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 1270. Grant to Oseney, by John le free, of half-an|acre, and half|an-acre.

HIT is to Be i-knowe that we haue:—To all cristen men to þe which this present writyng schall come John lee ffre of litull Barton helth in owre lorde. Know ȝe all me to haue i-ȝeve, grauntid, and with this present charter confermed, to god and to seynte Marie and to ffrere William Sutton [Abbot 1268-84.] By þe suffryng of god Abbot of Oseneye and to þe chanons of the same place þere seruyng god, j. acre of my arable londe, with all his pertinences, In the ffelde of litull Barton, for the helth of my sowle and of the helth of my aunceturs, of þe which j. dj.|acre lieth of þ^e Est parte of Sondeway towarde Dunstue By the londe of William Geffray, And a-nother dj.-acre in the same ffelde, that is to say, In Wolkelonde [Wowelonde.] , By the londe of the same William Geffray: to Be had and to Be holde that Acre, with his pertinences, In-to pure and perpetuell almes, for my sowle and þe sowle of my aunceturs for Euer. And [I] John, and my heyres, þe saide acre of londe, with his pertinences, to god and to saynte Mary and to the saide William, Abbot, and to þe saide chanons, schall warantiȝe, defende, & aquite, agaynste all mor|tall men for Euer. And that this my ȝifte, et cetera.