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TUNBRIDGE (Priory of). A further roll of evidences, records of proceedings, presentations, and other documents appertaining to the priory of Tunbridge; mutilated and partially effaced.

(a) Appropriation by Walter, archbishop of Canterbury , of the church of Chert to the prior and convent of Ledes. (1320.) [Mutilated.]

(b) Confirmation by H., the prior, and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury, of the appropriation of the church of Chert to the prior and convent of Ledes.

(c) Partly obliterated form of a circular letter to a bishop. [Illegible.]

(d) Appointment of master John de Waltona (?), clerk, to appear at the Roman court as proctor for William, prior of Tunbridge . Dated 10 Kl. Feb., 1336.

(e) Letter from William, the prior of Tunbridge , to the abbot of Oseney and prior of Bernewell, that he has appointed Thomas de Roffa, canon of Ledes , to appear as his proctor at the general chapter of the order of St. Augustine to be held at the priory of St. Frideswide. Dated at Tunbridge, 15 Kl. July, 1337.

(f) The abbot of Oseney and prior of Bernewell, presiding at a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine, to the religious of St. Gregory of Canterbury, Tunbridge, Heryngham, and others, to cite the priors of Bradley, Walsingham, &c. to appear in the next general chapter in the church of Newenham near Bedford, on the octave of the Holy Trinity, 1340, and respecting payment of the contributions served for a suit against the abbot of Waltham. Dated by the abbot of Oseney, 8 Id. June, 1339, and by the prior of Bernewell the Id. of June, same year. [Partly obliterated.]

(g) Mandate from the abbot of Oseney and the prior of Bernwell, presiding at a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine within the province of Canterbury, to the priors of St. Gregory of Canterbury and of Tunbridge, commanding them to visit the houses, &c. of the order within the dioceses of Rochester and Canterbury. Dated by the abbot of Oseney, and prior of Bernewell, 1339. [Partly obliterated.]

(h) Mandate from the abbot of Oseney and prior of Bernewell, presiding at a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine in the province of Canterbury, to the heads of the monasteries of that order within the dioceses of Rochester and Canterbury, commanding them to receive the priors of St. Gregory of Canterbury and of Tunbridge in a suitable manner at their visitation, and to carry out sentences of excommunication or suspension should they be promulgated. Dated 8 Kl. June, 1339.

(i) Citation of the abbot of Thorntone and prior of Kirkham to a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine to be held at Newstead near Stamford, Lincoln diocese. Dated at Thornton, 3 Non. Novemb., and at Kirkham, 8 Id. Nov., 1340. Received by the priory of Tunbridge, 4 Kl. Dec., following. [Partly obliterated.]

(k) Writ of King Edward III, for the collection of a ninth granted by parliament 14th of his reign, in the county of Kent. [Continued on next roll (a).]

(l) Indulgence of 40 days, granted by John, archbishop of Canterbury , to all who shall assist in rebuilding that portion of the priory of Tunbridge which was destroyed by fire. Dated .... [1327(?)].

(m) Licence granted to Reginald de Dik for the celebration of mass in his chapel of the manor of Romchedde in the parish of the church of Tonebregge by the bishop of Rochester. Dated .... 1338.

(n) Absolution by Robert, bishop of Sarum , from the sentence of suspension passed upon William de Handloo, priest, for one year, because he solemnized matrimony between John de Foxle and Matilda Brocas without the parochial church of Bray. Dated at Sheftesbery, 5 Id. April, 1332.

(o) Of the weight of lead. Memorandum that a cart load of lead contains 30 feet, and each foot six stone, and each stone 13 1/2 lb., and one foot contains 81 lb. And so a cart load of lead contains, according to the weight used at 'le Pek,' 2430 lb. Item, according to the weight used at Sandwich, a cart load of lead ought to weigh six sacks of wool, and a sack of wool should weigh 52 hooks ["claves"], and each hook contains 7 lb., and so a sack of wool weighs 364 lb. And so a cart load of lead weighs by the weight of wool 2184 lb. And so each cart load of lead at 'le Boles' exceeds the weight of wool 246 lb.

(p) Commission from H., bishop of Rochester , to Adam de Murymouth, canon of London , for negotiating the exchange between John de Beylham, rector of Chelesworth , and Alan de Lavenham, vicar of Tunbridge . Dated at Hallyng, Id. July, 1340. [Partly obliterated.]

(q) Institution by Adam Murymouth, canon of London, commissary of H., bishop of Rochester , of John de Beylham, priest, to the vicarage of Tunbridge, by the resignation of Alan de Lavenham , because of an exchange with the church of Chelesworth, Norwich diocese, on the presentation of the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Dated at Barnes, 17 Kl. August, 1340.

(r) The prior and convent of Tunbridge present sir Roger de Frendesbery to the church of Leigh by reason of an exchange with Henry de Shyptone to the church of Stradselle, Norwich diocese. Dated 5 Kl. August, 1340. [Partly obliterated.]

(s) Resignation of the rectory of Stradselle by Roger de Frend (sic), on account of an exchange with Henry de Shipton, rector of Legh . Dated, &c. [Partly obliterated.]

