The English register of Oseney abbey / by Oxford, written about 1460. Ed., with an introduction and indexes, by Andrew Clark.

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About 1255. Grant to Oseney, by Eustace son of Ralph of Hensing|ton, of a man|sion, croft, 2 acres meadow, and 41 acres arable.

[folio 28a] KNOWE that [Read 'they.'] that be nowe and to be þat I, Eustach ffizt Raph of Hensinton, ȝaf and graunted, and haue confermyd with this my present charter, to god and to þ^e church of Seynte Marye of Oseney and to þe chanons þere seruyng god, all my londe In Hensinton, and ['et quicquid.'] all that I had or myȝght haue [in [Added from the Latin.] the same land], þat is to say, xlj. acris of arable londe, with my chefe mansion and Crofte, and Medis, and þere pertinences: to

be had and to be holde, of me and my heyris, with all þere liberteys and here ffree customs, In-to pure and perpetuell almes for Euer. And I and my heyres þ^e fornamed xlj. acris and chefe Mansion and Crofte and Mede with all þe pertinences to þe saide Church and chanons shall warantize, defende, and Aquite, agaynste all cristen men and Juys as ffre pure and owre perpetuell almys ffor euer. Ande that þese above-write þynges opteyne strenghe, to this present charter my seele I have i-put to, et cetera.