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ABINGDON. Benjamin, formerly rector of the church of St. Nicholas of Abbendon , grants to the church of St. Nicholas, Littlemor, for the health of his soul, and for the souls of his father and mother, and all the faithful deceased in frankalmoigne, one messuage in the village of Abbendon, situated between the gate of master R., rector of the church of St. Helen's , and the house of Hubert la Withe , paying to the abbot of Abbendon 8d. at the feast of St. Michael and 1d. at Chergeschet. Witnesses. Sir Alan de Fernham , Henry de Baywith , etc.. (c. 1200-40).

Certificate of the pronouncing of a sentence of suspension "ab ingres ecclesie" for contumacy and of a citation to appear on the morrow of St. Gregory in the chapel of St. Nicholas, Abbendon, to answer concerning the will of John de St. John . (c. 1234-45.) [Rubbed and partially illegible.] .

Clapcote. Robert de Croxford and Geoffrey Cheyndut , chaplains, grant to John atte Rysshe of W⟨allingford⟩ and Alice his wife 4 acres of arable land called la Goore, in C⟨lapcote⟩ , of which one acre is forera, between the prior’s land on the east and the land wh. J. and A. his wife have of the gift of R. de C. and G. C., and 3 acres lie together from the said forera to the cross on the way from W⟨allingford⟩ to Abingdon. Witnesses: John Mariot , John of Brictwalton , John Garstone , Reginald le taverner , Thomas of Oterboume , Walter Crys , William Wyte . Given at C⟨lapcote⟩ . ⟨15 Oct. 1344.⟩

1594. ‘A note of the white game belonginge unto the Collegge of Christ Church in the Universitie of Oxford, which have been found this yeare 1594 at the Swan Uppinge time, And what broodes there are of the same and where they doe lye.’ There were 17 old swans: 4 at the high Bridge at Stanton; one each at Stanton Moor, Bynssy church, Broadford, Sandford, Abingdon, Sutton, Sparsy Bridge, Ycfley Mill, Ottmoor, Ruely Lock, Wytam Streeme, Hincksy Mill, and another at Abingdon: also 9 cygnetts.