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Writ from K. Hen. III to the collectors of the 20ths in the counties of Oxford, Berks, and Bucks, commanding them not to enter upon or distrain for the said 20ths the goods or chattels of the prior and convent of St. Frid. or their villeins in the said counties. Dated at Winchester, 10 December, 55 Hen. III.

OXFORD (St. Frideswide). Fragment of a charter, in which Robert Bodyn grants to the church of St. Frideswide in frankalmoigne one seld in the lane called 'Hamile,' in the parish of St. Frideswide. (c. 1270-80.) Another fragment of this charter is MS. Ch. Misc. 274.

Fragment of a charter dated at Oxford, St. Katherine's day, 1277, concerning the church of Beckley, in which sir Michael de Northampton appears as rector [of Beckley] against the prior and convent of St. Frid. in a cause before the ... for ... .

Memorandum that Robert, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide have received in the 6th year of King Ed. I. nine marks of silver from sir Bogo de Clare by the hands of Walter de Chause , his bailiff of Halywell, for a house in St. John Street, which is called 'Cestre' also one mark arrears from a house called ' le Oriole' in St. Mary's, Oxford; also an arrear of 12d. for the area between 'le Oriole' and the house which is called 'Cestre' in which area was a certain house formerly called 'Zacharie'.

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.]

Convention made between William Thursteyn of Mershton and John le ... of Ellesfeld and Agnes his wife, concerning ten acres of land in Ellesfeld. [Mutilated.] Dated at Ellesfeld the Friday on the feast of St. Matthew the apostle, 18 Ed. II.

Richard de St. Frideswyde grants to John his son a messuage in the parish of St. Michael's South, Oxford, between a tenement of Thomas le Cha on either side. Witnesses. William [de Burchestre] then mayor of Oxford , Stephen de Adynton and Simon de Gloucester , bailiffs. Dated at Oxford the Thursday after the feast of St. Leonard, confessor, 5 Ed. III.

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.

OXFORD (St. Edward). Henry Stanford of Oxford grants to Richard de la Sale, chaplain, John de Brighthampton , John de Wynchendon , and Arnulph de Deneworth one messuage, with appurtenances, in Oxford, in the parish of St. Edward the martyr, between a tenement of the abbot and convent of Eynesham of the one part, and the land of the prior and convent of St. Frideswide on the other. Witnesses. Richard de Selewode, then mayor of Oxford , John de Alston and John Peggy , then bailiffs. Dated at Oxford, 11 January, 21 Ed. III.

William Spayne of Oxford confirms to John de St. Frideswyde of Oxford , two messuages in the parish of St. Michael South, Oxford, of which one messuage is situate between the tenement of John de Aleston on the east, and a certain vacant place of Thomas le Mareschal on the west; and the other messuage is situated near the place which is called 'le Shulvyngstole,' between a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstow of the one part, and a tenement of Adam de Remyngton on the other. Dated at Oxford, 5 May, 23 Ed. III. Witnesses. Richard Gary, mayor of Oxford , John de Bedeford and William de Saunford , bailiffs.

Memorandum: that 23 April, 48 Ed. Ill, in St. Paul's church, London, it was agreed that the house of St. Frideswyde, who had sued University College in the Exchequer for 12 los. arrears of certain annual rents of 8s. 8d. issuing from certain tenements in Oxford, viz. Durham now University Hall, ijs., from Lodelowe Hall, i2d., Hampton Hall, anciently called Bodyns, 5$., and from certain land in Kibold street, for peace, shall accept from the said college the sum of 10 marks, viz. 5 marks at the Nativity and 5 marks at -Michaelmas following, and acquit them from the arrears.

COWLEY. Charter (fragment of) by William ... in Covele ... Dated at Chyrche Covele the Monday next after the feast of St. Michael, 7 Ric. II.

Letter of Henry, bp. of Lincoln , setting forth that William Grom, perpetual vicar of Chirchehille , and the prior and convent of St. Frid., Oxon, have notified to him the composition for the endowment of the vicarage of Chirchehille. Dated in ..., 27 August, 1398, and 1st year of his consecration.

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.)

