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S., the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide, grant and demise to Copin, the Jew, of Worcester , the whole of their land which was Robert Trezemar 's, which he had sold to the Jews, which lies between that land which was Anketil le Wauter 's and the land which the said Copin bought of Segar , in the parish of St. Aldate's, Oxford; paying annually iiijd. The said Copin gave to St. Frideswide in exchange that land, with appurtenances and edifices, which was Nicholas Gulp 's, which land the said Nicholas had acquired against Geoffrey Lutum and Alice his wife before Stephen de Segrave and Walter de Beauchamp , justices itinerant. Besides the said Copin gave in exchange that land, with appurtenances, which was Ralph Plente 's, near the land of Nicholas Gulp on the north part, in the said parish. Witness. John Pady, then mayor of Oxford, Robert, subprior etc. including Jews. (c. 1227-28.)

The will of Richard de Hunsyngore, clerk, rector of South Newenton, Oxfordshire ; he leaves (inter alia) to master Nicholas, son of William de Burcestre , his godson, his seld situated in the high street near the door of the house in which the said Walter lives, which he bought of John de Maydeston ; also to Robert de Hunsyngore his servant, his tenement in the parish of St. Aldate in the high street, between a tenement formerly William Spaldyng 's on the north, and a tenement of John Saucers on the south, which tenement he bought of the executors of Robert de Wormenhale . Dated at South Newenton the Thursday next after the feast of St Dunstan. 1337. Also he gives and bequeaths his tenement situated in the way called Shydzerd, Oxon, between a tenement of the prior and convent of St. Frid. on the south, and a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstowe on the north, and also his tenement in the street of St. John which he bought of John de Croxford , to be sold, and the money employed for the celebration of masses in the church of South Newenton. Attached to this will is a mandate from Gilbert de Bruera, dean of St. Paul's , to ... de Mora, proctor of the archdeacon of Oxford, and to the dean of Oxford (in consequence of the archdeacon being in foreign parts) to grant administration. Dated at London, 5 Kl. June, 1337.

Letters patent of K. Richd. II, granting to the prior and convent of St. Frideswide a licence to hold lands, tenements, and rents, in St. Aldate, Oxford, in mortmain. Dated at Salop, 31 January, 21 of his reign. (1398.)

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.] .

Fragment of a rent roll indorsed by A. Wood 'circa 1257,' containing' rents in the following parishes: St. Aldate's, St. Michael's south, St. Cross, St. Giles', St. Mary Magdalen, St. Peter's in the east, St. John, and St. Edward, within the city of Oxford.

Fragment of a rent roll of the city of Oxford, containing rents in the following parishes, St. Ebbe's, St. Aldate's, and St. Michael's south, St. Giles', St. Mary Magdalen. [Temp. Hen. IV. (c. 1400)] .

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Henry son of Simeon grants to Warin the smith land by the church of St. Aldate’s, between the land of Segrim son of Robert and that of Reginald the baker. Witnesses: John Kepeharm, Laurence Kepeharm, Henry son of Segrim, Joscelin son of Senare, William Grente, Robert Tregod. ⟨c. 1200–9.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Henry son of Simeon grants the same to St. F. Witnesses: Thomas, mayor, Adam Rufus, Robert son of Oein, Benedict Kepherem, Henry son of ..., Laurence Halegod, Nicholas the janitor. [Torn.] ⟨c. 1210–20.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Henry Virun grants to William Dodeman a solar and cellar. Witnesses: William Crompe, John of Brohulle, Miles of Cukesham, Richard of Nortone, William Abbot, Richard Produn, Gilbert Polet’, Robert Chacches’, Walter Haringe, Thomas pisc’. ⟨c. 1230–37.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s John of Navarre quit-claims to St. F. the land late of Vivo the Jew and that of Miles son of Deudo. Witnesses: Thomas son of Edwin, mayor, Philip the miller, Jordan Rufus, Robert Oein, Richard of Stocwelle, Walter Inge, Richard son of Henry, […] Sawi, Roger of Hertwelle, chaplain, Saher the clerk, Reginald the marshal. [Torn.] ⟨c. 1225.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Letter of Alexander, Bishop of Coventry, reciting a bull of Pope Gregory IX respecting a dispute which had arisen between the preaching Friars and the Prior and Convent of St. Frideswide, and recording the terms on which it was settled. 1228, ⟨Aug. 16.⟩ [Torn.]. Seal lost.

