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Thomas Wolsey by a fine grants to his College (i) the manors of Wallyngford, Westhenreth and Clopcote and 30 messuages, 1000 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 50 acres of wood, 500 acres of fields and £30 rent in W⟨allyngford⟩ , W⟨esthenreth⟩ , and C⟨lopcote⟩ , and Conyngton, Kerswelle, Bucklond, Southmorton, Ardyngton, Sotwelle, Brightwelle, Huddisbuddes, North Morton, Aston Torald, and Mulford [Aston Tirrold and Moulsford]; and the advowsons of Westhenreth and S. Mary’s Wallingford; (ii) the manors of Wyng and Swanburn [Bucks] 200 acres of land, 300 acres of pasture, 60 acres of meadow, 60 acres of wood, 200 acres of fields and £6 rent in W. and S. and the advowson of W.; (iii) the manor of Chalkford [in Aston Rowant, Oxon.], 2 water-mills, 20 messuages, 500 acres of land, 100 acres of pasture, 50 acres of meadow, 60 acres of wood, 200 acres of fields and £20 rent in C., Aston Rowant, Stoken-church, Northstoke, Besyngton, Chynnor, Oxford, Brightwelle, Watlyngton, Rytherfeld Pyppard [Rotherfield Peppard], Hudders-buddys, Coxham, Helcombe, Bensyngton, Chalford, Stanlake, Chalgrave, Stokebasset, Newenham, Mapylle Derhame, Henley, Wynhale, Crowmershe, Nettlebed and Nuffeld, and the advowsons of Chynnor, Garsyngton and Aston Rowant, and the chapel of Stokenchurch. ⟨18 Nov. 1528.⟩

Paper book containing ff. 1–18: [16–18 blank]. Valuation of manors: ⟨1547.⟩

• 1. In Norfolk lately of sir Richard Southwell , kt.—
  • (i) Woodnorton cum membris (Stibborde, Folsham, Hilderstone, Bawgerham, East Byntrey, and Thymllethorpe).
  • (ii) Upton cum membris (South Walsham, Wyttone, and Northbirlingham).
  • (iii) Wendlynge.
  • (iv) East Walton.
  • (v) Swanton Newars and Cardestone.
• 2. In Montgomeryshire lately of Thomas lord Wriothesley, kt.’
  • (i) the rectories of Myvod, Poole, and Guillesfelde.
  • (ii) the rectory of Bowdon Magna, and in Leicestershire, of the same.
• 3. In Devon, lately of sir William Petes, kt., the rectory of Torryton Magna with St. Giles.
• 4. In Worcestershire, lately of the Dean &c. of Westminster, rents from Offenhame, Hamptone, South Litteltone, Myddell Litteltone, Bradesene, Aldingtone, and Wykensford.
• 5. In Oxon., lately of sir Thomas Pope, kt., the manor of Dodington.
• 6. In Cheshire, lately of Wm. Brendred , rent from Rothestone.
• 7. In Northants. and Bedfordshire, annuities from the rectories of Haringworthe, and Copull [Cople].
• 8. In Cheshire, the rectory of Runcorn, and in Gloucester that of Allesworth.
• 9. In Yorkshire, lately of Richard Morrysone , and once of the hospital of St. James (Northallerton), Romanby, Osmundesley [Osmotherley], Silton, Nunhouse, Thornton, Northetringtone, Ellerbeck, Twyselle, Long Newtone.

The book was made as a ‘Boke of Requests’, and shows that Ch. Ch. were claiming about £70 from these properties.

A note of a lease made by John, abbot &c. of Vale Royal , to Sir Richard Houghton, kt., of the lands and tithes [not specified, but probably of Frodsham, Kirkham, and Runcorn.] mentioned in James Vosterdynes (?) lease, for 41 years. Rent: £8/10/-. 11 June 1531. And a note, referring to the above, ‘delivered unto us in the presence of witnesses, by Mr. Thurston Tylsky of Merstone ,’ who certified it to be true. Signatures of Thomas Rains , Th. Thorntone , Richard Thornton , John Purefey , John Weston . March 21 1598.

