OXFORD (St. Martin). Charter by which Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey the mercer , grants to Richard a shop situated in the parish of St. Martin, Oxford. Witnesses ... mayor, William de Burchester and Richard de Waleden , bailiffs. (1304-05.) [Mutilated.]

Richard Colus of Wermehale acknowledges to have received from Robert de Ewelme, prior of St. Frideswide , by the hands of Hugh de Riseberge, his servant, of Wermehale , for each year half a mark, until Michaelmas, 20 Ed. I.

ICKFORD. Alexander, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide, demise to Walter the smith of Wrmehal and Matilda his wife, nine acres of arable land in the fields of Little Icford, and 1 acre and 1 rood of pasture in the fields of Great Icford; paying annually to the priory for the same 5s. Dated at Oxford the Friday next after the feast of St. Barnabas, apostle, 28 Ed. I.

Reginald, son of Reginald de la Hyde , grants to master John Gereberd of Oddestok and John his son, the whole of his land and tenement which he has in 'la Hide' near Hudden in the parish of Hungerford. For this donation the said John and John his son gave beforehand 10 marks sterling. Dated at New Sarum the Tuesday on the feast of All Saints, 34 Ed. I.

The prior and convent of St. Frid. undertake, under pain of a fine, not to interfere in an action by the abbot and convent of St. Albans, in which John de Plecetis and Thomas de Cuntillupe are concerned. Dated July [1232].

Mutilated charter, dated 6 Ed. II.

Sir Henry le Tyeys remits and quit-claims to the prior and convent of St. Frideswide all his right in one tenement called 'la Hide' and in 1 1/2 carucates of land and 12 acres of wood in Huddene and Edeneton. Dated at Chilton the Sunday on the feast of St. Michael, 8 Ed. II.

Alan, brother and heir of Stephen de Hanvill , remits and quit-claims to the prior and convent of St. Frideswide all his right in all lands, tenements, &c., in 'la Hyde' near Huddon in the parish of Hungerford, together with a messuage and 10 acres of land in Edyneton. Dated at Westminster the Saturday next after the feast of St. Luke, 10 Ed. II.

Convention made between William Thursteyn of Mershton and John le ... of Ellesfeld and Agnes his wife, concerning ten acres of land in Ellesfeld. [Mutilated.] Dated at Ellesfeld the Friday on the feast of St. Matthew the apostle, 18 Ed. II.

Mutilated membrane containing the (1) decision of ..., dated at Abyndon, 7 Ides, [Nov.] 1331, and (2) the decision of the bp. of Salisbury (?), both relating to the right of the prior and convent of St. Frid. to the tithes, &c. of their manor of Hungerford. No. (2) dated at Sarum the Nones [March], 1331.

Richard de St. Frideswyde grants to John his son a messuage in the parish of St. Michael's South, Oxford, between a tenement of Thomas le Cha on either side. Witnesses. William [de Burchestre] then mayor of Oxford , Stephen de Adynton and Simon de Gloucester , bailiffs. Dated at Oxford the Thursday after the feast of St. Leonard, confessor, 5 Ed. III.

OAKLEY, BRILL, and BORSTALL, Bucks. Robert de Thorneston, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide, ordain canon Roger de Tetlesworth their proctor to receive from the dean and chapter of Lincoln their confirmation of the appropriation of the church of Accleya, with the chapels of Brehill and Borstall lately granted by the bp. of Lincoln. Dated in their chapter the Monday next after the feast of Invention of the Holy Cross, 1331.

Richard de Staunton quit-claims to John de Bibury all his right in a shop and all that belongs to it in the parish of St. Martin. Witnesses. William de Burchestre, mayor of Oxford , Henry de Stodle and John de Gunwardby , bailiffs. Dated at Oxford the Thursday next after the feast of St. ... 3(?) Ed. III .

