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Grant of a crest to Thomas Ingelfeld of Berkshire, knight. 1513.

BRADELEY. Charter witnessing that whereas William atte Lake has infeoffed John de la Grene of Northleye with 2 plots of ground in Bradeley within the fee of Alnytheleye ⟨recte Aluytheleye⟩, as in a charter to the said John more fully is contained; nevertheless the said John grants for himself and his heirs that if the said William be disturbed in possession of a moiety of a mill called 'Trokenhulle Mulne' then the said charter of feoffment shall be null and void. Dated at Alnytheleye the Sunday next after the Nativity B. V. M., 25 Ed. III.

BULMER and HENY. Roger, son and heir of Edmund Boteler , grants to Thomas Boteler his uncle one toft, 120 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow, 20 of pasture, 20 of wood, and 30s. annual rent in Bulmer, Great Heny, and Bridge Heny, for the term of his life and to his executors ten years after his decease, paying annually one rose at the feast of St. John the Baptist. Dated at Bulmer the Monday after the feast of St. Mark, 33 Ed. III.

PENTLOW. Bond given by John Buntyng of Pentlowe to Helmyng Legett , in £20 payable three years after date. Dated at Pentlowe the Monday after the feast of St. John the Baptist, 33 Ed. III.

ERESBY, TOYNTON, FELETBY, RATHEBY, BELTESFORD, WYSSYNGTON, and ORREBY, co. LINCOLN; and EGGESFELD, SHATEGRAVE, WHETACRE, GRAUNTHAUBOYS, and WALCOTES, co. NORFOLK. John, son of sir John de Wylughby, kt. , quit-claims to dame Joan de Wylughby, lady d'Eresby his mother, all right of action for waste in those lands she holds in dower in the counties of Lincoln and Norfolk for the term of her life. Dated at Eresby, 7 ("sisme") April, 24 Ed. III. [French]

Certificate by Michiel le Poulletrer, keeper of the seal of bonds of the viscounty of Rouen , of a declaration made before John Gonel, notary, that John Wyth, an English esquire, was prisoner in the castle of Tremamsamme in Britany of a knight ... Mons. Morisse de Plusquollbare(?), where the deponent saw and spoke with him about three years before, and that he died a year and a half since, and that many knights and squires were present at his burial. Signed by ...(?) Dated Sunday, 9 Dec., 1436.

GEDGRAVE and EDGEFIELD. Indenture made between sir Thomas Rocelyn, kt., and Alexander de Walcote and others, concerning the manors of Chategrave and Eggefeld. Dated at Eggefeld the Tuesday next after the feast of SS. Philip and James, . . Ed. I.

HOLT and CLEY. William de Ros of Hamelak appoints sir Aleyn de Weybredd and sir James de Houton to arrange matters between sir Thomas de Verdoun and himself touching the manors of Holt and Cleye. Dated at Penteneye the Wednesday next before the feast of St. Katherine, 8 Ed. II.

A petition from the towns of Wygenhale, Ilsyngton, Tilneye, Clenchwarton, Watlyngton, Roungton Holme, Secchith, and Westwynch, suffering from great floods against an act of parliament designed to be procured by the town of Lenn respecting the ditches for draining; Temp. Hen. VI.

A petition from the mayor and aldermen of Lenn to the King [Rich. II.] stating that in the late King's time Henry, bp. of Norwich , had applied for a commission of oyer and terminer, concerning divers trespasses said to have been committed by the men of Lenn, and for which the town had been laid under an interdict, praying the King not to grant the same, but to hear the cause in his own court.

SHOTESHAM. Indenture between the abbot and convent of Hulme of one part and sir John Whyte, kt., of the other part, concerning certain rights of fishing. Dated at Norwich the Wednesday before the feast of St. John the Baptist, 15 Rich. II.

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." .

CLIFTON, BURCOT, HOLCOMB, and DRAYTON. Indenture made between Robert, the abbot, and convent of Dorchester of the one part, and John Loveday and John Moyne of the other, witnesseth that in settlement of divers disputes between the said parties, the abbot and convent release and quit-claim all their right in all the lands and tenements which they hold in the villages of Clyfton, Brudycote, Holcoumbe, and Drayton, and in the same manner the said John and John quit-claim all their right in the lands and tenements, rents and services, held by the said abbot and convent in the same villages. Dated at Dorkchestre the Tuesday next before the feast of St. Hilary, 31 Ed. III.

Copy of the agreement between the chancellor and the university of Oxford, and the mayor and citizens, that they shall joyntly have the supervision of weights and measures, and not, as heretofore, exercise separate jurisdictions. (c. 1348.) .

An acknowledgment given by William de la Marche that he has received of the abbot and convent of Oseney 61s. sterling, for 20 ... sheep which he had ... by the gift of monsigneur le Mortimer , from the sheep of mons. J[ohan?] de Handlo . Dated at London, 4 March, 1 Ed. III.

Mandate from Edward, Prince of Wales, to the seneschal of the honour of Wallingford, to release entirely any distraint on the lands of the monastery of Oseney. Dated 5 Ed. III. [Mutilated.] .

An acknowledgment from Isabella Blaket for the payment of four marks as a corrody from the abbot and convent of Oseney granted to her by the king for her life. Dated at Hanlee in the county of Worcester the Sunday after the feast of St. Mark the evangelist, 44 Ed. III.

An acquittance given by John de Bures, citizen and draper of London , to the abbot and convent of Oseney, for the receipt of £17 17s. 2d., by the hands of John Fretewethe, mercer, of Oxford. Dated at London, 10 Oct., 45 Ed. III.

Letter of sir John Lovell, kt., to the seneschal, bailiffs, and guardians of his fee, certifying that he has received homage of J., abbot of Oseney , for the tenements he holds in the village of Sibford Gower, co. Oxford, and therefore he is not to be disturbed or distress to be taken. Dated at Oxford the Monday next after the feast of St. Matthew, evang., 48 Ed. III.

Gerard Usflete , husband of lady Eliz., duchess of Norfolk, and sister and heir of the late Thomas earl of Arundel, and Joane Beauchamp, lady Bergavenny, appoint Roger Fforester of Wellington keeper of their enclosure ('haye') in the forest of Wreken called 'Welyngton Haye.' Dated at London, 16 November, 4 Hen. V.

William Jourdan and Thomas Prowte grant to Maud atte Denne, who was the wife of Geoffrey Huwet of Horle , an annual rent of 3s. 4d. from lands and tenements called Maschales in the borough of Horsham. Dated at Horsham, 20 March, 6 Hen. IV.

SADDLESCOMBE. Condition of a bond in £200 from sir Thomas de Nerford to master Paunce de Controno , that the said Thomas shall give up with 15 days of Pentecost the beasts, goods and chattels of the manor of Sadelescombe which he held of the prior of the hospital [of St John of Jerusalem], and which the said Paunce had sold to the prior, in accordance with an inventory made between the Prior and Paunce's brother Peregrine . Dated at Westminster the Friday next after the feast of the Annunciation B.V. M., 1 Ed. III.

ENESBY. Roger de Fulthorp lets to Raulyn de Yvere all his lands and tenements in the village of Euesby in Clyveland, for 3 years at an annual rent of 7s. Dated at Tonstale on St. Michael's day, 46 Ed. III.