[folio 190b] A Charter of kynghenry the thirde, confermyng to the mynchons of Godestowe all that parte of wode of hildesdene in-to an eschaunge of ij. cartis walkyng every day to busshyng in Shottore, for all the tythe of huntyng in wodestok and wychewode, and the tythe of Elys of his stewys.
1235/6, Jan. 20. Ratifica|tion to God|stow, by Henry III, of King John's grant of part of Hildesdene wood, in lieu of two carts daily in Shotover (no.892 §67). Grants to Godstow, by Henry III of (70) tithe of king's quarry in Woodstock park and Wychwood forest; (71) tithe of eels from Woodstock ponds at each 'valson.' Confirma|tion also of privilege to be sued, about any tenement held of the crown, only before the Chief Justice of the King's Bench (as in no. 884).
THE sentence of this charter is, that kyng henry, by the grace of god kyng of Englond, & cetera, willed to be know to Archebisshoppis, & cetera, that he yaf, & cetera, to god & cetera and to the holy mynchons of Godestowe there seruyng god and to serue for ever, all that parte of wode of hildesdene*. [In Buckinghamshire: see Rot. Hundred. i. 22, col. 1. temp. Henr. III. 'Dominus abbas de Oseneya tenet medietatem bosci qui vocatur Hildesdene. Et abbatissa de Godestowe tenet aliam medietatem de Hil|desden ex dono domini Regis Iohannis in perpetuam elemosinam.'] with his pertynentis the whiche kyng Iohn his fadir in his day graunted to them, and assigned, into an eschaunge of ij. cartis the which they had every day walkyng to busshyng in his wode of Shot|tore, as the forsaid parte of the wode is dyvyded fro a parte of wode of the Abbot and Couente of Oseney by the ledyng of a watir rynnyng bitwene: To be had and to be hold, of hym and his heires, to them and to ther successours, into fre and perpetuel almesse, quyte fro wast and [folio 191] rewarde. He graunted also to the same abbesse and holy mynchons of Godestowe*. [Marginal note: the tythe of huntinge in wodstoke parke and wychwode forest. At the dissolution (Monast. iv. 372), 1540, Godstow was leasing the tithes of Wood|stock manor and park for £2 6s. 8d.], for hym and his heires, they shold haue and take for ever the tythe of the huntyng (all that they*. [i. e. the king and his successors.] shold take in the tyme to come) in his parke of wodestok and in his forest of wychewode: Also and the tythes of Elys of his stewys of wodestok al so*. [Latin (Exchequer MS.) has: 'quotiens aualatio anguillarum contigerit'; i. e. (per|haps) as often as the eel-bucks are taken up. In the Calendar of Charter Rolls of Henry III the word is given as 'abalatio,' and explained as letting the eels come down from the eel-ponds.] ofte Page 672 as the valson of elys happened of the same his stewys. He graunted also to them, for hym and his heires, that they shold not [be] put into plee of ony of ther tenement that they held in his demayne, but afore hym or his chief Iustices and afore his heires and chief Iusticis of his heires. Wherfore he willed and surely charged, for hym and his heires, that the forsaid Abbesse of Godestowe, and the holy mynchons ther seruyng god and to serve for ever, shold haue and hold for ever the forsaid parte of wode of hildesdene with his pertynentis, quyte of wast and rewarde, wele and in pese, quyetly and holy, into fre and perpetuell almesse. And that they shold haue and take for ever the tythe of all huntyng, the which they shold take in the tyme to come in his parke of wodestok (that is*. [This clause should follow 'they' in preceding line.] to sey, he and his heires), and in ther forest of wychewode also, and the tithe of elys of his stewys of wodestok al so ofte as the valson of Elys happenyd of the same ther stewys, and that they shold not be put into plee of ony of there tenement that they held in his demayne but afore hym or his chief Justice, and afore his heires and ther chief Justices, as hit is I-seid afore. These beyng witnesse, & cetera.