Record of a fine, Feb. 3, by which John Mountney, Esq., conveys to Cardinal College, the manor of Thobye, in the parish of Gringe-mountney, 5 messuages, 200 acres of land, 40 acres of pasture, 50 acres of wood, and £6 rent in T. and G. 6 Feb. ⟨1528.⟩

Transcript of lease by Ch. Ch. to William Bankes, of Hatfield Brodoke (Essex) , of the parsonage of Thornbury, which Tewksbury (dissolved 21 Nov. 27 Hen. VIII) leased to Nicholas Pycher and Robert Pycher for their lives for £27/3/4 a year, for 60 years. Rent: the same. 4 Nov. 1551.

Letters patent of Robert Johnson, bachelor of laws, official of the bishop of Worcester , stating that at the request of Richard Marshall, S.T.P., dean of Oxford , he caused the Worcester episcopal archives to be searched on 14 Jan. 1555, by Wm. Warmsey, notary public, who found: 4 ⟨July or August⟩ 1555.

• (i) Ordination of Silvester, bp. of Worcester , for the churches of Wotton and Preston-upon-Stour, appropriated to the abbey of Tewkesbury, assessing the church at £34, and providing for pensions from Wotton of 13/- to the bishop, 6/8 to the Dean and chapter, ¼ to the archdeacon, and from Preston 7/-, ¾, and ¼ respectively. Dated 15 April, 1555.
• (ii) License of Henry VII to Sir John Mordaunt, kt., William Grevill, sergeant-at-law, and Walter Rowdon , to grant the advowson of Wotton to Tewksbury. Dated 12 May (rectius 12 March), 1497.
• (iii) Letters patent of Maurice lord Berkeley, proclaiming the recovery of right against him in the advowson. Dated 7 July, 1504.
• (iv) Confirmation by the prior &c. of S. Mary’s, Worcester, 3 May, 1555.
• (v) Confirmation by Thomas Rowthell, archdeacon of Gloucester , 10 June, 1555

Exemplification, at the request of Ch. Ch., of a Recovery (dated 20 Hen. VII. Michaelmas Term) wherein Hugh Denys Esq., Thomas Godeman, jun., gentleman, and John Triplard recover against Maurice Berkeley , brother and heir of the late William Marquis Berkeley, the advowson of Wotton under Edge. 14 Oct. ⟨1556.⟩

Exemplification, at the request of Ch. Ch., of a recovery (dated 20 Hen. VIII. Trinity Term) wherein William Grevell, sergeant-at-law, and Walter Rowdon recovered against Hugh Denys Esq., Thomas Godman, jun., gentleman, and John Tryplard , the advowson of Wotton-under-Edge. 14 Oct. ⟨1556.⟩

Lease to Thomas Crompton Esq., of London , a tenement with garden and stable in the parish of S. Sepulchre’s without Newgate, lately held by Sir Robert Rede, kt., and now occupied by the said Thomas. For 40 years. Rent: £5. 1 Oct. ⟨1594.⟩

⟨Hen. VIII.⟩ A paper book ff. 1–14: 4d.–9, 11d.–12 are blank. Extracts from Court Rolls of Woodnorton and Stibberd, consisting of admissions to villein tenements, of various dates between 12–35 Hen. VIII. (ff. 1–4).

• (9d–11) A lease by Richard Southwell Esq. of Woodrysinge (Norfolk) to Robert Man and Richard Hoo of his manor of Woodnorton and the manor house, Norton Hall, for 12 years. Rent: £11/6/8.
• (12d.–13) Letters patent of Hen. VIII appointing Thomas Jenour , bailiff and collector of rents of his manor of Woodnorton and East Walton, late of Richard Southwell , at 60/- a year for life. Witness: Edward North, kt. Given at Westminster 27 May, [1545].
• (14-14d.) Memoranda of sale of the wood at W. to Robert Manne by Nicholas Cutteler Esq., general woodward of the King in Norfolk and Suffolk. 30 March 1 Ed. VI.

