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BLECHINGDON. Robert, called Frebody of Blechesdon , grants to the abbot and canons of Oseney, in frankalmoigne, one annual rent of one halfpenny, which the said canons were accustomed to pay to him, and to William de Wythulle his father, for one rood of arable land etc. in the fields of Blechesdon which sir Henry, formerly vicar of Weston , obtained of the said William his father. (c. 1240-50.) Witn. Sir Robert de Aumary , etc.

John Pileth of Oxon grants to the church and canons of Oseney, in frankalmoigne, six acres of arable land with one messuage, the third part of the whole of his inclosed curtilage, the third part of his croft which lies without the curtilage towards the south, and half an acre of meadow with appurtenances in Blechesdon, which he had from Robert de Maroni . (c. 1250-60.) [Mutilated.] .

Robert de Marny confirms to the church and canons of Oseney the donation which John Pilet of Oxon made to them of six acres of arable land, &c. in the village of Blechesdon. (c. 1250-60.) [Mutilated.] .

Martin, son of master Martin de Blechesdon , confirms to the church and canons of Oseney, in frankalmoigne, the donation which John Pileth made to them of a certain part of the court of the said Martin in Blechesdon, near the house of Walter Ylberd , which contains in breadth from the house of the said Walter 48 feet, and extends in length from the public way to the court of Laurence de Blechesdon . And one acre of arable land in the field of Blechesdon, one rood of a meadow called 'Sudheya' near the village of Hampton. (c. 1260-70.) Witn. Otowy Purcel , Rob. de Marry etc.

Walter Cotton , Walter Belle , Thomas Gla... , and William Coston(?) grant to William Rolf all lands, tenements, fields, and pastures, in the villages and fields of Blechesdon and Weston in the county of Oxon. Dated at Blechesdon, 10 Dec., 10 Hen. VI.

HAMPTON GAY, HAMPTON POYLE, SHIPTON, and BLECHINGDON. Indenture between John, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, and John Waster of Hampton Gayt , by which the former grant to farm their manor and rectory of Hampton Gayt, and the rents belonging to the abbot and convent in Hampton Poyle, Shipton, and Bechesdon, to hold for 10 years, paying annually £16; excepting the remainder of the term of a lease granted to John Dyer of Cudlyngton . Dated on the feast of St. Michael, 37 Hen. VI.

WESTON and BLECHINGTON. John, rector of Ardley , remits and quit-claims all right he has in 2 1/2 acres and one rood of arable land in the fields of Weston, and one acre of meadow in the fields of Blegisdon, which he had of the gift of Matilda le Heyr of Ardley . Dated at Ardley the Thursday next after the feast of St. John ante port. lat., 21 Ed. III.

A dispute between Oseney and Thomas de Croxford, rector of Bletchingdon about the tithes of the demesne of Bletchingdon. June 20, 1324.

Hampton Gay, Hampton (at the Bridge), Blechingdon, Weston, Arncot and Chesterton. Court roll for the above manors, April, 33 Ed. III. [Mutilated and partly effaced.]