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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.

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.)

Oxford, St. Mary’s Agnes, widow of Robert de Pulte, junior, quit-claims her right in the same to William Gernun. ⟨MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. F. 81.⟩ Witnesses: William le Spicer of Winchester, Alwred le Spicer, Henry Perle, Henry Inge, Ralph de Sunham, William the clerk. ⟨1248–64.⟩

Oxford, St. Mary's parish. Sarra, widow of Andrew Pistor, grants land to Peter Turold at a rent of sixpence. c. 1225.

Oxford, St. Mary's parish. Sarra reduces the rent to one penny. c. 1225. [see Ch. D. D. Ch. Ch. O. 192.]

Oxford, St. Mary's parish. Peter, son of Thorold, grants the land to Adam, son of Hugh Rufus. c. 1230.

Oxford, St. Mary's parish. Licence in mortmain for the sale of St. Thomas's Hall. May 17, 1442.

Oxford, St. Mary's parish. Roger de Marthone quitclaims to Oseney messuages, shops, and other properties. Dec. 21, 1354.

Oxford, St. Mary's parish. Adam, son of Walterkin, grants land near Smithgate to John de Bridport. 1190-1200

Oxford, St. Peter's in the East parish. Lece de la Wose, daughter of Simon, grants her land on the north side of High Street to Thomas de Swelle. c. 1220.