MS. Rolls Oxon. 26

Inrolment of evidences concerning Arthur hall and Hert hall, situate in the parish of St. Peter in the East, and conveyed to Walter de Stapledon, bishop of Exeter , for the foundation of his college. viz. "... de Stapeldonhall de aula quondam vocata ... " c. 1330-40.

(a) Agnes de Staunton, widow, quit-claims to John de Dokelington all her right in a tenement which she had by the gift of Alice ... in the parish of St. Peter in the East, Oxford. Witnesses. William de Burcestre and John de Hampton , then bailiffs of Oxford. Dated at Oxford the Thursday on the feast of St. Mark, evangelist, 1 Ed. II.

(b) Margery, who was the wife of Elyas le Quilter, of Oxford , quit-claims to John de Dokelington of Oxford all her right by reason of dower in the whole of that tenement, with appurtenances, which the said John holds by demise of Agnes, late wife of John de Staunton of Oxford , which tenement is called 'Arthur halle,' lying in the parish of St. Peter in the East, between a tenement of the abbot of Oseney of the one part, and a tenement of Adam de Spalding on the other. Dated at Oxford the Wednesday on the morrow of St. Leo the pope, 5 Ed. II.

(c) John de Dokelyngton, of Oxford , grants to master Walter de Stapledon, bp. of Exeter , and master Richard de Wydeslade, clerk, one messuage called 'le Herthall' which he had by the gift and concession of Elyas, son of Elyas de Hertford , and which is situated in the parish of St. Peter in the East, Oxford, between a tenement of the University of Oxford called 'le Blakehall' on the west, and a tenement of the prioress and convent of Stodlegh on the east. Also he grants to the said Walter and Richard another messuage which he had by the gift and concession of Agnes, who was the wife of John de Stanton of Oxford , situated in the parish of St. Peter in the East, between a tenement of the abbot and convent of Osney on the east, and a tenement of Adam de Spaldyng on the west. For this donation the said Walter and Richard gave 80 marks sterling. Witnesses. William de Burncestre, then mayor of Oxford , John de Hampton and Richard de Berkeleye , then bailiffs. Dated at Oxford the Thursday next after the feast of St. Leo the pope, 5 Ed. II.

(d) Richard de Wydeslade, precentor of the church of Cryditon , quitclaims to Walter, bishop of Exeter , all his right in two messuages situated in the parish of St. Peter in the East, Oxford, of which one is called Hert hall, and now called Stapyldon hall, and another is called Arthur hall, of which messuages the said Richard and Walter were infeoffed by John de Dokelyngton of Oxford . Dated at Oxford, 1314, and 7 April, 7 Ed. II. (e) Letters patent of King Edward II., dated at York, 10 May, 7th of his reign, being a grant of a licence of mortmain to Walter, bp. of Exeter , to assign two messuages in Oxford to 12 scholars studying in the University of the said town. To hold the same for ever.