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Interim proceedings in an ecclesiastical cause, in which the abbot and convent ⟨of Oseney⟩ are plaintiffs and sir William Naton (?), kt., defendant, heard at Lichfield an. 1248 the Wednesday before the feast of St. Leonard.

SHENSTON, co. Stafford. Charter of Robert de Oiley to Albinus, priest of Schenestan , Roger, son of Alarus , Ralph de Berra , and their honest men of Schenestan, setting forth that, with the counsel and consent of Fulk his brother, and consent of his sons Henry and Gilbert , he has granted to Hugh de Tiwia his land of Stanhale which is a member of his manor of Schenestan. (c. 1120-30.) Witn. Walter, archdeacon, Walchelin Waard , Mabun etc.

⟨ SHENSTON, co. Stafford (?)⟩ Hugh de Tiwa , with the counsel and consent of his wife, grants to the church of Oseney, in frankalmoigne, his land ... and all that belongs to it; also Robert D'Oilly his lord, from whom he holds, grants and confirms this gift, with the consent of his wife and his son Henry . (c. 1130-40.) [Mutilated.] .

Composition between the churches of Lichesfeld and Oseney, made concerning the church of Senestan, namely, that the church of Oseney pays annually to Lichesfeld 7s. so long as H. de Brai, clerk, shall hold the same, and after his death 10s. This composition made in the synod celebrated at Lichesfeld after the octave of Pentecost next after the consecration of Robert, bp. of Worcester. (June, 1191.) .

Letter of Walter de Tiwa to the king's justices reciting the gift of Stanhale, part of the manor of Shenston, by Robert de Oilli to Hugh de Tiwa , his great grandfather, for his service, and by the said Hugh to the abbey of Oseney, before any of tbe ancestors of William de Brai had anything in the manor of Shenston, and praying that the said canons and their men shall not be unjustly disturbed, but that the gift of his ancestors may be safe and remain to the said canons without vexation. (c. 1190-1200.) .

Final concord, made at Oxford on the vigil of St. Martin, 5 John (10 Nov. 1203), between Hugh, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, querents, and William Ruffus of Waleshal , deforciant, concerning common of pasture of the whole of the wood and land of the same William which is between Stanhale and Sulfhill, by which the said William acknowledges the said wood and land to be the right of the said abbot and convent, to hold the same in frankalmoigne, and they receive the said William to the benefits and prayers of their house of Oseney.

Geoffrey, bp. of Coventry , confirm abbot and convent of Oseney the appropriation of the church of Shenston, which they had obtained by the concession of William de Brai , patron of the said church, and the concession and confirmation of H., predecessor of the said Geoffrey. (c. 1200.) .

William de Waleshal grants to the abbot and convent of St. Mary, Oseney, and to their men of Stanhale, in frankalmoigne, common of pasture for all their cattle in Cleyhunger, with all the privileges which they have in his wood of Solfhull, as in the chirograph made in the King's court (Ch. 250). (c. 1204.) .

Sir John de Grendon, kt., grants to the church and canons of Oseney, in frankalmoigne, five royal acres of land (acras terre regales), viz. 4 acres together in Hok to the east of the village of Little Stanhale, between his culture which is called Hok and Little Stanhale, and one acre between the land of William Abl:o , and Blakelee. (c. 1240-50.) .

Sir Robert de Grendon, kt., quit-claims to William de Wythull and Alan de Sutton, clerk, that plot of land with the oak, containing 5 ft. in breadth and 100 ft. in length, which lies near his marlpit between the croft of William the forester , and the drove which leads from the village of Fulverdel to the village of Little Stonhale. (c. 1220-30.)

William, son of Drogo de Alrewych , grants to Oseney and all their men of Stonhale, free common of pasture for all their cattle throughout the whole of his land of Alrewch. (c. 1260-70.)

Letter of Robert, archbp. of Canterbury , to the bishop of Lichfield ordering enquiery, concerning the appropriation of the church of Shenstone to the abbot and convent of Oseney. Dated at ...., 1276. [Mutilated.] .

Copies of 3 charters, viz.: 1. William, son of Drogo de Alrewich , grants to the church of St. Mary, Oseney, and to their men of Stanhale, common of pasture in the whole of his land at Alrewich. (See Ch. 256.) 2. William Ruffus of Waleshale grants to Oseney common of pasture of his lands between Lichfield and Dudley. 3. Robert de Barra grants to Oseney common of pasture over the whole of his land of Barra and of Alrewich. (c. 1290-1300.) .

