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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.]

George Nevyle, kt., lord of Bergavenny, gives power to attorney to John Duke to receive from Thomas Comberford Esq., documents relating to the manor of Wiggington, according to the award of Cardinal Wolsey . (Signed) G. Bergawinne . 13 Dec. ⟨1520.⟩

Indenture, reciting the disputes between lord B⟨ergavenny⟩ and T⟨homas⟩ C⟨umberford⟩ and noting that the decree in Chancery had not been carried out, and witnessing that lord B. has now granted the manor of W⟨igginton⟩ to T. C. for £180, of which £120 has already been paid, and for £29 a year. T. C. then conveyed his right in the manor to others, as shown by a fien [see MM. 100]. 20 June ⟨1523.⟩

Letters patent exemplyfying a fine made on the morrow of All Souls, 15 Hen. VIII, by which George Nevile, kt., Th. Cumberforth Esq., and Dorothy his wife, granted to John Fitz-James, kt., chief baron of the Excheqor, Thomas Fitzherbert, clerk, Antony Babyngton Esq., Roland Babyngton , William Whithalghe and Edmund Tumour , the manors of Wyggyngton and Cumberforthe for £29 a year. 6 Nov. ⟨1523.⟩

Exemplification, at the request of John Fitz-James &c., of a Recovery by which the same recover the manor of Wyggynton against Thomas Cumberforth and Dorothy his wife. 16 Nov. ⟨1523.⟩

Fine by which George Nevyle, kt., lord of Bergevenny, grants to Rouland Hylle , Richard Wylsone , Thomas Lee , William Cotton , and William Hylle , John Gratewood , and Thomas Dyremayne , a rent of £29 in Wyggyntone, Hoppas Cotton, Cumberford, and Tamworth. For this they gave him £600. (Both halves of the indenture are preserved.) ⟨27 Jan.⟩ 1534.

21 July ⟨1534.⟩ Letters patent of Hen. VIII inspecting (i) George Lord Burgavenny’s bill in Chancery against Thomas Cumberforth . The plea is that T. C. acquired the manor of Wyggynton for £580, but on condition that he should restore it to G. lord B. if the latter repaid the purchase money, with a sum to be decided by the arbitration of Sir John Aston and Sir Edward Ferrers , kts., for improvements, within 6 years. On his refusal to do so G. lord B. filed this complaint. (ii) the sub poena summoning T. C. (6 Nov. 10 Hen. VIII). (iii) The answer of T. C., who denied that the sale had been conditional. They had made the bargain about the 8th of May 5 Hen. VIII, and the indentures had been drawn up on the 10th., but lord B. would not seal them until he had received £100 in part payment from T. C., and when this had been done he still refused to seal, demanding the £100 as a loan until his return from France. T. C. replied that this was impossible, as he had pledged his lands to the clear yearly value of £32/13/4 in order to raise the £580, but lord B. would not return the £100. Lord B. then went to France. Afterwards one Doctor Roote, ‘being of Counseille with the seid lord, movyd unto the seid’ T. C., that if lord B. repaid the £580 he should have back his manor. Thomas disagreed, but not knowing how he should come to the perfection of his bargain nor to the repayment of his money, sealed the bill which lord B. had drawn up containing the above mentioned condition. The deposition of Dr. Roote (doctor in decrees and parson of Bukstes in Sussex , age 49) examined 30 Nov. 10 Hen. VIII, said that the Easter before the king went abroad, he, John Roote his brother, Walter Myles , Antony Fitzherbert sergeant at law &c. were with lord B. in his place at Paternoster Row in London, when the said bargain was made. John Roote drew up the bill containing the conditional clause there on 6 June 5 Hen. VIII, and T. C. sealed it without any compulsion. ‘Which bill was then made in great haste because the king was in preparyng him toward Canterbury and had ywyn knowledge to lye at the seid lordes place at Birlyng.’ William Leicester of Coffeton (Worcs.) gentleman, age 78, said that about 5 years ago, when he gave up his office of Receivership in Staffordshire under lord Burgavenny, he was present in Paternoster Row and heard the terms of the conditional sale, and the fact that the condition was sealed before the indentures. John Roote of Litlyngton (Sussex), gentleman, 60, also present, and wrote the bill. Walter Myles , receiver to part of the lands of the lord B., gent., aged 47. For T. C. Rychard Covert of Slagham (Sussex) Esq., age 54, examined 9 Feb. 10 Hen. VIII, said that 4 Hen. VIII there had been ‘a variaunce’ between T. C. and lord B. by reason of their two manors adjoining in Staffordshire, and that T. C. asked him to approach lord B. about leasing the manor to T. C. John Lucas servant of T. C., 33 yrs., said that Antony Babyngton had in Westminster Hall, on May 12, reported to him his lord’s willingness to sell the manor. He was present at the bargain, in Lord B.’s place ‘beside the pollis’, in London. His master was under the impression that he had made a clear purchase. William Sabyn, servant of T. C., age 30, remembered that his lord had told him that he had ‘smitten a pleyn bargayne’ with lord B. Antony Babyngton, examined 21 Feb. 11 Hen. VIII (adds nothing). A memorandum follows, to the effect that Lord B. produced in Chancery the bill containing the 6 years clause. The result was that lord B. recovered the manor, and the arbitrators [ Cuthbert Tunstall, Master of the Rolls, Robert Brudenell, kt., Lewis Pollerd, kt.] were ordered by a certain date to give judgment on the amount of damages.

