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Letter of Henry, bp. of Lincoln , setting forth that William Grom, perpetual vicar of Chirchehille , and the prior and convent of St. Frid., Oxon, have notified to him the composition for the endowment of the vicarage of Chirchehille. Dated in ..., 27 August, 1398, and 1st year of his consecration.

Letters patent of K. Richd. II, granting to the prior and convent of St. Frideswide a licence to hold lands, tenements, and rents, in St. Aldate, Oxford, in mortmain. Dated at Salop, 31 January, 21 of his reign. (1398.)

Fragment of an indenture between the prior and convent of St. Frid. of one part, and John ... and Agnes his wife of the other part ... two tofts in Bruggesete between land ... and the way you go to the river Cherwell, for 60 years, paying annually ... Dated c. 1350?. [Mutilated.]

BICESTER (Priory of). The will of Henry de St. Edward , dated the Friday next after the feast of St. Augustine, 1323, leaving bequests to the priory of Bicester and himself to be buried in the said priory.

CLATTERCOTE (Hospital of St. Leonard at). Copy in 14th century of a bull of Pope Innocent III to the proctors of the house of St. Leonard of Clattercote, of the order of Sempryngham, confirming lands in Banbury &c. to them. Dated 19 year of his pontificate, 3 Nones March, i. e. 1216.

CLIFTON, BURCOT, HOLCOMB, and DRAYTON. Indenture made between Robert, the abbot, and convent of Dorchester of the one part, and John Loveday and John Moyne of the other, witnesseth that in settlement of divers disputes between the said parties, the abbot and convent release and quit-claim all their right in all the lands and tenements which they hold in the villages of Clyfton, Brudycote, Holcoumbe, and Drayton, and in the same manner the said John and John quit-claim all their right in the lands and tenements, rents and services, held by the said abbot and convent in the same villages. Dated at Dorkchestre the Tuesday next before the feast of St. Hilary, 31 Ed. III.

DEDDINGTON. Robert Laurens of Somerton quit-claims to John Selby of Dadyngton all right of action &c. against him to the date of this present charter. Dated at Dadyngton on the feast of St. Stephen, 14 Ric. II.

HEADINGTON. William, son and heir of Hugh Forester of Hedyngton , grants to John Forester his son a messuage, two virgates of land and a fourth part of one other virgate .... which came to him by heirship after the death of Hugh his father, in the village and fields of Hedyngton, which the said Hugh had by the gift and feoffment of sir Richard Damory, kt. (Mutilated.] Dated .... August .... Hen. IV.

IFFLEY. Joan, daughter of John Basset , and Alice her sister, grant to Thomas le Kyng of Grendon for his life, three half-acres of arable land in the field of Churchezyftele, of which one acre lies in a culture called Rythiforlong, between the land of Peter Dul of the one part, and the land which was John Basset 's of the other, and the other half-acre lies in the same culture between the land of Katherine Culverd of the one part, and the land of John Basset of the other; paying annually at the feast of the Nativity of St. John one rose for all secular services and demands. Dated at Churchezyftele the Saturday on the feast of St. Peter ad vincula, 12 Ed. III.

Writ of K. Ed. III, reciting a mandate under the great seal addressed to the receiver of the subsidy last granted in the county of Oxford, to pay John de Molyns £1000 for arms and men in the King's service in France, receiving from the said John his receipt for the same; and whereas the said sum has not been paid the said John, the receiver is peremptorily ordered to pay the eame under a penalty of £200. Dated 25 November, 14 Ed. III.

Bond (indented) by which Roger Northwode of Oxford holds himself bound to Walter Portreve of Brehull in a sum of £200 to observe the covenants contained in certain indentures between the said Roger and Emma his wife of the one part, and the said Walter of the other, dated 17 December, 38 Ed. III, at Oxford, concerning a tenement which was John de Frideswide 's, lying in Oxford and its suburbs. Dated at Oxford, 22 December, 38 Ed. III.

Copy of the agreement between the chancellor and the university of Oxford, and the mayor and citizens, that they shall joyntly have the supervision of weights and measures, and not, as heretofore, exercise separate jurisdictions. (c. 1348.) .

Writ of K. Edward III, addressed to the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Oxford, concerning the grant to the University of the assize of wights and measures, as well as the clerkship of the market. Dated at Westminster, 8 Feb., 20 Ed. III.

Writ of K. Edward III, addressed to the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford, ordaining them to deliver to the chancellor of the University of Oxford the standard weights and measures which are in their custody. Dated at Westminster, 27 June, 29 of his reign (1355).

Writ of K. Edward III, addressed to the mayor and bailiffs and aldermen of Oxford, conceding to the chancellor of the University and his successors the sole assize of bread, wine, and beer and of weights and measures. Dated at Westminster, 20 July, 29 of his reign (1355). .