This is the date given by the Editor of Migne’s third edition. But it is clear from the mention of “Pope Innocent In the name of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, I, Hugo, by the grace of God, Bishop of Auxerre, 1 and I, Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, to the faithful in Christ.

Everyone who is of the truth willingly listens to the truth and bears testimony to it. On this account we note to the whole body of the faithful that Hatto, the venerable Bishop of Troyes, at our request and by our hand has made gift of the Church of Clerey and the Church of Faux-Fresnay, to the monastery of Monstier-Ramey; with the knowledge and approval of Manasses de Ville-maur, and of Falco, his archdeacons. And that this gift may remain firm and unimpaired, the before-named Bishop, and we, by the apostolic defence of the Lord Pope Innocent II. of good memory That a truth so undoubted may not be either changed..

by any lapse of.succeeding times, we have taken steps to confirm it by our....