OXFORD (St. Clement). Walter de Cherlton grants to the church and canons of St. Frideswide, in frankalmoigne, that land, with appurtenances, which he held of them, and for which he was accustomed to pay annually 10d., in the parish of St. Clement, between the land of the Templars, which he held of the Templars, and the land of Richard and Thomas Franckll '. Witness. Adam Feteplace, then mayor of Oxford . (c. 1250-60.)

John de Wodestok and Lucy his wife quit-claim for ever to Thomas, son of Adam de Huntindon , and his heirs, all their right in that place and half an acre of land with appurtenances, and the growing crop, which lies in Bruggesete, between the land of Robert Aunifrey on the one part, and the land of Richard Herin on the other part, in Bruggesete, in the parish of St. Clement, without the east gate of Oxford, (c. 1270-80.)

Fragment of an indenture between the prior and convent of St. Frid. of one part, and John ... and Agnes his wife of the other part ... two tofts in Bruggesete between land ... and the way you go to the river Cherwell, for 60 years, paying annually ... Dated c. 1350?. [Mutilated.]

PIDINGTON. Indenture witnessing that Richard Oxenford , prior of the church of St. Frideswide, and the canons of the same, demise to Robert James, esq., and Katherine his wife, their wood and underwood of Pedynton for sixteen years. Dated at Oxford on the feast of St. Peter ad. vincula, 5 Hen. V. [Wigram no. 814] .

Description of the ancient boundaries of the city of Oxford, written in French. Temp. Hen. VI, viz : "These are the boundaries and extent of the liberty of the town of Oxford, commencing at the pile bridge (pount tretable, draw bridge) above Petypount, and following by the course of the river Charwell as far as to a ditch called 'Creddelak,' otherwise ' Mountagueslake,' running between the meadow of St. Frideswide, which meadow is within the said liberty, and the meadow called Mountaguesmede, which ditch separates the counties of Oxford and Berks, and the said ditch runs as far as the Thames at 'Grauntpount,' running under an arch called 'Dencheworthesabowe,' and thus along the Thames, between the friars preachers who are within the said town, and a meadow called 'Erlicheseyt' and the meadow of the abbey of Abingdon, which meadows are without the said liberty, and the meadow called Kingesmede which is within the said liberty, and thus as far as to the ferry to Henxseie, and from thence as far as to a ditch called 'Soundreseyes lake,' and beyond as far as to the mills of Botele, and from thence as far as to 'Wowelake' and from thence and from the isles of Wyke, Bunsey, Midley, Cropley, and Portmanseyt, which isles are all within the said liberty, and thus as far as to the bridge of Godstowe. And the said liberty descends from the said bridge to Wolgarcote, and from thence as far as to a ditch called la Grenediche, and beyond this to Charewell, which runs from Halywell and the hospital of St. John, as far as to the said pile bridge above Petypount, the which Halywell and hospital are within the said liberty." .

Richard Walker, prior of St. Frideswide , acknowledges to have received of the provost of Queen's College 14s., annual rent for a tenement and four curtilages in the parish of St. Michael's South, Oxford. Dated in the feast of 8 Hen. VII.

ARDLEY. Institution by William, archbishop of Canterbury (the see of Lincoln being then vacant), of master John London, LL.D., to the church of Ardley, vacant by the death of William Gylys, chaplain, on the presentation of William Billyng, gent., the patron. Dated in the' manor of Lamehith, 5 March, 1520.

BENSINGTON. Bond for £20 given by John Stampe of Chollsey, co. Berks , to Richard Cox , the dean and chapter of Christ Church, for keeping in repair the parsonage house and barn of Bensington. Dated 29 August, 36 Hen. VIII.

Thomas Gerveys of Chepyngnorton grants to John Barbur, junior, of Chepyngenorton , and Isabel his wife, one plot of land lately built upon, with one house lately called 'le forge,' containing in length 50 feet and in breadth 40 feet, in Chepyngnorton in the end of the middle way of the same village, which he lately had with other lands by the gift and feoffment of Joan Barbur, widow, and which were formerly Thomas Barbur 's her husband. Dated at Chepyngnorton, 27 June, 2 Ed. IV.