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Grant to the Hospital of St. Bartholomew's Hospital of an acre of land, being the acre nearest the town in the 'cultura' near Chingesweia extending to Abbey garden, Newland (GBR/J1/205)

This grant of land dated to about 1220 is one of the earliest mentions of the name ‘Kingsholm’, albeit it in an early form, ‘Chingeshame’.  It records the grant of 1 acre of land from Ralph Auenel (with the consent of his wife, Margaret) to the Hospital of St. Bartholomew.  The land lay near the road leading from Gloucester to the King’s Hall, which was known as the ‘Kings way’ (Chingesweia) and the garden of St Peter’s Abbey, so probably lay around the Park Street/Hare Lane area.  The grant was witnessed by eight men, Sir Roger Poer, knight; William of Habenhale; Walter Hatchet; Richard the Burgess of Gloucester; John of Gosedich, David Doning, William of Sanford and ‘Peter of Chingeshame’ – Peter of Kingsholm.