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Walter, son of Agnes Blacsalt , grants to Roger, son of Baldwin of Grennam , the whole of that land and all that belongs to it, lying between Cart street ("viam bige") and the land of John de Ponte in the parish of St. Thomas the martyr, in Stocwellestrate in the suburb of Oxford. (c. 1240-50.)

Roger de Grenham, son of Baldewin , binds himself and heirs to the abbot and convent of Oseney, that no rent from tenements of his fee belonging to them in Oxford shall be liable to be sold or alienated from Oseney without the consent of the canons (provided they are willing to give as much as any one else), under a penalty of 20s. Dated on the Epiphany, 1241.

Convention between Richard, the abbot, and the convent of Oseney, and Robert and Agnes ... , by which the said abbot and convent demise to Richard and Agnes a messuage in St. Thomas' parish. (c. 1255-58.) [Mutilated] .

In the 41st Hen. III, on the feast of St. Laurence, a convention was made between sir Richard, the abbot, and convent of Oseney, on the one part, and Hugh de Burgo le Mazun and Joan his wife of the other, viz. that the abbot and convent grant to the said Hugh and Joan his wife that messuage with appurtenances in the parish of St. Thomas the martyr, which is between the land of William de Foulewell, le lingedraper, and the land which was sometime Adam's the porter, to hold the same for ever, paying annually 10s. sterling. Witnesses. sir Nicholas de Henred, then sheriff of Oxon , William de Mildecumb, clerk, etc.

In the 41 Henry III, on the feast of the apostles SS. Peter and Paul, a convention was made between Richard the abbot and convent of Oseney of the one part, and William de Foulewell, le lingedraper, of the other, namely, that the said abbot and convent demise to the said William that messuage with appurtenances in the parish of St. Thomas the martyr, which William de Doddeford formerly lived in, for ever, at an annual rent of l0s. sterling. Witnesses. sir Nicholas de Henred, sheriff of Oxon , William de Mildecumb, clerk, etc.

Claremunda, relict of Henry Wirle , in her widowhood, quit-claims to the abbot and convent of Oseney and their successors, all right which she has by name of dower in that messuage which Roger de Comenore had by sale of the said Henry her husband, situated in north Oseney, in the suburb of Oxford. For this quit-claim the said abbot and convent gave half a mark of silver. Witnesses. Nicholas de Kyngeston, then mayor, John Culvert and Thomas de Sowi , then bailiffs of Oxford. (1284.) .

John, son of Geoffrey the miller ("le Muner") , grants to the church and canons of Oseney, one plot of land in Stocwell stret, which he bought of John ..., which lies between the land of the abbot of Oseney on the one part, and the land formerly John le Carpenter 's on the other, paying annually to the chief lords of the fee 4s. and one halfpenny to John Lance . (c. 1250-60.) .

Fragment of a rent roll indorsed by A. Wood 'circa 1257,' containing' rents in the following parishes: St. Aldate's, St. Michael's south, St. Cross, St. Giles', St. Mary Magdalen, St. Peter's in the east, St. John, and St. Edward, within the city of Oxford.

Mutilated rent roll, temp. Hen. IV (c. 1380-90), for the parish of St. George [dated 1283-1316 by Salter].

OSENEY (North). An amended agreement between Richard, the abbot, and convent of Thame, and the abbot and convent of Oseney, by which they covenant to pay 36s. and 8d. to Oseney in recompense for the small tithes of North Oseney, upon which [Rewley] abbey, of the foundation of Edmund, Earl of Cornwall , had been nearby built, until 1/2 a mark of annual rent shall be restored to Oseney from a piece of land near the chapel of Frees, which Walter de Crocford held of the said canons, and 30s. of rent be provided from some other source. Dated at Thame on the day of the Assumption B.V.M., 1281.

BURY ST. EDMUND. Katherine, daughter of Norman of St. Edmund, grants and confirms to Peter de Nereford the whole of her messuage which was Norman's her brother, in the village of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), as a free burgage, for two farthings to be annually paid to the sacrist, viz. that messuage which lies near the house of Arnald the priest towards the north; for this donation the sard Peter gave her 12 marks of silver 'in pleno porthmannemoth, and 'hostolagium' for herself and two servants in the said messuage for the term of her life. (c. 1210-20.)

Sampson the abbot of St. Edmund grants to Walter de Broch two acres of meadow in the village of Redgrave (Regrave), in the meadow called Dammes; paying 12d. yearly. (c. 1200-10.)

