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MOULESFORD. Mandate of K. Hen. I addressed to Hugh de Bocheland commanding him to allow the monks of Wallingford to have their tithes of Moulesford, and of the land of Henry the larderer , as they held them in the time of K. William his brother. [Tested. RANULPH the chancellor at Northampton .] (c. 1110)

CLOPCOTE. Alan, son of Amfrid the son of Ruald , grants to the church of Wallingford in frankalmoigne his meadow which was the meadow of his father in Clopcote, lying in the eastern part of the castle before the postern, (c. 1189.) [Printed in the Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 280.]

WALLINGFORD, HENDRED, MOULSFORD, SOTTWELL, etc. Charter of Joceline, bishop of Salisbury , reciting and confirming to the priory of Wallingford the donation of the churches of the Holy Trinity, St. John, St. Martin, and St. Mary, in Wallingford; the church of Hendred, two parts of the tithes of Moulsford of the gift of Emma Chausi , the tithes of Chersevelle, Dunituna, Erleia, Morton, and the lordship of Sotwell. (c. 1160.) [Printed in the Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 280.]

Clapcote. Geoffrey the Cook of Wareng’ grants to W⟨allingford⟩ in free alms 7 acres of arable land and all his other land in C⟨lapcote⟩ , lying in ’peecam de W.’ on the North, free of all secular service, ’ego enim et heredes mei eam acquietabimus per officium nostrum in coquina’ ... For this gift made for the souls of Brian fitz-Count , his lord, and the lady Matilda his wife, he has received from the monks 60/-, and his son half a mark. Witnesses: Thomas Balle , Geoffrey de Yvoi , Nicholas son of Turolde , Thomas de Uruvall , Hugh de Yvoi , Ralph of Alu ’b, Hamo Purun , Gilbert Basset , Matthew of Sottewelle , Andrew son of Peter , William son of Richard , James son of Nicholas , Andrew the clerk . ⟨1127–50.⟩

Wallingford and Clapcote.. Master Christian of W⟨allingford⟩ , grants to W⟨allingford⟩ in free alms certain lands: (i) ... which Robert son of P...hel’ holds, for 6/6; (ii) ... mill for 4/-; (iii) the other land which Renur the clerk gave to him; (iv) also Walter and Osbert for 2/4; (v) after his death, all his books of the Divine Scriptures. For this they have granted him a daily provision of food and drink for himself [as long as ?] he shall remain a secular, and for his servant according to the provision made for a servant of the priory. Witnesses: Andrew son of Peter , ... Ferr’, William Gurmund . ⟨c. 1190–1200.⟩

LEWARTONE, co. Berks. Geoffrey de Vanci grants in frankal-moigne to the church of St Mary, St. Nicholas and St. Edmund of Sanford, for the souls of himself, his father Robert , his mother Avice , and Cecilia his wife, and by this present charter confirms, the land, which Tappin holds in the village of Lewartone. (c. 1160?) .

PUSEY, Berks. Robert de Sanford grants in frankalmoigne, to the church of St. Mary, St. Nicholas, and St. Edmund, Cherley ('Cerleiam'), at the reception there of his daughter, certain lands with a mill in his demesne of Pusey, and also confirms conjointly with Jordan his son, and Christiana, wife of the said Jordan, whatever (8 acres) Roger the son of Richard and Ralph his son gave and will give to the same church, and also gives ten acres on account of the reception of Christina his little daughter, "parvule filie", and confirms the gift of Robert the son of Warner . (c. 1150-60.)

William de Wanci grants to Henry, rector of the church of Chilton , for his homage and service, one messuage with a croft, and one acre without the croft, near the way leading to Heywode in the village of Lewerton, namely, that which William Falcator held, paying annually for the same 12d.; for this donation he gave to the said William three marks of silver, and to his wife Matilda half a mark. Witness. Simon de Wanci . (c. 1180-90.) .

PUSEY, co. Berks. H[ubert], bishop of Salisbury , confirms to the canons of Oseney the church of Pesi with its appurtenances. (1188-93.) .

WANTAGE, co. Berks. Grant from Robert, [natural] son of King Henry I , with the counsel of Henry D'Oilly his brother, in frankalmoigne, to the church of Oseney, of 10 pounds worth of land in his manor of Wanenting. Witnessed Hugh de Camville . (c. 1150.) [Endorsed by Hearne as having been given to him by Reb. Edw. Lye, 2 Sept. 1730.] (Erroneously said in Monest. Angl. to be in the Cotton Library.) .

Hungerford Pope Eugenius III to the Prior and Canons of St. Frideswide. Bull confirming an agreement between the Abbot and Monks of Bec and the Prior and Canons of St. Frideswide, the latter ceding to the former the Church of Beaumont, and the former to the latter the vill of Edington and certain tithes. ⟨1147, May 27⟩. Seal lost, remains of cord.

Hungerford Before papal commissionaers. The Prior and Canons of St. Frideswide and Ralph Priest of Hungerford. Agreement respecting tithes. ⟨c. 1150-60⟩. Seal(s) lost.