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OXFORD (St. John). Agreement made 1 August, 35 Hen. VI, between John, the abbot, and convent of Oseney of the one part, and Robert, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide of the other part, of and concerning a wall separating the hall of St. John of the abbey from the hall of the prior and conf. of St. Frideswide, called Bemehall, in the parish of St. John of Merton College.

Oxford, St. Martin’s Memorandum, in English, of an agreement made 24 September 1 Ric. III. at Oxford in the presence of William Waynflete, bp. of Winchester, between St. F. and Magdalen College. The Priory is to pay (i) 2/2 rent for a messuage and curtilage lying by the East gate by the Priory gate, (ii) 2/- rent for a ‘way’ towards the ground of St. F. (iii) 2/- rent for a stair between two shops in St. Martin’s parish, (iv) 2/- for repairs to a tenement of the prior ‘beside the Carfax, the College having lost 10 years’ profit from it. (v) 8/8 rent for a house by the town wall in the parish of St. Ebbe. The College is to pay (i) 5/8 rent for a house called Swynebrok, late Thomas Hall’s house in the parish of Allhallows. (ii) 5/8 for a hall called Yng Hall in St. Mary’s parish. (iii) 3/5 for a house in the parish of St. Michael in the south. (iv) 8/8 for a house on the north side of the church in the parish of Allhallows. (v) 3/4 for a house by a way leading from the high road to a grange of the priory. (vi) 76/8 for the price of timber cut and carried off thence by the College. (vii) (sum not stated) for timber, faggots, stones, and lime, witheld by the College from the first foundation unto this time. An exchange was made for a house in St. Ebbe’s against the west side of the churchyard on the north side of the street leading to Frideswide Hall, for a piece of land in St. John’s at the east end of Crope lane. The College are to have a house belonging to the Priory above the College tenement on the north side of Carfax, for which the Priory are to have the whole fishing in the Cherwell from the East bridge to the King’s Mill, leaving to the College their right of free passage. The College are to see that no trees overhang on their side that might hinder river traffic or fishing. The priory hold a house and garden in St. Ebbe’s by exchange for a garden in Cat Street, which Lucy Glover (and now John Asshendon Glover) held, and for a little garden that Richard Leke holds. This indenture is not to be prejudicial to the priory’s right to a quit-rent from a house called ‘Feyre Yeomannys Housse’ in St. Mary Magdalen’s. The College have returned the day of the delivery of this indenture a bond of £40 in which the Priory was bound to them. 24 Sept. ⟨1483.⟩

Oxford, St. John’s Agreement between the Abbot and Convent of Oseney and the Prior and Convent of St. Frideswide concerning a wall separating the hall of St. John from Beam Hall, in the parish of St. John. ⟨1457⟩, Aug. 1

Oxford, St. John’s A lease to Merton College. [v. Oseney Cartulary, vol. i, p. 333.] 4 Oct. 1435.

Part of a rent roll, containing the rents from St. Peter in the East, St. John, St. Edward, All Saints,St. Martin, and St. George, with names. Temp. Hen. IV.

Fragment of a rent roll containing the rents from the parishes of St. Mary the Virgin (part of), St. Peter in the east, St. John, and St. Edward, with names. [Temp. Hen. IV] .

Part of a rent roll in the parishes of St. Mildred, St. Mary the Virgin, St. Peter in the east, St. Martin, St. Peter le bailey, St. Ebbe, St. Aldate, St. Michael South, St. George, and St. John. Temp. Hen. IV.

Fragment of a roll showing the increase and decrease of rents, with the payments of quit-rents in the parishes of St. Mary the Virgin, St. Peter in the east, St. John, St. Edward, All Saints, St. Peter le bailey, St. Ebbe, St. Aldate, St. Giles, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. George. [1 Hen VI?], after 12 Hen. IV.

Fragment of a roll, within the parishes of St. Peter in the east, St. John, St. Edward, All Saints, St. Martin, St. Peter le bailey, St. Ebbe, St. Aldate, St. Giles, St. Mary Magdalen, and St. Thomas. Temp. Hen. IV.

Fragment of a roll containing payments for quit-rents and for repairs in the parishes of St. Mary the Virgin, St. Peter in the east, All Saints, St. John, St. Edward, and St. Peter le bailey. Temp. Hen. IV.

Part of a rent roll of the city of Oxford [temp. Hen. VI ?], including the parishes of part of St. Mary the Virgin, St. Peter in the east, St. John, St. Edward, All Saints, St. Martin, and St. Peter in the bailey, with names of tenants. (c. 1400-20?) .

Fragment of a roll of expenses for repairs of houses, &c. in the parishes of St. Mary the Virgin, St. Mildred, St. Peter in the east, St. John, St. Edward, All Saints, St. Martin, St. Ebbe's, and St. George, &c. Temp. Hen. VI. (c. 1430-50)

Fragment of a rent roll of increase and decrease of rents, together with expenses in St. Mary the Virgin, St. Mildred, St. Peter in the east, St. John, St. Edward, All Saints, St. Martin, and St. Peter le Bailey. Temp. Hen. VI. (c. 1440-50 ?) [Mutilated and in parts effaced.] .