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Roger the spicer acknowledges that he owes St. F. 1 lb. of cummin annually. Witnesses: […] mayor, Hugh Faue and Adam Cruste, reeves, Walter the goldsmith, Pentecost, Laurence Rufus, ... Adam of Disce, Ralph de Bracin, Ralph the clerk, Jordan the clerk. [Torn.] ⟨c. 1236 or 1243.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s St. F. with the consent of Matilda Crompe grant two messuages, by the lane called Kepeharm’s Twichene, to William de Milcombe, clerk. Witnesses: Adam Feteplace, mayor, John of Coleshulle and Nicholas of Kingeston, reeves, Thomas son of Walter, Adam son of Walter, Pentecoste, Adam de Ville, Nigel of Coleshulle, Henry Hynge, Henry of Wicumbe, John Curd. [Mutilated.] ⟨1245.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Certificate by Sir Nicholas de Turri, of seisin of property left to St. F. by the will of John Hamond. Witnesses: Adam Feteplace, mayor, John of Coleshulle and Roger le Saucer, reeves, Walter the goldsmith, Nicholas of Stokwell, Nicholas of Kyngestone, William of O, William speciarius, Geoffrey of Hencseye, Geoffrey the goldsmith, John Padi, Richard son of Nicholas, Andreas of Durame, Geoffrey le Mercer, Jacob speciarius, Roger of Durame. ⟨July 30⟩ 1266.

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Richard of Wodehay, mayor of Oxford, inspects, at the request of Robert son of Walter Portreve of Brehull [Brill], an enrollment of the following writing read in the Hustings at Oxford on Monday, the feast of S. Hillary, 38 Ed. III: Richard of Wodehay, Hugh de Saundresdone, rector St Peter le Bailey ’s, Adam of Plumpton, clerk, Walter of Baldyndone, rector of the church of Upledecombe, John of Hertwell, and Walter of Clyne of Oxford, grant to R. f. W. P. of Brehull, 40/- rent from the tenements late of John of St. F., viz. 4 messuages, 7 shops, and 7½ acres of meadow. [For the positions of these see the Cartulary, no. 314.] Witnesses: William of Godesale and Geoffrey of Lodewelle, bailiffs, Walter of Clyne, […] of Benham, John of N[or]tone, John G[ib]b[es], John of Northampton. Given at Oxford. ⟨Jan. 13, 1365.⟩ 1 Jan. 38 Ed. III.

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Inq. ad q. d. concerning the same 4 messuages, 5 shops [sic], &c. (There is an additional clause after the Summa, repeating the names of the grantees, but it is mostly illegible.) ⟨See MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. F. 55 ⟩ 2 June ⟨1369.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s Walter of Beanton and Walter of Clyne grant the same 4 messuages, 7 shops, &c., to St. F. Witnesses: William of Codeshale, mayor, Geoffrey of ... and Richard of Garston, bailiffs, William of N..., John Gibbes, John of Wyndesore, John of [No]rhampton, clerk. 20 Sept. ⟨1375.⟩

Oxford, St. Aldate’s

Lease by Ch. Ch. to John Vawse, yeoman, for his good service, of a garden and tenement in the parish of S. Aldate’s, abutting on the High Street on the West, the house sometimes called Peckwater’s House on the East, New Lane on the North, and a Ch. Ch. tenement, held by Richard Beverley , on the South, in the same way that Robert Brassegrydell (Bracegirdle) now holds it, on the expiry of a lease made to Robert Beuboive . For 31 years. Rent: 13/4. 15 Jan. ⟨1555.⟩

Lease to John Laus M.A., of their tenement and garden in St. Aldate’s, abutting on the High Street on the West, the Ch. Ch. timber yard on the East, a tenement lately occupied by Thomas Smyth, baker, on the South, and the new lane on the North. For 40 years. Rent: 13/4. 22 Dec. ⟨1587.⟩

Letters patent (Latin) of John Perrott of Drayton (Oxon.), gentleman, granting to Ch. Ch. (i) an acre of meadow in S. Aldate’s (Berks.) between the Thames on the West and Frideswide Mead on the East, (ii) a second piece similarly situated. 11 Nov. ⟨1600.⟩ Sealed and delivered in the presence of us, (signed) William Denye , Richard Benott , Henry Ravenscrofte , Richard Rye[r] (?). Signed by John Perrot .

Lease by Ch. Ch. to Thomas Burneham, of Oxford, gent., of a tenement and garden in St. Aldate’s, [as in MM. 55.]. For 40 years from the Annunciation last past. Rent: 13/4, and at or in the Audit of the dean and chapter, a couple of good fat capons, or 5/-. 10 June ⟨1670.⟩ Endorsed ‘Examinatus per nos’ (signed) Rich: Gardiner . Edw: Pococke . Jasper: Mayne . Rich: Allestree . Geor: Croyden Thes:

Oxford, St. Martin's parish. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church sell to William Spenser a shop in St. Martin's and a garden in St. Aldate's. May 6, 1548.

Oxford, St. Aldate's parish. Henry Simeon grants land to Jordan of Aylesbury. c. 1220.

Oxford, St. Aldate's parish. Stephen, son of Henry Simeon, confirms the half of his father's grant. Mich. 1228-Mich. 1229. [The deed is in the hand of Will. Clericus.]