Mr. John Oliver, Doctor of Law, dean of King Henry the Eighth’s college etc. lease to John Parker, yeoman for 60 years, all their holding in Welton (Northants.), i.e. including a close, arable land and meadow ground in D⟨aventry⟩ , which Richard Chauntrell of Welton now holds. Rent: 41/- and 2 capons at the Annunciation and Michaelmas. 32 Henry VIII.

Indenture by which the King grants D⟨aventry⟩ to Richard Andrews Esq., for 21 years, in accordance with a lease from King Henry the Eighths’ College for 60 years and Rent: £86/13/4. 6 Sept. ⟨1545.⟩

Lease of D⟨aventry⟩ and Thorp to Richard Andrewes for 99 years. Rent: £91/14/6. 28 July 1547.

‘Right Wor: our very hartie commendations, remembred. Yt may please you to understand that wee have hard and considerid of the cause of Daventrie Lease at large, and in the presence of your solicitor Mr. Powel Isaack did desire the benifit of our former Agreement from which he himself fled when he should have performed yt; but wee supposing his Lease not voydable but Avoyded, though he desire[d] to confer with you yet wee thought good to signifie unto you that wee are resolved to pas at Lease unto you thereof so as provision for our house be made according to the statute of improvement. And that the royalties and Courte be ascentire (?) unto us And that you can in some reasonable sort satisfie the sayd Isaak And other tenants to whome he standeth bound in Covenants as in your Lrs. you have formerly promised unto us. And so wee hartely comend you unto the Tuition of almighte God. From Oxon this 12th of Julie 1589.’ (Copy of a letter to the Dean.) 12 July 1598.

Indenture between Ch. Ch. and Leonard Perot , embodying a mandate dated 20 March (the same year), ordering L. P. to pay to Ch. Ch. before September 30 the arrears of his rent due from the lordship of Bindseie, and to remit all right of action against them. 9 July ⟨1538.⟩

18 Aug. ⟨1554.⟩ Lease to Christopher Skennington of Cavershed . Whereas the abbey of Nollye [Nutley, Bucks.] leased the rectory of Caversham to William Rolte, sergeant-at-arms (23 Dec. 1535), for 66 years at £18, Ch. Ch. now lease it to C. S. for 50 years, after the end of the said 66 years. Same rent. Reserving to themselves timber and underwood. Bucks, ch. 41 is the lease of 23 Dec. 1535.

16 May ⟨1561.⟩ Agreement in English between the dean and canons of Windsor (with their bond in Latin, of 100 marks) and Ch. Ch., by which they agree to keep the award made by Edmund Plowden Esq., touching the tithes called Beckharvest-tithes in Chalgrove. (See MS. Ch. Oxon. 142b) Similar agreement with Roger Quartermain of Chalgrove, yeoman, and William Standissche of Oxford, gent. ⟨Same date.⟩

Extracts from a Court Roll of Cowley. Names mentioned: Edward Tanner , Stephen Clerk , Margrett Napper , Mr. Lawrence , Richard London . 1573.

