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Mutilated charter by which .... Elfeton, lord of Elfeton , grants to the abbot and convent of Oseney a house. Dated at Oseney the Thursday on the morrow of St. Edward, king, 4 Ed. fil. Edw.. Witn. John de Hampton, mayor, Culferd and Abingdon, bailiffs etc.

Memorandum that in the year 1311, and 5 Ed. II, beginning of 4 March, Hugh de Cumpton, canon of Oseney , paid an account before the abbot and seniors, with reference to which account the house of Oseney was bound to him for all debts whether internal or external belonging to the said house, in a sum of £48 and 23 3/4d., and the said Hugh acknowledged himself bound to acquit the said abbot and convent and the said monastery of tenths and procurations against whosoever, whether imposed by the pope or granted to the king by the clergy of the province of Canterbury, unto the day of the above named account. And know that if sir John de Trillawe and other his co-executors shall have apportioned £8 to the abbot and convent for divers debts in which sir Roger de Beaufou was bound to them, and shall have delivered a letter of acquittance to the collectors, then the abbot and convent shall be altogether quit of the payment of the abovesaid £8.

The abbot and convent of Oseney, collectors of the procurations for the abbot of Lathingiaco (Lagny), and of Sicard de Vauro , nuncios of the pope in England, account (through J., bp. of Lincoln ) for three half-pence in each mark of annual value collected from various churches in the archdeaconries of Oxon, Bucks, Bedford, Northampton, and St. Albans. Dated 1312, on the feast of St. Lawrence the martyr.

An acquittance given by Thomas called 'Le Mareschall,' clerk and scholar, of the University of Oxford , for the payment of five marks by the abbot and convent of Oseney for the first year's pension during the life of the said Thomas. Dated at Oseney the Friday on the feast of St. James, apostle, 9 Ed. [II] (25 July 1315).

Walter Reynolds, archbishop of Canterbury , acknowledges that in his visitation of the diocese of Lincoln in 1319, having inspected and examined the muniments and privileges of the abbot and convent of Oseney concerning the appropriation of certain churches, and payments of pensions and tithes, he now confirms the same. Dated at Notele, 2 Id. Feb., 1319.

An acknowledgment that Rigaud de Asser, nuncio of the pope, has received of the abbot and convent of Oseney 7s. for procurations. Dated at London 11 January, 1319.

An acquittance given by the abbot of Eynsham, collector of the tenths granted by Pope John XXII, to the King, to the abbot and convent of Oseney for the payment of 20 li. and 12 pence for the second half of the aforesaid tenth. Dated at Eynsham, 6 (sic, vi) Non. Feb., 1320.

An acquittance from brothers John de Hengham and T. de Hemenham , to the abbot of Oseney for ... by pope John XXII in the archdeaconries of ... "... idus Decembris," (1320?) [Mutilated.] .

A mandate sent by K. Edward III to the abbot of Oseney, that he should deliver to the knights hospitallers the muniments, cups, and ornaments that he holds, and which have been often before demanded of him, belonging to the knights templars lately dissolved. Dated at Worcester, 20 ... 1 Ed. III.

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.

Letter of Nicholas, abbot of Eynsham , to the deans of the archdeaconry of Berks, reciting a mandate received from Pope John, dated 3 of his pontificate, to give warning in all churches, at> mass on Sundays and holydays, against depriving or defrauding the abbot and convent of Oseney of any of their rents, lands, houses, books, etc. under pain of excommunication. Dated at Eynesham, 10 Kl. September, 1327.

Fragment of a copy of an inspeximus and confirmation to Oseney of privileges, &c. Dated 3 Ed. III. [Part of an Inspeximus charter.] .

Richard Murimouth, chaplain of the king, transfers at the request of the king to William Murimouth his brother, clerk, an annual pension of 40s., granted to him by the abbot and convent of Oseney, at the instance of the King on the creation of Thomas the present abbot. Dated at Oxford on the feast of St. Luke the "apostle" and evangelist, 1330.

Restitution of the temporalities of Oseney by K. Edward III, on the election of Thomas de Cudlington to the abbacy of the same. Dated at Staunford, 9 Aug., 4 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 acquittance from Henry of Canterbury to the abbot and convent of Oseney for the sum of 40s. pension, from Michaelmas term, 5 Ed. III. Dated at London, 4 October, 5 Ed. III.

An acquittance given by the abbot of Eynsham, collector of the tenths imposed by Pope John XXII for 4 years, to the abbot and convent of Oseney for the receipt of £20 7s. 5 1/2d. for the second half of the third year. Dated at Eynsham on the vigil of All Saints, 1332.

An acquittance from Henry of Canterbury, clerk, to the abbot and convent of Oseney for the sum of 40s. for pension, for Michaelmas term, 6 Ed. III. Dated at London, 1 Nov., 6 Ed. III.

An acknowledgment given by the prior of the cathedral church of Norwich, each collector of the tenths imposed for four years, for the receipt from the abbot and convent of Oseney of 16d. for each term of the two last years. Dated at Norwich, 5 Kl. July, 1333.

An acknowledgment that Richard de Lusteshull, portionary of one portion of the church of St. Lawrence of Romsey , has received of the abbot and convent of Oseney 10s. sterling, due Michaelmas, 1333, for one year's pension, as his portion. Dated at Elygdon, feast of All Saints, 1333.

An acknowledgment given by the prior of Daventry and John de Wottesdon, rector of Cortenhale , collectors of the 10th imposed for six years, the pope, to the abbot and convent of Oseney for the payment of £20 7s. 5 1/2d. from churches, &c. belonging to that abbey. Dated at Daventry, 15 Kl. July, 1336. [The churches are enumerated.] .

Composition between the abbot and convent of Oseney of the one part, and Matilda, daughter of Reynilde de la Wyk , of the other, concerning her corrody. Dated at Oseney on the vigil of St. Matthew, 11 Ed. II.

An indenture witnessing that sir Richard de Beaufo, kt., John de Croxford , Geoffrey de Astwyk , and Henry atte Grene , collectors of half of the wool in Oxfordshire, according to the act of parliament of 12 [Ed. III], that they have received of the abbot and convent of Oseney four sacks of wool, being the moiety of their shorn wool. Dated at Eton the Monday on the morrow of Palm Sunday, 12 [Ed. III].

An acknowledgment given by the abbot of Eynsham for the receipt of 13s. sterling from Nicholas, the abbot and convent of Oseney. Dated at Eynsham on the feast of St. Mary Magdalen, 13 Ed. III.

An acquittance given by the abbot of Eynsham, collector of the tenths for the king, to the abbot and convent of Oseney for the payment of £39 os. 6 1/2d. Dated at Eynsham on the feast of St. John the Baptist, 1341.