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MESSEWORTH and CLOPEHAM. Certificate by the dean of Bedford of receipt of a mandate addressed to him by the prior and sub-prior of St. Oswald's, Gloucester, sub-delegates, directing him to warn the prior and convent of Caldwell to pay certain sums of money adjudged due to the abbot and convent of Oseney, for tithes of Messeworth and Clopeham and costs, under pain of excommunication. Dated at Gloucester the Wednesday next after the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, 1279.

Certificate by the dean of Bedford of his execution of a mandate from the sub-prior of St. Oswald's, Gloucest., to cite the prior and convent of Caldewell ("Caudewell"), citing them to appear before the sub-prior of St. Oswald's, Gloucester, to answer a complaint of the abbot and convent of Oseney. Dated at Kerington, 16 Kl. July, 1279. .

Letter of Oliver Sutton, bp. of Lincoln , setting forth the entry in the register of Henry Lexington, bp. of Lincoln , his predecessor, concerning the ordination of vicarages belonging to the abbot and convent of Oseney, within the diocese of Lincoln. Dated at Lidyngton, 5 Id. June, 1284.

Writ from K. Ed. [I], addressed to the abbot and convent of Oseney, commanding them to record on their chronicles the oath of fealty of the Scotch barons, in French, taken at Norham the Wedn. after the feast of the ascension, 1291. Dated at Westminster, 9 July, 19 Ed. I.

John ... and Alelmus ... executors of the will of Roger de Nogere, kt., (Nowers ?), acknowledge to have received of the abbot and convent of Oseney the deposit together with the chest in their hands at the time of his death, excepting £100 sequestrated by Matthew de Dunstable for the business of the Crusade (Negotii crucis). Dated 1292, at Oseney, day of St. Edmund K. and M..

Giffred de Vezano acknowledges to have received of the abbot and convent of Oseney, collectors of tenths granted to the Pope, the sum of £20. Dated at London, 6 Nov., 1298.

An acknowledgment by Gifferd de Vezana, canon of Cambray, nuncio of the Pope, has received of the abbot and convent of Oseney, by the hands of Hugh de Cumpton , £8 sterling from the tenth of Towcester, for the first 3 of the six years in which the tenth was granted as a subsidy for the Holy Land to Pope Boniface when he held the said church as cardinal; according to an account by the bishop of Lincoln of the sum of £584 11s. 11 3/4d, as contained in Ch. 27. Dated 14 Kl. Aug., 1299.

TOWCESTER, co. Northampton. Mutilated account of receipts and payments from the tithes of Towcester with reference to the grant to the Pope for six years. Temp. Ed. I. [See also Ch. 26 and Ch. 26b.] .

Commission from the prior of St. Peter's, Gloucester, judge delegate in a cause between the abbot and convent of Oseney of one part, and the prior and convent of St. Oswald, Gloucester, and others on the other part to the prior of Hereford to hear what may be said by the said parties, reserving only the definite sentence. (c. 1260-70) [Partly illegible.] .

Emma, formerly wife of ... in her widowhood, remits and quit-claims to Ralph de Sutton and Willelma his wife, and the abbot and convent of Oseney, all right in one ... likewise in 10s. annual rent in ... (c. 1280-90?) [Mutilated.] .

Fragment of an account of a manor belonging to Oseney. [Temp. Ed. I.] (c. 1280-90) .

Confirmation of Magna Carta by King Henry III, ordering all castles built or rebuilt since the war with K. John to be destroyed. [1217] Sealed by cardinal Guallo, the delegate (whose seal is lost) and earl William Mareschal , the "rector" of the king and kingdom "quia sigillum nondum habuimus."

Confirmation of Magna Carta by King Henry III, ordering all castles built or rebuilt since the war with K. John to be destroyed. [1217]

HINCKSEY, Berks. William de Musewell and Joan de Boteleye his wife, quit-claim to the church of Oseney all their right in a spring of water in the field of Hincksey (North Hinksey or South Hinksey) which is called 'Reve-mores-well,' and in all the rivulets and water-courses running to or from the said spring to the abbey. (c. 1260-80.) .

Ralph de Chaisneto grants to the church and canons of St. Mary, Oseney, two hides of land in Pesi. (c. 1200-10.) [Mutilated.] .

Chirograph of W[illiam], bp. of Salisbury , concerning the temporary payment of an annual pension of ten marks to Robert, the treasurer of Salisbury , by the abbey and convent of Oseney, patrons of the church of Peseia, Salisbury diocese which had been granted to Marinus, formerly vice-chancellor of the Pope. Dated at Salisbury on the feast of St. Michael, 1252.

DODFORD. William Karles of Dodeford grants to John le May of Bucks, clerk, for his homage and service, three acres of land in the fields of Dodeford; paying annually for the same one pair of gloves at Easter; for this grant the said John gave 2 1/2 marks. (c. 1230.) .

HARTWELL. Eva, daughter of William, son of the chaplain of Subtrope , grants to Robert de Pery, chaplain, vicar of Stanes , in frankalmoigne, one half acre of arable land in the field of Hertwell, viz. that which lies towards Chiscumbe and extends itself towards the west up to the furrow of Gilbert de Bracy , and towards the east up to the furrow of Robert Fitz Warine , and lies between the land which was Alan's, son of the chaplain, and the land of William de Hestecot . (c. 1240-50.) .

Martin de la Grene grants to the church and canons of Oseney, in frankalmoigne, one acre of land at Hertwell, in the north field which lies near the land which was Richard de Clovil 's, and extends itself towards one ... of Robert de Bracy at Sperthe. (c. 1250-60.) .

IVER, co. Bucks. Memorandum of an agreement, dated 1249, between the abbot and convent of Oseney of one part, and A. de Bokingfeld, rector of Evere , concerning two parts of the tithes of the ancient demesne of the court of Evere.

William de Cave grants to Hugh the monk, five acres of land in Ewera, at an annual rent of 25d. (c. 1250-60.) .

Henry , son of Ralph Dayrel , confirms to William, son of Reginald, son of Assur de Morton , pannage for 30 pigs in his woods at Lillingastan, paying annually at Easter for the same one pair of white gloves. (c. 1220-30.) .

Convention made between Robert, parson of the church of St. Edmund of Morton , and sir William, son of Reginald of the same village, concerning the chapel in the court of the said William de Morton , namely, that the said Robert, with the assent of Walter de Morton , patron of the church, has granted to William and his heirs that they may have a chapel in his court of Morton to celebrate divine service for ever for himself, his heirs, their wives and families, without prejudice to the mother church, saving certain tithes, &c. For which concession the said William granted in frankalmoigne certain land (three acres) in Morton. (1220-1225.) .

Convention made between William, son of Reginald de Morton , of the one part, and Walter, son of Richard de Morton , of the other, namely that the said William grants a licence to Walter to inclose his wood of Morton, in which he claimed common, saving to William and his heirs common for his pigs between the feasts of St. Michael and St. Martin. (c. 1230.) [Mutilated.] .

Robert de Morton , son and heir of Mabilia, daughter of Walter Burga , quit-claims to the church, abbot Richard and canons of St. Mary's, Oseney, the donation which Matthew de Stratton, archdeacon of Bucks , made to them, of one hide of land with garden and wood in Morton. (c. 1255-65.) .