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CHURCHILL. William de Mandeville having been cited by authority of Pope Celestine III, before the abbots of Abingdon and Reading, to answer to the canons of St. Frid. concerning the tithe of hay of the whole village of Cerchil, grants the same to them for ever. (c. 1195.)

Churchill. Juliana [relict of Henry de Noers ] ... in her widowhood grants to Nicholas de Nouers , her son and heir, all her land in Norton, and the advowson of the church of Cercill. (c. 1210-20.) Witnesses: Richard de Vernona , Walter de Vernona , Paganus de Ples , Baldewin de Iles[feld] , Walter de Iles[feld] , Ralph de ..., John Mavalet , Richard de Elisburia ... .

Composition between Simon, the prior, and convent of St. Frid., and the monks of Bruern, concerning the tithes of grain and hay in the village of Cercell'. [ Simon, prior, before 1216-1227.]

ROLLRIGHT. Copy (indented) of a charter by which William, the prior, and the convent of St. Frideswide grant to the prior and canons of Norton the whole of their land 'in hamello' in Rollendrith, and also that virgate of land in Churchull which they had of the gift of Baldwin de Paries , paying annually for the same 27s. 6d. Dated 1248, on the morrow of SS. Simon and Jude. [Wigram no. 1006] .

Nicholas de Noers grants to William de Staner ... his armsbearer [armigero meo], for his homage and service, one virgate of land in the fields of Cercelle, namely that virgate which Richard Albus formerly held, and all the buttes of land under 'Hurnardesberewe' which the said Richard held, which extend themselves towards the bound of Norton, to hold the same at an annual rent of one penny. For this donation the said William gave five marks of silver. (c. 1230-40?) .

Letter of Henry, bp. of Lincoln , setting forth that William Grom, perpetual vicar of Chirchehille , and the prior and convent of St. Frid., Oxon, have notified to him the composition for the endowment of the vicarage of Chirchehille. Dated in ..., 27 August, 1398, and 1st year of his consecration.

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]

Churchill Instrument of the ‘Decanus Christianitatis’ of Lincoln about the action brought against the Subdean and Chapter of Lincoln and the Archdeacon of Oxford touching the advowson of Churchill. [Mutilated.] (See ⟨Wigram⟩ no. 1061. This is one of the documents mentioned in Wigram, p. 279, the first few lines.) 1335.