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1232. Confirma|tion to Oseney, by Thomas, earl of Warwick, of all grants by his pre|decessors in the barony of Hook|norton, and by men of their fee, with all manorial privileges.
TO all cristen men to the which this present writyng schall come, Thomas [Thomas of Newburgh, succeeded as 6th earl of Warwick in 1229, died 1242, had inherited the barony of Hooknorton from his mother Margery, sister and heiress of Henry Doyly II.] , Erle of Warwike, the Soone of Henry Erle of Warwike helth. To all your knowlege I will it to come, for the helth of my Sowle and of the Sowle of my aun|ceturs, [me] to haue i-grauntid and with this present charter to haue i-confermyd, for me Ande myne heyres for Euer, to god and to þe church of Seynte marie of Oseney and to þe Chanons In hit Seruyng god, all the londes, goodes, and possessions, bothe ['possessiones tam ecclesiasticas quam laicas.'] of the Church and of the lay fee, yiftes, grauntes, confir [folio 50b] macions, and ffredoms, to þem i-yefe (to [The bracketed words are in error for 'of the gifts'; 'eis collatas de donis advo|catorum suorum.' Here 'advocati' is used in the technical sense of the 'patrons' (i.e. the Doyly family) of Oseney.] þem) of there Aduocates, that is to Say, of Robert Doylly and of Edithe his wiffe, of Henry Doylly the ffirst, of Henry Doylly þe Secunde, and ['et omnium liberorum hominum tenen|cium de feodo de Oylli.'] of all his ffree men tenauntes (or holders) of the ffee of Doylly, as þe charters of þem (all þe which þe Same chanons vppon these thynges hauen) witnessen: to be holde and to Be had, to þe saide chanons for Euer, In-to ffree pure and perpetuell almes, welle and In pece, ffrely and quietly, hooly and worschipfully, In there owne Demaynes, & villenages, In wodys, playnys, medes, ffedynges, pasturis, Communes, waters, Milles, poundes [i.e. ponds: '(in) stagnis.'] , ffyssheweres, stewys, weyis, Patthis, and in all other thynges and places, with all liberteis and ffree customs, quietaunces, and with all thynges [pertaining [Added from the Latin.] , in town and without town, as in the charters of all the beforesaid more] ffully Been conteyned. And this Grauntyng, et cetera. And [i.e. the copyist now brings in the words he has dropped two lines above.] all-soo with all liberteis and with all pertinences, In towne and owte of towne, as In charters
