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CHICHELEY. John, the prior, and convent of Tykeford grant to Richard Smythof Chechele and Emma his wife a messuage and five acres of arable land in the village and fields of Chechele. [Mutilated.] Dated at Tykeford the Friday in ...... Ed. III.

Indenture made 5 Jan., 11 Hen. VIII, between Thomas Broke, the prior, and convent of Tykford "nye" Newport Paynel of the one part, and Christopher Daveson of Battyllesdon, co. Beds., yeoman, of the other part, witnesseth that the said prior and convent have received of the said Christopher £32, and have demised to him all their tithe cornes in the parish of Checheley, excepting the tithe of the manor of Thykthorne, for 13 years; paying for the 3 first years one peppercorn, for the 4th year £8, and for the remainder £10 annually. [This is a mutilated and defaced fragment, signatures of Edward Wall , Thomas Parkar and William Wodford , possibly as witnesses.] .

King Henry VIII, by letters sealed, confirms the union and incorporation of the churches or chapels of Hedyngton, Merston, Byndesey, Churchill, Frytewell, Ellsfylde, Wornall, Oclee, Bryll, Borstall, Overwinchindon, Fallewysley, Great [Preston] and Little Preston, Welton, West Haddon, Stratton, Norton, Coldeassheby, Daventre, Throppe, Throppe-Mondewell, Foxston, Stalforde, Byssebroke, Chycheley, Newporte Paynell, Ascewodde, Wyllyn, Sandeforde, Wodde pery, Douton basset, Ragdale, Aston, Bromyngham, Rudeby and Wettwange, in Lincoln, Lichfield, and York dioceses; also annual portions from the churches or parishes of St. Giles without the walls of Oxford, Fulthorn, Beckeley, Lovyngham, Uppelamborn, and Sonyngwell, in the dioceses of Lincoln and Salisbury, formerly belonging to the suppressed monasteries of St. Frideswide, Tyckford, Littlemore, and Canwall; made by Thomas Crumwell, K.G., to King Henry VIII's college in Oxford. Dated 31 July, 1537, and 29 year of his reign. [Wigram no. 96]