Letters patent of Humfraye Cumberforthe, gentleman, son and heir of the late Thomas C⟨umberforthe⟩ , gentleman, Whereas Roland Hill granted to Sir Thomas Pope the rent of £29 arising out of the manors of W⟨igginton⟩ &c., 24 messuages, a water-mill, 1000 acres of land, 120 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 5 acres of woode, 160 acres of ‘Furres and Hethe’, and £16 rent for fishing rights in the water of Tame, in W⟨igginton⟩ , Hoppas, C⟨umberford⟩ , Cotton, and Tamworth, of which rents H. C. is now owner, H. C. now confirms them to Sir Thomas Pope. 31 May ⟨1541.⟩

Injunction to the Court of Wards to pay to the dean and canons of Ch. Ch. £275/10/- in aid of their annual rent, payable out of the manors of Wigginton and Comberforde, and in future £29 yearly. 20 Jan. 1634 (i.e 5?)

Hook Norton. Henry d'Oyly, son of Henry d'Oyly, confirms to Oseney the donations made by Hugh de Tywa in Stanhale, by Philip de Hamtona and Leonard de Whitefeld in Cleydona, and many others. 1182-85.

Hugh, bishop of Coventry confirms to Oseney the William de Bray's grant of the church of Shenstone. c. 1197.

An inspeximus by John, dean of Lichfield, of a document confirming the church of Shenstone to belong to Oseney. Dated the vigil of the Assumption, 1303.

An inspeximus and testimony by R[obert], dean of Lichfield, regarding the church of Shenstone and Oseney. May 12, 1275.

An inspeximus by R. dean of Lichfield, of a litigation outcome between Lichfield and Oseney concering the church of Shenstone. Oxford, May 12, 1275.

Richard, bishop of Coventry confirms the agreement between Oseney and Lichfield concerning Shenstone. c. 1177.

Henry VIII gives permission to Oseney, that notwithstanding the Statute of Provisors, they may apply to the Pope for a bull to appropriate the vicarage as well as the rectory of Shenston. Nov. 23, 1514.

Thomas le Wylde de Drayton and Matilda, his wife quitclaim to Oseney the land in Shenston, that Richard, son of Richard le Chircheman, holds. Feb. 23, 1293.

Agreement between William, abbot and convent of Oseney, and Radulph de Grendone concerning lands in Shenston. Feb. 27, 1274-1275.

Simon de Walle quitcliams to Oseney a virgate and a half in Stonnall. c. 1230.

Ralph de Grendon grants to Oseney the income of Shenston and Stonnall. c. 1270.

Stonnall. Robert de Grendone grants to Oseney woodland in Hoka. [No date.]

Robert de Grendone grants to Oseney 41s. 2d. from Shenston, Thornes, and Stonnall. 1254-1267.

Stonnall. Robert de Grendona grants to Richard, son of William Unfrey de Stonhale 3 and half acres in le Linde Heht. [No date.]

A verdict about common in Stonnall. Aug. 24, 1304.

Shenstone, co. Staffs. Confirmation by John, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, of the Church of Shenton to Osney Abbey. Given in the palace at Lichfield. 28 Sept. 1400.