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

[25.] A confirmacion of Henry Doylly þ^e ij. of his ȝifte aforesaide.

About 1182. Confirma|tion to Oseney, by Henry Doyly II (died 1232), of the grants made, (a) by his grand|father (no. 12); (b) by his father (no. 24); (c) and grand|mother (no. 24). Grant to Oseney, by said Henry Doyly II, of meadow and land near Ose|ney, and a strip of land at Kidlington, Oseney re|linquishing 2 'tilths' at Claydon, no. 24 (III).

BE hit i-knowe to all true men of holy church that I, Henry Doylly þe soone of Henry Doylly, with þe consent and assent of Robert my broþer and with þe counsell of myne free men, grauntid, and with my charter confermed, to the church of saynte marye of Oseney and to þe chanons þere seruyng god, for þe sowles of my predecessours and of myne kynnesfolkes and for my helth and of myne, in-too free and perpetuell almes, all þe yevynges the which Robert [Latin: 'Robertus avus meus.'] Beele my ffader maade to þe same church and Edith my Beele moder and Henry my ffader, þat is to say;

Of þe yefte of Robert my Beele Sire (the which þe forsaide

church founded), all þe forsaide Ile of Oseney, with all dwellynges þe which been of my ffee vppon the weer in the same Ile, and tithynges of þe mylles þe which ben by the castell of oxonforde; and vnder þe wall, j. dwellyng þe which was of Waryne chapeleyne; and þes churches of my ffee, þe church of Cudelyngton, þe church of Weston, þe church of Hokenorton, þe church of Cleydon, þe church of shenston, þe church of chesterton; with-in þe borowgh [MS. repeats 'within þe borowgh.'] of oxonforde þe londes þe which helden Engerike, Raymunde, Ailnot, Godwyn þe son ['Godwinus filius Edwaker' in the Latin: so the translator did not venture to say 'the son of Edwarcher.'] Edwacher, ermenolde, Godwyne Nicuma, Swetyng Cadica, Rauenyng, Segryne by the Wall, Henry Corueser, leofwyn Haltyng ['Leofwinus claudus.'] , Godwyn money maker, Brythrik money maker, Godrik, William, Raph Backster ['pistor.'] , leofwyne Budda, Geffrey Miller; and ['et duas solidatas redditus quas.'] ij. s. þe which helde fromunde chapeleyne, and þe tithyng of Nicoll of Stodeham the which þe same ffromunde helde; and Eton all þe towne in þe lordeschip and villenage and free fee (oute-take þ^e mylle, and Sparwesaye); within Hokenorton, dj. an hide þe which was off Hugh ffraunceys, and j. ȝerde londe þ^e which helde Morice.

Of þe yifte of Henry my ffadur, þe church of Seynte George, with all thynges þ^e which [folio 7a] longe to hit of my ffee; þe church of Watlynton; In Hokenorton, j. hide of villenage, and prest|felde [The Latin adds 'et Buterhull.'] , and of þe mede of the lordeschip al-so-muche as longeth to thre hides (that is to say, two acris to euery ȝerde); In Eton, sparewesay; and XX^ti acris [Marginal note: 'Note: XX^ti acres of Walton with men & meades and fedinges to the same.'] of Walton, with men & medes and ffedynges longyng to þ^e same.

Of þe yifte of my Bele Dame Edithe also, and of my ffadur, in Cleydon, ij. hides and dj. ande of þe lordeschip of the same towne Suenesham and the redelande and Sibcrofte and Kynges bruggehale and Stodefolde and Benet breche, and dj. hide þe which was of Geffrey with a mede þe which perteyneth to þe same londes, and j. crofte and a volate ['Et unam croftam et volatam.'] the [Probably 'the [which] Hemming,' but 'the' by itself is found in this MS. as a relative. Latin has 'quam Hemmingus presbiter solebat habere.'] Hemimnyng preste was i-woned to have, and pannage of here owne hogges, and in

the woode of þe same towne that is nede to them to howses and hegges to be i-made and to be ffire to be made; In Weston j. hide and dj. [that is to say] iij. ȝerdes of villenage (that is to say, j. ȝerde where þe dwellyng of þe chanons is, and a ȝerde þat Robert holdeth [and a yerde that Herbert holdeth [Added from the Latin.] ]), and thre ȝerdes of þe lordeschip, with the mede; and in all my maners commune pasture to þere owne oxon [and to their sheep [Added from the Latin.] ], and to þere hogges, with myne.

Ffurþermore, I haue i-ȝefe to þe forsaide chanons in-to Encresyng ['in augmentum.'] , for þe sowle of my ffadurs and modurs ['pro animabus parentum.'] and for myne helth and of myne, all my mede þe which is at þe west of here courte of osney (now [The bracketed words are a later ex|planation. In the Latin they occur as a marginal note.] hit is i-called ffullyngmylleham [Name noted in the margin.] and þe hurst [Name noted in the margin.] with þe mede lying þere-to), in-to perpetuell almys, ffre and quite for all seruice, and purpresture [Name noted in the margin.] of here Gardeyne of Cudelynton; and þe chanons quite-claymed to me two telthis in Cleydon, that is to say, Medehalle and prestes|thorn, þ^e which þey claymed agaynste me of þe ȝifte of my Beledame and of my ffadur.

This grauntyng and ȝevyng and confirmacion I made with þe wille and assent of Robert my broþer and with þe counsell of my ffre men, and vppon þe Auter of saynte marye in þe forsaide church of Oseney I offerid, and my body to be i-beried after my deth I vowid. Wherfore I will that þe forsaide church and chanons alle þe fornamed thynges haue and holde for euer as ffrely and quietly fro all seruice þat to me or myne eyres perteyneth as oony of my predecessores helde þem most fre and most quietly whanne þey were in my lordeschip These witnesses, Robert my Broder ['Roberto de Witefeld tunc vicecomite Oxenefordie' follows in the Latin. Robert of Witefeld was sheriff from Easter 1182 to Easter 1185: List of Sheriffs (Publ. Rec. Office, 1898).] , et cetera.