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Anna Norton , relict of Thomas Norton , grants to John Spere and Alice his wife, one messuage and one virgate of land with a meadow in Great ⟨Barton⟩ and Middle Barton in perpetuity. Witness. Michael, perpetual vicar of Great Barton . Dated at Barton on the feast of the Purification of Blessed Mary, 3 Hen. IV.

Copy of an indenture made ...(not dated), between Thomas Erlestoke of Bourton, near Bampton , of one part, and the abbot John Walion (abbot in 1471, endorsement) and convent of Oseney of the other part, witnesseth that the said Thomas has demised to the abbot and convent of Oseney a toft ... [Mutilated.'] .

Indenture between the abbot and convent of Oseney of the one part, and Thomas Long of the other, by which the abbot and convent of Oseney demise to the said Thomas their manor of Bourton near Bampton. Dated Easter, 30 Hen. VI. [An inventory of things belonging to the manor is added on the back.] .

Walter Cotton , Walter Belle , Thomas Gla... , and William Coston(?) grant to William Rolf all lands, tenements, fields, and pastures, in the villages and fields of Blechesdon and Weston in the county of Oxon. Dated at Blechesdon, 10 Dec., 10 Hen. VI.

Indenture made at Oseney on the feast of the invention of the Cross, 15 Hen. VI, witnesseth, that Thomas Hokenorton, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, have demised to sir Thomas Darsy, rector of Boknhul , two parts of their tithes of land of the demesne of the manor of Bucknell, for the life of the said Thomas; paying annually 13s. 4d. [Mutilated.] .

Thomas ... grants to John Gobow, clerk, two tofts ... in Temple Cowley and Church Cowley ... Dated at Temple Couele on St Barnabas' day ... (c. 1420-30). [Fragment.] (See Ch. 148, Ch. 340, Ch. 341, Littlemore 48.) .

Judgement of Rob Thornton, official of Lincoln , in favour of the abbot and convent of Oseney, as proprietors of the church of Cowley, who implead William Stevenes, fuller, of Oxford , for the subtraction of the tithes of one ridge of land in the fields of Cowley called 'hisc(/b?)ote furlonge.' Dated at Stanford, 10 Feb., 1445.

John Gobow grants to John Smith of Oxford, skinner, and Joan his wife, all lands, &c., which he had by the gift of John Leylond in Temple ⟨Cowley⟩ and Church Cowley. "Anno regni regis Edwardi ..." (c. 1462-70.) [Mutilated.] .

Grant from Thomas Goldyene , son and heir to John Goldyene, of Staunton St. John , and Katherine his wife, and Agnes, wife of the said Thomas, to John Leylond, clerk, of Oxford , and Margaret his wife, of all lands and tenements, &c. in the village of Temple Cowley. Dated at Temple Cowley, 3 Sept., 1 Hen. VI. [Ch. 341 is missing.]

An agreement between the abbot and convent of Oseney, owners of two parts of the tithes of Dunstywe, and the prior and convent of Merton, proprietors and rectors of the church of Dunstywe, by which the abbot and convent of Oseney make over the said tithes for an annual payment of 26s. 8d. in perpetuity. [Mutilated.] Dated 27 June, the 21st of Henry VI.

HAMPTON GAY, HAMPTON POYLE, SHIPTON, and BLECHINGDON. Indenture between John, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, and John Waster of Hampton Gayt , by which the former grant to farm their manor and rectory of Hampton Gayt, and the rents belonging to the abbot and convent in Hampton Poyle, Shipton, and Bechesdon, to hold for 10 years, paying annually £16; excepting the remainder of the term of a lease granted to John Dyer of Cudlyngton . Dated on the feast of St. Michael, 37 Hen. VI.

Composition between the abbot and convent of Oseney and William Byley, rector of Bladon , concerning the tithes of the lordship of Hensynton. Dated 7 March, 1413.

Indenture between the abbot and convent of Oseney of one part, and John Bavel of Kencot of the other, by which the abbot and convent demise to John their portion of the tithes of Kencot for 17 years, paying annually for the same 6s. 8d. Dated on the vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 25 Hen. VI.

Thomas ... grants to the abbot and convent of Oseney ... which land is of the fee of the prior of Bur ... (? Bicester). Dated at Oxford ... [Fragment.] (c. 1400) .

William Bronne of Broghton in co. Oxon , heir of the late Joan Bronne , grants to William Reve of Rolandryght all his lands and messuages which came to him after the death of the said Joan, in Ledwell. Dated at Ledwell, 13 Oct., 25 Hen. VI.

John Bronne of Salford , son and heir of John Bronne of Bereford , deceased, constitutes Walter Fox of Ledwell and John Whytesyld of Great Rollandryght his attornies, to give seisin in his name to William Reve of Rollandryght of all lands in Ledwell, lately called Bertwayes lond, and formerly Chapeleynes, which came to him as heir of John Bronne deceased. Dated at Salford, 3 Jan., 37 Hen. VI.

William Reve of Rolandryght quit-claims to John Walton, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, all right in one messuage and one croft with a virgate of land in Ledewell, co. Oxon. Dated at Ledewell, 14 October, 11 Ed. IV.

An agreement between the abbot and convent of Oseney, and James Job, rector of Mixbury , concerning an annual pension of 40s., and the parish of St. Michael of Fullwell. [Mutilated and defaced.] Temp. Hen. VI.

TEW (Great), HAMPTON, BARFORD, DUNSTEW, and ILBURY, co. Oxon. William Cardemaker , John Brook , master Edward Undrewode, clerk, and John Smert, grocer, sell, demise, and enfeoff William Fox of Stepill Barton in Oxon, yeoman, and Richard Fox of Dadyngton, yeoman, in all lands, tenements, &c., in Mocheltewe, Hempton, Barford, Dunstewe, and Ilbury, in co. Oxon, which were lately assigned to them by Robert Smythfeld, citizen and grocer of London . Dated 27 May, 19 Ed. IV.

An acquittance given by sir Roger de Aumary to the abbot and convent of Oseney, for the payment of certain sums, 90 marks out of 300 marks, at certain times as by a final concord between him and them concerning two knights' fees of the manor of Weston. Dated the Thursday in Easter week, 45 Hen. III and a.d. [14]61.

Manumission of Richard ..., a serf belonging to the manor of the abbot and convent of Oseney, of Weston, from villenage, &c. Dated 14 September, 7 Hen. VI. [Mutilated.] .

Manumission of John, a serf of the manor of Weston , belonging to the abbot and convent of Oseney, from villenage, &c. Dated .. Aug. 10 Hen. VI. [Mutilated.] .

John Squyer of Weston quit-claims to Thomas Rolfe , son of William Rolfe , all his right to a messuage, &c. in Weston. Dated at Weston on the feast of St. Matthias the apostle, 12 Hen. VI. [Much defaced.] .

John Smyth, rector of Wendulbury , and Robert Bocher of Kyrtlington , grant to the John Walton abbot and convent of Oseney all their lands, &c. in Weston near Bicester. Dated at Weston, 20 May, 38 Hen. VI.

WOODSTOCK, CO. Oxon. At court of Portmote, held at New Woodstock, 26 January, 9 and 15 Hen. VII, the 23 February, abbot and convent of Oseney appeared and claimed to hold to themselves and their successors one tenement situate in Woodstock in the street called Schyppemerket stret, which after three proclamations according to the custom of the town of Woodstock, was allowed and enrolled. Dated 7 August, 15 Hen. VII. Will. Fordham, mayor .