It appears by no. 37 that William of St. John of no. 143 was brother of Roger (I). This will be noted as an instance of the marriage of clerics: cp. no. 147.]
[XXII. Of Barton Odonis]
[143.]
Descent of Barton mill (as in no. 145), as con|firmed in no. 147.
HIT is to be noted that Odo of Barton feffid sumtyme Willyam of Saynte John, person of the church of more Barton, of owr Mille of Barton, that Robert of Arsich confermyd to hym. The saide Willyam, person aforesaide, feffid John of Saynte John, clerke ['clericum suum.'] , ys soon, of the saide Mille with londes and his pertinences; and the same Iohn in his laste wille Bequathe[d] saide mylle with londes and other pertinences to the Howse of Oseney, as hit is open By his testament [Printed in Engl. Hist. Review, April 1905.] seelyd with his seale and of his executours, the which ȝe schall fynde i-write with-in þe title of 'the Borowgh of oxonforde,' and confirmacion vppon the same Mille folowen in this title of 'Barton Odo.'
[144.]
Unfinished draft of no. 145.
[folio 32b] KNOWE thoo that Be present and to be that I, William of Saynte John, ȝafe, grauntyd, and confermed and Deliuered, to John my norysch [The word 'norisch' = 'alumnus' was perhaps chosen because of the disrepute attaching to the marriage of clerics. In nos. 143, 147, William is said to be father, and John, son. The Latin is: 'Iohanni nutrito meo.'] , the Mille of Barton, with all his pertinences, that I held and had of Odo, Knyȝght of Barton, and of his heyres, the which is of the fee of Sir Robert Arsic and Dame lorette of ffontaynes and of Robert ffolioth, for hom|age and his seruice, with the mese and crofte and all the felde.
[145.]
About 1200. Grant to John of St. John, clerk, by his father William, of a mill, messuage, and viz. in one field,8 acres of old land and 6 of increase; and, in the other field, the same amount.
KNOWE thoo that be present and to be that [I], William of Saynte John, ȝafe, grauntid, and deliueryd, to John my norisch [The word 'norisch' = 'alumnus' was perhaps chosen because of the disrepute attaching to the marriage of clerics. In nos. 143, 147, William is said to be father, and John, son. The Latin is: 'Iohanni nutrito meo.'] , the mylle of Barton, with all his pertinences, that I held and had of Odo, Knyȝght of Barton, and of his Eyres, that is of the ffe of Sir Robert Arsic and of Dame lorette of ffontaynes and of Robert ffolioth, for his homage and seruice, with a mese and crofte and ['et cum tota terra campestri, que pertinet.'] all the felde londe the which longeth to the same Mille,