Richard le Rose of Schenestan grants to Ralph de Grendon his messuage that he holds in the village of Thornes. (c. 1290-1300.) [Mutilated.] .

Charter (indented) reciting that in the time of war, and in consequence of barrenness, a controversy was moved concerning the augmentation of the vicarage of Scenstan before Robert, archbishop of Canterbury , and his commissary, between Adam, perpetual vicar of the said church, of the one part, and the abbey of Oseney, appropriators of the same, of the other, which was amicably settled thus: the said abbey grants "la gratia" to him in his life while vicar the tithes of the mill of Shenston, with two quarters of mixed corn and one quarter of oats, at the feast of St. Michael, and so much likewise of corn between the feast of the Purification and the Annunciation B.V.M., and about the Gules of August, one cartload of hay and two cartloads' of straw or forage for one horse, to be carried from their manor of Mosbarne by the hands or delivery of their bailiff for the time being: and this to become no precedent hereafter. Dated at Oseney the Ides of July, 1296.

Letter from Walter, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, acknowledging a voluntary gift for 60s. of the church of Schenestan by Roger Marischal canon of Lichfield and renouncing for himself and his successors any right to claim in consequence any like payment from the abbot and convent of Oseney. Dated at Eccleshal, 3 Non. July, 1319.

An acquittance given to Oseney by the abbot and convent of Burton, sub-collectors of the 10ths, for 6s. due from the church of Shenston. Dated Kl. June, 1330. [Mutilated.] .

An acquittance from the dean and chapter of Lichfield for 16s. 8d., paid by Oseney for their church of Shenston, for the tenth granted by Pope John XXII to the King for the defence of the kingdom. Dated the Friday next after the feast of St. Matthias, 1322.

John de Depynge, canon of Lichfield , and Roger de Denford, vicar in the same, collectors of the procurations of the papal nuncios, the cardinals Peter and Bertrard, acknowledge to have received of the abbot and convent of Oseney for Shenston 8s. 4d., and for temporalities in the archdeaconry of Stafford 3s. 3d. Dated at Lichfield the Wednesday next after the feast of the beheading of St. John Bapt., 1340.

An acquittance given by the abbot and convent of Burton, subcollectors of the tenths imposed by Pope John XXII, for the archdeaconries of Stafford, Salop, Chester, and Derby, to the abbot and convent of Oseney, for the payment of 16s. 8d. for their church of Shenston. Dated at Burton the Thursday before the feast of St. Martin, 1330.

Indenture whereby Thomas, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, lease to Gilbert de Teddesleye and Felicia his wife, and their sons John and Thomas , for their leases, that forge and messuage which William de Sardone held at their will in Thornes and Stonhale, paying annually 8d. sterling. Dated at Oseney on the feast of SS. Simon and Jude, 14 Ed. III.

An acquittance given by the abbot of Hulton to the abbot and convent of Oseney, for the payment by them of l0s. for the tenth granted to the King. Dated at Hulton, Sunday after the feast of Sts. Philip and James, 6 Hen. IV.

Fulk, son of William de Burton , grants to Richard, son of Serlo the chaplain , for his homage and service, two acres of land in Burton, of which one lies upon Lincroft, and another upon Yeoleforlong, and one little meadow near Hynanne mede called Holm, paying annually one pair of white gloves or 1/2d. at Easter. Witness. William, vicar of Dunstew ["Dunestwe"] etc. (c. 1210-20.) .

Hungerford Notification of a papal inspeximus. R. (Durham) W. (Salisbury) and ... (Lichfield). Given ‘in Castrum apud Kenilworth’ 6 Kal. ... and given at Warwick Kal. Sept. Pontif. …

Seventeenth-century transcripts of (i) a lease by Ch. Ch. to William Kirkman and Alece his wife of two closes lying outside Oseney gate in the parish of S. Nicholas, called the Horse Close (now held by the said William) [except all wood underwood and growing trees]. For 20 years. Rent: 40/-. 2 Aug. ⟨1547.⟩ (ii) A grant (Latin) appointing for life David ap Robert, yeoman, their bailiff, collector of rents, and ruler of all their possessions temporal and spiritual in Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Montgomeryshire, after the death of William Coxe , now possessed of the office. Salary: £16/16/8. [Here the transcript ends: it is followed by fragments of business memoranda, in the same hand.]