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An acknowledgment of Henry, abbot of Rewley , and the convent there, collectors of the first half of the subsidy in the archdeaconry of Oxford in the last convocation of the clergy, granted to the king, to have received of the prior of Wallingford, for their spiritualities and temporalities, 102s. 9d. Dated 10 May, 4 Hen. VIII.

An acknowledgment given by the prior of the Blessed Mary and St. Nicholas of Ledes, Canterbury diocese, collectors of the second half of a subsidy granted by the clergy to the king 6 Feb. 1511, to the prior of Wallingford for 2s. in Newinton. Dated 12 Dec., 1512.

John Clare, the prior, and convent of Wallingford demise to John Hanson the whole of their land, and an island in the suburb of Wallingford, for 31 years, at an annual rent of 6s. 8d. Dated 18 Nov., 7 Hen. VIII.

A paper containing a covenant for reparations of all the buildings granted, &c. Signed Griffith Payne , and endorsed for roomes in Wallingford. Cent. xvi.

GRAVA. Clement le Mareschal of Grava grants to John, son of Roger the miller of Grava and Amitia his wife one acre of arable land lying in the field of Grava upon Schunhulle atte Brodetherde. (c. 1300.) Berkshire

KINTBURY. Dispensation granted by William archbishop of Canterbury to John Note, clerk, M. A., to hold the living of Kintbury, co. Berks., with the vicarage of Leckford, co. Southampton. Dated 7 June, 1661. ,

REMENHAM. Agnes Stokfeld of Redyng grants to Henry Hethercote, yeoman, and others, a messuage, 20 acres of arable land, 6 acres of meadow, 5 acres of pasture, and a little island in the parish of Remenham. Dated at Remenham, 26 Feb., 1 Hen. VIII.

Exchequer Constat for £23 6s. 8d. for one year's profits of the King's manor of Shaw, viz. for the year 36 and 37 Hen. VIII.

SHAW. Exchequer Constat for £23 6s. 8d. for the farm of the manor of Shawe, in New Windsor, held by Nicholas Good . Dated 6 Feb., 30 Hen. VIII.

STRETLEY. Deed reciting letters patent, dated 24 April, 15 Elizabeth, by which a messuage and appurtenances in Stretley, parcel of the possessions of sir Francis Englefield, kt., then in her Majesties hands by forfeiture of the said Francis, by his going out of the kingdom, were granted to one Griffith Barton , from whom they came to Andrew Blunden , Humphrey Purcell, and Arthur Nedeham, and by them are again granted to the Crown. Dated 20 Nov., 27 Eliz.

WINDSOR. Grant by King Henry III of free warren to Roger de Montalt in all his lands in England. Dated at Windsor, 8 Oct., 41 of his reign.

Mandate of King Edward III to Adam de Hertyngdon, clerk of the works of the castle of Windsor, commanding him to make for the dean and college of the free chapel of St. George within the castle five large candles ['soynes'] for the said chapel, of which the first to be named Jesus, the second Mary, the third John, the fourth George, the fifth Edward. Dated at Westminster, 4 Nov., 50 of his reign.

Grant from sir Henry Nevill to David Watkins, esq., of London , of the office of keeper of the houses within the upper bayliwick of Windsor Castle, keeper of the leads of the castle, and also keeper of the butts within the castle, which said offices by letters patent bearing date 7 Nov., 13 Jas. I, had been granted to the said sir Henry for his life. Dated 22 Sept., 1617.

Letters patent of King James I granting to David Watkins the office of keeper of the houses, etc. of the bailiwick of the castle of Windsor, for the term of his life. Dated Westminster, 5 Dec., 21 Jas. I.

Administration grant to Sarah Towse, widow of Nicholas Towse, of New Windsor , deceased, from the court at Canterbury. Dated 17 Dec., 1628.

LONGWORTH. Mandate by of Lionel Sharpe, S.T.P., archdeacon of Berks, for the induction of Samuel Fell, S.T.P., to the rectory of Longworth, with the chapel of Charney co. Berks, on the resignation of George Warberton and presentation of Sir Henry Marten, kt., LL.D. Dated 17 March, 1620.

SUNNINGWELL. Institution by John, bp. of Sarum , of Samuel Fell, S.T.D., to the rectory of Sunningwell, on the presentation of K. Charles I. Dated 18 Jan., 1625.

Institution by Robert, bp. of Sarum , of Samuel Fell, S.T.P., to the rectory of Longworth, with the chapel of Charney annexed, by the presentation of Sir Henry Marten, kt., LL.D., on the resignation of George Warberton, clerk. Dated 8 March, 1620.

Certificate by John, bp. of Sarum , of the subscription by Samuel Fell, S.T.P., to the 39 articles etc. before his admission to the rectory of Sunningwell, alias Soningwell, co. Berks. Dated 18 Jan., 1625.

Mandate by Sir A. Marlen, official of the archdeacon Berks. for the induction of Samuel Fell, S.T.P., to the church of Sunningwell. Dated 19 Jan., 1625.

WHITE WALTHAM. Faculty granted by Edw. Master, L.L.D., official of by the Archdeacon of Berks. , to enable the churchwardens of White Waltham to remove the pulpit from the west end of the church to the east end, where the reading desk now is, and to set the reading desk below it. Dated 13 April, 1687.

Letters patent of King James I, dated at Westminster 4 April, 19th of his reign, confirming to Samuel Fell, S.T.P., the rectory of Longworth, with the chapel of Charney, notwithstanding any right to the patronage on the part of the Crown.

Charter of Henry, bishop of Lincoln , assenting to the foundation of the priory of Ravenstone of the order of St. Augustine by King Henry III, for the souls of Peter Chaceporck and Hugh le Vynones, his uncle, in Ravenstone, reserving the rights of the see of Lincoln, and those of Ralph de Clifford then rector of the mother church of Ravenstone. Dated at Bickeleswad, 4 Nones Nov., 1255.

⟨ Ravenstone ⟩ John Bateman (?) of Raveneston and Helen his wife grant to master John Kynebelle of Filgrave the whole of their land which lies by divers parcels in a certain place which is called Aylewardes in the le croft. Dated at ... the Wednesday next after the feast of St. Gregory, 3 Ed. I.

Charter by which .... of Ravenston grants to ... [Fragment.] (Almost entirely illegible.) .