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William, son of Alexander , grants to Robert, son of Laurence , the whole of his ... with an edifice thereon, namely that between the land of Stephen the clerk and the land of the abbot of Oseney, in St. Mary's parish, Oxford; paying to the lords of the fee xiiij d., and to the church of St Mary, in frankalmoigne, xij d. to the light. (c. 1230-40.) [Mutilated.] .

Memorandum that Robert, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide have received in the 6th year of King Ed. I. nine marks of silver from sir Bogo de Clare by the hands of Walter de Chause , his bailiff of Halywell, for a house in St. John Street, which is called 'Cestre' also one mark arrears from a house called ' le Oriole' in St. Mary's, Oxford; also an arrear of 12d. for the area between 'le Oriole' and the house which is called 'Cestre' in which area was a certain house formerly called 'Zacharie'.

Thomas de Legh of Oxford , called "toun clerk", confirms to the prior and convent of St. Frideswide the donations of his ancestors, notwithstanding the statute of mortmain, namely 16d. from a tenement in Grope lane which was John le Hore 's, situate between the gate 'del Oriole' and a tenement of the said prior and convent; and 5s. from a messuage in the High street, formerly Simon Whyth 's, situate between a tenement of the said prior and convent and a tenement formerly Henry de Edrop 's; and 2s. from a messuage in the suburbs of Oxford called Plomerhalle, situate without the south gate, between a tenement of the said prior and convent and a tenement of the donors, and 4d. from a tenement in the way called 'Shidierd' formerly the said Simon's, between a manse of Oriole and a tenement of Adam le Bocbyndere . Dated at Oxford, 1 February, 14 Ed. III. [Wigram no. 463]

The will of Richard de Hunsyngore, clerk, rector of South Newenton, Oxfordshire ; he leaves (inter alia) to master Nicholas, son of William de Burcestre , his godson, his seld situated in the high street near the door of the house in which the said Walter lives, which he bought of John de Maydeston ; also to Robert de Hunsyngore his servant, his tenement in the parish of St. Aldate in the high street, between a tenement formerly William Spaldyng 's on the north, and a tenement of John Saucers on the south, which tenement he bought of the executors of Robert de Wormenhale . Dated at South Newenton the Thursday next after the feast of St Dunstan. 1337. Also he gives and bequeaths his tenement situated in the way called Shydzerd, Oxon, between a tenement of the prior and convent of St. Frid. on the south, and a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstowe on the north, and also his tenement in the street of St. John which he bought of John de Croxford , to be sold, and the money employed for the celebration of masses in the church of South Newenton. Attached to this will is a mandate from Gilbert de Bruera, dean of St. Paul's , to ... de Mora, proctor of the archdeacon of Oxford, and to the dean of Oxford (in consequence of the archdeacon being in foreign parts) to grant administration. Dated at London, 5 Kl. June, 1337.

Description of the ancient boundaries of the city of Oxford, written in French. Temp. Hen. VI, viz : "These are the boundaries and extent of the liberty of the town of Oxford, commencing at the pile bridge (pount tretable, draw bridge) above Petypount, and following by the course of the river Charwell as far as to a ditch called 'Creddelak,' otherwise ' Mountagueslake,' running between the meadow of St. Frideswide, which meadow is within the said liberty, and the meadow called Mountaguesmede, which ditch separates the counties of Oxford and Berks, and the said ditch runs as far as the Thames at 'Grauntpount,' running under an arch called 'Dencheworthesabowe,' and thus along the Thames, between the friars preachers who are within the said town, and a meadow called 'Erlicheseyt' and the meadow of the abbey of Abingdon, which meadows are without the said liberty, and the meadow called Kingesmede which is within the said liberty, and thus as far as to the ferry to Henxseie, and from thence as far as to a ditch called 'Soundreseyes lake,' and beyond as far as to the mills of Botele, and from thence as far as to 'Wowelake' and from thence and from the isles of Wyke, Bunsey, Midley, Cropley, and Portmanseyt, which isles are all within the said liberty, and thus as far as to the bridge of Godstowe. And the said liberty descends from the said bridge to Wolgarcote, and from thence as far as to a ditch called la Grenediche, and beyond this to Charewell, which runs from Halywell and the hospital of St. John, as far as to the said pile bridge above Petypount, the which Halywell and hospital are within the said liberty." .

