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

tho fees dewe seruyce and I-wonyd, and to the forsaid hugh and to his heires or assignes yerely j. d. at Ester, for all seruyce exaccion and demaunde; and yf the forsaid William died without heire of his body, anon after the decesse of the forsaid William, the ij. meses shold abide [folio 137b] remayne and turne agayn to the forsaid hugh and to his heires, vttirly quyetly and with|out ony agayn-saiyng for euer, as hit is conteyned in the charters the whiche the forsaid William made therof to the forsaid hugh and his heires. And the forsaid hugh and his heires warantiȝed the forsaid ij. meses, with ther pertynentis, to the forsaid William and to his heires comyng forthe of his body, ayenst all men and women for euer. So that the forsaid William shold not selle nother lay to wedde nother assigne to no man, cristen nother Iewe, nother in religion nother out of religion, the forsaid ij. meses with the pertynentis, in parte other in all. And to this couenaunte to be holde truly and with-out gyle, bothe parties plight ther trowthes, and put to ther seale, euerych to others writyng, & cetera [Witnesses as in no. 691.] .

[folio 136b] A Charter of hugh fitȝ Ranulph Fyssher of Oxenford I-made to Alice his modir for a mese with the partynentis in Oxenford.

About 1266. Grant to Alice, widow of Ranulph fisher, by her son Hugh, of life-rent in a mes|suage.

THE sentence of this charter is, that Hugh fitȝ Ranulph Fyssher of Oxenford graunted, & cetera, for hym and his heires, to Alice his modir, somtyme the wyf of Ranulphe Fyssher his fader, to all her lyf, that his mese, with all the pertynentis, that is bitwene his lond of the one parte and the lond of Laurence fitȝ Roger Bernard of the other parte, even ayenst sheluyng|stole, in seynt Mighell parissh at the sowthe yate of Oxenford: To be had and to be hold, to the forsaid Alice his modir as longe as she lived, frely quyetly holy worshipfully wele and in pease. And hugh and his heires warantiȝed, aquyted, and defended the forsaid mese, with all his pertynentis, to the forsaid Alice al so longe as she lived, ayenst all men and women. And that this his yifte, & cetera [Witnesses as in no. 691.] .

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The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.
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1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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