The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.

Lands of Hugh Palmer.

[folio 155] A Charter of couenaunte I-made bitwene Anneys, the doughter of William Aunfrey, and hugh Pavmer of Oxenford for all his ['his' for 'her.'] londes and rentes in Oxen|ford and in the subarbis therof.

About 1260. Agreement between Hugh Palmer and Agnes Humfrey, by which Hugh takes Agnes's lands, under|taking to provide her with board, clothing, and lodg|ing, till her death or her taking the veil, and to pay her £13 6s. 8d. when she took the veil, or bequeath her that sum if he died before that, or if she died before taking the veil to allow her to bequeath £13 6s. 8d. as she pleased.

THE sentence is this, that a couenaunte was I-made, bitwene Anneys, the doughtir somtyme of William Aunfrey ['Humfrey' in the duplicate, no. 532.] of Oxen|ford, of the one partie, and hugh Paumere, Cordewaner, of the other parte, that is to sey, that the forsaid Anneys yaf, & cetera, to the forsaid hugh all her londes and rentis in the towne and subarbis of Oxenford: To be had and to be hold, to the forsaid hugh and to his heires and to his assignes, as hit is dyvyded and conteyned in the charter that the forsaid Anneys made specially of the forsaid londes tenementis and rentis. And for this yifte,

& cetera, the forsaid hugh shold fynde the forsaid Anneys wor|shipfully, al so longe as she lived, in vitaile clothyng and shoyng and in all other necessaries, So that the forsaid Anneys shold redely serue the forsaid hugh, as she did afore, tille she willed to translate her-self into religion; And whan she wold entir religion, the forsaid hugh shold yeve to the same xx. marke into subsidie. And yf hit so happened that the forsaid hugh died or she entred religion, he shold yeve to her xx. mark aforsaid to do after her owne wille, so that the forsaid hugh shold not have powere to make a testament of the forsaid londes, rentis, and tenementis, goodes mevable and vnmeuable, in the towne of Oxenford and subarbis, nother his executours shold not have no admynystracion of his goodes, tille the forsaid Anneys were fully I-satisfyed of the forsaid xx. marke. And yf hit happened that the forsaid Anneys dyed or she entred religion, hit shold be lawfull to be-queth the forsaide xx. mark to whom-so-euer she wold, or to commytte them to the disposicion of her exe|cutours in her testament. And to this couenaunte truly and with-out gyle to be hold, bothe parties sured ther trouth, and to this wrytyng of either partie euerych of them sette seales to other, þise beyng, & cetera.