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Robert le Bel of Stowe grants to Robert le Bel his son and heir one virgate of land in ..., which Robert de Toreny gave to him, for his homage and service, at an annual rent of one pound of cummin, and an acquittance from all regal service. Witness. Thomas, abbot of Winchcombe . (c. 1230.) [Mutilated.] This fragment is not about Stow (as in Calendar, p. 368) but about Turkden, Glouc. It is almost identical with MS. Ch. Oseney 224. [Handwritten note by Rev. H. Salter, 9 July 1907, between pp. 142-143 of the annotated copy of Turner and Coxe, Calendar.]

TURKDEN. Robert Bel de Stowell grants to Robert le Bel , his son, one virgate of land in Turkedene, with appurtenances, which Robert de Toreni gave to him, paying annually the service due to the chief lord of the fee, viz. 1 lb. of cummin, which Sara relict of Rondulf the smith holds for her life. Witness. Thomas, abbot of Winchcombe . (c. 1221-31.) .

Robert de Toreny grants to the church and canons of Oseney a confirmation of the gift which William, son of Henry , his father, made to them of the church of Turkden, in frankalmoigne. (c. 1240.) .