⟨ OXFORD ⟩ Sara, formerly wife of Simon, the smith , quit-claims for ever all her right in that tenement which was her husband's in 'Astbrugestrete,' which she had claimed by the name of dowry against Thomas de Querqu . (c. 1250-60.) Witn. Henry, master of the Hosp. of St John the Baptist , etc.

Mabilia, the abbess, and convent of Godstow grant to the prior and convent of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, Durham, and their successors, the whole of their arable land which they have from a certain ditch transversely in Beaumont, viz. from the land of Philip de Ho, burgess of Oxford , as far as to the land which was Roger Semer 's in the same culture in the suburb of Oxford, and of which three acres lie near the land of Walter Best 's on the north, and one acre lies on the south of land of the said Walter, and one acre lies between the land of Thomas Lesewys and the land of the said Roger Semer, and one head of the whole abuts as far as the walls towards the west, and another head abuts as far as to the King's way of Beaumont on the east, together with 6d. of annual rent going out of one acre of land of Thomas Lesewys with the tithes of the same, and the tithes of a certain acre of Walter Bost 's in the same culture; also they grant to the same prior and convent that they shall have whatever right they possess in vacant places near Perilous hall in Horsmangerstrete; paying annually for the same l0s. of silver. Witness, Philip de Ho, then mayor of Oxford , (c. 1290.)

John Billuc grants to Dionisia, the daughter of Walter de Oseney , the whole of his land in Oseney, viz. croft, and meadow, and pasture, to hold of Thomas de St. Walery , at an annual rent to the chief lord of 26d., and to him and his heirs 1d. (c. 1220.) .

An extent of all the lands and tenements which were William de Hunsyngore's of the county of Oxford , within the town of Oxford, 22 June, 19 Ed. III, made before John de Olneye and John de St. Frideswyda , bailiffs of the said town, 6 December, 24 Ed. III, by virtue of a certain return to a writ of the said king directed to the bailiffs by the sheriff of Oxford, to deliver the same to Richard de Melton, parson of the church of St. Ebbe, Oxon , for a debt of £40 acknowledged before Henry de Stodlegh, mayor, and William de Cornwall, clerk, by the oaths of John de Falle and others, who say that the said William had, the said 22 day of June, one messuage in the way called Shidiard, between a tenement of the prior and convent of St. Frideswyde on the south, and a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstowe on the north, value beyond reprises 16s. And one messuage which is situated at the east head of the aforesaid messuage, and extends to the way called Seint Jones strete, value beyond reprises 4s. [In Oxon. Charters a.1] .

Mutilated charter by which .... Elfeton, lord of Elfeton , grants to the abbot and convent of Oseney a house. Dated at Oseney the Thursday on the morrow of St. Edward, king, 4 Ed. fil. Edw.. Witn. John de Hampton, mayor, Culferd and Abingdon, bailiffs etc.

Composition between the abbot and convent of Oseney of the one part, and Matilda, daughter of Reynilde de la Wyk , of the other, concerning her corrody. Dated at Oseney on the vigil of St. Matthew, 11 Ed. II.

Composition between the churches of Lichesfeld and Oseney, made concerning the church of Senestan, namely, that the church of Oseney pays annually to Lichesfeld 7s. so long as H. de Brai, clerk, shall hold the same, and after his death 10s. This composition made in the synod celebrated at Lichesfeld after the octave of Pentecost next after the consecration of Robert, bp. of Worcester. (June, 1191.) .

CRANEFORD. Composition between Nicholas the clerk of Bamton and Walter de Camville, clerk, parson of Craneford , concerning two parts of the tithes of the whole lordship of sir Ralph de Audeli, kt., (made by Philip, the prior of St. Frideswide , and master Robert de Chadeleswurde , to whom the dispute had been delegated by Pope Urban the Third,) viz. that the said tithes shall be held by Walter of the church of Oseney for an annual pension of 2s. (c. 1186-88.) .

