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Inrolment of muniments relating to Stapledon hall and of the hall formerly called the hall of St. Stephen, in the parish of St. Mildred, Oxford, temp. Ed. I. viz. c. 1320. "Ista sunt munimenta domo de Stapeldon halle de aula quondam vocata aula S. Stephani in parochia Sancte Mildride." .

(a) Geoffrey de Merston, skinner, grants to master William de Coudrey one plot of land, having in breadth within the walls of the said William '6 ulnas regias cum police et quaterium unius ulne,' and in length the whole space of the land between master Thomas de Radenore 's on the west, and the land of the abbess of Godstowe on the east, which plot of land lies between the land of the said master William on the north and the land of the donor on the south, in the parish of St. Mildred, Oxford. For this donation the said William gave 40s. sterling. Witnesses. Nicholas de Kyngyston, then mayor of Oxford , Thomas de Sowy and Ralph le Plummere , bailiffs.

(b) William Crompe grants to master William de Coudray a certain house in Oxford in the parish of St. Mildred, which is situated between the house which was Hugh Rufy 's of the one part, and the house of the abbess of Godstow of the other; paying annually to Thomas de Sowe, clerk, 2s., to the church of St. Mildred 2d., and to him and his heirs 1d. Witnesses. Nicholas de Kyngyston, then mayor of Oxford , Geoffrey the goldsmith and Nicholas de Collushulle , then bailiffs.

(c) Thomas de Sowy quit-claims to master William de Coudrey all right in 2s. annual rent which he was accustomed to receive from the messuage situate between the land of the abbess of Godstowe on the one part and the land of Lucy la Rede on the other in the parish of St. Mildred, Oxford. Witn. Nich. de Kyngyston, mayor, Ralph le Plume , bailiff.

(d) Thomas de Merston quitclaims to master William de Coudrey all his right in a certain house in Oxford in the parish of St. Mildred, which master Thomas de Radenor bought of Geoffrey de Merston his brother, and which the said Thomas de Radenor sold to the said William; also he quit-claims all right in a piece of land behind the said house. Dated the Monday next after the Purification B.V.M., 1284.

(e) Alice, daughter of Henry de la Grave , quit-claims to master William de Coudray , all her right in that tenement which she formerly had by the gift of the said William in the parish of St. Mildred, Oxford. For this donation the said William gave to her in exchange the whole of that tenement which, he had by the gift of sir Henry Bueles, kt., and of Henry his son, in the village of Curtelingtone. Witnesses. John Culverd, mayor of Oxford , Andrew de Pyrie and John Wyt , bailiffs. Dated at Oxford on the feast of St. Peter ad vincula, 22 Ed. I.

(f) Margery, formerly wife of Geoffrey Strustan of Merston , quitclaims to master William de Coudray and his assigns, all right in a certain place and buildings which the said William bought of her husband. For which quit-claim he gave 10s. beforehand. Witness. Thomas Sewy, then mayor of Oxford . Dated at Oxford the Tuesday next after the feast of St. John Bapt., 23 Ed. I.

(g) Geoffrey de Coudray quit-claims to master William de Coudray all right which he has by reason of gift, demise, or any other manner in his houses in Oxford and land in Curtelington. Dated at Halsale, the Tuesday in Pentecost week, 24 Ed. I.

(h) Gilbert de Coudray quit-claims to Walter, bp. of Exeter , all his right in a certain burgage which he had formerly by the gift and feoffment of master William de Coudray , in the parish of St. Mildred, opposite to the walls on the north of the said town, and which burgage was formerly William Crompe 's.

(i) William de Coudray grants to William, son of Thomas de la Rode of Cornwall , and to Peter de Skelton, clerk, and the longest liver of them, the whole of that messuage which he had by the gift of William Crompe in the town of Oxford against the walls of the said town, in the parish of St. Mildred, which messuage is situated between the land of the abbess and convent of Godstowe on the one part, and a messuage formerly John Culveret 's on the other; with the whole of the lower court which he had by the gift of Geoffrey de Mersthon , paying annually for the term of his life 40s. Witnesses. Philip de Ow, then mayor of Oxford , Andrew de Pyrye and John de Coleushulle , then bailiffs. 1296.

(k) Henry, son of sir Henry de Boweles, kt., of Curtelingtone , quitclaims for himself and wife to William, son of Thomas de Rode of Cornwall , and Peter de Skelton , all their right in a certain messuage in Oxford, which messuage they had by the gift of William de Coudray .

(l) William, son of Thomas de la Rode of Cornwall , grants to Peter de Skelton, clerk, the whole of his part of a messuage with appurtenances which he had by the gift of master William de Coudray , and also his part of the court, which messuage and court is situated in the parish of St. Mildred, Oxford, against the walls of the same town, between a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godestowe on the east, and a tenement which was formerly John Culverd 's on the west. Witnesses. John de Dokelyngton, then mayor of Oxford , Walter Wicumbe and William de Penuard , then bailiffs.

(m) William de la Rode of Cornwall remits and quit-claims to Peter de Skelton all his right in the messuage and court described above (l). Witnesses. William de Burcestre, then mayor of Oxford , Henry de Lynne and Gilbert de Grenestede , then bailiffs. Dated at Oxford on the day of St. Barnabas the apostle, 6 Ed. II.

(n) Peter de Skelton, clerk, at the instance of Walter, bp. of Exeter , grants to the rector and scholars of Stapeldonehalle in the university of Oxford, one messuage with appurtenances called the hall of St. Stephen in Oxford, situated in the parish of St. Mildred, opposite to the north wall which incloses the town, between the north gate of the said town and Smythegate, to hold the same in frankalmoigne. Dated at Chuddelegh, co. Devon, the Monday on the feast of St. Faith, virgin, 9 Ed. II.

(o) John de Skelton , brother of master Peter de Skelton , quit-claims to the rector and scholars of Stapeldonhalle all his right in the messuage described as above (n). Dated at London the Friday on the morrow of St. Leonard, 9 Ed. II.

(p) Peter de Skelton, clerk, at the instance of Walter, bp. of Exeter , grants to the rector and scholars of Stapeldon halle in the university of Oxford, two chambers with an area pertaining to the same, commonly called 'la Lavandrie,' which he had by the gift of the abbess of Godestowe, situated on the east part of a certain messuage which is called St. Stephen's hall. Dated at Chuddelegh in the county of Devon the Tuesday on the morrow of St. Faith, virgin, 9 Ed. II.

(q) Henry, son of sir Henry de Boveles of Curtelington , and Alice his wife, remit and quit-claim to William, son of Thomas de la Rode of Cornwall , and Peter de Skelton, clerk, all their right in a certain tenement which formerly the said Alice his wife had by the gift of master William de Coudray in the parish of St. Mildred in Oxford. Dated at Oxford on the morrow of St. John ante port. Lat., 25 Ed. I.