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TURKDEN. Robert Bel de Stowell grants to Robert le Bel , his son, one virgate of land in Turkedene, with appurtenances, which Robert de Toreni gave to him, paying annually the service due to the chief lord of the fee, viz. 1 lb. of cummin, which Sara relict of Rondulf the smith holds for her life. Witness. Thomas, abbot of Winchcombe . (c. 1221-31.) .

Robert de Toreny grants to the church and canons of Oseney a confirmation of the gift which William, son of Henry , his father, made to them of the church of Turkden, in frankalmoigne. (c. 1240.) .

ALDSWORTH, Gloucestershire. Robert, son of Alured de Leche , with the assent of Matilda his wife, grants for himself and heirs, in frankalmoigne, to the church and canons of Oseney, in consideration of the receipt of 10s. one and a half virgate of land with a messuage in the village of Walle, viz. that land which he sometime held of the same canons; paying annually to him and his heirs half a mark. at [Beyber']. (c. 1220.) [Mutilated.] .

Duplicate charter of 227, written by another hand, and altering the rent to 5s. (Written c. 1230.)

Convention between William, canon, and proctor general of the abbot and canons of Oseney , and Robert de Vadis , by which he leases to the said Robert for his life the church of Kiltevenan to farm, paying annually to the canons of Oseney or their assigns 2s. (c. 1216-26.) .

Roger, son of Robert Kerdif of Kiltevenan, chaplain, grants for 30 years, to the abbot and convent of Oseney and brother Walter Hilmden their proctor at Kiltevenan 3 1/2 acres of arable land in the field of Kiltevenan, as security for payment of 16 marks, at an annual rent of 7d. Dated 25 Ed. I.

OVERTON, Leicester. Memorandum from the official of the bp. of Lincoln, that Thomas de Verdun, rector of Overton , may pay to the abbot and convent of Oseney each year at Michaelmas, according to a composition, the same as his predecessors. Dated at Oxford on St. Andrew's day, 1250.

Master Thomas, rector of Overton , by agreement with the abbot and convent of Oseney, and consent of master Robert de Marescal, official of the bp. of Lincoln , obtains the tithes of the abbot and convent at Twicros, viz. 2 parts of the tithes of corn, for a payment of 3s. within the three weeks next after the feast of St. Michael, at Oseney. Dated at Ibstock, St. Laurence's day, 1250.

LONDON. Margery, daughter of Stephen Nicholas , quit-claims to Roger, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, all her right in all edifices, lands, and tenements, which the said abbot and convent have in the suburbs of the city of London, viz. in the parish of St. Sepulchre's beyond Newgate, to be published in "pleno hustengo London". (c. 1285-95.) Witn. Will. de Farendon, alderman, etc.

ESTROP, co. Northampton. Ralph Bulge of Purston grants to the church and canons of St. Mary, Oseney, the donation which Matthew de Stratton, archdeacon of Bucks , made to them of lands, rents, and tenements, which he had of his fee in the village and fields of Estrop, paying annually to him and his heirs l0d. for all services; also he grants to them the donation which Walter Lefeye and Isabella his wife made to them of a certain plot, and 39 acres of arable land in the fields of Estrop, at an annual rent of 2s. (c. 1260-70.) .

Matilda, daughter of Ralph Bulge of Purston , grants to William, the abbot, and canons of St. Mary, Oseney, in frankalmoigne, a messuage with a curtilage which she had of the gift of Ralph her father, and confirmed by Ralph Bulge her uncle, in the village of Estrop; paying annually for all service one penny. (c. 1250-60.) .

Ralph Bulge of Purston, jun., grants to William, the abbot, and canons of St. Mary, Oseney, in frankalmoigne, an annual rent of one penny, which was accustomed to be paid to him by sir Jordan, the chaplain, for 2 messuages which he held of him in Estrop; also another rent of 1d., which Hugh de Lyons ("Leonibus") and Matilda his wife were accustomed to pay for a messuage in the same village. (c. 1270-80.)

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.) .

Fragment of a grant from Robert de Gr[endon] to Andrew, son of William de Stanhale ... (c. 1220-30.) [Endorsed] .

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.

DUNWICH, co. Suffolk. Nicholas, dean of Donewice , grants to the church and canons of St. Mary Oseney, in frankalmoigne, one place within his court at Donewica for curing herrings and other things as they think necessary, viz. that place which lies next the house of Richard de Hechus , which extends itself in length from the grantor's stable to the ditch of Dionisius, and in breadth 30 feet; also he gives to the said canons 2s. annual rent in the same village. (c. 1210.) Witn. Robert de Tiwa, archdeacon, "Petro filio meo", etc.

ADDERBURY, Oxon. Nicholas de Weston, merchant, grants to Adam his eldest son, one messuage and two crofts in 'Abbirbire,' and one carucate of land in the fields of the same village; paying annually to the lord of the fee 6d. for all secular service. Witness. William D'Lisle, then sheriff of Oxon , etc. (c. 1270-71.) .