Good Mr. Deane , least I should seeme forgetfulle of my good frends to whom I ame for many causes undeservedly behoulden, I have at the last sent you myne opinion of the lease of Churche-Cowley whereof you delivered mee a coppie. ‘In which I note three things fitt to be considered. First, what the case is: Secondly, what the lawe is: and thirdly, what manour of proceedings are fittest to be used against the tennaunt. 1. What the case is. For the firste I finde it as harde to searche out the truth of the case, as beinge searched oute to determine the points of lawe, but consideringe the coppye of the lease with other Writings which I have receaved sithence of my Cosin, Mr. Doctor Thornton , I finde your case to be this. Hen 8. an° 27. R. K. Abbott by reccomendacion, but not by election of the Monastery of O⟨seney⟩ : in the Countie of Oxon’ by Indenture bearinge date 15 Martii an°. 27°. H. 8. with the assent of the Covent demiseth unto H. R. and L. his wife the mannour of Church-Cowley in the said countie of Oxon’, and divers other lands. Habend to the said H., K. his wyfe, F. and L. theire daughters and to the longest liver of them immediately after and as soone as a certaine lease graunted to Jo: of … and Isa: his wyfe of Cowley aforesaid is fully ended and expyred, by death, forfaiture surrender or otherwise, unto the ende and terme of 31 yeares. An°. 29°. In December an° 29° H. 8. a Conge deslier or licence to elect an Abbot to the saied Monastery is graunted, the said R. L. is elected, the Kinge in Januarie followinge assenteth to the election, and in Februarye the temporalities are restored. R. K. now Abbot by election by Indenture bearinge date 14 Aprilis eodem an° H. 8. viz: 29° with the assent of the Covent recitinge the former lease confirmeth the same, and doeth farther by the same Indenture geive, demise and graunte unto the saied H. and K. his wyfe, F. and L. theire daughters (but sheweth not what hee doth geive or demise) habend’ to them and every of them for the terme of the saied [sic] yeeres (with a space) after the forme and effecte in the saied former Indentures specified and declared. The said Abbot and Covent doe further by the same Indenture demise graunt and to ferme let unto the saied H. R. the saied Mannour of Church Cowley and the saied other lands Habend’ to him the saied H. and his assignes immediately and as soone as the said lease made unto the saied H. and K. his wife for the terme of 31 yeeres dated 15 Martii an° 27 H. 8. shall happen to expire and ende, unto the ende and terme of 68 yeeres yeildinge rent. an°. 31°. The saied Abbot in an° 31. H. 8. by the name of R. K. Reoven Episcopi commendatorie of the Abbey of our blessed Ladye of O. in the countie of Oxon’ with the assent of the Covent by deede under theire common scale doth surrender the Abbey and all the lands there unto belonginge unto the Kinge; which is confirmed by statute of 31 H. 8. ⟨f. 1d.⟩ After, the Kinge by his letters patent graunteth the Mannour of Church-Cowley inter alia to the Deane and Chapter of the Cathedral Churche of Christ in Oxon’ and to theire successors. Thus far goethe your Case. 2. what the lawe is. The pointe where you desire to be resolved is, whether this Lease of the 14th of Aprille an° 29°. H. 8. bee a good lease against the Deane and Chapter or not. To which I answere shortly, that it is a voyed Lease in all: or not good for any more then Seaven yeares to come in Apriell next. Whether it bee voied in all or no, I stand doubtfulle, but that it can not bee good for any more then Seaven yeeres in Aprille next, I ame resolute. For the pointe which hath carried awaye your conceipt, I take yt it will not helpe you, or I finde that at the makinge of the lease in 29° he was an Abbot by election and not by commendacion: as ys conceaved: and whether he weare then Episco: Reoven’ (Whether it be materiall in common law, to make him onelie a commandatorie Abbot, though he were elect, because he was at that tyme also Episc. Revens’.) or not, I thinck in our Law it will not be greately materialle. But the pointe whereupon I finde helpe for you is this. The first Lease made by R. K. in Marche an° 27°. H. 8. for 31 yeeres in revercion: was a meere voyed Lease bycause hee was then but a Commendatory and had no power to make such a Lease. And when hee after in 29°. H. 8. beinge a perfitt Abbot doeth confirme this Lease, that confirmacion is likewise voied for that a voyed Lease can never bee made good by confirmation. And when hee goeth on and saieth that he doeth geive demise and graunt, these bee good Woords to have made a new demise, yf he had expressed, what he did geive, demise, and graunte. And when he saieth Habendum for the terme of the said … Yeeres (with a space) after the forme and effect in the saied former Indenture specified and declared: I thinke that the terme should have beene expressed in certaine, and that the reference to the former Indenture is cleerely nought. Then the Lease for 31 yeeres beinge voyed, this is your Case. A Lease is made for 68 yeeres to beginne uppon the expiracion of a voied lease: when this shall beginne that is your pointe. The grounde of Lawe is, that yf a lease for … yeeres have not a certaine tyme when it shall beginne and when it shall ende, then it is voyed. The meaning was that this Lease should beginne, when the voyed Lease by effluxion of tyme shoulde have ended, but by Law this can not bee, for that a voyed Lease hath no tyme to beginne nor no tyme to ende. Then the second Lease must either bee voied, or else the Lawe must appoint a tyme when it shall beginne. Also the Lawe then, when it shall beginne, and the answere is plaine: yf it shall beginne at all, it must beginne from the makinge. And then from the 14 of Apriell an° 29° H. 8. which was in the yeare 1537 to the 14th of Apriell an° 39 Eliz. in the yeere 1597, are iuste three-score yeeres and so of this Lease in Apriell next are seaven yeeres to come. 3. What maner of proceeding is fittest to be used against the tenent. Now for your proceedinge against the Tennaunt, yf you shall resolve to attempt suite, then I have formerly directed a course yf you thinke good to deale with the tennaunt by waye of mediatis, then you can better advise yourselfe, then I can direct: if you would have mee to confer with any other, I can like verie well of it. The coppie of the lease which I receaved of you togeather with the other writings which I received of my cosin Thornton I have sent you by this bearer. I have likewise sent you the court Rolle of Daventree: which I wishe should bee kept amongst your evidences of Daventree, that you maye have recourse to your Rolles as you shall have occasion. 4. Whither our leete at Daventrie be loste by non use, or no. For the court Leete at Daventree I would bee glad to keepe it when I maye bee assisted by your selfe or by somme of the Chapter. You see how much wee have beene resisted when we have doen no more than we have good authoritie in Lawe to doe: what shall I looke for them, yf I goe alone to doe that which I knowe I can not instefie; I doubt that in extremitie of Lawe, you have lost your Leete by not usinge it, and therefore I would wishe that Mr. Attorney weare first made acquainted with it, and that at Easter you should keepe bothe a leete and a courte Baron. And thus havinge troubled you over longe, I hartely wishe you all comfortable happinesse in Christ Jesus. Grayes Inne this of October 1597°. Your Wor’ assuredly in what he can.

