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WALINGWELLS Nunnery. Indenture by which dame Ann Goldsmith, prioress of the monastery of our Lady in the park of Carleton near Wallingwells , grants to Brian Hastings, esquier, all ..., for 3 years, paying annually 24 marks 6s. 8d. Dated at Campsall, 5 April, 1516. [English]

COWLEY (Temple). Indenture made 31 Sept. (sic), 22 Henry VII, between Katherine, the prioress, and convent of Litullmore of the one part, and Henry Ivory of Churchecowley and John Ivory , son of the said Henry, son and heir of Alice , late the wyff of the said Henry, daughter and heir of John Smyth, late of Oxford , in the same countie, of the other part, witnesseth that the said prioress and convent covenants to pay to the said Henry an annuity of 26s. 8d. during his life, for a house and land in Temple Cowley and Churchecowley, in the which William Porter, clerk, and John Eggecombe, gent., with others, were infeoffed; the prioress and convent also agreeing to find commons, a chamber within their priory, to bury in their church, and provide yearly an obit for the said Henry.

Indenture made 20 Nov., 22 Hen. VII, by which Katherine, the prioress, and the convent of Lytylmor demise to Thomas Hall and John Cledysdale the younger their manor of Heywoode, co. Berks, with a certain pasture called Cotons, and all other their lands in Leverton for 33 years at an annual rent of £4 13s. 4d.

Indenture made 12 August, 9 Hen. VIII, by which dame Kateryn Wellys, the prioress, and convent of Lytyllmore demise to Richard Stokker of Sanforde , their ferm of Sanforde called Lytyllmore ferm, to hold the same for 21 years, paying annually £3.

WITNEY. Power of attorney from William Baker, citizen and haberdasher of London , granted to John, prior of St. Frid., giving him authority to receive and recover in his name of Christiana Fryse , widow of Thomas Fryse of Long Wytney, clothier, dec'd, the sum of five pounds unjustly detained from the said William in violation of a bond, dated 1521, given by the said Thomas. 24 Feb [c. 1530]. [Mutilated.] [Wigram no. 1191] .

King Henry VIII, by letters sealed, confirms the union and incorporation of the churches or chapels of Hedyngton, Merston, Byndesey, Churchill, Frytewell, Ellsfylde, Wornall, Oclee, Bryll, Borstall, Overwinchindon, Fallewysley, Great [Preston] and Little Preston, Welton, West Haddon, Stratton, Norton, Coldeassheby, Daventre, Throppe, Throppe-Mondewell, Foxston, Stalforde, Byssebroke, Chycheley, Newporte Paynell, Ascewodde, Wyllyn, Sandeforde, Wodde pery, Douton basset, Ragdale, Aston, Bromyngham, Rudeby and Wettwange, in Lincoln, Lichfield, and York dioceses; also annual portions from the churches or parishes of St. Giles without the walls of Oxford, Fulthorn, Beckeley, Lovyngham, Uppelamborn, and Sonyngwell, in the dioceses of Lincoln and Salisbury, formerly belonging to the suppressed monasteries of St. Frideswide, Tyckford, Littlemore, and Canwall; made by Thomas Crumwell, K.G., to King Henry VIII's college in Oxford. Dated 31 July, 1537, and 29 year of his reign. [Wigram no. 96]

ARDLEY. Institution by William, archbishop of Canterbury (the see of Lincoln being then vacant), of master John London, LL.D., to the church of Ardley, vacant by the death of William Gylys, chaplain, on the presentation of William Billyng, gent., the patron. Dated in the' manor of Lamehith, 5 March, 1520.

BENSINGTON. Bond for £20 given by John Stampe of Chollsey, co. Berks , to Richard Cox , the dean and chapter of Christ Church, for keeping in repair the parsonage house and barn of Bensington. Dated 29 August, 36 Hen. VIII.

CHALGRAVE. Articles of agreement between the dean and chapter of Christ Church and Roger Quatermayn of Chalgrave, co. Oxon, yeoman, of the one part, and William Standisshe of Oxford, gent., of the other part, agreed 16 May, 3rd Q. Elizabeth, to abide the award of Edmund Plowden as to how far the portion of tithes called Becco herlewyn or Beckharvest tithes in Chalgrave do extend and be leviable; with bond for 100 given by William Standisshe attached.