(t) Appointment of proctors by Henry de Schipton, rector of Legh , to act for him in the matter of an exchange with the church of Stradselle. [Partly obliterated.]

(u) Lease from John, the prior, and convent of Tunbridge to Roger de Frendesbery, rector of Stradeselle , of their chapel of Denardestone for 12 years, at an annual payment of ten pounds. Dated on the day of St. Peter ad vincula, 1334. [An enrolment of MS. Charter Kent 94.]

Roll of charters connected with the claim of University college to the property of Walter the goldsmith in the parish of All Saints, Oxford. . Imperfect at the beginning. c. 1385-90. Endorsed with ...(?) by a hand of 17th century.

(a) Geoffrey, the goldsmith, commonly called ..., burgess of Oxford , acknowledges to have received of Gilbert de Gonwardby, burgess of Oxford , £1000, and for security thereof mortgages to him or his attorney 5 tenements in the High Street above the corner of the cemetery of the church of All Saints, and 3 messuages and 3 shops in the parish of St. Mildred, 3 messuages in the parish of St. Martin, 2 cottages in the parish of St. Thomas, one messuage and 3 cottages in the parish of St. Ebbe, 2 messuages in Grauntpount, one cottage in the parish of St. Edward, 2 messuages in the parish of St. John, one messuage in the parish of St. Peter in the east, 3 tenements in the parish of St. Peter in the bailey, 4 tenements and 6 acres of land in Halivelle, 3 messuages in the parish of St. Giles, 20 acres of land in Beaumont and the field of Walton, and 40 acres of meadow behind Oseney in Irland, and Alrychseyte and Swyneshull, and 30s. annual rent going out of divers places in the town. Dated on Whitsunday [17 Hen. III]. Date erased. [Copy of a spurious deed advanced by University college, in support of their title to Gonwardby's lands.]

(b) Gilbert de Gonewardeby, burgess of Oxon , recites the bond given by Geoffrey the goldsmith to himself in £1000 payable on the feast of St. Martin in the winter, 16 years after the date of the said bond, and by this charter covenants with the said Geoffrey, that he shall enjoy the same for his life, reserving to himself and John de Gonewardeby his son, the reversion of the same after the death of the said Geoffrey; the said Gilbert grants and quit-claims to John his son and his heirs all right in the said lands mentioned in (a). Dated at Oxford on the feast of St. Mary the virgin ... Hen. III. (Date erased.) (Spurious.)

(c) Abstracts of charters of lands and rents in 'Bocheria' in All Saints' parish, Oxford. (d) An agreement between John and Walter the goldsmiths , and John Gonwardby, mercer, of Oxford , concerning the bond of £1000 secured by Geoffrey the goldsmith on his lands &c. as described in (a), by which the said lands &c. are granted to John and Walter for their lives. This agreement to be maintained under a penalty of £3000. Dated at Oxford on the morrow of St. Michael the archangel, (9) Hen. III. (Date erased.) (Spurious.)

(e) John de Gonewardeby, mercer, of Oxford , grants to John de Gonewardeby his younger son the reversion of his house in the parish of All Saints, Oxford, between tenements formerly John Goldesmyth 's, after the death of Thomas de Gonewardeby his elder son, also the reversion of all the lands which he had by the gift and feoffment of John the goldsmith and Walter his brother. Dated at Oxford the Thursday on the feast of the Epiphany, ... Ed. II. (Date erased.) (Spurious.)

(f) John .... of Oxford grants to John de Denchesworth and Elizabeth his wife the whole of that messuage in the parish of St. Martin, Oxford, 'in Bocheria.' Dated at Oxford on St. Vincent's day, 13 Ed. III.

(g) Writ of supersedeas in a cause between Edmund Fraunceys and Idonea his wife on the one part, and the master and scholars of University College on the other. Dated at New Sarum, 22 May, 7 Rich. II.

(h) John, son of Walter the goldsmith, of Oxon , grants to John de Gonwardby and his wife Joan , daughter of the said John, the whole of that messuage with appurtenances situated in the parish of All Saints, Oxford, between a tenement he inhabits at the time of making this charter on the west, and the tenement which Philip de Wormenhale holds of him on the east; also he grants to the said John and Joan 8s. annual rent which he was accustomed to receive annually from a tenement of Robert de Gonwardby in St. Ebbe's, Oxon; to hold the same to them and their heirs for ever, in default to revert to the heirs of John son of Walter. Dated at Oxford the Sunday next after the feast of All Saints, 1 Ed. II.

(i) John, son of Walter the goldsmith, of Oxford , grants to John his son all the land and tenements, rents and services, meadows and pastures, with appurtenances, which he has in the town of Oxford, and the counties of Oxon and Berks; to hold the same to him and the heirs of his body by an annual payment of 14 marks of silver, in default of heirs the whole to revert to John Gonwardby and Joan his wife and their heirs; in default to revert to the heirs of the said John son of Walter for ever. Dated at Oxford, 2 July, 1 Ed. II.

(k) Fragment of the pleadings in the suit between Edmund and Idonea Fraunceys and University College.