Iohn baptiste of Godestow, alle here ryȝht & clayme þat sche had or in ony wyse myȝht haue in oon Mese, thre shoppis, fyfe shelyngworth and syx penys of ȝerly rente, with þe pertinences, in glowcetur: and also in alle & in eueryche oþer londys & tenementes þe which þe same Abbesse & holy mynchons had of þe ȝyfte & levyng of þe foresayde Iohn sumtyme here husbonde in the same towne of Glowcetur, as hit is conteyned of feoffement I-maade thereof to þe same religiouse women, so þat noþer sche, noþer here eyeris, ne none oþer for here or by here, myȝht afterwarde axe or clayme ony thyng of ryȝht or clayme in the foresayde mese, shoppis, and rentes, or in oony oþer londys and tenementes Aforesayde. For þe which grauntyng, relesyng, & quite-claymyng, þe foresayde Abbesse & holy mynchons ȝaf to here A hundred shelynges of sterlynges be-fore handys. In-to wytnys of the which thyng of quyte-claymyng, sche put to here sele. These beyng wytnys &c. The Date, At Glowcetur, þe two & twentyith day of septembre, The nyne and twenty ȝere of the reyne of kyng Edwarde the sone of kyng harry.
1306, Dec. 4. Licence in mort|main by Edward I, pardoning a breach of the Statute of Mort|main, and re|leasing no. 178 to Godstow.
THE sentence of this charter is, þat edwarde, by the grace of god kyng of Inglonde &c.: know ye þat, by the fyne þat owre welle-belouyd in cryste abbesse of Godestow maade with vs, we haue I-perdonyd to þe same abbesse & to þe mynchons of the same place þe transgression þat þey dyd in getyng to hem & to here successoures in fee oon mese & thre schoppis with þer pertinences in glowcetur, of agnes, sumtyme þe wyfe of Iohn pershore of Glowcetur, after þe publyschyng of vs I-maade of londys and tenementes not to be put to morte-mayne & of the entryng of them with-owte owre licence & lefe, the whiche mese & shoppis for be cause of there transgression were take in-to owre hande; And whe haue grauntid to þe same abbesse & mynchons, for vs & owre eyeris also muche as is in vs, þat þat mese shoppis & pertinences þey haue agayne, & holde to them & to þere successoures, of the chef lordis of that fee, by seruices dew & customyd [folio XLVIb(56b)] there-of for euer, with-owte occasion or lettyng of vs or of owre eyeris, Iustices, escheters, vndursh[r]euys, or
