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Charter (mutilated) by which Geoffrey Dispensarius ... to receive by John, abbot of Oseney , executor of the will of John de St. John , ... 20 ... sterling to the use of Cecilia, daughter of the said John, and quit-claims and indemnifies the said abbot and his executors.

Letter patent from K. Edward I, acknowledging to have received from John de Drokenford for the abbot and convent of Oseney, sub-collectors of the tenths of England, the sum of £90.

Mutilated acknowledgment by Henry of Canterbury, clerk of the receipt of 5s.

Fragment of a list of charters and confirmations of properties belonging to the abbot and convent of Oseney, including a charter of Henry IV. [Mutilated.] .

An acquittance given by brothers Michael ... to the abbot and convent of St. Mary, Lyra, Evreux diocese, and Walter ... of St. Mary's, Oseney , for 6s. 8d. annual pension. [Partly obliterated.]

Fragment of a bailiff's account, 30. Ed. III, of the issues and expenses of some manor or farm.

Inspeximus and confirmation charter of King Edward II. [Much mutilated.]

An acquittance of ..., nuncio in England, for 7s. (?) received from the abbot of Oseney. Dated at London, 6 November, ... [Mutilated .] .

William, the abbot, and the convent of Oseney, manumit Thomas Hampton , son of Thomas Hampton, senior, their serf, from villenage, &c. [Mutilated.]

Writ of K. Henry VII to his escheator of the county of Stafford, confirming the election of Robert Oseney, canon, as abbot of Oseney, and commanding the restitution of the temporalities in his bailiwick. Dated at Westminster, 25 November, 1st year of his reign.

The testimony of six witnesses concerning the title of Oseney to the church of Stone.

BARTON (Westcote). Report of proceedings by the abbot of Eynsham and the dean of Oxford upon a commission from Pope Honorius III, dated 4 Non. December, 5th pontifical year (1220), directed to the abbot of Eynsham, the prior of St. Frideswide, and the dean of Oxford, directing them to hear and determine a cause between the abbot and Convent of Oseney, and the abbot and convent of Lyra, concerning two parts of the tithes of the lordship of Robert Arsic in Little Barton, claimed from the abbey of Fiscamp (who appeared by their proctor Roger prior of Coges ) by the abbot and convent of Oseney as belonging to the church of Great Barton. After much discussion, an agreement was come to by which the said abbot and convent of Oseney were admitted into actual possession of the tithes on condition of paying annually to the prior of Cogges at Oseney the sum of l0s. [J. Mershales Mem. of W. Barton, 1870, p. 61.] .

Fragment of the fine levied between Richard Damory and William del Peek concerning the advowson of the church of Bucknell. [See ch. 323.] .

KIDLINGTON. Grant from Hugh de Plessetis to William the abbot of Oseney of 5s. annual rent, in frankalmoigne, from tenements in Cudelinton. Walter Croxford confirms to William, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, the above bequest of 5s. by Hugh de Plessetis . [Hugh de Plessetis ob. 1291, William (1267)]. [Copy on one slip and the two deeds, made early by 15th cent., or late in 14th.] .

MIXBURY. Fragment of a list of charters and from time of empress Matilda to Henry IV belonging to the manor of Mixbury and elsewhere.

ROUSHAM and DUNSTEW. Decree relating to Rousham church and Dunstew. [Mutilated and illegible.] .

Indenture witnessing that John Haseley, canon and seneschal of Oseney , demises in the name of the abbot and convent to Richard Whiteof Radeford and Alice his wife, one plot, two virgates, and one acre of land, and a certain pasture and water-mill and field near the mill, in the village and fields of Sandford, for 40 years, paying annually 53s. 4d. Dated at Oseney, 4 October, . . Rich. II. [Mutilated.] .

Writ from K. Ed. II to the sheriff of Oxford, concerning the inclosure of waste lands at Little Tywe by the abbot of Osene. [Mutilated.] .

Court roll for th emanors of Eton and Cudeslowe, held at Eton, 34 Ed. III. [Mutilated.]

Letter of Pope nearly obliterated, indorsed 'De decimis de Watlinton'; relating to the subraction from the letter of five hides belonging to the abbey of Preaux.

WELD, co. Oxon. Convention between Geoffrey de Burton and Walter Toky of Welde , by which the said Walter lets to farm to the said Geoffrey his water and fishery, which is between the water of sir Roger de Oyli and John Pulcre , and a certain stone which is called Mulestone, for 8 years, for which the said Geoffrey gave to the said Walter 20s. (23 or 13 "...mo tercio" Hen. fil. [Joh.]) .

Joan, daughter and heir of Robert de Staunton, citizen and fisherman, of Oxford , relict of John Sch... (?) , grants to John de Abyndon (?) a tenement in St. Aldate's parish. Dated the Sunday next after the feast of St. Mark the evangelist, 20 Rich. II. Witn. Rich. Garston, mayor, etc. [Much rubbed, and partially illegible.] .

John Halegod quit-claims to Ralph de Sualewecleve all right to 2s. annual rent from land in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen. Witness. William de Ibernia, bailiff of Northgate hundred.