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

[147.]

About 1240? Confirma|tion to Oseney, by Richard son of Odo, as feudal superior, of (a) that part of no. 146 which is of his fee, subject to 1s. 4d. quit|rent to his manor, and a fixed charge of 2s. 4d. when scutage is asked; (b) the be|quest of John of St. John, clerk, as in no. 143, and in no. 145, subject to quit-rent of 1s. to his manor; with re|nunciation of all other feudal claims, Oseney paying £1 6s. 8d. to the con|firmer, and 6s. 8d. to his wife.

TO all cristen men to þe wich this present writyng schall come, Richard ffiȝt Odone helth. Knowe ȝe all me to have i-grawntid, and with this present charter to haue i-con|fermed,

for me and my heyres for Euer, to god and to þe church of Saynte mary of Oseney & to þe chanons in hit seruyng god, þe ȝifte and Graunte þe which Henry of Saunder [Saundone,] , clerke, made to them by his charter of his londe, with þe pertinences, þe which hee helde of my ffee in the towne of Barton, and all that he held of me in þe foresaide towne of þe foresaide fee, within the towne or with-owte, and all that he helde or myȝght holde: to be holde and to be had, to þe saide chanons for Euer, of the foresaide Henry and his heyres to fee ferme, well and in pece, frely hooly and worschipfully, in Medys fedynges pasturis, In waters wayes and patthis and Esementes, with fre Entryng and gooynge owte, with fredoms and customs to þe foresaide londe perteynyng, quietly fro all seculer seruice exaccion or demaunde to me or to my heyres perteynyng, ȝeldyng to me þerof ȝerely to me and to my heyres xvj. d. (that is to say, at Estur viij. d. and at þe ffest of Saynte Mighell viij. d.), saue to me and to my heyres ij. s. iiij. d. of scutage [when] that renneth þorowgh þe londe, how-so-euer þe scutage renneth, whe|þer at more or at lasse. ffurþermore, I, Richard, for the helth of my sowle and of myne aunceturs, grauntid and with this present charter confermed to þe foresaide chanons, and [Omit 'and.'] for me and myne heyres for euer, al so [much] as longeth to me and myne heyres, the mylle of Barton, with þe mese, and Crofte, and all þe felde londe to þe same Mille perteynyng, and with all his pertinences in the towne and withowte þe towne, the which Mille, with all his pertinences, John of Saynte John, Clerke, to the Howse of Oseney ȝafe, be-quethid, and assined: to be holde and to be had, to the saide chanons for Euer, in-to free and perpetuell almes, well and in pece, with all the integrite or hoolenysse in the which William of Saynte John, the fadur of the saide John clerke, all þe foresaide thynges had and holde, ȝeldyng to me and to my heyres ȝerely at Estur xij. d. for all seculer seruice exaccion and Demawnde to me or to my heyres lengyng. And I, Richard, and my heyres, to þ^e foresaide chanons for Euer quite have i-clay [folio 33b] med of ['Canonicos. . .quietos clamavimus de wardis.'] wardes, relefs, Eschetes, and of Sutes of my cowrte and of my heyres, and of all exaccions, quarels, and Demaundes, seruices, Bondages ['servitutibus.'] , and all

maner Burdons, so that nother I, nother noone of my heyres or successours, oony thyng of all the same Demaundes, Burdons, seruices, or Bondages, of þe foresaide chanons, noþer of none oþer, may axe for Euer, as ['quantum ad.'] to all þe foresaide tenementes with all there pertinences, saue to me and to myne heyres allonly the foresaide rentys, Also ['simul et.'] and the foresaide scutage. And for [this] graunte, quite-clayme, and confirmacion þe saide chanons ȝafe to me ij. marke, and to Aliȝ my wife j. marke. And that my graunte, et cetera.