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Deed by which John Underhill, the rector, and the fellows of Lincoln appoint Anthony Hartley, M.A., and Anthony Wyllyams their attornies to receive possession of the Maidenhead Inn and another tenement in All Saints' parish, Oxford. Dated 17 day of May, 22 Q. Elizabeth.

SANDFORD, DENTON, WHEATLEY, co. Oxon, and BLEWBURY, co. Berks. Katherine Paynel , daughter of sir Adam de Pyriton, widow, grants to God and St. Mary and the brethren of the Knights Templars the manor of Sandford, namely that which sir Thomas de Sandford had in the same village, saving to her and her heirs for ever a moiety of three knights' fees which were wont to pertain to the same manor. Besides she grants to the said Knights Templars the external services of two hides of land which John de Gardius held in Denton, and of one hide in Whateleg' which Eustace de Whateleg ' held, which services aforesaid ought to be made to the said manor of Sandford. Also she grants to them the advowson of the church of Blebiry with appurtenances, all of which the said brethren had by the gift of Thomas de Sandford aforesaid, uncle of her father, and confirmation of her father Adam de Pyriton . To have and to hold to the said Knights Templars in frankalmoigne, making to her and her heirs the external service that belongs to one knight's fee, namely scutage and ward of Wyndeshore for all secular services, and demands. Witnesses. Sir Hugh de Plessys , sir Fulk de Rycote , sir William le Moyne , sir Richard le Povre , Robert de Lowches and six others. (c. 1290-1300.)

An exemplification of a fine made on the octave of the Holy Trinity, 29 Hen. VIII, by which the manors of Aston, Bampton, and Golleffers, with certain lands and rents, are granted to Roland Hyll by George, earl of Huntingdon, and others. Dated at Westminster, 16 October, 30 Hen. VIII (1538).

OXFORD (St. Mildred). Robert, son of Henry Turand , quitclaims to the aforsaid [sic] Geoffrey Turand all his right in his capital messuage, which lies between the land formerly John the tailor's, of the one part, and the land of John Fessant , of the other, in the parish of St. Mildred. Witnesses: Nicholas de Stocwell , then mayor of Oxford, John de Colleshull, and Geoffrey le Mercer , then provosts. [c. 1265]

Ascot near Stadhampton. Conveyance by Michael Dormer, esq., of Hampton Poyle, co. Oxon. , of the manor of Askott, with appurtenances, in the parish of Milton, to Thomas Bodley, esq., of London , and William Gente, esq., of London in trust for the said Michael Dormer and Dorothy his wife, and their heirs, for ever. Dated 7 May, 36 Eliz. (1594). Signed Michael Dormer. (The seal is lost.)

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] .

Copy of the precept addressed to the sheriff of Oxon concerning the lands of William de Hunsingore , in his bailiwick, 19 Ed. II.

A list of houses in Oxford held of Oseney in fee. [Mutilated.] (c. 1250) .

An acquittance by sir Robert de Crevequer, kt., for the payment by the abbot and convent of Oseney for the hundred of North gate, of £10, being part of £20 of annual rent of the King. Dated at Oseney on the morrow of the apostles Simon and Jude, 30 Ed. I.

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.

An indenture witnessing that sir Richard de Beaufo, kt., John de Croxford , Geoffrey de Astwyk , and Henry atte Grene , collectors of half of the wool in Oxfordshire, according to the act of parliament of 12 [Ed. III], that they have received of the abbot and convent of Oseney four sacks of wool, being the moiety of their shorn wool. Dated at Eton the Monday on the morrow of Palm Sunday, 12 [Ed. III].

Fragment of a bailiff's account for an Oxfordshire manor [Cudelynton?]. Temp. Ed. III.

Fragment of an account of rents in Oxford, temp. Hen. IV.

Mutilated plea relating to differences between the abbot and convent of Oseney and the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford. (c. 1400.) .

Fragments of a roll of accounts, for plasterers and masons in Oxford. [c. 1460-80 (?)].

STOW, co. Gloucester. Henry, son of Lewis , grants to Simon ... acres of arable land lying in the field called ... of Stow, ... paying annually to him and his heirs eight pence, and giving now 16s. 8d. (c. 1240-50.) [Mutilated.] This fragment is not a charter of Stow (as in Calendar, p. 368) nor is it an Oseney charter. It is about St. Giles, Oxford and is a St. Frideswide charter. It is to be found in Wigram, Cart. St. Frideswide, I, p. 423, ⟨no. 603⟩. [Handwritten note by Rev. H. Salter, 9 July 1907, between pp. 142-143 of the annotated copy of Turner and Coxe, Calendar.]

An acknowledgment that Alice Colshyll, prioress of Gorynge , has received of the abbot of Oseney l0s. of rent for lands in Thomele. Dated at Gorynge, 4 October, 13 Hen. VII.

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.) .

DUNWICH, co. Suffolk. Nicholas, dean of Donewice , grants to the church and canons of St. Mary Oseney, in frankalmoigne, one place within his court at Donewica for curing herrings and other things as they think necessary, viz. that place which lies next the house of Richard de Hechus , which extends itself in length from the grantor's stable to the ditch of Dionisius, and in breadth 30 feet; also he gives to the said canons 2s. annual rent in the same village. (c. 1210.) Witn. Robert de Tiwa, archdeacon, "Petro filio meo", etc.

ADDERBURY, Oxon. Nicholas de Weston, merchant, grants to Adam his eldest son, one messuage and two crofts in 'Abbirbire,' and one carucate of land in the fields of the same village; paying annually to the lord of the fee 6d. for all secular service. Witness. William D'Lisle, then sheriff of Oxon , etc. (c. 1270-71.) .

Emma, wife of William de Wodeston , acknowledges that she has remitted to the abbot of Oseney and his successors for ever, all her right and claim which she had by name of dowry in the third part of a messuage, one carucate of land, 18s. 9d. rent, in Addbrbyre, of the gift of Nicholas de Weston her first husband. For this the said abbot paid to her and William her husband, £100 by instalments. (c. 1277.) .