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* '''"Willelmus constabularius dedit Neutonam simul cum servicio Hugonis filii Udardi de quatuor bovatis, et cum servicio Wiceberni de duabus bovatis."'''
The arguments that this is a forgery hinge on the fact that there seems little reason for a young earl of 25, who in 1119 could not have known he was to drown the following year in the wreck of the "White Ship", to draw up such a convenient list of donations to the church made "''in meo tempore ecclesie sancte Werburge Cestrie''" ("in my time to the to the church of Dt Werburgh of Chester"). Also, Richard was in Normandy from Octoberr 1118 and for most of 1119 and into 1120. Monks are sometimes notorious for faking grants of land. A (possibly also) forged confirmation in the name of Earl Ranulf II adds the information that his deed was witnessed by Ralph the steward, who was in the habit of donating his master's property to the church while Ranulf was held by enemies.
The transfer of Newton (including Flookersbrook) from someone of possible Viking ancestry to the Normans (by conquest), and then to the Church (under dubious circumstances), was the start of a recorded series of disputes over the ownership and access to
▲The transfer of Newton (including Flookersbrook) from someone of possible Viking ancestry to the Normans was the start of a recorded series of disputes over the ownership and access to this corner of Hoole (or as some might see it, Newton).
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