Fragment of a charter, by which [Agnes] the wife of Richard de Staunton grants to [ John Bibury ] a shop in the parish of St. [Martin]. Witnesses. William de Burchestre, mayor of Oxford , Henry Stodle and John Gunwardby , bailiffs. Dated at Oxford ... next after the feast of St. Gregory, 3 Ed. III. [Mutilated.] .

Richard, son and heir of John de Staunton, formerly skinner, of Oxford , quit-claims to Stephen de Adyngton of Oxford , all right which he has in one shop situated in the parish of St. Martin, between a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstowe on the north, arid a tenement of John de Heyford on the south. Witnesses. Andrew de Wormenhale, then mayor, John de Bybury and William Wyth , then bailiffs of Oxford. Dated 20 March, ... Ed. III.

Elizabeth , who was the wife of sir William de Monteacute , appoints William de Mershton , her attorney, to deliver seisin of a meadow called 'le Stokwelmed,' which meadow lies under the priory of St. Frideswide on the north, and the course of the water of the Thames on the south, in the county of Berks, to John, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide and their successors, according as it appears by the tenor of her charter made to the said prior and convent. Dated at London, 6 August, 20 Ed. III.

The first ordination of the chantrey founded in the church of St. Frideswide, by the Lady Elizabeth Monteacute , for two secular priests. Dated in the chapter-house of the priory, 14 Kl. March, 1347, and confirmed by John, bp. of Lincoln , 11 Kl. March, same year. [Mutilated.]

OXFORD (St. Edward). Henry Stanford of Oxford grants to Richard de la Sale, chaplain, John de Brighthampton , John de Wynchendon , and Arnulph de Deneworth one messuage, with appurtenances, in Oxford, in the parish of St. Edward the martyr, between a tenement of the abbot and convent of Eynesham of the one part, and the land of the prior and convent of St. Frideswide on the other. Witnesses. Richard de Selewode, then mayor of Oxford , John de Alston and John Peggy , then bailiffs. Dated at Oxford, 11 January, 21 Ed. III.

William Spayne of Oxford confirms to John de St. Frideswyde of Oxford , two messuages in the parish of St. Michael South, Oxford, of which one messuage is situate between the tenement of John de Aleston on the east, and a certain vacant place of Thomas le Mareschal on the west; and the other messuage is situated near the place which is called 'le Shulvyngstole,' between a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstow of the one part, and a tenement of Adam de Remyngton on the other. Dated at Oxford, 5 May, 23 Ed. III. Witnesses. Richard Gary, mayor of Oxford , John de Bedeford and William de Saunford , bailiffs.

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]

Memorandum: that 23 April, 48 Ed. Ill, in St. Paul's church, London, it was agreed that the house of St. Frideswyde, who had sued University College in the Exchequer for 12 los. arrears of certain annual rents of 8s. 8d. issuing from certain tenements in Oxford, viz. Durham now University Hall, ijs., from Lodelowe Hall, i2d., Hampton Hall, anciently called Bodyns, 5$., and from certain land in Kibold street, for peace, shall accept from the said college the sum of 10 marks, viz. 5 marks at the Nativity and 5 marks at -Michaelmas following, and acquit them from the arrears.

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.

Copy of a clause in an Inspeximus charter dated 1 Hen. III, i. e. 1216, of the confirmations of privileges to the prior and canons of St. Frid. by King Henry III and his father King John. [Temp. Ed. III.] .

Convention between Richard Sewy of Oxford of the one part, and Philip, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide of the other part, witnesseth that whereas the said Richard acquired a certain tenement situated in the parish of St. Michael without the south gate, as you go from the highway without the south gate into Overhe lane, on the left hand to the corner of Overhe lane, from which tenement the said prior and convent or the chief lords of the fee were accustomed to receive 32d. annual rent; by the agreement for a certain consideration the prior and convent release all claim to arrears of the said rent. Dated at Oxford the Sunday next after the feast of Annunciation B.V.M., (1190). [A manifest forgery.] [Wigram no. 202]

COWLEY. Charter (fragment of) by William ... in Covele ... Dated at Chyrche Covele the Monday next after the feast of St. Michael, 7 Ric. II.