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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.

Roll of charters connected with the claim of University college to the property of Walter the goldsmith in the parish of All Saints, Oxford. . Imperfect at the beginning. c. 1385-90. Endorsed with ...(?) by a hand of 17th century.

(a) Geoffrey, the goldsmith, commonly called ..., burgess of Oxford , acknowledges to have received of Gilbert de Gonwardby, burgess of Oxford , £1000, and for security thereof mortgages to him or his attorney 5 tenements in the High Street above the corner of the cemetery of the church of All Saints, and 3 messuages and 3 shops in the parish of St. Mildred, 3 messuages in the parish of St. Martin, 2 cottages in the parish of St. Thomas, one messuage and 3 cottages in the parish of St. Ebbe, 2 messuages in Grauntpount, one cottage in the parish of St. Edward, 2 messuages in the parish of St. John, one messuage in the parish of St. Peter in the east, 3 tenements in the parish of St. Peter in the bailey, 4 tenements and 6 acres of land in Halivelle, 3 messuages in the parish of St. Giles, 20 acres of land in Beaumont and the field of Walton, and 40 acres of meadow behind Oseney in Irland, and Alrychseyte and Swyneshull, and 30s. annual rent going out of divers places in the town. Dated on Whitsunday [17 Hen. III]. Date erased. [Copy of a spurious deed advanced by University college, in support of their title to Gonwardby's lands.]

(b) Gilbert de Gonewardeby, burgess of Oxon , recites the bond given by Geoffrey the goldsmith to himself in £1000 payable on the feast of St. Martin in the winter, 16 years after the date of the said bond, and by this charter covenants with the said Geoffrey, that he shall enjoy the same for his life, reserving to himself and John de Gonewardeby his son, the reversion of the same after the death of the said Geoffrey; the said Gilbert grants and quit-claims to John his son and his heirs all right in the said lands mentioned in (a). Dated at Oxford on the feast of St. Mary the virgin ... Hen. III. (Date erased.) (Spurious.)

(c) Abstracts of charters of lands and rents in 'Bocheria' in All Saints' parish, Oxford. (d) An agreement between John and Walter the goldsmiths , and John Gonwardby, mercer, of Oxford , concerning the bond of £1000 secured by Geoffrey the goldsmith on his lands &c. as described in (a), by which the said lands &c. are granted to John and Walter for their lives. This agreement to be maintained under a penalty of £3000. Dated at Oxford on the morrow of St. Michael the archangel, (9) Hen. III. (Date erased.) (Spurious.)

(e) John de Gonewardeby, mercer, of Oxford , grants to John de Gonewardeby his younger son the reversion of his house in the parish of All Saints, Oxford, between tenements formerly John Goldesmyth 's, after the death of Thomas de Gonewardeby his elder son, also the reversion of all the lands which he had by the gift and feoffment of John the goldsmith and Walter his brother. Dated at Oxford the Thursday on the feast of the Epiphany, ... Ed. II. (Date erased.) (Spurious.)

(f) John .... of Oxford grants to John de Denchesworth and Elizabeth his wife the whole of that messuage in the parish of St. Martin, Oxford, 'in Bocheria.' Dated at Oxford on St. Vincent's day, 13 Ed. III.

(g) Writ of supersedeas in a cause between Edmund Fraunceys and Idonea his wife on the one part, and the master and scholars of University College on the other. Dated at New Sarum, 22 May, 7 Rich. II.

(h) John, son of Walter the goldsmith, of Oxon , grants to John de Gonwardby and his wife Joan , daughter of the said John, the whole of that messuage with appurtenances situated in the parish of All Saints, Oxford, between a tenement he inhabits at the time of making this charter on the west, and the tenement which Philip de Wormenhale holds of him on the east; also he grants to the said John and Joan 8s. annual rent which he was accustomed to receive annually from a tenement of Robert de Gonwardby in St. Ebbe's, Oxon; to hold the same to them and their heirs for ever, in default to revert to the heirs of John son of Walter. Dated at Oxford the Sunday next after the feast of All Saints, 1 Ed. II.

(i) John, son of Walter the goldsmith, of Oxford , grants to John his son all the land and tenements, rents and services, meadows and pastures, with appurtenances, which he has in the town of Oxford, and the counties of Oxon and Berks; to hold the same to him and the heirs of his body by an annual payment of 14 marks of silver, in default of heirs the whole to revert to John Gonwardby and Joan his wife and their heirs; in default to revert to the heirs of the said John son of Walter for ever. Dated at Oxford, 2 July, 1 Ed. II.

(k) Fragment of the pleadings in the suit between Edmund and Idonea Fraunceys and University College.

Fragment of a rent roll, containing part of the parishes of St. Michael, north, and St. Mildred. Temp. Hen. IV.

Part of a rent roll in the parishes of St. Mildred, St. Mary the Virgin, St. Peter in the east, St. Martin, St. Peter le bailey, St. Ebbe, St. Aldate, St. Michael South, St. George, and St. John. Temp. Hen. IV.