ESTON. Ralph de Beauchamp confirms to the sick brethren of the hospital of St. Peter without St. Edmund, in frankalmoigne, sixpence from his demesne at Easton (Eston) for the soul of his wife Agnes etc.; to be paid on the altar of the chapel on the day of her death, viz. 10 March. (c. 1210-30.)

Concession and confirmation by king John to the abbot and monks of Bury St Edmunds (St Edmund), that no market or fair shall be held within the liberties of Bury St Edmunds (St Edmund) to their injury. Dated at Loches, 17 August, 3 John [1201].

RIKINGHALE, &c. Final concord, Mich. 9 K. John (1207), by which John, son of William de Costantin, acknowledges that no acres of land in Rickinghall (Rikingehale) is the right of Samson, the abbot, and church of St. Edmund, for which concession the abbot re-granted to the said John 41 acres of the said land, (in several defined portions) also other land, and a messuage in the wood of 'Cumbhage,' at an annual rent of 12d.

Adam, son of William the armiger of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) , grants to Ailwin Lenarius of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), for his fealty and service and 2s. of silver, part of his toft without the village of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) lying at Tewene, at an annual rent of 3d. (c. 1210-20.)

Alwine Lanar[ius], son of Gocellin de Hemmegrave, sells and quitclaims to Stephen, son of Humphrey, for 10s., the whole of his toft in the suburb of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) lying at Teyuene, making the service to the chief lords of the fee, viz. to the cellarer of St. Edmund 3d yearly. (c. 1230-40.)

MILDENHALE, &c. Chirograph by which Samson, the abbot, and convent of St. Edmund grant to Ralph de Colum their servant certain lands and rents in Mildenhall (Mildenhale). (1182-1211.) [Almost entirely effaced.] [Colum (see endorsement of Ch. Suffolk 26 where he is also a witness)]

Samson, the abbot, and convent of St. Edmund grant to Benedict de Mildenhale a messuage and land in the said village of Mildenhall (Mildenhale) for an annual rent of 6s. (c. 1208-1210.) [Partially illegible.]

Samson, the abbot of St. Edmund, grants to Henry, son of Thurstan, and his heirs, the mill called 'Salemundesforde,' with land and meadows customarily paying an annual rents of 27s., less 2d. to the abbot's hall at Fornham [All Saints]; to hold by free service, for the payment annually at the hall of Fornham of 30s.; also he grants eight acres at 'Hengrave (Hemegrethe)' at 2s., annual rent. (1184-1211.)

[Fornham] Samson, the abbot of St. Edmund, grants to Ailmar, son of Ailward de Fornham, the mill which is called 'Ailmeres Heine' at a rent of 30s.; also a little meadow at the head of the mill-pond, [which mill used to pay an annual rent of 26s.] for which he is to render to the hall of Fornham the customary rent of seven ploughshares, with leave to have no ewer free from feldage, to hold the same by heirship. (1184-1211.)

John de Bradmer grants to William his nephew, son of Adam Spyle and Batha(?), the grantor's sister, and , sister and to Edmund de Elwedon, chaplain, one messuage and certain lands in Mildenhall (Mildenhale), and rents in Barton Mills (Barton) and Herringswell (Herningewelle), to provide two chaplains to celebrate divine services for his soul and all the faithful, &c. in Mildenhall (Mildenhale), viz. the said William and Edmund, and after their deaths to trustees to appoint succession. (c. 1260-70.) [One of the trustees, Robert, prior of St. Eadmund, was prior from c. 1257 to 1280.]

⟨Bury St Edmunds (?).⟩ Alan and the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter without the gate of Risebi grant to the brethren of the hospital of St. Nicholas one rood of land which Adam de Hopetun gave to the said brethren, paying annually ½lb of cummin. (c. 1210-20.) Witn. Adam de Falesham, Wdard son of Elias, etc.

Norman Treietarius of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) grants to the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter in the suburb of St. Edmund, in frankalmoigne, 2d. of annual rent from an acre of arable land in the fields of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) lying towards Teyvenne. (c. 1220-30.) Witn. Stephen fitz Ralph, alderman of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), and Martin de Bertune and Thomas fitz Ralph, provosts

⟨Bury St Edmunds (?).⟩ Adam, son of Hervey de Hopetun, grants to God, St. Mary and St. Peter, and the infirm brethren of St. Eudmund, viz. of the house of St. Peter, that land which Andrew the janitor of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) was accustomed to hold, except one rood which Adam gave to the brethren of St. Nicholas in frankalmoigne; also he gives to them ½lb of cummin which the brethren of St. Nicholas were accustomed to pay him. (c. 1210-20.) Witn. Adam provost of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), Wdard mayor, etc.