William Englond, LL.B., quit-claims to Nicolas Mason, clerk, vicar of Wedon , all his right and interest in that messuage with gardens, curtilages and appurtenances in the suburbs of the city of Oxford without the south gate between the east angle of the King's College or Frideswide the virgin, where the church of St. Michael first was on the north and a certain lane there leading from the highway as far as 'Schelvingstol' on the south. Dated at Porloke, 9 June, 25 Hen. VIII.

Margaret Cliff , widow of Thomas Cliff, late of Enfield , quit-claims to John Hedde and Henry Crampe all her right in lands, tenements, &c. formerly her husband's, within and without the city of Oxford. Dated 20 October, 5 Hen. VIII.

Bond given by Edward Standische of Oxford, gent., to John Higdon, S.T.P., the dean and canons of Cardinal College, in £30 sterling, for the performance of certain covenants in a pair of indentures between the same parties. Dated 3 July, 21 Hen. VIII.

Nicholas Mason, LL.B., vicar of Murrelynch, co. Somerset , grants to King Henry VIII a messuage with a garden without the south gate at Oxford. Dated 8 May, 38 Hen. VIII. (See Ch. 175.) .

Indenture, made 14 April, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary (1558), by which the dean and chapter of the cathedral of Christ Church demise to Jamys Atwood a certain portion of the site of the monastery of Oseney for 3 score and 19 years, paying annually for the same £18.

Writ from Queen Elizabeth to the dean and chapter of Christ Church, for the installation of James Calfhill, M.A., appointed on 25 July as canon in the room of William Tresham, S.T.P., resigned. Dated at Westminster, 27 July, 2 Elizabeth.

SWANTON NOWERS, co. Norfolk. Indenture made 1 May, 2 Eliz., between the dean and chapter of Christ Church of the one part, and John Spratt of Barnly in the county of Norfolk of the other, being a lease of their manor of Swanton Nowers, co. Norfolk, for 73 years, paying annually 28 16s. 9d.

Charter (indented) dated 10 Sept., 30 Eliz., by which John Teasler of St. Giles, husbandman, sells to St. John's College, Oxford, all his goods moveable and immoveable. [Mutilated} .

Bond given by John Pettyco of Sowthampton, dyer, to the provost and fellows of Queen's, to keep certain conditions in an indenture between them. Dated 19 Feb., 2 Elizabeth.

Thomas Neile, of the University of Oxford, S.T.B., and Symon Dringe of Burton, co. Oxon , executors of the will of Alexander Belsire, clerk, lately deceased, release to the dean and chapter of Christ Church all right of action for certain debts, arrears or transgressions to the date of these presents. Dated 10 May, 10 Q. Elizabeth.

Deed by which John Underhill, the rector, and the fellows of Lincoln appoint Anthony Hartley, M.A., and Anthony Wyllyams their attornies to receive possession of the Maidenhead Inn and another tenement in All Saints' parish, Oxford. Dated 17 day of May, 22 Q. Elizabeth.

Bond in a sum of £100 given by Edward Frere of Oxford, gent., to the dean and chapter of Christ Church to abide by the award of Mr. Rauff Skynner, gent., warden of New College , and Mr. Walter Wright, LL.D., archdeacon of the county of Oxford , in settlement of divers controversies between the said parties. Dated 7 May, 7 Ed. VI.

An exemplification of a fine made on the octave of the Holy Trinity, 29 Hen. VIII, by which the manors of Aston, Bampton, and Golleffers, with certain lands and rents, are granted to Roland Hyll by George, earl of Huntingdon, and others. Dated at Westminster, 16 October, 30 Hen. VIII (1538).

Indenture made 31 Jan., 34 Hen. VIII (1543), by which John Olyver , the dean, and the chapter of Ch. Ch. lease to John Oglethorpe of Newyngton, co. Oxford, their manor or lordship of Byndesey, with the wyke and St. Margaret's well, mansion-place and chapel there, for 80 years, at an annual rent of £18.