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Warine de Dorkecestr ' grants to Reginald le Macon, of Abendon , the whole of that land, with appurtenances, which lies between the land of the abbot of Enesham and the land of John Pilet in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, together with the wall between it and the land of John Pilet , paying annually to the said John Pilet 6s. For this grant the said Reginald paid 10 marks sterling. And know that after the death of Warine de Dorkecestr' his wife Juliana shall not claim dower in the said land because he had assigned to her dower in his land which is in the lane near the land of Roger Noifs , in the parish of St. Abbe. (c. 1240-50.) Witnesses John Pille and Laur. Log , provosts, etc.

Indenture between Thomas, the abbot, and convent of Oseney of the one part, and Thomas Nynehide, principal of Hincksey (Hengsly) hall, situated in Oxford , at the end of a certain lane called Kepeharme lane, in Fish street, of the other part, witnesseth that the abbot and convent have demised to the said Thomas a certain tenement called Grove hall, situated in Pynferthyng strete within the parish of St. Ebbe, in perpetuity, paying annually for the same 9s. Dated at Oseney on the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 22 Hen. VI.

Fragment of a rent roll of the city of Oxford, containing rents in the following parishes, St. Ebbe's, St. Aldate's, and St. Michael's south, St. Giles', St. Mary Magdalen. [Temp. Hen. IV. (c. 1400)] .

Oxford, St. Ebbe’s Charter of the Master and Brethren of St. John's Hospital authorizing Hugh of Saunderton to give a messuage held of them to the Prior and Convent of St Frideswide. ⟨1373, June 11.⟩

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. Ebbe's parish. Turbern the baker grants a messuage to Jordan of Aylesbury. c. 1200.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Benedict Kepeharm confirms the grant of Turbern. c. 1200.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. An agreement between Godfrey the Mason and Jordan of Aylesbury about a wall. c. 1220. [This deed had a straight cut through CYROGRAPHVM. The word is at the bottom of the deed.]

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Jordan of Aylesbury grants his house to Oseney. Mich. 1229-Mich. 1230.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Hugh Kepeharm consents to the grant of Jordan. Mich. 1229-Mich. 1230.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Samuel Buffard quitclais the house of Jordan his uncle. Mich. 1232-Mich. 1233.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Matilda, daughter of Laurence, grants to Walter de Kingston the house she holds under Oseney. Prob. Mich. 1254-Mich. 1255.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. William Attehole acknowledges the receipt of rent. Nov. 7, 1323.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Jordan of Aylesbury grants to Cristina the rent paid to him by Cecilia of Gloucester. Prob. Mich. 1226-Mich. 1227.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Cristina Pentecoste, widow, sells to Geoffrey of Wootton a rent of 4 s. from the house of Walter Bolle. c. 1249.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Cristina Pentecoste, widow, sells to Geoffrey of Wootton a rent of 4 s. from the house of Walter Bolle. c. 1249. [Another copy of MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. O. 519.]

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Another version of the same grant [as MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. O. 519]. Mich. 1249-Mich. 1250.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Walter Halegod grants land to Jordan of Aylesbury. c. 1210.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Jordan of Aylesbury grants a tenement to Cecilia of Gloucester. c. 1225. [The deed is endorsed 'Carta Iordani de Ailesburi facta Cecilie de Gloucesteria la Fairewif'.]

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Cecilia of Gloucester grants her house to Mary her daughter. Prob. Mich. 1241-Mich. 1242.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Mary, daughter of Cecilia of Gloucester, grants to Walter Bolle her land in St. Ebbe's. Mich. 1243-Mich. 1244. [This is in the hand of William de Mildecumbe.]

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Walter Bolle yields and quitclaims his hosue to Oseney. Prog. Mich. 1253-Mich. 1254.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Oseney grants Grove Hall to Thomas Nynehide and his heirs. June 24, 1444.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. Benedict and John Ailnoth grant land to Matilda, daughter of Harding. c. 1215.

Oxford, St. Ebbe's parish. John, son of Alfred, grants a house to Lucia or Letitia of Botley. c. 1230. [There are two copies of the deed, both with the same seal, both endorsed P.; see also MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. O. 528A]