Search

OXFORD (St. Martin). Charter by which Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey the mercer , grants to Richard a shop situated in the parish of St. Martin, Oxford. Witnesses ... mayor, William de Burchester and Richard de Waleden , bailiffs. (1304-05.) [Mutilated.]

Richard de Staunton quit-claims to John de Bibury all his right in a shop and all that belongs to it in the parish of St. Martin. Witnesses. William de Burchestre, mayor of Oxford , Henry de Stodle and John de Gunwardby , bailiffs. Dated at Oxford the Thursday next after the feast of St. ... 3(?) Ed. III .

Fragment of a charter, by which [Agnes] the wife of Richard de Staunton grants to [ John Bibury ] a shop in the parish of St. [Martin]. Witnesses. William de Burchestre, mayor of Oxford , Henry Stodle and John Gunwardby , bailiffs. Dated at Oxford ... next after the feast of St. Gregory, 3 Ed. III. [Mutilated.] .

Richard, son and heir of John de Staunton, formerly skinner, of Oxford , quit-claims to Stephen de Adyngton of Oxford , all right which he has in one shop situated in the parish of St. Martin, between a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstowe on the north, arid a tenement of John de Heyford on the south. Witnesses. Andrew de Wormenhale, then mayor, John de Bybury and William Wyth , then bailiffs of Oxford. Dated 20 March, ... Ed. III.

Indenture made [1615-16] James I. between Arthur Lake, D.D., the warden, and scholars of New College of the one part, and Edward Galland of the other, being a lease of a tenement with a shop in the parish of St. Martin, Oxford, for 40 years. [Mutilated.] .

Will of Walter de Milton of Oxford containing bequests to St. Martin's church, to Agnes his wife, and mentions John , William , Thomas , Adam , and Eustachius , his sons, and Agnes his daughter. Dated at Oxford the Tuesday next after the feast of the Ascension, 12 Ed. III. (1338) .

Thomas de Wormenhale and Isabelle his wife grant to William de Chinnore, clerk, one shop in the parish of St. Martin, between a tenement of Nicholas Kyng on the one part, and a shop of Henry de Wyghthull on the other. Witnesses. John de Stodle, then mayor, Gilbert atte Wode and Robert Croydon , then bailiffs. Dated at Oxford on the feast of St. Thomas, 31 Ed. III.

Fragment of a will mentioning Henry Freeman and William Merston , the testator's wife Alice, the churchwardens of the parish, and tenements, &c. in the parish of St. Martin, Oxford. Temp. Ed. III.

Convention between Thomas Whitele of Oxford and Isolda his wife, formerly wife of John le Saucer, senior, of the one part, and John Appulford, draper, of the other, relating to dowry from a tenement in St. Martin's parish, near the church. Dated at Oxford, 6 May, 4 Rich. II. Witn. Will. Dagvylle, mayor, etc. Adam de la Ryverc and Walter Wycombe , bailiffs.

Isabella, relict of Roger Stodle, spicer, of Oxford , formerly daughter to Henry Rolf of Oxford , quitclaims to sir William Northbury, chaplain, and Thomas Wyghtham , all right in a certain messuage and vacant place adjoining, in the parish of St. Martin. Dated at Oxford, 21 Sept., 6 Rich. II. Witn. Rich. Marston, mayor, John ... and Adam de la Ryvede , bailiffs.

At a court held the Monday next before the feast of St. Alphege, 3 Hen. VI, it was presented that in a tenement in the parish of St. Martin, Oxon, which was formerly Edward Terschaweis , there are 5 windows constructed within a space of 16 feet, which open on the land of the abbot and convent of Oseney on the east, against the custom. Ordered to be closed within 40 days under a fine of 40s.

Memorandum of the bequest or gift of sir Roger de Marton of three messuages, 16 shops, 2 solars, 1 celar, and 5 acres 3 roods of meadow, to the abbot and convent of Oseney, in the parishes of St. Peter in the east, All Saints, St. Martin, and St. Michael's north, with particulars of the same. (c. 1350).

Fragment of a rent roll for the city of Oxford, containing the parishes of St. Edward, All Saints, St. Martin's, and St. Peter le Bailey. (c. 1300.) .

Oxford, St. Martin’s Memorandum, in English, of an agreement made 24 September 1 Ric. III. at Oxford in the presence of William Waynflete, bp. of Winchester, between St. F. and Magdalen College. The Priory is to pay (i) 2/2 rent for a messuage and curtilage lying by the East gate by the Priory gate, (ii) 2/- rent for a ‘way’ towards the ground of St. F. (iii) 2/- rent for a stair between two shops in St. Martin’s parish, (iv) 2/- for repairs to a tenement of the prior ‘beside the Carfax, the College having lost 10 years’ profit from it. (v) 8/8 rent for a house by the town wall in the parish of St. Ebbe. The College is to pay (i) 5/8 rent for a house called Swynebrok, late Thomas Hall’s house in the parish of Allhallows. (ii) 5/8 for a hall called Yng Hall in St. Mary’s parish. (iii) 3/5 for a house in the parish of St. Michael in the south. (iv) 8/8 for a house on the north side of the church in the parish of Allhallows. (v) 3/4 for a house by a way leading from the high road to a grange of the priory. (vi) 76/8 for the price of timber cut and carried off thence by the College. (vii) (sum not stated) for timber, faggots, stones, and lime, witheld by the College from the first foundation unto this time. An exchange was made for a house in St. Ebbe’s against the west side of the churchyard on the north side of the street leading to Frideswide Hall, for a piece of land in St. John’s at the east end of Crope lane. The College are to have a house belonging to the Priory above the College tenement on the north side of Carfax, for which the Priory are to have the whole fishing in the Cherwell from the East bridge to the King’s Mill, leaving to the College their right of free passage. The College are to see that no trees overhang on their side that might hinder river traffic or fishing. The priory hold a house and garden in St. Ebbe’s by exchange for a garden in Cat Street, which Lucy Glover (and now John Asshendon Glover) held, and for a little garden that Richard Leke holds. This indenture is not to be prejudicial to the priory’s right to a quit-rent from a house called ‘Feyre Yeomannys Housse’ in St. Mary Magdalen’s. The College have returned the day of the delivery of this indenture a bond of £40 in which the Priory was bound to them. 24 Sept. ⟨1483.⟩

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. John de Bibury leases two shops to John de Odiham. Aug. 3, 1336.

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. Joan, widow of Walter de Wycombe, quitclaims to John de Bybury a shop in St. Martin's. Sept. 3, 1340.

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. Walter Attemore and Isabella his wife promise to rebuild a seld. Feb. 25, 1360.

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. Oseney grants to Thomas Somerset that his rent shall be reduced to 8 d., for the lives of himself, his wife, and son. Mar. 17, 1376.

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. Andrew, son of Walerand, confirms his father's grant. [As in MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. O. 388.] c. 1200.

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. Oseney grants the house to Malger the vintner, but retains the shops in front. 1190-93. [This is a 'Cyrographum', but without an indented cut.]

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. Walter Florenz grants to William Perle a seld in St. Martin's. Mich. 1227-Mich. 1228.

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. John de Dunstaple sells to William Paternoster three properties and a rent in Oxford. May 1, 1316.

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. Robert, son of Thomas de Sowy, leases to William of Bicester a house on the south side of Mauger's Hall. Dec. 7, 1312.