[229.]
About 1260? Grant to Oseney, by Simon of Hereville, of his in|terest in a stream, to supply their mill|pond.
TO all cristen men, Symon of Hereville helth In our lorde. Knowe ye all me to haue i-grauntid [Marginal note: 'Kersewell lake to cum to their myll which lake is called the shere Lake & lyeth above Kerseis were.'] and quite to haue i-claymed, for me and myne heyres, to Sir Richard [Probably Richard de Apletre, abbot 1254-68.] Abbot of Oseney, and to þe chanons þere Seruyng god, all the ryȝght and clayme þat I had or myȝght have In the litull Riuer that is i-callid Karsewelle lake, so that þe Saide chanons the saide lake vppon þere Demayne maye turne hit to þere Mille and quietly maye haue hit, withoute oony agayne-saying of me or of myne heyres for Euer. In-to witnesse, et cetera.