Presentments of the jury at the Court of Sibford. Sept. 1567.

Copyhold lease, at Court Baron held by William Palmer , under-steward, to William, Richard, and George Faxon , of a messuage and 1½ virgates lately in the tenure of Richard Faxon , their father. 19 March ⟨1590.⟩

14 March ⟨1549.⟩ A bill [in English] witnessing that sir John Williams, kt, receiver of the Court of Augmentations , has received to the King’s use from George Owen Esq. £1028/7/2 for lands belonging to the late

• (i) chapel of S. […] in Cropredy, appurtenant to the chantry of St. John the Baptist in Fyfield.
• (ii) Parish church and chantry of S. Mary Magdalen, Oxford.
• (iii) Chantry of Our Lady in S. Giles’, Oxford.
• (iv) Guild of S. Nicholas in S. Mary’s Church, Oxford.
• (v) Chantry of Bampton.
• (vi) Chantry of Our Lady in Bray.
• (vii) Chantry of St. James in Chipping Norton.
• (viii) Chantry of St. John in the same.
• (ix) Chantry of St. Margaret in Woodstock.
• (x) Guild of Our Lady in Banbury.

License to Ch. Ch. to acquire land in mortmain to the value of £50 and to grant and exchange any possessions of the church, if it be not to the detriment of the said church. 6 June ⟨1562.⟩ There is an excellent portrait of Elizabeth within the initial letter.

Inspeximus of the surrender of all the College lands in 20 May 1545. [See L. and P. Hen. VIII, vol. xx, pt. ii, no. 776.] 3 July ⟨1579.⟩

1594. ‘A note of the white game belonginge unto the Collegge of Christ Church in the Universitie of Oxford, which have been found this yeare 1594 at the Swan Uppinge time, And what broodes there are of the same and where they doe lye.’ There were 17 old swans: 4 at the high Bridge at Stanton; one each at Stanton Moor, Bynssy church, Broadford, Sandford, Abingdon, Sutton, Sparsy Bridge, Ycfley Mill, Ottmoor, Ruely Lock, Wytam Streeme, Hincksy Mill, and another at Abingdon: also 9 cygnetts.