Indenture between the abbot and convent of Oseney on the one part, and the master and scholars or fellows of Balliol College of the other, witnesseth that the abbot and convent ⟨of Oseney⟩ have demised a certain area in Jury lane, Oxon, opposite to the civil law school, standing in length toward the tenement of the master and fellows called Burnelshy and abutting on that of John Hamwell, "gentylman", to Balliol College for 99 years, at an annual rent of 3s. 4d. Dated on the feast of St. Gregory the pope, 1443, 22 Hen. VI.

Bond given by the warden and fellows of [New] College to abbot and convent of Oseney for fulfilment of conditions of a lease of a piece of land adjoining Vine hall in Oxford, belonging to the said abbot and convent, for 99 years, at an annual rent of 4s. to New College. [Mutilated.] Dated 6 Aug., 17 Hen. VIII.

OXFORD (St. Mary the Virgin). Agnes, daughter of Geoffrey, relict of William le Tannur , grants to John Orsin her son, the whole of her land with appurtenances, namely, that which extends from the way called Shidyerdstrete as far as to a lane which is called Gropecuntelane, which land lies between the land which was formerly John de Bridport 's and the land of Agatha, relict of Thomas, son of Wyth , in Schidyerde Strete, on the one part, and on the other between the land of Robert de Tobben and the land which was sometime Stephen's the clerk in Gropecuntelane in the parish of St. Mary, Oxford; paying annually for her and her heirs to William le Tannur and his heirs 9d., and to the church of St. Mary 2d., and to herself and heirs 1d. For this donation he gave 100s. Witnesses. Peter, son of Torald, then mayor, Hugh Fane and Adam Cruste , then provosts of Oxford. (c. 1243.) .

Indenture made between the abbot and convent of Oseney of one part, and Thomas Hampton , Alice his wife, and Thomas, son of Simon de Wyght , of the other part, witnesseth, that the abbot and convent demise to the said Thomas, Alice, and Thomas, one shop with a cellar under the shop, with a stone wall towards the tenement of John atte Hyde on the east, situated in the north street of Oxford, in the parish of St. Michael's at the north gate, between a shop of the said abbot and convent on the south, and a shop of the prior of Nonne Eton on the north, and a tenement of John Hyde on the east, for 40 years, paying for the same annually 16s. Dated at Oseney the Friday next after the feast of St. Valentine, 22 Ric. II.

Claremunda, relict of Henry Wirle , in her widowhood, quit-claims to the abbot and convent of Oseney and their successors, all right which she has by name of dower in that messuage which Roger de Comenore had by sale of the said Henry her husband, situated in north Oseney, in the suburb of Oxford. For this quit-claim the said abbot and convent gave half a mark of silver. Witnesses. Nicholas de Kyngeston, then mayor, John Culvert and Thomas de Sowi , then bailiffs of Oxford. (1284.) .

WALTON, Oxford. Fragment of a court roll, temp. Ed. II. [Almost wholly illegible.]

WALTON, WORTON, and TWENTYACRE. Court roll of Walton, Worton, and Twentyacre, held at Walton the Thursday ... St. George, 32 Ed. III. Also for 31 Ed. III. [Mutilated, and largely illegible.]

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. Mary’s Walter Godecnave grants to St. F. [Godeknavehalle] in Cat Street. Witnesses: Laurence Wid, mayor, Adam son of Walter and John Curcy, Thomas son of Walter, Peter son of Thorold, Adam Feteplace, Laurence Rufus, William of Winchester, Adam the smith, Robert Rufus, Richard Scoleg, Henry Inge, William of Mildecumbe. ⟨1246.⟩

Oxford, St. Mary’s John Pilet grants to Warine of Dorchester the land between his house and that of Roger Sewy . Witnesses: Nicholas of Stokwelle, mayor, William le Seinter , and Geoffrey the goldsmith, reeves, Laurence Wid, Peter son of Thorold, Thomas son of Walter, and Adam his brother, Geoffrey of Stocwelle, Laurence Rufus, Adam Cruste, John Halegod, William of Mildecumbe, Henry Inge, John Bulepann’. ⟨1247.⟩