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 1260. Sale to Oseney, by Hugh of Tew, of his right in the site of a house, and ac|knowledge|ment of a right of way, as marked out by an inquisition of the hundred: Oseney paying 13s. 4d.

TO all men to þ^e which this presente writyng schall come, Hugh of Tywe helth. To ȝour all knowleche I wille hit come [me], for me and myne heyres for Euer, to haue i-relesed and quite-claymed, to þabbot and Couent of Oseney, all þe ryȝght and clayme that I had, or myȝght haue, In parte of an howse of Roger of Dunstywe, tenaunte of them, vppon my

londe leuyd, and I wille and graunte for me and myne heyres that þe waye Bitwene þ^e londe of þe same Roger and my londe by ['iuxta.'] þ^e curtilage or gardeyne of hym be in þ^e same state in þe which it whas i-purueyed ['provisa fuit.'] by þe siȝght of lawfull men of þ^e hundrede In the tyme of theobalde of Bray, sum-tyme my keper ['quondam custodis mei.'] , when the hundrede whas þere i-callid to-gedur in the tyme of John of Worton ['de Wottona.'] baylyff of þe same hundrede, And þat, as ['sicut tunc limitacio facta fuit.'] þenne markyng whas i-sette by boundes i-sett by the foresaide lawfull men by [Read 'between': 'inter.'] the londe of þ^e same Roger and my londe by þ^e dwellyng of hym, Surely and vnmevabely [hit] be keped. And, for this relese and quite-clayme, ȝafe to me þ^e saide Abbot j. marke of siluer. And þat þat sure and vnbroke hit Abide, et cetera.