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

[16.] A charter confermyng, of Henry Doylly þ^e ffirst, of þ^e ȝiftes of Robert Doylly the Secunde his ffadur.

About 1152. Confirma|tion to Oseney, by Henry Doyly I, of his father's grants, as in no. 12, with addition of Watling|ton church, as in no. 13, with manorial privileges.

BE hit i-knowe to true men of holy church boþ^e present and to be þat I, Henry Doylly, graunte and with my charter con|ferme, in-to perpetuell almes, to þ^e church of god and of saynte marye his modur and to the chanons in hit seruyng god—þe

which my ffader foundid in þe Ile þe which is Called Oseney—for þe helth of þe Kyng and þe wellefare of all þe Reame and also for myne helth and of my wife and of soonys kynnesfolkes and frendes, all such thynges þe which my ffadur to þe same church yafe and with his charter confermed, þat is to say, all that was his in the foresaide Ile of Oseney vnto þe mylles [Marginal note: 'Mylles, Oxon.'] of þe castell; and the tythe of þ^e mylles; And þese churches, with here pertinences, þe church [Names of all seven noted in margin.] of Cudelyngton, of Weston, of Cleydon, of Hokenorton, of chesterton, of Scheneston, of Wat|lynton; And with-in þ^e borowgh of oxonforde londes þe which helde Engerike and oþer, as his charter witnesseth; and þe tithe of Nichol Stodeham, þe which ffromunde chapeleyne helde; and with-in Hokenorton dj. hide the which was of Hugh ffraunceys, and j. ȝerde which was of maurice chanon; and Eton and all þat longeth to hit (oute-take þe Mille). Wherefore I wille and surely ordeyne þat nowe þe saide church alle þe forsaide possessions and tenentryes holde, welle and in peece, and worschipfully and fully, with all liberteis and his ffree customs, in men, in howses, in woode and playne, and in all other thynges and places, as euer oony other afore best helde hit. These witnyssis et cetera.