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At Court Baron held at Worton, by John Brooks . Thomas Stevens surrenders a messuage and 1½ virgates, which are granted to Thomas S⟨tevens⟩ , Henry S⟨tevens⟩ and Mary ⟨Stevens⟩ , his children. Rent: 21/-. [A special agreement is referred to for the fine] with license to alienate for not more than 21 years. 16 Jan. 1718.

⟨At Court Baron held at Worton, by John Brooks .⟩ 16 Jan. 1718. Thomas Stevens surrenders a messuage and one virgate: granted to Thomas Stevens , Henry Stevens and Mary Stevens , his children. Rent: 14/-. Fine, as agreed, with license to alienate for not more than 21 years.

Power of attorney from Thomas Gilbert, of the parish of S. Andrew Holbowen (Middlesex), barber and peruke maker, son of the late John Gilbert late of Oxford, fishmonger, to John Walton, of Oxford , to receive at the next Court Baron at Worton a messuage and yardland, late in possession of his father, and father’s widow, the late Jane Gilbert , and which he now has by the custom of the manor. 2 April 1748.

Power of attorney from Henry Stevens of Doctors Commons, London, gent., and John Stevens of the same, gent., his son, to the Rev. Thomas Stevens of Bradfield and William Adams of Oxford to deliver up to Ch. Ch. at the Court Baron of Worton, (i) one messuage and one yard land and a half, (ii) another messuage and yard land, with the request that they may be granted again to the said Henry , John , and Thomas Stevens , for their lives. 12 March 1770.